Our column last February 28 on the advocacy of detained Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon has elicited an inspiring letter from someone who declined to give his name.
Although the letter writer said that his letter is a personal message to me, I’d like to share it with you all.
I am in my seventies, with 6 children, all UP graduates. A statue of the Oblation occupies a prominent place in my office. I am writing to let you know that for me, and perhaps for many others like me, what you in media are doing, putting in print for our information the heroic acts and the idealism of these young men, in these times, is itself Heroism.
You, and those presently facing court martial and criminal proceedings in the Makati Regional Trial Court, provide proof in Rizal’s faith on the Youth, as the hope of the fatherland. We are grateful.In connection with the advocacy of Captain Faeldon on national consciousness, I would like to state that I was 8 years old and a public school pupil at the outbreak of the Second Wold War. During flag ceremonies then at the school ground, we had to recite, hand over heart, eyes focused at the Philippine flag waving in the breeze, the following oath:
I love the Philippines
It is the land of my birth
It is the home of my people
It protects me and helps me
To be strong, happy and useful.In return,
I will heed the counsel of my parents
I will obey the rules of my school
I will perform my duties
Unselfishly and faithfully.
I will be A True Filipino
In thought, in words, in deed.Through the years, perhaps instinctively, it goes over and over in my head. What about the present generation, is Love of Country being drilled into the consciousness of children? Or are their eyes trained on some other lands, as OCWs? As immigrants?
Are our children now being encouraged to love things Filipino? When we were young, we were made aware of the NEPA (National Economic Protectionism) policy. Can we drum up some more on the “Buy Pilipino” movement? It should make us wince in pain every time we see factories, and small shops and stores closing down. Even our favorite brand of toothpaste and toilet soap are manufactured in Indonesia. Why not patronize our footwear and garments, and products made in the Philippines, which are even of better quality?
I am not a functionary of this current government or part of any of its agenda. I am one of the faceless public still hoping for the best of this country. I truly believe that there is no other sky as blue as the Philippine sky, and none as beautiful as the Philippine sunrise and sunset.
For me, this is the only land that I can call my own, and I would want no less than see its rightful place again as the Pearl of the Orient. More power to you.
Isn’t it heartwarming?
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I’d like to mention once again the essay –writing contest that Capt. Faeldon has launched.
Capt. Faeldon is admirable because rather than be broken by his detention (he was in solitary confinement for six months) his political consciousness and sense of patriotism sharpened.
In his website (www.pilipino.org.ph), Faeldon explained why he launched the literary contest:
Now, as we teeter on the brink of change, we need to define more than ever what we are as a people, and what we want from the future.
Is the future we hope for nothing more than a job at a call center? What should we pray for, when we pray? What kind of life do we wish for our children? What are our dreams for ourselves, for our nation? What are our dreams, as a people?
We are the PILIPINO. We believe that the hope for the future lies within the youth, and the common tao. It lies in the simple dreams we share, in the joys that we cherish, in the values we hold dear.
But these are vague. We dream of a better life, but how do we achieve this in today’s hard, competitive world? How do we keep intact the family that we cherish, while we struggle to survive? How can we hold on to respect and integrity, when lies flourish and crime is unpunished?
Now, more than ever, we need to define what we are as a people, what our dreams are as a nation.
We launch this writing contest to help shape and define those dreams, to start the discussion on what path we should take towards the future.
For more information on the literary contest, visit Faeldon’s website or email him:
capt.faeldon.pilipino@gmail.com.
Ellen:
Those were the days. I remember reciting that same pledge during flag ceremonies in school. It surely made me misty eyed and homesick even when in fact, home now is SFO, CA, USA, and going to the Philippines, with all the injust-tiis, is in fact more like a nightmare!!!
Abe, Japan’s PM, realized the decline of its youths’ nationalism. He is pushing for the inclusion of what he calls ”Patriotic Curriculum” in primary and secondary level education.
Sad to say, most Filipino youths are no longer acquainted with the lives, deeds and noble sacrifices of our heroes.
“…there is no other sky as blue as the Philippine sky, and none as beautiful as the Philippine sunrise and sunset.”
Very true, indeed! My ancestral house is only a hundred steps away from the sea where, as a child, I used to wait for the sunrise and sunset. Nothing is more beautiful than my native land!
Pilipinas, Perlas ng Silangan.
Let’s not let the Pidals destroy it totally, it’s ours!
Ate Ellen:
Nakakaiyak naman ang sulat na iyan! Tumatagos sa puso! Tama lahat ang kanyang sinabi. Tunay nga na dapat nating mahalin ang ating bayan na ilang bese nang nasasadlak sa dusa. Ang masakit pa ay mismong mga Pilipino ang yumuyurak! “Filipinism” ang isa pa nating unang dapat pagtuunan. Inumpisahan ito nuong umpisa ng “Bagong Lipunan” nguni’t nadiskaril dahil sa mga pansariling ambisyon ng iilan.
Nuong nag-aaral pa ako sa elementarya ay kailangan pang naming huminto sa paglalakad o anumang ginagawa kung maririnig namin ang ating pambansang awit. At bawat gusali ay may mga bandilang wumawagayway. Di tulad ngayon na may bandila nga ay kupas-kupas naman at di inaalintana. Sana ay masilayan ulit natin ang ganito.
Spy Says:
March 7th, 2007 at 2:06 am
Abe, Japan’s PM, realized the decline of its youths’ nationalism. He is pushing for the inclusion of what he calls ”Patriotic Curriculum” in primary and secondary level education.
Sad to say, most Filipino youths are no longer acquainted with the lives, deeds and noble sacrifices of our heroes.
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Filipinas call Japan PM ‘a liar’
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, said
he would not apologise [Reuters]
Nearly two dozen Filipino women – some carrying placards saying, “I was raped. PM Abe Liar!” – have picketed the Japanese embassy in Manila after Shinzo Abe said there was no evidence that women were forced into front-line brothels by Japanese troops during World War II.
On Tuesday, China’s foreign minister also condemned Japan and urged Tokyo to take responsibility for its actions.
Abe has angered many in Asia where historians say about 200,000 women were forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers, saying last week there was no proof women were coerced.
Virginia Villarma, a Filipino woman of 78, said: “We are the living victims and witnesses. How can we be prostitutes then when we were so young and innocent … we are telling Abe that what he said was wrong. He is a liar.”
Huh, di ba hindi na dapat “wumawagayway” ang mga bandilang kupas-kupas na?!
Well, under the tianak’s dark regime, all loving pinoys and all things good will end up pulubi and “kupas-kupas” if we don’t kick her butt out ASAP!
mula sa website ni Faeldon:
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How can we hold on to respect and integrity, when lies flourish and crime is unpunished?
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paano nga ba?
hanggang ngayon, wala pang hustisya sa mga crimen ni marcos, ang kaso ni erap hindi tumatakbo. walang napaparusahan.
Mr. Hindinapinoy
Ang topic po ay a TRUE FILIPINO. Huwag na muna ninyong ipasok ang marcos or erap.
Following is an excerpt of a post I did in another thread, the thought of which rightfully belongs to this thread:
“I have two suggestions (which, may also be funny to some) to, at least, start the fervor of this fight for a better Philippines:
– Require all Filipinos (7-year-olds and older) to memorize, understand and live up to the lyrics of “Lupang Hinirang” and the words of Preamble of the Philippine Constitution. (If I were Korina, I would ask my candidate guests to recite/sing a portion of “Lupang Hinirang”… no, itatanong ko na lang kung ano ang pamagat ng Pambansang Awit. Kapag “Bayang Magiliw” ang isinagot, hindi dapat iboto)
– Modify the educational system to give more emphasis on Philippine History and Culture from the Filipino perspective (not from Uncle Sam’s)”
sleepless,
tama ka ang topic ay ‘true filipino’. ngunit ang website ni Faeldon ay nasasaad din dito. kaya naman ang ‘comment’ ko
ay sa ‘crime unpunished’.
at kung titingin ka sa itaas, ito ang pasimula:
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A True Filipino
Our column last February 28 on the advocacy of detained Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon has elicited an inspiring letter from someone who declined to give his name.
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Dear Ellen,
Sayang at bibihira talaga ang kapareho nang may-akda nang sulat. Sa ngayon nakatira ako sa Bangkok at nai-inggit ako pag napapadaan kami sa mga public buildings (kasama na ang istasyon ng skytrain)nang 8:00 AM at 6:00 PM. Pinatutugtog nila ang pambansang awit ng Thailand at lahat ay tumitigil at nagbibigay-galang sa pambansang awit. Halos hindi na ito ginagawa ngayon sa Pilipinas.
Pero sa isang banda, seguro marami pa rin sa atin ang nagmamahal sa ating bansa. Mahirap nga lamang matanggap na ang paggalang at pagmamahal sa bayan ay sinusuklian ng kapabayaan, pagmamataas ng makapangyarihan, pagnanakaw at pagbebenta nang yamang-kalikasan.
Isa pa palang kinai-inggitan ko sa mga Thais: ang kanilang hari ay pinagpipitagan (dahil totoo namang kagalang-galang at totoong nagmamahal sa mga tao) at ang mga makapangyarihang opisyal ay pinatatalsik.
ka enchong,
madaling isa-ulo ng mga bata ang PAMBANSANG AWIT at PANATANG MAKABAYAN. ngunit ang kailangan ngayon ng kabataan ay ang mga matatanda na magiging idolo nila bilang isang halimbawa na gagayahin nila.
ang TUNAY na pilipino:
MAY DISIPLINA
– dumarating sa usapan ng tama sa oras (hindi pilipino time)
– tumatawid sa tamang tawiran
– hindi nagtatapon ng dumi at kalat sa kalsada
– hindi umi-ihi sa pader
MAY INTEGRIDAD
– hindi kumukuha ng ‘souvenir’ sa mga hotels/restaurants
– hindi nandaraya sa timbang (kung nagtitinda)
– nagbabayad ng tamang buwis
– hindi naglalagay
– hindi nagpapalagay
Addendum to Hindinapinoy’s post:
doesn’t display giant spoon and fork and picture of last supper.
Ooops, con’t: in his/her dining room…
ito ang TUNAY na PANATANG MAKABAYAN:
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Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas.
Ito ang aking lupang sinilangan.
Ito ang tahanan ng aking lahi.
Ako’y kaniyang kinukupkop at tinutulungan, upang maging malakas, maligaya at kapakipakinabang.
Bilang ganti ay diringgin ko ang payo ng aking mga magulang.
Susundin ko ang tuntunin ng aking paaralan.
Tutuparin ko ang mga tungkulin ng isang mamamayang makabayan at masunurin sa batas.
Paglilingkuran ko ang aking bayan nang walang pag-iimbot at nang buong katapatan.
Sisikapin kong maging isang tunay na Pilipino, sa isip, sa salita, at sa gawa.
Titser, i like abe’s idea of patriotic curriculum not his denial on JIAs war atrocities.
Ellen,
out of topic but i deem it impt to post it here:
More tha 1,100 journalists killed in a decade.
The Intl News Safety Institute (INSI) showed Philippines as the 4th dangerous place for journalists preceeded by Iraq, Russia and Colombia.
Philippines had a highest death toll outside Iraq.
Philippines was highlighted as among of the dangerous countries where there was a significant level of violence directed against reporters not directly covering conflict.
The dead journalists in these countries have typically been working on stories about corruption, drug traficking and criminal affairs.
”ongoing impunity for the killers of journalists who put themselves in a harm’s way to keep world society informed, shames not only the governments who are responsible for their own lack of action but also the democracies that stand aside in silence.” –Reuters March 6 2007
RE: Sad to say, most Filipino youths are no longer acquainted with the lives, deeds and noble sacrifices of our heroes.
Ka Andres Bonifacio and Macario Sakay cried REBOLUSYON. It’s now a crime under Gloria Arroyo regime. Coup d’etat , rebellion and insurrection are now acts of terrorism under the anti-terrorism bill signed into law. I hope former AFP chief Angelo Reyes and Gloria Arroyo will be prosecuted for alleged coup d’etat in 2001 after regime change. I want them rot in jail.
The rule of law under corrupt Gloria Arroyo regime is prostituted and sometimes bias. Former GMA officials Joc-Joc Bolante and Virgilio Garcillano have committed crimes against the Filipino people. What course of action taken by Gloria Arroyo and the Department of Injustice against them? Malacanang gave them protection and cover-up their crimes. BTW, obstruction of justice, lying, cheating and stealing are not crimes in the Philippines. GMA cronies and loyal military-police generals are rewarded for their crimes. The rule of law is extinct in the Philippines. In the United States, former White House aide I. Lewis Libby was convicted of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of CIA operative’s identity to reporters.
Faeldon is the opposite of Gloria Arroyo. He brings out the best in the Filipino while Gloria tends to bring out the worst. I’m hoping that someday he runs for President.
Pilipino ako sa puso,diwa at gawa.Bago pa man isa man sa inyo ang nagpost ng comment dito.Naunahan ko na kayong sumulat.Balikan ninyo doon sa topic na “Turning Table on Arroyo”Sinulat ko kay Artsee.–Early birds catches the worms-
–In tagalog-Ikulong si Bolante-.
“Are our children now being encouraged to love things Filipino? When we were young, we were made aware of the NEPA (National Economic Protectionism) policy. Can we drum up some more on the “Buy Pilipino” movement? It should make us wince in pain every time we see factories, and small shops and stores closing down. Even our favorite brand of toothpaste and toilet soap are manufactured in Indonesia. Why not patronize our footwear and garments, and products made in the Philippines, which are even of better quality?”
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First of all, how do we expect people to buy stuff that is made with nothing more than a pwede na yan manufacturing ethic? Whilst other East Asian countries approach design and manufacturing quality with a rigourous and almost fanatical zeal, Pinoys pride themselves in quaint but unimaginative handicrafts.
The fact that the jeepney is still a source of pride and a symbol of that tired old “Filipino ingenuity” horse-manure slogan says it all.
Whilst we have amongst the tastiest mangoes in the world, we have yet to come up with a global dried mango brand. It takes a multinational like Dole and Del Monte to harvest, can, and brand our equally sweet pinapple produce.
Reciting the Panatang Makabayan whether in English or Tagalog will not make one a better “Filipino” any more than going to Church every Sunday or reciting Our Fathers and Hail Marys ad infinitum necessarily makes one a better Christian.
And while wee’re on the topic, what exactly is a “Filipino”? If you will observe how Pinoys organise themselves overseas, you will see that they are associated along old tribal lines (Cebuanos, Bicolanos, Warays, Tagalogs, etc). There are no Filipino towns in the sense of the way Japanese, Chinese, and Korean communities are defined. Daly City in the Bay Area is a haven for Pinoy gang-banger wannabes and SUVs driven by folks who could hardly see over the dashboards of these enormous gas guzzlers. But do these towns stand for anything?
The name “Philippines” is derived from a Spanish king. We are a country by colonial edict. A motley collection of centuries-old tribes subdued and articicially forced to report to and pay taxes to Manila and speak in what was once an obscure southern Luzon dialect.
Unless we come up with a better way to define ourselves as a people (beyond eating balut, exporting warm bodies to nursing homes, painting old 1940’s technology contraptions, and rote-memorising some old post-war national oath), we will be nothing more than a bunch of Edsa-Revolution-happy folks who can’t seem to get our elections right year after year, decade after decade, bickering over alliances to quaint little no-meaning political parties with cute slogan-cum-acronym names.
If old fogeys are nostalgic about the “glory” of 1950’s Philippines, maybe their generation should ask themselves how accountable their generation is for turning a country that was once the beacon of progress in East Asia into the basket case that was handed over to our generation.
We should question the whole point of continuing to latch on to the values and belief system of a generation of Filipinos who in their own time not only failed to build a prosperous society, but oversaw its degeneration from a promising ex-colony to the reional laughingstock that it is today.
Like father like son, like son like father.
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The Pilipino Pledge of Allegiance (Panatang Makabayan) – in English! Interesting, isn’t it? I assume, this is recited after singing “Land of the Morning”, right?
My parents used to tell me the same things and today, I am still amazed how these old people still remember the exact words by heart, whether in English, Japanese, or Pilipino!
The language did not in any way diminish the nationalism of these old folks, the exact opposite of how modern society, courtesy of the “baby boomers”, if you will, waylaid national honor and pride. Go further down the generation ladder and the situation seems hopeless.
Why, my 8-year-old can duplicate the high speed, 5 words-per-second lyrics of Eminem verbatim, and my 5-year-old can sing all songs in “High School Musical” but today I asked both if they can recite the new Panatang Makabayan (not the obsolete one in hindinapinoy’s post above), both were good only up to about one-half.
I guess, nobody cares about nationalism anymore. Or what stands for it. Cars used to stop at flag ceremonies, never mind if it was just ME leading it as a grade-schooler OR it was the corner of Pasong Tamo and Pasay Road OR that traffic is at a halt all the way from EDSA to South Superhigway! Dang, they now even blow their horns when one car attempts to stop while the anthem plays. What’s sad is that it’s not regular folks who do this, it’s the elite, “educated”, Makati white-collared ones!
No wonder, when some people gather in Ayala to show disgust over wrongdoings of liars, cheats, criminals and murderers, or for the pursuit of truth and justice, many complain about, well, traffic.
Sorry guys if I followed with a negative post right after THE negative post. I didn’t refresh the page before typing.
A classic case where two negatives doesn’t make a positive.
One posting with eleven points and ALL of them negative with no solutions :-
(1) how do we expect people to buy stuff that is made with nothing more than a pwede na yan manufacturing ethic? Whilst other East Asian countries approach design and manufacturing quality with a rigourous and almost fanatical zeal, Pinoys pride themselves in quaint but unimaginative handicrafts.
(2) fact that the jeepney is still a source of pride and a symbol of that tired old “Filipino ingenuity” horse-manure slogan says it all
(2) we have yet to come up with a global dried mango brand. It takes a multinational like Dole and Del Monte to harvest,
(3) Reciting the Panatang Makabayan,
(4) will not make one a better “Filipino” any more than going to Church every Sunday or reciting Our Fathers and Hail Marys ad infinitum necessarily makes one a better Christian.
(5) what exactly is a “Filipino”? If you will observe how Pinoys organise themselves overseas, you will see that they are associated along old tribal lines
(6) Daly City in the Bay Area is a haven for Pinoy gang-banger wannabes and SUVs driven by folks who could hardly see over the dashboards
(7) We are a country by colonial edict. A motley collection of centuries-old tribes subdued and articicially forced to report to and pay taxes
(8) beyond eating balut, exporting warm bodies to nursing homes, painting old 1940’s technology contraptions, and rote-memorising some old post-war national oath
(9) decade after decade, bickering over alliances to quaint little no-meaning political parties with cute slogan-cum-acronym names.
(10) old fogeys are nostalgic about the “glory” of 1950’s Philippines, maybe their generation should ask themselves how accountable their generation is for turning a country that was once the beacon of progress in East Asia into the basket case
(11) We should question the whole point of continuing to latch on to the values and belief system of a generation of Filipinos who in their own time not only failed to build a prosperous society, but oversaw its degeneration
Can’t imagine that the writer is invited to many parties in Aussie Land, what a boring person he is.
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON, LIKE SON LIKE FATHER – LIKE AUSSIE PINOY!Like father like son, like son like father
TonGuE-tWisTeD:
“Cars used to stop at flag ceremonies”
Maybe you’d like to know that cars in Mindanao stop whilst there’s a flag ceremony, complete with traffic cop posted to the location.
BenignO;
In some point I agree with you, but, there is an instance you need to reason out some of your comments and defend your writing, I know you are an intelligent person, so, with all of us bloging here. We are all Jack of All Trades but, Master of none and we are losing a good argument because some of us are dimwits, hot headed or if may I say pikon. This is the real Filipino attitude that we don’t want to cast it away and change it to the positive way. I admit I maybe, one of the above I mention but, who is not? If we want to achieve change in being a true Filipino it is time for us to drop that “fried chicken”attitude and compromise.
Being a Linguist, eloquent in English or fluent in Tagalog does not make an individual well respected, no matter what races.
Philippines was been colonized by different races, The Malays, The Bornean, West Indies until The 10 Bornean Datus settled in our land. Like Datu Sumakwel, Datu Puti, Datu Homobon and other Datu Pontio Pilatos.like Hudas,Datu Masiba,Datu Kurakot,Datu Sukutan Datu Tabatsoy and so on.The Fatsu as I read in this blog is the descendant of “Alexander The Great” I made my own investigation and made up my conclussion.Yes the Fatsu is Apo ni Alejandrong Kuripot.Not even close to the royal blood of the Great Alexander,maybe,another Alexander,”Alexander the Thief” Then the Spaniards,American and Japanese.Now,can anybody can explain to me,Who is A real Filipino?
That negative attitude I mentioned above, we inherited that from our conquistadores. If you speak English you are a descendant of American, you speak spanish your ancestor might be kastila,or if you are singkit you are chinese and if you are sakang hapon ka.Depende kung anong dugo ka nagmula.Kung isa kang makapili noong panahon ng Hapon baka Apo ka ni Datu Hudas.Ako,nakakasiguro ako kung sinong Datu ang Papo ko.Si Datu Puti at Si Gobernador Ciello Don Ramon Quijote Salcedo Rodriguez na nag settle sa Zambales. Ikaw?
tongue,
hindi ka dapat magpa-sorry sa negative post mo, basta’t ang post mo ay, katotohanan. mahirap minsan tanggapin ang katotohanan, pero imposible na baliktarin ang katotohanan.
they – then became – I am sorwee.
we-will-never-learn,
The British didn’t dump their uneducated to Australia.
They dumped their criminals there.
And by the way, your screen name itself is negative.
We-will-never-learn also means there is no solution.
we-will-never-learn is my friend and I agree with her/his writing.I LEARNED.
Ma’m Ellen, the things he/she said in the letter are all true and spoken out from the heart. Mabuhay Ma’m Ellen ang taong sumulat sa iyo ng liham na iyan.
titser:
History will inform you that the British sent all their criminals, …who were uneducated having not been to school and many of them were drunkards. Looks as if these drunkards evenually became professional…at drinking beer! Whats in a name, if you observe my postings they are full of solutions, being a positive thinker.
WWNL,
Britain decided to use its new outpost as a penal colony; the First Fleet of 11 ships carried about 1500 people—half of them convicts. The fleet arrived in Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788, and it is on this day every year that Australia Day is celebrated.
In all, about 160 000 men and women were brought to Australia as convicts from 1788 until penal transportation ended in 1868. The convicts were joined by free immigrants from the early 1790s. The wool industry and the gold rushes of the 1850s provided an impetus for free settlers to come to Australia.
Dat mins Cocoy, hindi mabili ang binebenta niyang ideas tungkol sa mga Pilipino. And you know why, Pinoys are hard headed, stubborn. Parang si Gloria, hindi niya mabenta ang gobierno niya sa mga Pilipino na kesyo gumanda na raw ang ekonomia dahil sa magaling niyang pamamahala. Sabi naman ng mga Pinoy “Tell that to the marines”. Majority ng Pilipino ay hindi naniniwala sa kanya. Bakit kaya?
Does anybody know why there is a classroom shortage? Heck it is because we spend 60% of the curriculum on MAKABAYAN. That was when Roco wanted seven component subjects with all sorts of part time teachers teaching crap like patriotic religion and Marxism Leninism disguised as Pilipino! At the same time he ELIMINATED the Science Subject in Grades One and Two. For those of you who still have kids in the public school in Grades One and Two, look at the last report card: STILL no science subject in ALL public schools at those two critical grade levels. Oh but they teach them an awful lot of “PATRIOTISM”. Ngek!
Check it out:
http://philippinecommentary.blogspot.com/2006/06/our-patriotic-curriculum-and-classroom.html
Despite its warts and defects, Ellen’s correspondent echoes the feeling for Pinas of most of its helpless souls “For me, this is the only land that I can call my own…”
Capt Nicanor Faeldon’s efforts are constructive and not destructive, the way forward towards change. No ek ek…
titser
With reference to UNEDUCATED petty thieves.
The Commonwealth of Thieves: The Sydney Experiment by T.Keneally – Author
In 1787, Britain banished its unwanted citizens – uneducated petty thieves, streetwalkers, orphan chimneysweeps and dashing highwaymen – to the fringes of the known world.
So remote was Botany Bay – the destination to which the overcrowded, disease-ridden convict ships were bound – that only one European expedition had ever before anchored there. Yet the rejects of Britain, accompanied only by a flimsy complement of soldiers, marines and officers, were expected to start a settlement and flourish. It was an audacious social experiment, unparalleled before or since.
Finding a more detailed reference takes a little longer (smile).
“In return,
I will heed the counsel of my parents
I will obey the rules of my school
I will perform my duties
Unselfishly and faithfully.
I will be A True Filipino
In thought, in words, in deed.”
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Note the undertones of the passage above. It is almost like a subliminal message that indoctrinates into Filipinos a mindset of submission and delegation of thinking faculties to the authorities.
I do not know the history behind this oath, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was something composed and disseminated by the Americans or by the inheritors of their political power (the leaders of the Philippine Commonwealth, and eventually the soveriegn government that took over in 1946).
So I find it ironic that the very people who rail against the Philippine elite, the trapos, and the “dastardly” deeds of our ex-colonial masters latch on to this quaint passage thinking that delighting in it actually makes one a better “Filipino”.
That simply heightens my admiration for how well the concept of “Filipino” nationalism was engineered by the old Commonwealth Government and propagated by today’s politicians from either side of the spectrum. You will hear “tunay na Pilipino” bandied around both by leftists and rightists. The ultimate target of this propaganda? Who else but the ordinary Pinoy schmoe.
