Future Sight Pt. 1

(Written in 2000. A little glimpse of the future. For me, at least. It's a bit long so I cut it up into six parts. Don't worry, this is one of those old stuff that I have that didn't suffer editing. The acknowledgement says, 'Special thanks to those guys whose names have been mentioned in this short story. As for the ones not mentioned, you are also thanked for your future is not held by a hand.')

It’s been 16 years since I’ve graduated. Among my friends, I was the last one to graduate. Poor me, but still I was lucky because every time one of my friends graduated, I got to eat . . . a lot.

I’m now working as the president of a company that makes Triphlon, a substance that has replaced gasoline for the last ten years. Why am I the president? I should be. I invented Triphlon. I’m currently residing at a subdivision located just outside the city limits. Oh! I forgot to tell you what city. It’s the city of Paris. My plans of going to the US never came to because of the sudden drop of the county’s economy.

I just arrived a week ago from a month’s vacation in the Philippines and a lot have happened.

The Philippines is now one of Southeast Asia’s economic giants. Number three, following Vietnam and Indonesia. Surprising, isn’t it? Vietnam; we ignored that country so much that they were able to develop some kind of miracle drug. And Indonesia rose from its ashes right after it’s major revolt. It took her five years to attain her present rank overpowering Japan, Unified Korea, and even China.

I first stayed at this hotel near the Philippine National Airport located at the country’s new capital, Cebu City. It was a big surprise for me. I was in Paris watching CNN when Joanne Suyam, one of their anchors, reported that Christopher Panapan is the new president of the Philippines. Pretty young for a president but he’s a born ruler. He overthrew the reign of Miriam Santiago who ruled for about 14 years. One of Kryss’ decrees was to make Cebu the new capital of the Philippines because of it’s being the center of trade in the Southeast Asian region.


To be continued...