Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Jose Rizal: another Inday joke.

Rizal: Inday, and hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika ay mas masahol pa sa halimaw at malansang isda…

Inday:
Thank you for your wonderful words of wisdom. But don’t you know that I already read all your writings? Unfortunately, I was disappointed because your two novels were written in Spanish and Latin. So, therefore, you are the ultimate violator of your own aphorism.

I'm not a fan of Inday jokes but isn't it funny what people think of our national hero? No, I mean, really. Think about it, does anyone actually joke around about their national hero? Patriotism eh? Nationalism, anyone? A joke. What a joke.
This isn't my required blog writing, I do Wednesdays, and its just a Tuesday. I'm just taking a break from all this "love talk" wheeling my way to my funnier side (yes, I have a funny side). I hate to admit it but I'm also a romantic-- operative word is romantic, not a hopeless romantic.


-Eena

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

u know what? it is kinda ironic that he wrote his two novels in spanish...

but ddnt he do that due to the spanish colonization? since spanish was the language they widely used at that time...

Anonymous said...

True that it was widely used at that time. But why would anyone, especially when trying to reform the government, would write in a language that everyone else understood? I mean, why do that when you want to "save" your country from the Spanish Friars that are cruel to your countrymen? Why write a novel that exposed their cruelty in the language that is familiar to them?

Anyway, the point is, Filipino people joke around about their national hero cause this Jose Rizal isn't practicing what he's preaching. Practice what you preach. Why not make Inday the national hero? Why Rizal? She obviously found a flaw that made me think twice about this guy.