In fact I wrote an article about this bizarre phenomenon several years ago:
http://www.geocities.com/benign0/agr-disagr/16-nat.html
Just look through the comments on this blog. Many people here blindly parrot the brilliantly engineered taglines of the Elite — the very people that commentors here profess their hatred for.
Pathetic.
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Marami sa atin ang wala na sa Bayang Tinubuan…..
Marami na rin ang nagsabing ayaw na nilang bumalik sa Bayang Sinilangan….dahil nakatikim ng “steak” at “snow”.
PERO AKO…..kahit saang dako man ako maparoon,
tiyak na tiyak,BABALIK pa rin sa Lupang siyang nagkupkop at nag-aruga sa akin ng aking kabataan. Nasa mga balak ko ang
bumalik at mamuhay sa aking Bayan. Ang panahong ngayon ay ginugugol ko lamang upang maghanapbuhay, at sa dapithapon ng aking buhay, nais kong manirahan, at mammuhay sa Bansang aking minamahal: PILIPINAS!
Kuntento na rin ako sa ‘bistek’ o sa Sinigang….
at sa ugoy ng alon sa dalampasigan ng Boracay o Palawan…kahit na sa Dakak. O kaya nama’y magmasid sa
magagandang tanawin sa Banawe o kaya’y sa Taal.
KAYA NAMAN NGAYON…kailangang ayusin ang dapat ilagay sa tama: alisin ang mga kurakot at walang kapararakang sumisira sa sambayanan …nang sa gayon, magkaroon ng katahimikan at kaunlaran sa Bayang Sinsinta.
PINOY AKO!…sa PUSO AT DIWA….
PINOY na sinilang sa ating Bansa!
PINOY pa rin hanggang ngayon >kahit ako’y nangingibang bayan;
PINOY na nagmamahal sa PERLAS ng Silangan
Hanggang sa huling hibla ng aking hiram na buhay.
Spy:
Heroes? I know Rizal and Bonifacio sacrificed their lives for their country but there are so-called “heroes and heroines” in Philippine history who should not have been honored thus!
When I was a young girl, I remember my maternal grandfather running after my kuya for taunting him about Aguinaldo, whom my grandfather hated with vile in his lips! He was the one who watched his cousin, Antonio Luna, killed by those Macabeben bodyguards of Aguinaldo, and reason why my grandfather would make sure first Aguinaldo was not in the independence parade at Luneta when he joined his fellow Ilocano KKKs marching there even when they were actually near their graves then.
My grandfather was 23 when he joined the KKK. I just cannot remember what he said saved him from death under the hands of those Macabebens led by that Macapagal guy.
I’m writing a history of my own family, especially my Mother’s, but it is only for distribution to my siblings, cousins, nephews and nieces close to my mother. I’m also producing a DVD of her life history. Sayang nga hindi pa uso noong araw ang mga home movies. I can only make a kind of slide presentation of pictures of her younger days.
It’s something we do actually in church—search our roots for spiritual reason!
Taipan 88:
At least, hindi mo pa nasubukan ang mahalang sa NAIA. Iyong isang kasama ko sa advocacy namin nahalang sa NAIA, and delayed from coming back here for a week or two. Wala naman palang kaso. Gusto lang kikilan kasi akala mayaman gawa ng uwi ng uwi sa Pilipinas. Now she shares the same phobia I have had going back to the Philippines. Buti na lang on my part, home is not even Philippines anymore despite the inherited lands, etc. but SFO, CA, USA. Nakakalungkot sa totoo lang. That’s why I am in this kind of blog like you.
Who says that they were all idiots who were dumped in Australia by the British. There must be intellectuals among them, I guess. Still, they were convicted criminals.
I understand the French sent their criminals, too, to the penal colony in the USA, probably the French guarters in Louisiana. Kaya tignan mo naman ang utak ng mga tao doon!!!
In the same way, the Philippines was more or less a refuge for the freemen, convicts and criminals, except perhaps for those mountain people in the Mt. Province who must be relatives of the tribes in Indo-China and Taiwan, no Chinese aborigins!!! I was surprised to find the similarity in their weave designs and weaving style with the natives in the Ifugao and Apayao!
Unfortunately, the National Archives, etc. that should be researching on these things like what they used to do during the Marcos regime when a doctor headed the National Archives and he did a lot of research works on the history of the Philippines (Sorry, I forgot his name), unlike under this bogus regime when the Curator at the National Archive is given the responsibility to forge old records especially against anyone opposing the fake president. Palibhasa “ang magnanakaw galit sa kapwa magnanakaw!”
I forgot to mention, but the Philippines has recently in fact become a safe haven for members of crime gangs in Japan, and other criminals running away from the law in Japan. You go to a Japanese police station and you see these posters with names of people believed to have sought refuge in the Philippines courtesy of some crooks who always have their palms downside up. Bilib ka!
IBASURA ANG ADMINISTRASYON! IBOTO ANG OPOSISYON! GO 11+0!
Golly, umalis lang si JV Ejercito, who has to concentrate on his candidacy in San Juan, as campaign manager, ginawan na ng mga ungas ng intriga ang Opposition. Dapat kasi hindi na sana pinalitan pa ng kung anu-anong pangalan kasi sometimes, the name becomes the jinx. It’s a Confucian theory regarding rectification of names. Kung ano ang pangalan, iyong ang kalalabasan. Kaya ang daling gawan ng kalokohan na Get Out daw! No way! Kami sa Japan (3 grupo sa totoo lang at may dalawa pang religious groups na alalay) GO, GO, GO!!! NO GETTING OUT! GOING ALL THE WAY FOR UNITED OPPOSITION! 11+0! So what, kung 11 lang!
Ano bang pinoproblema ni Paredes at Sison ng Malaya? How much is that doggie din ba sila?
Taipan88,
Ang karakter ng tunay na Pinoy ay hindi naaapektuhan ng pangingibang bansa.
Excellent post!
Yes, Abe is right. There are no records to prove that the Japanese Imperial Army used Filipino women as comfort women, who were in fact drafted into the military. Nagreklamo lang iyong mga Koreana na hindi na-qualify for pension because they would not get Japanese citizenship, which was a requirement.
As for this Valderama girl, baka naman victim lang iyan ng rape. Bakit noon hindi sila nagreklamo when the US was gathering data to try the war prisoners responsible for invading the Philippines, and committing such atrocities that are comparably milder according to people in the resistance in Iraq now. Dapat nakasama sila sa bayaran ng reparations payments. Ang hirap kasi doon sa mga Philippine negotiators, mga kurakot din kasi!!!
There are available records of this drafting of the comfort women in the Japanese National Archive. Historians are free now to research on these declassified information. Hindi iyong kiyaw-kiyaw na wala namang ebidensiya. May katwiran si Abe. Ang ayaw ko lang ngayon is his proposal to strengthen Japan’s Self-Defense Force. Iyan ang kinakalaban namin ngayon!
I should add that over in Japan, you don’t have any substantial visible proofs like documents, etc., it is hard to file a claim. Filipinos are fond of making affidavits at ang daming sinungaling, so no proof, no claim!!!
Kahit kasi sino, puedeng sabihin, ginahasa ako (kahit nga lalaki ngayon nagagahasa!), but where is the proof. At least, kung buhay pa sana ang gumahasa e baka pa mapilit na mag-confess lalo na kung mamamatay na for I bet you a lot many of them soldiers then are now 6 feet underground.
There are documentations of Japan’s crime against ‘Comfort Women’. Thank God, there are Japanese who are responsible enough to acknowledge the truth.
www1.jca.apc.org/vaww-net-japan/english/aboutus/aboutus.html
Ikaw Pilipino, tunay nga ba?
Paano sinusukat ang pagka-pilipino ng isang tao?
Sapat na ba ang pagmamahal mo sa bansa?
Sapat na ba ang pagpapakita ng ugaling Pilipino tulad ng pagmamano sa mga magulang tuwing ikaw ay dumarating? Sapat na ba ang laging magalang? Sapat na ba ang pagbibigay ng tulong sa kapuwa? Sapat na ba ang iyong paglilingkod sa kapuwa na walang inaasahang kapalit? Paano nga ba ang maging totoong Pilipino?
Cocoy:
Sorry, hindi ako masyado nakakaintindi ng Zambal. Buti ka pa, maraming alam sa lengguahe. Saka you need to give credit to Gloria Arroyo, anim na taon na ang nakaraan pero nandoon pa rin siya sa Malakanyang. She knows how to play politics. Or, probably, she still enjoys the support of the Bush Administration. Minsan nawawalan na rin ako ng pag-asa sa atin. Mga kalalakihan sa atin, para silang walang bayagbols na labanan ang reyna ng kasinungaligan. Yung mga generals para silang mga ander de saya. Laging nakasunod sa kapritso ni Gloria. Susmariajose!
Minsan dumalaw kami roon sa Villamor Airbase dahil nandoon ang mga pinsan kung sundalo. Ang dami nilang istorya tungkol sa kalokohan sa military. Kaya lang hindi sila makapagsalita. Nasabi ko tuloy, na dapat hindi baril ang mga hawak nila kundi palo-palo at batya. Nasabi ko rin sa kanila na na-corrupt na yata ang mga prinsipiyo nila. Tumatawa lang sila. Dumalaw din kami sa Fort Santiago, nakabili pa nga ako ng mga librong sinulat ni Jose Rizal. Gusto kong basahin uli.
Dito pala ang tagpuan ng mga expat. Marasap din magbabad sa Ellenland.
and if you can read Japanese, here is their website:
http://www.jca.apc.org/vaww-net-japan
Sinabi mo pa, Jadenlou. Masaya sa Ellenland!
Ang pagka-Pilipino ay nasa puso at hindi nasusukat ng anuman.
ang pagka-pilipino ay pag-aalay ng sariling kaangkinan para sa kapakanan ng bayan ng walang hinihintay na kapalit o pagkilala.
hindi lamang sa puso.
hindi lamang sa salita.
hindi lamang sa isip.
at lalong hindi lamang sa gawa.
Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas,
Ito ang aking lupang sinilangan
Ito ang tahanan ng aking lahi
Ako’y kanyang kinukupkop at tinutulungan
Upang maging malakas, maligaya at kapakipakinabang
Bilang ganti,
Diringgin ko ang payo ng aking mga magulang
Susundin ko ang alituntunin ng aking paaralan
Tutuparin ko ang tungkulin ng isang tunay na Pilipino
Ng walang pag-iimbot at pag-aalinlangan
Sa isip, sa salita, at sa gawa.
ito rin ang panatang binibigkas NOON ng ating mga pinuno NGAYON.
“Yes, Abe is right. There are no records to prove that the Japanese Imperial Army used Filipino women as comfort women, who were in fact drafted into the military. Nagreklamo lang iyong mga Koreana na hindi na-qualify for pension because they would not get Japanese citizenship, which was a requirement.”
Yan ang tunay na Japanese… always in defense of the Japanese stand and in praise of anythinhg Japanese.
However, being a Filipino, I am also obliged to defend the position of these Filipina “comfort” women, if only in this blog.
Abe is looking for documents/records to prove that the JIA used Filipinas as “comfort” women during the war? He won’t find any. Who, in his right mind, would record, even document, his own crimes?
Pag Pinay sa Japan or elsewhere, they get casted as prostitutes and we, as Filipinos, don’t get alarmed? Worse, we even join the chorus?
“As for this Valderama girl, baka naman victim lang iyan ng rape. Bakit noon hindi sila nagreklamo when the US was gathering data to try the war prisoners responsible for invading the Philippines, and committing such atrocities that are comparably milder according to people in the resistance in Iraq now.”
When did the Americans start gathering data? Right after the war? Who among the “comfort” women back then would have the courage to come out in the open and say that hundreds, even thousands of Japanese soldiers feasted on her body? Back then, even being raped attached a stigma to it that no woman, if she wanted to live with dignity, would admit to being raped. The first Filipina woman who courageously came out in the open to hail her rapists to court was Maggie dela Riva sometime in the late 60s- long after this data gathering had been wrapped up.
Please undestand our history from where we stand as Filipinos. Maybe then, I wouldn’t get blamed (or called names) if I join the rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila.
“I guess, nobody cares about nationalism anymore. Or what stands for it. Cars used to stop at flag ceremonies, never mind if it was just ME leading it as a grade-schooler OR it was the corner of Pasong Tamo and Pasay Road OR that traffic is at a halt all the way from EDSA to South Superhigway! Dang, they now even blow their horns when one car attempts to stop while the anthem plays. What’s sad is that it’s not regular folks who do this, it’s the elite, “educated”, Makati white-collared ones!”
Sad fact… Noong grade school days ko, kadalasan, ako ang naaatasang tumayo sa gitna ng kalye para pahintuin ang mga sasakyang nagdaraan. Kung hindi man, isa ako sa dalawang batang humihila ng lubid para iwagayway ang bandila. Sana, manumbalik ang ganitong pagpapakita ng pagmamahal sa bayan.
Titser:
Ano bang klasing web-site itong ipinakita sa amin,puro tanong lang tanong at tanong ng Question Marks.Para bang dinala mo kami sa isang bansa na nalubog ang boung kapuluan sa baha at wala ng direksyon papuntang Silangan,kanluran,hilaga at pati na sa parti kung saan lulubog ang araw.
Mag-aral muna akong bumasa ng mga patanong na question.
Mrivera—Umpay,I am glad to see you again.Kahit na hindi nagtatagpo ang landas natin at bihira tayong magkasalubong in my heart at in my mind number 1 na kumpare kita pa rin.Number two na muna si Pareng Joe at huwag ka ng maingay dahil wala siya dito sa bahay.Pagdating niya paghugasin natin siya ng plato para madala.Marami ng tira ang mga niluluto natin dito at pati na mga luto ni Chi;–Ifreezer na lang muna natin at iyon ang ihanda natin sa kanya.Ang karahong iyon,pinapasargo ang laway natin porke nasa Pilipinas siya at mga sariwang isda ang kinakain niya.—-Smile,smile ka lang Amis—
Ellen,
During the Flag Ceremony at GHQ (Camp Aguinaldo), on 27 February 2006, three (3) days after the foiled 24th February 2006 Incident, the then CSAFP, Gen Generoso Senga directed all units of the AFP to recite the Panatang Makabayan during Monday’s Flag Raising Ceremony with a modification. Instead of the phrase–“Susundin ko ang mga alituntunin ng aking paaralan”, he changed it to “Susundin ko ang mga alituntunin ng Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas”.
He (Gen Senga) was teary-eyed and almost broke in tears when he announced this directive.
The British Sacking of Manila
Bago nangyari ang sabwatan ng mga Kastila at Amerikano noong 1898 matapos ang labanan sa look ng Maynila, nagkaroon na nang sabwatan ang mga pwersa ni Antonio Rojo at William Draper noong 1762.
Sinabi ng mga Español na nagkaroon daw ng 40 oras na paghahalughog sa Maynila samantalang ikinatwiran naman ng mga taga Inglatera na 4 na oras lamang ang panggagahasa!
Ayan ang aral sa kasaysayan Ka Enchong!
Ang Pakikipagsabwatan!
Nationalism is the corner stone of the economic success of a country. Japan is a classic example of this. Ravaged by the war, it came back roaring because of inherent nationalism. Filipinos lack this trait. We would prefer to buy imported stuff over locally produced. Quality is what we lack. But we have a lot of products that are in demand in other countries. Our exotic handicrafts are loved all over the world. Personally, I love our natural fibers for clothes. I buy all my summer clothes in the Philippines. I patronize our products. I love Sunsilk shampoo and our condiments like Knorr sinigang. I buy wood carvings, native blankets and fresh water pearls for gifts. Imagine this, if the over 8 million balikbayans buy these products to bring to the country they work in, imagine the income that the Philippines can generate from these purchases! I stopped buying products from other countries that I can find in the Philippines. I realize that when one goes to Europe, the US and all these first world countries, everything one buys is made in China. So why spend all you hard earned money just to buy a product that is made in China? When travelling, I look for “made in the Philippines” and buy these products. The exported Philippine products have quality control and are just as good as the products made somewhere else. This is the only way I know I can help my country a lot!
Nationalism should be taught and practiced at an early age. As a matter of fact, we should include a subject on this in the elementary curriculum. Part of this subject should include respect for our patrimony. To our local manufacturers, they should improve their products for home consumption too. We know how to produce excellent products for other countries, why can’t we do the same for our own use?
I also try to instill honesty and respect in all Filipinos. Wherever I go, if I see something that is not right, I call the attention of the concerned and give them a piece of my mind, constructively.
The incarcerated soldiers’ ideologies may be lofty! If these soldiers are able to reach the youth through the internet and raise the youths’ awareness to Nationalism, responsibility and social conscience, these soldiers have done more than their part.
nelbar:
Maraming sabwatan ang nangyari sa ating kasaysayan, hindi lang sa pagitan ng mga Kastila at mga Ingles. Ang mga pinakamasakit na sabwatan ay sa pagitan ng mga mananakop at ng ilang Pilipino. Ilan sa mga halimbawa:
-Si Pedro Becbec, na nakipagsabwatan kay Miguel Vicos (isang Kastla) upang paslangin si Diego Silang
-Si Pedro Paterno (ang makamandag na balimbing) na makailang ulit nagpalipat-lipat ng lapian upang itaguyod ang pansariling kagalingan
-Si Cecilio Segismundo, isang sundalo ng Katipunan mula sa Ilocandia, na gumabay sa mga bayarang Macabebe, upang mahuli si Emilio Aguinaldo sa Palanan, Isabela
-Si Emilio Aguinaldo, na nakipagsabwatan sa mga kapwa Pilipino (mga sundalo niya) upang paslangin sina Andres at Procopio Bonifacio, Antonio Luna at ang kasama niyang si Francisco Roman
-Si Antonio Luna, na nagsiwalat sa pinuno ng Municipio ng Maynila, tungkol sa Katipunan ilang linggo bago ikumpisal ng isa pang taksil, si Teodoro Patinio, ang balak na paghihimagsik; pagpapatibay din ni Antonio Luna ang nagdiin kay Rizal sa paglilitis, nang sabihin niyang ang La Liga Filipina at ang Katipunan ay iisa. Gayunpaman, maituturing pa ring bayani si Luna matapos niyang aminin ang pagkakasala at makianib sa hukbong magpapalaya sa Pilipinas. Higit kong hinangaan ang tapang niya nang tahasan niyang salungatin si Pedro Paterno sa usapin ng pagbibigay-daan sa pananakop ng mga Amerikano
-Si Januario Galut, isang Igorot, na nagturo ng daan sa mga Amerikano patungo sa likod ng pangkat ni Gregorio del Pilar sa Pasong Tirad
Unawain natin ang ating kasaysayan upang maiwasan ang muling pag-ulit sa ating mga pagkakamali bilang bansa.
Sa pangkasalukuyang taya ng mga pangyayari, tila nauulit ang mga kaganapan noong 1971. Huwag naman sana…
“Nationalism should be taught and practiced at an early age. As a matter of fact, we should include a subject on this in the elementary curriculum. Part of this subject should include respect for our patrimony. To our local manufacturers, they should improve their products for home consumption too. We know how to produce excellent products for other countries, why can’t we do the same for our own use?
I also try to instill honesty and respect in all Filipinos. Wherever I go, if I see something that is not right, I call the attention of the concerned and give them a piece of my mind, constructively.
The incarcerated soldiers’ ideologies may be lofty! If these soldiers are able to reach the youth through the internet and raise the youths’ awareness to Nationalism, responsibility and social conscience, these soldiers have done more than their part.”
I share your sentiments. You deserve your monicker, Kabayan!
Parasabayan;
I completely agree with you that we need to patronized our own products however, our government in the present administration are the main culprit in killing our productions.
When I was still in the Philippines, that was Marcos time I custom tailored my whole outfit, The tailoring shop that I patronized is sending all his children from Elementary up to college and they are generating a good income. Along the University belt in Recto there was a shoe store in that area who customized a leather boots if you remember the early 70’s, I bought mine in that place. I don’t want to brag but, I am telling you the truth, that year was a “Hang-ten” Adidas and Culduroy era Usong Tate,pag naka Tate ka noon ay sikat ka sa Collegio.Laking Gapo ako and I have all those luxuries anything I want I can get,pati mga blue seal na sigarilyo kahit na isang kahon kaya ko kaya’t marami akong naging kaibigan sa college dahil sa mga Salem ko at mga Tateng pinaglumaan ko na ibinibigay sa mga kaklase.Pinagtatawanan ko lang sila kasi pormang disente ang dating ko at ayaw kong mag-suot pag hindi crispy pressed,gusto ko lagi akong naka leather boots.Iyon ang mentality ng mga Pilipino na nakita ko,mas gugustuhin pa nilang astang Tate sila kesa mamili ng productong Pilipino,Sunod sa uso.
Kung higpitan lang ng gobyerno natin ang pag-iimport ng mga finished product na iyan,mabubuhay uli ang pagawaan natin ng sapatos at patahian ng damit.Kaso smuggled from other countries ang ibinibenta sa mga Tiange.Wala na ngan manahi at mag domestic na lang sila.Noon kahit na mga shoe shine boy ay may kita sa akin habang nakaupo ako at nagbabasa ng perydiko sa bangketa.Ngayon ano na ang nangyari sa mga shoe shine boy?
“I also try to instill honesty and respect in all Filipinos. Wherever I go, if I see something that is not right, I call the attention of the concerned and give them a piece of my mind, constructively.”
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Try giving a jeepney driver who just jumped a queue and cut into your lane a piece of your mind. You will either get a sneer, laughed at in your face, or the cold end of a balisong in your liver.
Try stopping your car at a pedestrian crossing to allow pedestrians to walk by and you will probably get blasted by honking horns from behind.
Try telling a police officer to arrest drivers who are “counterflowing” to get past a traffic jam and all you’ll probably get is a funny look.
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Pinoys are great when there is a pakikisama and “bayanihan” sentiment in the air. But when it comes to enforcing proper behaviour and instilling an ethic of basic courtesy among one another, the whole thing suddenly sounds like Greek.
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“I completely agree with you that we need to patronized our own products however, our government in the present administration are the main culprit in killing our productions”
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Government na naman ang may kasalanan.
Talaga naman oo. If the Chinese Pinoys harboured that same sentiment, there probably wouldn’t be any SM Malls and Jollibees today.
Pinoy nga naman talaga.
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BLACK KNIGHT Says:
March 7th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Ellen,
During the Flag Ceremony at GHQ (Camp Aguinaldo), on 27 February 2006, three (3) days after the foiled 24th February 2006 Incident, the then CSAFP, Gen Generoso Senga directed all units of the AFP to recite the Panatang Makabayan during Monday’s Flag Raising Ceremony with a modification. Instead of the phrase–”Susundin ko ang mga alituntunin ng aking paaralan”, he changed it to “Susundin ko ang mga alituntunin ng Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas”.
He (Gen Senga) was teary-eyed and almost broke in tears when he announced this directive.
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AFPCS senga, naging tukmol? eh, meron namang sariling panata ang hukbong sandatahan, ah?
eto:
“ako ay nanunumpang magpapakatapat sa watawat ng Pilipinas
at sa republikang kanyang kinakatawan
isang bansang nasa kalinga ng Diyos
buo at di mahahati,
na may katarungan at kalayaan para sa lahat.”
ano’ng klaseng opisyal yan? palibhasa’y iba na ang naging indoktrinasyon ng maging heneral ni gloria?
nangilid ang luha? baka napuwing ng SALAPI!
ukin… lastog!
Black Knight, Senga had the crocodile tears!
cocoy, hangga’t oriented ang compass natin sa magkaparehong azimuth, magkikita rin tayo pagdating natin sa objective, and hopefully with a positive result.
“I also try to instill honesty and respect in all Filipinos. Wherever I go, if I see something that is not right, I call the attention of the concerned and give them a piece of my mind, constructively.”
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Try giving a jeepney driver who just jumped a queue and cut into your lane a piece of your mind. You will either get a sneer, laughed at in your face, or the cold end of a balisong in your liver.
Try stopping your car at a pedestrian crossing to allow pedestrians to walk by and you will probably get blasted by honking horns from behind.
Try telling a police officer to arrest drivers who are “counterflowing” to get past a traffic jam and all you’ll probably get is a funny look.
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These may be true for now, when doing the right thing had actually been the exemption rather than the rule. If we can only have enough Pinoys like PSB, you, and most of the bloggers here, we may be able to turn the rules back to what they are supposed to be, in the first place.
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“I completely agree with you that we need to patronized our own products however, our government in the present administration are the main culprit in killing our productions”
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Government na naman ang may kasalanan.
Talaga naman oo. If the Chinese Pinoys harboured that same sentiment, there probably wouldn’t be any SM Malls and Jollibees today.
Pinoy nga naman talaga.”
Baka nga may kinalaman din ang gobyerno dito. Let’s see his point.
For one, trying to overly exaggerate the peso’s strength only to prove the government’s economic “accomplishments” may lead, or may have already led, to the a creeping death for domestic manufacturing endeavors
nang dahil sa poot, binitay si Francisco Celedonio sa Ilokos upang lalong hatiin at pahinain ang isa sa mga anti-colonial movement sa Silangang Asya sa Isla ng Luson.
To we-will-never-learn:
“(10) old fogeys are nostalgic about the “glory” of 1950’s Philippines, maybe their generation should ask themselves how accountable their generation is for turning a country that was once the beacon of progress in East Asia into the basket case
(11) We should question the whole point of continuing to latch on to the values and belief system of a generation of Filipinos who in their own time not only failed to build a prosperous society, but oversaw its degeneration”
Correct. The previous generation is at fault for not building a sustainable prosperous society. I think some female bloggers here belong to that generation. Foremost in their minds then was to migrate, which they were able to do.
