As a child I always look forward for the holidays... because that simply means no class! That was the meaning of holiday for me... Until now I still have that mentality of looking forward for the holiday and all the "days" in the calendar...
i.e. bonifacio day, Araw (day) ng kagitingan, Valentine's day (of which we don't hold classes in our high school for the reason we all don't know), and many other days... including Independence day, which I love so much because imagine, the classes had just started and we have a day with no class because of the independence day...
Anyway, with all those days, no work and no classes were ordered by the president. Mainly the reason is for us to spend time to honor and simply to recall the momentous, heroic and meaningful event that happened in our history.
So is it rightful to change the Independence day (which historically and meaningfully fall every 12th of June) into June 9. Just because the 9th is placed on a monday and for us to have a long weekend. As a laborer I love it but as a Filipino, I hate it.
June 12 is the birthday of our Nation. The fulfillment of our long cry for democracy and freedom. To change that day simply means taking the essence of our Filipino-ness.
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