5 minutes into the documentary and i found myself weeping. in time for the 26th anniversary of the first EDSA revolution, i share this to my followers. not everyone has been as peaceful and “successful” as we were back in 1986.

somehow, a part of me envies the spirit of the recent “revolutions” that had taken place at several parts of the world because the common man of their respective countries are given the opportunity to unite against a common, national good…something that has very much died with us with the disillusion that post-EDSA brought us. of course, i could not blame fellow filipinos if their main focus at the moment is being able to bring food to the table and look on our current political events as entertainment. how can i, it would seem that every time we reach a certain political pinnacle, we end up complacent and, as Nick Joaquin would put it, swear to “bahala na.”

still, revolution, in itself, is an on-going process, whether it is taken to the streets or on a personal scale, struggle in our seemingly ordinary everyday lives. maybe one day, someday but probably not on monday, we’ll find our utopia wherein filipinos will no longer flog themselves for the cultural ill that our forefathers had unconsciously led us to as a younger generation of filipinos. most of us has no concept of what war is like or had experience the dread of being subjects to a colonial power! as far as we are concerned, our exposure was the wasteland, a corrupt political system. by the time the children of the 70’s started working in the mid or late 90’s, (our) survival amidst soaring prices of basic commodities against one’s wage is the new revolution, which, has been passed on to the children of the 80’s and even early 90’s.

so yeah, EDSA after 26 years. there is still more that needs to be done. i’m not sure if this is actually the age of disillusionment, after all, most filipinos say that they don’t want to care anymore. that’s the thing, if we want real change, that’s not the road that we should be taking.

one day, i hope that the road forks and we take the road less taken, which, will hopefully be the high road. 

of course, i’m no expert and i’m probably just being optimistic - i have nothing to loose, this country is my land and having inherited it, along with the privilege of being called a FILIPINO, one less apathetic pinoy is better than having no one to care at all.

zakiyahh:

Bahrain: Shouting in the dark

Majeed Ahmed, a father of five, shot by Bahraini police in the head.

Long Live Bahrain.

(Source: abulfathel-alabbas)