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PRESIDENT AQUINO delivered his third State of the Nation Address last Monday, July 23. Getting mostly positive reviews, the President’s speech was reportedly applauded 119 times – or as Niel Tupas and Miro Quimbo would probably tell the media, 345 times.

The President’s speech lasted one and a half hours. It was interrupted 119 times by applause and two times by cough.

Vice President Binay gave President Aquino’s third SONA a rating of 8.5 to 9 out of a possible 10. Senator Lacson gave him an 8.5; Senator Jinggoy, a 9.9 , and both Senator Angara and former President Joseph Etsrada, a 7. With these figures, Malacañang expects a ‘Fresh’ rating from Rotten Tomatoes.

Eastern Samar Representative Ben Evardone described President Aquino’s speech as “a very comprehensive achievement report.” That’s the same description he gave Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s nine SONAs.

The State of the Nation Address also marked the annual gathering of the country’s multimillionaires. That explains the huge sign outside the Batasan Complex last Monday: “Sorry for the inconvenience. Your taxes working for you.”

President Aquino expressed support for the Sin Tax Bill hoping this would help curb vices like alcohol and smoking. Ahm, awkward.

Talking about the justice system, President Aquino said, “If you are guilty, you will be made to pay for your sins, no matter who you are.” And I was like, ‘Ehem, Ronald Llamas.’

The President added, “It is possible for the scales to be set right, and for even the rich and powerful to be held accountable.” Unless your name is Delfin Lee, Ruben Ecleo, or Joel Reyes.

The President also heaped praises on some members of his cabinet. Caught by TV cameras, TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva was all smiles when the President publicly endorsed thanked him.

Reports say the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Philippines is disappointed at President Aquino for endorsing Responsible Parenthood in his SONA. The CBCP says there is no connection between the problems in education and Responsible Parenthood. Either that, or the CBCP had lost connection with reality.

In his third SONA, President Aquino said, “Nothing is impossible.” That was an interesting quote from someone who actually once made a living as a Nike supervisor.

President Aquino also discussed peace in his SONA. He talked about a terrorist who was neutralized, and the MILF’s renewed “trust” on the government. Unfortunately, there was no mention of any concrete plans to forge peace between Annabelle Rama and Amalia Fuentes.

The title of the President’s speech was “Report Kay Boss.” After citing gains, statistics, and making more promises, he ended it with, “Hindi ko ito SONA. Kayo ang gumawa nito.” If all else fails, he’s off the hook.

In Other News
China has established Sansha City, a new municipality in the South China Sea aimed at strengthening its control over disputed islands. The Department of Foreign Affairs says the Philippine government does not recognize the establishment of Sansha City. To which China said, “O, tapos?”

China’s Sansha City in the South China Sea elected its first mayor on Tuesday, July 24.Xiao Jie won the mayoral race against a starfish, a barracuda, and a seahorse.

Sansha City was established on Yongxing Island some 220 miles away from China’s tropical Hainan Island. A number of Americans are reportedly furious at China for doing that. And Beijing was like, “Helllllo, Hawaii!”

Bakit Pag Lumabas Ang Baho, Lumalabas Din Ang Sangkatutak na Sakit?

We humbly seek your understanding for an appeal to allow former pres gloria macapagal arroyo to enjoy some precious moments with her family for the meantime. she is not yet out of danger and still needs close medical attention and supervision. Tomorrow she will check into a facility for alternative medicine until the weekend. On monday, she will resume her four times a week physical therapy session at the veterans memorial medical center. Let us be considerate enough to give her the chance to make up for lost time with her children and grandchildren and let us help her to continue and support her recuperation from her ailment. We wish to convey her appreciation to all those who supported her during these trying times.

                                                            ELENA BAUTISTA HORN

                                  (spokesman and chief of staff of Former President Gloria Arroyo)

Celebration to LIFE

Life loves playing tricks.. One time you're happy next you're sad. Right now, I feel both emotions at the same time.

I'm happy to finally meet the newest member of the family. My brother's second child. Came out yesterday. Certainly a fighter at his young age. Her mom got measles on her first trimester of pregnancy, lost 8 liters of water in the womb before he came out, pooped inside her mom's womb and was a week overdue. Happy to see though that amidst all that, he was a healthy bouncing baby boy.
On the other hand, it is so depressing to know that a young lady, one of my childhood friends finally gave up life and passed away. We've been together for 25 years. Her parents and my parents were best of friends. Her sister and I were also best-friends.
It really is painful to know that after whatever you're going through and whenever you feel everything is going to be alright, here comes death. He will come like a thief.Well, he is after all a thief.
He steals every chance, every happy moment, every repentance, dreams, and life long goals.
From the death of my brother, my dad, my kuya Jonard, my mom, recently my grandma, and now my friend. Death doesn't sting me anymore. I stood up from the depression he gave. Faced the chaos, moved on and fought every battle. Death would never won over me. I've stumbled on his palms several times. He took the people to whom I gain strength. I may encounter more, but I'll continue to face my battle.

