Tag: hero
Happy Rizal birth anniversary!
[“… nor does she spend her time on her knees…”. there are no ashtanga poses on one’s knees, or kneeling down, except as preparatory to a full pose but kneeling on just one knee; even if these yoga poses were originally “worship” and “healing” poses 2,000 years ago. Why no knelt poses? — maybe it’s bad for your bones? i don’t know, you tell me. vira parampara 1 pose. vira means warrior, parampara means series, there are ten vira poses in this series (not part of the ashtanga set). Shot today after work, this would have been better if shot outdoors, but wanted to play with the colors of the room and the prints of the shirt — nobody wears prints for ashtanga yoga — nobody has a room with these colors!)
Text from the photo, in case it’s too blurry to read: To the Women of Malolos by Jose Rizal. translation by Zaide. On December 12, 1888, 20 women of Malolos petitioned the governor- general to allow them to study the lingua franca, then, Spanish, in a night school. The Spanish parish priest objected and the governor-general turned down the petition. The women waged a campaign for the school – amid threats of punishment for expressing themselves. Finally, the government approved the project on condition that the Spanish authorities chose the teacher. This incident became known far and wide and inspired many. Rizal wrote in pure Tagalog (Filipino) to the women of Malolos: “(W)hen the news of what happened at Malolos reached us (in Europe) great was my rejoicing… Now that you have responded to our first appeal in the interest of the welfare of the people; now that you have set an example to those who, like you, long to have their eyes opened and be delivered from servitude, new hopes are awakened in us and we now even dare to face adversity, because we have you for our allies and are confident of victory. No longer does the Filipino woman stand with her head bowed nor does she spend her time on her knees, because she is quickened by hope in the future…” – Jose Rizal
In alphabetical order, the categories in this blog are:
(Artist not indicated. Lapulapu (I think) depicted in a stone relief, U.P.. You know what, I think this photographs better at sunrise than in the afternoon, the light would strike his right, our left; clearer face )
Armed conflict
(conflict between the government and MILF; between government and Abu Sayyaf (not that, that’s the same they’re not, but it’s in the category of “armed conflict”); between government and the NDF; coups d ‘ etat; and between states.)
(links to the categories appear as the first widget to your right; right hand.)
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(Napoleon Abueva, bas-relief, UP)
Criminal law
(any commentary where the blog used provisions of the Revised Penal Code and special criminal laws)
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Juan Luna, Trial of Galileo, print published by the Vargas Museum
Rules of Court
(any commentary where the blog used the Rules of Court)
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Slideshows. Music. Stills.
(I was going to name this “Entertainment” but changed my mind and made it medium-based na lang. duh.)
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Students’ reviews
(work of students)
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Photo, abs-cbn footage
The News Media
(this, as with the other categories, overlaps with the others. They’re comments on the media: content and use of the medium.)
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The President [commentary on policies and decisions of the Office of the President, whoever its occupant is/ was; including acts or alleged acts of the President (present and past president) while in office)
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Uncategorized.
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I never intended to have categories, i thought i would write stream-of-consciousess. Or, i would write or not write depending on the day. After a year, I noticed that there were recurring themes.
Then I started with tags. Then, categories. As you can see, they overlap.
I’ve categorized only up to July. Happy weekend everyone!
