>The Giant Philippine Flag was raised in the traditional flag raising ceremony at Rizal (Luneta) Park for the celebration of 108th Year Anniversary of the Philippine Independence (June 12, 2006).

In this photo taken by the Manila Times photographer Aaron Favila, the flag seems to express a patriotic message for the Filipinos. Spectators saw in this photo the UP oblation, and the Winged Victory symbol.

Personally, I would see these symbols as good and bad omen.

The winged victory would mean there is hope the Philippines would achieve its success but it can’t really fly freely because of many problems our country is facing.

The oblation would want to relay a message that the citizenry wants a total freedom to express certain issues mostly related to political killings (his feet seems to be standing in a pool of blood) and suppression (his raised hog tied hands). It seems the people always thirst the freedom to move, to think and to express his rights to be heard and defend himself.

I hope the government people and all sectors would see these messages, ponder them and resolve certain issues in our country.

Most of the time, highly evolved beings would materialize symbols and other weird events to express their messages and awaken people from a deep sleep, so that they would realize every mistake must be corrected to gain a congruous life.