The Fall of Aguinaldo

Emilio Aguinaldo
Born: March 22 1894
Died: February 6 1964


The first and the youngest President of the Philippines.
94 years old when he died.
Even competed with Manuel Quezon to a presidential election but he lost.


THE FALL OF AGUINALDO


"My General, you owe it to our people to live and continue fighting for freedom."
-Barcelona


*Segismundo Surrenders and Emilio's Wherabouts


February 8 1901 - Emilio's messenger, Cecilio Segismundo together with some people 


surrendered to Brigadier General Frederick Funston at San Isidro, Nueva Ecija


Lazaro Segovia - a former Spanish officer who decoded the messages that was carried by 
Segismundo
Pastor and Colon de Magdalo - pen names used by Emilio Aguinaldo
Among the messages the most important was an order to Emilio's cousin, Generla 
Baldomeo Aguinaldo to send some forces to Palanan.
*The Plan to Capture Colon de Magdalo
The expedition team consisted of Brig. Gen. Funston and 4 other american officers, 
Segovia, Placido and three other Tagalogs and the eighty Macabebes. 


Funston disguised the Macabebes as the reinforcement that Emilio Aguinaldo expects. 
Funston and other American officers were disguised as prisoners of war. They wrote a 
letter and forged the signature of General Lacuña to make the disguise more effective.


March 6 1901 - the team boarded the USS Vicksburg on Manila Bay.
March 14 1901 - they reached Casiguran Bay.
March 22 1901 - Emilio Aguinaldo celebrated his 32nd birthday. The day before his 
capture.
March 23 1901 - the men in disguise reached Palanan and entered Aguinaldo's camp 
without any difficulties.


Placido and Segovia entered the house where Aguinaldo was and at a given signal, the 
macabebes suddenly fired on the guards who were surprised and easily overpowered.


Placido grabbed Aguinaldo from behind and Segovia started firing like a madman.


Aguinaldo had whipped his pistol but Dr. Santiago Barcelona held him by the arms and 
said, "My General, you owe it to our people to live and continue fighting for freedom."


Then Funston together with his men entered the scene and arrested Emilio Aguinaldo in 
the name of the US government.


March 25 1901 - Emilio boarded the USS Vicksburg(Manila) as a prisoner of war

April 1 1901 - Oath of Allegiance to the US


April 19 1901 - Sovereignty of the US


"Let the stream of blood cease to flow; let there be an end to tears and desolation." -
Aguinaldo


LINKS:
http://philippineamericanwar.webs.com/captureofaguinaldo1901.htm
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60A17FD3B591B728DDDA00A94DB405B818CF1D3
http://www.librarylink.org.ph/featarticle.asp?articleid=30
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War

REFLECTION JOURNAL

Matagal ko nang pangarap ang makapunta sa National Museum. 

Napapaisip kasi ako kung ano bang meron doon.

Sa TV ko pa lang kasi siya nakikita.

At noong June 22, 2011 nagkatotoo na ang munting pangarap ko... :)

Unang destinasyon ng lakbay aral ang Ayala Museum...

Sa Ayala Museum ako'y namangha sa yamang itinatago ng ating bansa...

Sino ba naman ang hindi mamamangha sa dami ng gintong naroon?

At ang mga gintong ito ay mula pa noong unang panahon!

Bukod sa mga nakakasilaw na ginto ay nakakaaliw rin ang mga diorama.

Ang mga diorama na naroon sa Ayala Museum ay nagpapakita ng

makulay na kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. 

Nakakatuwa ang mga miniatures na ito. Akala mo ay totoong totoo.

Sa mga pader kung saan naroon ang Diorama ay may mga kilalang pilipino

at nakalagay doon kung ano ang kanilang taas.

Mas mataas pa ako kay Ginoong Jose Rizal kung wala siyang suot na sapatos. :)

Noon ko lang nalaman na si Magsaysay pala ang pinakamatangkad na naging

pangulo ng Pilipinas.

Ang pinakamaliit? E di si Dating Presidente Gloria Arroyo. ^_^V

Nakakatuwa rin yung sliding door na may sensor. 

