isang katanungan

oh juan kailan ka ba isinilang isang katanungan
ng ang islas filipinas ay natagpuan ni magellan
noon taon 1521 ay hindi ka pa isinisilang juan.
ang iyong mga ninuno ay may sariling katauhan
at angking kultura na lubos iginagalang. ng tanan
mga taong sa mga karatig isla pawang naninirahan

mayroon kang mga ninunong sa dayuhan ay sumalubong
at tinanggap pakipagkaibigan. Dala nilay mga regalong
handog bilang katunayan sa sinabing layon kapayapaan.
subalit ito'y isang panlilinlang na iyong natuklasan.

Ito’y napatunayan tampok ni lapu-lapu sa islang mactan
siya'y tumanggi sa alok ni magellan na pakipagkaibigan.
itoy nagresulta sa digmaan, at napatay nga si magellan
at sa daigdig ng mga mangangamkam sa kanilang mga talaan
si magellan ay naitala napatay sa dalampasigan ng mactan

at dumating naman itong si villalobos at pinangalanan
ang mga isla na “islas filipinas” wala pa rin si juan
ng dumating si miguel lopez de legaspi'y kanyang sinimulan
kamkamin ang buong kapuluan kasama na ang iyong kalayaan
wala pa rin si juan at kung kailan siya isilang hindi alam.

mahigit na 250 taon ang lumipas sa talaan kasaysayan
unti unti ng naramdaman ang pagdating pagsilang ni juan
marami ng nagaaklas sa pangaabuso ng mga prayleng gahaman
unti unti may mga sumisigaw na ang hinihingi ay kalayaan
mga sakop ng islas filipinas ngayo'y filipino ang katawagan
at isinilang si juan na ang hangarin ay kamtin ang kalayaan
ang el filibusterismo at noli me tangere ay kumalat sa lipunan
mga lihim na paggalaw ng maraming damdamin naging api-apihan
si bonifacio’t mga kasamahan sa balintawak sigaw ay kalayaan
si juan ay bagong silang na nasyon wala pang sariling bayan.

june 12 1898 sa kawit cavite iwinagayway ang bandila ng kalayaan
ang bansang pilipinas ay ipinanganak sa gitna ng himagsikan
at ngayon nga juan pangalagaan mo ang iyong bansa at katauhan.

let us start

let us now start uplifting juan. juan whose rule was not fully recognize. lets look back to the history of another juan.

history will show to us that recognition was not bestowed to our muslim brothers the due recognition due to our muslim brothers in mindanao. the different tribes of muslim in mindanao fought the foreign invaders and was never been subdued, and yet was not represented in the flag
as recognition to their heroic resistance to invaders.

here comes an opportunity to give the long delayed appreciation and recognition
for the muslims different tribe resisting foreign invaders.

a ninth ray to the flag of our country, the philippine. this is only one step in making
the culture and character of juan to a new level of dignity that we can be proud of.

there are many steps to be taken and step by step we will succeed.

juan is the issue

the issue is we are looking for juan……….

i’ll follow the change of name as it is being raise agains juan. this will entail so many complications that will result to dismemberment of the republic. so its a very dangerous idea to change juan to rizal. juan is for everybody, for the muslim, the catholics, all christians, for all the tribes, but rizal is not.

why must juan be put down by the very person it symbolizes. all time is given to filipinos to uplift juan to a higher degree
of culture and character. election is fast approaching again. its one of the big oppurtunities for us to uplift juan. let us put juan in malacanan who will guide the country to a new height of respect and not of shame as being experience now.

let us choose juan who can transform juan who are in the mountain with guns
to lay down their firearms and help in the nation building. let us choose juan for malacanan, a president juan who can rally the business communities to forgo momentarilytheir keen desire for profits and focus their effort in creating productive employment for the less fortunate juan. let us choose juan who can’t be blinded by the glittering rewards of corruption and let us make juan responsible and accountable for the misdeeds done. if not then, then another AM SORRY must be expected.

going back to the issue of looking for juan. shall you put down juan or start now uplifting juan towards to our dreams that we ca be proud of

juan==symbol for filipinos

juan will always be the name symbol for filipinos, so what if it is a spanish name

jose rizal will always be a hero to filipinos
it doesn’t matter that he has a spanish name

juan is you, juan is us, we are juan, we are filipinos. we evolve from the begining. read our history and trace back the events,the tortous events that influence the juan we are today. we don’t have to blame the past. we have to learn from the experience and prepare ourselves to transform juan to a character and culture
that we aspire in our dreams.

let us make our dreams a reality. let us start from ourselves. from our own soroundings, our home. next then the composition of the political elected member of the goverment. choose them wisely and if we fail to do it then progress will be delayed again for juan

let us transform juan in the hills with guns
let us make juan in malacanan responsible
let us try to create jobs opportunities for juan. our land is limited but the rich can and has to create profitable jobs for our fellow juans. they must not resist or fail because that is their responsibilities in our society

let us teach our juan…sons and daughter..be responsible and answerable for their mistakes and yet always extending our arms to assist them on their pursuit of success

its not easy to transform juan but it can be done.

looking for juan

you are looking for juan, but juan is everywhere. you can see juan at malacanang. you can see him in the mountains with guns. you can see him on everybarrio, on every streets and yet you can’t see juan because you don’t want to face reality. it is in facing reality that you can see that juan is everywhere.

once we stop putting down juan and accep his predicament, it is only then that we can truly transform the kind of juan we want to be. it is not easy but it can be done. the juan of your dreams that you want to put in a pedestal and say this is juan this is the real pilipino .

but first recognize juan as he is the we can move forward faster