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Philippine Independence Day 112th Anniversary

June 11, 2010, 4:46pm

June 12, 1898, is a glorious date in the history of the Filipino people. On this day, President Emilio F. Aguinaldo proclaimed the freedom of the Filipino people. The Philippine national flag was hoisted and the country’s national anthem was played.

President Aguinaldo’s proclamation of Philippine Independence not only heralded the birth of a new nation. It also brought glad tidings to the colonial subjects of Asia. It inspired the colonial subjects to struggle to be free, too.

June 12, 1898, was the capstone of the hundreds of armed uprisings launched by the Filipino people from 1571 to 1896 to recover their right to be free. “I will never bow my head before any foreign invader,” Rajah Kalipulaku of Mactan declared in 1521.

“Freedom or Death!” cried Andres C. Bonifacio when he launched the Philippine Revolution on August 24, 1896. “The natives of the Philippines,” wrote the friar-chronicler Pedro Murillo Velarde, “were fierce defenders of freedom and enemies to subjection.” “Never did the Filipino people give up their right to be free,” declared World War II hero Benito Soliven.

The annals of the Filipino people are replete with names of men and women who readily gave up their lives for the sake of freedom.

Tariq Soliman, Magat Salamat, Magalat, Malong, Maniago, Magsanop, Diego and Gabriela Silang, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Andres C. Bonifacio, Dr. Jose P. Rizal and Many others nourished Philippine freedom with their blood and sacrifices.

We yearly celebrate Philippine Independence Day to bring to the awareness of our people that freedom is a most precious right.

Only those who fight for their freedom deserve to be free.

Freedom is the meaning of June 12, 1898

Let's all be proud to be a FILIPINO!!!

Trending Jejemons

GOTTA KILL ‘EM ALL!” sabi ng isang Facebook fanpage. Patayin sino? Sa pagbabasa ng birtuwal na pahina, at sa pagbabalasa sa ibang mga pahina sa Internet na nasa labas ng Facebook page na ito, nakita ko ang tinutumbok nila:

“JEJEMON ay mga taong ganito magtype 'e0wSsZz pOwhhZzmUsZtAhH nUah pOwhHzz kEowHsz?' Yung mga taong pinapahirapan magbasa ang iba sa mga pinopost nila kasi kumpleto naman sana ang letters sa keyboard nila, kung anu-ano pa ang ginagamit, like para sa G, ginagamit nilang alternate ang small Q or 9. Yung mga taong pinapahaba at ginagawang komplikado ang simpleng salita..Yan ang JEJEMON.”

JEJEMON. Kombinasyon ng mga salitang “Jeje,” dahil daw kung tumawa sa text ay "jejejeje" ang nakalagay imbes na "hehehehe," o kaya'y posibleng baryasyon ng “J.J.” o “Jumping Jologs” (mga taong inilalarawan bilang mga tambay sa labas ng concert grounds, nakasuot ng itim na t-shirt at pantalon—madalas kupas—at nakasumbrero o nakaayos ang buhok sa isang gilid, emo-style), at ng “Mon” na mukhang nanggaling naman sa salitang “Pokemon,” na pinaiksing tawag naman para sa “Pocket Monsters” (isang syndicated TV show franchise tungkol sa mga cuddly na halimaw na hinuhuli sa pamamagitan ng isang high tech na “poke ball” at ipinaglalaban sa kanilang version ng cute at cuddly na cartoon sabong). Sa ngayon, umaabot na sa lampas 23,000 ang fans ng fanpage (60,000 pa sa iba), at marami pang mga pahinang nagsusulputan, mga birtuwal na espasyong itinayo para sa paghahayag ng galit sa grupong ito.

Parang si Pikachu nga naman, o si Bulbasaur o Squirtle, mga halimaw na kahit anong gawin ay wala lang maiintindihan sa mga sinasabi.

First and Last Love Letter

Dear Love "Ann",

First and foremost I want to thank our almighty father for having you in my life and also being my loving GF. You know i have nothing to tell anymore but i fell complete when I'm with you and I keep on telling my self that I really love this girl and that is you ANESTY my love. deep inside me I'm so glad that we reach this 1st Monthsary and I hope this will be the start of a successful relationship. You know that I really, really, really love you and it will never change. So, again Happy 1st Monthsary and I LOVE YOU very much.

Muwahhh...... =)


Love Lots,
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