A Farewell to the Iron Lady with the heart of gold.
A Farewell to the Iron Lady with the heart of gold.
Umaga noon, actually, masaya ako that day kase magfafile ako para sa pagkuha ko ng passport syempre excited, it was the 29th day of September.
It was around 10:30 nung biglang pumutok yung balita,
At first nung nakita ko yung post, sabi ko, baka hoax lang ito kase sikat talaga ang mga death jokes and posts sa facebook,
Then nagscroll up ako, nakita ko, GMA News,
Hindi parin ako maniwala, ayaw ko parin maniwala, di ko tanggap, di ko talaga tinatanggap, sabi ko sa sarili ko, baka mali lang yung information, minsan ganun yung news eh,
Then 2 minutes later, pumutok na yung mga news from TV5, ABS-CBN, Philippines Star,
Right then, I cried, I bawled, sabi ko, walangya, where is this god that we are talking about,
Siya kasi yung aking inspiration, siya yung dahilan kung bakit I really like reading informative sources, dahil sa kagustuhan ko ding maging witty,
Alam mo yung feeling na, you barely know her, pero sobrang apektado ka sa kanyang pagpanaw, ang sakit sakit, grabe... tinext nga ako ng mga friends ko, chinat sa FB, at DM sa twitter, sabi condolence daw, which is normally reserved for close family, pero alam nila kung gaano ako ka-enthused kay Madam eh.
Yung tipong during elections nagpapakaloko ako sa pag-aadvertise kay Miriam, nagpapakaloko ako sa pakikipagtalastasan sa tao online just to get my point to them on why they should vote her, yung support ko for her advocacy and principles ay tunay na, pak.
Nadurog nga ako dati kase, 3% lang sa mga kababayan natin ang bumoto sa kanya eh, tangina lang, bakit ganun? From 1992, 1998 and then 2016, binigo natin siya.
Siya yung kaibigan mo na hindi nasusuklian sa jeep.
Ang pinaka-umantig sa puso ko ay yung kanyang mga kataga na,
“What could be more important than a child? What?”
This was when she had just lost her son on year 2003, ramdam mo yung pagmamahal niya sa anak niya, that is why nagpapakabuti siya sa law, nagpapakabuti siya on her job, na walang bahid ng corruption, na gusto niya ng malinis na gobyerno, malinis na bansa, kase, gusto niya, yung environment na tinitirahan ng kanyang mga anak, is stable and safe. And that may just be an indirect form of love, but it’s love none the less.
With her words, nakapag-reflect ako sa sarili kong crisis, socially, I am very awkward, pero, dahil sa mga salita niya, sa bold personality and strong will, sabi ko sa sarili ko, “If I gain more than what I lose, I still win at the end” yung kanyang quote na “I do not want to just lie in bed feeling sorry for myself, I want to serve out the rest of my life for my country” and then I reflected upon it and came upon my own quote, “I do not want to keep feeling sorry for myself with the people that I’ve lost in life, I want to live out my life meeting new people and making new friends” and that is what she has taught me.
To continue,
Sobrang nadevastate ako nung umagang yun, actually, paalis na kame from Batangas to Lucena to get file for my passport, gusto ko sabihin, wait lang, kunting oras lang, kase nga, gusto kong magsink in muna sakin na wala na talaga siya, ayaw kase eh, hindi ko kase talaga matanggap na wala na siya eh, unang reaction ko, “WTF?!?!?!?!??!”.
Habang kase yung iba, ang kinababaliwan ay actor, actress, artista, singer, dancer, etc....
I fell inlove with a politician,
Not because of her beauty, but because of her wit and heart, ako kase yung tipo ng tao ng hindi tumitingin sa panlabas na anyo,
She has a strong personality, she has a strong will and she has a strong and loving heart,
The only downside is, as I’ve said, di ako tumitingin sa panlabas na anyo, and that was the downfall, she had a body that was failing her and fail her it has,
“Panginoon, bigyan niyo ako ng isa pang buhay at imbestigahan ko lahat ng yan ng sabay sabay”
Kung sana nga lang there is a god, there is the God....
She has never failed us as a public servant, the cleanest record you will ever see,
She might not be a perfect mother, but who is?
Naalala ko yung mga messages niya sa mga anak niya, na ayus lang na hindi makakuha ng very high grades, ayus lang na hindi maging summa cum laude, ayus lang na hindi magna cum laude, ayus lang na hindi cum laude, basta pumasa, ayus na sa kanya yun, naiinggit nga ako actually kase, the norm is mas gusto ng mga magulang na maging consistent achiever and kanilang mga anak, and a mother like her is truly one of a kind.
Another thing that made me fall in love with this character is her sense of humor, her sense to enkindle the fire of the youth. She loves the youth, there is no doubt about that. Sino ba ang makakalimot sa kanyang mga punchlines, mga hugot at mga banat na pamatay.
“Sabi ng kaibigan ko sakin, Ang ganda mo naman, sinagot ko siya, sabi ko, Sana ikaw rin”
There are a lot of things that I admire about her, her career in the field of politics, her devotion in the field of being a mother, her passion being a public servant and her everlasting search for knowledge and wisdom. The Senate, the government and the Philippines won’t be the same, it won’t be as colorful of a world without her to spice it up. She was a beacon of knowledge, she was the light of truth, she is one of those significant dot in this world of ours.
Hindi ako naniniwala na ikaw yung president that we never had, para sa akin, ikaw yung president that we had but was never given the chance to serve her own country.
Wherever you are, I do not even know if your consciousness even exist at this time of day, pero gusto ko lang talagang mag-voice out kay Madam, you are loved, you are not insignificant, you will be remembered, forever and always, to infinity and beyond :)