My Last Farewell, or simply Ang Huling Paalam is a poem written by our national hero Dr.

. Jose Rizal on the exact day of his execution on December 30, 1896. This secret letter is hidden inside the an alcohol lamp given to his family; namely to his sister Narcisa, On the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1896, a day before his execution, his mother, Teodora Alonzo, sisters Lucia, Josefa, Trinidad, Maria and Narcisa, and two nephews visited Dr. Jos Rizal. When they took their leave, Rizal used the advantage in English language to talk to Trinidad about the secret letter inside the lamp, inside the small alcohol stove (cocinilla), not alcohol lamp (lamparilla). Dr. Jose Rizal used this advantage since some of Spanish people and guards were not fluent in English, so they would not understand their conversation, something inside the small alcohol stove (cocinilla), not alcohol lamp (lamparilla). The stove was given to Narcisa by the guard when the party was about to board their carriage in the courtyard. At home, the Rizal ladies recovered from the stove a folded paper. On it was written an unsigned, untitled and undated poem of 14 five-line stanzas. The Rizal's reproduced copies of the poem and sent them to Rizal's friends in the country and abroad. In 1897, Mariano Ponce in Hong Kong had the poem printed with the title Mi Ultimo Pensamiento. Fr. Mariano Dacanay, who received a copy of the poem while a prisoner in Bilibid (jail), published it in the first issue of La Independencia on Sept. 25, 1898 with the title ltimo Adis. The lamp was not delivered until after the execution. Rizal needed it to light the room and to be able to write the poem and his other parting words. Jose Rizal expresses his willingness to die for his motherland and bids farewell to his country, family, and friends and love ones. He also asks them to pray for all those who died and suffered, and be thankful for he will be in a better place to rest. He also showed his patriotism by dying for his country, his love for our country expressed with a pure delicate tenderness. On this poem, the poet and martyr bids farewell his country, his family, and his friends in lines of dignity and grace devoid of bitterness. This poem has not failed to move to tears those who have heard it recited. The poet is resigned to die for his dearly beloved country that he calls "Pearl of the Orient Sea.

Relevant OFWs or Overseas Filipino Workers, they are tagged as current heroes because they have made our economy moved for the better. What they did to our country is the same of what Jose Rizal did. First, OFWs sacrifice, they all sacrifice their time being away from their loved ones. Same as our modern day heroes, Jose Rizal