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Ang mga sumusunod ay aking account on former Pres. Aquino's burial. (Karen, pa-upload na ng pic! love 'ya! :P).
Adventure Buddies:
Karen- Photographer
Roma- Pen and Paper person/ interviewer/ time keeper
Pauline- Spirit (haha... wag ka nang umangal, this is your cause naman :P salamat sa pangungulit na tumuloy tayo ah! )
At the intersection of Taft Avenue and Quirino Ave, I witnessed the procession for the burial of our beloved former president.
11: 40 am:
We alighted from LRT 1. We were supposed to go straight to Roxas Boulevard, but since we saw that there was a crowd, allegedly waiting for the convoy, we decided to simply stay in Quirino Ave.
There was a huge banner from Akbayan Partylist that says something like ' Tapusin ang laban, tapusin si Gloria.' I tell you, it was really huge, as in HUGE. Agaw atensyon sya.
12:50 pm:
Vehicles which abviously came from the burial started to pass along Quirino Ave. The convoy of Nazareth engibe-Quiapo passed first. Then, it was followed by the media vehicles. The following are the vehicles of different media group that I took note of: Bombo Radyo, Abs Cbn, GMA, DZRH, EPN Press, Press TV.
Afterwhich, we noticed that helicopter was circulating the area directly above us. Maya-maya, naging dalawa na yung helicopter.
At exactly, 1:14 pm, there were two helicopters that circulated above the Quirino Ave. Area.
1:15 pm:
Vehicle #181 passed along. Please bear in mind that some of the vehicles passing along have Control numbers. This particular vehicle #181 has Mar Roxas inside it. He waved at the crowd and gestured Cory's sign. That particular vehicle has the plate number XHJ565.
1:17 pm:
UMULAN NG CONFETTI from one of the helicopters. Actually, pinulot ko pa yung isang piraso ng confetti. Haha.
1:19 pm:
A person riding a vehicle ( I wasn't able to see its vehicle number) shouted, "Tama!!!" while pointing at the huge sign of Akbayan. What caught my attention after that vehicle passed was a physically challenged man in a wheelchair, wheeling himself as he went on with the procession. He was carrying a sign that says, " Thank you President Cory."
After several people walking and several vehicles came a group of people marching in a 'People Power Way' carrying a banner which says, "Philab Marching Band 1st Revolution Band Feb 24, 1986".
1:22 pm:
Someone shouted, " Mabuhay ang demokrasya! mabuhay"
After someone shouted these words, the convoy that carry the close friends, relatives and officials passed by.
Afterwhich, dumaan yung vehicle ng Heritage Park. It was followed by people, then eight people carrying eight flags. Six of the eight flags have the face of Ninoy.
1:31 pm:
The 'truck' that was carrying the Cory's casket passed in front of me. It was roughly one and a half meter away from it. Actually, we (Karen, Pauline and I), were so close. In fact, if I were to extend my arm and bend a little I could even touch the vehicle. Ganun kami kalapit. I even got the names of the soldiers guarding Pres. Cory's casket. Nakuha ko yung name written in the name plate nila. They were officers Malab and Lagundan. Sayang, hindi ko pa nakumpleto names nila.
The vehicle carrying the casket was still followed by groups and groups of people. In that crowd of people, a grandmother caught my attention. She was walking along with the other accompanied by her (I presume) two grandchildren, who were moset likely at around 8-10 years old. The grandmother was carrying several pieces of the flower Bird of Paradise.
Depite the fact that the casket already passed us by, and instead of moving along with the crowd, we decided to stay where we are and continue documenting the event, by means of jotting down notes and taking pictures.
There was a van while the rest were pink buses that have banners which states, "Maraming salamat sa inyong pagmamahal kay Cory! -Cojuangco, Sumulong and Aquino."
Vehicle #6, a pink bus, passed first. I recognized Mayor Lim of Manila. He was there acknowledging the presence of the crowd while doing the Cory sign.
Vehicle #5, also a pink bus, has Mikee Cojuangco in it.
The rest of the vehicles followed. I cannot say who were in them because I do not know them anymore.
1:33 pm
CT Group which stands for Center for Community Transformation passed in front of us. They were wearing specialized shirts which says, "We love you Pres. Cory." As they were marching, they were also singing "Bayan ko."
After them, The Ateneo students followed.
We then decided to move along and leave the place but before we carried on our way someone shouted as very catchy phrase. It was:
"SINONG BAYANING TOTOO? CORY AQUINO!!!"
Oh I also talked and asked several things from a member of Anakbayan party list. Actually, I wasn't ablt ot get the name of the lady I interviewed first, but she introduced me to Ed Quintana, the 5th District Chairman of Anakbayan. Oh well... so much for that.. moving on...
And so we left the place because the crowd was already moving heading for the Street near Mcdo.
As we were walking by, we saw a small "commotion". We were passing along Pan de Manila and we noticed that people were taking pictures of someone.
1:39 pm
Nagpaulan uli ng confetti.
We also saw who caused the commotion. It was Jun Lozada!
Indeed, all the while that the convoy was passing along, he was there pala. He was in front of Pan de Manila.
I wonder why? How come he wasn't inside any of the vehicles?
hmmmm...
Anyway, this is the end of our encounter with the procession for Pres. Aquino's burial. We then, proceeded to eat lunch at Tokyo-Tokyo.. but that's another story. With regards to the time, it was really like that I was holding my cellphone while jotting down notes of what's happening around me. :D
P.S.
