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Jolog republic 13 Oct 2005 |
"Filipinos need to become "true to
themselves, their culture, their heritage, their
ancestors, their history, their country, and their
identity".
Tell me then. What exactly do you mean by
that? We've got text books that tell us that our
independence day is on June 12, 1898 and not July 4,
1946. And that this major road in Makati should be
called "Gil Puyat Ave." rather than "Buendia". Or that
"Taft Avenue" really refers to "Rizal Avenue". Or that
"Roxas Blvd." is the politically correct name for
"Dewey Blvd".
All of the above ironic considering our country's name
"Philippines" is derived from the name of some Spanish
king who happened to be ruling at the time our little
islands were discovered by the civilised world. What
are we going to do about that whopper? Change our
country's name to Jolog Republic?
Furthermore back in the 70's we were taught that the
islands were settled in waves of Ita's, Malays, and
Indonesians. But now we find that that was not true at
all. I also recently found out that they've changed
our "national alphabet" since the time I painfully
memorised it back when I was still wearing shorts in
school.
So tell me. What exactly is this "true heritage" of
ours.
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