TRUTH = BOSINA

We marched out campus with a stick and snare, whistles hanging on our necks, posters, and a couple of cans and rocks. We were set to do our first attempt to disturb people, to make their head turn in the hopes of making them listen. Around 6:00 pm we began the barrage of cans, whistles, and drums. It seized instant attention to the people across the street. Some stood in amusement, some captured the moment through their gadgets, some laughed furiously, some joined, some didn’t even mind. The noise we are creating made them turn their heads and read; some even participated by honking, by shouting with us.

Having the noise barrage in 3 days have its fair share of awkwardness and fear. It was awkward because it is something of a deviation of the norm; it was fearful because it exposed us to the misinterpretations and misguided labelling of others. This mix of emotions made me think in the midst of the deafening noise about the whole essence of the activity. I looked at the big blue banner; “We stand for the truth” and I added “ and for the truth alone”. The truth that has yet to surface after the web of lies and deceits is what we are calling for. We do not seek the ouster of the President nor the giving the support to any individual, we are simply seeking for the truth, calling all our leaders in both sides to serve the truth, and reminding the people to be critical in seeking for the truth. We want to transmit this simple message to the public in the hopes of making them aware and critical and I see that a noise barrage is one precise and effective way.

At the end of the day, seeking for the truth do not solely equate to investigating our leaders and their trades but it has everything to do with examining our very selves. This noise for truth is in fact a disturber not just for the public but it is for each and every one of us. We are reminded to be disturbed of our own noise from within. We are reminded to think for ourselves and rise above from our interior noise and be critical in this very fluid situation. I would always think that the leaders that we have is a clear refection of what we are as a people. Sad thought but it is true. The corruption that we experience in government, as systemic and embedded as it is, is a magnified picture of our lifestyle as individuals. Therefore, after the noise has settled, after people listen and start to think, we should look back within ourselves, our actions, our lifestyle, reflect and spot the silent and flash actions of corruption. Seeking for something invisible, systemic and imbedded as corruption is a great challenge but it is in the very effort where personal reform begins. Let our quest for truth start from there, from with in. The country has become what it is now because of its people. Then let us be the change we want this country to be.

Veritas Liberabit Vos!