BK, I am reminded of Assperon crying when tiyanak announced that she was not running for presidency anymore. It did the trick, he got promoted to the Cheat of Staff. Sorry, but I do not have any respect for these bodyguards of the tiyanak even if they cry with blood. They do not have any nationalism at all because all they know is to fabricate stuff so they can keep the tiyanak in power. Never mind the citizenry. To them there is just one citizen and that is this cheating and lying midget!
Benigno, maybe you look as obnoxious as you write. So far, I did not get any attitude from those I had encountered. It is the manner of conveyance, I guess. I even get “thank you” and “salamat po” from the concerned. All positive responses so far!
Ka Enchong, our streets are flooded with made in China products. Toh and her partners must be laughing all the way to the bank. Smugglers are cuddled by the Fatso.
Anthony, do not be quick to judge the bloggers here for migrating to other countries. If there are opportunities in the country, none of these citizens would leave the beautiful Philippines. If we only know how to harness our resources, we are indeed a beautiful country.
titser Says: “Come to think of it, what benign0 has posted has a lot of truth in it.”
TUNAY at LAHAT ay TOTOO na nagpapakita kung paano niya laitin ang karaniwang mamamayang pilipino! at ito ang isang napakasakit na katotohanan sa mga taong dahil sa pinag-aralan ay inihahalintulad ang sariling nasa isang matayog na pedestal!
“If we only know how to harness our resources, we are indeed a beautiful country”
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Indeed.
The Philippines is a beautiful land. It is the people that made it ugly.
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BK, you know why Senga was teary eyed? Because he failed his officers in standing for the truth. He betrayed his men whose sole intention was to protest the election cheating of the tiyanak. Senga failed these officers and handed them them in a silver platter to the tiyanak and Assperon. Look what these officers and their families are going through. Maybe Senga is teary eyed every day because in exchange for turning in these officers to tiyanak, he got nothing but crumbs in his promotion, a position not equivalent to the mega sacrifice he did for turning in these brave officers who wanted their grievances addressed. Like Judas, Senga will forever be teary eyed until these incarcerated officers get the justice they so deserve. I wonder if Senga sleeps good at night knowing fully well how his officers are now being treated like shit by Assperon!
Benigno, you are what you are, critical and negative but this may be your style of venting your frustrations. Although I agree with you that Filipinos are not at all perfect and we need so much more to educate them to be at par with other civilized countries, there is no excuse for you to berate them. If everyone has the same approach like you do, maybe, we can qualify for a first world country or maybe we all die with kunsumisyon!
The Philippine Island is a beautiful land. It is the sindicate that made it republic kuno by the likes of Gloria Pidal!
“If everyone has the same approach like you do, maybe, we can qualify for a first world country or maybe we all die with kunsumisyon!”
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Well, the kids’ gloves approach didn’t work. If you look around, you will find that the Web abounds in positive info about Pinoys. Lots of sugarcoating around what is basically a society that suffers from the profoundest of cancers.
The Philippines is a beautiful land. It is the people that made it ugly.
This of course sounds ugly and negative. But that observation doesn’t change the fact of the matter. How well a statement sounds to our ears is not a reliable indicator of how true a statement is.
Not that I am a big fan of Americans but you will notice that among the most enduringly beautiful human-carved places in the Philippines — Baguio and Subic Bay — were the works of Americans. The showcase tourist spot in Manila is the old Spanish-built enclave of Intramuros. You will find the Ayala Center — largely the work of a clan of Spanish taipans — on the front page of many business brochures promoting Manila.
Yes the truth hurts.
Cam we handle the truth?
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idea of the week:
PINOY BURGIS IDEA OF REGIMENTED DEMOCRACY
Kung wala kang magandang sasabihin tumahimik ka na lang
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FYI
—– Original Message —–
From: bong Arki
To: arkibongbayan2006@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 4:29 PM
Subject: Photos/Text/Video: Various on killings and economic violence – RP, Korea, Canada
We have posted the following:
1. BAYAN video on Command Responsibility for the unabated political killings
2. The Killing of Anakpawis leader Ka Atong Pacaide
3. Stop-the-killings picket in Korea,
4. Forum on human rights in Toronto, Canada,
at this url:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2007-03March05-bayanvideo/stpbayanvideo.htm
Gabriela picket at DOLE and Intramuros photos at this url:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2007-03March05-gabriela-eco/gab-eco.htm
Arkibong Bayan Web Team
Nelbar:
You talk of the “The British Sacking of Manila”? My great, great, great grandfather was a members of those British who defeated Spain and occupied the Philippines for 2years in the mid-18th century. He came with the Royal British Navy from Liverpool, England!
Manang Japyuks, ano ba talaga ang lahi mo? May dugong British ka, Hapon, Pinoy, Chinese at kung anu-ano pa. May kasabihan matatalino daw ang mga may maraming halong dugo tulad ni Jose Rizal. May nagsabi din sa akin na kapag naman sobra ang halo ay lalabas na “freak”. Ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng “freak”?
freaky friday
may sumpong kapag friday
ang tagal kasi ni norpil baka kulay aqua na ang balita sa copenhagen.
ilihis ko na lang kaya ang balita tungkol sa athens youth na humihingi ng reporma sa edukasyon.
may junta na yata duon?
“The Philippines is a beautiful land. It is the people that made it ugly.”
made ugly by people who offer nothing but SHALLOW WISDOM DERIVED FROM MASTERAL STUDIES IN WORLD POLITICS.
Re The Philippines is a beautiful land. It is the people that made it ugly.
So it is beautiful and ugly at the same time? Now, which is which? Beautiful or ugly Pinas? Difficult to be for the archipelago to be both at the same time.
sinusubukan kong intindihin si benigno dahil palagay ko lang may message din siya tulad ni anthony. medyo mabigat din itong sinabi niya na maganda ang pinas at ang mga tao ang nagpapapangit dito.si anthony naman ay matagal ko ng alam ang tema niya na huwag iasa lahat sa gobyerno at halos ganoon din si benigno na in the end ay mga tao ang may kasalanan.nasabi ko na noon pa na hanga ako dito kay anthony dahil nakakapag employ siya ng mga pinoy at nakakatulong sa ekonomiya ng pinas, kaya maaaring isa na siya sa mga modern heroes.si benigno naman ay para ka ng nag-salamin at nakita kahit pinaka maliit na guhit sa ating noo. hindi naman masama na malaman natin ang ating kahinaan dahil ito lagi ang first step to a solution. pero mas bilib naman ako kay ka enchong dahil sa kabila ng mga kahinaan natin ay handa pa rin siyang lumaban para sa karapatan ng mga pinoy.
“si anthony naman ay matagal ko ng alam ang tema niya na huwag iasa lahat sa gobyerno at halos ganoon din si benigno na in the end ay mga tao ang may kasalanan.”
Kaya nga di na kailangan si Gloria dahil iyang gobyerno niya ang walang silbi – wala naman puwedeng iasa pa ang sa p*************nang criminal na yan! Di dapat lang na palayasin na iyan. Bakit kailangan na gastusan pa iyang mga walanghiyang iyan ng pera ng taong bayan kung wala naman silang silbi?
Pugutan na lang ng ulo ang walanghiyang family ng mga baboy na yan!
PSB
Iyong Vietnamese grocery dito sa amin ay malakas sa tindang “from the Philippines, kasi kapag dumating na ang mga products ay tinatawagan kaagad ako. I/3 kaagad ang binili ko at itatago sa aking kamalig. After 2 wks, another 1/3. Sabi nga sa akin ay ako ang nakakaubos ng Pinas products. Sa ganang akin, bukod sa mas masarap kesa sa Thai products ang atin ay akin na ring kagustuhan na suportahan ang pinoy products sa ibang bansa. Talong-talo tayo ng Thai pagdating sa product exports. Nalulungkot ako tuwing bibili ng bigas dahil sa Milagrosa ang aking binibili galing naman sa Thailand samantalang sa Pinas iyan nadiskubre. Ang sarap ng canned laeng!
Ang sa akin lang ay dapat palakasin ang pinoy products exports na may 100 percent na suporta sa pamahalaan, magbibigay pa sila ng trabaho sa mga pinoy at makikilala tayo sa ibang hindi lamang exporter ng mga tao (OFWs) kundi ang ating masasarap na produkto.
# Mrivera Says:
March 7th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
“The Philippines is a beautiful land. It is the people that made it ugly.”
made ugly by people who offer nothing but SHALLOW WISDOM DERIVED FROM MASTERAL STUDIES IN WORLD POLITICS.
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Agree, agree, agree!
Welcome back, Norpil. Ang tagal mong nagbakasyon :).
Iyang si Ka Enchong ay aking sinusubaybayan dahil gusto ko ang style niya!
pv: papaano mo pupugutan ay hindi nga mahuli. sa bandang huli baka tayo ang mapugutan.si adb nga nag start na ng rope dito pero wala pang nililitis dahil mahirap ngang hulihin.
chi:ang milagrosa ba ay iyong mabangong bigas? swerte ka, dito wala niyan, panay indian basmati ang bigas dito.pero, nag e export na ba ng bigas ang pinas? ang intindi ko bumibili pa tayo sa ibang bansa dahil marami sa mga sakahing lupa sa pinas ay naging residential na.
Norpil,
E bakit sa akin mo lang iaasa ang pagpugot ng ulo ng mga walanghiyang Jose Pidal couple na yan?
Paano nga mahuhuli ang dalawang baboy bansot na yan kung walang huhuli, kailangan tulong tulong, walang discouragement, di ba iyan ang tama?
Maski sa French Revolution taong bayan ang kumilos para mapugot ang ulo ng mga monarchs.
Kaya, dapat lang talaga na magkaisa ang taong bayan kung gusto nilang maalis ang mga walanghiyang iyan sa puwesto.
Wala ng pa ek ek pa (borrowed from Manuel Buencamino).
From “The Filipino Mind” blog.
I want to share..
ISTORYA NG PUTA
…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.
Halika at makinig ka muna sa kwento ko. Alam mo, maraming lumapit sa akin, nagkagusto, naakit. Sikat ka sa lahat, 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. 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 Haponat Kastilaloy. 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, at ano ka… may datung pa! Nakakabaliw siya, alam kong ginagamit nya lang ako pero pagamit namanako nang pagamit. Sa kanya namin natutunanmag-Ingles, 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 ang 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. ….tang na!!! 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 nanamamantala 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 namalinlang. 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 kosa aking mga anak. Wala akong ibang yaman kundi ganda ko. Pinagamit ko na lang ng pinagamit angsarili ko, basta maginhawa lang ang mga anak ko. Usap-usapan ako ng mga kapitbahay ko. May nanghihinayang, namumuhi at naaawa. Puta na kaseang isang magandang tulad ko.
Alam mo, gusto ko na sanang tumigil sa pagpuputa kaso ang laki talaga ng letseng utang ko eh. Palakipa 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 sakanila.
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 nga ng mga anak ko, namamayagpag kahitsaan 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 saisa’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 saakin. Kinapital ang laspag na ganda ko. Masyado silang nasanay sa sarap ng buhay. Minsan sa pagtingin ko sa salamin, ni hindi ko na nga kilalaang sarili ko. Dadating na naman ang pasko, sana maalala naman akong mga anak ko. Ilang buwan pa, magbabagong taon na.
Natatakot ako sa taong darating. Ngayon palang usap usapan na ang susunod na pagbubugaw ngilan sa mga anak ko. Sana may magtanggol naman saakin, ipaglaban naman nila ako. Gusto kong isigaw: “INA NINYO AKO! MAHALIN NYO NAMAN AKO!”
Salamat ha, pinakinggan mo ako. Ay sorry, di ko pala nasabi….
PILIPINAS nga pala pangalan ko!
pv: OK sige tulong tulong, walang discouragement. i hope hindi ako ang nakaka discourage dahil pinipilit ko lang din na ma intindihan ang iba, dahil ako personally ay matagal na ring nag sabi na laban diyan sa mga iyan.
Chi: thanks. naging lolo kasi ako kaya bumilis ang panahon.
norpil,
Ang milagrosa ay rice export ng Thailand. Napakabango at masarap sa lahat. And yes, sa UP Los Banos iyan nadiskubre panahon ni Marcos. Some Thai scholars were sent to Pinas to study about it. Now, Thai farmers and government are making a lot of money from it.
artsee or some bloggers may know more about milagrosa rice.
CONGRATULATIONS, Lolo!
Gosh, Tilamsik, pinaiyak mo ako sa “sharing” mo!
“Gusto kong isigaw: “INA NINYO AKO! MAHALIN NYO NAMAN AKO!”
Nagmamakaawa ang Pilipinas, ang Inang Bansa, para sa kalinga ng kanyang mga anak!
Kaya dapat ay hindi tayo sumurender sa mga Pidals and minions, let’s all contribute something positive, kahit anong liit, for the sake of our Motherland, ang PILIPINAS!
Sori k n lang Pilipinas, ang nabubuhay sa pagpuputa, sa pagpuputa rin mamatay!
Benigno:
I am going to give you my insight view why the government has also be blamed from my previous writing that you criticized.
People live on basic necessities, food, housing and shelter. Since you mentioned SM and Jollibees we will going to have some discussion about that too. What is the disadvantages of a business monopolies to the other small business operator.
Let’s discuss the topic of my posting about the outfit—-clothing—
Before a small business such as tailoring and dressmaking, they were making money and they can afford to send their children in schools and they were also having a good life. Alam mo iyan,nagpatahi ka rin siguro ng pantalon at polo shirts.Nagpasadya ka rin siguro ng leather boots mo at nag papabiton ka sa bangketa ng sapatos kay Andoy at habang kinukoskos niya ng skuba kuwentuhan ka niya at para bigyan mo ng another pisong tip.Ang Marikina ay umunlad dahil sa sapatos.Ngayon tanong ko sa iyo?–Nasaan na si Manlapat,Toppers,His and Hers tailoring.Marami pa bang gumagawa ng sapatos sa Marikina,Kung masagot mo itong taong ko sa iyo,hindi ko sisisihin ang gobyerno.–Ngayon,nasaan galing ang mga sapatos at mga pantalon,polo shirts na isinusuot mo?–Mga made in China–Saan napupunta ang pera mo? Di sa gumawa.-
Now, pag nabigyan mo ako ng magandang paliwanag,pupunta tayo sa SM at Jollibees na sinasabi mo.Talakayin natin kung saan galing ang mga manok at hamburger nila.Talakayin natin kung saan galing ang mga paninda ni SM.
Touge T, hindi naman ako nawala, pasulyap-sulyap lang ako kasi naman karamihan mga paulit-ulit lang ang sinasabi. Oops, first week of April pa uwi ko. Alam mula ng mabasa ko ang mga comments ni Benign0 at Ka Enchong, nanumbalik yun interes ko kasi makabuluhan ang mga sinasabi ng dalawang ito kahit magkasalungat ay naroon yun respeto sa isa’t isa. Parang nga hindi sila pinoy!
Tabi-tabi lang po, hindi ko alam kung matatawag na karangalan kung sasabihin ko na sa lahat ng lahi ang Filipino ang pinakamagaling MAGPALUSOT! Heto po ang mga samples ko;
1. Ayaw magbayad ng tamang buwis kasi ibubulsa lang daw ng mga kurakot sa gobyerno.
2. Hindi marunong tumanggap ng pagkatalo. Pag natalo DINAYA, ang nanalo NANDAYA… magandang palusot ng talunan.
Heto lang muna kasi baka maraming magalit sa akin.
Ka Enchong & Benign0,
Tama po bang sabihin na “Government is the FACILITATOR of progress and not the SOURCE of it” nasasabi ko po eto kasi ang mga pinoy magagaling magsisihan at gaya ng sabi ko magagaling magpalusot. Sana po wag kayo magsawa magbigay ng comments dito sa blog ni Manang Ellen, marami po akong natutuhan sa inyong dalawa. Nami-miss ko rin po si GDSC [GodSaveDconst], naaaliw po ako sa kanya kasi ang galing nya pano supalpalin ang mga nagmamagaling!
ALIS DIYAN MAY KILITI AKO DIYAN!!!! 🙂
Diwata,
I admire your post. I truly do. You said that while Benign0 and Ka Enchong have different views (magkasalungat) you still want to hear what they have to say. That’s commendable.
Benign0,
You have a lot in your mind and I commend you for your effective use of the english language. However, I find some of your ideas too idealistic and not practical.
Cocoy,
I think we belong to the same generation – Manlapat, Toppers, etc. The University Belt was my ‘home’ during my college days. Sure, they were good times. But things change. RTW is the way to go now. More efficient and cheaper. One of my friends had and I say ‘had’ an RTW business supplying SM, Robinson’s, etc until she got double-crossed. Her parner ran away with most of their business capital.
Re The Philippines is a beautiful land. It is the people that made it ugly.
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How true. Just look at Manila today. Littering isn’t a crime anymore. It’s a way of life.
Titser:
RTW is okey if the finished product they are selling is Philippine made.But,If it is smuggled from another country that’s a different scenario.We can import raw materials,’cause that’s essential things we are lacking for a finished product.
Our economy will be disadvantageous if we all engage in RTW.Just imagine,if we need to buy a metric tons of goods to supply the demand.How many jobs that is supposed to belong to our people that was been lost?
Titser:
Our government agencies to protect the consumers are ineffective.
Last Monday, I watched XXX on TFC. It was shocking! Del Monte products was imitated with a fake produce that was being sold in the market. The copying machine to duplicate forge copy of the label product was sophisticated and it was been on operation for so long. Just how much money the government lost in revenue not, counting the people’s health at risk. If the TV anchors personalities can do a good expose, Why our government can’t?
What are the people who swear to serve our safety, doing?
This is what I want to ask Benigno, why, we will not suppose to blame the government but, the people .I hope he can give me a good reasoning. He always defend the government and put a blame on our people’s misfortune.
Diwata,
Maraming salamat sa pagkakataong binigyang pansin mo ang aking mga saloobin (salabasin na pala, inilabas ko na rito e…)
“Tama po bang sabihin na “Government is the FACILITATOR of progress and not the SOURCE of it”?”
IMHO, this is the ideal situation where the government, as the FACILITATOR, not only guides but cultivates an environment conducive to progress. The people, being ideally sovereign, will always be the SOURCE of everything- government can ony excercise power and authority which emante and ultimately reside in the people.
Matibay pa rin ang pananampalataya ko sa kakayahan ng bawat Pilipino upang, bilang isang bansa, ay maging bukal na pagmumulan ng kaunlarang gagabayan at pagyayamanin ng mga naatasang mamuno…
Talaga nga kayang iniaatas kay Aling Gloria ang pamamahala?
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Titser:
“How true. Just look at Manila today. Littering isn’t a crime anymore. It’s a way of life.”
Funny how rules have become exemptions. Though, it is the general apathy of the people that brought us to where we are now, I still hold this government accountable- pervious governments allowed this seeming apathy to get way offhand… here comes GMA who, instead of trying to turn the tide back, even rode on the tide and capitalized on the people’s apathy by doing her things in the wee hours of the morning. Remember when Congress proclaimed her victory one early morning in 2004? Remember when Congress, in trying to please the powers-that-be, rang the bell one early morning in 2006, while Juan dela Cruz was soundly asleep, to announce the death of the people’s Constitution?
cocoy,
There are TRW outfits in PI. You can even find Ralph Laurens made in RP.
Regarding the fake products, the Government and the ‘FAKERS’ are equally to blame. Don’t get mad if I say Filipinos are good in making Fakes. Pirated DVDs and CDs are being sold and bought openly. Sure, it’s the Government’s responsibility to stop it, but the people themselves are also responsible. It’s not an excuse that people buy these things out of poverty because these are not necessities like food. And we should not absolve the vendors either by
reasoning out that they need to earn a living.
ka enchong,
How sad isn’t it? The people’s apathy leads to our leader’s exploitation of the people. And the people’s reaction is not to follow rules. It’s a vicious cycle.
Tilamsik, napaiyak ako sa kwento mo( not crocodile tears). What an analogy and it is true. Isa na diyan sa mga anak na iyan si Benigno. Ikinahihiya niya and nanay niya. Erehe, ika nga.
parasabayan,
sa tingin ko hindi ang ina ang ikinahihiya ni binign0.
ang ikinahihiya niya ay ang kanyang mga kapatid na mistulang tulog at hindi na yata magbabago sa kanilang masasamang ugali.
But the truth hurst really and Benigno is just rubbing it in. Baka sakaling sa kaiinsulto niya, mayroon ding magsasabing, sige magbabago na nga ako para hindi na ako mapulaan. Sometimes Benigno’s tactic may work but knowing how most Filipinos are, it will just be on deaf ears.
Sorry, it should be ” the truth hurts”.
You know the squatters are a great source of voters for the elections. Kaya naman, the government likes to preserve their colonies.
Hindinapinoy, si Benigno, ikinahihiya niya and pamilya niya; nanay, tatay at mga kapatid!
RE: Buy Filipino Products: Promoting and patronizing them is good for the country.
What is Filipino nationalism?
We should accept the fact that the Philippines is the dumping ground of China’s cheap surplus products. China is the world’s manufacturing capital. The government encourages Filipinos to buy only Filipino or locally made products unless these products are substandard or priced significantly higher compared to their imported counterparts. This is meaningless and unrealistic policy. Why? Cheap and high quality products have flooded the market due to technical smuggling. Technical smuggling cannot exist without the collusion of unscrupulous traders and corrupt government personnel and officials. Technical smuggling killing shoe, garments, textile industries and ceramic tiles industries. Textile used to be the highest foreign exchange earner in the Philippines. Cheap as dirt Chinese onions and other produce have flooded the market. BTW, Cosmos Sarsaparilla, Sarsi for short, once the Philippines’ most popular drink, is no longer Filipino. Its owner has moved to the US as an indirect subsidiary of Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Company. There will be a time that Sarsi manufacturing and bottling will be sent to China due cheaper production and labor cost.
Nationalism makes the state serve the people, where nation-state systems make the people serve the state.
Present struggle for revival and the “True Filipino”
Modern-day Philippine nationalism is highly conceptualized by revolutionary historians. Teodoro Agoncillo emphasized the role of the people in making their own history. Renato Constantino emphasized the revolutionary theoretical groundwork for the making of new “True Filipino”. Someone who can transcend the cultural and geographical boundaries that had been the cause for disunity. Someone who can shed away his western soul and create the New Filipino identity. Other historians, like Rudy B. Rodil, work for the destruction of the boundaries between Moros and Filipinos–suggesting that a True Filipino does not live in the prejudices of religious belief.
One common theme among all is the recognition of the threat of American intervention and Globalization. As long as there will be no strong leader to help in the development of a new Philippine nationalism, then it can be considered dead, for now. From Wikipedia
Filipino nationalism
RE: One common theme among all is the recognition of the threat of American intervention and Globalization. As long as there will be no strong leader to help in the development of a new Philippine nationalism, then it can be considered dead, for now.
Fidel Ramos and Gloria Arroyo are advocates of free trade and globalization. Therefore, bogus President Gloria Arroyo is part of the problem. Gloria Arroyo free trade policy is anti-Filipino. Ousting her is part of the solution. PATALSIKIN NA NGAYON NA!
“Benign0,
You have a lot in your mind and I commend you for your effective use of the english language. However, I find some of your ideas too idealistic and not practical.”
Salamat po ‘tser. But another titser of mine also told me that one has to aspire for perfection to be able to achieve excellence at the very least.
So while the aspiration may be perfect, a less-than-perfect outcome is perfectly acceptable. 😉
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“Just look at Manila today. Littering isn’t a crime anymore. It’s a way of life.”
It always has been. Our esteros were never designed to be conduits of sewage. But look at them now. There are also entire generations of Pinoys being born, growing up, and feeding off mounds of rubbish. These Pinoys pretty much grew up in an environment of trash and are therefore disentisised to it. So if you think Pinoys today are merely tolerant of trash, the future generation of Pinoys will actually thrive on it. 😀
Pinoy expats are also not exempt from this love of trash. The Pinoy community here is renowned for its annual October fiestas, not because of the festivities but because of the mounds of rubbish left behind. That event has been refused from many venues already because of that. That event used to be held in prestigious venues. Now it is held in just another one of those ghetto parks.
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“Baka sakaling sa kaiinsulto niya, mayroon ding magsasabing, sige magbabago na nga ako para hindi na ako mapulaan. Sometimes Benigno’s tactic may work but knowing how most Filipinos are, it will just be on deaf ears.”
Actually, you’ve got the right idea there.
Pinoys are motivated by hiya.
It explains the irony behind why we keep our homes spick and span homes yet allow mounds of rubbish to pile up just outside in our streets. We exhibit hiya for our selves and therefore are motivated to keep our personal stuff clean, but find no merit in extending this accountability to the community level.
So it seems that the only incentive for Pinoys to work towards progress is hiya:
Kelangan pahiyain ang Pinoy.
Everyone talks about kicking one another’s a$$ to get moving on working towards progress. I think we’ve found the perfect boot to do precisely that. It’s called hiya. It’s a perfect fit that I think will leave a lasting mark on most Pinoys’ behinds. 😀
Time is running out though. We can see all around us how hiya is losing its effectiveness. Marami nang walang-hiya sa ating lipunan.
Time is running out.
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RE: Kelangan pahiyain ang Pinoy.
SHAME campaign does not work anymore. Delicadeza is extinct. Look at the new crop of leaders and bureaucrats, scandals after scandals they are still holding public office. Kapalmuks! The culture of corruption is malignant cancer. Strengthening the justice system may not be the silver bullet. Philippine courts should keep its independence and free from political influence. The Ombudsman has a mandate to go after corruptors but doing the reverse, protecting and cover-up their crimes. Hello Garci! Hello Joc-Joc Bolante!
