MY RESPONSE TO NORBERTO BUMANGLAG, JR COMMETN ABIUT THE HOKULEA

MY RESPONSE TO NORBERTO BUMANGLAG, JR. COMMENT ABOUT THE HOKULEA It was in the year 300-800 CE the Polynesian started their navigation and finally found Hawaii as an Island that they can settle and halt their search and destiny-----A British navigator James Cook landed in circa 1778----=============-then a certain Immigration Act let the Chinese came first, Southern American, then other nationalities, then the Korean, then the 15 Ilokanos boarded in Manila in Nov 1906 via SS Doric in docked at the Honolulu port on Dec 20, 1906, and final destination at the Ola'a Sugar Plantation in the Big Island---==================-many more Filipino followed the immigration and then came the 1946 MASS MIGRATION from Port Salomague, Cabugao via the SS Maunawili for most of the men sakada and the SS Falcon for the women, wives and children of those boarded first thru SS Maunawili--================--OFCC was organized in circa June 1959 and a first president was Justo dela Cruz from Laoag City- a sakada himself. 4 main missions is incorporated in the OFCC Bylaws, FIRST: to preserve, perpetuate and promote Filipino traditions and cultural heritage-----an so on so forth----================--I would understand that every administration has their own style in leadership, but to getting away from the very REASON of being organized as a Primary goal------and leaning to borrow somebody's symbol from another immigrant group or groups is to me, a sad thing that we cannot even keep our own, who we are and what we are, in our identity, pride, color and beliefs, and appreciate our very own root and racial background----===============--Truly, I understand that Hawaii is the Melting Pot of the Pacific, with multi-ethnic background-- And in preserving our culture, our arts, languages a values-----we must keep ours------------------------OFCC now reach it 55 year----led by about 43 different presidents----out of that 43, 9 women served-----there are 21 surviving presidents to date----I salute them all-------Thanks Jun for seeing my humble personal view how I love, how I appreciate my I AM PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO, an Ilokano boy.