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Blas Fajardo Ople (Tagalog: [ˈople]; 1927–2003) was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death. Perceived as a leftist-nationalist at the onset of his career in public service, Ople was, in his final years, a vocal supporter for allowing a limited United States military presence in the Philippines, and for American initiatives in the War on Terror including the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Ople's most enduring role was his nineteen years as Secretary (later Minister) of Labor and Employment during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos, when Philippine labor laws were overhauled through the enactment of the Labor Code of the Philippines that he had helped author.
Ople was born in Hagonoy, Bulacan on February 3, 1927 to Felix Antonio Ople, a craftsman who repaired boats, and his wife Segundina Fajardo. He graduated valedictorian of his grade school class at the Hagonoy Elementary School in 1941. Upon the invasion of the Philippines by Japan during World War II, he also had been to Hagonoy Institute during his secondary schooling, the teenage Ople joined the guerilla movement and fought under the Del Pilar Regiment and the Buenavista Regiment of the Bulacan Military Area founded by Alejo Santos.
I thought that you'd be loving me
I thought you were the one who'll stay forever
But now forever's come and gone
And I'm still here alone
'Cause you were only playing
You were only playing with my heart
I was never waiting
I was never waiting for the tears to start
It was you
Who put the clouds around me
It was you, who made the tears fall down
It was you, who broke my heart in pieces
It was you, it was you
Who made my blue eyes blue, ohh
I never should've trusted you
I thought that I'd be all you need
In your eyes I thought I saw my heaven
And now, my heaven's gone away
And I'm out in the cold
You had me believing
You had me believing in a lie
Guess I couldn't see it
I guess I couldn't see it 'till I saw goodbye
It was you
Who put the clouds around me
It was you, who made the tears fall down
It was you, who broke my heart in pieces
It was you, it was you
Who made my blue eyes blue, ohh
I never should've trusted you
You were only playing
You were only playing with my heart
I was never waiting
I was never waiting for the tears to start
It was you
Who put the clouds around me
It was you, it was you
It was you, who put those clouds around me
It was you, who made the tears fall down
Only you, could break my heart in pieces
It was you, it was you
Who made my blue eyes blue, ohh
I never should've trusted you