Sunday, March 12, 2006

Hakuna Matata (not!): Explained

Hakuna Matata

Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase

Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passing craze

It means no worries for the rest of your days

It's our problem-free philosophy

Hakuna Matata!
Hakuna Matata! Hakuna matata!
Hakuna Matata! Hakuna matata!
Hakuna Matata! Hakuna matata!
Hakuna Matata! Hakuna--

It means no worries for the rest of your days

It's our problem-free philosophy
Hakuna Matata!

I say "Hakuna"

I say "Matata"


Hakuna Matata is a favorite phrase of mine from the Disney animation "The Lion King" but the song was also used for my favorite cartoon (yes! am still a child at heart, guess I’ll always be!)"Timon and Pumbaa". Timon and Pumbaa are friends in a non-conventional way, Timon is a smart-ass meerkat who can be selfish and canny at times but always gets his way, while Pumbaa is a big warthog who reluctantly, but gives in anyway, to his friends ideas even if he knows they are going to get in trouble.

The relationship between Timon and Pumbaa is like the social order for us Filipinos. Timon is like the small elite rich of this country who have money, wealth and influence. They are relatively a small creature but for an unexplainable reason he holds power over the large and powerful Pumbaa, the larger portion of our society who follows complacently the whims of the small elite.

Like in our present state of things Timon and Pumbaa are at blame with their situations. Timon for continuing to abuse his sway over Pumbaa, Pumbaa for being to complacent and unwilling to stand up to his principles. But unlike Timon and Pumbaa's relationship wherein they are fine (most of the time) and that no one gets hurt.

In our situation as a nation, the dominance of the elite over the welfare of the masses has pushed us to a point of a social volcano ready to erupt in any second. The poor majority had had enough and had too much of the bad side of the bargain.

Timon and Pumbaa live by the creed "Hakuna Matata" and all I can do is envy them for it. Sigh. How would I feel to live a life that is worry-free? It is impossible I know to live in a Hakuna Matata philosophy here in the Philippines. How could we, right? In a developing country where prices of all basic commodities are constantly on the rise. In this beloved yet seemingly God-forsaken country where we are serve morning, lunch and dinner with bad news and more bad news.

We live in a country where we face a multitude of man-made and natural problems being aggravated by the squabble our politicians perform on our government. The blunders, intrigue, scams, expose, misinformation all these make you want to throw up and leave this rotting system of life.

Here in the Philippines, there are tons of problems we face everyday from pollution to bird flu virus. We worry about everything. We worry of the most simple of things to the most complex of matters.

No! It’s no Hakuna Matata here for you and me!

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