Monday, December 13, 2010
Hey, you.
I am channeling my inner artist- or trying. Follow me here, you can even ask me anything! Click, click! BlabbingFreak.tumblr.com
Monday, September 27, 2010
The Joy that waiting brings.
"All we know is that growth—the budding, the flowering of love needs patient waiting. We have to give each other time to grow. There is no way we can make someone else truly love us or we love them, except through time. So we give each other that mysterious gift of waiting—of being present without making demands or asking rewards. There is nothing harder to do than this. It tests the depth and sincerity of our love. But there is life in the gift we give.
So lovers wait for each other until they can see things the same way, or let each other freely see things in quite different ways. What do we lose when lovers hurt each other and cannot regain the balance and intimacy of the way they were? They have to wait—in silence—but still be present to each other until the pain subsides to an ache and then only a memory, and the threads of the tapestry can be woven together again in a single love story.
What do we lose when we refuse to wait? When we try to find short cuts through life, when we try to incubate love and rush blindly and foolishly into a commitment we are neither mature nor responsible enough to assume? We lose the hope of ever truly loving or being loved. Think of all the great love stories of history and literature. Isn’t it of their very essence that they are filled with the strange but common mystery—that waiting is part of the substance, the basic fabric—against which the story of that true love is written?
How can we ever find either life or love if we are too impatient to wait for it?"
-an excerpt from Fr. James Donelan, S.J.'s The Sacrament of Waiting
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Isn't HE just wonderful? Whenever we think too much or get paranoid over planning way ahead, HE knocks in and calms us down- telling us that HE has better plans for us than what we have for ourselves. HIS plans may not always align with what we want for ourselves but surely, it is always for the better. Cheers to waiting! :')
*This picture was taken outside UP in 2008. It was a busy afternoon and it started raining. Everybody was trying to get ahead of everyone in riding the next jeepney so they can go home and we just decided to stay a bit later, letting everyone go and get their ride first. It was a good and breezy 30-minute rest from everything and all we could hear was the sound of raindrops ticking as they fall on the ground and the click of the camera as I try to capture the moment and US in it. I wish I can tell you what we were talking about back then but all I can remember was how good it felt to just sit there, talk and laugh with him. I miss him and I miss US but I understand we cannot play God. HE knows better and we CAN wait for what he has in store for the both of us. :')
**here's the link for The Sacrament of Waiting. http://sonoftheprodigal.blogspot.com/2006/02/sacrament-of-waiting.html
Thursday, September 16, 2010
do u have АSK.FM account? i love it, its like formspring but smth new. i would follow you there. ;)
I don't have one, never heard of it. :)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Would you rather work at a large company or a small one?
As long as I get to do what I really want to do.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
how does it feel to be in such set up?! i mean your lovelife.
it feels a lot lot different. But knowing that WE are making this work makes it worth all the trouble. Guess that's why people call it L-O-V-E. :D
Thursday, August 5, 2010
How sure are you that he doesnt have one? You better ask your friends..They met the girl.. as well as alvin's family.. :)
Really? Well, if it's something serious as it seems, good for the two of them. :) Even Alvin's family? Wow, she must be one special girl.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
how can you be happy if he has another girl? oh well.. goodluck..
If- he doesn't have one. Thanks for being so concerned anyway, I appreciate it. :)
how can you be happy if he has another girl? oh well.. goodluck..
If- he doesn't have one. Thanks for being so concerned anyway, I appreciate it. :)
how can you be happy if he has another girl? oh well.. goodluck..
If- he doesn't have one. Thanks for being so concerned anyway, I appreciate it. :)
how can you be happy if he has another girl? oh well.. goodluck..
If-He doesn't have one. Thanks for being so concerned anyway, I appreciate it.
how can you be happy if he has another girl? oh well.. goodluck..
If-He doesn't have one. Thanks for being so concerned anyway, I appreciate it.
Monday, August 2, 2010
What was your favorite birthday gift?
Oh well, I love all the birthday gifts I recieved. No favorites. :D
but are you intrested in seeing her?? so it means that you dont know anything about this girl huh?
Hmm. All I know is that Im happy with how things are going for me and Alvin. :)
Friday, July 30, 2010
What would be the best workplace perk?
Well, one would be having to do what you really love- which is not the case for most people- and be rightfully compensated for what you do.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
If you could have the starring role in one movie what would it be?
Sarah Michelle Gellar in Cruel Intentions. :)
What would be the best workplace perk?
Perfect coffee in the morning. hmm. It's the little things that matter. :)
If you could have been the author of any book, what would it have been?
Jose Rizal's Noli and El Fili. :D
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Personalize your Google. :D
Here’s Google’s latest feature, check it, hurry!
It allows you to personalize your homepage by letting you choose your background image. Nice and sweet eh? Pardon me for being so amazed and excited but really, it is so nice. :)
Posted above is, ahem, how mine looks like. So there, go and change yours.
And oh, if you’re asking how to do it, go Google it. :p
And oh, if you’re asking how to do it, go Google it. :p
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
What would be the best thing about being a vampire?
Err, not being able to feel tired? I dont really know so much about vampires.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
hi, louie. don't know how to reply to your comment to my post. Search mo sa net yung "take me out" at baka masuka ka pa. Or better yet, panoorin mo. bandang hapon cya. May Phil channels naman kayo dyan di ba? =) God bless!
yep yep. we have Filipino channels. :D i'll go look for it.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Fish/Birthday Kisses!
Fish kiss anyone?
Because it’s my birthday today. Leave me a message somewhere …
(twitter: @blabbingfreak - formspring.me/blabbingfreak - misherie.multiply.com )
or better yet, here! so I can send my fish/birthday kisses to you!
Dum di da La di da. I’ll be waiting!
..err. make me happy today. that’s and order and it’s my birthday today- so I am allowed to demand that. haha. :D
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Adam Carolla, you could use some humor.
The word “pathetic” doesn’t even fit you. Your brain level is way below than of the tiniest creature ever discovered. Am I angry? I am in rage.
See that’s exactly why “sorry” is being overused.
Adam Carolla, you don’t just say that Pacquiao has brain damage and Philippines is a nation of whores and expect to just get away with it. When was the last time you read the how-to-get-famous-by-being-an-idiot guide? Apparently you are a master. If your little podcast isnt doing you any good, try to find something else useful to do. Seriously, this whole bashing-out-on-a-legend act isnt obviously the best attempt to get noticed. This is getting you nowhere but the dummies section.
Okay, Im not a fan of Pacquiao running for office because I reckon there’s a lot of more productive things he can do rather than joining the circus. But to say that the guy has brain damage and that Philippines is a nation of whores on top of that is just plain demoralizing.
I feel sorry for you because you had to stoop down to that level just to get noticed. Talent and a bit of humor would have been useful you know, Oh I am sorry, you call that humor? Too bad I’d take a good’ol knock-knock joke instead of that anytime.
See that’s exactly why “sorry” is being overused.
Adam Carolla, you don’t just say that Pacquiao has brain damage and Philippines is a nation of whores and expect to just get away with it. When was the last time you read the how-to-get-famous-by-being-an-idiot guide? Apparently you are a master. If your little podcast isnt doing you any good, try to find something else useful to do. Seriously, this whole bashing-out-on-a-legend act isnt obviously the best attempt to get noticed. This is getting you nowhere but the dummies section.
Okay, Im not a fan of Pacquiao running for office because I reckon there’s a lot of more productive things he can do rather than joining the circus. But to say that the guy has brain damage and that Philippines is a nation of whores on top of that is just plain demoralizing.
I feel sorry for you because you had to stoop down to that level just to get noticed. Talent and a bit of humor would have been useful you know, Oh I am sorry, you call that humor? Too bad I’d take a good’ol knock-knock joke instead of that anytime.
