Showing posts with label Imelda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Imelda. Show all posts
Saturday, 22 March 2014
TIME 00:57
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“When you see a person, you cannot sa ‘Oh, she’s 32% beautiful.’ No, you cannot quantify beauty. You cannot quantify love.”

“It is easy to be beautiful because it is natural.”


-Imelda Marcos

Undeniably, among all the films we’ve watched in our STS class, this film, Imelda Marcos: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines, moved me the most. I don’t know if it’s her stunning face or her strong aura, but she’s got that thing that catches people’s attention.

She’s a really vain person. She’s confident and she knows what she’s doing most of the time. She has goals and her dedication towards them is impressive. She’s bossy and she usually gets everything she wants. Because of all those, I am amazed by her existence. Everything was perfect in the first few years of the Marcos’ reign. I don’t know how, why, and where things went wrong, but it’s all too sad. What was once beautiful turned out to be very disastrous. Like what they all say, all good things must come to an end. She is, afterall, just like other politicians—power hungry and selfish. I’m not saying all politicians are corrupt, but it’s quite evident that majority are.


Oh ohh, my dear country, I pity you.

P.S. I don't understand why people like her voice. :)))

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Thursday, 20 March 2014
TIME 21:40
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Imelda is one of the most iconic persons in the Philippines. She has been a big part of our history and took a vital role in our society back then. Many people idolized her back then and some are still captivated by her until now. People think of her as a model person and many looks up to her. And in this documentary, the real personality of Imelda Marcos is shown, the part we don’t know.

Before I watched the documentary, all I know about her is that she is the wife of Ferdinand Marcos and that she is known for the bizarre number of her shoes. The documentary showed the history of Imelda and also her current state. My view of Imelda changed drastically after watching the documentary. As I watch the documentary, I am surprised by how nonsensical and foolish the words coming out from Imelda’s mouth are. Yes, some did make sense and actually impressed me but most of what she said was nonsensical theories and I can totally see that she believes everything she is saying. Her motives were good; she wants the world to know that Philippines exists, she wants to put us on the map, but in my opinion, her approach on the problem introduced many more problems and that there is a better way of doing that. I also realized how wrong the Filipino’s view of her is. Many people look up to her but I believe they are wrong to do so. Her lifestyle is just a small part of who she is and when you look inside of her, you can see that she is nothing more than a spoiled oblivious woman who believes that she is always right. In the end, a person’s appearance is not really all that there is.
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Ferdinand Marcos will forever be known as a great president. He is surely a remarkable one because of many positive and negative things. He definitely made a really great impact not only in this country, but also in the neighboring nations as well.

When we encounter Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, we never fail to incorporate or mention his loving wife, Imelda Marcos.

Imelda Marcos was a both famous and infamous in many places around the globe. She was the first first lady to actually step up and help her husband in doing his work as a politician, more specifically the president of the Philippines. She got her hands dirty as she reached out to the millions and millions of citizens, especially her husband’s supporters and followers.

Imelda Marcos paved the way to a more cultured society as she supported our very own cultural activities. She thought that the way to beautify this country was to strengthen the cultural aspect of our nation. Her goal was to make a home as the Philippine’s “mother”.

She lived a life of luxury and wealth, a life desired by many yet deprived from many. She believed that by living the “good and comfortable” life, she makes the people who adore her feel comfortable with the life they are living. She thought that by beautifying herself, she makes her supporters beautiful as well.


I think Imelda Marcos lived a life of misbeliefs. She lived a life with a distorted vision of reality and beauty. Although her intentions were pure, her means of achieving them little did help the state of the nation she strives to represents.
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Wednesday, 19 March 2014
TIME 22:28
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                The 2003 documentary film "Imelda" by Ramona S. Diaz encompasses the life of Imelda Marcos as a former First Lady. It starts from her childhood in Tacloban to her youthful days in Manila to the time she married the future Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and became First Lady, down to their family's exile in Hawaii then, dealing with the anomalies concerning her family.
                Imelda Remedios Visitacion Romualdez-Marcos is known for her glamour,  elegance and lavishness. From a long family line of spectacular opulence, it was already a given, not to mention the incomparable beauty she has than any other Filipina beauty. With these traits, she was sure to go far and she sure has. From the title 'Rose of Tacloban' to a reputable First Lady of the Republic of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, together with her husband, former President Ferdinand Marcos, has captured the hearts and votes of the Filipino people. 
                As they sit in power for more than 20 years, anomalies are certain to spring out. A particular example would be Imelda's ridiculous amount of shoes, handbags, coats, gowns and millions-worth of jewelries--- she did not even try denying owning these, she was gratified to present all her luxury for she sees herself as a role model for the Filipinos who drool upon all her wealth and beauty while they try to live with what the streets would offer. All in all, her own catastrophe was her inability to recognize reality --- that her people are suffering while she pompously flaunts her gown in self-thrown parties and shindigs.

