To my wife Amelita and me, the events leading to EDSA 1 in 1986 was part of our love story, but it’s not just about us. It’s also about our love for country.
You’d think that due to filial piety and clannishness, we were adherents of the tribe of the true, the good, and the beautiful? You’re wrong! We hated everything that the Marcos regime represented – with passion.So, when we decided to have our church wedding at the St. William Cathedral, an imposing church in the middle of Laoag City, we also opted to have a not-too-subtle protest event.
Those who were in the church either as guests or kibitzers were aghast. Subversives from Manila, they scoffed, eyebrows raised and terribly upset! The yellow fever was everywhere while we had some local political kingpins and prominent Ilokanos as our wedding sponsors who were probably squirming at the sight of all things yellow!
After the wedding, I worked with the state-run Mariano Marcos State University in Batac, Ilocos Norte, as senior information officer, under the university’s Office of Pubic Affairs. When I was assigned my office in the Administration Building, my wife replaced the drab curtains with something more apropos. She installed curtains in yellow, to the consternation of the locals who were averse to the shade, fun intended.
So not all Ilocanos were pro-Marcos. Not all.
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