I spent the entire day yesterday with the rest of my PI 100 classmates going around the province of Cavite. We were re-tracing one of the most controversial events in Philippine History - the death of Andres Bonifacio.

And of course Emilio Aguinaldo was involved. In the death and in the trip.

Our first stop was Aguinaldo shrine. I had been there ( Read more... )

Last semester, my groupmates and I wrote a script for our TV scriptwriting class - a documentary entitled Retold. The main premise of the show was to educate today's youth on the past and make Philippine history relevant to them by relating it to the present and how it affects them now.

May 10, 1897. The Philippine Republic, then known as the ( Read more... )

I apologize for my laziness fatigue fine, there's no excuse lack of update/entry on Rizal's birthday. Yes, you were expecting something, especially from me. But I couldn't come up with anything. I disappoint myself.

In an effort to redeem myself, I am posting this.

Today, in Philippine History:Carlos de la Torre starts his term as governor- ( Read more... )

I feel like such a bad citizen. :((

I knew it was today. It just completely slipped my mind - I'm guessing it's because of the heartache CRS brought me last night. Hindi kaya ako nakatulog nang maayos.If you watch the early morning new shows, you probably know that today is Philippine National Flag Day. It's celebrated every year, on the 28th of ( Read more... )

According to Gen Sci, the earth revolves around the sun for 365 1/4 days ( Read more... )

Although I was seriously considering not posting. Not because I'm lazy or anything. I really want to post something informative and/or meaningful (hopefully it's an "and"), something like my Bonifacio day post, but somehow I couldn't. I felt like I didn't have enough info on Rizal to post an informative-enough entry.

I seriously need a new Rizal ( Read more... )

It's a pity that Bonifacio is only known to be the leader and founder of the KKK. Very little is known about his life.

I bet a lot of people don't know a lot of stuff.

His father, Santiago, was a former teniente mayor in Tondo. His mother, Catalina, was a Spanish mestiza, a daughter of a Spanish man and a Chinese mestiza (the same social rank as ( Read more... )

In less than two hours, it will be the 109th celebration of Philippine independence from the Spaniards who ruled us for 333 years ( Read more... )