 I personally find Imelda Marcos very gorgeous and lady-like. Her beauty is indeed exceptional. She knows how to work her charms and get what she wants. Her philosophies in life are more of a less true and more of a getting-out-of hand. I find some of her works absurd, honestly and very likely of her. I'm not sure if she is just oblivious with what’s happening around her or if she’s just plain stubborn or she just has this overwhelming self-esteem to uphold.
 Her obsession with beauty, though, is so vivid it puts vanity mirrors to shame. When a man tried to assassinate her with a machete, she still mentioned on wanting to die with the use of a more appealing medium of death rather than such a repulsive material. Even the word "imeldific" was invented in recognition with her extravagant lifestyle!
The documentary film is entertaining, amusing and informative all at the same time. It had an excellent way of telling the audience who Imelda Marcos is; although Imelda was more willing on doing so.




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Sunday, 16 March 2014
TIME 18:27
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And yet, another paraphernalia shows who Imelda Marcos, the wife of the late president Ferdinand Marcos, truly is. In the documentary shown to us, I admit that I really appreciated her beauty. Her beauty is unlike the usual beauty. I can say that she has the qualities of a true Filipina beauty. But besides that, I also admire the way she thinks, well not in every aspect but in some.
Well, first of, I think the way she helped his husband from the very start was incomparable to the other first ladies of the other Philippine presidents. In my point of view, I think she used the beauty that she has to capture the attention and side of the Filipino mass. I also think that she was the tool that Marcos used when it comes to negotiations. These are the clear reasons why I think her beauty and kind of intelligence really helped his husband a lot, politically.
Of course, in every good side is an equal downside. As I see it, I think Imelda had developed so much self-esteem while she was still the First Lady of the Philippines. I think the presidency wasn’t just taken over by a single man but she was also there in aide of what the Marcos needed and wanted. Both of them were a team leading the nation under their controls. Evidences that Imelda was also one of the “in-control” were her projects of new buildings that really cost a lot. I think these buildings and institutions that she had built would be helpful to a country that has a great economy and where poverty is not present. But for the country like ours, I think these aren’t that essential enough since a lot are really suffering from poverty and are in need of financial help.
In addition to the effects of having much self-esteem, I think with so much confidence, she considers herself as the most beautiful person here in our country. She may never have told it directly but with her actions and words, it is evident that she really considers herself as the most beautiful among everybody. She gave her mini self-portraits to those who were just outside her van trying to see her. She even applied make up on during the interview. I think she badly wants attention from everyone surrounding her.
With the power that she had during their family’s reign, Imelda Marcos slowly became absorbed with that power and never let go of it even until now that she isn’t the First Lady anymore. She became too obsessed with the beauty that she thinks she possesses that she thinks everyone admires her. She considers herself as the patron of arts and the standard that Filipinos should live up to. With everything, she relates it to beauty. Which is why, in turn, instead of admiration of her, a certain annoyance and ludicrousness is perceived of her.  
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Sunday, 9 March 2014
TIME 11:06
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Imeldific, is a jargon that sums up what the majority thinks of the lifestyle Madame Imelda Romualdez Marcos has. Imeldific means extravagant, too luxurious, and flamboyant, which is the polar opposite of the kind of lives Filipinos have during the reign of the Marcoses. It is ironic how Imelda thinks of beauty as being natural and effortless when she has thousands of shoes, dresses, and jewelries. She even admits that she takes hours to fix herself when she will be going out to the public. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have any problem with having many shoes, dresses, and jewelries per se but when you are the first lady of nation that is poor, hungry, and oppressed, would you have the guts to host ostentatious parties and events that use up large amounts of the money of the nation rather than investing it on food, education, shelter and other basic needs of the people?


The united efforts of the people in the EDSA revolution ended the reign of the Marcoses. But again, today, the son and daughter of the Marcoses are now in the government. It is as if Filipinos forgot everything that happened. Maybe it’s because Filipinos forgive and forget easily or are we just too fascinated with the life of the Marcoses that we just can’t help but idolize them. During the campaign of Ferdinand Marcos as president, Imelda Marcos used her charm to woo the masses. The couple also used their love team as a campaign. These are what Filipinos buy. We love drama. I hope that as a nation, we will really think and analyze the leaders of our country. Before we vote, we reflect because the future that we want is essentially in our hands. 
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Saturday, 8 March 2014
TIME 21:12
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There was always a joke around the air base near my house. People would always say that the wives of the airmen have even greater ranks than the actual men themselves. History has proved this statement almost always true, time and time again. The epitome of this situation is none other than Imelda Marcos herself.

She was used to always being adored by the people around her. As a child, she was given the gift of a great voice. Growing up, she became aware of the power her incredible beauty gave her. She was used to meeting important people, and all the attention seemed normal for her. She has, after all, always craved to be in the spotlight.

People always assumed that she held more power than the late President Marcos had. She had her own way. She wanted to experience the power that her husband has, so he in turn helps her win the election which put her in the governor's office in the city of Manila. She prioritized beauty, and her husband then allocated a lot more funds for the establishment of her cultural centers instead of using the resources to improve the state of the society at the time. Yes, this indeed is the evidence that she held more power than the president himself.

She is tough but weak at the same time. Upon the loss of her husband, her decisions and her train of thought became even more erratic. She claims to put God, peace and beauty above all. She claims that one must spend a lot of time and put a lot of effort into making oneself beautiful. It is a practice, she said. Nevertheless, she has made some great improvements on the morale of some people during the time. She is indeed, the Iron Lady of the Philippines.
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