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My name is Rummel Pinera. I’m a part-time real estate agent trying to close a deal with an emplyee working in Makati City, Philippines when I chanced a mass action in front of Burmese Embassy..... The employee set another date for our real estate deal so I went to capture on video the on-going mass action. My fellow-real estate agent - named Alfredo Veles- went with me in front of the Burmese Embassy..... Together we captured some scenes from the mass action. The said rally was organized by the Free Burma Coalition-Philip pines. The Free Burma Coalition-Philip pines set the rally today - June 19, 2009- in line with Miss Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday celebration. Aung San Suu Kyi today has just turned 64 years old but she is still a 'detainee' of Burma's military regime. Aung San Suu Kyi is today's world's ''most famous prisoner of conscience". Many activists around the world held or are still holding simultaneous mass actions today to celebrate and honor Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday and to demand the immediate freedom of such iconic heroine and all political prisoners of conscience in Burma. Such rally of some Filipino activists (surprisingly most of the participants belong to the urban poor of the country) was held at 10:41 a.m.- Manila time- in front of Burma's embassy which is located in Makati City, Philippines. Such Filipino activists see Miss Aung San Suu Kyi as a true heroine for human rights and civil liberties. Many people around the world, including myself, would want to see the Burmese people to regain back their freedom and the lawful protection of their human rights and civil liberties. I know that day would come soon.Miss Aung San Suu Kyi has just turned 64 years old today. Some Filipino activists even offered and prepared a birthday cake for Miss Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday celebration today. A candlestick was even lighted on such cake to symbolize the Filipino people's sympathy to Miss Aung San Suu Kyi's cause in Burma. Flowers were als...