life during Marcos' time....

**shadow** · February 28th, 2011 11:10 AM

mahirap ba talaga or exaggerated lang?

I mean wala ka na ba talagang magawa as in nasa bahay ka lang?

**tidus1203** · February 28th, 2011 11:35 AM

My mom said ok naman daw eh...

My dad even said ok nga daw si Marcos eh, pero he might be biased kasi he is a Chinese businessman so it was during the time of Marcos that the Chinese were finally allowed to do business and own properties...

**oliver1013** · February 28th, 2011 11:38 AM

Sabi ng lolo ko ok daw, sobra disiplinado, tas sabi naman ng lola ko maaga daw nauwi si lolo di na nang chichicks

Sabi naman ni erpats pag may mga balita like the carjacking with murder, wala daw ganun kasi pag nangyari yun di na daw makikita yung carjacker ever again, sobra takot daw ng mga kriminal.

Kaso yung nangyayari sa upper echelons nandun yung tunay na mga kriminal

**greenlyt** · February 28th, 2011 11:51 AM

ang totoong kriminal noon ay ang mga pulis or militar kasi pwde silang pumatay ng tao or ikulong, tapos sasabihing communista kasi kaya nila pinatay or kinulong, wala kang nababasa sa dyaryo na patayan or nakawan kasi bawal mag lagay ng masamang balita dapat puro maganda lang ang ibabalita, kontrolado nila ang media

**sgt_taga** · February 28th, 2011 11:52 AM

i was a martial law baby.

i remember nung bata pa ko, me curfew talaga.

tapos me mga dinadampot talaga at nababagansya.

dahil nga di naman ako nagtatrabaho, di ko naman alam kung mahirap ngang kumita ng pera o hindi.

pero kung ang buhay na eh mahirap o hindi, parang pareho lang yata. parehas pa rin kailangan ng matinding pag-iipon para makabili ng mga luho.

eto ang na-obserbahan ko tungkol sa mga krimen...

marami noon ang krimen na me kinalaman (daw) ang me mga kapangyarihan.

ngayon, marami naman ang mga krimen laban sa mga kapwa tao.

**oliver1013** · February 28th, 2011 12:03 PM

Karamihan daw ng krimen ng pulis o sundalo sa probinsiya daw.. SA Maynila maingat ang mga pulis altho may nakakalusot. Karamihan daw ng dinadampot yung makukulit na rally ng rally at kontra ng kontra. Pero yung mga normal na tao na kumakayod lang at normal na nagtatrabaho parang ok naman sila

**coiter** · February 28th, 2011 12:17 PM

sooobrang hirap dati. banned sa tv ang voltes V, mazinger Z, daimos, etc. tapos ang NBA through FEN (subic or clark) channel lang. kaya galit na galit kaming magkakapatid kay marcos. hahahahaha

**Monseratto** · February 28th, 2011 12:54 PM

Madalas sa mga TVs yung mga endless replay of Ferdie's and Imelda's speeches. When the Peso went from 7 to 14 per dollar, I remember my parent's hoarding soap and other items. There were bombings towards the end of Marcos rule. Businesses were closing because no one wanted to invest because of Marcos cronies. When Philippine Blooming closed suddenly, rumours circulated Marcos cronies wanted to take over the company.

**JackFlash** · February 28th, 2011 01:00 PM

Wala kang kakatakutan noon if you were apolitical and apathetic. Meaning wala kang paki sa politics and to whatever was happening to your govt. If you tolerated corruption, torture, warrantless arrests. The moment you protested in any way, kahit magtipon-tipon sa isang lugar para ipaalam ang galit mo sa administrasyon, puede ka nang ipa-dampot, pahagisan ng tear gas, i-water cannon o paluin ng truncheon.

Yes you could move around freely but had to observe curfew. No long hair for men bec the military and police could suspect you as a drug user and on the spot, puede kang gupitan. The moment Marcos or his poilitcal lackeys had anything to say, lahat ng TV at radio station, titigil ang programming para i-broadcast ang mensahe mga namumuno. "We interrupt this program, blah blah blah...." and some brainwashing message would be aired.

Everything was OK for as long as you were an obedient, meek citizen who followed everything the govt told you, swallowed every propaganda line thrown at you and never questioned anything that Macoy, his cronies and his family were up to, no matter how illegal, corrupt or immoral it may have been.

**artpogi** · February 28th, 2011 01:52 PM

I think it's just the same, I'm not quite sure 'cause I was only a student then.

But if I will based it on how our family lived, I would say pareho lang, mahirap noon, mahirap din ngayon. Medyo marami nga lang mabibili pera mo noon.

As for the curfew and longhair, hindi naman nagtagal yun, ilang buwan lang yata after declaring Martial Law, I remember my brother was caught for the "long-hair" thing. Pinag tabas ng damo sa EDSA (Hiway-54 then).

IMO, the Martial Law thing is more like a political thing by Ferdie, it's not like it was declared because people are rioting in the streets because there are no food or basic services or such, so like JackFlash said, if you're apolitical or just minding your own business, life was pretty much normal naman.