Here is Gloria Macapagal's Full Text Easter Message:

AS THE culminating point of the entire Christian ecclesiastical year, Easter in the most awesome of the mysteries of faith because of the profound truth it offers mankind: that after death there is resurrection; that after every trial and suffering there comes redemption; and that even as we carry the heavy crosses of life, there is rebirth awaiting at the journey's end.

"Let Easter resurrect in us the noblest virtues that will make us endure as a nation and as a people. These are the qualities of love for our neighbors, justice for every wrong, peace for the troubled, strength for the weak, help for the poor and needy, and unity to enable us to live and work together as brother Filipinos to all.

"On this glorious day of the Risen Christ, the blessings and joy of Easter to one and all."

Funny thing. When I first saw the headline, I thought Geeze, the President texted an Easter message? Text, as in SMS message. I became disoriented when I saw whole paragraphs of text, in full words, not the txtspeak I was expecting. This is what the digital age has turned us into. Single-finger typists.

Also, Mrs Arroyo was in Baguio over the weekend, creating a monster traffic jam in the downtown area. My friends and I considered following her around, to see if she would go around the ukay-ukay centers and have those raided, if she were true to her word about banning them. We would have settled to digging up old photos of her or any of her kin rummaging through the bargain bins. But since that would be too much work, and too much trouble, to hell with it.