Philippine Independence Day – Freedom from Spain 2009

111 years of freedom. 111 years of change, in leadership, change as a nation, and the lifestyle of all people.

We enjoy the freedom to this very moment. Its because of the triumph of the leaders who once fought a mighty empire. National Heroes as we may call them. But what kind of people are they? Those people are farmers, who carry with them bolos and knives. The true Filipino who owns this day are the Katipuneros, who are farmers, peasants, and fishermen who sacrificed their lives for their family to enjoy freedom, for us also to enjoy today.

And can we still see these kind of leaders now-a-days? Those people on the Senate? Congress? What about those people who are aspiring to be President and a leader of our nation? Can we see the blood and spirit of a Katipunero flowing in them? Will they die for our nation?

I know it is a fantasy to dream of such a leader. All we have now are people who manipulate the law. For their own good, for their own interests, and for them to satisfy their greed. Now its up to us to choose the lesser evil. They got all the same intentions, they understand the needs and desires of the poor, and use them to promote themselves and give promises. But in the end, the same things happen all over again. Once seated, its payback time for those who made them win and who gave them the most votes and influence. And its a sad thing, that it will go on until the end of the President's term. Leaving behind the promises that are meant to be broken.

Now I ask all of you who wants to be President. Will you die for our country?

Dr. Hayden Kho Katrina Halili Scandal Victims

I don’t know if any of you will agree on my point of view about this sensitive topic. Any comments are accepted however.

With all respect to women, I believe that Dr. Hayden Kho is also a victim. Although Mr. Kho violated Law on Violence Against Women and perhaps Ethical Code for Physicians, it doesn’t mean that Dr. Hayden Kho should be punished for expressing himself thru the videos that he made. It is just similar to keeping a naked picture of your girlfriend on your wallet. He may have taken the video secretly, but it was clear that there was no intention on his part to release it to the public. He only wants to keep it to himself. Considering that there are already videos, a number of it already, that he took before there was Katrina Halili.

He should however face the consequences, like what Katrina Halili wants, for the PRC to revoke the license of Dr. Kho, but I don’t think he needs to go to prison for this. He needs to pay too. The main focus should be on the individuals who, without permission from him, extracted the files from his laptop and published the videos on the Internet. Therefore damaging the lives to those people involved. Making Katrina Halili to have the most of the damage. I believe that people should not be so judgmental with Hayden or with Katrina. They are the victims. I am saying this because, I always hear different points of view from different people, and all are not good and are focused mainly on the people on the video, which I believe is wrong. What we should be after are those people who are the root of this , those people who opened Kho’s password protected laptop and keeping a copies of the video and publishing it on the net.