So, besides stop paying taxes, “hiya” is the “perfect” cure? Shall we aspire perfection in “panghihiya” to achieve excellence? I laughed the first time. How should I react this time?
Try harder, Mr. Perfect. Nakakahiya. Your time is up.
Ka Enchong Said: March 8th, 2007 at 4:31 am
Titser: “How true. Just look at Manila today. Littering isn’t a crime anymore. It’s a way of life.”
Ka Enchong, we don’t have to go far to see shining examples of garbage control, just travel to Bangkok or Singapore and not so much as a candy paper to be seen in the streets.
The people there told me that the reason was simple in that an on-the-spot fine of equivalent to 1,000 peso was the penalty. But without saying, these two places have a respected police service who’s numbers and professionalism can produce such a service to the community.
But maybe it also shows that rules about discarding garbage has to be backed up by an enforced penalty, but again we don’t have a ‘proper’ professional police service.
Which opens another topic: if we as a country allow the AFP to fool around playing at being policemen when it suits them with no real mandate to do so, our PNP will forever be 2nd Class at best and we the citizen are the one’s paying for the inability for government to govern by saying “Its up to the AFP to decide to patrol the slum areas – What! – Hello who’s running this country the government or the military”
Lets face it they cannot even control garbage in the streets Enough is Enough.
Sa maniwala kayo o hindi, si Kiko Puneta Panggigilan ang nanguna sa survey ng SWS. Paanong nangyari ito? Ibig bang sabihin nagkabisa ang kanyang gimmick na bilang independente?
Sophomoric arguments lead to sophomoric solutions. It doesn’t take a masters degree to argue what any high school sophomore with a modicum of common sense can. While texting at the same time.
TonGuE-tWisTeD:
I didn’t read the original message that led you to reply “Try harder, Mr. Perfect. Nakakahiya. Your time is up” but no need to because I immrdiately laughed…and still laffin!
Tongue T.
Pati tagalog ng ungas minamali para sabihing hindi siya pilipino at saka ikinahihiya niyang aborigin siya ng Pilipinas sa totoo lang. Tapos sasabihin niyang hindi masagana ang wikang pilipino para ang isang pilipino ay makasulat ng mahusay at tama sa diwa kundi magsasalita o magsusulat sa wikang dayuhan! Iyan ang ULOL!
Ako nga natutong magsulat ng tama sa wikang tagalog kahit na ang wika namin sa loob ng aming tahanan ng maliliit pa kami ay hinalong kalamay gawa nang hindi naman purong mga tagalog ang aking mga magulang na ang pangunahing wika ay ilocano at ingles.
Tama si Jose Rizal na ang isang taong ayaw magsalita ng sariling wika ay masahol pa sa isang malansang isda, at iyong mga hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay walang paroroonan. Kaya siguro kung saan-saang “blogging” nagpupunta para manggulo at insultuhin ang mga kababayan niya at kalahi niya na ang katulad niya ay isang langaw na nakapatong sa isang kalabaw!!!
Walang halos ingles iyan ha. Kaya ano ang sinasabi ng ungas na ito na ingles lang ang magaling na wika? Tanga na inutil pa! Kung iyon ngang mga kaibigan ko sa Oxford University ay nagsusunog ng kilay matuto lang ng ibang wika lalo na ng wikang hapon, bakit ang mga katulad ng ungas na ito na wala namang kuwenta ang mga pagbigkas ay sasabihin pang mas walang uri at kahalagahan ang wika nila?
Dito nga sa hapon, pinag-aaralan ang wikang tagalog sa totoo lang ng mga hapon. Natoto ako ng tuwid na tagalog sa pagtuturo sa kanila ng wikang pilipino!
Diego K Guerrero;
That was the same view I want to express about the problems you have written. The present government is also a culprit that killing our production to Benigno last night, but, because Benigno has a mind of that Einstien, he could not able to comprehend. He is still living “Down Under” and he could not yet see the problem.
As what I am telling to Titser, Benigno need to give a reasonable argument first before he criticized so that we all have a meaningful discussion and maybe, we will able to come up with the formula for the solution of the problem we are looking for.
And while one pundit here practically absolves the government from any blame, or at least, from being singled out, the Philippines again ranked among the lowest (61st out of 65 countries) in attractiveness as a mining investment destination. Investing in the rich and beautiful country’s vaunted mineral deposits made ugly by its government.
So says a Canadian research group, Fraser Institute, which found that more than 40 percent of the 3,000 respondents criticized the Philippines as “having duplicative and inconsistent regulations deterring investments in mining.”
The report even exposed that a mining company president was threatened with death if the company’s assets weren’t handed over to the local partner. As usual, the partner is a “malakas” and never even got investigated. Hey, “palakasan” is another cultural characteristic of Pinoys. No need for expert confirmation from Mr. Perfect.
I guess making pahiya won’t make any dent at all if the official concerned is determined to “kill” foreign investors, figuratively and literally. “Padrino” system (Gospel according to BenignO, Chapter 4, Verses 19-66) rears its ugly head and hands over in a silver platter the whole mining deal to a local sponsor after the mine’s foreign proponent submits the feasibility of full-scale ore extraction. Sabi nga ng local partner, “It’s a steal!”
I guess that would never happen to BHP or Billiton, the largest ones, down under.
tingnan ninyo ang sarili ninyo. binabanatan ninyo si binign0 sa mungkahi niyang ‘panghihiya’ pero kapag si alfredo lim na tatakbo ulit na mayor, pabor kayo sa panghihiya na ginawa niya noon. kailan lang ay may mga natuwa na kung maging mayor ulit si lim, babalik ang panghihiya na ekis (X) na pula sa bahay ng mga kriminal.
Titser:
I understand everything you wrote about the “Fakers” but, do you think it is about time the government should work hard to stop this illegal business.
The legitimate industry is hurting because after they released an original versions, here comes the Vulture and pirated for own selfish fortune. Of course! The consumers don’t care if it’s pirated or not as long as the money in their pocket can afford.
The syndicate who is masterminding the production is the one who is raking the fortune that belong to the rightful owner.
It is unbelievable if the branches of our government who implement the law regarding this pirated activities doesn’t know if it exist. Or, maybe, their eyes were already blinded with dough, their ears were already plugged with arrovo or the person who is the head, is sitting comfortable in their chair courtesy of the Big Man who operated the Mafia Style.
The only solution to this problem and our only hope to see the end of the rainbow, this coming election we need to elect those person who are eager to kick the illegitimate midget ass sitting on her stolen throne. ———-Enough is Enough, Cut and Cut it clean! ——— I only barrow this phrase from the U.S.Senator the time he urged Marcos to leave,—–maybe, we can hear another kind of message like this—-
Hindinapinoy:
Hindi sa binabanatan si Benigno,ang gusto lang malaman na kung mayroon siyang negative comment kailangan ipaliwanag niya and defend his writing baka nga may rason siya.Pero walang paliwanag.Papano maniwala sa kanya.—Iyon lang naman–
WWNL: Try March 8, 6:54am
Cocoy: Here’s a nice quote from the real Albert Einstein, a fitting one for our good friend:
“Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former.”
acpiccio: All the while, I thought it was a grade six term paper. And yeah, texting at the same time.
DKG: You’re very right, “kapalmuks” is the simple antidote to “pahiya”!
Yuko: Watch your language, remember, “ungas” is as far as it goes. Haha!
ito ang latest article sa kampanya ni Lim:
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What he planned to do if elected is to lower the taxes raised during the term of Atienza. More importantly, Lim promises to restore the free medicine to indigents program started in his time.
The bars and nightclubs which feature nudity that he closed down in his term but which were allowed to reopen under Atienza will be closed again, he vowed.
Most of all, he will run after the drug lords and drug pushers by shaming them out of their lairs, painting their doors red.
Tongue-T
Agree ako sa analogy mo.Pero,nasaan iyong jingle na ASO At sinamahan ng Pusa.Si Artsee,naghihintay ng sagot ni Ducky,ano sa palagay mo,sasagot kaya iyon?
Tama ka hindinapinoy, hindi nga dapat hiyain ni Lim ang mga drug pushers. Sino ba ang nagsabing pabor sila sa shame campaign ni Lim?
And mga pushers hindi dapat binibeybi, dapat pinapatay!
Tongue-T
Hindi lang dapat pinapatay iyang mga drug pusher na iyan,dapat pa ring ibarbekue sa APOY at ipakain sa ASO pati na rin Pusa.
In another thread Mr. Benign0 said: Most Australians who do know about the Philippines for example know the Philippines only as a nation of mail order brides and on-line scammers. In fact, the last time a Filipino was featured in the news here, it was about a Pinay who recruited nurses from the Philippines then swindled them out of their paychecks once they got here.
Have you morphed in to an ocker now? It seems that you find joy in harping on Pinoys’ screw-ups in Ozi-land rather than their accomplishments. To name a few there’s Mig Ayesa, Kathleen de Leon and Don Pancho. If you don’t know these people perhaps you should be the one to get out of your box because there are a lot of Pinoys that made good in ocker-land inspite of its racial intolerance. May I remind you also of your immigration’s humonguous cock-up when they sent home a Pinay accused of overstaying. I believe your government offered an apology and brought her back to your Waltzing Matilda country, her airfare shouldered by your taxpayers. BTW, your favourite politician, Pauline Hanson is on the comeback trail. Kaya magtago ka na o umuwi ka na lang sa bansa mong kinamumuhian mo ang salita.
tongue,
bakit, sino ba ang nag-beybi sa mga pushers? pero hindi yun ang punto ko. ang pinag-uusapan natin ay ‘panghihiya’. ang sabi mo, stupid idea. pero si Lim, ginamit na niya noon at pangako niya na gagamitin niya ulit. samakatuwid, sa tingin niya ay epektibo ito at pabor ang taga maynila.
cocoy:
Trade matters in any country being run professionally by government, say in Europe, are inspected & controlled by the DTI. In those countries not only do they control the company names being registered, it goes much further, such as if a complaint against a company reaches the DTI they take up an investigation. As an example: if you were to complaint that a auto workshop charged for but failed to use the parts or even failed to produced prefessional labor to properly repair your auto they the DTI would send an undercover member of their team complate with a car with a fault only known to the DTI to test the services to the customer by the auto woekshop. Here the DTI couldn’t give a fig about the customers complaint.
But the DTI here is mandated to do the same service. So who’s fault is this, the customer, the workshop, the DTI or the government. Another of many cases of rules being in place but nobody to supervise or impliment the rules.
This is not Filipino habit, this is why all governments have a DTI, this is worldwide even Australian government!
Kilala ko, Cocoy, hindi sasagot, baka bukas pa, may mañana habit, e. Heheh, pilyo ka, buti na lang maluwag ang pantalon ko, madali akong nakasakay.
Hey, eto pa, another fitting quote from THE Albert Einstein:
“A hundred times everyday I remind myself that my inner and outer life, depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received”.
Hindi siguro tamang laitin natin at hiyain ang mga kapos sa edukasyon at mga probisyon, marapat pa ngang suklian ang anumang natanggap natin mula sa kanila, gaano man kakaunti.
Einstein was even made greater by humility, colossal by his smallness.
Not like an intellectual midget who feels behemoth.
TonGuE-tWisTeD Says:
March 8th, 2007 at 8:45 am
Tama ka hindinapinoy, hindi nga dapat hiyain ni Lim ang mga drug pushers. Sino ba ang nagsabing pabor sila sa shame campaign ni Lim?
And mga pushers hindi dapat binibeybi, dapat pinapatay!
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Sinabi mo pa. Kaya nga pusher kasi walanghiya. So, who says that “pahiya” is the antidote to these walanghiya like IpDye, et al? Pakimura nga Tongue T.
Tongue T.,
Did you know that Einstein was one of those “kapus sa edukasyon”? School drop out iyan, but then, his was a mind made in heaven although it was not his fault that his theories/laws about atomic energy had been used for the destruction of mankind. At least, he was far much, much better than the idiot who brags she has a PhD in Economics that is more like a PhD in Kawatan!!!
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely considered to have been one of the greatest physicists of all time. While best known for the theory of relativity (and specifically mass-energy equivalence, E=mc²), he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect.
Einstein’s many contributions to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled mechanics with electromagnetism, and his general theory of relativity which extended the principle of relativity to include gravitation. Other contributions include relativistic cosmology, capillary action, critical opalescence, classical problems of statistical mechanics and their application to quantum theory, an explanation of the Brownian movement of molecules, atomic transition probabilities, the quantum theory of a monatomic gas, thermal properties of light with low radiation density (which laid the foundation for the photon theory), a theory of radiation including stimulated emission, the conception of a unified field theory, and the geometrization of physics.
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Nuclear energy wasn’t invented to produce domestic electricity. It was invented to produce a bomb. The bomb’s high energy can be changed into slow motion and produce energy in smaller increments for domestic heat as a substitute for fire But the interest in doing this comes totally from trying to redeem one of the world’ s most destructive applications of science.
Recall what happened to the professional community, before and after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the first tests, there was a report imploring Truman to invite the Japanese to see the test but not to use the bomb. The physicists were very clear that a demonstration would have been good enough. As history has since shown, Japan was about ready to surrender. But they did that incredible thing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
At that point the professions split. There were people saying “We will never again do military or secret research.” But there were other people who wanted to redeem the investment in equipment, in their careers. So nuclear energy technology came out in order to say that there must have been something good in that horrible science. But forty years later, the fact is that there isn’t.
On August 2, 1939, just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to the then President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Einstein and several other scientists told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to purify uranium-235, which could be used to build an atomic bomb. It was shortly after that, that the United States Government began the serious undertaking known then only as “The Manhattan Project” which was committed to expediting research that would produce a viable atomic bomb.
Tongue-T
Sabi ko na nga ba at matalino kang talaga,noon pa kita ini-eksperiminto.Sabi ko sa loob ko bakit pilipit ang dila nito?Puno naman ng abono sa ulo.Ha!ha!ha!
Para akong nanonood ng sine sa kababasa ng mga pinoposte ninyo.Kaya’t Amo ko kung sino ang bida.
Tongue-T;
Ito ang tanong ko ngayon sa iyo—-Maraming MCdo,Jollibee na nagkalat sa mga siyudad sa Pilipinas,Bakit walang poultryhan na malalki.Walang bakahan na suplayan ang demand ng publiko.
Ano ang paliwanag mo diyan.Iyan ba ang strong economy?Mekine,abe sagutin mo.No maragol o masanting.
If we google for success stories there’s plenty of it.
Henry Sy – owns SM
Tony Tan Caktiong – owns Jollibee
John Gokongwei – owns Robinson’s
Lucio Tan – owns Philippine Airlines
(not sure about Lucio Tan, but everybody else built their empires from scratch) characteristics? they were all hardworking also lucky in business.
Henry Sy used to sell shoes that he bought from different parts of the Philippines. He was so hardworking, that he had different “ages”, like when he used to transport the shoes by bicycle, it was called his “bicycle age”, through his hard work, he was able to put up a shoe store, that evolved to a Mall, and he was able to put up huge malls all over the place.
Tony Tan Caktiong started with a small restaurant, he wanted to go for “langhap sarap” which basically means he wanted the food he sold to be as good as it smells. Eventually, his business became the largest food chain in the Philippines. Also outlets abroad.
Many smaller filipino businessmen copied their ideas in their local areas in a smaller way but are not household names.
It’s also possible to Google many Filipino failure’s but thata the same for every country. Its just not Pinoy!
WWNL,
lahat intsik yata yung mga napili mong examples.
tsinoy man or insulares (ayalas-zobel-madrigal-recto et al)…all have the common denominator..nagbanat sila ng buto, ginamit nila ang utak, hindi sila umasa na mahulog ang buko sa ulo nila bago tumayo…
no wonder that most of the general masa are mostly madaling mawalan ng loob, puro naghihintay ng awa, puro asa. it so unfair to the Almighty when they are always quoting “may awa ang Diyos”…dapat sabihin nila…”maawa at magkaroon na ng konsyensya ang mga politiko” para sumulong na ang bansa.
we cannot deny that the genral masa are pasaway. i am not for it but the presence of the militaries in certain areas during the past few days showed that there were decrease in crime rate in the concerned areas. what does that show? our local barangays are useless! our local police are useless!..puro photo-ops at saturation drive pagka may tip na may bibisita na official so “kailangang may ipakita na kumikilos ang lugar natin ek-ek”…on the other hand these military presence should have the brains to see the real picture of the country. they should be thinking that “hanggang ganito nalang ba ang bansa na ipinagtatanggol ko?..hanggang ganito nalang ba kaming mga sundalo?”…Lim’s actions way back may not be as humane as some people might say, but the effectivity was obvious. the previous management of brenda in the immigration bureau was effective in riddling of illegal transactions.
the system is always weak whatever kind of politician will be there. as long as the root is rotten, the fruits will always be half-rippen. we can list an endless “racket” every administration has come up with but in the end, the general public forgets where the hard-earned pesos end up.
i grew up in manila ages ago, and up to now, only the construction of new condos and buildings are the new addition to the face of the metropolis. the potholes are still there, the used to be narrow streets are just mere eskinitas now, the esteros covered with garbage are now covered with communities of squatters or its the garbage that has piled up through the decades, middle-islands being taken down and reconstructed again and again just so to show the people that there is “improvement” being done by the lgu when they dont realized that they are being cursed by the community for creating traffic, pollution, etc….
the thing is, we as pinoys should think twice or even thrice before we open our mouth or we make a move that will make us pretty in the eyes of the stupid or that the ignorant will hail us bec we care giving away money in envelopes or chasing so-called carnappers…being a true citizen of any country for that matter is not glorifying oneself but being humble and modest about it.
hindinapinoy:
I’m not sure about this commentor from Austrailia, but for me my opinions come from the heart with my own experience. I own a restaurant rising at 4am 7 days a week closely supervising staff buying fresh daily from the market ready for the breakfast customer, the lunchtime wave starts at 11am then onwards until last customer, sometimes thats midnight.
In between I find time to visit barrio’s to assist with various projects because they really need assistance, not getting it from local congressmen..
Sometimes, in my rare quiet moments I think I must be insane to continue, its not the money its the challenge.
Am I successful? only because I had a restaurant competitor directly alongside me and I gave my customer a bigger varied menue, better quality food at the cheapest price possible. My customer base grew beyond all expectations to the point that I ‘stole’ my competitors customers and he closed down, only because he didn’t rise to the challenge and I have good hardworking staff. I don’t feel happy about that but business is business, you either become successful by accomodating the customer or you fail your customer and yourself. Simple, no need for a lecture from Einstein and his many theories (emphasis on the theory) when I’m doing it for real. (smile)
menu – not menue – I am sorwee!
Another tip, a successful Filipino businessman who owned large fish pans told me “food is the best and safest business, why? because all Filipino will want to eat three times a day – or more if they can afford to!” That statement stayed with me. Simple but true.
wwnl..yes very true…Food business will always have a buyer as long as you know the pulse of your target market..service and quality first, the economics will come pouring in when you do your formula right.
soleil:
But I promise you this is not just Pinoy its universal. I can take you to a location in London within 1Km from the official home of Tony Blair the Prime Minister which is the famous 10 Downing Street. There under a large bridge over the river Thames you are guaranteed to find people living in Cardboard Boxes and being served by volunteers from a mobile soup kitchen. I’ve seen this with my own eyes, so please excuse me when I ignore nedative thoughts from a commentator being smug whilst in Australia trying to convice us that Pinoy is the problem not our government.
The government is there to govern thats protect and serve people’s needs, period!
Wow! negative – convince – hahah! I am sorwee!
“I’ve seen this with my own eyes, so please excuse me when I ignore nedative thoughts from a commentator being smug whilst in Australia trying to convice us that Pinoy is the problem not our government”
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For someone who is always claiming to be “ignoring” me, you sure make a lot of reference to me. 😀
Looks like I made a real deep impression in you. 😉
You wouldn’t like to hear what impression of you I have, besides Ellen would moderate my posting. Ellen has enough to do without people like you always with insulting negative remarks, spoiling for a fight. Try something useful such as assisting the homeless, the disabled, the mentally ill… yes good experience for you to get out of you box!
Next time your sat in you dark room, resting, try to put you mind to some positive solutions of the many problems you are so frequently quoting – your the biggest problem!
Before I answer you Coicoy, here’s a rare post from me at this time of day.
Flash! Gloria, dalawang beses na-Boo, pinagtawanan sa National Women’s Day celebrations sa Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Tawag iyan sa cellphone ng kaibigan kong leader ng women’s NGO. Ngayon-ngayon din lang ay ini-report na rin sa radio sabi ng driver ko kaya inabangan ko kung uulitin ang balita. Ipinagmaalaki daw kasi ni Pandak yung microfinance project niyang magiging modelo daw ng buong mundo at ito ang patunay na magiging First World na ang Pilipinas, soon!
Nandoon din daw yung Canadian Ambassador at ipinagmalaki ng Tiyanak na nagdonate ang Canada ng P300M para sa micro-financing project na ang target ay ang maliliit na start-ups na karamihan ang makikinabang ay ang kababaihan.
Nang tanungin ni Pandak yung audience: “Sino sa inyo ang nakinabang na sa microfinance project ng DSWD?” Sagot ng audience: ”Wala”, sabay na pinagtawanan ng malakas si Bansot habang palakas yung sigaw ng “Boo!”
Namula raw ang mukha (at siguradong nangitim ang gilagid!) sabay tawag sa Chairman ng NCRFW (Nat’l Council on the Role of Filipino Women) sa stage na sumagot ng hindi raw kasi naimbitahan yung mga nakinabang na. Lalong nagtawanan.
Isa-isa raw pinatawag sa stage ng obviously pikon nang Bansot. Nakapangalum-baba daw sa rostrum na binanatan ang mga taga-DSWD, yung opisina na nagpapautang, at yung chairwoman nga ng NCRFW.
Pagakatapos, nagtanong uli sa audience, “Okay, hindi pala naimbita yung nakinabang sa microfinance, e. Sino naman sa inyo ang mga naging conduits sa pagpapautang?”
Malakas na “Wala” ang sagot muli ng audience, na nauwi muli sa tawanan at malakas na “Boo!”. Lalong napikon!
Sabi sa balita, di na itinuloy ang speech at na-close door meeting ang lahat ng opisyal ng gobyernong um-attend. Umuwing nakangiting-aso ang ambassador ng Canada na marahil nasabihan na kung ano ang nagaganap na kapalpakan.
Bwahahahahahahaha! Boooooo! Boooooo! Aabangan ko mamaya sa primetime news iyan!
Tongue, hindi ka ba nagbibiro? Nakakatawa naman!
cocoy Says:
March 8th, 2007 at 9:42 am
“Tongue-T
Sabi ko na nga ba at matalino kang talaga,noon pa kita ini-eksperiminto.Sabi ko sa loob ko bakit pilipit ang dila nito?Puno naman ng abono sa ulo.Ha!ha!ha!”
Maganda yung eksperimento mo, pero kung ako sa iyo, sa tao ko gagawin hindi sa kuneho!
Tignan mo nga kung mali ang analysis at prediksyon ko.
Hindi sasagutin si Artsee kasi nga namumulot ng kaligay sa tabing-dagat. Rubber Ducky nga!
benign0:
See! spoiling for a fight, thats why you visit this blog site. benignO I eat guys like you for breakfast. I seriously belive you should visit a shrink.
that’s true! talagang namumulot lang yan si quentin tarantad0!
ako aaminin ko, namumulot ako
dyan sa loob ng union carbide
as in pulot boy ng larong tennis, kada sabado!
grade 5 grade 6 ako nun!
Tongue-T;
Mabuti nga sa kanya na na BOOOOOO na naman siya.Hindi ba nabangit ng kaibigan mo na sinayawan niya iyong Canadian ambassador na tulad ng sayaw ni Luningning para ilagay iyong $300 milyon sa pasalog.Alam natin kasi iyang si “Itim gilagid’ ba kamo ang tawag ko d’yan ay mole,ginagaya si Willie.
Ito tama iyong analysis mo,Ito kasing si Artsee ay may “Palabra de Honor” kaya nandoon din siya sa Bay bay at naghihintay ng pato.Palagay ko itong “Palabra de Honor” ni Boy Singkit,pero guapo ay magiging “Ultimo mi Adios” Pagdating ng “Last Super” at wala pa,hanapin na natin ang kaibigan natin baka ipinagkanulo na siya ni Laurensyo El Hudas.Mrivera,thank you kaibigan binago mo.Mas mabista kaysa sa dati,baka nga pagalitan ako ng hudyo sabi ni Chi na ang kawangis ay mala Cleopatra.Pero nasaan si Anthony?Kakandidato ba ng Senador?Sabihin n’yo sa kanya iwasan si Oliver Lozano,baka gagawin na naman niyang Antonio Trillano,mabuldigat ang magiting nating sundalo at madiskwalipy ang boto na Ilegamos ng tao sa Mayo.Pag nagkataon ay tawagin ko na si Datumanong at lusubin na niya si Lozano.
From Cocoy pa rin:
“Tongue-T;
Ito ang tanong ko ngayon sa iyo—-Maraming MCdo,Jollibee na nagkalat sa mga siyudad sa Pilipinas, Bakit walang poultryhan na malalki.Walang bakahan na suplayan ang demand ng publiko”
Nag tanong-tanong muna ako bago kita sagutin, sabi ng kumpare naming contract-grower ng Magnolia, tatlong rason daw. Una, sinong sira-ulo ang maumuhunan ng pagmamanok ngayon, isang ibong maligaw sa farm na may dalang bird-flu, lalo’t matindi ang yelo sa China’t Siberia kaya’t nag-migrate lahat ng ibon from the north, milyones mong ipinundar, baka maabo lang.
