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darth_stitchCoup d’etat – mangle this word around in Filipino and you get kudeta (KOO-DEH-TAH).
Yes, I am Filipino. And damn proud of it. I was never prouder of it when the first EDSA Revolution happened. I was a kid at that time and I remember waking up to “no school and no cartoons on the TV.” The political ramifications came later.
We got rid of a dictator. And you know what – we got rid of the guy in a way only Pinoys can appreciate – a revolution of flowers, rosary beads, carrying around our wooden saints and images of the Blessed Mother.
And don’t forget the food. Oh yes. We had food there at EDSA. Pan de sal (bread), pancit, tetra-pack drinks....those Pinoys who were there brought it in.
It was a weird yet strangely fitting kind of communion. The Pinoys at EDSA prayed and then they ate together and then they just stood their ground. They stood their ground against tanks and well-armed soldiers with nothing more than a rosary in hand.
And they won.
What’s happening now…this kudeta practically at our doorsteps (you guys have NO idea how close to the scene of battle we are) – I don’t know what will happen. This is different – armed soldiers holding up a building in the middle of THE main shopping center of Makati City? There are no civilians running over there now with food and prayer beads to shield them.
But we’re Pinoy. We will wait. We will pray. And hope Makati doesn’t turn into a battlefield.
Yes, I am Filipino. And damn proud of it. I was never prouder of it when the first EDSA Revolution happened. I was a kid at that time and I remember waking up to “no school and no cartoons on the TV.” The political ramifications came later.
We got rid of a dictator. And you know what – we got rid of the guy in a way only Pinoys can appreciate – a revolution of flowers, rosary beads, carrying around our wooden saints and images of the Blessed Mother.
And don’t forget the food. Oh yes. We had food there at EDSA. Pan de sal (bread), pancit, tetra-pack drinks....those Pinoys who were there brought it in.
It was a weird yet strangely fitting kind of communion. The Pinoys at EDSA prayed and then they ate together and then they just stood their ground. They stood their ground against tanks and well-armed soldiers with nothing more than a rosary in hand.
And they won.
What’s happening now…this kudeta practically at our doorsteps (you guys have NO idea how close to the scene of battle we are) – I don’t know what will happen. This is different – armed soldiers holding up a building in the middle of THE main shopping center of Makati City? There are no civilians running over there now with food and prayer beads to shield them.
But we’re Pinoy. We will wait. We will pray. And hope Makati doesn’t turn into a battlefield.
