Wisdom picked up from the internet

The biggest mistake you can make is listening to people who've given up on their dreams telling you to give up on yours. - Umair Hague

A night of protest

People protesting at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani on the day Marcos was buried at the LNMB

The stealth burial of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani will not change the fact that he is a heel and not a hero. The hurried and almost secret manner in which he was buried only highlights this point.

The burial of Marcos may feed the vanity and arrogance of his family but they will be wrong to think that this will bring closure to the Marcos issue. For as long as there is no justice rendered to his victims, the hallowed ground where he is interred will vomit him out no matter how deep and solid his grave was made to be.

Truth

Truth is the highest and  most important value. It is the basis of honor and order in society. It is the cornerstone of all virtues and the fundamental element of good which allows people to live in productive harmony.

We are all beholden to truth.

Without truth, the alternative is discontent, injustice and eventually discord and chaos. Might tramples reason and the law of the jungle prevails. Without truth, freedom dies.

Truth is the life giving air of legitimacy. A person may come to power by perfectly peaceful and legal means. But when that person tries to stifle the truth and governs through lies and falsehoods, he looses that legitimacy. This leader is a  failure, a potential tyrant and despot. It becomes the duty of the people to resist this person and make him to account for his lies first by all peaceful, legal and constitutional means but if necessary through resort to their united power.

Corny craft

Coin purses and other items made from corn husks

For people with a lot of time and looking for an outlet for their creative imagination, they might want to consider a project turning corn husks into various useful or decorative products such as those shown in the picture above.

These items and many others were made by the KARIGO Corn Husk Fashion and Accessories Association and were exhibited during the National Arts And Crafts fair held last 26-29 October, 2016 at the SM Mega Mall Exhibition Hall.