tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post115198150340794609..comments2024-01-26T05:38:57.981+08:00Comments on Iloilo City Boy: A Dose of Their Own MedicineOliver M. Mendozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777385741632252224noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1152116141553910902006-07-06T00:15:00.000+08:002006-07-06T00:15:00.000+08:00My answer to that would be that I may had gone the...My answer to that would be that I may had gone the way of my youngest twins sisters who to the end (until one by one they both decided that the USA is the best place for the future, actually the other one with her husbsnd and three teenagers just moved dec 05)were the true "activists", but I would be the one the "real" soldiers might be hunting down. On the other hand I might be tempted by the vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713410142846357673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1152105643464592552006-07-05T21:20:00.000+08:002006-07-05T21:20:00.000+08:00That's quite an extreme set of choices Vic, to be ...That's quite an extreme set of choices Vic, to be a rebel or a soldier. If your family did not migrate, what do you think would have been your choice?Oliver M. Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777385741632252224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1152102747344878992006-07-05T20:32:00.000+08:002006-07-05T20:32:00.000+08:00Your mentioning of the security you had because of...Your mentioning of the security you had because of the "womb-to-tomb" health policy of the company where your parents work, just remind me why the country is in such social turmoil. That the inequity among the different segments of society must have contributed to the attraction of a lot of desperate people to join the insurgency, even without the probality of a clear victory just to survive. vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713410142846357673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1152093522423286982006-07-05T17:58:00.000+08:002006-07-05T17:58:00.000+08:00Grabe. So were the soldiers punished? What happene...Grabe. So were the soldiers punished? What happened after?Oliver M. Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777385741632252224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1152091280649593772006-07-05T17:21:00.000+08:002006-07-05T17:21:00.000+08:00Hi, Oliver. Like you, I also had my own similar e...Hi, Oliver. Like you, I also had my own similar experience. I was 8 years old when we heard a violent knock at our door, demanding that my parents come out. Before long, three men were pointing long rifles at my father. But the difference in our stories is that the people holding threatening to shoot my Dad were not NPA but drunken soldiers from the Philippine Army. That's martial law in Dom Cimafrancahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02060486314112462681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1151984447609824832006-07-04T11:40:00.000+08:002006-07-04T11:40:00.000+08:00Hi Ollie.I was a 2nd year Highschooler then at Don...Hi Ollie.<BR/><BR/>I was a 2nd year Highschooler then at Don Bosco-Victorias when our town was raided by NPA.<BR/><BR/>Wala ko ya gani kabalo nga ang mga nilupok gali halin sa engkwentro coz we thought it was just the firecrackers exploding.<BR/><BR/>Funny coz before the supposedly engkwentro that night, there was already rumors that a raid may happen anytime of the week.<BR/><BR/>I laso do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com