July 31, 2004

  • You know, despite what a weird move I thought it was when Mike Tyson got that tattoo on his face, it actually looks kind of cool.  It was bad timing for him to get it also because he wasn't able to fight for fear of it getting infected.  I guess he went down in four rounds last night.  He used to be such a mighty fighter.  I'm not sure if in any sport someone can lose so much credibility so fast.


    My foot is still sore, but it's a little better.  I can feel that I got a good flex in my arms and shoulders from using the crutches.  I should work out more because my arms haven't felt this solid in a while.  Haha.  Inspiration comes from the weirdest places and circumstances.


    I got a nice little lecture from my uncle again about how I need to get married "so you will not be alone."  He didn't add the whole alternative and how I will die if I don't get married like he usually does.  He means well I guess.  However, he got into how my mom died alone and even slipped about the unknown identity of my dad.  It turns out that the story is conjecture on his part, but that when my mom went for a child custody battle and child support blood tests proved inconclusive.  At least I think that's what my uncle was saying.  Sometimes it's hard to understand what he's talking about.  The most intelligent point he made in his lecture was how in the Philippines sometimes it's Filipino vs. Filipino.  He continued to talk about getting away from bad people like Marcos, but supporting Marcos when he was in the area of Marcos supporters.


    This lead me to think of how it must've been in the Philippines after President Marcos declared Martial Law.  I picture armed soldiers walking all around, citizens paranoid of even saying anything for fear of being arrested and or murdered.  I think the process was called "harvesting."  I just imagine it like a war zone, somewhat similar to the images we see of Iraq with the forces there or in Vietnam when the forces were there when they weren't engaged in battle.  I'd really like to organize a dialogue on the Philippines during the Marcos era.  There are lot of passionate people about how bad Marcos was, but there are also a lot of people that believe, just as passionately, how good Marcos was.  Yet for me, I really don't know, except for some stories that people have told me.  I wonder what research has been done, and what hidden events have yet to be uncovered.