Friday, March 19, 2010
She's afraid, very afraid.
Who’s Afraid of Danilo Lim?
Theres The Rub
By Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:18:00 03/08/2010
ARROYO IS.
The police would not be assiduous in preventing Danny Lim from being seen and heard without express orders from their generals. Their generals would not be assiduous in ordering them to prevent him from being seen and heard without express orders from their commander in chief. And their commander in chief would not be assiduous in expressly ordering them to not make him be seen or heard if she were not afraid.
That’s what they did to Danny Lim last Thursday. They prevented him from being seen or heard. He had already been issued a day pass by Judge Elmo Alameda the day before to allow him to attend a UP forum where he was to read a paper entitled, “The Military and Social Change.” Things seemed to be going well until Thursday morning when his jailers said they couldn’t release him without express orders from their superiors, and their superiors were nowhere to be found.
Later they would say that they could not release him because they could not provide him security in UP. A stupid excuse given that all they had to do to secure him was to vow on the graves of their mothers and children, or if those are of little value to them, on pain of losing their tong and karaoke privileges, that they would do him no harm while he was outside of jail. His only source of insecurity is them.
It’s easy to see why GMA fears Lim. Lim is one of the few people, and one of the even fewer generals, who act on principle. That is a lethal combination as far as she is concerned, having principle and acting. This country has no lack of principled people who do not act. And this country has no lack of unprincipled people who do act—many of them having gotten to the highest rungs of the civilian and military totem pole by being and doing just that.
Lim it was who led the withdrawal of support from GMA in 2006, which was thwarted because Hermogenes Esperon turned against his fellows and went to the Dark Side. Well, he had precious little choice, he was being implicated in the 2004 cheating in Mindanao too. It was what got Lim jailed the first time. He it was as well who helped mount the Peninsula mutiny in 2007, for which he faced added rebellion charges.
I’ve said it before: When—or if—a new president emerges, only Antonio Trillanes will need to be pardoned, Lim won’t. Trillanes led his mutiny, the Oakwood one, when GMA was still a legitimate president, made so by a fiat of Juan de la Cruz etched in tablet at Edsa. Lim led his withdrawal of support from and mutiny against GMA when GMA was no longer president, when she was so only by a nod of Virgilio Garcillano to her request of “winning by one million votes,” etched in their respective accents. An act to overthrow a legitimate government is called a coup. An act to overthrow an illegitimate one is called justice.
All that will become patent when GMA is haled to court once she steps out of Malacañang. Which brings us to the core of why GMA fears Lim.
Because Lim is the only non-presidential candidate who has made the very presidential pronouncement that once voted into power, he will exert himself to see that justice is done. Specifically to see that GMA is brought to court to answer for her sins. “This government must be made accountable for the transgressions it committed against the people.”
That is the heart of the matter. None of the promises of the candidates, presidential or not, senatorial or not, nuisance or not, to make this country better means anything without this. This is the sine qua non, the underlying premise, the necessary precondition for doing anything to make things better.
You do not punish someone for bribing the generals to death, or to untold wealth, and making the military exceedingly politically partisan, the practice of bribing generals and making the military partisan will continue. You do not punish someone for making warlords and private armies a feature of the landscape, the warlords and private armies will become permanent. You do not punish someone for lying barefacedly to the people about what she would do and not do, for cheating the Filipinos of their future, for stealing their wealth, their hope and even their lives, lying, cheating and stealing will riot till kingdom come.
You do not punish someone for stealing the vote, the vote will be stolen again and again.
For vowing to do this, and for having a record of doing what he says, Danny Lim was prevented by the cops, by their generals and by their commander in thief from being seen and heard last Thursday in UP and elsewhere.
What they forgot, or never learned to begin with, is that when you silence truth, truth has a way of thundering forth even more loudly like a blast of trumpets before the walls of tyranny. What they overlooked, or never saw to begin with, is that when you tape, or gag, or staple the mouth of a person telling the truth, he manages to speak even more loudly, his voice echoing in the mouths of everyone around him like the booming of television sets collectively tuned in to his oratory. What they ignore, living as they do only in the present and not realizing that their future is just their past catching up with them like an avenging angel, is that when you make a good man, a just man, an innocent man, not seen or heard, he blazes forth like tongues of fire.
Let’s make damn sure he does. I leave you to your beliefs, I leave you to your choices in these elections. But for God’s sake, know there is a candidate named Danny Lim who is running for senator. For democracy’s sake, make all your friends and all your neighbors know there is a candidate named Danny Lim running for senator. For your and your children’s sake, make sure you answer when someone asks you, “Who’s afraid of Danny Lim?”
“Not me.”
Theres The Rub
By Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:18:00 03/08/2010
ARROYO IS.
The police would not be assiduous in preventing Danny Lim from being seen and heard without express orders from their generals. Their generals would not be assiduous in ordering them to prevent him from being seen and heard without express orders from their commander in chief. And their commander in chief would not be assiduous in expressly ordering them to not make him be seen or heard if she were not afraid.
That’s what they did to Danny Lim last Thursday. They prevented him from being seen or heard. He had already been issued a day pass by Judge Elmo Alameda the day before to allow him to attend a UP forum where he was to read a paper entitled, “The Military and Social Change.” Things seemed to be going well until Thursday morning when his jailers said they couldn’t release him without express orders from their superiors, and their superiors were nowhere to be found.
Later they would say that they could not release him because they could not provide him security in UP. A stupid excuse given that all they had to do to secure him was to vow on the graves of their mothers and children, or if those are of little value to them, on pain of losing their tong and karaoke privileges, that they would do him no harm while he was outside of jail. His only source of insecurity is them.
It’s easy to see why GMA fears Lim. Lim is one of the few people, and one of the even fewer generals, who act on principle. That is a lethal combination as far as she is concerned, having principle and acting. This country has no lack of principled people who do not act. And this country has no lack of unprincipled people who do act—many of them having gotten to the highest rungs of the civilian and military totem pole by being and doing just that.
Lim it was who led the withdrawal of support from GMA in 2006, which was thwarted because Hermogenes Esperon turned against his fellows and went to the Dark Side. Well, he had precious little choice, he was being implicated in the 2004 cheating in Mindanao too. It was what got Lim jailed the first time. He it was as well who helped mount the Peninsula mutiny in 2007, for which he faced added rebellion charges.
I’ve said it before: When—or if—a new president emerges, only Antonio Trillanes will need to be pardoned, Lim won’t. Trillanes led his mutiny, the Oakwood one, when GMA was still a legitimate president, made so by a fiat of Juan de la Cruz etched in tablet at Edsa. Lim led his withdrawal of support from and mutiny against GMA when GMA was no longer president, when she was so only by a nod of Virgilio Garcillano to her request of “winning by one million votes,” etched in their respective accents. An act to overthrow a legitimate government is called a coup. An act to overthrow an illegitimate one is called justice.
All that will become patent when GMA is haled to court once she steps out of Malacañang. Which brings us to the core of why GMA fears Lim.
Because Lim is the only non-presidential candidate who has made the very presidential pronouncement that once voted into power, he will exert himself to see that justice is done. Specifically to see that GMA is brought to court to answer for her sins. “This government must be made accountable for the transgressions it committed against the people.”
That is the heart of the matter. None of the promises of the candidates, presidential or not, senatorial or not, nuisance or not, to make this country better means anything without this. This is the sine qua non, the underlying premise, the necessary precondition for doing anything to make things better.
You do not punish someone for bribing the generals to death, or to untold wealth, and making the military exceedingly politically partisan, the practice of bribing generals and making the military partisan will continue. You do not punish someone for making warlords and private armies a feature of the landscape, the warlords and private armies will become permanent. You do not punish someone for lying barefacedly to the people about what she would do and not do, for cheating the Filipinos of their future, for stealing their wealth, their hope and even their lives, lying, cheating and stealing will riot till kingdom come.
