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Today's supposed to be the midterm elections, but I'm not voting. This'll be the first time I won't be participating in an election since I was eligible to vote. There's no substantive issue discussed during the campaign period, just boring personalities trying to win votes by airing insipid commercials, silly campaign jingles, and of course, by either praising or condemning the current Arroyo regime. Let's face it, the administration is crummy but the opposition is just as vile.

My wife, on the other hand, is gung-ho about the election, if only because her uncle (a political neophyte) is seeking a mayoral seat in their hometown. We'll be going to her parents' place some time before lunch. We originally decided to stay overnight so she could volunteer as a pollwatcher for her uncle, but she later decided not to. We'll go home by early evening and wait for the result at home.