Pangalawa, matindi ang smuggling ng chicken quarters, kahit daw galing sa Tate na 80cents/pound kumpara P100/kilo sa atin para sa first class na manok bakit pa mag-aalaga mag-import na lang. Hindi naman sila makapag-impport dahil monopolisado na ng grupo ni Lucio Co na may-ari ng Puregold chain of supermarkets na protektado nino pa, e di ni IpDye? Pareho rin daw sa karne, pag natimbog sa Pier, nailulusot pa rin, basta naaareglo mo lang Toh. Yung mga refrigerated van ng nawawalang karne na may FMD na galing China, saan natagpuan? Diba sa Pampanga? Bakit kaya doon? Itanong mo sa Nanay mo!
Pumunta ka sa palengke, nakakagulat, Pampanga’s Best at Mekeni Hotdog may free taste test na! Dati sa mga supermarket lang.
Mahinaang ulo ng hindi makakapagdrrawing ng diretsong linya gamit ang Ruler. Diba?
Not surprised at the booing! I’m just surprised that it didn’t happen before, but having said that usually this evile woman hides behind her statement delivered by others. This is the second time she has been boo’d, by the ‘middle classes’ and now the ‘working classes’ now that the ice has been broken this will be repeated and repeated. Welcome to the real world Glo; you evil cretin. Enough is Enough.
Tongue-T:
Sinasabi ko na nga ba at ikaw ang bida.
Pero si Benigno may Sliderule pang guhit ng plano.
Si Artsee may calculus
Ako may callouse.
Pahiram nga ng Ruler mo minsan.
cocoy Says:
March 8th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Tongue-T
Agree ako sa analogy mo.Pero,nasaan iyong jingle na ASO At sinamahan ng Pusa.Si Artsee,naghihintay ng sagot ni Ducky,ano sa palagay mo,sasagot kaya iyon?
Hindi mo ba nabasa ang sagot ni Ducky? Na post ko na sa ibang thread. Hayaan mo at ipo-post ko dito.
Tongue:
Ito ang tatandaan mo,hindi ako dadaan ng Pampanga para sa taste-test ng mekine na iyan.Ano ako patay gutom!Mamili na lang ako ng “Pan-de-Moni” at hopia kay Mammonlouk,pag uwi ko ng Olongapo.
artsee Says:
March 8th, 2007 at 7:23 am
Narito na ang sagot sa e-mail ko ni Ducky Paredes:
Sorry. Hindi ko na maskayan ang kabobohan ng arami sa
ating mga lider (kuno). Dapat sana’y matitibay sila at
may paninindigan at hindi pansamantala lamang ang
iniisip. Ganoon pa rin ang aking pagmamahal sa “Pinas.
Kaya lamang mas pinipili ko na ang aking kinakampihan.
Kung nawala ka sa aking mga reader, nanghihinayang
ako. sorry, ngunit naging mas tumino na ako.
Maluwag din pala ang pantalon ni Nelbar, iba ang hecho kasi taga-Mandaluyong iyan. Sa balon din sumasalok ng iinuming alak. Gaya naming mga taga-Pasay.
Pero yung kumukutsara, humihigop na sa alphabet soup, naghahanap ng numero! Sosyal kasi pag may soup.
Sa mga nalalabuan, ipagpaumanhin ninyo. Bihirang magtagpo ang mga sepulturero, pero pag trumabaho, sigurado. Mag-alaga kayo ng pet. Simulan ninyo sa kangaroo.
Woo-hoo!
Yuko,
Yung bagong Binibining Pilipinas-Universe, di ko tanda ang pangalan, estudyante ng UP College of Law, top sa Dean’s List. Before Law, Summa Cum Laude ng College of MassCom, first ever from the Dept. of BroadCom. Ang lufeeet!
Hayop sa talino, hayop sa ganda.
Makes you proud, ha?
Kaya nga noong panahon daw ng Kastila sabi ng lolo ko,nagkaloko-koloko ang mga Cubano dahil pilipit ang dila ng mga Indio kaya nagtatakbo ang mga guardia sebil sa karsel ng lusubin ng mga katipunero dahil agluwang ti salawal ng mga tauhan ni Andres Bonifacio.
Tambay yata ako ngayon sa blog? Kakatamad kasi ang stockmarket, back-to-cash muna mga peeps. Take my advice, pahinga muna kayo sa stocks for 2 weeks. Not even the currency markets. Train your sights on bonds.
D2 lang me, wer r u na?
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Isa pa, Wala! Booo! Booo! Bwahahaha!
Ellen asked me to share with you the latest “panghihiya” that the surot in the palace received from female government employees.
She was addressing the employees during the celebration of the International Women’s Day at the Astrodome. She asked the crowd how many have benefited from her micro-financing program. The resounding answer was a big “NO”. When she asked if they are enjoying the P1,000 allowance she promised last year, she got another big “NO”. She was then met with catcalls and hoots from the crowd. These are government employees.
She looked startled and started asking the program directors for answers. Myrna Yao the program director said they never had any programs for the employees. Napahiya yata and she just left. Later, the said director was nowhere to be found. Puro lip service lang talaga ang isang ito. Puro promises that never materialize.
Sa bawat “Tilamsik” ng ating diwa, sa bawat “Tilamsik” ng ating dugo… alalahanin po natin ang ating mga bayaning nabuwal para sa ating Bayan. Gumising po tayo tanghali na, matuto, linisin ang systema. Iboto ang karapat-dapat. Patalsikin ang Pandak, linisin ang bulok na balangkas at proseso ng Gobyerno. Simulan po natin ang pagbabago para sa susunod na generasyon. Masyado na pong lugmok ang bayan, gusto ko nang bumigay, sanay may natitira pang konting pag asa. Panginoong Diyos patnubayan mo po ang Bayan ko sa darating na eleksiyon. Sobra na po ang pasakit, sobra na po ang pagtitiis ni Ina. Salamat po.!
Tongue,
I saw the actual footage, nag mukhang tanga si Glueria. It was shown on ANC this noon. Maliit na nga, lalo pang lumiit. Ang siste, walang siyang mapagtaguan. The Canadian ambassador was sneering all the time.
More and more citizens are booing the tiyanak. Buti nga. Pero makapal ang mukha niya. Hindi tinatablan ng boo lang. The people should do more that booing her. Let us think of somethinbg more insulting. This booing is in front of a Canadian Ambassador pa. Nakakahiya siya talaga! Government employees pa naman ang nag-boo sa kanya! Sige pa mga kababayan, mag-boo pa tayo ng mag boo hanggang matuluyan ng ma-BOOwag ang reyna ng mga tiyanak.
Tounge, I watched the Miss Philippines contest. Licaros, that is her last name. She won all the other prices too other than the crown. Very intelligent, very confident and very regal. She is very tall. I can see a future Miss Universe. I am very proud of her. See, who says inutil lahat ng Filipino?
“benign0:
See! spoiling for a fight, thats why you visit this blog site. benignO I eat guys like you for breakfast. I seriously belive you should visit a shrink.”
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Whatever you say dude. Bon Apetit! 😀
Ops…prizes not prices.
kung ikaw ay isang edukadong pilipino o nag-aral/nag-aaral sa bansang kinalalagyan mo, paano mong inilalarawan ang kapwa mo karaniwang mamamayang pilipinong biktima ng kawalang damdamin ng kasalukuyang administrasyon?
mga tanga dahil hindi katulad mong nakakapag-aral sa ibang bansa? mga inutil sapagkat hindi gustong tumuklas ng karagdagang kaalaman upang makaahon sa kamangmangan at umasenso sa buhay?
getrealpinoy!
ayan bang O mo ay parehas ng kay Soren Kierkegaard?
synonyms of benign:
benevolent
caring
compassionate
kind
gentle
malignant (antonym)
0 – zero, none
benign0- none of the above or malignant
ngayon, batid ko na.
kayo?
Einstein was a born physicist. He was home schooled kasi mas matalino pa siya sa titser niya sa mga subjects na gusto niya. Otherwise, forget it! Kaya iyong mayayabang diyan, puede ba, huwag nang ipagmalaki ang mga diploma daw na gawa naman yata sa Recto Ave!
Heard a joke today: “I used to be a teacher, but I have no class now.”
Diwata:
“Ang nabubuhay sa pagpuputa ay …..”
Sorry, I don’t understand what you mean. Anyway, the originator used the word “puta” to emphasize the sacrifices of our mother land from the abusive invaders. Kainlan man hindi naging puta si Ina. Probably the word “puta” pertains to our corrupt government leaders. Salamat Po.
To parasabayan:
“Anthony, do not be quick to judge the bloggers here for migrating to other countries. If there are opportunities in the country, none of these citizens would leave the beautiful Philippines. If we only know how to harness our resources, we are indeed a beautiful country”
Those migrant-bloggers were asking, “What can the Philippines do for us?” Since the answer is obviously, ‘none’ off they went to first world countries. Nasaan na yung ‘ask what you can do for your country’?
The Japanese, Koreans, Taiwanese, even Indians, created the opportunities in their own countries
Schumey, Tongue T:
Just saw on ABS-CBN the video of the meeting with the women government employees in Pasay where the Tiyanak was embarrassed and seemed to point accusing fingers on her deputies. Sira!
It’s like telling my Filipino manager for example to give to the Trillanes campaign fund of millions and millions of pesos, but how can the poor fellow do that if I would not release money from my bank in yen and hand it over to him to exchange first into peso and then give to the campaign fund of Trillanes through his campaign manager.
‘Tado din, ano? Buti nga sa kaniya! Ang yabang pa ng dating. Pinupuri ang sarili na akala mo totoo e nanakaw na nila ang perang sinasabi niyang ipinamudmod niya! ‘Lol! Sinong niloloko niya?
Kasi ang hirap sa kaniya, hindi niya alam kung ano iyong talagang sueldo niya dapat kahit na bogus president siya at kung ano ang mga ninanakaw nila ng asawa niya at mga galamay nilang mga burot at kurakot!!! Nice try, Boba!
ystakei:
I’ve looked at the clip of the Boo’ing threetimes and the guy standing alongside the Evil Cretin holding a mic in his hand was amazed when they boo’d her. At first he had a strained smile on his face quickly followed by one of dismay Waaaaahahah!
I forgot to include that the stupid woman even tried to ask some back-up from the NGO reps invited there, but apparently, they were ignorant of what she was talking about themselves!!! Stupid!!!
Golly, why should this crook depend on the NGOs who depend on charities most of the time, while the government is or should be self-sufficient enough with all the big taxes paid by citizens to it.
Problem is that the stupid woman does not know that before she can say that the Philippines is really reaping a lot from the earnings of the OFWs, who are in fact paying large taxes to the governments of the companies employing them, and the Philippines is not really earning enough from the blood and sweat of these OFWs except by defrauding them with this and that fees imposed on them by the leeches in the POEA and OWWA, etc. Bakit hindi iyan hinihirit ng mga OFWs?
Iyan talaga ang boba!!!
hahahahahaha!!!!!! i can never stop laughing when i saw the kapalpakan..it is indeed a comedy for broadway!..the Great Gremlin Pretender…someone should have handed her a celphone so she can call and say “Hello Garci” or someone have the nerve to shout ‘joke-joke-joke!”..Makapal naman yan at tiyak asta taray pa. ang napahiya sigurado ay ang Canadian ambassador bec am sure he has the delicadeza to be embarrassed in behalf of this fake woman.
we-will-never-learn: i agree with you…pinoys are very friendly, jovial people in nature no matter what. you meet them in any part of the world and you will know thy are pinoy – they smile easily, give a helping hand and even try to go out of their way. but there will alwys be the likes of the dorobo gang who will alwys take advantage, pretend that they are descendants of named people like saints, or even promise things that they will never fulfill. hubby was lucky enough to be in sydney last year and he met many pinoys where true enough, anywhere there’s a pinoy community, there’s laughter, sense of belonging. he was let in by pinoy ofws in macau even in members only places…only bec he is p(ts)inoy…and all their sentiments are the same…”Sana umasenson na ang bayan natin para makauwi na kami”………
kayo naman, nagmukhang tanga na nga pinagtatawanan n’yo pa.
tadyakan n’yo na lang!
hehehe…yoko nga, masisira ang bakya ko!..yung mga sirang gulong nalang isuot sa kanya at magpagulong gulong sya sa EDSA habang namumudmod sya ng pera. tutal marami na syang nakurakot, yung mga nagtitinda buong maghapon sa kalye kahit paano magkakalaman ang sikmura..di naman nila iboboto yan kahit ano..mautak na rin ang masa kahit may mga bobong botante..
soleil:
At least there’s no chance your husband would have met Albert Einstein because they don’t like bright sunlight.
no worry, it wasnt windy….jst shows that pinoys are good natured people no matter what..
“jst shows that pinoys are good natured people no matter what..”
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Kaya nga di umaasenso e. Tambak na nga sa basura, bumabaha na, dinadaya na, naka-bungisngis pa rin. 😀
Some food for thought (according to a renowned Pinoy economist based in New York):
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There’s a weird culture in our midst: our jocular regard for our national problems, great crimes, villainous scams and calamities. Note that Filipinos are notorious for making fun, creating a joke of their misfortunes. The cellulars are full of them now. In other countries inhabited by serious and sensitive people, they mount crusades, indignation rallies or nationwide relief campaigns to meet such crises. They would weep or stomp their feet, or explode in anger, or demand punishment for the criminals or misfits. Here we tend to laugh at scams, crimes and natural calamities, as if they are part of the usual TV noon comedy shows, the Pinoy’s daily diet.
It’s very hard to be intellectual if you aren’t serious. And so far the clear evidence is that we are not a serious people. Worse, we don’t like to think.
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Read the full article here:
http://www.geocities.com/benign0/agr-disagr/10-comsen.html
– 😀
Papaanong aasenso, iyong amo nitong si Ninoy-Ninoyan,ninakaw na ang assets ng bansa na kailangan para umasenso ang Pilipinas. Dapat magkaroon ang Pilipinas ng katulad ni Rawlings ng Ghana para iyong mga buwaya mapatalsik na. Golly, napahiya, nanisi pa. Ungas!!!
Golly, ang bilis pinaalis ang clip na nagwala si Bruha! Wala na raw sabi ng staff ko! Abangan na lang ninyo ang VHS tape na binibenta sa mga Philippine store. May nagsabi sigurong binabatikos siya sa Ellen blog kaya tinanggal agad!!! Tinakot na naman siguro iyong mga staff ng ABS-CBN noong isa pang pandak na si Binggot!
“Here we tend to laugh at scams, crimes and natural calamities, as if they are part of the usual TV noon comedy shows, the Pinoy’s daily diet”.
Now we are resorting to downright lies, completely untrue.
“It’s very hard to be intellectual if you aren’t serious. And so far the clear evidence is that we are not a serious
people”.
Constant insults to my fellow bloggers, no solutions ever given by you, just insults, seems you have nothing thats intellecttual to discuss. I really think you need help!
psb:according benigno, hope i understood him right, one of the national characters of pinoys is hiya. your last post above seems to tell me that gma is probably not a pinoy since she does not seem to have this hiya. soleil on the other hand tells that the canadian ambassador have this, therefore he/she might be a pinoy.
some people like to steal, it could be money, land,and other personal properties.the worse is stealing even our innocence like our ability to laugh at our own mistakes as well as others.there is nothing intellectual in relating intellectuality to a people’s sense of humor.
unlike wwnl, i hope one day my path would meet benigno’s.
dude? ano ba ‘yun? ‘yun bang kanta ng bitels? hirap ng ganitong kahit kapiranggot na inggles kapag napalalim ay hindi na maintindihan. hindi kasi nakapag-aral dahil ‘yung iskul namin, tinangay nang umapaw ang ilog. biruin n’yong nilalakad namin noon ay mahigit dalawampung kilometro at tatawid pa ng sapa at bundok. kapag umuulan pa ay kailangang magpatila at pahupain ang malaking agos sa sapa na kayang tumangay kahit bakang pang-araro.
artsee, tengk yu, ha? ‘yun nga pala kanta ng bitels. sana and’yan ka palagi para sagipin ako sa aking kawalang muwang.
sa baryo lamang kasi ako nag-aral, hindi pa nakatapos dahil sa hirap ng buhay. kailangang tumulong sa aking nasirang tatay at nanay para meron kaming pagkain sa araw araw. buti nga noon, kahit patalbos talbos lamang puwede nang makaraos sapagkat libreng napipitas sa mga duluhan. sariwa pa.
palagay ko si wwnl na ang dapat magpaliwanag sa dude niya. itong aking wordfinder ay 3 meaning ang ibinibigay.
WWNL:
Si Ninoy-Ninoyan(Yuko pahiram) ay isang striving salesman na pilit inilalako ang planong dinorowing niya.Binintahan nga niya ako,pero nagdadalawang isip ako,kung gatangin ko Manang.Una,papano ako maka-akyat sa itaas ng balay kung walang hagdan.Pangalawa awan pay ti durwangan,aba Manang di ba napudot lagi sa loob kung awanin na sariwang hangin.
Tilamsik:
Re;Ang nabubuhay sa pag-puputa ay—–
Ang alam ko ang nabubuhay sa baril ay sa bahil namamatay—
Ang nabubuhay sa pagpuputa ay sa kanser namamatay——
Ang nabubuhay ng maraming Pera kung ilibing pantay ang paa–
Kung wala kang pera kawawa ka—
Ngayon mamili ka kung saan ka pupunta—
Sorry for the inaccurate headline. I should’ve said Cuneta Astrodome instead of Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Ganado kasi akong magpost kahapon. The rest of the story, however, seems accurate enough as confirmed last night by my informant personally.
Mukha raw may nagbulsa ng perang panghakot ng palakpak boys, er, girls dahil in-excuse lang sa trabaho yung mga babae sa kalapit na City Hall imbes na totoong urban women ang pina-attend. Alam nyo naman, maraming mersenaryo/mersenarya na aamin, hindi lang kung sila ay benepisyariyo ng micro-financing, maging sa pagpatay kay Rizal may magtataas ng kamay at aamin, basta tama ang “pabaon”. Kaya siguro laking gulat (di pala laking gulat, bansot na gulat) ni Pandak ng pinagtawanan siya at na-boo ng hindi lang pala dalawa kundi tatlong beses.
Di yata alam ng organizer na ang Pasay galit pa hanggang ngayon sa pagpapatalsik sa popular na Mayor Peewee Trinidad, Bise Tony Calixto, sampung (pwera dalawa) konsehal at 700 empleyado sa pagsasabwatan ng Ombudsman/DOJ/DILG. Alam dito na pakana lahat iyan ni Bansot.
Yung mga NGO na inimbita lalong hindi niya kakampi dahil nabubwisit na sila na tuwing may project, hindi mapopondohan kung hindi nakasakay yung pambato ng administrasyon sa eleksiyon na si Connie Dy.
Ugaling bastos talaga yung Tiyanak na may bangaw sa mukha dahil pagkatapos mapahiya, ni hindi man lang daw nagpaalam sa Canadian Ambassador na nakangisi daw nang sumakay sa kotse. Ikinulong sa isang kwarto ang mga opisyales na naroon pagkatapos ng naputol na speech at siguradong sinabon lahat sila ng Unano.
Ang yabang pa nung simula ha, kesyo magiging modelo pa nang buong mundo, ha? Iyan ang napala niya, pinagtawanan, nilait, na-boo!
# cocoy Says:
March 9th, 2007 at 1:06 am
Tilamsik:
Re;Ang nabubuhay sa pag-puputa ay—–
Ang alam ko ang nabubuhay sa baril ay sa bahil namamatay—
Ang nabubuhay sa pagpuputa ay sa kanser namamatay——
Ang nabubuhay ng maraming Pera kung ilibing pantay ang paa–
Kung wala kang pera kawawa ka—
Ngayon mamili ka kung saan ka pupunta—
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Gotta give you credit for this. hahaahhah!
benignO:
My re-arrangement would be verbally having got you in a corner where you couldn’t avoid answering direct questions to your many theories about Pinoy’s. By your answers I would then be able to show you that your comments insulting Pinoy’s contain no substance what-so-ever and you wouldn’t dare to be so smug confronted directly by me. No substance, thats why you cannot give solutions to these bloggers here about the problems being discussed. I would prove to you that you rely on direct quotes collated from other writers and not an iota of any thinking process of your own.
No point on using violence on the likes of you gays, sorry guys, because maybe you’d enjoy being spanked.
Why don’t you suggest some solutions to the many problems portrayed here by the bloggers. Lets forget the one about withholding taxes to the BIR, we already had a good laugh about that one, remember!
I’m waiting for the third Boooooooobaaaaa!!!
chi:
You won’t have to wait too long for that third Boooooooooo and if need be i’ll do the Boooooooooo myself (smile)
“Why not repeat all these solutions I missed, this is the place to debate your solutions to the many Pinoy problems caused by bad covernance.”
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Oh so let me get this straight: So now you are no longer “ignoring” moi? 😉
Ano ba talaga?
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Shocking! Read the link that someone (si Yuko ba?) posted as an email forward in different thread. Copy and paste to your browser:
disbarmikearroyo.blogspot.com/2007/03/disbar-first-boor_2820.html
Manyakis pala toh!
Tongue T: Manyakis pala toh!
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Shocking talaga! Ang pangit kasi kaya I couldn’t believe the rumors before and after the Victoria Toh. Sabi ko, kahit na may pera iyan hindi ako papatol diyan kasi lalo pang dadami ang mga pangit sa mundo! 😛 Tama na iyong tatlong inanak nila ni Tiyanak. Puede namang maging baog ang kanilang susunod na generation!!! Besides, iyong mga pera naman ng kumag galing naman halos sa kurakot kahit na iyong mga namana sa magulang!!!
Bilisan ninyo ang pag-download ng mga litrato kasi baka ipasara ang site na iyon.
TonGuE-tWisTeD:
viewed the site you posted, why am I smiling Hahahah!
Alam na nating lahat ang pintas at sakit ng mga pilipino, e bakit ba kailangan pang ipagduldulan iyan sa mga bloggers dito e iba naman ang mga karamihan na nandito sa blog na ito, who are more trying to find solution to the problems than merely say it is the fault of all Filipinos!!! If that is not being stupid, what is? Tapos, nagpupurihan pa kunyari e iisa lang naman yatang tao o grupo iyan. Parang iyong boba na nang mabuking, kung sinu-sino ang tinatawag at pinagtuturong may kasalanan! Kuto! Alis diyan!
251 messages na dito. Just shows marami pa ring mga pilipino ang mahal ang bayan sinilangan nila compared to two or three ignoramuses who think that they are special pero itneg naman pala na galing sa mga imburnal. Pwe! Tulog na muna ako! Oyasumi nasai! (Goodnight)
251 messages nga dito pero 200 ang sa iyo (he, he). Biro lang ha ate.
I tried to check and count the bloggers on this thread and the numbers came around 25+ bloggers, regulars in ellen’s blog.
Tongue T:
Golly, nakaka-addict magbasa ng mga posts mo! Bagsak na naman ako sa upuan ko dito: “Ugaling bastos talaga yung Tiyanak na may bangaw sa mukha dahil pagkatapos mapahiya, ni hindi man lang daw nagpaalam sa Canadian Ambassador na nakangisi daw nang sumakay sa kotse. Ikinulong sa isang kwarto ang mga opisyales na naroon pagkatapos ng naputol na speech at siguradong sinabon lahat sila ng Unano.”
Gustung-gusto ko iyong “bangaw” na sinabi mo sa mukha ni Tiyanak! Alam mo kung sino ang kamukha niya? Iyong tiyanak na gustong nakawin iyong singsing ni Foro (?) sa “Lord of the Rings”!
Sign na iyan na malapit na siyang matanggal! Dito nga ihahanda na namin iyong mga sasama sa street demonstration na gagawin pagdating ni Bangaw Bansot sa May 21-24!!! Tignan lang natin ang pahiyang gagawin ng mga NGO dito na hindi niya puedeng lagyan!!!
Off Topic but additional information on past posting.
artsee Said: March 8th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Hindi mo alam iyon kanta ng Beatles? “Hey Dude”.
Paul McCartney said The original title was “Hey Jules”, and it was intended to comfort Julian Lennon from the stress of his parent’s divorce. “I started with the idea ‘Hey Jules’, which was Julian, don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better. Hey, try and deal with this terrible thing. I knew it was not going to be easy for him. I always feel sorry for kids in divorces … I had the idea [for the song] by the time I got there. I changed it to ‘Jude’ because I thought that sounded a bit better.
So, seems it has nothing to do with the expression Dude!
hindinapinoy Said: March 8th, 2007 at 10:10 am
WWNL,lahat intsik yata yung mga napili mong examples.
I apologise for missing your comment the first time around, but it’s worth pointing out that I did say that many ‘Filipio’ had copied them with varying success all over the Philippines in their local business areas.
I realised when I was posting my original message that these successful businessmen were of ‘Chinese’ origin. But because of the vast areas and extent that these particular traders deal in its difficult to see evidence that its because of their family origins, although that could be true.
Due to the fact that these kind of business’ found in the example of successful Filipino is similar to that of a pyramid, only a few businessmen are seen to reach the top.
“Kaya nga di umaasenso e. Tambak na nga sa basura, bumabaha na, dinadaya na, naka-bungisngis pa rin.”
Ito marahil ang dahilan kung bakit marami ang nagsusulat sa pitak na ito- umaangal sa basura, baha at pandaraya…
One of the most repeated questions here is “what have you done?”. To answer that, I would say, making my opinion about current issues known is one of them. Though, I believe, bloggers here are “doing” more than this, I don’t think this is the space for anyone to harp on his accomplishments elsewhere, nation-building-related or not.