You do not punish someone for stealing the vote, the vote will be stolen again and again.
For vowing to do this, and for having a record of doing what he says, Danny Lim was prevented by the cops, by their generals and by their commander in thief from being seen and heard last Thursday in UP and elsewhere.
What they forgot, or never learned to begin with, is that when you silence truth, truth has a way of thundering forth even more loudly like a blast of trumpets before the walls of tyranny. What they overlooked, or never saw to begin with, is that when you tape, or gag, or staple the mouth of a person telling the truth, he manages to speak even more loudly, his voice echoing in the mouths of everyone around him like the booming of television sets collectively tuned in to his oratory. What they ignore, living as they do only in the present and not realizing that their future is just their past catching up with them like an avenging angel, is that when you make a good man, a just man, an innocent man, not seen or heard, he blazes forth like tongues of fire.
Let’s make damn sure he does. I leave you to your beliefs, I leave you to your choices in these elections. But for God’s sake, know there is a candidate named Danny Lim who is running for senator. For democracy’s sake, make all your friends and all your neighbors know there is a candidate named Danny Lim running for senator. For your and your children’s sake, make sure you answer when someone asks you, “Who’s afraid of Danny Lim?”
“Not me.”
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Why I will vote for Noynoy- Winnie Monsod
An interesting article by Winnie Monsod (including Noynoy’s liabilities & baggage) + link to Joker Arroyo’s 1998 privilege speech on Manny Villar’s accountability (take note of the year - 1998 - so it could not be “politically motivated” as Villar nowadays claims to dodge any allegation).
Read on and be an informed voter.
WHY I WILL VOTE FOR NOYNOY - WINNIE MONSOD
Wed at 11:31pm
Villar still refuses to attend the Senate to face questions, and it only reminds me of how GMA used the privilege of her office to avoid questioning. What will happen if Villar wins and more corruption scandals surface?
With Villar catching up to Noynoy in the polls, I am honestly quite terrified of the prospect of him winning. There is a clear case of graft in this instance, and instead of delving into the issues, his allies in the legislative are simply brushing off the allegations as “politically motivated”. As a citizen, we should not accept this. If there is smoke, we must see if there is a fire that needs to be put out. Yes, the timing of the allegations seem a bit off. ( Joker Arroyo was pushing these issues as early as 1998). A known crook and political opportunist, Juan Ponce Enrile, is the person leading the censure. However, when the facts are presented, it is clear as day that something is amiss. It just further builds on my strong suspicions that Villar is a businessman simply looking to control the political arena to make a boat load of money.
I have never trusted Villar since day one. I never trust businessmen who enter politics, because in the end, their core value is and always will be profit maximization. It is well documented that Villar’s real estate empire ran into some serious financial problems when his overexposure to the real estate market and the Asian Financial Crisis made him unable to pay debts he took out to expand his real estate business in the early 1990s. After the Asian Crisis hit, Capitol Bank, owned by Villar and heavily exposed to his real estate investments was essentially ran to the ground and needed to be bailed out. In 2005, Villar tried to solve his debt problems by hiring a group of investment banks to advise him on how he can consolidate all his assets into one company ( Vista Land ). With the local and foreign investment bankers, Villar came up with a growth story for investors: “Invest in my company because we need it to fund all these wonderful project!”
However, what was downplayed during the IPO roadshow was that instead of financing growth, resources from the offering would be used to finance his debt. To appease creditors, Villar even had his investment bankers pitch some form of a debt-to-equity conversion that raised skeptical eyebrows of many. In 2007, the IPO of Vista Land did not do as well as planned, in part because many investors and brokers were the same people who were burned by Villar’s inability to pay back his loans.
Now, as part of a corporate growth (or should I say corporate restructuring) plan, Villar is lusting for the highest position in the land. This scares me because Villar already has a track record of using his political position to gain the upper hand for his businesses. To save his empire and increase shareholder value of his business, Villar used his influence as Senate Finance Chair to shrewdly derail a Cavite road project that was supposed to be BUILD, OPERATE, and TRANSFER. Villar built a longer and more expensive road, the C-5 extension, adjacent to it; subsequently forcing the private investor in the initial project to pull out. The fishy thing is that this new road, longer and more expensive than the previously planned project, passed through all of Villar’s land in Cavite . It is a clear case of graft, pointing to Villar use of influence and government funds to substantially improve the values of his real estate properties. To add insult to injury
the right of way the government would have to pay in order to complete the project was substantially higher for the land that Villar owned. These funds could have easily been used to build needed schools.
This scandal should be a red flag for all voters. However, the scary part is that Villar is spending billions to keep this out of the picture as he continues his attempt to brainwash our masses that he is their saviour. He convinces the masses that he is one of them. A poor boy from the slums of Tondo. In actuality, he is more like the 5-6 and syndicates, slum dwellers themselves who make a profit out of their poor brethren. Villar’s ad agencies are doing an excellent job of maintaining this image as well as doing damage control. TV and radio continues to churn out Parokya Ni Edgaresque jingles that compete with “Nobody, Nobody.” Dolphy is Villar’s new spokesperson and Wowowee is one giant ad for him. In this process of brainwashing, the masses are not cognizant of how Villar conducts business as a politician. What they do not see is a man hell bent on turning our archipelago into his own personal piece of real estate.
It is sad that the efforts of Juan Ponce Enrile, who is leading the censure for Villar, is actually giving Villar more sympathy votes. People do no trust Enrile, and when Enrile pounces on someone, it is usually met with a high degree of skepticism. I do not blame people for feeling this way. I also think Enrile is a crook who should be jailed for conspiring to implement Martial Law, for coup attempts, and for the human rights abuses during the Marcos regime. If someone with a more respectable reputation were to level these charges on Villar, I am sure the surveys would tell a different story.
I also fear from some credible reports that Malacanang has actually made a deal with Villar (under the table). Essentially, GMA’s goons said, “We will help you, in return, leave us alone when you win”. Villar’s behaviour in recent forums further adds credence to these reports as Villar has been very tame and quiet when it comes to how he will treat GMA after the elections. Appealing to common sense, it makes ALL THE SENSE for GMA to support someone who has a chance of winning, not a person rating at 4% in the surveys. GMA tried to reach out to Noynoy after Tita Cory died. All she got was rejection.
Who can stop Villar in his quest for the presidency?
I am known to be a Noynoy supporter, but to those skeptics and to those who are still undecided, I do concede that he is not perfect. His record as a politician is average and unspectacular at best. He does not have the charisma of his father. Before the death of his mother, he did not get much mileage. But I am going all out in support for Noynoy in 2010 because he stands for clean governance and appear willing to accomplish this. In addition, he has the best chance of preventing a opportunistic businessman, the assured next President of our country before Cory died, from using the Office of the President as a personal growth asset to his business empire.
Noynoy’s clean record is a big plus for me. It is a trait that I think should be the most important quality that we should look for in our next president. His appeal is that his track record is not tarnished by corruption scandals and his political debts are minimal. I know that many critics are trying to make an issue over his involvement in Hacienda Luisita, but Noynoy is not even heavily involved in the company. As a shareholder, Noynoy only owns .04% of Hacienda Luisita, a drop in the ocean and hardly in any position to do something about it. The case of the Hacienda does not have the substance that the C-5 extension controversy has a lot of.
In addition, Nonoy also has an incredible legacy to live up to. All the pressure is on him to be clean and stay clean. He can’t afford to tarnish the Aquino name and the immense legacy that his parents left behind. Cory and Ninoy practically sacrificed their family for their dream of a better Philippines . For Noynoy, to know that your father and mother went through so much hardship to improve our country is a heavy burden to think about if you do decide to become a crook and destroy everything that they fought for.
