Wednesday, December 27, 2006
The Rally

Well... Masyado nang late ang pagpo-post ko ng isang bagong karanasan sa buhay ko.

Ito lang naman po iyung pagsama ko sa sa rally noong December 15, 2006. Spoecifically ang Barikada sa Quezon Hall.

Ano naman ang masasabi ko dito?

Sa totoo lang noong una ay nagaalinlanagan pa ako. At sino ba naman ang hindi. Siyempre naisip ko ang mga sinabi ng nanay ko: Huwag akong sasama sa mga rally. Pero siyempre napakabait ko, kaya sumama ako. At wala namang nakapigil pa doon.

Me nakasama naman ako doon. At hindi lang basta kasama. Halos nandoon din ang lahat ng mga kaklase ko at nagulat pa ako. Mga hindi mo akalaing sasama sa mga rally.

Noong nagmamartsa pa lang papuntang Quezon Hall, medyo nasa gilid ako. Para bang nagsisiguro muna na baka mamaya eh i-disperse kami ng mga pulis o tirahin ng water cannon eh ala naman akong pamalit na damit.

Sa totoo lang, iyun ang unang beses kong sumama sa rally at ang unang beses na nakapunta sa Quezon Hall. Kaya medyo nagsight-seeing pa ako. Nakita ko na din iyung...iyung... ano nga ba tawag doon sa may garden sa likod nun... ayun naalala ko na iyung ampitheater. Tapos may marker pa doon na nakalagay na "A GIFT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES." Hmmmm... at may utang na loob pala ang UP sa mga Kano. Wala pala kaming utang na loob kasi nandito sa loob mismo ng UP ang mga nangunguna sa pagtuligsa sa kanila.

Anyway, balik tayo sa rally.

Unang beses ko din na kantahin ang aming Alma Mater Hymn na "UP Naming Mahal" with matching left arms raised up. Ang sabi noong nagsasalita sa harap na SecGen nung ANAKBAYAN ata ay dahil sa ang kaliwang braso ang pinakamalapit sa puso at simbolo ito ng taos-pusong pakikibaka.

Unang beses ko din na sumigaw gaya ng "ISKOLAR NG BAYAN, NGAYON AY LUMALABAN!" on the top of my lungs. Meron pang "TUITION FEE INCREASE NA NAMAN! SALOT TALAGANG SALOT, KASALUTSALUTAN!" at "BUDGET NG UP, DAGDAGAN, DAGDAGAN 'WAG BAWASAN!" at isa pa "EDUKASYON, EDUKASYON, KARAPATAN NG MAMAMAYAN!" aty isa pa ulit "MAKIBAKA 'WAG MATAKOT!" at me isa pa na nakaligtaan ko. Basta sigaw lang. At dito ko naramandaman na isa ang aming mga tinig literally and in spirit.

Sa rally na ito nakita ko ang masasabi nating behind the scenes na hindi natin nakikita sa telebisyon.

Nariyan na ang kakulangan sa koordinasyon sa mga pinuno ng mga grupo. Medyo parang nagkakanya-kanya. In short, magulo ang sistema. Parang sa gobyerno. So...Kung tutuligsa sila sa gobyerno na sinasabi nilang bulok at magulo ang sistema...Look who's talking.

Isa pa naisip ko lang. Bakit hindi sila gumagamit ng bandila ng Pilipinas sa kanilang mga rally. At bakit kulay PULA na kilala ng mga tao na kadikit ng mga komunista? My golly, they say they are nationalistic but come on, our Philippine flag is the ultimate symbol of Filipino nationalism. Bakit hindi ito?

Anyway, sa aking masyadong kuryosidad, sinabi ko sa isang miyembro ng ANAKBAYAN na medyo interesado ako sa grupo nila. At ang bruha, hindi ako na-gets. Agad siyang kumuha ng pen and application form para ifill-up ko na daw agad. Susme, ang gusto ko lang ay malaman kung ano ba ang kanilang grupo at hindi naman ako agad sasali sa kanila. So nag-orient agad siya right in the middle of the rally. Na kesyo ganyan ganito. At talagang makulit. Sabi ko pag-iisipan ko pa ng mabuti. Sabi ba naman sige babalik ako after 5 MINUTES. Ganoon lang pala kabilis ang mag-isip ng mabuti.

E di bumalik nga, sabi niya o ano sasali ka na? Sige na, eto na ang ballpen at sumulat ka na. At binola pa ako na "Nararamdaman ko sa iyo na nationalistic ka (Hmm.. True. Hehe..) at may hangad na maglingkod sa bayan (Hmmm.. Oo nga noh.) kaya sumali ka na. Eeengk. Wrong answer. Sabi ko na lang para matapos na ang litanya, "Puwede ba na sa January na lang ako magdesisyon?" At natapos din.

At sa muli naming pagkikita eh humanda na lang siya at meron akong inihandang mga katanungan para makumbinse niya ako na sumali. At kasama na iyung nabanggit ko sa itaas.

Hay naku, at iyun sinabi ko sa aking mahal na inay at itay. Hindi naman nagalit pero wala namang reaksyon. Siguro alam nila ang gusto ko and nasabi ko na sa kanila iyun. Basta mag-ingat lang.

Anyway, nakakapagod mag-rally at dahil diyan namiss ko ang unang araw ng simbang gabi. Siyet. 8 Simbang gabi lang ang nagawa ko.

Sa mga nagbabalak sumama, well, walang masamang subukan basta mag-ingat palagi at mag-ingat ulit at siguraduhin na gusto mo talaga at handa ka sa anumang mangyayari.

Pero, wala mang rally... ang 7 miyembro ng BOR, UP Pres. Roman at UPD Chancellor Cao.

THE FIGHT NEVER ENDS. NO TO TOFI.

posted by Anonymouse @ 12/27/2006 04:44:00 PM   0 comments
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Kakaiba talaga ito. Pambihira. Sa buong buhay ko wala pa ako natatanggap na ganitong sulat. Kaya basahin ninyo ang nilalaman nang malaman ninyo kung bakit.

FROM THE DESK OF DR. RAMADAN ABDU

BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

TEL:00226-78-81-04-32

Dear Friend,

I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise but due to the urgency of this transaction.First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.

There is no doubt that trust conceptually is a conundrum which leads itself to deferring interpretation, we have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of African Development bank (ADB). I came to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential Transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

I am writing to you, following the impressive information received about you from the chambers of commerce. I believed that you are capable and reliable to champion this business opportunity. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $30m US dollars (Thirty million US dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family on Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK, 2000 through concorde air lane with flight N° AF4590 crashed off, killing all 109 people on board.

You can view the site for more details:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after ten years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for me and my colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will visit your country fordisbursement according to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.

Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. RAMADAN ABDU

Bill and exchange manager

African Development bank ADB

Lahat noong mga naka-bold diyan sa post ko ay mga ilang pahayag na talaga namang nakakaduda. Una na lang ay isa pala akong reliable at reputable meaning kilala. Sino kaya ang tao na nakakakilala sa akin sa Africa? Siya kaya?

Ikalawa na lang eh iyung flight number, me degrees. E kahit saan atang parte ng daigdig walang degrees iyung flight number.

Iyun lang, at iyung mismong si Dr. RAMADAN ABDU ay wala naman sa listahan noong mga opisyal ng African Development Bank.

Naku eh, basta nakakagulat. Ang sarap maniwala. Pero hindi puwede.

$30 Million. wow... Hehe..

posted by Anonymouse @ 12/05/2006 03:58:00 PM   0 comments

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