RIP Angelo Reyes

 

 

I don’t know why but I’m really affected by Angelo Reyes’ death.

I feel sad that a once highly-regarded man come down to this.

 

Heart don’t fail me now

Courage don’t desert me

Don’t turn back now that we’re here.

People always say

Life is full of choices

No one ever mentions fear.

Sigh. I wonder of the fear that his eyes can no longer meet. The fear that made a man of his caliber give up just like that. A man who had for so long made numerous critical decisions as a leader for the sake of this country, finally decided that taking his life is the only solution.

 

What is this place?

 

I don’t know if I should be thankful I’m not great enough to not receive huge amounts of bribe. Perhaps I should be as I am able to turn them down knowing that I’ll be able to earn them in time. ^^

I am not saying he is guilty. I saw the movie Fair Game recently and this was one case that demonstrated how stories can be twisted and fabricated to make it appear how you want it to. To quote the 1992 movie, Hero, “You remember when I said how I was gonna explain about life, buddy? Well the thing about life is, it gets weird. People are always talking ya about truth. Everybody always knows what the truth is, like it was toilet paper or somethin', and they got a supply in the closet. But what you learn, as you get older, is there ain't no truth. All there is is bullshit, pardon my vulgarity here. Layers of it. One layer of bullshit on top of another. And what you do in life like when you get older is, you pick the layer of bullshit that you prefer and that's your bullshit, so to speak.”  ^^ No, actually, there’s something else I’d like to quote but I can’t find it online so I’ll have to watch the movie again and get back on it.

He may be guilty. Some view it as an act of cowardice, an admission of guilt. But those who had worked with and served him would say otherwise. To them, his was an act of courage to save the dented morale of the PMA and AFP.

Personally, I don’t want to think he is. But that’s just me being sentimental.

RIP, Angelo Reyes.

 

P.S.

I just read a high school classmate’s post. She’s also a PMAer herself.

BUT even kings and great men can grow tired and get weak...May u now rest in peace General