The Ilustrado is a student of Political Science in University of the Philippines Manila. His dreams are bigger and more ambitious than yours. He sees himself as someone perfect, incorruptible and superior from other human beings.
If given the chance, he would like to be the second Fidel Castro, Michael Crichton or Karol Wojtyla. In the near future, the ilustrado will be a lawyer. But his real future is becoming the Holy Father of the Roman Catholic Church.
And oh, his name is Cleve Kevin Robert V. Arguelles. But you must always call him as Cleve. 
The embargo in Gaza is a gross human rights violation forcing collective punishment on the entire population, which is a clear violation of international law, condemned worldwide, and yet our government remains silent.
Nakakalungkot no? Arg. 
Life is so unfair. Don’t let the Genocide goes on.
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Winner of Best African Poem, 2005.
(spelling, grammar, & emphasis retained)
wen i born, i black.
wen i grow up, i black.
wen i go in sun, i black.
wen i sick, i black.
and wen i die, i still black.
and u white fella,
wen u born, u PINK.
wen u grow up, u WHITE.
wen u go in d sun, u RED.
wen u cold, u BLUE.
wen u scared, u YELLOW.
wen u sick, u GREEN.
and wen u die, u GRAY.
And u calling me COLORED?
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Data retrieved from http://alps05.multiply.com, January 13, 2009.
Done by DepEd-DCS Manila. 
At least di’ba? How about sa Philippines kaya? Same pa kaya?
The Testament by John Grisham
Written for entertainment. A book-turner.
“An unusual legal story with several twists. A burned-out lawyer has to deliver a multi-billion dollar inheritance to a missionary who does not want money, or all it brings with it. He is changed in the process, in ways he could not forsee.”
For me a Grisham novel is an escape. I expect it to be something well-written, but the psychological and philosophical depth is easy to be found. I expect entertainment that is not intellectually encompassing and reality-based society. Grisham’s The Testament fits the descriptions without a miss. He is a shallower Michael Crichton but much more easy to read. He rarely expound.
Simple. Plain. John Grisham is a story teller without the complexities of the writers of Jurassic Park and the Fifth Vial. Relaxing. Just plain perfect and exactly what I said.
Do I think the world should change? No. Why? Because we should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to do, more doubtful of victory, and more dangerous to proceed than to initiate change. The one who proposes the change makes a lot of enemies of all those who are comfortable and perfectly living under the present world and only a few from those who are uncomfortable will support. Only few will support because human beings are generally incredulous, never really trusting change unless they have tested them by their own experience.
I am already satisfied by the way the world moves around. My father is doing well in his work and he receives a good sum of money to be able to give our needs. We (siblings) are all studying and receiving a good education and enjoying small luxuries of life. My family is living in a fine home and we enjoy every minute of it. And I am afraid that I will lose these amenities of the present world if I ever initiate a change. This maybe selfishness and unwillingness to sacrifice one’s self but I am just being honest. No one is really happy to lose all the things that he/she have. But what about the others? Others that don’t study in school? Others that don’t eat everyday? Those people who doesn’t have homes? Let me tell this to you straight—let them initiate the change.
I know that change is inevitable … except, perhaps, from a vending machine. But I would not waste my effort in changing a world that I enjoy. I think I’m getting out of the topic. Do I think the world should change? Of course yes. Why not? I do think the world should change. But I’m not going to do it.
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this will depend pa. di ko pa sure kung ipapasa ko to. enlighten me! change my view! hahaha. basta. ganito talaga ako. mood by mood lang yan. :]
