alright... i have been on hiatus ... AGAIN!
guilty as charged!
a writer's block is such a lame alibi as i know for a fact that i am not a writer...just a simple person, jotting down simple thoughts that i called BLOG in my humble space in the cyber.
But with a lot of MAJOR MAJOR things going on around me , I cant contain the flow of thoughts inside my head anymore. I feel my head will explode if i don't find any way for these raging thoughts to be out in the open, regardless of how stupid these thoughts may be.. i still feel the need to write.
so here i am at 3am.. half awake and half asleep (but totally hungry!)..typing my wits away.. or whatever left of it..!
Just recently the Philippines have managed to put itself in a global attention again, on a most shameful way of doing so. We went as far as getting the attention of the CNN people, only to be sarcastically reported. There is no need to go through the detail of the incident, the press has already feasted on it.
But as a Filipino working overseas, I hope that we saw already the wisdom in this fateful incident. Surely there were lots of lessons to be learned. We have been reactive on the incident when being proactive has been needed. Pointing fingers is not necessary at this time as it doesn't really solve anything.
This is a big challenge to the new administration and this is a call for unity again amongst the Filipinos. More than anytime, now is the right time for us to stand as a unified country as a lot of people especially those from Hongkong and China are saying unpleasant things about us. We can't blame them for feeling that way because we do have a lot of shortcomings in handling the hostage incident causing casualties of their people. We also have been hurt with what happened, horrified with guilt for everything that we have failed to do to protect the victims, we have kept mum to the insults being thrown our way. However, we have to understand that this cannot go on forever.
Five years ago in China, a family of fellow Filipino, the Madrigals have been a victim of "almost" the same fate, few of us have known about this, although justice has been served to the victims, but we never seen nor heard an apology from the Chinese community (atleast, none that we knew of). Never did we Filipinos insult or ridicule them for not having protected a Filipino tourists in their country. I think it is bad to say at this time that "the score is even now"... but things happen. No body wants violence. We could only wish we could turn back time and deal with matters differently but it is not possible now. We only have been left with lots of lessons to be learned and wounds to be healed.
With everything having said and done.. I hope we could find it in our hearts to move forward and forgive each other. As a citizen of the world...we cannot hate each other... coz personally I love China, I love Hongkong... a lot of us Filipinos do...
but also as a Filipino, I love Philippines and the Filipinos the most... and forever I will be one in both heart and soul.
