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Rizal @ 150 Front Page of the Day

It’s Sunday. It’s Jose Rizal’s 150th birthday. And as usual, I’ll give you a glimpse of the front page, a rundown of the current events, of what’s hot, and what’s not.

I was suppose to buy a copy of today’s issue of PDI but the vendor told me that the copies here in Los Baños lack some parts. Especially the Sunday Inquirer Magazine. So I just decided to look for the digital copy. I already tweeted @inquirerdotnet and they promised me that they will do something about it.

And as usual, here we go with the rundown:

• Palace stands firm on the issue about the Spratly Group of Islands. The BRP Raja Humabon, our country’s only warship, has already been deployed to guard the Scarborough Shoal. Yes kids, it’s true that we have warship. And no, it is not true that our most powerful floating vessel is Willie Revillame’s yacht.
• There’s a looming food crisis and the government secures agriculture for food-secure future. I hope that this (alleged) food crisis is not the same as the past administration when it was allegedly use to divert the attention of the people from the leader’s numerous scandals and controversies. And please burgis capitalists, stop converting agricultural lands to commercial/ real estate lands.
• Jose Rizal lives in Cesar Montano. The latter, just in case the younger generation does not know, portrayed our National Hero in one of the most awarded movies of all-time. Back in the day when movies shown at the MMFF have quality and substance.
• Speaking of MMFF, I read last night that there will be another installment of Shake, Rattle, and Roll series. Crap. Planning to have it until the 150th installment? Hangga’t nabubuhay si Mother Lily at ang Regal Films, may horror kami! (I miss the old MMFF. Seriously.)
• The newly-built 22-feet Jose Rizal statue is now the world’s tallest statue of our National Hero. It was unveiled this morning by President Aquino. I have to visit that monument during one of these days. (22 feet signifying the 22 dialects that Rizal knew. Cool.)

Elsewhere and other personal stuff:

• Thank you to those who read (and who shed a tear) my Father’s Day post. Just in case you miss that one, you can click this link. Happy Father’s day to the one who contributed the sperm cell on your zygote!
• If you want to relive the life of our National Hero, you can watch Jose Rizal (starring Cesar Montano) tonight on GMA News TV. I-cut kaya nila yung scene na may nanggagahasang Prayle?
• If you only remembered our National Hero just because today is his birthday, think again.
• It’s a long weekend. Spend your time wisely.

Maligayang ika-150 kaarawan Gat Jose Rizal. Padayon!

(via chacharawrisse)

When she says, “Go away and don’t come back,” I am hurt by the words even though I know she does not mean what the words say, or rather I think she probably means “Go away” because she is so angry at me she does not want me anywhere near her right now, but I am quite sure she does not want me to stay away, she must want me to come back, either soon or later, depending on how quickly she may grow less angry during the time I am away, how she may remember other less angry feelings she often has for me that may soften her anger now. But though she does mean “Go oway,” she does not mean it as much as she means the anger that the words have in them, as she also means the anger in the words “don’t come back.” She means all the anger meant by someone who says such words and means what the words say, that I should not come back, ever, or rather she means most of the anger meant by such a person, for if she meant all the anger she would also mean what the words themselves say, that I should not come back, ever. But, being angry, if she were merely to say, “I’m very angry at you,” I would not be hurt as hurt as I am, or I would not be hurt at all, even though the degree of anger, if it could be measured, might be exactly the same. or perhaps the degree of anger could not be the same. Or perhaps it could be the same but the anger would have to be of a differrent kind, a kind that could be shared as a problem, whereas this kind can be told only in these words she does not mean. So it is not the anger in these words that hurts me, but the fact that she chooses to say words to me that mean I should never come back, even though she does not mean what the words say, even though only the words themselves mean what they say.

She looks at a window with serious interest. She looks at a painting and smiles. It is hard to know what that smile means. Is she pleased by the painting? Is the painting funny to her? No, soon I understand that she smiles at the painting for the same reason she smiles at me because the paiinting is looking at her.

My body aches so    

It must be this heavy bed  pressing up against me.

Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become “better organized.”

You ask me about Carla Manuel. Well, the name is very familiar.

For years my mother said I was selfish, careless, irresponsible, etc. She was often annoyed. If I argued, she held her hands over her ears. She did what she could to change me but for years I did not change, or if I changed, I could not be sure I had, because a moment never came when my mother said, “You are no longer selfish, careless, irresponsible, etc.” Now I’m the one who says to myself, “Why can’t you think of others first, why don’t you pay attention to what you’re doing, why don’t you remember what has to be done?” I am annoyed. I symphatized with my mother. How difficult I am! But I can’t say this to her, because at the same time that I want to say it, I am also here on the phone coming between us, listening and prepared to defend myself.

Everything that comes to us is for our own good. Nothing comes our way by mistake. There’s always a purpose. Even bad things are meant to convey good things later on. Our biggest problems will turn out to be our greatest blessings. Just go on keep trusting and believing that God is with us all the way.

Her mom once told: “Be strong. Remember, not everything has a happy ending and endings do not mean stop.” It’s just a way of telling us that there’s a new beginning ahead of us. We should always be ready for the unpredictable and expect the unexpected. We don’t just live life. We learn from it.

Isn’t it nice to find someone who will turn your heartaches into smiles?

Someone who will rebuild your world better than what it is before?

Someone who is worth loving.

Someone you can call yours.

And lastly, someone whom you can say,

“If having you is waiting, and waiting is pain. Then pain is worth having.”

“Two persons can be like the sun and the moon. Maybe they are not meant for now, bu someday, they will be together. Eclipse happens, right?”

“No one ever won a chess match by making only forward moves. Just like in life, sometimes you have to move backward to make better step forward.”

A turtle once said: “No matter how heavy this bearing of mine is, I know it’s not God’s way of punishment, but to serve as my protection.”

“Everything that God allows to come our way is with a purpose. He uses even the greatest error and the deepest hurt to mold us into a better person.”

One thing worse than quitting is being afraid to begin. Always remember that doing your best is more important than being the best.