Comments on: Convicts No More

By: kalipulako from Quezon City, Philippines

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:02:02 +0000

Kahit mga kriminal ang mga Australians dati, bakit sila kaya nilang mahalin ang Australia. Eh tayo nga, lupa na ng ginto, hindi pa natin kayang mahalin ang Pilipinas. Maaaring hindi nga alam ng ibang mga Pilipino na nakatungtong sila sa lupa ng ginto eh. Di hamak naman na mas mahirap mahalin ang isang malaking kulungan kumpara sa lupa ng ginto. Napakaganda nga ng Pilpinas eh. Kung tutuusin karapatdapat ito sa pagmamahal nating mga Pilipino. Kung titignan natin ang ganda ng Pilipinas, talagang mamahalin mo ito. Eh bakit uhaw na uhaw pa rin ang Pilipinas sa pagmamahal. Mahirap bang mahalin ang PIlipinas? Hindi naman eh. Kung kayang mahalin ng mga Pilipino ang Estado Unidos, bakit hindi natin kayang mahalin ang sarili nating bansa? Hindi ba’t kung pag-aari mo, mas minamahal mo dapat? Halimbawa na lamang kung pag-aari mo ang isang libro, mas aalagaan mo ito kumpara sa librong hindi sa iyo. Bakit hindi natin ito gawin sa sarili nating bansa. Napakasakit lamang kasing isipin na hindi umaangat ang Pilipinas dahil kulang ito sa pagmamahal. Dahil kapag walang pagmamahal sa bansa, wala ka nang gagawin para umangt ang bansa mo. Gagawin mo nalang ang lahat para umangat ang sarili mo. Kaya tayo tinatawag na unggoy at alipin eh. Dahil walang pagmamahal sa bansa. Sa katunayan nga, hindi naman ang mga Pilipino ang ungoy eh. Ang unggoy, yung Pilipino sa labas, ngunit, puti sa loob. Kaya dapat, nag-aaral tayo nang mabuti at mahalin natin ang ating bansa para may maipagmalaki tayo. Kapag nag-aral tayo nang mabuti, minahal nating ang Pilipinas at Pilipino tayo sa labas at loob, kapag tinawag tayong unggoy at alipin, maipapakita natin sa mundo na nagkamali sila sa pagtawag sa ating unggoy at alipin. Sana ay dumating ang araw na nakikipagkompitensiya na tayo sa ibang bansa. Sa paningin ng iba ito ay pagputi ng uwak na lamang. Pero para sa akin may pag-asa pa dahil may mga natitira pa ring lubusang nagmamahal a Pilipinas.

By: Mate from Cavite, Philippines

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:28:07 +0000

upon reading this blog, i remember the time when i was assigned to present a research paper regarding the relationship of China and Australia as part of my requirements in studying the history of Australia. Its true that Australia started as a penal colony but one great contributors of their success were the efforts of chinese slaves – the miners. Chinese started as slaves but ended up us entrepreneurs, builders of the country. It reminds me of our fellow kababayans abroad. One writer once commented, “take away the Filipino workers abroad, pilay ang bansa nila.” Maaaring ang tingin ng buong mundo sa atin ay bansa ng mga alila, mababa, walang halaga, ngunit alam ko na darating ang araw, sa unti-unting pagsisikap na iahon ang lahing kayumanggi bitbit ang pangaraping iaangat ang ating dangal, kasabay ng pagbibigay parangal sa Diyos na Syang lumikha at nagtalaga sa atin upang maging mga Pilipino, ang mga mumunting liwanag ngayn ay magiging isang ilaw na magbibigay ng tanglaw sa susunod na henerasyon.

By: ray pinyoco from Illinois, United States

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:15:24 +0000

the moment we begin to show genuine love for our country will signal the new age for the Philippines. time will come our Asian neighbor will respect us and consider us equal to them. we will be called Asian not “pacific islanders”. when ask by a foreigner we could proudly say “I am a Filipino” with dignity. when that time came we will once again be called “Pearl of the Orient”.

By: renz_eigon007 from Cavite City, Philippines

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:51:37 +0000

Our hearts are indeed bound by blindness,poor inside that we cannot see our purpose in this world.As we continue, may we-FILIPINOS leave footprints that others find us better in every steps of the way behind those negative circumstances happened to us.

By: Panitikan from Surigao, Philippines

Tue, 19 May 2009 02:07:16 +0000

But then…it’s a privilege to live and exist and to be a Filipino today because we can still do so much and we can be part of the raising of OUR brown race. There are struggles and it’s so hard specially when we are failing. And now it’s even more hurtful to fail because when we fail we are not failing ourselves, we are failing the Brown Race, and it is almost close or tantamount to being cruel to our own kind. Till the BROWN RAISES!

By: Florante from Philippines

Sun, 17 May 2009 09:00:18 +0000

@ Si Matibay

May pag-asa pa! Tulad nga ng sabi ni Apolinariang Binibini, “we need not stay convicts. Let us CHOOSE not to.”

By: SI MATIBAY from Manila, Philippines

Sat, 16 May 2009 15:30:34 +0000

isa lang masasabi ko wala akong masabi gara pero ganun eh kung hindi lang sana napabayaan ang atin di sana tayo ang hinahangaan ngaun!!

By: imagodei16 from Quezon City, Philippines

Tue, 12 May 2009 08:06:37 +0000

wow ang ganda ng mga library ng mga ibang bansa dapat tato din ganun may pagmamahal sa bansa niya.

By: Panitikan from Surigao, Philippines

Tue, 12 May 2009 04:58:52 +0000

“It’s so sad to see that our Historical Institute has done so little to preserve the soon-to-be fading artifacts and also fail to give the proper highlights.”The Visitor

I agree. It’s really sad and even tragic because in other countries (Australia, Singapore, China, Germany)our National Hero’s shrines are well preserved and are rendered with due respect and significance. These countries are treating Jose Rizal like their own national hero. But we–always a heritage of smallness, a slave mentality reflected on the way we treat the Man who fought for our freedom and identity through his writings.

By: The Visitor from Manila, Philippines

Mon, 11 May 2009 06:07:05 +0000

Yes, even a rock has a story to tell, if we have love for our country and that is true in the life of our national hero, Jose Rizal. Recently we had a historical tour in the Shrine of Dr. Jose Rizal in Dapitan and his love for our country was etched in every corner of the place. He was in banishment but it seemed that whatever he touched became fruitful. He had a school, a clinic, a farm, an amphitheater, a pool, water system, invented a wooden brick maker and many more. He left legacies which for quite a while remain unnoticed until now. I hope our new Rizals from the BRYORG be able to visit the place before it’s totally depleted. It’s so sad to see that our Historical Institute has done so little to preserve the soon-to-be fading artifacts and also fail to give the proper highlights. You must really see it for yourselves. As for our group who visited the place we resolved to make a replica of what we’ve seen in that building and write the correct highlights that our young people must know. If Australia had been transformed by choices of individuals, from a penal colony to the safest country in the world, with our choice to love our country not only in words but in deeds, we can also regain the dignity of our country, Philippines.