Monkey Politics (A Friend's Point Of VIew)

I was tempted to write down the opinion of a friend during one of our discussions. He is also an IT like me who is working in Cebu. His situation sounds so familiar to me that it kind of amuses me somehow:

Oh. This month is July. And July is something I USED to look forward to. Why, because it is the merit rating month. When I first got hired on this company, merit rating is something that inspired me to work hard. Not now hehehe. Some were disappointed for it. Why? Because it is tainted with politics. Lickers keepers. If you know what I mean. Simple, you lick assholes and you get your merit. It's something like you are in a tree full of monkeys. If you are down there and you look up, you"ll see assholes. But if you are up there and you look down, you'll see smiling faces. And those who lick your asshole, you grab them up with you (Because it could be lonely up there or the licking could be just annoying hehe). I just had this burst of feelings of disgust when a more-senior colleague called me, "Hey congratulations!! you got promoted, now we're both S********rs". Ewww. Disgusting. I don't even give a damn. Before, I tried to do my best but they did not recognize it. Now, I am just doing it less then they promoted me. Too late, I work now because I was paid and I enjoy with this group. And if I'm gonna stuck into this position forever, just what happened to this colleague of mine, I don't have plans anyway to stay longer in this tainted politics.

Fading Venus

I once was so full of affection on Venus. She is everything I like in a planet. Beauty and charm shone from her with brilliance you could not find on some other planets. I liked her attitude, the way she roams around the solar system. Her smile towards the sun is full of charm yet witty. She has a will of a Mars yet, as Venus as she can be, fragile. But as I moved on towards Jupiter, Venus showed me her moons and stars, in a constellation telling me that she will fade away soon. Jupiter may be too massive for a planet but it was dull and dry, and Venus was all I wanted. But Venus never gave me a chance to prove unto her that she is far more radiant that Jupiter. I may be sent by the gods to Jupiter but my soul was on her mantle, resting. Now Venus is fading, far more than my sight could reach, less than my mind could imagine, and darker than a Plotunian mirage. She is so far, beyond miles. Now I could only rest my head, my heart, and my soul until the gods would send me back to my Earthen shore. For only then I could watch Venus on its glorious reign. For now, I shall dwell here in Jupiter's land, the land where i could see the sun rising, the land of the rising sun.