LAST Monday, I rushed home from a get-together with my former colleagues (we were members of the various major symphony orchestras in the country starting with the Philippine Youth Orchestra, Manila Symphony, Manila Chamber, National Philharmonic, Philippine Philharmonic, Metro Manila Symphony), and former schoolmates at the UP College of Music.

The luncheon affair ended at around 5 p. m. Upon reaching home, bathing and soaping the germs off my body (standard house rule), I settled down in the room with my wife to watch the replay of President Marcos' SONA.