We all have to make a choice. In my opinion, it has to go to the presidentiable who has an independent mind, stands up for what he believes in, is clean, and has the legacy his parents to live up to and maintain. For me, Nonoy, with all his flaws, is that candidate. For what this country needs is a clean president who can set an example top-down for the entire state; it needs a president with the will to change things and stamp out corruption; it needs a President who can set an example and is willing to perfect our dysfunctional democracy.
I want someone who stands for being clean. He does not need a degree from Harvard. He does not need to have a multi-million peso business to show me he can make us all rich. He does not have to speak well. He just has to be clean. Nothing else should matter. He has to prioritize a platform of clean and effective governance and make sure that it delivers on that promise. Policies on the economy, education, energy, environment and health can all follow after the fundamentals are taken cared of. So far, the only candidate who promotes my vision with a clean record to back it up is Noynoy.
Our urban landscape is replete with political slogans that attempt to convince people of certain candidate’s ability to lead our nation
Galing at Talino? Sorry Gibo, those were the supposed qualities of GMA, rubber stamped with a Phd in Economics. And what happened? She only worsened our economy. To GMA’s credit she did balance our budget at one point, but it has again ballooned to the level where the next president will have to deal with the same economic issues she faced in 2005. During GMA’s watch investment in infrastructure was insufficient, poverty incidence worsened, public education deteriorated, our nautical highway is still incomplete, goons like the Ampatuan’s flourished in the south, and a culture of corruption flourished in our institutions. Instead of creating jobs, GMA focused on a policy of exporting labor without measuring the social costs of such a policy- thousands of broken OFW families and children of OFW’s who do not have the proper parental supervision to teach them the differences between right and wrong. In effect, our next generation is left on their own to
figure out how to become empowered patriots who love their country and will fight to defend it. In effect, whatever statistics in GDP growth GMA and her allies love to advertise, non of it trickled down and benefitted the poor..and none of it accounts for the social costs to her policies.
Good speaker? Sorry Gibo, Marcos had that quality and he did nothing good for our contry. In fact, Marcos squandered the opportunity to be our Lee Kuan Yew and Dr. Mahatir. If I want a good, charismatic, and eloquent speaker, let’s just run down the list of effective public speakers and vote them in.
Para sa mahirap? Sorry Erap, you had your chance and failed miserably. Your only accomplishment is in convincing our masses that movie roles do not carry over into the political area.
My only concern with Noynoy is how deep he might be in the Liberal Party and whether he has accumulate political debts to Liberal trapos. The Liberal PArty, like any party, has its own share of crooks (including those bandwagon trapos who jumped off GMA”s boat to ride on Aquino’s popularity). How much will Nonoy have to give back to the Liberal trapos (and bandwagon Liberals who jumped GMA’s ship) if elected? We will never know. However, I am willing to live with that unanswered question if it means preventing someone like Villar from turning the Philippines into Vista Land ‘s next subdivision development. I am also reassured by the fact that he has that “Aquino” name and the ghosts of his parents to answer to if does decide to go down the immoral path.
Nonoy will not solve all our problems. One person can’t. But we need a start somewhere and it should be with someone who pushes honesty, reform, and good governance. It will be a tough battle, but I want to give Noynoy the chance to build on what his mother tried to accomplish. And I hope that if Noynoy wins, he will have the courage to make tough decisions and go after crooks, even if it means hurting a lot of friends and colleagues in government.
To give you a better sense on how Villar conducts business, here is also a link to Joker Arroyo’s 1998 privilege speech:
http://www.malayang/ halalan.com/ 2010/01/ 26/joker- arroyo-raises- issue- of-accountability- of-public- officers-against- manny- villar/
Actual notes scanned: http://www.scribd/ com/doc/22789941/ Joker- Arroyo-Privilege- Speech
I guess “if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck..” Well, as the saying goes……
Vote wisely Philippines . And continue to work towards uplifting the masses and freeing them from their state of hopelessness. Defend them from opportunists. DEVELOP THEM (FIRST) SPIRITUALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY; THEN ECONOMICALLY! When we lift up the poor and ween them off the mentality of hopelessness, our country will become first world. Only then will we have the powerful middle class that our young democracy is screaming for.
Winnie Monsod
If you want to see the black and white facts on the C5 controversy, check it here =)
http://www.abs-/ cbnnews.com/ nation/02/ 01/ 10/monsod- c-5-road-extension- unnecessary- wasteful
http://www.youtube/ com/watch?v= nUQDt-sXdlk
Read on and be an informed voter.
WHY I WILL VOTE FOR NOYNOY - WINNIE MONSOD
Wed at 11:31pm
Villar still refuses to attend the Senate to face questions, and it only reminds me of how GMA used the privilege of her office to avoid questioning. What will happen if Villar wins and more corruption scandals surface?
With Villar catching up to Noynoy in the polls, I am honestly quite terrified of the prospect of him winning. There is a clear case of graft in this instance, and instead of delving into the issues, his allies in the legislative are simply brushing off the allegations as “politically motivated”. As a citizen, we should not accept this. If there is smoke, we must see if there is a fire that needs to be put out. Yes, the timing of the allegations seem a bit off. ( Joker Arroyo was pushing these issues as early as 1998). A known crook and political opportunist, Juan Ponce Enrile, is the person leading the censure. However, when the facts are presented, it is clear as day that something is amiss. It just further builds on my strong suspicions that Villar is a businessman simply looking to control the political arena to make a boat load of money.
I have never trusted Villar since day one. I never trust businessmen who enter politics, because in the end, their core value is and always will be profit maximization. It is well documented that Villar’s real estate empire ran into some serious financial problems when his overexposure to the real estate market and the Asian Financial Crisis made him unable to pay debts he took out to expand his real estate business in the early 1990s. After the Asian Crisis hit, Capitol Bank, owned by Villar and heavily exposed to his real estate investments was essentially ran to the ground and needed to be bailed out. In 2005, Villar tried to solve his debt problems by hiring a group of investment banks to advise him on how he can consolidate all his assets into one company ( Vista Land ). With the local and foreign investment bankers, Villar came up with a growth story for investors: “Invest in my company because we need it to fund all these wonderful project!”
However, what was downplayed during the IPO roadshow was that instead of financing growth, resources from the offering would be used to finance his debt. To appease creditors, Villar even had his investment bankers pitch some form of a debt-to-equity conversion that raised skeptical eyebrows of many. In 2007, the IPO of Vista Land did not do as well as planned, in part because many investors and brokers were the same people who were burned by Villar’s inability to pay back his loans.
Now, as part of a corporate growth (or should I say corporate restructuring) plan, Villar is lusting for the highest position in the land. This scares me because Villar already has a track record of using his political position to gain the upper hand for his businesses. To save his empire and increase shareholder value of his business, Villar used his influence as Senate Finance Chair to shrewdly derail a Cavite road project that was supposed to be BUILD, OPERATE, and TRANSFER. Villar built a longer and more expensive road, the C-5 extension, adjacent to it; subsequently forcing the private investor in the initial project to pull out. The fishy thing is that this new road, longer and more expensive than the previously planned project, passed through all of Villar’s land in Cavite . It is a clear case of graft, pointing to Villar use of influence and government funds to substantially improve the values of his real estate properties. To add insult to injury
the right of way the government would have to pay in order to complete the project was substantially higher for the land that Villar owned. These funds could have easily been used to build needed schools.