Thanks guys! Ang weird talaga ng mga trippings natin! Last time we were at the museum, this time ito naman. Oh well, I'm glad that I was with you guys when we mourned with the entire Filipino people in this truly sad yet historical moment. 'Yung pictuuuurreeesss!!!! :P
Adventure Buddies:
Karen- Photographer
Roma- Pen and Paper person/ interviewer/ time keeper
Pauline- Spirit (haha... wag ka nang umangal, this is your cause naman :P salamat sa pangungulit na tumuloy tayo ah! )
At the intersection of Taft Avenue and Quirino Ave, I witnessed the procession for the burial of our beloved former president.
11: 40 am:
We alighted from LRT 1. We were supposed to go straight to Roxas Boulevard, but since we saw that there was a crowd, allegedly waiting for the convoy, we decided to simply stay in Quirino Ave.
There was a huge banner from Akbayan Partylist that says something like ' Tapusin ang laban, tapusin si Gloria.' I tell you, it was really huge, as in HUGE. Agaw atensyon sya.
12:50 pm:
Vehicles which abviously came from the burial started to pass along Quirino Ave. The convoy of Nazareth engibe-Quiapo passed first. Then, it was followed by the media vehicles. The following are the vehicles of different media group that I took note of: Bombo Radyo, Abs Cbn, GMA, DZRH, EPN Press, Press TV.
Afterwhich, we noticed that helicopter was circulating the area directly above us. Maya-maya, naging dalawa na yung helicopter.
At exactly, 1:14 pm, there were two helicopters that circulated above the Quirino Ave. Area.
1:15 pm:
Vehicle #181 passed along. Please bear in mind that some of the vehicles passing along have Control numbers. This particular vehicle #181 has Mar Roxas inside it. He waved at the crowd and gestured Cory's sign. That particular vehicle has the plate number XHJ565.
1:17 pm:
UMULAN NG CONFETTI from one of the helicopters. Actually, pinulot ko pa yung isang piraso ng confetti. Haha.
1:19 pm:
A person riding a vehicle ( I wasn't able to see its vehicle number) shouted, "Tama!!!" while pointing at the huge sign of Akbayan. What caught my attention after that vehicle passed was a physically challenged man in a wheelchair, wheeling himself as he went on with the procession. He was carrying a sign that says, " Thank you President Cory."
After several people walking and several vehicles came a group of people marching in a 'People Power Way' carrying a banner which says, "Philab Marching Band 1st Revolution Band Feb 24, 1986".
1:22 pm:
Someone shouted, " Mabuhay ang demokrasya! mabuhay"
After someone shouted these words, the convoy that carry the close friends, relatives and officials passed by.
Afterwhich, dumaan yung vehicle ng Heritage Park. It was followed by people, then eight people carrying eight flags. Six of the eight flags have the face of Ninoy.
1:31 pm:
The 'truck' that was carrying the Cory's casket passed in front of me. It was roughly one and a half meter away from it. Actually, we (Karen, Pauline and I), were so close. In fact, if I were to extend my arm and bend a little I could even touch the vehicle. Ganun kami kalapit. I even got the names of the soldiers guarding Pres. Cory's casket. Nakuha ko yung name written in the name plate nila. They were officers Malab and Lagundan. Sayang, hindi ko pa nakumpleto names nila.
The vehicle carrying the casket was still followed by groups and groups of people. In that crowd of people, a grandmother caught my attention. She was walking along with the other accompanied by her (I presume) two grandchildren, who were moset likely at around 8-10 years old. The grandmother was carrying several pieces of the flower Bird of Paradise.
Depite the fact that the casket already passed us by, and instead of moving along with the crowd, we decided to stay where we are and continue documenting the event, by means of jotting down notes and taking pictures.
There was a van while the rest were pink buses that have banners which states, "Maraming salamat sa inyong pagmamahal kay Cory! -Cojuangco, Sumulong and Aquino."
Vehicle #6, a pink bus, passed first. I recognized Mayor Lim of Manila. He was there acknowledging the presence of the crowd while doing the Cory sign.
Vehicle #5, also a pink bus, has Mikee Cojuangco in it.
The rest of the vehicles followed. I cannot say who were in them because I do not know them anymore.
1:33 pm
CT Group which stands for Center for Community Transformation passed in front of us. They were wearing specialized shirts which says, "We love you Pres. Cory." As they were marching, they were also singing "Bayan ko."
After them, The Ateneo students followed.
We then decided to move along and leave the place but before we carried on our way someone shouted as very catchy phrase. It was:
"SINONG BAYANING TOTOO? CORY AQUINO!!!"
Oh I also talked and asked several things from a member of Anakbayan party list. Actually, I wasn't ablt ot get the name of the lady I interviewed first, but she introduced me to Ed Quintana, the 5th District Chairman of Anakbayan. Oh well... so much for that.. moving on...
And so we left the place because the crowd was already moving heading for the Street near Mcdo.
As we were walking by, we saw a small "commotion". We were passing along Pan de Manila and we noticed that people were taking pictures of someone.
1:39 pm
Nagpaulan uli ng confetti.
We also saw who caused the commotion. It was Jun Lozada!
Indeed, all the while that the convoy was passing along, he was there pala. He was in front of Pan de Manila.
I wonder why? How come he wasn't inside any of the vehicles?
hmmmm...
Anyway, this is the end of our encounter with the procession for Pres. Aquino's burial. We then, proceeded to eat lunch at Tokyo-Tokyo.. but that's another story. With regards to the time, it was really like that I was holding my cellphone while jotting down notes of what's happening around me. :D
P.S.
Thanks guys! Ang weird talaga ng mga trippings natin! Last time we were at the museum, this time ito naman. Oh well, I'm glad that I was with you guys when we mourned with the entire Filipino people in this truly sad yet historical moment. 'Yung pictuuuurreeesss!!!! :P
- Mood:
accomplished
