Today in our history, he made his-tory.

23 years ago, Ninoy Aquino was assasinated even before he was able to set foot in his motherland. He was shot by one of his military escorts,his body lay flat at the airport tarmac face down.

His death became the catalyst of the EDSA revolution we bacame very famous of. Famous not only because it was the first bloodless revolution in the entire history, but also because it happened again twice decades later and still never learned from it.

Just like Rizal, he put so much hope on us, youth. Ninoy believed we are the hope of this land, and that education will emancipate us from poverty.I hope we, the youth, did not disappoint him if we spent so much time hanging out on the malls, or chatting with our friends online rather than taking active stance on the issues that confront us.

In this day and age of technology, of consumerism and MTV, we became so numb and disoriented by the very issues that we ourselves are directly affected. Poverty, environmental destruction, unemployment, mass urban migration, vigilantism and militarization. The numbers are growing every second of our "care-free" life.

Today we remember his story...when are you going to start making your own story for the next generation to remember?