Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
The Arab Dog vs. the Israeli Dog
My friend, Cora Estrella emailed this to me. Enjoy!!
The Arab Dog vs. the Israeli Dog
The Israelis and Arabs realized that, if they continued fighting, they would someday end up destroying the whole world. So, they decided to settle their dispute with an ancient practice: A duel of two, like David and Goliath. This duel would be a dog fight.
The negotiators agreed each side would take 5 years to develop the best fighting dog they could. The dog that won the fight would earn its people the right to rule the disputed areas. The losing side would have to lay down its arms for good.
The Arabs found the biggest, meanest Doberman's and Rottweiler's in the world. They bred them together and then crossed their offspring with the meanest Siberian wolves.
They selected only the biggest, strongest puppy of each litter, fed it the best food and killed all the other puppies. They used steroids and trainers in their quest for the perfect killing machine. And after the 5 years were up, they had a dog that needed steel prison bars on its cage. Only expert trainers could handle this incredibly nasty and ferocious beast.
When the day of the big dog-fight finally arrived, the Israelis showed up with a very strange-looking animal, a Dachshund that was 10 feet long!
Everyone at the dogfight arena felt sorry for the Israelis. No one there seriously thought this weird, odd-looking animal stood any chance against the growling beast over in the Arab camp. All the bookies took a look and predicted that the Arab dog would win in less than a minute.
As the cages were opened, the Dachshund very slowly waddled towards the center of the ring.
The Arab dog leaped from its cage and charged the giant ''wiener-dog''. As he got to within an inch of the Israeli dog, the Dachshund opened its jaws and swallowed the Arab beast whole in one bite. There was nothing left but a small puff of fur from the Arab killer dog's tail floating to the ground.
The stunned crowd of international observers, bookies and media personnel let out a collective gasp of disbelief and surprise.
The Arabs approached the Israelis, muttering and shaking their heads in disbelief. "We do not understand," said their leader, "Our top scientists and breeders worked for 5 long years with the meanest, biggest Doberman's, Rottweiler's and Siberian wolves, and they developed an incredible killing machine of a dog!"
The Israelis replied. "Well, for 5 years, we have had a team of Filipino plastic surgeons from Vicki Belo working to make an alligator look like a Dachshund."
The Arab Dog vs. the Israeli Dog
The Israelis and Arabs realized that, if they continued fighting, they would someday end up destroying the whole world. So, they decided to settle their dispute with an ancient practice: A duel of two, like David and Goliath. This duel would be a dog fight.
The negotiators agreed each side would take 5 years to develop the best fighting dog they could. The dog that won the fight would earn its people the right to rule the disputed areas. The losing side would have to lay down its arms for good.
The Arabs found the biggest, meanest Doberman's and Rottweiler's in the world. They bred them together and then crossed their offspring with the meanest Siberian wolves.
They selected only the biggest, strongest puppy of each litter, fed it the best food and killed all the other puppies. They used steroids and trainers in their quest for the perfect killing machine. And after the 5 years were up, they had a dog that needed steel prison bars on its cage. Only expert trainers could handle this incredibly nasty and ferocious beast.
When the day of the big dog-fight finally arrived, the Israelis showed up with a very strange-looking animal, a Dachshund that was 10 feet long!
Everyone at the dogfight arena felt sorry for the Israelis. No one there seriously thought this weird, odd-looking animal stood any chance against the growling beast over in the Arab camp. All the bookies took a look and predicted that the Arab dog would win in less than a minute.
As the cages were opened, the Dachshund very slowly waddled towards the center of the ring.
The Arab dog leaped from its cage and charged the giant ''wiener-dog''. As he got to within an inch of the Israeli dog, the Dachshund opened its jaws and swallowed the Arab beast whole in one bite. There was nothing left but a small puff of fur from the Arab killer dog's tail floating to the ground.
The stunned crowd of international observers, bookies and media personnel let out a collective gasp of disbelief and surprise.
The Arabs approached the Israelis, muttering and shaking their heads in disbelief. "We do not understand," said their leader, "Our top scientists and breeders worked for 5 long years with the meanest, biggest Doberman's, Rottweiler's and Siberian wolves, and they developed an incredible killing machine of a dog!"
