J Rizz

• J. RIZZ: '"TO BE HAPPY DOES NOT MEAN TO INDULGE IN FOOLISHNESS!"'
• PEPE, NOLI ME TÁNGERE: '"TO BE HAPPY DOES NOT MEAN TO INDULGE IN FOOLISHNESS!"'
• Admirable traits of Jose Rizal

  • Courage
  • Wit
  • Intelligence
  • Patriotism
• It can only be with true passion that one can conquer and accomplish what Filipino hero Jose Rizal had in his thirty-five-year life
• Jose Rizal stopped at nothing when it came to expressing his love not just for his country but also his women
• Many Filipinos look up to national hero Jose Rizal for his admirable traits
• If there is one thing he repeatedly failed at, it was his quest for romance
• His travels across the Philippines and the world swayed him into multifarious relationships that colored almost half his life
• It's not to say that all those relationships were serious, but he did pursue when he wanted to pursue, cared, at least, and displayed his attentiveness and charm unapologetically
• Jose Rizal is the "Dakilang Bolero ng Mundo"
• When a person is intelligent in academics


  They may be foolish in love
• Rizal believed that women should be empowered
• Rizal wrote an essay "To the Young Women of Malolos" for the 20 women of Bulacan who fought to have a night school so they could study Spanish
• Filibustero


  Kalaban ng pamahalaan
• Erere


  Kalaban ng simbahan
• Before leaving for Europe in 1882, Rizal said he had found the woman he wanted to marry, but even his brother, Paciano Rizal, disagreed with the idea, saying that it would be unfair to Leonor if he were to leave her behind after getting married
• When Rizal left for Spain in 1882, it was said that he did say goodbye to Orang, but kept in touch with the help of Rizal's close friend, Jose "Chenggoy" Cecilio
• Rizal courted Orang with private letters, which he wrote using invisible ink made with water and salt
• Rizal was said to have sent Leonor Valenzuela private and secret love letters, which he wrote using invisible ink made with water and salt
• Rizal called Leonor Rivera "Taimis" to hide her identity in his letters
• Leonor Rivera's parents highly disapproved of their relationship as they were wary of Rizal being a "filibuster"
• Although Rizal and Leonor Rivera did not get married, they tried to continue sending each other love letters, a lot of which were intercepted and kept hidden by Leonor's mother
• In 1890, Leonor Rivera wrote a letter to Rizal saying that she was engaged to be married to a British engineer named Henry Kipping, and that same year, the wedding pushed through
• Upon the coercion of her mother, Leonor Rivera burned Rizal's letters to her, but it was said she kept the ashes of those letters and hid some in the hem of her wedding gown
• In 1893, Leonor Rivera died during second childbirth
• When Rizal heard the news of Leonor Rivera's death through his sister, Narcisa, he didn't speak for days
• IN 1890, LEONOR WROTE A LETTER TO RIZAL SAYING THAT SHE WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED TO A BRITISH ENGINEER NAMED HENRY KIPPING. THAT SAME YEAR, THE WEDDING PUSHED THROUGH.
• UPON THE COERCION OF HER MOTHER, LEONOR BURNED RIZAL'S LETTERS TO HER—BUT IT WAS SAID SHE KEPT THE ASHES OF THOSE LETTERS. A STORY GOES THAT SHE HID SOME OF THESE ASHES IN THE HEM OF HER WEDDING GOWN.
• IN 1893, LEONOR DIED DURING SECOND CHILDBIRTH.
• DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT WHEN RIZAL HEARD OF THE NEWS THROUGH HIS SISTER, NARCISA, HE DIDN'T SPEAK FOR A FEW DAYS.
• LEONOR RIVERA'S IMMORTALIZATION


  IT IS BELIEVED THAT RIZAL IMMORTALIZED LEONOR THROUGH THE CHARACTER MARIA CLARA IN NOLI ME TANGERE.
• LIKE WE SAID, IT'S A SHAKESPEAREAN KIND OF DARK—AND NO LOVE STORY IS MORE INTENSE THAN THE ONE THAT LOST THE BATTLE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES.
• CONSUELO ORTEGA Y REY WAS THE DAUGHTER OF DON PABLO ORTIGA Y REY, WHO WAS MAYOR OF MANILA WHEN MARIA DELA TORRE WAS THE GOVERNOR.
• WHILE RIZAL WAS IN MADRID, HE WOULD HANG OUT AT DON PABLO'S HOUSE, WHICH BECAME A PLACE WHERE FILIPINO STUDENTS WOULD OFTEN GET TOGETHER.
• HE SHOWED AFFECTION TOWARDS CONSUELO BUT WAS NOT SERIOUS IN HIS PURSUIT AS HE WAS STILL ENGAGED TO LEONOR RIVERA AT THE TIME.
• YES, HE LOVED THE COMPANY OF WOMEN, BUT DURING THAT BRIEF PERIOD, HE TOO WAS LONELY AND YEARNING FOR THE PHYSICAL VOID LEFT BY LEONOR.
• ALTHOUGH MOST ACCOUNTS SAY THE DALLIANCE DIDN'T TURN SERIOUS, RIZAL WROTE A POEM FOR HER, ENTITLED, "A LA SEÑORITA C.O.Y.P."
• OF COURSE, THESE DAYS, WHEN YOU WRITE A POEM FOR SOMEONE, THAT'S LIKE A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL.
• IN THE END, CONSUELO GOT ENGAGED TO RIZAL'S FRIEND, EDUARDO DE LETE.
• IT IS SAID THAT EDUARDO'S LOVE FOR CONSUELO WAS ALSO THE REASON RIZAL DIDN'T PURSUE THE MESTIZA.