Vantage Point

i was browsing pinoyblog [dot] com this morning, when i noticed that ang daming post about martial law, so i looked at my calendar, damn! beinte-uno na nga pala ng setyembre, whew! how time fly so fast.

sinundan ko ang bawat link na tumalakay tungkol sa martial law, i found at least 2 links interesting. cat gave the chronology of events and philiblogs wrote a short yet a very strong message.

i asked myself, how do i commemorate martial law? kung nasa pinas siguro ako, i would be with my peers marching the street of mendiola, pero andito ako at mahirap naman kung magmartsa ako ditong mag-isa. naisip kong balikan na lang ang aktwal na nangyari sa buhay ko during martial law and the day forward.

i was born a few days before the first-quarter storm, kami ung tinatawag na martial law babies (kasama pa ba ako doon), all i can remember is that a few days after marcos declared martial law, naglilipat kami ng bahay. we were evicted from our previous settlement and trying to find a new settlement, i remember asking my mother habang naglalakad kami sa makipot na daan patungo sa bagong bahay namin, “nay bakit po maraming sundalo? May gyera po ba”, di alam ni ermats ang isasagot sa akin that time, i was 3 years old then.

time passes na parang wala lang, di ko feel ang tension ng martial law, how would i, i’m just a kid. naalala ko na ang dami naming kinakanta at sinasaulo sa school noon, panatang makabayan at kung ano-ano.

it was after the death of ninoy when I realized, hindi na yata tama ito. katorse lang ako noon [virgin pa], tumatakas ako sa bahay para lang makasama sa rally, pag nasa rally ako masaya ako. suot ko ang kulay dilaw na kamiseta at sumusigaw ng tama na, sobra na. pero hanggang rally ko lang pwedeng isuot ang dilaw na kamiseta, bilib ako sa kaklase kong si sydney, she’s wearing ninoy button sa school. when my mom found out na sumasama ako sa rally, i was grounded.

di na siguro matiis ni makoy ang kati ng upuan n’ya kaya tumawag siya ng snap election, ang saya noon kasi 2 weeks na walang pasok, akala ko makakapahinga na ko at makakasali sa kampanya ni tita cory. pero iba ang nangyari, kailangan ni erpats ang katulong sa pagtatayo ng kubeta, nakuha n’ya kasi ang kontrata sa elementary school na malapit sa amin, at para makatipid sa labor, ayun kami ang naging labor n’ya.

now i’m almost 36 years old, mahirap kalimutan ang kalupitan ng martial law. i was never detained nor i was physically abused, but the economic uncertainty has struck me forever. sabi nila wala nang martial law, 1981 pa daw ito nawala, wala na rin daw si makoy noong 1986.

but let’s try to look at the government now. imee & bong-bong is back, enrile is still doing what he know’s best [ang pagiging balimbing], danding has taken back what he has stolen from the coconut farmers.

replay na lang diba?

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