me,myself& i

"..kapag sinabi ko sa’yo na ika’y minamahal, sana’y maunawaan mo na ako’y isang mortal, na di ko kayang abutin, ang mga bituin at buwan, o di kaya ay sisirin perlas ng karagatan… ako’y hindi romantiko sayo’y di ko matitiyak na pa’g ako’y ibigin mo kailanma’y di ka iiyak, magandang hinaharap sikapin nati’y maabot ngunit kung hindi pa maganap sana’y huwag mong ikalungkot… halina’t ating pandayin isang malayang daigdig, upang doo’y payabungin isang malayang pag-ibig.."

its been four years,1461 days together to be exact!! (almost on march 15, 2007) since when?? since we utter our vow to love each other and to offer such love to our people as well..

its been four years of patience, lots of patience and adjustments. there is a need for us to adjust to each one’s mood and atitude.Of course, we would like to establish a strong foundation for this marriage to last ( forever!)

four years of no typical relationship. coz were no typical couple as well. with political work as always on the top of everything, of course we offer our relationship.we oftentimes caught ourselves in the midst of our busy schedule and trying so hard to squeeze in our time for each other and for the children.

four years of political discussion.. major political decisions and setback.. hmm.. we started our day with a cup of coffee talking about news and events from the radio, tv or in the newspaper, and we ended it up with political discussions, (again) about usha’s day& etc.. before we go to sleep.

four years of petty quarrels & major fights. After each fights, we found ourselves laughing on it, naa man gud panahon na dili mi magabot sa panglantaw sa mga butang mao pareha mi duha hawod kaayo .. we even found ourselves bursting with tears especially kung dili na jud magkasinabot and we came to a point that we hurt each other on the process.. i told him to be frank and to be honest to me, i dont want to caught him doing things behind my back.. id rather get hurt with him being honest to me, than to mislead me.. and so i am to him..

… ang kayamanan kong dala ay pandama’t kamalayan na natutunan sa iba na nabighani sa bayan..

four years of simple lifestyle and hard struggle..during our earliest days as a married couple, we never had much time together we were physically separated with our pol. work, i was 5 mos. pregnant when i went  to polomolok and he stayed at gensan by that time, while i hopped from 1 house to the other, living with the dole workers, i found home with them, i found home in the struggle, and i found him in the smiles of those people..life is not easy for us, maayo na lang naay mga tao who are willing to sit down with us everytime naa mi problema and there is a need to assess our relationship..we never had kapricho, we simply comforted ourselves with donuts and mcdonalds french fries everytime,we had a date yet we are fulfilled..

looking back with those days that i spent with my partner, my husband and my comrade..i realized that if ever i would be given a chance to live my life again, i would choose to be with him.

..kapag sinabi ko sa’yo na ikay sinusuyo, sanay yakapin mo ako kasama ang aking mundo..

i commend bamboo’s effort for mainstreaming the song "tatsulok" because it does not only convey a message but depicts our recent social condition, of injustice, exploitation and spate of killings..relative to this, i just read the news yesterday from the PDI, and it says, Ms. arroyo had finally signed the Human Safety Act of 2007 otherwise known as Anti-Terrorism Bill.. it sends hell out of me, the law never protects nor will it provide security rather it sends message of terror, aimed to silence the gag and above all to harass arroyo regime’s constant critics.. this would only mean warrantless arrest, illegal detention and further rights abuses..i am so afraid not for myself but for the children especially my daughters, who would grow up in a state that sow terror to its own people.. just like the line of the song so long that "tatsulok" still hovering and the elite few continue to grab wealth and power.. but ms. arroyo and her cohorts never learned the lessons of history.. no matter how hard they try to suppress us, the people of the sun would go on marching andcontinue with their struggle break free from the shackles..