Hindi naman sa first time makakita noon, pero...

nakakatuwa talaga siyang paglaruan. Hahahaha!

Matapos ang mahaba-habang lakaran, sa loob ng Ayala Museum...

Picture-picture muna! Konting souvenir!

Sunod naming tinungo ang National Museum.

(Sa wakas! Makakapasok na rin ako! :D)

May dalawang gusali ang National Museum. 

At ang aming pinuntahan ay ang Museum for the Filipino People.

Kumpara sa Ayala, mas nakakatuwa ang mga bagay sa nasa National Museum.

Damang-dama mo ang pagka-Pilipino.

Bibilib kang talaga sa mga nagawa ng ating mga ninuno.

Yung Manunggul Jar at yung Bulul na dati ay sa libro ko lang nakikita,

nakita ko na rin sa wakas ng personal!

Napansin ko rin na ang daming kanyon na nahukay.

Ganoon ba tayo ka-war freak? ^^

Sino kaya ang gumamit nun? Pilipino ba o mga dayuhan?

Maganda rin ang mga silid na pinaglalagyan ng mga bagay sa museo.

May mga kwarto doon na iba ang texture ng 

sahig depende sa kung saang panahon ka naroon.

Sunod naming pinuntahan ang WALLED CITY o ang INTRAMUROS.

Hindi ito ang unang beses na makapunta doon pero

yun ang unang beses na na-realize ko kung gaano na siya napapabayaan.

Maganda pa rin yung ibang mga lugar tulad ng Casa de Manila, 

ang mga simbahan, Palacio del Gobernador, 

ang Fort Santiago at ang ilan pang mga gusali.

Pero tila hindi napapangalagaan ng mga naninirahan sa loob ng Intramuros ang lugar.

Mayroong di kaaya-ayang amoy, mga basurang nakakalat, mga lasing na nagwawala.

Marahil yun ang aninong nagtatago sa likod ng makasaysayang pook na Intramuros.

Ngunit, anu't ano pa man ay dapat pahalagahan ng bawat Pilipino ang mga lugar

na may alaala ng ating kahapon.

Babalik uli ako sa mga lugar na ito. Wala man akong dalang sariling camera

upang kuhaan ng litrato ang mga bagay-bagay, natatak naman

sa aking puso't isip na iba ang Pilipino.

Madami akong natutunan at napagtanto sa lakbay-aral na ito.

Astig maging Pilipino.

Pero mas astig ka kung alam mo kung ano ang pinagmulan mo.

PHILGOV: Wedding practices/Customs/Traditions/Trivias

Masbate Wedding Practices


Both of my parents grew up in Masbate. Masbate is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region. Its capital is Masbate City and consists of three major islands: Masbate, Ticao and Burias. But I am not here to lecture you about this province’s geography and history. I am here to share to you SOME interesting wedding traditions from Masbate.
Since Masbate is a part of the Philippines and it’s not that far from the Tagalog region the wedding traditions are not that different.


  It has been customary that if a man wants to marry, he must be capable of giving a dowry,dote or bigay-kaya. The man can give land, poultry house, animals or money for a dote. The woman is not obliged to give something to the man.


One of the most popular wedding superstitions dictates that the groom should not see the bride until just before the ceremony. Bad luck can come their way if they lay eyes on each other, because they have glimpsed the future before it happened. They should also avoid being photographed together before the wedding day. 
 But in Masbate, the night before the wedding day, they have a party. They call this party Likod Likod. The soon to be groom and bride attends this party together. They eat and dance at the party. They are also forbidden to go anywhere because they believe that it is dangerous for them to go somewhere else just before the wedding day.



I guess you have seen a lot of movies that the man and woman goes in the church separately. But in Masbate, they go to the church together.  And mostly, the couples just walk from the house to the church while others ride a carabao. 


At a wedding, the bride and the groom walks side by side to the altar  because they believe that if couples go together, their relationship will last.


At the reception, they usually do the money dance. The groom's family puts money on the bride and vice-versa. They do this to wish a wealthy living for the newlyweds.

REFERENCES:
http://www.elaput.com/chirn30.htm
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Masbate
http://www.kasal.com/html/rr/tips/tips3.html
http://sactuning.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html