The #RP612Fic

For three succeeding years, I have been writing 130-character stories on Twitter every year on June 12. This long-standing tradition in social media has been going on since 2009. It was started by Filipino authors at Rocket Kapre, whose aim is to commemorate the occasion by bending historical events and peppering it with pop culture references and accounts lifted from current events. This comic mash-up, which often produced twisted ironies has encouraged more netizens to chip in and take their swipes on Philippine history. It never fails to make #RP612fic a trending and newsworthy subject on Independence Day for showcasing the nation's indomitable character: humor.  

The blog for today was supposed to go along the lines of this activity. I was planning to pick one of my submissions and turn it into a long-form short story. However, realizing that I've never blogged the event before, a feature entry is my fitting excuse for posterity. 

Here are my selected micro fiction stories for this year:

Upon learning Maria Clara spending a fortune just to see Una Dirección live in Intramuros, Kapitan Tiago sent her back to convent #RP612fic
— Mugen Boo (@tr1pnautic) June 12, 2014

Maria Clara used to be a boyband fantard long before she was introduced to Ibarra.

Sailing towards Manila, Lopez de Legaspi spotted Junks off Palawan. The admiral of the Chinese fleet shouted. "This is ours!!" #RP612Fic
— Mugen Boo (@tr1pnautic) June 12, 2014

The Nine-Dash claim of Beijing holds merit after all. 

"Puta Madre!" Pepe told a fellow commuter, who clutched his bayong closer to his chest." May lumaslas ng tampipi ko sa Tranvia!"  #rp612fic
— Mugen Boo (@tr1pnautic) June 12, 2014

Even during Spanish Times, peace and security is already a problem. Jose Rizal got a taste of what living in the city means.

Before going to battle, Gregorio Del Pilar took a selfie and uploaded it on Facebook. He was mortally shot before it got a "like." #RP612fic
— Mugen Boo (@tr1pnautic) June 11, 2014

Too bad for our heartthrob general, he never lived to see the 7,107 likes on his Facebook a week after his death.

"We used to have singing senators during our time" said the old man to the kid. "now we have party cadres sent to Beijing." #RP612fic
— Mugen Boo (@tr1pnautic) June 11, 2014

Nostalgia sets in for a geriatric who witnessed a time when Demo-crazy was the government. This was the submission I was planning to expound into a short story.