First of all, I’m still recovering from a major illness that forced me to take a long break. I came back from China with bronchitis, allergic rhinitis and severe asthma attacks—and much to my grief—I was also a carrier of pneumonia that struck down my twins, one of which was confined in the hospital for four days.

I can say that the days I haven’t been working were bliss, even if I was coughing my head off. Haven’t been following the news. I just learned that finally the Office of the Ombudsman filed the plunder charges against the lawmakers and others in the complaint filed by Benhur Luy et al against those involved in the pork barrel scam.

Actually, we already had a heads up two weeks before that the OMB would be filing this any time soon. Fortunately, I was sick so I was spared from the major harassing day I think it would have been.