Wednesday, July 29th, 2009...5:05 pm

Yellow Ribbon for Cory

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The streets and the trees are turning yellow. Not because of jaundice or some kind of disease. But because of the tie a yellow ribbon campaign for Mrs. Cory Aquino, the first female president of the Philippines. The purpose of the said campaign is to show the former president that she is not alone in her battle with colon cancer, just like when she fought for democracy more than ten years ago.  

I was in grade school when I learned in our history class about her admirable personality. Her courageous fight against Marcos’s dictatorship and her advocacies were something I really admired as a young person. In fact, I even dreamed of becoming a president someday because of her (now all I want is to become a responsible citizen). I wanted to have a life as meaningful as Cory’s but as I grew older, I realized that being Corazon Aquino is not easy. She really is a beautiful person and she utterly deserves all the love and prayers of the Filipino people. Hope she will be able to recover soon.

“I will never be able to forgive myself knowing that I could have done something and I did not do anything.”

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