“Suntok sa buwan” — a punch to the moon — that’s how Filipino street lingo would put it when you aim to hit something that is obviously unreachable. That was the state of affair I was in when I decided to reach Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koji Haneda. I told him I, too, had already gotten that address but what I wanted to reach was the Japanese ambassador himself. I am Mauro Gia Samonte, a journalist writing a regular column, My Say, in The Manila Times every Saturday and Sunday. “However, the film project being a personal undertaking, prompted solely by my personal passion to correct historical wrongs before I go, I am working on a shoestring budget.

Source: Manila Times July 18, 2020 16:18 UTC