Random thoughts on Cory's death

Cory Aquino died yesterday. I woke up with a text message from dino, from jiggy which made it official news. Today, we all planned to visit lsgh where the wake was held to give support to Jiggy and his family. 

I always find it sad when the reason i see my friends are because of death in the family. 

Anyway, Kynan picked me up along Katipunan so i didn't have to go through the trouble of parking and such. Right before crossing edsa towards lsgh, there was traffic already. People were lining up from all classes and all ages. And it was overwhelming to see all these people wait under the heat only to have a 5 second glimpse of her later on. I was telling one of my friends, that I don't think any other politician in the Philippines will have that kind of response when they die and its such a sad thought. 

We finally arrived in lsgh and met up with dino, den and ruel. We got stuck for a while and had jiggy's family friend pick us up since the guards were a bit strict. We ended fighting with one of them since he suddenly became discriminatory because he wouldn't let us enter despite having a family representative with us. when he we asked why he would let the others go through without questioning them, he said they were VIPs! But to be honest they just looked old. what made us more upset was his gall to mention that they had cars! if we knew that that fact would make it easier to enter, we would have paraded all of our cars then! 

We finally got to see Jiggy and his family and chatted for a while among ourselves while waiting for our other friends to arrive. Popi, Rizza, Quains and her sister and sister's bf, Shiela and Paul with sister and mom came; we were one big party.  Saw several politician and celebrities in the process, like Anne Curtis, Sarah Geronimo, Maricel Laxa and family, Mikee Cojuanco, Sharon Cuneta, Kiko Pangilinan and family, KC Concepcion and i'm sure there were a whole lot more but considering i'm not much into showbiz, i might have missed them. 

Half the time Jiggy was circulating and doing his family duties and it made me realize how not only emotionally draining it is but physically as well. You're already grieving and yet because there are so many people sympathizing you end up  "entertain" them as well. Imagine 1 family member would be by the door welcoming the visitors, another would be at the casket, and another would be by the exit thanking them for coming. They do this for all the thousands of people visiting. They have rotations of course, but still, thats a whole lot of people! Its unbelievably amazing. I guess thats what happens when you're related to the first female President of the Philippines or you led a world-known historical event like the Edsa Revolution.

All i can say is that she was one leader who was really loved and i hope that at least in my life time there will be another like her.