At 5AM today, I learned that former president Corazon Cojuangco Aquino has passed away. She died at 3:18AM. She battled colon cancer for months, and early today, her body finally gave up the fight. I don’t have time to write a tribute or to enumerate the reasons why I feel her loss even though I didn’t know her personally, but I will say that her death saddens me very much. She was the only Philippine president I actually liked.
She also reminds me of my mom. No, they don’t look alike or have (had) the same life, but the way she was with her children (especially with Kris) is the way my mom is with me.
Goodbye, Madame President. I think that, in the Philippines’ history, you were the only president who actually cared about this country.
Yeah! Such a loss to a country missing the real essence of democracy that she and her husband fought for years!
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