IN 2012, I PAID A VISIT TO THE PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN, WAO LANAO DEL SUR. MINDANAO WAS ALSO KNOW AS THE PROMISE LAND OF THE PHILIPPINES. AND WHY NOT MINDANAO IS A PARADISE TO MANY. PEACEFUL AND SERENE AS IT MAY LOOK BUT DEEP INSIDE THE HEART OF ITS PEOPLE LIES A CENTURY OLD GRUDGE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT FOR BEING MUTE AND BLIND TO HEAR AND SEE THEIR CONCERNS. I NEVER IMAGINE THAT I CAN VISIT THIS TINY BUT LOVELY MUNICIPALITY OF WAO LANAO DEL SUR, A PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN. I LIKE TO STAY THERE LONGER BUT I CAN NOT DO SO BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO STAY AND IF IT SAFE FOR ME TO STAY THERE BECAUSE THOUGH I WAS BORN THERE BUT I WAS RAISED IN RIZAL PROVINCE. MY PARENTS WERE AMONG THE EARLIEST SETTLERS IN THIS MUNICIPALITY, TRYING TO BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY BUT DURING THAT TIME ACCORDING TO MY PARENTS ACCOUNT IT IS A NO MAN’S LAND. THE MUSLIMS NATIVE OF WAO RESISTED THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHRISTIANS AND REJECTED THEM TO BE A PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY. A C...
This is how I describe my life. A wanderer, a man without definite purpose and destination. As I move forward, I left behind some foot prints for you...!