This scandal should be a red flag for all voters. However, the scary part is that Villar is spending billions to keep this out of the picture as he continues his attempt to brainwash our masses that he is their saviour. He convinces the masses that he is one of them. A poor boy from the slums of Tondo. In actuality, he is more like the 5-6 and syndicates, slum dwellers themselves who make a profit out of their poor brethren. Villar’s ad agencies are doing an excellent job of maintaining this image as well as doing damage control. TV and radio continues to churn out Parokya Ni Edgaresque jingles that compete with “Nobody, Nobody.” Dolphy is Villar’s new spokesperson and Wowowee is one giant ad for him. In this process of brainwashing, the masses are not cognizant of how Villar conducts business as a politician. What they do not see is a man hell bent on turning our archipelago into his own personal piece of real estate.
It is sad that the efforts of Juan Ponce Enrile, who is leading the censure for Villar, is actually giving Villar more sympathy votes. People do no trust Enrile, and when Enrile pounces on someone, it is usually met with a high degree of skepticism. I do not blame people for feeling this way. I also think Enrile is a crook who should be jailed for conspiring to implement Martial Law, for coup attempts, and for the human rights abuses during the Marcos regime. If someone with a more respectable reputation were to level these charges on Villar, I am sure the surveys would tell a different story.
I also fear from some credible reports that Malacanang has actually made a deal with Villar (under the table). Essentially, GMA’s goons said, “We will help you, in return, leave us alone when you win”. Villar’s behaviour in recent forums further adds credence to these reports as Villar has been very tame and quiet when it comes to how he will treat GMA after the elections. Appealing to common sense, it makes ALL THE SENSE for GMA to support someone who has a chance of winning, not a person rating at 4% in the surveys. GMA tried to reach out to Noynoy after Tita Cory died. All she got was rejection.
Who can stop Villar in his quest for the presidency?
I am known to be a Noynoy supporter, but to those skeptics and to those who are still undecided, I do concede that he is not perfect. His record as a politician is average and unspectacular at best. He does not have the charisma of his father. Before the death of his mother, he did not get much mileage. But I am going all out in support for Noynoy in 2010 because he stands for clean governance and appear willing to accomplish this. In addition, he has the best chance of preventing a opportunistic businessman, the assured next President of our country before Cory died, from using the Office of the President as a personal growth asset to his business empire.
Noynoy’s clean record is a big plus for me. It is a trait that I think should be the most important quality that we should look for in our next president. His appeal is that his track record is not tarnished by corruption scandals and his political debts are minimal. I know that many critics are trying to make an issue over his involvement in Hacienda Luisita, but Noynoy is not even heavily involved in the company. As a shareholder, Noynoy only owns .04% of Hacienda Luisita, a drop in the ocean and hardly in any position to do something about it. The case of the Hacienda does not have the substance that the C-5 extension controversy has a lot of.
In addition, Nonoy also has an incredible legacy to live up to. All the pressure is on him to be clean and stay clean. He can’t afford to tarnish the Aquino name and the immense legacy that his parents left behind. Cory and Ninoy practically sacrificed their family for their dream of a better Philippines . For Noynoy, to know that your father and mother went through so much hardship to improve our country is a heavy burden to think about if you do decide to become a crook and destroy everything that they fought for.
We all have to make a choice. In my opinion, it has to go to the presidentiable who has an independent mind, stands up for what he believes in, is clean, and has the legacy his parents to live up to and maintain. For me, Nonoy, with all his flaws, is that candidate. For what this country needs is a clean president who can set an example top-down for the entire state; it needs a president with the will to change things and stamp out corruption; it needs a President who can set an example and is willing to perfect our dysfunctional democracy.
I want someone who stands for being clean. He does not need a degree from Harvard. He does not need to have a multi-million peso business to show me he can make us all rich. He does not have to speak well. He just has to be clean. Nothing else should matter. He has to prioritize a platform of clean and effective governance and make sure that it delivers on that promise. Policies on the economy, education, energy, environment and health can all follow after the fundamentals are taken cared of. So far, the only candidate who promotes my vision with a clean record to back it up is Noynoy.
Our urban landscape is replete with political slogans that attempt to convince people of certain candidate’s ability to lead our nation
Galing at Talino? Sorry Gibo, those were the supposed qualities of GMA, rubber stamped with a Phd in Economics. And what happened? She only worsened our economy. To GMA’s credit she did balance our budget at one point, but it has again ballooned to the level where the next president will have to deal with the same economic issues she faced in 2005. During GMA’s watch investment in infrastructure was insufficient, poverty incidence worsened, public education deteriorated, our nautical highway is still incomplete, goons like the Ampatuan’s flourished in the south, and a culture of corruption flourished in our institutions. Instead of creating jobs, GMA focused on a policy of exporting labor without measuring the social costs of such a policy- thousands of broken OFW families and children of OFW’s who do not have the proper parental supervision to teach them the differences between right and wrong. In effect, our next generation is left on their own to
figure out how to become empowered patriots who love their country and will fight to defend it. In effect, whatever statistics in GDP growth GMA and her allies love to advertise, non of it trickled down and benefitted the poor..and none of it accounts for the social costs to her policies.
Good speaker? Sorry Gibo, Marcos had that quality and he did nothing good for our contry. In fact, Marcos squandered the opportunity to be our Lee Kuan Yew and Dr. Mahatir. If I want a good, charismatic, and eloquent speaker, let’s just run down the list of effective public speakers and vote them in.
Para sa mahirap? Sorry Erap, you had your chance and failed miserably. Your only accomplishment is in convincing our masses that movie roles do not carry over into the political area.
My only concern with Noynoy is how deep he might be in the Liberal Party and whether he has accumulate political debts to Liberal trapos. The Liberal PArty, like any party, has its own share of crooks (including those bandwagon trapos who jumped off GMA”s boat to ride on Aquino’s popularity). How much will Nonoy have to give back to the Liberal trapos (and bandwagon Liberals who jumped GMA’s ship) if elected? We will never know. However, I am willing to live with that unanswered question if it means preventing someone like Villar from turning the Philippines into Vista Land ‘s next subdivision development. I am also reassured by the fact that he has that “Aquino” name and the ghosts of his parents to answer to if does decide to go down the immoral path.
Nonoy will not solve all our problems. One person can’t. But we need a start somewhere and it should be with someone who pushes honesty, reform, and good governance. It will be a tough battle, but I want to give Noynoy the chance to build on what his mother tried to accomplish. And I hope that if Noynoy wins, he will have the courage to make tough decisions and go after crooks, even if it means hurting a lot of friends and colleagues in government.
To give you a better sense on how Villar conducts business, here is also a link to Joker Arroyo’s 1998 privilege speech:
http://www.malayang/ halalan.com/ 2010/01/ 26/joker- arroyo-raises- issue- of-accountability- of-public- officers-against- manny- villar/
Actual notes scanned: http://www.scribd/ com/doc/22789941/ Joker- Arroyo-Privilege- Speech
I guess “if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck..” Well, as the saying goes……
Vote wisely Philippines . And continue to work towards uplifting the masses and freeing them from their state of hopelessness. Defend them from opportunists. DEVELOP THEM (FIRST) SPIRITUALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY; THEN ECONOMICALLY! When we lift up the poor and ween them off the mentality of hopelessness, our country will become first world. Only then will we have the powerful middle class that our young democracy is screaming for.
Winnie Monsod
If you want to see the black and white facts on the C5 controversy, check it here =)
http://www.abs-/ cbnnews.com/ nation/02/ 01/ 10/monsod- c-5-road-extension- unnecessary- wasteful
http://www.youtube/ com/watch?v= nUQDt-sXdlk
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Web and Campus Journalism.
The Web and Campus Journalism
(asiancorrespondent .com, Feb. 3, 2010, by Edwin Espejo)
I didn’t realize I was already 30 years detached from campus journalism until Smart Communications Philippines invited me to share my experience as a print journalist who transitioned to online journalism.
How time flied so fast and how technology made me feel locked in a time warp.
Yes. Three decades ago, we were literally counting spaces, characters and words on our ‘copies’ to make sure our page layouts will turn out fine.