From here, I celebrate LIFE.

Ang Tawa Nang Masa (Paalam, Dolphy)

Lumaki ako sa piling ng "Home Along The Riles". 

Sa bawat pagtawa, hindi natatapos ang problema ngunit kahit papano, naiibsan ito nang ngiti at halakhak na dulot nang programa. Habang gumagawa ako noon nang aking takdang aralin, maalala ko pa na nasa harap ako nang telebisyon at nanonood nang telebisyon. Ngiti at halakhak. Ito na marahil ang pamana sa atin ni Tito o Lolo Dolphy.
Namulat ako sa buhay na hindi marangya, hindi naman dukha. Gaya nang "Home Along da Riles, sinasalamin nya ang buhay nang isang ordinaryong mamamayan na nabubuhay nang wala pa sa minimum ang sahod.Sa programang ito, inilalarawan ang buhay nang isang janitor na sumosuporta sa kanyang mga supling na ang tanging sandata ay integridad. Inilalarawan nang isang mabuting ama ang pagiging isang kaibigan.Pinapakita rin sa atin na ang buhay ay hindi lahat nang panahon, tatawa tayo. Pwede ring umiyak..
Lahat tayo ay walang sawang sinubaybayan ang kanyang talambuhay. At sa bawat talambuhay, may wakas. Paalam at salamat sa hari nang komedya.

Gym, Anyone?

Lolz. I think the picture says it all and I know several people who does this. Good thing wifi works with the mobile phone that you carry anywhere you are.

Self in Bloom

Reblogged from littlegirlinaprettybox:

I really appreciate this quote. I would probably pair it with a different image, but the quote is great nevertheless.
I am weird.
I am random.
And I am learning to be who I am.

It’s interesting to consider the places I am most genuine, and what that says about me, about those around me, and about what their expectations are and what my perceptions of their expectations are. To quote The Grinch, it’s all “mangled up in tangled up knots.” I can’t really know who others want to see, but I think I know and generally I try very hard to be who it is they want me to be. I’ve been doing it for so long that I’m not entirely sure I know which parts are genuine and which aren’t.
I’m pretty real at home now. I don’t think I used to be. I am as open as a 24-hour Wal-Mart on my blog… though, like any good business, there are back rooms that the public cannot access. I am surprisingly genuine at work… at least, I am in one direction. I am not a bit shy about skipping and grinning and singing and goofing around (all while working very hard, I assure you) while at work… but on my “off” days, I don’t demonstrate the depth of my “offness.” This is appropriate in a workplace, though. The settings that I find most disconcerting, where I should be myself but am beginning to realize that I am not, is church. I could easily write a very long blog post on this phenomenon (far from an isolated instance, I assure you… it’s common across many, if not most, churches, and most members)… but that is not what I set out to write about. Not at all. For now, I’ll just refer you to the song “Stained Glass Masquerade” by Casting Crowns, if you’re interested. (Music here. Lyrics here.)
Anyway. We all do this to some extent, I’m not saying it is abnormal. But I think that the more people-pleasing and perfectionistic a person is, the more they are likely to lose elements of themselves amidst standard social charades. Am I really who I pretend to be? How many me’s are there?  Who is the core me?
It’s tempting to dismiss this question with a flippant remark, something like: “It doesn’t really matter, stop worrying so much about who you are and focus more on who God is.” Well, yeah, that’s important. And I hope to grow more into His image each day, even each hour. But that doesn’t negate the fact that He has made each of us unique. It would be wrong to ignore our individuality and make no attempt at discovering the person He so painstakingly crafted to be unlike any of the other billions of souls, the one who is as precious to Him as any of His children, yet could be no more loved even if He had no others. We each mean so much to Him. I cannot wrap my mind around it. But I know that if the Lover of my soul delights in my unique being, I should, too.

