Cha Cha: Philippines Style
June 9, 2009 by lisa
Filed under philippines
What CAN we do?
First, WE must change.
We must get involved. We must protest. Our future is on the line. Our future is in our hands. Right now, our apathy puts our future in their greasy little hands!
We must also change the people we elect as leaders, and make sure the new ones behave. That means we must get off our lazy and resigned butts and force them to behave as public SERVANTS, not kowtow to them as government kings.
I’m sure you get it already — competence is dangerous without honesty and humility.
Next, we make sure 2010 elections happens. You can imagine how the “presidentiables” are now concentrating their efforts on their campaigns, the same way the politicians of 1972 were looking toward the presidential elections of 1973 but — tada! — Marcos pulled the rug from under them by declaring Martial Law.
So, please make sure you register as a voter — now.
Then vote your conscience (for the one you know will be good for the people) and make sure your vote is counted.
Then, after elections, we make sure our public officials in all levels BEHAVE.
Then the Philippines can be on its way to being great again.
Finally –
The way Philippine history is taught in schools is a series of memorizing dates and names. These are not as important as the movements of history. When we are asked to recite these and given rewards for getting them right our teachers are merely turning us into machines that spew out what is put in.
We must look at history as lessons in cultural movements, on human evolution, as chronicles of our minds and hearts, that detemine our actions.
If we ignore our history or fail to understand it fully we will then commit the same mistakes. This we are doing now. Let us not delude ourselves into believing that charter change is THE ANSWER for it is merely just another means of the bad people staying in power and raping us further.
How can we pretend it is anything else and agree to it?
Tama si Rizal, “ang hindi lumigon sa pinangalingan ay di makararating sa paroroonan”
About the Video
“Cha-cha” isone of the most viewed of the Juana Change video series. Mae Paner plays different Juana de la Cruzes (the Philippine Jane Doe’s) to send messages of protest, of change, of hope.
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Why do they have to push for a Charter Change? The absurdity of such a move at a time where the Philippines need change is simply obvious, they just want to stay in power and do the changing themselves, with a different syle but with the same old faces. History taught us of what ill fate our country had undergone due to changes in our country’s constitution,. They may have fooled our elders, but not us who have grown observing the ill effects of such personal and ambitious craving for power. Cha-cha won’t pull out the Philippines from its current economical and social dilemma, it will just worsen the situation, as history teaches us. “Style Niyo Bulok”.
Amen to all that, Barsi05!
Hello Lisa,
I watched with great interest Ms. Mae Paner’s playing her Juana de La Cruzes; Juana Change Video, it was my first time ever to see her, let alone came to know about her, we are really “estrangheros” now and are so far removed from the reality of the current state of affairs and the future well being of the Philippines, Dejavu, all over again and seems like History will repeat itself all over again.
As Dr. Jose Rizal has poignantly said “ang hindi lumingon sa pinangalingan ay di makararating sa paroroonan” it feels like I am a stranger to where I am today but worse I feel like a complete stranger from the Land of my Birth.
Your informative Website and your political and social commentaries have struck a chord, I am quite certain will effect change in our continuous Apathy.
“Cha-Cha Philippines Style” it’s like going to sleep, having a bad dream and waking-up the next morning to realize that the nightmare is real.. we all hope this would not materialize for everyone’s sake and for the Future well being of the Country.
Thanking you for keeping the faith and keeping the world informed….
Hi Gerardo,
Isn’t she simply great! Mae is one hugely talented lady and I can’t wait until her next video.
There are many many Filipinos waking up to the real “nightmare” that is the Philippines right now, especially those of us who saw the country through Marcos, Ramos and Estrada, too. My mom of course was around since right after Manuel Quezon who (I mentioned this before) I am sure did not mean “run like hell by Filipinos” as a curse.
There are many of us who reject that the Philippines should be poor and remain poor for we are rich in everything except spirit right now. And this spirit is being systematically assaulted by Arroyo and all her minions, and even those who are in office and want to take her place as President-oppressor.
We do not have to wait until 2010 to effect change… baby steps… baby steps. Let’s wake everyone up and together create a vision for a fabulous Philippines!
Hello Lisa,
My respect and admiration for Ms. Paner, Yes, she certainly is one talented lady who’s got a lot of guts putting her ….. on the line.
Real hero’s and heroins’ put their ……. on the line and let the chips fall where they may, and suffer the consequence, certainly in my opinion, Ms. Mae Paner and you are in that category.
It seems that the corrupted, current and past administrations have taken President Manuel Luis Quezon’s statement, a government “run like hell by Filipinos” have taken it to heart figuratively and literally to the full extent of the english language and then some….if President Quezon would only have known what has transpired since then , he may have phrased it differently….. alas….woe upon us, the Filipino People…
It got kind of lost in the translation …perhaps?
Your vision for a better Philippines and your call for change keeps the hope alive…..
Perhaps we can still prove President Quezon right or for that matter wrong?
Hiya Gerardo!
For you, another Juana Change video with matching article or is it another article with matching Juana Change video?
On TV Patrol last night was the lament of a Comelec official on the ridiculous number of party-list registrants, last minute pa….
What we really need is an honest-to-goodness review of the pros and cons of charter change.
all thumbs up!
Hope many would have a chance to visit your site. The first thing I said when I reached your site was “wow..panalo to.”. As I’ve expected, it was great. My thoughts did not fail.
Thanks a lot.
It really helped me on presenting and defending it.
great job! keep it up.
(ooppss!!edited!got some typo errors pala… pretty much excited lang..haha)