There were only two fonts available on our typewriters: pica and elite.
We have to make a dummy on a newsprint impression of our school paper. Rush it to the printing press for encoding, proofreading and reviewing the layout in film before the stripper finalizes it for plate-making.
Not to mention advisers always on the lookout for articles that will undermine school authorities.
Then we have to wait for days until it is ready for distribution.
More often than not, it took weeks for us to come up with an issue.
Printing costs always took their toll on our ability to come up with regular issues. In most cases, school publications only come out twice a semester.
While issues on campus press freedom and student rights and welfare remain in many colleges and universities, campus journalism has been drastically changed by technology over the last two decades.
Standing in front of bright and promising campus writers last week, it made me old for a while. Even my reference as a Jurrasic in campus publication sound tame. Some students cannot even relate to it.
Why! I even made the big mistake of using Adobe Pagemaker as reference to lay-outing and publishing tool. And to think, it was the software Sun.Star Publications was using only three years ago – before I ‘retired’ from the now defunct Sun.Star Business Weekly (Socsksargen) .
I was told Adobe had already junked Pagemaker for a more user-friendly Adobe InDesign.
In today’s digital world, publishing news and other articles have become as handy as using your mobile phone – a techie gadget that we did not even dream of during our time.
Which brings me to the world of the Web and Internet.
I told the students that the days of newspapers could come to an end – like it or not and sooner or later. Paperless newspaper or paperless news is increasingly becoming a popular medium and source of information.
The rapid development of the Web also connects the reader in real time with the dawning of interactive press.
Honing your writing skills is no longer a tedious physical process of writing and rewriting your copies and manuscript by hand.
You now have the computers that will allow you to review your spelling and grammar, count the words for you and allow you choose the fonts and font sizes at the click of the mouse button.
In the real world, today’s writers have technology aiding them with their craft.
Smart’s move to encourage online journalism is one of the wisest decisions made by the telecommunication company to encourage campus writers to pursue a career in journalism – whether writing for a cause, writing for a product or simply discussing one’s views and opinions.
The Internet has emerged as a powerful communications tool.
Students could use the Web to reach out to their fellow students and even connect them virtually to every school publication anywhere in the world.
They could take cue on Facebook, Flixster, Twitter and other social networking sites which allow readers to post their comments and share their views in real time with less cost and better speed – or in other words – the fastest way possible.
No need to angle your stories and news to make it relevant with the passing of each publication date and worrying if these have become history.
And it saves your publication money that otherwise will go to printing costs.
Of course, these are still protocols and journalism ethics students have to observe and to follow.
Even without joining the mainstream media, the internet could become both a hobby and passion for student writers.
Blogging has become a popular activity in the internet.
Some have gone full time blogging - earning them income while doing what they are doing best. One blogger earns as much as P120,000 a month through Adsense.
If one gets lucky, a website could ‘buy’ and redirect your blog to its site for a fee.
The key is to be consistent, credible and committed to your craft as a blogger.
And as a blogger, you can be a better journalist.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Doodled. :)
I was. She is.
No, I didn’t break up with my boyfriend. In fact, we are very much together. So why the title? I found this note I doodled way way back from a previous relationship. I always find it entertaining to read mementos that reflect how I felt that time. Looking at how I wrote it, its funny how every stroke and word I used can reflect what I had gone through. Raw, preserved and unaltered, the way emotions should be. This is one of the pleasures handwriting can bring. No, I got over him eons ago and I am very much happy with the one I am with- just in case you may want to ask. :D
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I was. She is.
Tell me if I’m just being praning or what. Past tenses suck. The -eds and all remind you of how stupid you are- or how stupid he is- for letting go and saying goodbye when you could have talked it out. It slaps you in the face bigtime that you are no longer part of that someone’s life.
You cannot text him anymore. No midnight phone calls. No one to say I love you to. Dinner dates and movie marathons are gone. Why? Because you (I) are/am just part of his once upon a time.
And while thinking that you had your time with him to say the least brings a little comfort, it brings you to pain.
Yes, there’ll always be a tinge of pain, regret and fear knowing that you cannot have him anymore.
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Cheesy eh? I know. I had a good laugh reading it, really. It’s funny and awkward at the same time that I can laugh at this now when I thought the world stopped that time. I know you had your share of mush too, Everybody did. Share it with me, now! :D
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Jesus Christ's resume. :)
People say that if you want to start your year right, decluttering is the way to go.
It's a way of clearing ang cleaning out your stuff, getting rid of old stuff that aren't necessary and getting past things that has been pulling you back.
Well, it is the second of the month of the year and I am just starting to fumble through old files and pictures-because err, the first month was spent mostly in looking for new opportunities to support this trip that I've been planning for.
Since I just started trying to organize my stuff and all, I will be posting random articles, passages, pictures, even journal entries (good'ol high school stuff) on this site. :)
So I start. Ages ago, mom sent me this. I cannot remember why exactly but this one's really inspiring since we are talking about decluttering. This reminds us to remember that no matter how good we are, we cannot top Him and his greatness. Here goes :)
The Resume of Jesus Christ
Address: Ephesians 1:20
Phone: Romans 10:13
Website: The Bible. Keywords: Christ, Lord, Savior and Jesus
Hello. My name is Jesus -The Christ . Many call me Lord! I've sent
you my resume because I'm seeking the top management position in your
heart. Please consider my accomplishments as set forth in my resume.
Qualifications
I founded the earth and established the heavens, (See Proverbs 3:19)
I formed man from the dust of the ground, (See Genesis 2:7)
I breathed into man the breath of life, (See Genesis 2:7)
I redeemed man from the curse of the law, (See Galatians 3:13)
The blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant comes upon your life through
me, (See Galatians 3:14)
Occupational Background
I've only had one employer, (See Luke 2:49).
I've never been tardy, absent, disobedient, slothful or disrespectful.
My employer has nothing but rave reviews for me, (See Matthew 3:15-17)
Skills & Work Experiences
Some of my skills and work experiences include: empowering the poor
to be poor no more, healing the brokenhearted, setting the captives
free, healing the sick, restoring sight to the blind and setting at
liberty them that are bruised, (See Luke 4:18).
I am a Wonderful Counselor, (See Isaiah 9:6). People who listen to me
shall dwell safely and shall not fear evil, (See Proverbs 1:33).
Most importantly, I have the authority, ability and power to cleanse
you of your sins, (See I John 1:7-9)
Educational Background
I encompass the entire breadth and length of knowledge, wisdom and
understanding, (See Proverbs 2:6).
In me are hid all of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, (See
Colossians 2:3).
My Word is so powerful; it has been described as being a lamp unto
your feet and a lamp unto your path, (See Psalms 119:105).
I can even tell you all of the secrets of your heart, (See Psalms
44:21).
Major Accomplishments
I was an active participant in the greatest Summit Meeting of all
times, (See Genesis 1:26).
I laid down my life so that you may live, (See II Corinthians 5:15).
I defeated the archenemy of God and mankind and made a show of them
openly, (See Colossians 2:15).
I've miraculously fed the poor, healed the sick and raised the dead!
There are many more major accomplishments, to many to mention here.
You can read them on my website, which is located at: www dot - the
BIBLE. You don't need an Internet connection or computer to access my
website.
References
Believers and followers worldwide will testify to my divine healings,
salvation, deliverance, miracles, restoration and supernatural
guidance
In Summation
Now that you've read my resume, I'm confident that I'm the only
candidate uniquely qualified to fill this vital position in your
heart. In summation, I will properly direct your paths, (See Proverbs
3:5-6), and lead you into everlasting life, (See John 6:47). When can
I start? Time is of the essence, (See Hebrews 3:15).
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I hope we hire him. :)
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Minsan may isang puta. Isang kwento.
