What’s going on?

That night, it was my turn to be agitated, pressured by Mini’s concerns and a rush of memories about the Martial Law days: curfews, bombings and hamletting of Muslim communities, fear of the military, friends disappearing forever or going to the hills, the demise of democracy. Slogans came back to me, such as “Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan.”