On Positivism...

Visiting RITM (The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Filinvest, Alabang) is always a pleasure. You get that same feeling upon seeing family and friends, after you think you're about to explode from the daily stressors of your mundane life.

It's just like coming home...

On my second visit, I met Shola Luna. A person of indomitable spirit and a big heart.


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Filipino CNN Hero Efren Peñaflorida

Please support our Filipino CNN Hero Efren Peñaflorida of Dynamic Teen Company.
For a quick vote please go to... http://heroes.cnn.com/confirmvote.aspx?id=06&lang=1

Or check the home page for the selection of the 2009 CNN Heroes.
Thanks!

Ondoy Relief...

Ways for you to share your blessings:

1. Donate in kind
2. Donate cash
3. Most importantly, volunteerism (for sorting, packing, distribution of relief goods, manpower for soup kitchens, evac centers, medical personnel, et.al.)

I have posted some links to help you find the most convenient way for you to help. This is a time to get together and show that the Filipino spirit of Bayanihan is still alive.

Websites:

Ondoy Relief Official Website
http://www.ondoyrelief.org/

Philippine National Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.ph/Site/PNRC/wtd.aspx

Sagip Kapamilya/ABS-CBN Foundation
www.abscbnfoundation.org

ABS-CBN HOTLINE
416-36-41

SAGIP KAPAMILYA
413-2667 / 416-0387
No 13 Examiner Street, Quezon City, Look for Ms Girlie Aragon

Bank: Banco de Oro, Mother Ignacia branch
Acct name: ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.
Acct no.: 5630020111

ABS-CBN Foundation Inc for overseas donation: 1-800-527-2820 or www.abscbnfoundation.org

Routing code for international cash donations
BNORPHMM ABS-CBN Branch

In kind donation:
Drop off sites are at 13 Examiner Street or at Scout Bayona in front of Rembrandt Hotel.

ABS-CBN Foundation US Office Toll-Free 1-800-527-2820

Google Help for Typhoon Ondoy Victims in the Philippines
http://www.google.com/landing/typhoon-ondoy.html

PAWS Philippines
http://www.paws.org.ph/site/1/default.aspx

PAWS has opened its doors for dog and cat evacuees!
Please extend a helping hand to the innocent animals!
You can also help by donating dog/cat food and cages/shelters with roofs.
Address: Aurora Blvd., Katipunan Valley, Loyola Heights Q.C.
Telefax: 02.475.1688

Share your Blessings!

http://www.philippineaid.com/
makes it easier for you to lend a helping hand to the victims of
Tropical Storm Kestana (Ondoy) in the Philippines. Send help to people
in dire need using Pay Pal or your Credit Card.

On Yellow Ribbons...

In Memory of Ninoy and Cory Aquino

"I believe that the vocation of politics must be accepted by those who take up the service of leadership as a vocation in its noblest meaning: it demands 'all of life. For the life of one who would lead his or her people--in our time as never before--such a life must strive for coherence with the vision aspired to, or else that vision itself and its realization are already betrayed.

That vision must itself be present, in some authentic way, in those who seek to realize it: present, in the witness of their example; present, in a purity of heart vis-à-vis the exercise and usages of power; present, in an ultimate fidelity to principle, in a dedication that is ready to count the cost in terms of “nothing less than everything.”

It is Cardinal Newman, I believe, who said that in this world, we do good only in the measure that we pay for it in the currency of our own lives. For us Christians, there is always the image of Jesus, and the price his service demanded of him. And for me there has been, as a constant reminder, the sacrifice my husband offered, and the word that it has spoken, to me and my people."

By Corazon C. Aquino - Oct 1995

Maraming Salamat po!

“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.”
Cory Aquino

Multiligual Learning

This must be one of the dumbest ideas DepED has come up with. Or better yet, the people who have imposed this are half-wits on my dumbest day.

I was watching the news the other day, and some schools in Pangasinan are adapting this policy by teaching in Pangasinense, the local dialect. They claim that this will be more beneficial to the children, since the retention and comprehension is more effective if a local dialect is used as means of instruction.

Ok... Pangasinense is a local dialect... not a language... so how can you justify this methodology by using the Multiligual Learning Policy?

These kids, unknowing victims of stupid law/policy interpreters have a very dark future in the globalization of labor and employment. How can you be globally competitive if your primary means of expression is a local dialect?

Am I looking too far ahead? Hmmm... so what about their competitiveness versus the kids of private schools who learn in English and Filipino? How will these kids qualify for scholarships, quality education, and globally accredited universities if they are so well versed and competitive in a local dialect?

I do not mean to sound like a know-it-all smart ass who finished in a private school. But this is the reality we face... dumbing up the next generation of Filipinos, by short sighted half-wits.

Hmmm... then again, who knows maybe in the next few years, Pangasinense will be the international language... I might be the short sighted asshole after all...

Green Tinted 60's Mind

I was going through my stack of CDs, VCDs, MP3s, and I found Mr. BIG live in Tokyo... Just like opening your first Christmas present... that was the warm happy feeling I had when I saw it.

As most of my friends know, I was always the guitar player type... and Paul Gilbert is one of my favourite guitar players, because he writes, arranges and sings as well.

Of course my sister and I were going gaga over the Glam Rock guys and singing with, then my 8 year old nephew walks in and says... "Why are they all in skinnies and have long hair?"... Hahahaha... come to think of it... if he were a bit older he would say they looked gay... Hahahaha...

I couldn't blame him all the music he knows are from Poison the Well, Walls of Jericho, Kill Switch... and all the post Grunge heavy metal experimental bands.

Hmmm... so in my nephew's eyes, does that mean that Mr. BIG and the rest of the 80s bands are like Pink Floyd and the the rest of the old school bands my Dad used to listen to...

Hmmm... getting older is creeping on me...

Hmmm... What to do?... What to do?...