Minsan May Isang Puta...Isang Kwento.
Tingin ng mga bobong kapitbahay ko puta daw ako.
Nagpapagamit, binabayaran. Sabi nila ako daw ang pinakamaganda at pinakasikat sa aming lugar noon.
Ang bango-bango ko daw, sariwa at makinis. Di ko nga alam kung sumpa ito, dahil dito naletse ang
kinabukasan ko.
Tara, makinig ka muna sa kwento ko, yosi muna tayo.
Tatlong malilibog na foreigners ang namyesta sa katawan ko, na-rape daw ako.
Sa tatlong beses akong nagahasa, ang pinakahuli ang di ko makakalimutan. Parang maski di ko ginusto ang mga nangyari, hinahanap-hanap ko siya.
Tinulungan nya kasi akong makalimutan yung mga sadistang Hapon at Coo. Kase, ibang-iba ang hagod niya. Umiikot ang mundo ko sa tuwing ginagamit niya ako. Ibang klase siya mag-sorry, lalo pa at kinupkop niya ako at ang mga naging anak ko.
Parating ang dami naming regalo - may chocolates, yosi, ano ka! May datung pa! Nakakabaliw siya, alam kong ginagamit nya lang ako pero pagamit naman ako nang pagamit. Sa kanya namin natutunan mag-inggles, di lang magsulat ha! Magbasa pa! Hanggang ngayon, sa tuwing mabigat ang problema ko, siya ang tinatakbuhan ko. 'Yun nga lang, lahat ng bagay may kapalit. Nung kinasama ko siya, guminhawa buhay namin. Sosyal na sosyal kami.
Ewan ko nga ba, akala ko napapamahal na ako sa kanya. Akala ko tuloy-tuloy na kaligayahan namin, yun pala unti-unti niya akong pinapatay. P*** ng I**! Sa dami ng lason na sinaksak niya sa katawan ko, muntik na akong malaspag. Ang daming nagsabi na ang tanga tanga ko. Patalsikin ko na daw. Sa tulong ng mga anak ko, napalayas ko ang animal pero ang hirap magsimula. Masyado na kaming nasanay sa sarap ng buhay na naranasan namin sa kanya. Lubog na lubog pa kami sa utang, kulang ata pati kaluluwa namin para ibayad sa mga inutang namin.
Sinikap naming lahat maging maganda ang buhay namin. Ayun, mga nasa Japan, Hong Kong, Saudi ang mga anak ko. Yung iba nag-US, Europe. 'Yung iba ayaw umalis sa akin. Halos lahat, wala naman silbi, masaya daw sa piling ko, maski amoy usok ako. Sa dami ng mga anak ko na nagsisikap na tulungan ang kalagayan namin, siya din ang dami ng mga anak ko na namamantala sa kabuhayan at kayaman na itinatabi ko para sa punyetang kinabukasan naming lahat.
Dumating ang panahon na di na kami halos makaahon sa hirap ng buhay. Napakahirap dahil nasanay na kami sa ginhawa at sarap. Ang di ko inaakala ay mismong mga anak ko, ang tuluyang sisira sa akin. Napakasakit tanggapin na malinlang. Akala ko ay makakakita ako ng magiging kasama sa buhay sa mga ahas na ipinakilala ng mga anak ko Hindi pala. Ang tanga ko talaga. Binugaw ako ng sarili kong mga anak kapalit ng kwarta at pansamantalang ginhawa na nais nilang matamasa.
Wala na akong nagawa dahil sa sobrang pagmamahal ko sa aking mga anak. Wala akong ibang yaman kundi ganda ko. Pinagamit ko na lang ng pinagamit ang sarili ko, basta maginhawa lang ang mga anak ko. Usap-usapan ako ng mga kapitbahay ko. May nanghihinayang, namumuhi at naaawa. Puta na kase ang isang magandang tulad ko.
Alam mo, gusto ko na sanang tumigil sa pagpuputa kaso ang laki talaga ng letseng utang ko eh. Palaki pa ng palaki. Kulang na kulang. Paano na lang ang mga anak ko naiwan sa aking punyetang puder? Baka di na ako balikan o bisitahin ng mga nag-abroad kong mga anak. Hindi na importante kung laspagin man ang ganda ko, madama ko lang ang pagmamahal ng mga anak ko. Malaman nila na gagawin ko ang lahat para sa kanila.
Sa tuwing titingin ako sa salamin, alam ko maganda pa rin ako. Meron pa din ang bilib sa akin. Napapag usapan pa din. Sa tuwing nakikita ko ang mukha ko sa salamin, nakikita ko ang mga anak ko. Tutulo na lang ang mga luha ko ng di ko namamalayan. Ang gagaling n ga ng mga anak ko, namamayagpag kahit saan sila pumunta. Mahusay sa kahit anong gawin. Tama man o mali. Proud ako sa kanila. Kaso sila, kabaligtaran ang nararamdaman para sa akin.
Sa dami ng mga anak ko, iilan lang ang may malasakit sa akin. May malasakit man, nahihilaw. Ni di nga ako kinikilalang ina. Halos lahat sila galit sa isa't isa. Walang gusto magtulungan, naghihilahan pa. Ang dami ko ng pasakit na tiniis pero walang sasakit pa nung sarili kong mga anak ang nagbugaw sa akin. Kinapital ang laspag na ganda ko. Masyado silang nasanay sa sarap ng buhay. Minsan sa pagtingin ko sa salamin, ni hindi
ko na nga kilala sarili ko. Dadating na naman ang pasko, sana maalala naman ako ng mga anak ko. Isang buwan pa, magbabagong taon na. Natatakot ako sa taong darating. Ngayon pa lang usap usapan na ang susunod na pagbubugaw ng ilan sa mga anak ko. Sanamay magtanggol naman sa akin, ipaglaban naman nila ako.
Gusto kong isigaw: "INA NINYO AKO! MAHALIN NYO NAMAN AKO!" Sige, dumadrama na ako. Masisira na ang make up ko nito eh. Salamat ha, pinakinggan mo ako.
Ay sorry, di ko nasabi pangalan ko.
PILIPINAS nga pala.
Tingin ng mga bobong kapitbahay ko puta daw ako.
Nagpapagamit, binabayaran. Sabi nila ako daw ang pinakamaganda at pinakasikat sa aming lugar noon.
Ang bango-bango ko daw, sariwa at makinis. Di ko nga alam kung sumpa ito, dahil dito naletse ang
kinabukasan ko.
Tara, makinig ka muna sa kwento ko, yosi muna tayo.
Alam mo, maraming lumapit sa akin, nagkagusto, naakit. Ang hirap pag lahat sa iyo virgin eh.
Tinanggap ko naman silang tao, bakit kaya nila ako ginago? Masakit alalahanin, iniisip ko na lang na kase di sila taga rito, siguro talagang ganoon.
Sa tatlong beses akong nagahasa, ang pinakahuli ang di ko makakalimutan. Parang maski di ko ginusto ang mga nangyari, hinahanap-hanap ko siya.
Tinulungan nya kasi akong makalimutan yung mga sadistang Hapon at Coo. Kase, ibang-iba ang hagod niya. Umiikot ang mundo ko sa tuwing ginagamit niya ako. Ibang klase siya mag-sorry, lalo pa at kinupkop niya ako at ang mga naging anak ko.
Parating ang dami naming regalo - may chocolates, yosi, ano ka! May datung pa! Nakakabaliw siya, alam kong ginagamit nya lang ako pero pagamit naman ako nang pagamit. Sa kanya namin natutunan mag-inggles, di lang magsulat ha! Magbasa pa! Hanggang ngayon, sa tuwing mabigat ang problema ko, siya ang tinatakbuhan ko. 'Yun nga lang, lahat ng bagay may kapalit. Nung kinasama ko siya, guminhawa buhay namin. Sosyal na sosyal kami.
