The Philippine-American war lasted three years from 1899 to 1902. military have ‘pacified the populace’ in 1902. We Filipinos, after all, were “made in the image of the United States” shortly after the U.S. Years prior to the ‘Martial Law,’ there were ‘anti-government’ student riots, and heavy ‘marijuana’ use – we were a ‘mirror image’ of what was happening in America at the same time. As schoolchildren, we were bombarded by ‘pro-government’ propaganda though songs and classroom topics. President Ferdinand Marcos instituted ‘Martial Law’ in the Philippines in 1972, I was eight years old. So, Filipinos read, write and spoke English well enough to be understandable.Įven at a young age, I was keenly aware of my surroundings, way beyond my age. Before the late 80’s in the Philippines, English was the medium of instruction from kindergarten on. I would admit a lot of the ‘phrases’ were unknown to me at the time I was born in the Philippines after all and English was a second language to me. The imagery was just beautifully sad, and the music was hauntingly beautiful. ‘American Pie’ – loved that song from the first time I heard it on the radio in my early teens ( the music was first sung when I was seven years old).
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