Whatever good it is I did towards “fighting” for a better Philippines and a better image for Filipinos everywhere, I’d rather keep them to myself.
Blogging, I think, is all about expressing opinion without passing them off as facts. It is also about passing off facts, and the opinion generated by the posters of the fact.
Filipinos have the tendency to laugh issues off, that’s true. But, I am sure that behind the laughter, something inside turns the stomach upside down… hence, this blog is here.
Again, I hate the Pidals so much that I do not want to be like them- silencing critics by threatening them with harm.
“Titser, magiging 24 na lang ang bloggers kasi pinadampot ko na si benignO.”
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Pinoy ka nga talaga.
– 😀
Tongue T.
I posted another note from Ren about a site put up by some blogger about the Fat Guy. Grabe din ang banat. Taga-L.A. na pilipino, galit na galit sa kasamaan ng ugali ng mga pilipino pero kita mo ang pagmamahal sa iniwang bansa, di tulad nitong itneg na naging ugaling kriminal na Australyano daw.
Here’s the tag:
Blog: Pedestrian Observer
Post: Disbar the First “BOOR”
Link: pedestrianobserver.blogspot.com/2007/03/disbar-first-boor.html
“Problema ba ang maging mayaman? Masama ba ang tanungin ka kung magkano ka? Ang ingay mo kasi dito. Kung nasa harap lang kita ngayon, ipagugulpi kita sa mga bodyguards ko na puro Kung Fu experts. Kung ayaw mong matulad kay Doy na naging Day, cool ka lang. Marami nang mainit sa iyo dito. At kapag ako ang uminit, magtago ka na.”
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Goes to show that our politicians merely reflect the people who elect them.
– 😀
“Grabe din ang banat. Taga-L.A. na pilipino, galit na galit sa kasamaan ng ugali ng mga pilipino pero kita mo ang pagmamahal sa iniwang bansa…”
tsk tsk tsk. ang tutoong pagmamahal sa bansa ay ang HINDI PAG-MIGRATE SA IBANG BANSA.
Ano yan? Patriotism by convenience? I have a feeling nga na yung mga malalakas ang loob na magtatatalak dito ay may green card na o approve na ang migration to Canada. Yung bang when push comes to shove, all they have to do is hop onboard a plane out of ‘Pinas.
(take note, iba ang MIGRATE sa ‘being an OFW.’ at least ang OFW may intent to return pa to his country. eh ang migrant? INABANDON ANG BAYAN)
True examples of people who ASKED WHAT THEIR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR THEM, IMBES NA ASKING WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
At least the G-rand A-lliance of G-neuine O-pposition and their supporters ARE HERE. Damning the torpedoes of Ate Glue.
To benignO:
“Goes to show that our politicians merely reflect the people who elect them”
True. Pero ganun talaga ang 99.9% of all bloggers here, at ganun talaga ang mga sympathizers ng G-rand A-lliance of G-enuine O-pposition. Mga pikon. Di maka-engage ng intellectual discussion/debate. Gaya ng karamihan sa mga kandidato nila. Para namang may magagawa din sila sa kahirapan dito.
Kakatakot nga kung ang mga ito ang nakaupo sa puwesto. Kaya nga ayaw ko nang bumalik si Erap sa Malacañang.
“Ano yan? Patriotism by convenience? I have a feeling nga na yung mga malalakas ang loob na magtatatalak dito ay may green card na o approve na ang migration to Canada. Yung bang when push comes to shove, all they have to do is hop onboard a plane out of ‘Pinas.
(take note, iba ang MIGRATE sa ‘being an OFW.’ at least ang OFW may intent to return pa to his country. eh ang migrant? INABANDON ANG BAYAN)”
It is really easy to say “this is what must be done” when one has everything to gain if the plan succeeds, but nothing to loseif it fails. It is easy to pontificate if one does not have any stake in the issues at hand.
Personally, I do not find even the Dual Citizenship Law as helpful to the Philippine cause… but, that’s another story altogether.
“(take note, iba ang MIGRATE sa ‘being an OFW.’ at least ang OFW may intent to return pa to his country. eh ang migrant? INABANDON ANG BAYAN)”
Another OFW here… Hindi lang “intent to return”, kundi “intent to remain a Filipino hanggang sa hukay”. Pilipinas lamang ang tanging bansang mayroon ako. Pilipinas din lamang ang tanging bansang maipamamana ko sa aking mga anak, apo at kaapu-apuhan.
Gago din ano? Nagmamagaling palpak naman. Puede ba doon na lang maglecture sa mga katulad nilang insultador!
Itong mga nagsasabing pilipino ako hanggang hukay pero sa totoo galit na galit sa mga kalahi nila ang mga kinaiinisan ko. Mga plastik ang tawag ng mga kapatid ko sa kanila. Hanggang bibig lang ang mga ungas!
Sabi nga ng ama ko, ipakita ang pagmamahal sa bansa ng hindi pagpapahiya sa lahi nila di tulad ng mga nakikita kong mga pilipino sa Japan na nagpapakasama na hindi inaalala na ang ginagawa ay kasiraan sa lahi nila. Tignan na lang ninyo iyong ungas na magnanakaw na nagpapahiya sa lahing pilipino na ibinubugaw ang mga kababayan niya sa ibang bansa pero wala namang tulungan na maaasahan sa mga sugo nila katulad nitong mga pilipinang nagagahasa sa ibang bansa na basta na lang pinapauwi na walang napakinabang. At least, kami ng mga kasama ko dito nakikipaglaban para itayo ang puri ng mga pilipino kahit na sabi ng nanay ko na ayaw maging Amerikano kundi ko pa pinilit for practical reason na huwag na akong makialam at baka may manakit sa akin. Sabi ko naman sa kaniya, “Mom, I’m not in the US or the Philippines. This is Japan and I have police connection and protection.” Besides, dito pantay-pantay. Matino ka, wala kang alalahanin.
Nagugulat nga iyong staff kong bagong dating sa Pilipinas na nakikita iyong namimili sa supermarket na malapit sa amin na iniiwan ang mga gamit nila sa isang tabi o sa ibabaw ng bisikleta nila, pero hindi nawawala di daw tulad doon sa Amerika o sa Hong Kong o sa Pilipinas na makalingat ka lang, nawala na ang gamit mo! Sabi ko sa kaniya, iyan kasi ang marunong kumilala ng karapatan ng iba!!!
Come to think of it. Noon araw, sabi ng tiya ko, walang ilaw sa probinsiya namin. Wala daw magnanakaw. Pero nang nagkailaw, dumami ang mga magnanakaw lalo na nang dumami ang hindi na magkakamag-anak. Pero sabi ng tiya iyon daw ay dahil na rin sa abala ang mga pari at madre sa politika imbes na turuan ang mga pilipino na magpatino at sumunod sa mga utos ng Diyos. Tapos may mga magagaling kuno na akala mo sila lang ang matitino na mang-iinsulto pa ng kapwa nila mga pilipino na dahil na rin sa mga masasamang halimbawa ng mga pinuno nila ay nawiwili na ring gumawa ng masama. Sabi nga ng isang kakilala ko, “Yuko, maaaba ka sa sarili mo na ikaw na lang ang walang Mercedes Benz, BMW at Volkswagen. Ano, ang mga Pidal na lang ba ang puedeng magnakaw?” 🙁
“Itong mga nagsasabing pilipino ako hanggang hukay pero sa totoo galit na galit sa mga kalahi nila ang mga kinaiinisan ko. Mga plastik ang tawag ng mga kapatid ko sa kanila. Hanggang bibig lang ang mga ungas!”
Wala po akong galit sa mga kalahi ko. Kilala po ba ninyo ako upang sabihing “Hanggang bibig lang ang mga ungas!”. Alam po ba ninyo kung ano ang mga nagawa ko?
In one of the threads, you said “marami sa kanila, magnanakaw naman” referring to Filipinos who own designer stuffs. While emphasizing “marami, hindi lahat” does not make your allegations lighter, it does reflect your tendency to classify the good Filipino as only those who can afford not to steal.
“At least, kami ng mga kasama ko dito nakikipaglaban para itayo ang puri ng mga pilipino kahit na sabi ng nanay ko na ayaw maging Amerikano kundi ko pa pinilit for practical reason na huwag na akong makialam at baka may manakit sa akin.”
Kaninong puri po ang inyong itinatayo? Doon sa mga tinatawag ninyong magnanakaw at mga prostitutes na kinaiinisan ninyo? Mahirap pong itayo ang puri nila dahil ang “nakikipaglaban para itayo ang puri ng mga Pilipino” ang unang yumuyurak sa puring ito.
Alam ko rin pong babae kayo. Kung inaakala ninyong lalaki ang pagtingin ko sa inyo dahil sa paggamit ko ng panghalip na “he” sa kabilang thread, mali po. “He” po kasi ang nakagawiang gamiting panghalip pambalana sa ikalawang panao (common second peraon singular pronoun), nangangahulugang patungkol ito sa lahat at hindi sa inyo. Tinawag po ninyong “Bastos” ang pinatutungkulan ninyo dahil “gusto lang niyang makita ang pruwebang” babae nga kayo. Patawad po, wala akong hangaring tingnan, kung ako man ang inyong pinatutungkulan. May paggalang po ako sa mga taong nakatatanda sa akin. Maaaring singgulang na ninyo ang aking ina.
ANg tahasan ninyong panlalait sa mga Macabebe ay walang batayan. (Cavitenyo po ako, at hindi Kapampangan). Kung “nagtaksil” man sila noong panahon ng digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano, ito po ay dahil wala pa silang nalalaman sa diwa ng pagkabansa. Naging tapat lamang sila sa mga nagbayad sa kanila. Ang tunay na taksil noon ay ang mga namuno sa mga Macabebe- si Cecilio Segismundo, isang Ilocano. Kahit kailan, hindi ninyo maririnig mula sa mga taga Macabebe ang panlalait sa mga Ilocano.
Kung nakapagpapakulo man po ng dugo ang mga panlalait ni Benigno sa mga Pilipino, marapat lamang na sagutin siya sa bawat puntong inilalahad niya. Kahit paano, kinikilala niyang bahagi siya ng suliranin, dahil inamin niyang Pilipino rin siya. Higit na nakapagpapakulo po ng dugo ang mga panlalait na nagmumula sa isang kailanman ay hindi tumanggap na kabahagi siya sa suliranin, dahil hindi siya Pilipino- nguni’t lagi siyang kabahagi ng kalutasan kung matagumpay. Sa sandaling malugmok ang bayan sa lalong kapighatian, makikisalo po ba kayong mga Hapon sa aming pagdurusa?
“iyan kasi ang marunong kumilala ng karapatan ng iba!!!”
Sana po, ipakita rin nating marunong tayong kumilala sa karapatan ng iba, at hindi ng iilang katulad ng sarili nating pananaw. Democracy is a free marketplace of ideas. Please tackle ideas head on without resorting to ad hominem attacks.
Lastly, ask ourselves why we hate GMA and the Pidals so much. Then, ask ourselves if we are behaving differently from the way they do. Again, we cannot be like the Pidals we hate so much. Otherwise, we will only be called oppositionists because we are opposed only to the fact that the Pidals are in power and we are not.
Those who profess their love for the Filipino, they must profess this love for the Filipino, warts and all. Otherwise, it’s “patriotism for convenience” (sorry, Anthony, I borrowed your term here).
all things said by everyone here….kayo kayo ang nakakaalam kung may ginagawa nga kayo para sa pag-asenso ng sarili nyo at sa ikabubuti ng bayan. its just our right to say what we want to say our personal sentiments – negative or positive.
Artsee…hindi ako mahilig mag refinance ng mga bigay sa akin. Marunong akong mag-alaga ng mga bagay na dapat ingatan at mga bagay na dapat ibasura. No worry my laptop is well. hindi masamang maging mayaman basta “wag lang maging alipin ng yaman”. di ba artsee..”um-thang chuwe tzi e lo-chay” – ito lang ang pin-yin na alam ko 🙂 i am just busy with my work. hence i dont often join but just read everyone’s sentiments. its always different when one is watching on the sidelines and when one is really doing something….
ka enchong, “silent water runs deep”..kaya ang maingay talaga ay mababaw lang ang sinasabi sa totoo lang.
soleil Says:
March 10th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
hehehe artsee….hinay hinay..wag galit…not worth it…dagdag wrinkles yan. kahit may pampunta kayt belo or calayan, iba pa rin ang natural na flawless…
ka enchong…ur right…”hanggang bibig lang ang mga ungas”..
Ate Soleil, Kapampangan ka ba? Bakit walang letrang “h” sa salitang “wag” na sinulat mo? Wala naman masama sa sinabi kong itutumba ang ulol na iyan. Itutumba ko ang mga gamit niya sa bahay at kung umangal papalitan ko lahat ng bago. Iyan ang ibig kong sabihin. Tong Pu Tong? Di mo pa ako sinagot kung anong Batch ka sa UNO High.
hehehe..naku hindi ah! bicolana ang mama ko…nothing against kapampangan…i believe kahit anong lahi may mga ahas – ke puti, dilaw, itim, bisaya, bicol…although talagang may mga kanya kanyang kaugalian ang mga pinoy due to being regionalistic, same with being in a global community. although i prefer visayan househelp kc masipag talaga sila d pareho ng mga bicolano na dating kasambahay namin..mama ko pa naglalaba! wats the use..mga inutil naman, puro nakikipinsan, drama na kunin silang kasambahay tapos purto lamon lang.”cha-so!”…
ang generous mo naman! di rin madadala sa hukay ang lahat ng gamit..kahit billionaire mamatay ni isang sentimo di niya pakikinabangan yan!
i studied in Uno HS frm kinder to H2 lang kc sumasablay na me sa chinese..ayoko mag-repeat kaya lumipat ako sa PCHS.till 76 ako sa UNO and 78 ako grad sa PCHS…di naman kita pinapagalitan eh…
btw, kaya minsan kulang ang letters ko kc maliit ang laptop ko..so medyo nag-cri-crisscross ang mga daliri ko sa pag-type hehehe.
got to go guys…nyt!
“its always different when one is watching on the sidelines and when one is really doing something….”
Well said, Soleil. Mabuhay ka!
Ate Soleil, PCHS ka pala galing. Si Atoy Co diyan galing samantalang si Lim Eng Beng sa Chiang Kai Shiek. Saan ka ba nag-college? Marami ang nagpatuloy ng Chinese sa Taiwan noon dahil walang Chinese colleges sa Pilipinas. Etong huli ay nakakapag-aral na sila sa mainlang China. Bicolana pala ang mommy mo. Saan? Ang mother side ko sa Oas, Albay.
“It is really easy to say “this is what must be done” when one has everything to gain if the plan succeeds, but nothing to loseif it fails. It is easy to pontificate if one does not have any stake in the issues at hand.”
Totoo ‘yan, Ka Enchong. It is soooo easy to say something when one stands to benefit or nothing to lose at all by whatever will come out of his/her talks!
“Pilipinas lamang ang tanging bansang mayroon ako. Pilipinas din lamang ang tanging bansang maipamamana ko sa aking mga anak, apo at kaapu-apuhan.”
Iyan din ang sabi ng aking ama. In fact, lahat halos ng mga beterano na kasabay niya ay nasa America na. Dumating ang immigration papers niya (na nilakad pala ng kanyang kapatid) ng ako ay munti pa. Outright niya itong tinanggihan kaya nagtaka ang kanyang mga kamag-anak. Sabi niya ay hindi naman daw siya lumaban sa gera dahil sa Amerika kundi dahil sa bayan niya, bakit niya nanaisin na maging citizen ng ibang bansa? Samantalang ang kanyang mga kasama ay ‘masasarap’ daw ang buhay sa Tate, ayon siya sa kanyang bukid.
Kalaunan ay isa-isang nagdatingan ang kanyang mga kaibigan, patay na! Samantalang siya ay malakas at enjoy na enjoy pa sa buhay kasama ng aking mga kapatid at lahat ng apo. Nagkataon lang na ako ay nasa labas ng bansa resulta ng pag-aaral at marriage kaakibat ng benefits nito. Wala sa kanila ang nais na maging ako. 🙂
Ate Chi o A-Chi, nandiyan ka pala. Batiin mo naman si Siobe Soleil. Tatlo na pala ang ka-Tsinoy ko dito. Ano kaya palitan ang pangalan ng thread na ito ng “A True Tsinoy”. Pero sa tutoo lang, kahit na mestiso at mestisang Chinese tayo, ang puso at diwa natin ay isang tunay na Pilipino di ba?
Ang tuno ng mga paulit-ulit na lang na nagsasabi na mahal nila ang Pilipinas pero wala namang ginagawa ay kung talagang mahal mo ang Pilipinas, mahalin mo rin ang mga Pidal! Nice try! Wala kayong niloko! Tanong nga ng maraming galit sa mga Pidal, magkano ba ang sahod ninyong mga Internet Brigade?
Please tackle ideas head on without resorting to ad hominem attacks.
Hmmm… sound nice pero parang suntok sa buwan o sa araw pa!
Majority of pinoys are so emotional… mas nauunang gumagana ang damdamin bago ang isip!
ALIS DIYAN MAY KILITI AKO DIYAN!!!! 😉
“Ang tuno ng mga paulit-ulit na lang na nagsasabi na mahal nila ang Pilipinas pero wala namang ginagawa ay kung talagang mahal mo ang Pilipinas, mahalin mo rin ang mga Pidal! Nice try! Wala kayong niloko! Tanong nga ng maraming galit sa mga Pidal, magkano ba ang sahod ninyong mga Internet Brigade?”
Aling Yuko:
Hindi po lahat ng iba ang opinyon sa opinyon ninyo ay bayaran. Yan po ang PINAKAMALAKING INSULTO sa mga Pilipino- ang paniwalaang lahat ay bayaran.
Ang sinabi ko po, “Filipinos, warts and all”. Hindi ko po isinasali ang mga Pidal sa “Filipinos, warts and all”. Sa mga pasya po ng pamahalaang ito, tila Amerikano sila at hindi Pilipino.
Ang “warts” na tinutukoy ko ay ang mga kapintasan “naming” mga Pilipino. Wala pom akong binanngit tungkol sa mga Hapon. Kung magpahanggang ngayon, nar’yan pa rin ang galit ninyo sa mga Pilipino, ipaaalala ko po sa inyong matagal nang natapos ang ikalawang digmaang pandaigdig….
Lubos na gumagalang,
Enchong
artsee,
palagi kong binabati ang ate soleil mo dahil alam ko na pagod iyang magkampanya sa ating common candidates. marami iyang nagagawa para sa pinas na hindi ko nagagawa! kaya mahal ko ang ate soleil mo.
Ka Enchong:
Boto ako sa sinabi mo na matagal ng natapos ang pangalawang digmaan.Tayong mga Pilipino ay madaling makilala kahit na saang sulok pa ng mundo tayo magpunta.Ito ang rason ko,Ang mga Pilipino ay naghahanap iyan ng Pinoy restaurant.Pupunta ka sa mga grocery may binibiling bigas iyan,mapa-botan man o milagrosa.Hindi marunong gumamit ng tinidor.Pag bumisita ka sa kanilang mga bahay ang una mong titignan sa kusina ay kung mayroon silang rice cooker.Iyan ang tatak pinoy.Kalokohan lang iyang nakalimutan na nila ang sarili nilang wika,mapatagalog,ilocano,cebuano,chabakano,ilongo,zambaleno,waray ay salitang pilipino pa rin iyan.Pa-english-english pa,ilagay mo sa bahayan ng langgam iyan at titignan natin kung di sila aaray.
Yuko,
May kanya-kanyang paraan ang pagmamahal sa bayan. Ang iba ay katulad ni Ellen, and iba ay tumutulong ng tahimik, ang iba ay sumisigurong ang pamilya ay hindi pabigat sa pamahalaan at ang mga anak ay tinitiyak na makakatulong sa ibang tao pag dating ng araw.
Ang ibang tulad mo ay tumutulong sa mga pinoy sa Japan samantalang ang iba ay katulad ng rapper na Black Eye Peas (ba ‘yon?), ang iba ay nagpoposte dito para marinig o mabasa, etc,etc. Maliit at malaking ginagawa, basta sinabi nilang para sa Pinas, kahit na ang mga lider ay walanghiya, ay bahagi ng pagmamahal sa bansa. Ako, kahit na sino dito sa blog at pinoy ay nagsabi na mahal nila ang Pinas ay pinaniniwalaan ko, dahil natural na ‘yan, kahit sa mga walang ginagawa, na magmahal sa bansang kanyang sinilangan.
Kung minsan ay walang instrumento/tools ang mga tao para ipakita na meron silang ginagawa para sa kanilang bansa. Sapat na sa akin na feel nila ang pinas at inaalagaan ang kanilang pamilya.
Excuse me cocoy. Ano ang bigas na “botan”? Nakain ko na siguro ‘yan pero hindi ko alam ang tawag.
Chi;
—-AMEN–Orimos-Ko-Biskom-Salitang pari iyan ha!hindi mahirap intindihin.
Chi;
Iyon Botan ay brand ng bigas na binibili dito sa lugar ko.Maraming brand ang bigas dito.Depende kung papano mo isaing at kung anong klasing rice coocker.Iyong mga ibang Pilipino na nag-U.S.Citizen ang una nilang ginawa pagkatapos nilang mag pledge of allegiance kay uncle sam.ipinamigay ang rice coocker kasi raw ham and egg na lang ang kakainin nila.Pero hindi sila nakatiis after 1 week na puro sandwich,iyong ipinamigay nilang rice coocker ay ipinag bili na ng Goodwill sa mga bagong dating.Kaya iyong Botan ang binili nila.Iyan ang storya ng Botan.Kaya pag nakakita ka ng Pilipino na Botan ang binibili U.S.Citizen na iyon.
Cocoy:
Hindi ko alam sa ibang Pinoy dito sa Kuwait, pero ako at ang pamilya ko, puro galing ‘Pinas ang gamit namin. Instant Lomi na Lucky Me, Rufina Patis, Datu Puti ang suka at toyo, Jufran ang Ketchup. Ang kapeng inilalaga ko tuwing umaga, galing sa kapiraso naming lupa sa Cavite. Ang sigarilyo ko Winston na gawang Marikina, ang mga damit kong pang-opisina, yaring Cavite, tinahi ng Tatay ko para sa akin, ang mga pambahay naming mag-anak, sa Baclaran ko pa binibili tuwing umuuwi kami. Mahirap kasi kung sasabihin ko sa mga kababayan natin ditong mahalin natin ang Pilipinas kung hindi ko sila bibigyan ng tunay na halimbawa.
Ito ngang panganay ko, hindi ko pinapayagang mag-Ingles kapag nasa bahay e. ‘Ika ko, iwan ang Ingles sa paaralan. Ayokong isang araw e uuwi kami sa Pilipinas tapos kahit na mga lolo’t lola, amain at tiyahin, mga pinsan at kalaro, hindi nila maunawaan.
Sabi nga nila, maiaalis mo ang Pilipino sa Pilipinas, pero hindi mo maiaalis sa “tunay” na Pilipino ang Pilipinas.
Hahahah! Ganun ba ‘yon, cocoy? Samantalang dito sa lugar namin e nagpapaimbita ang mga kano para makakain lang ng milagrosang kanin!
Cocoy, Ka Enchong,
Iyang kapeng pinoy (barako) ang wala dito sa amin. Pero lahat ng nabanggit mo ay nabibili ko dito. Hindi ko alam na ang Winston cigarette ay pinoy (sabagay ay wala namang naninigarilyo sa amin). That’s an added info for me.
Itong mga dusters ko na pambahay tuwing summer ay galing pa sa Tanay, Rizal. Kinaiingitan ng mga kaibigan kong puti kaya konti na lang dahil sa kapapamigay.
Mas bagay kung ikaw ang mag-duster, ulol. Huwag mong insultuhin ang Ate Chi ko at bansang Pilipinas. Tarantado ka din ano? Puro insulto na lang ang ginagawa mo sa mga Pilipino at bansang Pilipinas. Tangna mo.
Di Piao Si. Di Chap Chieng.
Behigno:
Iyang duster na iyan ang pinakamahal dito sa kinalalagyan namin ni Chi.Kahit na nga kamitsatsino na tatak marca pina ay mahal aba,Benigno subukan mo na ring magsuot ng Barong at magsimba ka.Dito sa America pag naka barong ka pang senador ang dating mo.Mas mahal pa ang barong sa coat and tie na sout mo.
Cokecoy, di ko alam kung nasaan ngayon iyang ulol na iyan. Kung nasa Amerika, sa Goodwill Store lang bumibili ng amerikana iyan. Maganda ang Barong natin gawa si Pina. Lasang Pina kapag kinain mo ang tela. Anong alam ng gagong benignog iyan. Baka nakasandong butas-butas iyan. Ngayon, talagang ipapatumba ko na iyan. Makati na ang mga daliri ng mga bodyguards ko. Sabi sa akin kanina: “Boss, matagal na kaming hindi nakakapag target shooting.”
“Kawawa naman ang Pilipinas.
Hanggang duster na lang ang pinag-mamalaking produkto.”
Bakit Benign(o), ano ba ang masama sa duster at hindi pwedemg ipagmalaki?
Pati ba naman duster pagdiskitahan pang laitin. Mapanlait talaga itong taong ito, MAY TAMA SA UTAK!!!
