Comments on: Tita Cory

By: tina

tina — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:26:02 +0000

I read this somewhere in the past few days… Democracy is like oxygen. You take it for granted if it’s there. If it’s not, you choke. To all those people who have been denigrating Cory’s administration, you have such short memories. Her death has given me a teaching moment with my daughters. I told them how it was like during martial law days, when as a UP student in Diliman, the sight of Military Police on campus was commonplace, they with their ubiquitous walkie-talkies. How there was a curfew and how we all had to be home before 12 midnight lest we be hauled off to the stockade. How the newspapers were so boring, mouthing off censored news day after day after day. If only for the democracy that we enjoy right now, we Filipinos owe Cory big time. Sure, I know what some pilosopos have been saying, you cannot eat democracy. They fail to take into account that with democracy, we are better able to seek solutions to the problems in our society, able to move about and speak without the barrel of the gun pointed to our head….. though with the spate of killings on journalists in recent years, freedom of speech seems to be in peril again.

By: mccoy

mccoy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:59:20 +0000

I still can’t believe that she already passed away. She’s such a big inspiration to everyone, myself included.

I remember last Saturday, the day President Cory died, at around 4PM I took a taxi to Serendra. The driver kept on telling me a series of his what-ifs, what if Arroyo passed away, would people also flock to EDSA and so and so. I find our conversation quite weird, so I kept on referring to the weather (it was raining heavily) instead. Only at around 7PM that night that I knew about Mrs. Aquino’s passing, through a friend checking out his Facebook site on his Blackberry. I was crestfallen.

Every time I see the news on her death, somehow everything feels and looks dreamy, none of these seem real.

By: kewlnbubblee

kewlnbubblee — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:52:47 +0000

This might sound superficial but my fondest memories of former President Aquino was during her presidency. It was this time when the Aquino family hear mass at Sto. Domingo Church every year for former Sen. Ninoy Aquino during his death anniversary. The former president would use the Angelicum School grounds as a helipad. Of course for security reasons, we won’t have classes that day, to the envy of my cousins who studied in Lourdes School and St. Theresa’s.

Also, in 1986, I remember being dragged to EDSA by my dad. He made me walk from Cubao to Greenhills and I was on the verge of throwing a fit when I saw and heard people chanting “Cory! Cory!” with matching “L” sign. That’s when I realized how significant former president Aquino was (and is).

May her soul rest in peace and I pray her death be the start of a better change for us Filipino and for our country.

By: bigbrotheriswatchingyou

bigbrotheriswatchingyou — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:35:44 +0000

probably the most loved president in our history.
a modern hero. she will be missed.

By: Franzi

Franzi — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:32:52 +0000

I don’t know if it’s just me,but I couldn’t help but notice that strange branch in the photo. Look closely above the center and you might see a branch,at an almost perfect 45 degrees angle. I’ve never seen anything like that. Yes,it’s a very tearful day. Oh,well,that’s cancer. No one escapes,especially people above 60. People who expected Cory to perform a miraculous job as an inexperienced transition president must be dreaming. Even Ninoy Aquino himself said that the next leader after Marcos will have it very difficult. Cory took it all,did the best she could (it was actually a great leadership in a turbulent time) and ensured that freedom is restored promptly. She was grace,honor and decency personified.

By: Longhair Lukas

Longhair Lukas — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:58:37 +0000

Sorry, I really have to get this off my chest.

It’s political, but nothing to do with Cory.

It’s about Imelda and her jewelry collection. I can understand why some political parties are trying their damnedest to ‘get back’ at Imelda by getting her jewelry collection and using it for the benefit of ‘the people.’ I just wish they were more creative.

Given:

Imelda Marcos is one of the most -if not ‘the’ most- popular First Lady on Earth.

Wouldn’t it be grand if all 3 of her jewelry collections, her shoe collection, and maybe even Rembrandts (if she still has them) as well- were put in some kind of museum, charge visitors for admission and use the proceeds to benefit the poor? The items in that museum would be a worldwide colossal tourist draw if you think about it…

It’s three birds with one stone

…she wins because the government doesn’t get it
…the poor people benefit from the proceeds
…it will increase tourism in the country

The people here have become so vindictive that they’ve lost (never developed?) a sense of creative compromise…

By: humanum777

humanum777 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:56:12 +0000

Thank you for the Tita Cory tribute. One of the best I’ve read.

By: walaakongkwenta

walaakongkwenta — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:58:21 +0000

…’twas the first thing i heard this morning…and well, right there in be, cried. until now, i don’t know why…hehe..

By: dakner

dakner — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:19:37 +0000

Definitely agree with comment #1, too many deaths in a very short time. Aquino indeed was a genuinely kind person.

By: kermitbutnotgreen

kermitbutnotgreen — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:10:30 +0000

I saw the news this morning. I was calm but very sad. Then they replayed her great speech in the US Congress, tears unknowingly flowed. I am sure I was grieving for the loss of someone extremely rare in modern Philippine history, an honest President. Perhaps more so, I was grieving for what have become of our country. Bruce Springsteen sang “Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worst.”

Then I came across the blog of a rich fashionista, a most clueless gadfly. She was crowing that she predicted the death of Cory. But she can’t write more as she had to shower. WTF! How tough is it to predict the death of a terminally ill person? So what if she called it right? A sad historical passing trumped by her clairvoyance and her need to shower? WTF!

Lani Mercado appointed to SMC. Caparas anointed a national artist. GMA plotting for parliamentary form of government.

No more dreams, I am suffering a full-blown nightmare.

By: yorkie85

yorkie85 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:00:47 +0000

…In mourning for Tita Cory weâ€™re really mourning for ourselves and what couldâ€™ve been…

Very well said.

By: Ces Rodriguez

Ces Rodriguez — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:10:50 +0000

i can’t believe we actually got it right with her.