random points

• oil bunkering = stealing or illegal transporting of crude oil (Manila Times)
• Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim's 2010 senatorial candidacy = an attempt to duplicate the victory of Sen. Antonio Trillanes in 2007
• Sen. Trillanes = strongest protest vote against GMA; a jailhouse celebrity (Manila Times)
• tongue-in-cheek = http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/tongue-in-cheek.html
• Ivy League Universities = http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/ivy_league.html
• politics = extremely perilous for it hosts the 7 deadly sins