Initially, this quote made me think primarily of one type of relationship and one type of faking: dating.
It’s easy to think I should present myself in a certain way. I want to get married. I want kids. I want this, I want that. Or at least… I thought I knew what I wanted. But anyway, I want to be loved. We all want that. And I think, “If I am just pretty and polite and soft-spoken and super feminine, and petite and gentle… maybe then he’ll love me.”
I am very few of those things.
I am… what? Well… I am a puzzle. You know the song from The Sound of Music… “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” That’s me. I actually wrote a scholarship essay in high school based around that premise. I am so strange – a jock and a nerd, a social butterfly and a recluse, perfectionistic and appearance-obsessed in some areas, completely unconcerned with aesthetics in others. I could go on and on, but you get the picture. I cannot define myself simply. But I know I am not the single-dimensioned, stereotyped 1950′s housewife that I thought I should be to attract a man who would, basically, give me what I wanted. House. Fence. Yard. Dog. Cat. Kids. And a stable income, so I could stay at home with the children. What I thought I wanted. Before. I’m so glad I didn’tget more of what I thought I wanted before I realized that I didn’t know my own desires at all!
Oh. I’m paraphrasing Sara Groves without realizing it.  She has a song “What I Thought I Wanted” that basically says, “What I thought I wanted, and what I got instead leaves me broken yet grateful.” And that’s so true of the last few years of my life.

The point is: I need to keep learning to be myself. Because that is the person who will attract the person who will love me. Love ME, not the person I am pretending to be. And I don’t just mean a man, not just a husband… just… people. I want to be around people who love the real me, and who feel secure enough in my openness and genuine love for them to show me their real selves in return.
And what I’ve been realizing, as I open myself to those around me, is precisely that. People love those they can know. Isn’t that true? My best friends are those I know best, those I feel I understand inside and out. How can I expect to be counted among another’s loved ones if I never let anyone know me? Hiding or playing hard to get really doesn’t get one anywhere worth being. Pretending to be someone you’re not is worse, pushing you further from where you’d like to be and ought to be.

And even if I can fake it well… what’s the point? I’d have to keep faking it to keep the masquerade going, and that’s exhausting. And foolish. Why try to make someone love a mask, rather than the real me?

So, maybe, as I unselfconsciously unfurl my tight little Sarah-bud, someone will take notice… and they will see a young woman they want to get to know better, but never would have noticed if she hadn’t opened and blossomed. 
And if not? Oh well. I want to get to know her.

Senate Building for Rent

Whew. All the while I thought that the building was owned by the government. So if the government can afford such amount for rental, can't they afford to build a building of their own since we are talking about big cash out here. In my own opinion, with that amount being cashed out every year, they should have saved it by constructing one.





They are thinking of having the post office rented to foreign nationals. Why not use it as a Senate building instead?

Excuse me!

First of all, the Post office building is not too big dahil pag nagbangayan kayo, it will become smaller than you know. The building became useless, nobody is using it but you don't want to use it because of flood?

So you are aware that it get's flooded but is not doing anything about it?

"pwede naman ayusin yan di ba?"

At least you will be able to contribute something to your people.

I hate to say this but I think these officials are just looking for easy way out and that they always prefer their own convenience.

You have people under your care and governance.

For once, please stop thinking about what you can put inside your pocket, stop being a politician and start being a government official.

Or do I smell "money-inside-a-politician's-pocket" here?

Swinging Spiderman

Andrew Garfield gave life to Marc Webb's more detailed, more innovative, more aggressive and more creative Spiderman this 2012.



The first 20 minutes bored me but it gave me at least an idea of his detailed background compared to previous Spiderman films which this part is more often than not, overlooked.

Though Peter Parker is portrayed as a student on this film, he also is not the regular Peter Parker usually bullied. The Peter Parker on this film learned to fight back as a student and learned to bully others as well.

He also was the one who invented his web which was not shown in other media, and he was the one who researched for leggings.

One point though. The storyline from Marvel comics shows Peter Parker as a photo journalist the time he dealt with reptile.

All in all, Andrew Garfield gave justice to the role. The part was well played.

Obvious Child Labor

When will senators and all officials become less political & more of servant leaders?


The NSO's 2011 Survey on Children, released on Tuesday, June 25, showed there are now 5.6 million working Filipino children, 37% more than the 4 million registered in 2001, when the study was last conducted.


Almost 3 million kids aged 5-17 years old are reported to be in hazardous working conditions, defined by the International Labor Organization as "being likely to harm the children's health, safety or morals by the nature or circumstances of the work." 


Funny because we can't see any government official working on it when they see the obvious. 


Sa mga baranggay na lang na wala naman ginawa ang mga official kundii magtambay at magyosi sa labas ng baranggay hall, wala naman silang pakialam kung ang isang bata ay naghahanap buhay gamit ang isang kariton at nangongolekta nang basura. 


