Its been late October and I know this post of mine is late but its better than nothing right? Hehe. Its been busy this month, especially because it is already our 2nd trimester in college. Many things to do and among those many things I only done a few things yet, may more things to do for me to relax. Haha. And also, this month would be the last month for registration for voters. I hope that all of our new voters have already registered because next year would already be the time where we Filipinos would again pick a new leader and I hope that it would make a GOOD difference this time. We should not lose hope in our country even if the past leaders are not that good, rather, we should continue and fight more.
I remember the things said by a guest speaker on our ROTC week. He is a 2 star general of the Philippine Navy. What he said is similar to my idea, an idea that is my dream to achieve and that dream would really help the Philippines to achieve true independence. His idea is that in order for Philippines to achieve true independence, we should be self-efficient, we should be able to create our own weapon, our own transportation, and other things that we really need to be independent. We should know our country well for us to create or provide the technology or things needed in order to survive, example of it are things to use in natural calamity like floods, tsunamis and earthquakes especially because our country is an archipelago and we are in the ring of fire. And in rder to achieve this we the Filipino people to be one and that includes the government. the government exist because of the people who believe that they would be responsible and that they can raise our country from the problems that we are facing form past to present. Think of it this way, if the government and the people are one, if there are no abuse of power such as corruption, then this things could be done and we could be independent.
There are many forms of fighting for our country's freedom from it's illness. One of these is through rally and debate. And the others concern art or the others are in form of art like music. A song, a dance, a film, a poem or novel, an article and more. It is not only in rally that we could fight. Make Dr. Jose Rizal an example, so as Mae Paner, Gloc 9, Francis Magalona, Bamboo and other artists who are fighting for the country by using their talent in singing, writing, acting and dancing. The two novels of Dr. Jose Rizal, Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, that may look like it is only fighting for the Filipinos during his time but the truth is, it is still fighting for the present. If you think of it, during the time of the invasion of Spaniards there are also corruption in our country just like now. What they are experiencing before are same with what we are experiencing now, the sad thing is, it is our fellow men who are making us suffer like this now. Not anymore any foreign powers but our fellowmen themselves. A problem foreseen by Rizal. A problem he wants us to solve. Mae Paner, bacame famous because of the videos she act on to counter the bad tings done by the government and the negative insights of Filipinos to our country. Her alter ego Juana Change which sound like wanna change is the name of the character she use on the video which wake up many Filipino souls now, and I hope that it would really make a change. Francis Magalona, he wrote many songs that would remind us the we Filipino should unite and that we have a unique and that we have this something that others don't have. His songs "kaleidoscope world", "3 stars and the sun","mga kababayan ko", and other songs fighting for Filipinos are what you could say his treasurable memories for the Filipinos. many cried in his death. and one of them is Gloc 9. another Filipino music artist which is now writing a song that reveals bad things done by the government or songs that are against the government. one of these songs is "Upuan". Bamboo who wrote the songs "Tatsulok" which also talk about injustice in the Philippines. Manny Pacquiao, who is a boxer and the same time a singer who write songs to unite Filipinos. Fighting trough boxing to prove that Filipinos are not slaves. The Philippine All-stars which dances to prove that also Filipinos know how to dance. These are just some of the people who our fighting for our country by using their talent of art.
And speaking of dancing, last Thursday, October 22, 2009, there is a contest in my school on dancing and the theme is showing Filipino values or something like that. And you can see in their choice of music and choreography taht they do really care. Some of the song used are "Tatsulok" by bamboo, and "3 stars and a sun" by Francis Magalona. It reminds me of the a group that compete, the teams name is "Backstage". And they make me realize that we shouldn't give up without a fight. Even if we have an illness and unprepared for something, we should still go on and fight knowing inside in our heart that we want to do it and that we are doing it for the good of others. It made me realize that even if my body is weak, even if my asthma is back again, even if I'm growing weaker, I shouldn't give up on my dreams and one of them is dancing. My family and others may prevent me because of my illness. And even i prevent myself but I shouldn't if it is for a good thing then even in this illness I should dance and fight. Same as the Filipinos should be, it does not mean that because the past leaders are failures then the future leaders would also be failures. And because our country is poor now it does not mean that we won't rise. We shouldn't give up on our country. We should keep on fighting. Stand up again when we fall down. Don't give up. Just like the arm and leg less man in the facebook video that I saw where he keep on fighting, living and standing up even if he does not have any arms and legs.
These is what we believe in, we will rise, we will overcome this illness that our country is experiencing now. We will be a great country. It is us who make our country's fate. We can rise.
*I know many would react on this blog or won't mind this blog. But I tell you. Blogs are made to express ones self, to express ones ideas. right? till next post.*
