In Cory’s wake
Photo source: Cory’s last visit to Makati
When Ninoy died and his remains lay in bloodied state sa Times Street, pumila kami that night, my husband and I, to pay our respects, never mind that Marcos might get mad or his military might be watching. We just had to pay homage to this man who won our respect when he, alone, suffered jail for seven years and seven months rather than bow to a dictator, and when he dared come home from exile because the Filipino is worth dying for.
Past the gate a couple of kids handed us a black ribbon each, a small strip with aspili. The patio too was small, the space enough only for the line of people snaking single-file around the coffin for a quick hello and goodbye, as quick as the pass-by cory’s coffin I’m now seeing on TV. It was also very quiet. The house was closed, there was no sign of any family or friends. Except for two or three watchful guys standing by (security siguro) we, the people, were alone with Ninoy. A starkly simple affair.
With Cory, aba, sosyal! What a case-study of a scene. The huge venues and TV cameras, the people quietly filing by the coffin while family and friends sit around, move around, make chika nearby. How rare, masses and elite sharing the same space happily, clear divisions and all. The silent masa are just happy to be allowed a glimpse of Cory one last time, never mind that they enter by a different gate, and are not treated like guests and offered seats. The elite are just happy that the masses are there too, imagine if they weren’t, what a snub, how embarrassing.
Interesting, too, that GMA the once lucky bitch is now the the odd woman out. Indeed, she’s damned if she goes, damned if she doesn’t. Pero dapat kaya niyang magpunta. Just as dapat kaya ng mga Aquino na tanggapin siya. Of course kung type niyang magdrama, GMA could always do the unexpected, like, you know, line up with the people, why not? Pay her respects to Cory first, before facing Cory’s clan. I’m sure even Kris would be lost for words (well, at least for a while).
Of course it would mean GMA counting on the people to be too awed by her pa-humble chutzpah to do anything but welcome her among their ranks. But what if the people remember only that Cory had asked her to resign. What if they do an EDSA instead, like, you know, stop her from getting any closer to Cory, human-shield kapitbisig effect. LOL That would be the end of her. Safer not to cross lines. Safer to face kris.
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angela is a freelance writer who has written for all media -- print, television, documentary film, stage, and now the internet. A sometime astrologer for family and friends, she has an abiding interest in psychology which she studied at the U.P. She has authored two books on the EDSA revolution -- Chronology of a Revolution 1986 published in 1996 and Himagsikan sa EDSA--Walang Himala! in 2000 by the Foundation for Worldwide People Power. She blogs @ www.stuartsantiago.com
yeah… that lucky BITCH must RESIGN!
pramis… naiyak talaga ako sa interview ki Kris sa The Buzz…
lahat naman yata tayo, napaiyak ni kris. naiinis lang ako na paulit-ulit na pinapalabas ng anc, milking it for all it’s worth.
reynz buti pa kyo me tfc, dito wla. whaaaaaaa…. ~hikbi~ sa GMA live Stream lang d2 sa internet.litsi kc tong lugar masyadong pang harry potter!
i don’t have TFC chi! hahaha! i am just bloghopping on the web! alam mo naman ako dito, i got nothing dahil pag sinabi sa New Orleans na lumayas na kami’t hurricane, layas ako hahaha
HAHAHA. ganyan din gwa ko. kung hindi bloghopping (lurker ako ng sangkatutak ahaha) e sa facebook. hihi. buti kamo ang dming ngpopost ng live stream…:-)
chi try mo sa justin tv. may live streaming ang abs dun.
pati sa abs cbn mismo may live streaming ang anc channel nila.
will do. thanks mahal.
ano ba yan! sowi po monique! hilo na ata ako at mali na bsa ko dito ah! THANKS MONIQUE! THANKS VERY MUCH INDEED.
Lol, I could just imagine the scene…GMA will probably extend her stay in the US due to “extenuating circumstance” o nakauwi na ba sya?
an takot lang nun lumapit, kukurutin sya nang mga tao hahaha
she’s due back tomorrow wednesday 3 a.m. pero ang suspicion ng marami, her flight will be delayed somehow someway, so she gets to save face
and she has now ranked herself well with the dictator marcos! patapangan sila kung sino ang most hated of all!
hahaha natatawa talaga ako sa Marcos Lite! Nabasa mo ba latest news? Kiver daw ki Gloria ki walang imbitasyon! Go ang lola mo! hahaha!
Pupunta si PGMA? OMG! Eksenadora talaga! Wala kasing pumansin sa US visit niya kay Mamang Obama. hahaha.. ^_^
Oo Snow!
who knows? baka mag-resign sa tapat ni Cory! hahaha!
Naku Reynz, sana magkatotoo! Wish ko na ring bumaba sa puesto yang nasa palasyo ngayon. Kakasawa na kasi mga ‘alibi’ niya sa pamumuno niya. hehehe…
nakarma din siya, no? if she had been here when cory died, i think she’d have been forced to handle things differently, like appear na lang agad bago pa lumaki ang issue…
Yung kusinera din namin, may pag-asa or haka-haka?; ano kaya kung mag EDSA pagkatapos ng libing total nandyan ng yung crowd. Sabi ko – Hmmmm…
dfish! welcome! nanonood ka ba? appear si bongbong at imee! what a scene. walang patawad ang mga camera. panay ang close-up. napaka-gracious naman ng mga aquino, good for them.
I just finished Bluepanjeet’s podcast – i enjoyed the replayed speeches. Uniter talaga ang mga Aquino ano – lalo na si Kris. Inamin nya rin kay Jessica Soho kagabi…
the marcoses have left. i thought it was absolutely tasteless the way media tried to interview them inside the cathedral, grabe. lumipat na nga from the front yung dalawa after ballsy came to acknowledge them, eh dinumog naman ng media, ayun, umalis na lang tuloy.
Hahaha – pati si Lucio Tan nadale din sa Greenhills hehe…
Angela,
Di ba may nasulat kang libro about EDSA? Meron pa ba nun sa bookstores? I would like to read it someday tapos papa-awtograf ko sa iyo.
In fernezz, nakakapangilabot yang funeral march ni Tita Cory sa Makati. As in WHOA.
Sa palagay mo, may mauulit pa ba na katulad sa EDSA?
silver, sorry, wala na sa bookstores. pero pinoproject namin ng anak ko na i-post online yung “himagsikan sa edsa–walang himala” na-busy lang siya masyado sa trabaho. will let you know when it’s ready. thanks for asking
Thanks Angela! Looking forward na makabasa ng works mo. Isasama ko siya sa mga book collections ko.
teka teka silver! nakapost pa pala online sa website ng brother ko. akala ko kasi nawala na. andon pa pala. o andon na uli. http://www.stuartxchange.com
click on publications. nandoon yung Chronology of a Revolution at saka yung Himagsikan sa EDSA.
thanks angela!
Eto nililibot ko na ang links! Salamat!