Makisawsaw na po ulit tungkol sa paborito kong australian idol. Nabasa ko ito sa kolum ni Ellen sa Abante: Mayroon din namang isang nagdepensa ng team GMA at sa salitang English niya ipinahayag. Sabi ni Benigno: “Plaza Miranda is just a relic of a nostalgic past. Presumably wherever the debate will be conducted the event will be televised, right?”
O sige na nga, kung ayaw mo sa Plaza Miranda, sa Opera House na lang sa Sydney para ikaw na rin ang moderator. Ipasagot mo kay singson lahat ng pamasahe. Ilang “envelope” lang iyan. Ang suggested kong title ng debate ay “Get Real Dudes!” Kunin mo na ring badigard si Russell Crowe dahil baka may ma-asar sa iyo at batuhin ka ng kangaroo.
Alam ninyo naingit sa duster ni Chi dahil talbog si Benigna sa pigura niya.Legs nga lang ni Chi haba na puti pa,kaya naingit siya dahil tumatanda na siyang matrona ay di pa siya nakakapag asawa.
nabanggit ni TIA ang stock market kaya hinanap ko namam sa bookshelf ko ang libro na The Predictors by Thomas A. Bass
Isa sa mga gusto kong kabanata ay itong:
Marrying for Money
The game of professional investment is intolerably boring and overexacting to anyone who is entirely exempt from the gambling instinct; whilst he who has it must pay to this propensity the appropriate toll
— JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES
The gambling passion lurks at the bottom of every heart.
— HONORÉ DE BALZAC
Para sa kaalaman ng nakararami, ang industriya ng paging (pager) dito sa Kamaynilaan noong nakaraang dekada ay nagkaroon ng maraming players.
Ang isa sa mga players nito ay ang INDEX 152 – na naging makinarya ng isang politiko na nag-ambisyon ng pagka-pangulo noong 1998.
Matatandaan na hindi kinagat ng mercado ang nasabing pager dahil ang serbisyo nito ay may patungkol sa stock market updates.
Sa madaling salita, bagsak ang pager na ito dahil ang kine-cater nito ay high-end market at hindi pang-masa.
Ka Enchong:
Binalikan at binasa ko ang lahat ng mga ipinosting mo dito,wala kayong pinagkaiba ng Pare kong si Mrivera.Kapwa kayo mayroong malasakit sa bansa nating pinangalingan at naantig ang puso ko sa mga binigkas ninyong mga magagandang pananalita.Caviteno kayo,Bulakenyo naman si Mrivera at Zambaleno naman ako.Magkakalapit ang probinsya natin.Siguro ay marunong din kayong mag chabakano.Zambal ang salita sa amin at kahit na sa Olongapo ako lumaki marami rin akong mga kanayon sa mga bayan ng Zambales.
Ang napansin ko sa iyo ay isa kang mabuting tao at may malasakit sa kapwa dahil ako nalalaman ko ang pag-uugali ng isang tao sa kanyang pananalita at may kaugnayan iyan sa trabaho ko.Ilihim ko na lang muna kung ano.Bihira akong humanga sa isang tao,ikaw ay hinangaan ko at gusto kitang maging kaibigan tulad ng nararamdaman ko kay Mrivera at Pareng Joeseeg;ituring na lang natin na magkukumpare tayo.Magiging kuatro pares.
Kung sa ngayon ay nasa ibat-ibang panig tayo ng mundo,palagay ko ay magkaroon tayo ng pagkakataon na magkita-kita sa bansang tinubuan at minamahal natin.At umaasa ako na darating ang araw na iyon.
cocoy, taal akong batanggenyo, hindi bulakenyo na bagaman marami kaming kamag-anak doon, hindi ko pinapasyalan dahuil hindi ko (at ako) kilala bukod pa sa meron silang mga kaya sa buhay. tama na kasi sa akin kung ano’ng meron ako na bunga ng aking pagsisikap.
kung gusto mo talaga akong maging kaibigan …… pautang muna. he he heh. dyok. dyok. dyok.
ang kapatid kong babae na sumunod sa akin ay nakapangasawa ng taga sta cruz, zambales kaya minsan na rin akong nakarating doon.
at, sana nga, magkaroon ng pagkakataon na magkita kita tayo.
…dahil…(nadulas ang daliring komang)
Diwata Says: “Majority of pinoys are so emotional… mas nauunang gumagana ang damdamin bago ang isip!”
diwata, totoo. subalit limiin mo muna kung bakit napipilitang lumaban ang taong inaapi at inaalisan ng karapatang mabuhay ng marangal.
Mrivera;
Oo nga pala,Batanggenyo ka.Naala-ala ko kasi noong nag-usap kayo ni Miron doon ba sa may looban sa Valenzuela.Pare hindi problema iyang pera basta sa pagkakaibigan ay walang iwanan.Pare kung Sta.Cruz marami akong kilala d’yan.Ito ang mga Apelido=Monsalud,Mose,Medrano,Abalos,Maniago,Mejia,Mitra,Misa Miraflor,Tongson,Rivera,Montejo.Iyong dating COMELEC Commissioner na Cesar Miraflor ay tiga Sta.Cruz.May tumama ba?
biro ko lang ‘yung pangungutang dahil takot ako d’yan. ayoko ‘yung meron akong inaalalang maaaring hindi ko mabayaran.
Mrivera;
Ito ang barangay ng Sta.Cruz,Lucapon,Lipay,Baito,Bolitoc,Malabago,Guisguis,Lipay,
Babuyan,Bangkol,Bulawon,Biay,Gama,canaynayan,ginabon,lomboyPAMONARAN,naulo,pagatpat
Cocoy:
Ikinararangal kong tanggapin ang alok ng pagkakaibigan. Aasa rin akong isang araw ay makadaupang-palad kita sampu ng ating mga kaibigan dito.
Hindi ako maalam ng Chavacano. Sa mataas na lupa kasi ng Indang nagmula ang angkan namin. Ang punto sa amin ay halos kagaya ng sa Batangas.
“Legs nga lang ni Chi haba na puti pa,kaya naingit siya dahil tumatanda na siyang matrona ay di pa siya nakakapag asawa”
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E mahilig naman pala kayo sa maputi’t mahaba na legs e. E pano ba yan? Ang karaniwan na legs ng Pinay e maitim at maikli?
Kunwari pa kayong maka-Pinoy, e colonial mentality lang pala ang taste niyo e.
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sleeplessinmontreal said on:
March 7th, 2007 at 2:49 am
Mr. Hindinapinoy
“Ang topic po ay a TRUE FILIPINO. Huwag na muna ninyong ipasok ang marcos or erap.
ayos lang na ipasok yan, para lalo nating maunawaan ang FILIPINISM noon na isinusulong ni FM!
Isang bansa Isang Diwa!
Pero pagmamahal ba ang laitin mo ang lahi mo? Kaya nga sabi ko, buti na lang ako may lahing hapon—dahil no way will I allow this creep (not dude) to insult my Filipino me!!!
pareng cocoy, sa lucapon nakatira ang pamilya ng kapatid ko. ikinasal siya sa pamilya ebuenga.
And I doubt, Chi, that it is love of country for Filipinos to go overseas, victimize and cause shame to all their fellow countrymen even for the sake of saving their families back home from pverty and hunger.
You have not experienced the kind of reception Filipino women here get because of the pimping of Filipino women by their own government that deploys them to Japan disguised as entertainers complete with those blue books issued by the POEA, but are in fact hostesses cum prostitutes in bars and clubs in Japan. At least, I can hide behind my Japanese face, but I don’t feel good hearing Filipinos being called derogatorily as “Japayukis,” which actually means prostitutes, and reason why I feel it a grave insult being called “Japayuko.”
I can actually file a case of defamation against anyone calling me thus as a a matter of fact. It is considered criminal in Japan because here is a society where losing face is tantamount to suicide.
It is different, however, from the case filed by the Fatso against legitimate journalists who have every right and duty to publish evidences of his wrongdoings and hunky-punky activities that in more progressive societies would be enough to move the police to carry on a massive investigation to prove their (the journalists’) allegations and eventually bring him to justice.
Unfortunately, most bloggers here use their aliases!!!
Mrivera:
Kilala ko ang mga Ebuenga at ang Lucapon.Small world.Malapit sila sa dagat.Ang mga pamilyang Ebuenga ay sa Candelaria nagsimula.Mayroon din akong punong mangga na pinamimitasan ng libre d’yan.
Pareng Mrivera;
Ang Mayor nila sa Sta.Cruz ay si Consolacion Marty ang Vice Mayor ay Dr.Miguel Maniago.Natuto na ng mag Zambal ang kapatid mo siguro.Pasyalan ko sila pag-uwi ko.Baka ang ngalan ng byenan ay Ben,kilala ko.
Benigno:
Iyong mga kalahi mo lang ang maiitim at maiksi ang binti.Sa lugar namin kapareho ng kay Chi;Itanong mo pa kay Mrivera at nangaling siya doon.
“Benigno:
Iyong mga kalahi mo lang ang maiitim at maiksi ang binti.Sa lugar namin kapareho ng kay Chi;Itanong mo pa kay Mrivera at nangaling siya doon.”
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Hmmm, seems you have something against short and dark skinned people.
And to think Pinoys call Australians racist.
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Benigno;
Ikaw ba ang anak ni Patil?
Benigno;
It’s 2 am in my place matutulog na ako at maghanap ka na ng ibang kamajong mo,huwag ka na lang tumaya uli ng talbog na tseke,ha!
sabi ng nanay ko, anak daw kami ni Goding.
pero dito sa Kamaynilaan terno ang nakagisnan namin ng mga kapatid ko.
BenignO,
Hindi mo ba alam na ang duster pinas ay pwedeng panlinis ng tuktok na ang laman ay puro hangin at libag?! O baka inggit ka lang dahil hindi mo kayang mag-export ng magagandang dusters yari sa pinas!
Excuse me, Ellen. Matanong lang kita ng konti. Nagsusuot ka rin ba ng comfy duster sa bahay? At masama ba kung ang dusters na yaring pinas ay maging export product natin. Kasi, ang mga yaring India ay nagkalat na dito sa US at kumikita sila dito (di ba cocoy?), bakit hindi ang ating duster na mas maganda ang style at texture? E pinaghirapan din namang pag-isipan ng mga modesta at mananahi ang kayarian niyan.
At least ito ay hindi human export na sinasamantala ngayon ng pekeng pangulo to finance her administration.
hi Chi…take care always ha..may mga maligno at bastos sa loop na ito…we dnt want the same thing that happened before with our dear friend…
i feel a little disheartened though, ang mga dapat makilala ay kulang pa rin ng exposure….
Acknowledged, Soleil.
duster, toyo, patis, suka..lahat ng ito ay marangal na pangangalakal at walang dapat ikahiya. ito namang mga kunwa ay “buy pilipino” movement, tingnan ko lang ang loob ng cabinet nila, or even mga laman ng bag nila kung puro pinoy ang gamit nila! being a true pilipino means being pinoy in the heart o kung anong lahi ka man. hindi panlabas na kaanyuan. Ano ang masama kung magsuot ka ng duster? ano ang mali sa pagsuot ng mahal na flip-flop na havaianas o ordinaryong spartan sandal? ano ang masama kung habang nagluluto ka ay gumamit ka ng patis na galing sa thailand, hahaluan mo ng siling labuyo may kasamang kamatis ang karne na prime beef na galing australia? ang pera na ginamit ay iikot na pambayad sa mga manager, driver, trabahante, na iuuwi at ibibigay kay misis na pamalengke, pam-budget sa mga gastusing bahay, pambaon ni junior…na kinaltas ang tax at ibinayad sa BIR,SSS etc..ngayon ang tanong, sa maayos na pamamaraan ba ang pupuntahan ng mga buwis na ito…ang sagot ninyo ang magpapahiwatig kung anong uri napaparoon ang ating bayan at ang ating pagiging pilipino.
chi, nasubukan mo na bang bumili ng indian made clothes na matapos mong labhan ay “umurong” ang haba at “lumapad” ang luwang?
sinubukan ko minsan dito na bumili (pambahay o pantulog)dahil mura. pero inanakay ng surot, nang aking labhan, bigla akong tumangkad pero pumayat!
..pero inakay ng surot, nang aking labhan……
pareng cocoy, minsan ko lang na-meet ang mga biyenan ng aking kapatid and that was in 1991 sa burol ni inay kaya hindi ko gaanong natatandaan ang itsura nila at pangalan. patay na rin sila, matagal na.
baka mapagalitan tayo dito, kung ano na lang pinag-uusapan natin. e-mail mo na lang ako dito:
Mrivera@redseamallproject.com
its always good to look at things at a different perspective. whether in importation of goods and where a local counterpart is said to be in danger. sadly, some people dont see things in a long term basis. puro panakip butas-solution not looking for the cause. we were exporting rice decades ago, the neighboring countries were studying rice here in los banos laguna, where are we in rice production now? why did this happen? bec somewhere along the way, the supposed to be think-tank of economy began to be selfish and just power hungry. we pride on being a call-center mill…ok till when?, we pride of our design and creativity savvy, what happend? the designs are copied by china, vietnam, thailand..or we have people who have no pride but just to earn a living to feed their family?
napaka gandang isuot ang barong..napaka elegante! pina, jusi, gusot mayaman or kahit na polyblend, napaka versatile – formal or informal, malinis tingnan, kahit anong shape,kulay man ng magsuot, bumabagay. the bottom line is, people should never stop learning. people should always be open to improvement. yan ang mahirap sa iba nating kababayan, napakayang! may konting alam akala mo sila na ang pinaka-magaling!..this morning, my husband and i attended an orientation meeting in admu for incoming freshmen..matatawa ka sa ibang magulang na akala mo napakarurunong at napakagagaling kung mamintas at magsalita. being humble and modest is the no one recipe on the road to success.
Mrivera,
And dami kong biniling damit sa Nepal at India ng pumasyal kami doon kasi ay saksakan talaga ng mura. Lahat ay umurong, tanggal ang tahi at butones sa isang labahan lang. Pero ang mga damit ko at sapatos (Marikina) galing pinas ay matitino pa after 4 years.
Tama ka Soleil. The point is not the pinoy products alone. Mas importante kung ang mga buwis na nanggagaling sa mga produktong yaring pinoy o exports/imports ay ginagamit ng wasto ng pamahalaan. Mukhang hhhhmmmm!
alam mo chi….sa tinagal tagal ng taon, ngayong malapit mag-election pinaggagagawa ang mga kalsada, retro-fit ng piping ng mga waterways and sewage, pinta dito, pinta doon (hmmm arthur yap, puro pintura ng tatay mo ang gamit ah!hanep!!! balita ko fav student ka nga ni pandak..maganda naman ang mama mo bakit type mo pangit!!!..sayang, naturingan ka pa namang may laman ang utak pero nagpapagamit ka!!! would you happen to knw anything about joke-joke-joke?)
cocoy Says:
March 11th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Alam ninyo naingit sa duster ni Chi dahil talbog si Benigna sa pigura niya.Legs nga lang ni Chi haba na puti pa,kaya naingit siya dahil tumatanda na siyang matrona ay di pa siya nakakapag asawa.
…Paano mo naman alam iyan tungkol kay Ate Chi? Sabik ko nang makita si Ate. Over here in China (familiar ba), makikinis at mapuputi ang mga legs ng babae dito pero hindi mahaba. Kaya nga ang mga katulong ko kinuha ko sa Shanghai para matataas at long legs. May halo kasi silang Europa. Pero kung minsan mas mainam na iyon maikli ang binti o paa para hindi mahirapan umupo (huwag marumi ang isip niyo ha?). Ano pa man, anong masama sa maliit at maitim basta hindi tulad ni tiyanak. Iyan tiyanak na iyan ang pinakapangit sa Pilipinas. Balita ko pinsan iyan ni benigna.
Ate Soleil, kilala ko si Arthur Yap. Taga Xavier iyan. Mabait na bata iyan. Dala ng pangangailangan ng pamilya dahil sa negosyo kaya kumapit sa Malacanang. Pero kung susuriin mo ang mga cabinet members, isa si Arthur na medyo matino at wala naman masyadong iskandalo. Ang hirap lang kasi kay Arthur sobrang sipsip kay tiyanak, yap ng yap lang.
artsee,
hahhaah! nanghula lang iyang pareng cocoy mo. hayaan mo at papasyalan kita sa mansion mo sa tsina bago bumisita ng pinas para sa tagumpay ni Trillanes.
matalino sik arthur yap pero wala ring sariling paninindigan. kaya palpak din!
Kung pumasyal ka sa akin sana sa summer para naka-short ka ha ate. Hindi siguro hula lang ni Cokecoy iyan puti at ganda ng legs mo. Malakas ang pangamoy ng kuya kong iyan sa Tate. Mantakin mong araw-araw nakakakita siyang mga matataas at mapuputing babae. Pero bakit ang mga Chinese at Hapon maiikli ang mga binti? Siguro dahil magaling sa Martial Arts. Sa Kung Fu kasi ang basic training ay tawag na “horse stand”. Kaya kung napapansin niyo may muscle pa ang mga binti ng Chinese at Hapon.
artsee,
hindi mo ba nabalita kay Tongue na iyong nanalong Miss Pilipinas ay sobrang ganda at brainy din?! sana ay mabait, magalang at matulungin rin sa kapwa pinoy.
kasama sa kultura ng intsik at hapon ang martial arts, kaya pati mga babae ay kahanga-hanga sa larangang iyan.
Ate Chi, hindi naman lahat ng mga Chinese at Japanese na babae mahilig sa Martial Arts, kung Marital Acts este Arts puwede pa. Ikaw, nag-aral ka din ng Tai-Chi ano? Maganda iyan lalo na sa mga may constipation. Kapag problema ang pagdumi, nakakatulong ang ehersiyong Tae-Chi.
Sabi ni australian idol: Hmmm, seems you have something against short and dark skinned people. And to think Pinoys call Australians racist.
FYI, Pinoys doesn’t have the political correctness crap that you practice. The words nognog, layput, tabatsoy, dokling are frequently used but we don’t find it derogatory or offending dahil hindi tayo balat sibuyas na katulad ninyo diyan sa ozi. I still stand on my word in calling most australians racist as where can you find a place where the word “nigger” is used to name an athletic stadium? http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/29/1038386312380.html
Sabi ni australian idol: Hmmm, seems you have something against short and dark skinned people. And to think Pinoys call Australians racist.
Where can you find a place where the word “nigger” was used to name an athletic stadium? Where else? In Australia!
“Gago din ano? Nagmamagaling palpak naman. Puede ba doon na lang maglecture sa mga katulad nilang insultador!”
Wow, nagsalita ang hindi insultador!
Palpak? It takes one to know one!
Bato-bato sa langit. Ang tamaan na magagalit, PIKON.
To Diwata:
“Majority of pinoys are so emotional… mas nauunang gumagana ang damdamin bago ang isip!”
Proof – 99.9% of the bloggers here are like that!
“Unfortunately, most bloggers here use their aliases!!!”
Asus, yung mga nagbibigay ng kanilang true names AY HINDI RESIDENT DITO SA ‘PINAS! Kaya malakas ang loob sabihin ang names nila!
anthony scalia says: “Asus, yung mga nagbibigay ng kanilang true names AY HINDI RESIDENT DITO SA ‘PINAS! Kaya malakas ang loob sabihin ang names nila!”
sigurado ka ba? ako, kilala na ang buong pagkatao ko sa blog na ito, kaya dahan dahan ka nang pagsasalita.
ang mga isyung kabulukan sa administrasyon ang binabatikos dito, at hindi ka kasali doon. nirerespeto kung anuman ang ‘ikamo’y ginagawa mo para makatulong sa iyong mga sinasabing natutulungan na hindi magampanan ng pamahalaan na sabi mo rin ay hindi mo kinikilingan subalit ayaw mong mapulaan. aminado ka ring nandaya pero tinatanggap at ipinagtatanggol mo pang mas maige na ang nakaupong kahit nandaya ay mas may magagawa.
anong katwiran ‘yan? at, ano ka ba talaga?
Mrivera,
ganyan talaga ang mga naka-hood.
gaya ng ipinakita ko noon sa pinanggalingan ko na e-groups, marami ang namuhi sa akin dahil nagsasabi ako ng totoo.
itong ginagamit ko na handlename dito ay syang nag-i-spam sa akin.
pero sigurado ako na nag-krus na tayo ng landas noon, dahil full name ako kung gumawa ng email at hindi mga aliases.
To Mrivera:
“sigurado ka ba? ako, kilala na ang buong pagkatao ko sa blog na ito, kaya dahan dahan ka nang pagsasalita”
Hiramin ko nga ang isang phrase mo – “ano ka ba talaga?”
wisdom? ikaw ang kumakain ng sarili mong suka at mahilig kang lumagay sa para bang napakataas mo na kesa kalagayan ng iba.
“The words nognog, layput, tabatsoy, dokling are frequently used but we don’t find it derogatory or offending dahil hindi tayo balat sibuyas na katulad ninyo diyan sa ozi.”
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On the contrary, a noted consulted once described how pathetically onion-skinned Pinoys are. Check it out here:
http://www.apmforum.com/columns/orientseas48.htm
Excerpt:
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Basic books on Filipino culture (and a number of Pearl columns) emphasize just how sensitive Filipinos are and how important it is to avoid open criticism. I would refer you to such sources as Alfredo and Grace Roces’ Culture Shock! Philippines, Theodore Gochenour’s Considering Filipinos, or any of F. Lando Jocano’s excellent intercultural books (in particular Filipino Worldview: Ethnography of Local Knowledge and Working with Filipinos: A Cross-Cultural Encounter.)
While I am always conscious of this issue in interpersonal relationships in the Philippines, I hadn’t really thought that much about how it plays out in the broader context of intercultural debate. Now, however, the bruises incurred in the battles described in “1. The Facts” have made me acutely aware of how much Filipinos hate being criticized and (especially) how much they hate foreigners (or other Pinoys for that matter) being critical of the Philippines.
It’s not much of a stretch to refer to it as an “onion skin” mentality.
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ang pagtuturo sa isang tao upang ipamumulat ang kanyang mga pagkukulang, makabubuting akayin siya nang maayos at isaisahin ng mahusay ang alinmang kanyang dapat matutuhan at huwag nang ipamumukha ang kanyang KATANGAHAN at KAMANGMANGAN.
alalahanin ding walang sino man sa mundong ibabaw ang isinilang na NAGTUTURO na sa balana ng dapat nilang matutuhan.
lahat tayo ay sumaisang maliwanag na UHA ang unang tinuturan!
Aren’t Pinoys lucky to have a thick-skinned Pinoy in Benigno, eh?
Hindi thick-skinned si benigna, ate, Walang skin iyan.
BenignO,
kung papipiliin ka sa Tennis, sino ang gusto mo?
Serena, Venus Williams, Patrick Rafter o Pat Cash? o Mark Philippoussis? ….aaaammmmiiiinnniiinnnn?
alam ko si artsee, mahilig sa magkapatid yan!
basta ako ang pipiliin ko si Felix Barrientos(Mr.Research-Analyst) at si Adam Malik(Remember Roland So)?
Saka na si Tim Henman pang Wimbledon lang yan!
To Mrivera:
“wisdom? ikaw ang kumakain ng sarili mong suka at mahilig kang lumagay sa para bang napakataas mo na kesa kalagayan ng iba”
ooops. wisdom really tells me to shut up.
Pero isa lang. Alam mo ba na IKAW LANG ang nagsasabing “para bang napakataas mo na kesa kalagayan ng iba”? Di tulad ng mga comment mg lahat kay benignO na pare-pareho?
Alam mo, nasa talakayan tayo dito sa blog na ito. Nagdi-discuss.
Kung hindi ka handang masapawan o masupalpalan…
Kung hindi ka handang i-consider ang ibang pananaw…
Kung hindi mo handang tanggapin na meron talagang kokontra sa ideya mo…
Kung hindi mo handang tanggapin na may kikilatis at may gigisa sa ideya at pananaw mo …
Eh huwag mo nang sayangin ang oras mo sa pagblo-blog dito. Hindi ka pa handa sa totoong demokrasya. HINDI KA PA HANDA SA FREE-FLOW OF IDEAS.
Tandaan mo. Hindi ako unang gumamit ng ad hominem. I try to stick to the issues. Kung may patama ako sa person ng blogger, dahil sya ang naunang tumira sa person ko.
“Tandaan mo. Hindi ako unang gumamit ng ad hominem. I try to stick to the issues. Kung may patama ako sa person ng blogger, dahil sya ang naunang tumira sa person ko.”
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Pasensya ka na Mr. Scalia. You’re barking up the wrong tree. Most Pinoys can’t really grasp the difference between sticking-to-the-issues and argumentum ad hominem. The concept of progressing a debate via the process of testing thesis vs. anti-thesis is a Western concept which traces its origins to Aristotelian philosophy. As suich, it is alien to the Pinoy mind.
Just thought I’d remind you so you don’t waste bandwidth on little minds. 😉
To benignO:
“Just thought I’d remind you so you don’t waste bandwidth on little minds”
Noted, with thanks.
Nakaka-frustrate lang kasi. Mga taong nagi-invoke ng freedom of speech, tapos pag nasupalpal o may kumontra namemersonal.
sabi ni anthony scalia:
HINDI KA PA HANDA SA FREE-FLOW OF IDEAS.
ad hominem?
are you referring to the internet of Nairobi?
ako? hindi handa sa malayang daloy ng talakayan?
anthony scalia, balikan mo ang lahat ng posts mo dito kung ano ang palagi mong sinasabi nang paulit ulit at pabalik balik na gustong mong diktahan ang lahat ng bloggers na kontra sa ninang mo.
minsan kitang tinanong nang maayos at walang halong intriga o anuman, pero paano mo sinagot at ibinalik sa akin ang lahat? PASARKASTIKO!
wala akong karapatan upang ikaw ay sansalain sa lahat ng ibig mong iparating sa sinuman dito, pero ito lang ang pakalimiin mo – sa sinasabi mong pagtatalak ng mga bloggers ditong isinusuka ang kawalanghiyaan ni gloria, hindi ikaw ang pinatutungkulan kaya wala ka ring karapatan upang sila (o kami) ay pigilan.
kung ayaw mo ring makabasa ng mga hindi mo gustong sinasabi laban sa iyong ipinagmamalaking mandarayang presidente, alam mo na kung saan ka dapat pumunta.