The Israelis replied. "Well, for 5 years, we have had a team of Filipino plastic surgeons from Vicki Belo working to make an alligator look like a Dachshund."
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
“Paying It Forward” Part IX. “The Farm” aka “Corinthian”
“The Farm” is sometimes also called “Corinthian,” exactly because it is the squalid opposite of the posh Corinthian enclave in Ortigas.
It seems to have been one of the most unforgettable projects undertaken by my CWTS students. Here in excerpts from their reflections on the project, they tell their story.
THE FARM
The Farm is a relatively small lot in Cainta Rizal, home to more than 300 families whose primary source of income is through making “suman”. The lot is actually privately owned by a kind UP alumnus.
A noticeable feature of the farm aside from the unquestionable poverty is the ratio of adult members of the community to the infants in the community. These children are left unguarded by their parents. They could roam free to play and venture anywhere they desire even to the obviously filthy river behind their homes.
A small group of church-based people have undertaken a feeding project & medical missions in the community. Led by Sir Lito Santiago, and his family, they help the residents of this community.
Note: Lito's wife, Jenny and her sister, Ginggay Pajaro are active in the community. Jenny and their daughter Katya among other activities conduct bible study classes among the kids. Ginggay, “Teacher Malunggay” as the kids call her, conducts a feeding program every Wednesday, brings very sick kids to the hospital and has rescued girls abused and pimped by their fathers. Their brother Joao helps fund these activities.
VJVilla.
FPOP
FPOP or Family Planning Organization of the Philippines is a non-profit organization that provides reproductive health service and promotes an advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all Filipinos especially the poor, marginalized, socially excluded and undeserved including the young ones. It is a nationwide organization of professional and community-based volunteers. It can be found in 25 provinces across the country. This organization currently operates 30 Community Health Care Clinics (CHCCs) that provide a range of reproductive health care services. This organization dreams of a world where every woman, man and young person has access to sexual and reproductive health information and services, and sexuality is seen as a natural and precious part of human life and a fundamental human right. The FPOP champions SRHR through advocacy and provision of RH services in partnership with stakeholders at the national, chapter and community levels. The FPOP is also committed to the eradication of HIV and AIDS, and the advancement of the right of everyone to enjoy a sexual life that is free from ill health, unwanted pregnancy, violence and discrimination.
PHASE 1: First workshop on FP and SRH
In our first workshop, our CWTS group and FPOP conducted a seminar to inform the residents of “The Farm” about the significance of Reproductive Health and its impact to their lives. 100 people attended the workshop. The FPOP conducted a series of lectures on Reproductive Health focusing on sexual education/safe sex, the RH bill, physical health, proper care of their body especially on women, proper self-packaging, how to prevent diseases in which a person might get from having sex, how to protect their children from sexual abuse, proper hygiene for all and why we must be a responsible being or parent.
From the group's final report
At the FPOP lectures on RH, hygiene & sanitation
CWTS a Really Tough Experience for Me
I thought it would be a far easier to taking the ROTC program. I thought that CWTS would just be a breeze, sitting through lectures on business and social entrepreneurship inside a comfortable and air conditioned classroom. Surely, CWTS would be easier than crisping up under the rays of the noontime sun and crawling through the challenges and demands of ROTC. I could honestly say now, especially that the experience is almost over, that it has been an exceptionally and quite unexpectedly difficult challenge.
BA CWTS, under the guidance of Prof. Jardiolin-Villa aims to teach its students the values of generosity, self-giving and sacrifice for the less fortunate through business strategies and techniques in a very CBA sort of perspective. This is achieved by all students in groups of ten raising 40,000 pesos in cash or its equivalent in kind, to be donated as a project to any worthy beneficiary. We were given the freedom to raise funds may it be through solicitation, food sales, marketing, events management, or other creative business means. This, in itself, is challenging enough requiring a lot of teamwork, dedication, and plain old elbow grease. It takes an immense amount of determination and an equal amount of creativity to raise this much money as merely UP students with the limited time.
Our beneficiary, a small community in Cainta, Rizal known as “The Farm”, was in dire need of a family planning workshop because of the sheer number of kids roaming around their community. Families consisted of, on average, 2 parents and 5 kids. First-time parents were also quite young. Because of these, our group believed at the start of the semester that holding a series of family planning workshops would be of great help to their community.