Minsan harap harapan naman kasing nangyayari ngunit ang mga opisyal na walang kwenta ang nagbubulagan. 


Sa palengke. Ang nagbebenta nang mga isda at nagbubuhat nang mga paninda ay si kuya. Isang batang walong taon gulang na kagagaling lang sa paaralan. Tanungin mo kung saan ang magulang, ang sasabihin, nasa bahay. 

Sa Baclaran at Divisoria, makikita mo gamit nang dalawa mong mata ang mga batang hindi na nag-aaral bagkus, ang ginagawa ay kumita nang salapi sa pagbebenta nang mga plastic bag. Marami sila doon.


Sa Pasay. bagkasin mo ang kahabaan nang Taft at makikita mo ang hinahanap mo na mga child laborers.


Sa Pier, sa Rizal at sa Payatas.


You see, in the busy streets of Manila alone, everyone can see the obvious. Pati government officials, I doubt kung hindi nila nakikita yan pag sakay sakay sila nang magarang kotse. 


But, Is anybody out their doing something? 


Change should come from the smallest unit. Starting from the family, to the baranggay, up to the highest government official.


However, officials who doesn't care about what's going on in their environment I think they should be liable too. 


When they see the obvious, wala silang pakialam dahil una, wala naman reklamo. Pangalawa, pinapayagan naman daw nang mga magulang at pangatlo, walang media . 


Burn those government officials!


And to think government is planning on moving to UP Diliman. Geez, maganda yan Para may makita tayong action. Student protest and activism is waiting. 


Again, 


When will senators and all officials become less political & more of servant leaders?

Goodbye Lola Dwarda.. :(

Dear Lola Dwarda,

I always taught you as a strong woman. From stories handed from your children to our generation and the next, I have never met anyone as strong and courageous as you in my entire life. The manner you handled matters made me wonder how you manage to do such.

You don’t know part of yourself but you manage to raise my mom and her siblings. You managed to be strong and tough. 

I’m not sure that you know just how much you’ve meant to me and how much I love you. You always scold me but every time you do that I know you are always by my side. 

You were one of the strongest people I know. You have dealt with much emotional and physical pain over the years, yet you never wanted to be a bother to anyone. This I think was part stubbornness, which I got from you, and part selflessness.

Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of times spent with you. The time you won’t allow me to go to school because the sun is not yet up though I’m already late, my science project which made my Grade 3 teacher astonished because it was you who made it, and I remember getting an A+ on that – that was the onion project- and the times that you dig up the lower part of the house in Philex at the time of its construction which is why instead of a little bungalow, we enjoyed a 2 storey house in its place. I always laugh every instance I remember that. 

Lola, you were always trying to give me something, money, food, advice, but you've given me much more than you know. You’ve given me someone who I know I can trust; someone who always loves me no matter what, someone who was always proud of me. You gave me mom and you gave me part of myself.

I am proud of you, lola, for being the person you were. For being strong, for being the head of our family for so long, and for making me laugh. You may seem inconsiderate and too strict at times but those are the memories that me and my cousins lived by. 

Though I prayed for a better health for you, God answered my prayer by hugging you in His arms for the better. Just like what He did to mom. 

Thank you for all the beautiful memories. Thank you for being part of my existence. I love you and I will miss you.

Laughter is the Best Medicine.

Home Along the Riles, Johnny and Marsha, Home Along the River, Home Along the Airport, Idol si Pidol Dobol Trobol and the most recent Father Jejemon are some movies and television shows which marks the signature from the Philippine Comedy King Dolphy.
 

Though age withers, his works and people's memory of him will remain positive. He's always remembered as the man who brought laughter to household. He's always remembered as the person who doesn't overdo things but still leaves a smile to the audience.

For all those laughter and smiles, I can't ask for more.

Nagbigay siya ng mga ngiti at halakhak sa gitna ng mga problema - Charo Santos

He taught us that laughter is the best medicine.

Whatever God's plans are for you, I would like to thank Him for giving us such a wonderful person to live with.

We all hope for the better.

Battle Of The Tablets

More than 2000 years ago,

The 10 Commandments was first published through tablets. Its content and its teaching still exists up to this date.

Earlier today, Microsoft unveils its Surface. So after

Apple's iPad,

Samsung's Galaxy tab,

Android tablets

and infamous Archos tablet, which really didn't make money from the market,

now comes MS Surface in a 3mm keyboard running on Windows 8.

Who do you think will survive as the fittest and who will be eliminated as the unfit?