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We wish to call on our Boto Patrollers and the public to please be one with us in this time of great sadness due to the passing away of democracy icon Cory Aquino.
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My Poem For The Heroine Of Democracy
The Woman We Loved Three Times: Corazon C. Aquino
Today, she left us and bid goodbye
For the dusk of life came to close her eyes
The theater’s play came to a silent end
Slowly the curtains closed paining her on bed
She the fine exemplar key
The role model of the country
Through untainted heart and soulful prayers
She led the people to rise
Beyond the dreadful rule of a Tiger
She was no other than the former Philippine
President Corazon C. Aquino –
The only woman whom *Ninoy loved and adored
The only woman behind his poems
The yellow empress, the widow with rosary
The woman who owned an enormous faith
Who fought thousands of soldiers?
And won a great battle with rosaries and flowers
From the guns and bombs seeded floral minds
Melted an iron fist, made the tiger swept away
Peace reigns, freedom hailed
Cory, the mother of Democracy
Ruled, cared and loved US like her own family
The nation weeps, mourn - in honor to your name
Paints the heavens in black with vermillion showers
In our hearts you’ll always be remembered
For you had inscribed, curved the tracks you’ve tread
You were… “THE WOMAN WE LOVED THREE TIMES”
In eternity - reunited with her husband
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I went to Ninoy's funeral. I
I went to Ninoy's funeral. I had several fights with my mother because she's an Ilocano die hard Marcos follower and I'm a die hard Ninoy Cory follower. If my father was alive then, I'm pretty sure he would have been a Ninoy follower but unfortunately he died before Ninoy was sent to the USA. My father will never openly contradict my mother because he's a very good husband but he was the first to ever mention the name of Ninoy to me when I was in grade school. I was too young then to know about Ninoy but when I was in college and Ninoy was assassinated, I remembered my father who talked to me about Ninoy then. God bless them all who went ahead before us. I still miss my father after all these years and I will miss Cory's voice as evil keeps hounding the Philippine government.
My condolence to the
My condolence to the Aquino-Cojuangco family. No matter what, Good will always prevail from evil. Cory Aquino is a very good woman who lived her faith. She meant well for the Filipino people. I have always been a die hard Ninoy and Cory follower because I believe they were sincere ON THEIR INTENTIONS for the Filipino people. They did not suffer through life for power, money and prestige, they have a strong faith in God and a belief that history will remember them for the good they did for the country which is a rare thing in the Philippines.
My Blog Entry on Tita Cory
Please visit my blog entry on Tita Cory. Just like millions of Filipinos who love Tita Cory, I deeply feel the sorrow of losing a mother - to her immediate family, and that of our nation.
My blog on her is in this site. http://sirgie.blogspot.com/2009/08/godspeed-president-cory.html
Cory, Alvin Ricafort, Quezon City
Tita Cory, my Mother, and Me -- -an eulogy for Cory Aquino
6:00AM August 1, 2009
I started to write this blog while on my way to work (aboard the jeep plying Blum-LRT). I just feel the urge of writing this one.
I woke up 5pm today…and around 3:18am earlier today, former President Cory Aquino died of cardio-respiratory arrest. Her death brought a great impact for all democracy lovers, to all religious individuals, and to all who in one way or another was touched by her life and presence.
Just recently, last July 16, 2009, I had the Voice and Accent Assessment conducted by John Clements staff in Thomson Corporation, a final process before job offer was given. She asked me on that casual interview, if I would be meeting and interviewing a very special person, who would that be, why and what would be my questions. And I chose Cory Aquino. I simply choose her, not a glib of a tongue, but with conviction. I said jokingly "Ms. Aquino, what is the best value that you have reminded your daughter Kris just before she entered the showbiz?"
Kidding aside, I had chosen her because I salute her and have a very high regards on her when it comes to her values, her courage, her passion to help the poor, our country and her faith, most especially she is a very loving and understanding mother for her children…and then when she became the mother of our country during her presidency. Many lives were touched by her presence. Her kindness is well known, even to very ordinary people.
Like me, a Gawad Kalinga advocate and volunteer, Cory Aquino has a piece of her heart with GK Communities. She got a GK Community named after her late husband, the Ninoy Aquino GK Village in Concepcion, Tarlac. And she herself attended many functionalities and activities of GK. Just like Ninoy, Cory has the same gospel values that they both cherish; love of God, love of their neighbors and love for the country. And that’s how GK works as well, sacrifice, human dignity, nation building and love of country.
Short of 20 days before Ninoy Aquino’s 26th Death Anniversary, Cory already joined Ninoy and her creator. She must be eager to meet Ninoy early in Gods' Kingdom.
Personally, I could feel how painful it was for her children to lose a mother. That’s the same pain I had when I lost my "nanay" due to kidney failure. The agony of uncertainty and the anguish of waiting for that “fate” – of meeting her creator, that’s what have transpired during the last days of my mother.
While Cory Aquino receives overwhelming support through prayers and novenas, my mother that time received also everyday Gospel reading through Couples for Christ. A fellow member in the Community visits my mother everyday when she was already in the province and a Gospel is being read to her as she was being prayed over.
My mother past away, June 10, 1996…short of 37 days before the 1st year death anniversary of my father. Just like Cory Aquino, my mother might be eager to meet my father and her Creator so soon.
I know, many stories will be told about Cory Aquino, eulogies and tributes would pour out, continuous prayers will be offered for her soul and for her immediate families, compassion and sympathy will be overwhelming, and articles and blogs like this will be written praising her life and works.
Looking back, I accepted the job-offer and signed finally the contract with The Thomson Corporation PTE. LTD –Philippine Branch (http://thomsonreuters.com/) as their Costumer Support Executive for Technical, Global Support, after I passed the final Voice and Accent Assessment with Cory Aquino as my inspiration on that casual interview.
Moving forward, the charisma of Cory Aquino, who once became TIME’s 1997 Woman of the Year and People Power’s Philippine Saint (according to TIME.com) will remain forever. Her life will be dearly missed, her works and deeds will become inspiration to many but “her memories will be lovingly remembered in our heart” (borrowed from the epitaph of my mother).
End 2:07pm August 1, 2009