Ka Bel by Bienvenido Lumbera

     Living in the Philippines is somewhat irritating because of the attitudes of the people living here not all but the majority of the Filipinos are not disciplined enough. In Ka Bel it is about Filipino laborers who are fighting for their right. I can understand them because I know that in the regime of Macapagal there are a lot of crimes that our government did. I can really say that the problem of our country is the people. People who only thinks about money that is why even though our country is going down they don't care as long as they can have money. I am not new about this kind of issues because I know what is happening in our country and sometimes I will just say to myself we don't need to blame others or even our government because in the first place we are the one who put them in that place. I really believe that what happened in the People Power Revolution has a bad effect to todays generation because if Filipinos don't like the new rules that are implemented by our government they will rally which is not healthy for our country and it is said in the Ka Bel "ang lider ay isang sangkap lamang ng tagumpay, ang masa ang siyang tunay na mapagpasiya. Maraming beses na nating sinabi sa kanila, subalit makunat talaga ang kanilang utak, ayaw nang talaban ng ating katotohanan." It is clear they are not open to know what is true and what we want why do we need to rally? Does it change anything? Yes it change something and that is making our country more dangerous to go to why? Because a lot may think that our government don't do good things or they might think that it is not safe to go here because we are always rallying. If we really want to prosper and get what we want we should not depend on what our government can do instead we should ask our self what did we do for our country? Yes I agree rallying is one way in expressing ourselves but because of that every time we see something bad about our government we are always protesting and I can say that instead of talking about the dirt of our government we should help each other in order for our country to prosper and to have peace. Rallying is not the answer to every problem that our country is facing. We should stop blaming each other. As what Mahatma Gandhi "be the change we want to see in the world." If we really want change we should start in ourselves.