Mrivera,
may pasakalye na naman si anthony scalia dun sa kabilang folder na “RP under Arroyo is most corrupt in Asia”
March 14th, 2007 at 11:07 am
at heto ang reply ko sa kanya(March 14th, 2007 at 11:47 am):
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ayan ka naman anthony pasakalye, umandar na naman ang pagkamuhi mo.
Binay na naman!
SI GLORIA MACAPAGAL PIDAL ARROYO ANG TUNAY NA ISYU NG BANSA!
ang pandaraya noong 2004 eleksyon at pambabastos sa nakararaming bumoto kay Erap noong 1998 ang original na isyu!
Nasaan ka noong January 2001?
Baka pumanig ka na rin kay Migz, na isa ring bastos na nagsabi na noong 1998 pa ay isinusulong na nila ang pagpapatalsik kay Erap?
Saan ka nakakita na ang gusto ng nakararaming sambayanan ay sinasalsalaula, binabastos at nilalapastangan!
kahit na nandaya ay panalo pa rin!
onli inda stong repablik of gloriA$$!
Ano tingin mo sa mga Masang Pilipino?
To nelbar:
“ayan ka naman anthony pasakalye, umandar na naman ang pagkamuhi mo.
Binay na naman!”
so?
“SI GLORIA MACAPAGAL PIDAL ARROYO ANG TUNAY NA ISYU NG BANSA!”
sa iyo siguro, sya ang isyu.
“ang pandaraya noong 2004 eleksyon at pambabastos sa nakararaming bumoto kay Erap noong 1998 ang original na isyu!”
Erap deserved his fate. Pasalamat nga sya di sya natulad kay Ceausescu ng Romania.
“Nasaan ka noong January 2001?”
Alam ko nasa Pilipinas ako. Eh ikaw, alam mo kung nasaan ka nun?
“Baka pumanig ka na rin kay Migz, na isa ring bastos na nagsabi na noong 1998 pa ay isinusulong na nila ang pagpapatalsik kay Erap?”
Migz who?
“Saan ka nakakita na ang gusto ng nakararaming sambayanan ay sinasalsalaula, binabastos at nilalapastangan!”
“kahit na nandaya ay panalo pa rin!”
Noted – ‘ika nga ni Sen. Kiko
“onli inda stong repablik of gloriA$$!”
Noted – ‘ika nga ni Sen. Kiko
“Ano tingin mo sa mga Masang Pilipino?”
Niloloko ng mga tulad ni Binay at Erap
To nelbar:
“ad hominem?”
No
“are you referring to the internet of Nairobi?”
No, baka ikaw.
payat ang pag-iisip mo anthony scalia
galing ako sa state U,
ikaw saang ka galing?
magsama kayo ni Tony Mo?
magtayo kayo ng sugalan na lotto!
ipinagtatanggol mo ang mga kauri mo?
nag ma-masters ka pa? ako dito lang sa blog!
yung mga ideya mo, pera lang ang katapat dahil may pinagsisilbihan ka, diba?
To Mrivera:
“ako? hindi handa sa malayang daloy ng talakayan?”
denial king ka talaga
“anthony scalia, balikan mo ang lahat ng posts mo dito kung ano ang palagi mong sinasabi nang paulit ulit at pabalik balik na gustong mong diktahan ang lahat ng bloggers na kontra sa ninang mo”
‘PINIPOGILAN’ should be PINIPIGILAN…
anthony scalia Says: “YAN ANG HIRAP SA YO EH. WAG MO AKONG ITULAD SA YO. AKO KAYA KONG MAGBASA NG ANTI-GMA STATEMENTS AT NG KAHIT ANONG KONTRA SA PANANAW KO.”
owwww?! kung kaya mo hindi ka magtatatalak na ang alam lamang gawin ng mga bloggers dito ay magtatalak.
katwiran ng PIKONG BAKLANG LAOS!
Huwag mo ng pansinin yan Mrivera.
kailangan na matuto tayo na ikontrol ang emosyon natin.
ito lang naman ang maibabahagi natin sa blog ni ellen.
ang hwag tayong pamarisan ng iba ng pagkakalat dito sa bahay niya!
nagpapasalamat ako at pinatuloy tayo ni ellen dito ngunit ang hindi ko matanggap ay iyong duon sa kabilang folder na mga OFW.
maayos ang usapan duon at ang maitutulong natin sa mga kababayang nasa abroad ay makabuo ng kaisipan at ideya na maipahahatid sa kinauukulan.
mga kabansa kong OFW, ipagpaumanhin ninyo
ang tunay na isyu sa bansa natin ay si GLORIA MAKAPAL PIDAL ARROYO!
mandaraya! magnanakaw! sinungaling!
patalsikin! arestuhin! pagbayarin!
now na!
“DAHIL LUMALABAS NA RIN ANG KATOTOHANAN – NA LAHAT KAYONG ANTI-GMA BLOGGERS DITO, AY HANGGANG DOON LANG (SIPAIN GMA) ANG NAKIKITA!”
Anthony:
Hindi naman siguro LAHAT… Maaaring hindi lamang ito ang tamang talakayan upang ipahayag ang pananaw ng mga manunulat dito sa kung ano ang kanilang nakikita sa hinaharap.
Sa pananaw ng karamihan namin dito, isa si GMA sa mga malalaking balakid tungo sa pag-unlad, hindi lamang sa katayuang pangkabuhayan kundi pati na sa pangkalahatang katayuan ng Pilipinas bilang bansa.
Ang pagnanais ng magandang bukas para sa bansa ay maipahahayag sa iba’t ibang anyo at pamamaraan. Maaaring magkasalungat at ating mga paniniwala, ngunit iisa ang pangarap natin.
“SIGE NGA, MAKAKAGAWA KA BA NG TRABAHO SA PAGTATATALAK!”
Tama ka, hindi nga makalilikha ng hanapbuhay ang pagtatalak. Kaya lang, hindi rin titino ang pamahalaan at ang sambayanan kung walang tatalak. Ang pitak na ito ay maliit na bahagi lamang ng pagtalak na naglalayong ipakita ang mga kamalian, namamahala man o ang pinamamahalaan, kaya sahan na natin ang talakan, este, talakayan dito.
Sa isang sulok ng kaharian, kailangan ding may magsabi sa Emperador na siya ay nakahubad….
“kaya sahan na natin ang talakan, este, talakayan dito.”
Ang ibig kong sabihin:
“…kaya asahan na natin ang talakan, este, talakayan dito.”
To nelbar:
“kailangan na matuto tayo na ikontrol ang emosyon natin.”
korek
nelbar, natatawa na nga lang ako.
kung ako ma’y napipikon (sino ba ang hindi?) ‘yun ay para sa sarili ko dahil hindi ko mapigilang hindi sasagot kapag sa pakiramdam ko ay sobra na ang pagmamagaling ng mga nagmamagaling sukdulang ipaimbulog ang sarili na ang tingin sa iba ga hanip na lamang dahil sa tayog ng kanilang niliparan.
To Ka Enchong:
“Kaya lang, hindi rin titino ang pamahalaan at ang sambayanan kung walang tatalak”
true. pero panahon pa ni marcos tayo nagtatatalak, wala ding nangyayari. dalawang dekada ng pagtatatalak. di kaya senyales na yun na baguhin natin ang approach natin?
kung gusto nating tumino ang pamahalaan, dapat matitino ang mga nakaupo. at para matitino ang nakaupo, kelangan ng intelligent voting. sorry to say, pero yung mga nagugutom ay iboboto ang sinumang maglalagay ng laman sa tiyan nila kahit di karapat-dapat iboto. at to ensure na busog ang tiyan ng mga voters, kelangang bigyan sila ng livelihood. to give them livelihood, they must be trained/educated.
umunlad ang japan, korea, taiwan. ano ang ginawa nila? one thing for sure ang di nila ginawa – ang magtatatalak
“Sa isang sulok ng kaharian, kailangan ding may magsabi sa Emperador na siya ay nakahubad….”
Totoo, pero wala pang isang daang libo ang kanyang nasasakupan. Okay, the emperor wears no clothes? What next?
To nelbar:
“payat ang pag-iisip mo anthony scalia”
ikaw din
“galing ako sa state U, ikaw saang ka galing?”
pareho tayo
“magsama kayo ni Tony Mo?”
hindi. kayong dalawa siguro
“magtayo kayo ng sugalan na lotto!”
tell me how
“ipinagtatanggol mo ang mga kauri mo? ”
takes for the reminder na kelangang ipagtanggol din kita.
“nag ma-masters ka pa?”
yes
“ako dito lang sa blog!”
noted
“yung mga ideya mo, pera lang ang katapat dahil may pinagsisilbihan ka, diba?”
bakit, kaya mong bayaran? ikaw, di ko kayang bayaran ang rate mo. inggit nga ako sa iyo eh. you have the very deep pockets of erap and his cronies.
wag kang magmalinis dahil wala kang pinag-kaiba sa ina-accuse mo sa akin – nasa payroll ka rin ng iba
Anthony:
“true. pero panahon pa ni marcos tayo nagtatatalak, wala ding nangyayari. dalawang dekada ng pagtatatalak. di kaya senyales na yun na baguhin natin ang approach natin?”
When an infant starts learning how to walk and stumbles after a few steps, do we tell him to give up? Dalawang dekadang walang nangyari, suko na tayo? Wala na ngang mangyayari. Pwede rin namang ituloy ang talak habang nag-iisip at sumusubok ng mga bagong paraan.
“kung gusto nating tumino ang pamahalaan, dapat matitino ang mga nakaupo. at para matitino ang nakaupo, kelangan ng intelligent voting. sorry to say, pero yung mga nagugutom ay iboboto ang sinumang maglalagay ng laman sa tiyan nila kahit di karapat-dapat iboto. at to ensure na busog ang tiyan ng mga voters, kelangang bigyan sila ng livelihood. to give them livelihood, they must be trained/educated.”
Sang-ayon ako rito. Kaya lang, who’s going to train/educate these hungry bunch?
Huwag na nating asahan ang gobyerno dito, it can’t even be a good example. The rationale behind the “Let’s move on” platform of GMA is much like saying there’s nothing wrong with an examinee who cheated, he could have passed the exams without cheating, anyway (Remember GMA’s defenders moving heaven and earth just to prove that even if questionable returns were disregarded, she would have won, anyway? Remember them repeating this mantra even after GMA’s now famous “I am sorry” speech?
Let us, in our own little ways, help in training/educating the hungry so they’d vote with their heads, not with their stomachs. It may be very difficult, but it can be done.
“umunlad ang japan, korea, taiwan. ano ang ginawa nila? one thing for sure ang di nila ginawa – ang magtatatalak”
Dito, medyo magkaiba tayo ng pananaw. Sigurado akong nagtatalak din ang mga ‘yan. Dininig nga lang sila ng mga tinalakan nila. Minsan, maganda rin ang gobyernong balat-sibuyas- nahihiya kapag dumaing na at nagtatalak na ang mga boss nila- ang mga taumbayan. Ilang presidenteng Koreano na ba ang nahatulan at nakulong dahil sa katiwalian? Ilang Prime Minister na ng Japan ang nagresign dahil hindi sang-ayon ang marami sa kanilang ginagawa? Nangyari ang mga ‘yan dahil “tumalak” ang bayan. Taiwan? Hindi nga yata uso ang talakan d’yan. Yung Congress nila, madalas mapagkamalang “boxing ring”, kaya, imbes magtatalak, nagsusuntukan na lang sila.
“Okay, the emperor wears no clothes? What next?”
A well-meaning loyal subject should tell the emperor that he’s naked, and help him dress up for the parade. If the emperor insists that he has his imperial garb on and threatens his loyal subject with death, what next? Just lie down and wait for the naked emperor to pull the trigger?
To Ka Enchong:
“When an infant starts learning how to walk and stumbles after a few steps, do we tell him to give up?”
At the latest, an infant can walk at age 18 months!
Sa palagay mo, si Binay ba ay mahusay na mayor? Dalawang dekada na sya sa Makati, marami pa ring squatters! May widespread poverty pa rin sa Makati! Wala syang kinalaman sa development ng business and shopping districts. Marami nang schools, may university pa, libre sine and medical care sa Makati Med? Naku, with all the resources of makati at his disposal, that’s the least he can do.
“Sang-ayon ako rito. Kaya lang, who’s going to train/educate these hungry bunch?”
Kung hihintayin pa natin ang gobyerno para gumawa nito, walang mangyayari. Dalawang dekada na nating hinihintay umkasyon ang gobyerno dito, pero wala pa rin.
Kaya ang sagot sa tanong mo – tayong lahat. Mas maigi pang pagtuunan ng private citizens yan, kaysa magtatatalak.
Makes sense, di ba? Alin ba ang may sure return of investment – pagtatatalak or the massive education/training of our kababayans who need them?
‘ika nga ng isang sikat na saying sa UP – “kung hindi tayo kikilos, sino ang kikilos? Kung hindi ngayon, kailan?
“Let us, in our own little ways, help in training/educating the hungry so they’d vote with their heads, not with their stomachs. It may be very difficult, but it can be done”
Yes, collectively, it can be done. One thing is sure, it can’t be accomplised by “PATALSIKIN NA NOW NA”
“Dito, medyo magkaiba tayo ng pananaw. Sigurado akong nagtatalak din ang mga ‘yan. Dininig nga lang sila ng mga tinalakan nila. Minsan, maganda rin ang gobyernong balat-sibuyas- nahihiya kapag dumaing na at nagtatalak na ang mga boss nila- ang mga taumbayan”
True.
“Ilang presidenteng Koreano na ba ang nahatulan at nakulong dahil sa katiwalian?”
True. Korek.
Pero take note, Korea was already an economic miracle when those resignations happened!
“Ilang Prime Minister na ng Japan ang nagresign dahil hindi sang-ayon ang marami sa kanilang ginagawa? Nangyari ang mga ‘yan dahil “tumalak” ang bayan”
True. Korek.
Pero take note, Japan was already an economic superpower when those resignations happened!
“Taiwan? Hindi nga yata uso ang talakan d’yan. Yung Congress nila, madalas mapagkamalang “boxing ring”, kaya, imbes magtatalak, nagsusuntukan na lang sila”
Napaka-advanced naman nila economically! Even as recent as 1975, medyo mas angat pa ang ‘Pinas sa Taiwan. In less than two decades, we are eating their dust.
Mamili na lang tayo. Saan ba tayo dapat mag-concentrate, dahil isa lang ang kaya nating i-major (parang college):
ang pagtatatalak o job creation?
(job creation entails many things – matching skills, skills training, education, spreading economic activity outside Metro Manila to the countrysides, helping make returning OFWs entrepreneurs, etc)
Dapat, hanggang minor subject lang ang pagtatatalak.
Siguro, if our country is as rich as Taiwan or Korea already, then puwede na tayong magtatatalak 24/7. Dahil di na problema ang sikmura, we can move on to other problems.
“A well-meaning loyal subject should tell the emperor that he’s naked, and help him dress up for the parade.” ”
Then why don’t we just help the present government move on?
“If the emperor insists that he has his imperial garb on and threatens his loyal subject with death, what next?”
At that context, the subject feels he is dispensable.
“Just lie down and wait for the naked emperor to pull the trigger?”
I don’t know. Subjects fell they are dispensable at the hands of the emperor, kaya, probably, the subject could lie down and wait for the pulling of the trigger.
But if the subject has an alternative garb, he can convince the emperor that his alternative garb is much much better than the ‘naked cloth’ he is wearing.
Saka take note – if the emperor wears no clothes, the solution is to tell him so, get him to wear real clothes.
Not replacing the emperor.
“Saka take note – if the emperor wears no clothes, the solution is to tell him so, get him to wear real clothes.
Not replacing the emperor.”
but why was erap replaced? FPJ cheated? bro eddie vilanueva’s camp deserted?
tsk. tsk. tsk. where can you catch the fish?
“but why was erap replaced?”
haay, denial king ka talaga. Erap was replaced by the sovereign will of the people. ayun, lumabas din ang katotohanan. maka-erap ka lang kasi. sabi ko na nga ba eh something lies beneath that veneer of righteous indignation – walang pinagkaiba sa G-rand A-lliance of G-enuine O-pposition, “ALIS DYAN, KAMI NAMAN ULI!”
“FPJ cheated?”
di ko alam. baka ikaw alam mo
“bro eddie vilanueva’s camp deserted?”
di ko rin alam. baka ikaw, alam mo
“tsk. tsk. tsk. where can you catch the fish?”
simple. go where the fish are
ikaw ang isdang nahuhuli sa bunganga. at ikaw ang denial king dahil ilang beses mo nang sinabi kung saan ka noon at nasaan ka ngayon.
ako, maka erap? ikaw ang nagsabi niyan. hindi mo yata naiintindihan ang post mo sa itaas o dahil ang empress na hubo’t hubad ay gusto mo lamang laging binobosohan kaya ayaw mong matanggal at mapalitan.
“At the latest, an infant can walk at age 18 months!”
Tama. Pero kung ihahambing natin ang buhay ng tao sa buhay ng isang bansa, baka wala pang isang taon ang Pilipinas. It’s still too early to surrender and start considering the Philippines as a special case.
“ang sagot sa tanong mo – tayong lahat.”
Agree.
“Yes, collectively, it can be done. One thing is sure, it can’t be accomplised by “PATALSIKIN NA NOW NA”
Agree din ako rito, with a little revision:
Yes, collectively, it can be done. One thing is sure, it can’t be accomplised by “PATALSIKIN NA NOW NA” ALONE.
“Sa palagay mo, si Binay ba ay mahusay na mayor? Dalawang dekada na sya sa Makati, marami pa ring squatters! May widespread poverty pa rin sa Makati! Wala syang kinalaman sa development ng business and shopping districts. Marami nang schools, may university pa, libre sine and medical care sa Makati Med? Naku, with all the resources of makati at his disposal, that’s the least he can do.”
‘Sensya na ‘dre, wala akong opinyon kay Binay. Pero, can’t we say the same things about GMA, too? At least, I did not hear Binay praising himself for doing the least he can, the way GMA claims credit for everything right while assigning the blame on the media, the opposition, the left, and the people in general for everything that goes wrong.
What made Japan and South Korea the powers that they were when those resignations happened? Was it purely the absence of “talakan”? Or, was it the presence of a world power too eager impose its ideology in these parts, lest it lose the cold war?
“Napaka-advanced naman nila economically! Even as recent as 1975, medyo mas angat pa ang ‘Pinas sa Taiwan. In less than two decades, we are eating their dust.”
Even as early as 1935, nagtatatalak na tayo. We were already way ahead of Taiwan and South Korea. What happened in 1972? Ipinagbawal ang pagtalak. Kaya, in less than two decades, we are eating their dust.
“Mamili na lang tayo. Saan ba tayo dapat mag-concentrate, dahil isa lang ang kaya nating i-major (parang college):
ang pagtatatalak o job creation?”
Tama ka rito. Mag-major tayo sa job creation. Sino bang nagsabing gawin nating bread and butter ang pagtatalak? 86 million Filipinos (tama ba?), more than half of whom does not trust the government. Sabihin na lang nating 43 million, wala nang tiwala. Out of 43 million, ilan ang tumatalak? Baka wala pang 0.09% ang tumatalak, kasama na tayo sa bilang na ‘yan.
“Saka take note – if the emperor wears no clothes, the solution is to tell him so, get him to wear real clothes.”
Agree- and this is exactly what I said.
But, if the emperor insists that he is already wearing real clothes and tries to kill the loyal subject who was simply telling the truth, maybe it’s about time to REPLACE the emperor.
To Ka Enchong:
“Tama. Pero kung ihahambing natin ang buhay ng tao sa buhay ng isang bansa, baka wala pang isang taon ang Pilipinas. It’s still too early to surrender and start considering the Philippines as a special case”
Look, I have not given up on our country. The point is, we have been focusing on the presidency as the one who will bring us to the promsied land for two decades. Two decades are already shouting to us – the president can’t do it!
“Yes, collectively, it can be done. One thing is sure, it can’t be accomplised by “PATALSIKIN NA NOW NA” ALONE.”
Agreed.
At least, I did not hear Binay praising himself for doing the least he can, the way GMA claims credit for everything right while assigning the blame on the media, the opposition, the left, and the people in general for everything that goes wrong”
As for hearing from Binay – you wont hear from him in the front pages most of the time. Di tulad ni GMA.
As for blaming everybody but herself – agreed.
“What made Japan and South Korea the powers that they were when those resignations happened? Was it purely the absence of “talakan”? Or, was it the presence of a world power too eager impose its ideology in these parts, lest it lose the cold war?”
My point is – Japan and South Korea never became economic powers due to the pagtatatalak ng kanilang citizens.
“Even as early as 1935, nagtatatalak na tayo”
Ano ba yung tinatalakan natinnung 1935? di ko alam yun.
“What happened in 1972? Ipinagbawal ang pagtalak. Kaya, in less than two decades, we are eating their dust”
Sorry to differ, but Korea became an economic power due to its almost dictatorial prediential regime
Saka two decades na wala si Marcos. Di na natin syang pwedeng gawin scapegoat. Bsides, na-restore na ang pagtatatalak in 1986. What did it accomplish? The best democracy in Asia. Never mind if close to half of the population sleep with empty stomachs.
“Out of 43 million, ilan ang tumatalak? Baka wala pang 0.09% ang tumatalak, kasama na tayo sa bilang na ‘yan.”
Point taken.
Konti nga, pero their influence can be tremendous. Ang lakas ng epekto ng paga-agitate.
At the same time, if channeled to other endeavors, like job creation, ang lakas din ng epekto, for the good of many pa.
“But, if the emperor insists that he is already wearing real clothes and tries to kill the loyal subject who was simply telling the truth, maybe it’s about time to REPLACE the emperor”
What? You want to replace the emperor just because he insists on staying naked?
ang tao kahit nakadilat ang mga mata, kung pilit namang sinasabing walang nakikita, kahit ano’ng pagpapamulat ang gawin ninuman, mananatili pa ring nagbubulagbulagan dahil na rin siguro NABABAYARAN.
katulad din ng ipinagtatanggol na mandaraya, sinungaling at magnanakaw, wlang tigil pa ring ipangangalandakan ang mga accomplishment na HILAW!
maliwanag na. nariyan na. nasa harapan na ang problema. pero ang solusyong hinahanap hindi gustong makita.
tanggalin muna ang ugat ng problema at saka sama sama’t tulong tulong na isagawa ang mga nararapat na solusyon at matuto sa mga nagdaang sigwa.
Anthony:
“What? You want to replace the emperor just because he insists on staying naked?? No, replace the emperor for killing him who told him he’s naked.
Ilang ulit na rin tayong nagpalitan ng kurukuro. Nakikita kong mayroong mga usaping iisa ang pananaw natin; mayroon din namang sapat na ang pagkasunduang parehong tama ang paningin natin kahit magkaiba ang mga ito; mayroon ding sadyang hindi natin pagkakasunduan gaano man humaba ng pagpapalitan.
Tungkol kay Aling Gloria, that she’s a foregone conclusion till 2010, okey sa akin yan. Beyond 2010, okey pa rin ba sa iyo? Mahirap kasing umasa na naman sa pangakong susundin niya ang batas sa 2010 kung marami nang ulit niyang tinalikdan kahit ang mga sarili niyang pangako. Mas mahirap umasang susundin niya ang batas sa 2010 kung ngayon pa lang pilit niyang binabago ang batas.
Personally, I am happy with the quality of exchanges we had. We may be espousing different political convictions, yet, we were able to prove that discussions, even debate, can be done without resorting to ad hominem attacks. ‘Yun na nga lang, we may end up resorting to arguing our sides ad infinitum.
We brought our points out in the preceding exchanges. We probably won’t run out of points, and we still can bring them out in succeeding threads. See you there, then.
A true Filipino those who are work without favor, Because being Filipino is a very good of living but as of this day being a filipino is so hard ( dama anf kahirapan) Corruption among our employees and politics they putting down our country but fruitful for them corruptness’s they buy a lots of things they want but the tax payers are losers.
Mahirap ding sabihin ako MISMO ang magbabago, Kung pondo naman ay ninanakaw- kahit saang opisina lahat gahaman.Masasabi ko lang masaya ba sila kinakain nang pamilya nila galing nakaw…
If old fogeys are nostalgic about the “glory” of 1950’s Philippines, maybe their generation should ask themselves how accountable their generation is for turning a country that was once the beacon of progress in East Asia into the basket case that was handed over to our generation.
We should question the whole point of continuing to latch on to the values and belief system of a generation of Filipinos who in their own time not only failed to build a prosperous society, but oversaw its degeneration from a promising ex-colony to the reional laughingstock that it is today.
Like father like son, like son like father.
.. onti nlang mga mkabayan nayon ,,
pero ako nagpa2salamat dahil nging pilipino
ako .. ^_^ .. tc ..
god bless ..
:.don’t loose hope guyz !
remember . We are Filipinos ..
ndi dpat tayo sumusuko agad !
.. keri natin to !
aja !
your speech is very generous at all