The mourning of Corazon Aquino

We express our condolences over the losses of revered democratic icon in the region, Corazon Aquino. Upon her death, her commitment in democracy will lies in every opportunity comes ahead, in spite of some of us may have a glimpse of Aquino's upheavals.

Her valiant faortitude to Phillipine democracy was historical. From a demure 'merely housewife' derided by dictator Marcos, Corazon Aquino had altered new course of her nation. A nation used to maligned with rampant corruption and abuses of Marcos for 20 years. Elective dictatorship supplanted with democratic leaders.

Her husband, an opposition leader, Benigno Aquino died in 1983 assassined at Manila Airport, as he returned from exile in Boston, United States of America. The assassined of her beloved man and Filipinos was an epoch of rakyat interest taking precedence over Marcos lusts. She told Filipinos "I am like you" "I am a victim of Marcos".

Therefore, growing Kuasa Rakyat was emerges marked the eclipse of Marcos dictatorship. He had earned precarious living as the President. An audible Filipinos chanted the mantra "Cory, Cory, Cory" on the street, somehow entrenched the determination of her campaigns. While no leader in history survive from the Kebangkitan Rakyat, Corazon Aquino rewritten the history as the next President as Marcos fled in 1986.

HORNBILL SKYWAYS

HEP VS SISWA = Who is Better Now?

Suara Siswa (28 July 2009) drawn my attention as I gradually stopped my 'palm oil' stuff. My enthusiasm and great brilliant evocation of Student Power was mounting. Despite a paucity of outcome from the last petition, we were embarked on the herald a new episode of student movement especially in UUM. A sign of our meekness should not be miscontrued by the decision makers.

Nevertheless, I exhorted my fellow comrades to perform in standard maneuver and attaining SPF objectives. It was not my intention to evokes the bus issues any longer. We were confounded by the decision of price hike. Discontent among students were numerous. We demanded deliberately justification from the management and Student Representatives. Eventually, we suffocated by long wide novel, perplexed explanations. The sanctity of student petition was derived from colossal voices of us, and propounded by management. As a result, our sacred intention were entangled in the UUM Security Unit interrogations. Both of them were interrogated for nearly 12 hours in different days. I perceived it as temptation.

While we struggled in the history, our female MPP Exco made some wild accusations about the petition incident without any cue. I believe the petition incidents was referred to us. What a bizarre joke, when this Lady Gaga sing,

1. Such petition online was not appropriate approach to deal with students issues
2. We offered no resolutions in the memorandum
3. And this Lady Gaga also conceded with the moderator that 'HEP is such a red tape organization'

We says, these absolutely implausible remarks. We says, there were 500 students, perhaps more if the site was not blocked, resentment over new bus policies was apparent. More significant, there were many students outside the circles of Chancellory Building imposed their signatures in the hope of reversal policy. Democratic means, I was impressed. We also would like to remind Lady Gaga that we laid out four resolution or suggestions during the meeting with TNC HEPUUM. University must not bear it slightly. For her, we propose, she must be briefed of it before issues such in the future.

Lady Gaga as well, admitted that HEP is such a red tape organization when been asked by moderator. We may concludes from her, we foresee our petition will never obtain approval from HEP? Therefore, our rights to initiate this vocation might not reach on the table of the top level management? Or even it did, how accelerates this petition process in HEP incubator? Or maybe, when the student 'tempest' abating, then the petition will be neglected?

Pointing fingers is not the resolvement which we seek. We also seek no jostle with Student Council for the best position. We seek no type of Transformers: The Revenge Of the Fallen. We blame on stringent regulations in the campus. We blame farcical regulation which endorses the behaviour of the bureaucrats. The best way as Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah recent ebook 'Kalau saya mahasiswa' is empower students with the sense of responsible, activism and their idealism.

Facilitate the activism, not frustrate the activism. Lady Gaga imprudent remark toward us looks absurd! In sum, to all students, our reawakening of passionate democratic society merely the lesson of 'The Story of Prometheus' penned by 20th century prominent American author James Baldwin.

Accordingly, Prometheus was sent out by Jupiter to the Lower World. He lived with men and helped them, after he saw sadness, and poor condition in caves and holes of the earth. Men shivering ith the cold because there was no fire, dying of starvation, hunted by wild beasts and by one another. Prometheus said "If they only had fire, they could at least warm themselves and cook their food; and after a while they could learn to make tools and build themselves houses, without fire, they are worse off than the beasts"

Meanwhile, Jupiter indeed refuse a spark of fire given to mens. He said "If men had fire they might become strong and wise like ourselves, and after a while they would drive us out of our kingdom". Prometheus did not give up. He said "Mankind shall have fire in spite of the tyrant who sits on the mountain top"

After Prometheus taught thousand things, he saw how happy the world was becoming, he cried out " A new Golden Age shall come, brighter and better by far than the old!"

HORNBILL SKYWAYS