Ewan ko nga ba, akala ko napapamahal na ako sa kanya. Akala ko tuloy-tuloy na kaligayahan namin, yun pala unti-unti niya akong pinapatay. P*** ng I**! Sa dami ng lason na sinaksak niya sa katawan ko, muntik na akong malaspag. Ang daming nagsabi na ang tanga tanga ko. Patalsikin ko na daw. Sa tulong ng mga anak ko, napalayas ko ang animal pero ang hirap magsimula. Masyado na kaming nasanay sa sarap ng buhay na naranasan namin sa kanya. Lubog na lubog pa kami sa utang, kulang ata pati kaluluwa namin para ibayad sa mga inutang namin.
Sinikap naming lahat maging maganda ang buhay namin. Ayun, mga nasa Japan, Hong Kong, Saudi ang mga anak ko. Yung iba nag-US, Europe. 'Yung iba ayaw umalis sa akin. Halos lahat, wala naman silbi, masaya daw sa piling ko, maski amoy usok ako. Sa dami ng mga anak ko na nagsisikap na tulungan ang kalagayan namin, siya din ang dami ng mga anak ko na namamantala sa kabuhayan at kayaman na itinatabi ko para sa punyetang kinabukasan naming lahat.
Dumating ang panahon na di na kami halos makaahon sa hirap ng buhay. Napakahirap dahil nasanay na kami sa ginhawa at sarap. Ang di ko inaakala ay mismong mga anak ko, ang tuluyang sisira sa akin. Napakasakit tanggapin na malinlang. Akala ko ay makakakita ako ng magiging kasama sa buhay sa mga ahas na ipinakilala ng mga anak ko Hindi pala. Ang tanga ko talaga. Binugaw ako ng sarili kong mga anak kapalit ng kwarta at pansamantalang ginhawa na nais nilang matamasa.
Wala na akong nagawa dahil sa sobrang pagmamahal ko sa aking mga anak. Wala akong ibang yaman kundi ganda ko. Pinagamit ko na lang ng pinagamit ang sarili ko, basta maginhawa lang ang mga anak ko. Usap-usapan ako ng mga kapitbahay ko. May nanghihinayang, namumuhi at naaawa. Puta na kase ang isang magandang tulad ko.
Alam mo, gusto ko na sanang tumigil sa pagpuputa kaso ang laki talaga ng letseng utang ko eh. Palaki pa ng palaki. Kulang na kulang. Paano na lang ang mga anak ko naiwan sa aking punyetang puder? Baka di na ako balikan o bisitahin ng mga nag-abroad kong mga anak. Hindi na importante kung laspagin man ang ganda ko, madama ko lang ang pagmamahal ng mga anak ko. Malaman nila na gagawin ko ang lahat para sa kanila.
Sa tuwing titingin ako sa salamin, alam ko maganda pa rin ako. Meron pa din ang bilib sa akin. Napapag usapan pa din. Sa tuwing nakikita ko ang mukha ko sa salamin, nakikita ko ang mga anak ko. Tutulo na lang ang mga luha ko ng di ko namamalayan. Ang gagaling n ga ng mga anak ko, namamayagpag kahit saan sila pumunta. Mahusay sa kahit anong gawin. Tama man o mali. Proud ako sa kanila. Kaso sila, kabaligtaran ang nararamdaman para sa akin.
Sa dami ng mga anak ko, iilan lang ang may malasakit sa akin. May malasakit man, nahihilaw. Ni di nga ako kinikilalang ina. Halos lahat sila galit sa isa't isa. Walang gusto magtulungan, naghihilahan pa. Ang dami ko ng pasakit na tiniis pero walang sasakit pa nung sarili kong mga anak ang nagbugaw sa akin. Kinapital ang laspag na ganda ko. Masyado silang nasanay sa sarap ng buhay. Minsan sa pagtingin ko sa salamin, ni hindi
ko na nga kilala sarili ko. Dadating na naman ang pasko, sana maalala naman ako ng mga anak ko. Isang buwan pa, magbabagong taon na. Natatakot ako sa taong darating. Ngayon pa lang usap usapan na ang susunod na pagbubugaw ng ilan sa mga anak ko. Sanamay magtanggol naman sa akin, ipaglaban naman nila ako.
Gusto kong isigaw: "INA NINYO AKO! MAHALIN NYO NAMAN AKO!" Sige, dumadrama na ako. Masisira na ang make up ko nito eh. Salamat ha, pinakinggan mo ako.
Ay sorry, di ko nasabi pangalan ko.
PILIPINAS nga pala.
Monday, January 18, 2010
What every man should remember? here. :)
I didn't know if this is part of one of his songs or just something that he wrote or said-nevertheless sweet. aww. :)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Teen-ish. OMG. Die.
Im asking for guidance from the starsa. Is it just me or there's really something wrong with teeners these days. Not all of them- thank heavens for leaving some of the good ones. But most of them speak in a certain kind of accent that annoys me. Not one sentence would go without the words like, uhm, like, OMG and super. Im not that old, but really, how different it would be if they drop all the excesses that dont really make sense and talk properly, the way human beings are supposed to.
I have nothing against optimism and yes, a bit of it boosts our day but there is a big difference with screaming over a million in the lottery and three girls screamng and prattling over a bag sale. Did i mention overreacting? How about annoying?
Okay. So I am reminded I was a teenager once and no matter what I say, there's no such thing as twenteen. haha. I've had my share of kabaduyan that well, sounds like a different posting, but I've always had great respect for the language and great belief in the power of words. Of course there came times of ribald and prate- and those were times not worth remembering, but Im lucky to have friends and people around me who are never abashed to embarass me every time. See, I told you I appreciate all of that. :)
Okay. So I am reminded I was a teenager once and no matter what I say, there's no such thing as twenteen. haha. I've had my share of kabaduyan that well, sounds like a different posting, but I've always had great respect for the language and great belief in the power of words. Of course there came times of ribald and prate- and those were times not worth remembering, but Im lucky to have friends and people around me who are never abashed to embarass me every time. See, I told you I appreciate all of that. :)
It's not exactly the way they sound when they talk that concerns me. More than that, I am worried of what language have become and how it is being used today. Social networking sites, shortened terms instead of actual words, increasing number of people who doesnt know how to spell, too much excesses. Whatever happened to basic English proficiency units?
One of my friends posted that this year, one of her efforts would be to encourage other people to stop bludgeoning the language. Go Mina! haha. Isn't it about time we do something about it? Seriously.
So there. That was a major rant and you're probably tired of me whining about things. But I hope things won't with me just whining. Do you know a campaign or project relevant to my cause? Send me comment or a message. I'd be glad to help.
'AYT?
hahaha. Kidding, okay? :)
Monday, January 11, 2010
formspring.me
what would you ask me? :-P
what one thing about you is overrated and what's underrated?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
formspring.me
If you had to give up one favorite food, what would the most difficult?
melted cheese.:)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Feast of the left-overs.
Im alive!
Balik-blogger after the holidays. haha.
My laptop's system shut down, big thanks to the ever persistent virus popping out every freaking day.
All the mementos and important files were deleted yet again.
Empty. Nada. Nothng was saved.
*talking to self (no use being upset lhouie, okay?)*
SO its 2010! hurray!
The past year didn't go exactly as what I have planned, but there's so much more to be thankful for.
I think more than complaining for what is happening around us, the resolutions that people make year after year (and fail year after year), the losing-weight part after feasting on all the holiday food, what we are ought to do is to be thankful for being able to welcome yet another year.
Thank, Love and Live!
Let's all hope for a more positive outlook this year of the tiger.
Grrraaawwrr!:D
and oh, clean up our refrigerators after the left-over feasts for a clean start!:p
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