[written 25 feb 1999 -- EDSA anniversary] (Aaargh!) (better?) What kind of insect or worm is that—yung dine-display ang katawan/labi ng kanilang biktima for a camouflage or adornment of themselves? Is it a spider? Para'ng tayo rin—Patis Tesoro and a host of fashion designers peddling the "ethnic chic." Ayala at ang Bagong Lumad ... the identity-confused hip militants who favor anything red and "ethnic"—you're displaying the skins of your victims—the bits and pieces of a mangled culture—cos we don't have our own.... There's nothing to fall back on—that's the secret of Filipino versatility—we embrace the popular values very easily and excel—don't we, Lea? Is there really nothing to fall back on? 'Course not! Jaime Lichauco says we have an "imposed" culture, not actually a damaged culture—in the same page, he says we are a "cultural schizophrenic"—a "fragmented" Filipino personality (Exploring the Powers of Your
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