BA CWTS really taught me a lot of things. Through my interactions with the people I've encountered, it instilled in me, values of true generosity and self-giving without expecting anything in return – values that have slowly slipped away from me through my two years in college. I have been so caught up with my academic and social life tha I have slowly forgotten what it means to be a true Iskolar ng Bayan – a scholar with a giving heart and open hands.
I have learned and re-learned from CWTS, as a BAA student, that business should not be just about enriching the self, but also enriching the lives of other people, especially the less fortunate. Money should not be kept in one's own pocket. It should be shared with others to promote not only equity, but also the values of love and giving in the society.
Ramon Ma. M. Vinzon
Group Leader
2009-14096
BA CWTS 1-2
At the Multi-purpose Hall provided by a UP alumnus. Look at all those children.
Seeing What Poverty Really Means
It seemed really hard to earn our P40k quota even if we were ten in the group. We were really pressured to know that no group ever failed to accomplish this. I felt really lost as the group was beginning our brainstorming ideas and action plan. That we were from the different colleges gave a different feel to the usual atmosphere and stimulated our creative juices.
Along the way, I discovered a lot of things. When we went to visit the farm, seeing all the people there made me realize what poverty really means, not just how it is defined in the classroom. The things we study in economics mean nothing to these people. I also learned about the RH bill. I also learned from the lectures and also learned from some of the people's experiences about family planning. At the end of the workshop, handing out food and medicines, the smiles of the recipients filled my heart.
Go, Mikhaela Gabrielle Dy
BA CWTS 1 & 2
UP students at “The Farm” during their medical / RH mission in cooperation with FPOP
What The Oblation Means
I was expecting to learn something related to business. I was right and also wrong. Yes, I learned facts and techniques related to business and corporate life, but I was wrong in thinking that it was just all that. As the course title says: Paying It Forward. Living is not just about having a career and gaining money for the self, but also sharing what you have with people who are less fortunate. Not just a choice but a responsibility.
It's our responsibility as a UP student to help them. We need to give back. It is like what the Oblation means for me: “Offering the best of you for the benefit of others.”
Dean Arland D.R. San Diego
BA CWTS 1 & 2
Fundraising, Plus
That every CBA student has to take CBA CWTS made me think that things
would be easy – just give my quota of P4K, done – six units. However, through the course I realized it was a lot more than that. It takes a lot more of doing and labour. My perception of this course was proven incorrect after learning that we have to raise funds for our project by conducting income generating projects, sending solicitation letters, networking, and conducting other fund-raising activities.
I realized that this course does not only help us develop our income generating skills to but also enhanced our creative thinking.
Tansiongco, Adrian Jacob G.
2009-02733
Registering attendance, building a data base. Look at all those children!!
Terrified of our Professor
All I wanted was to finish CWTS and complete my six (6) required unit of service. I
did not know what I was going to be in for.
The first day of classes, I came at exactly 9. I was terrified of our professor who
scolded students who came late. But then, after a while I realized how compassionate she
was and that all she wanted was to discipline us and prepare us for the real world.
Krizzel Gonzales
BA CWTS 1 & 2
CWTS, An Easy Way To Earn 6 Units
I thought that CWTS BA was an easy way for me to accomplish the 6-units NSTP. Little did I know that aside from meeting new people, I would be given an avenue to help communities. The experiences I gained after the semester were some I will truly treasure.
One day, being UP students, I know we will be successful in our own ways and when that happens I wish everyone can create means out of their own pockets to help uplift the quality of the lives of the Filipino people. It's about time we became more mindful of the
conditions around us and to take action, not only temporary help but those with long-term effects to help our less privileged countrymen.
Maria Theresa C. Dizon
BA CWTS 1 & 2
The Benefit Concert
What I heard about this class is, it requires plenty of selling of food, ballers, t-shirts and assorted little goodies. I dreaded the time when I would have to beg my classmates to buy some kind of cookie to reach my quota. That time never came.
We decided to hold a benefit concert at the bar owned by our group leader's family. Instead, I had one of the most amazing opportunities to perform and even expand the limits of the songs I usually sing. Three of us in the group were performers. We decided to make the most of that gift. How could we dedicate the entire presentation to our beneficiaries? I chose certain songs related to our cause, such as Bridge Over Troubled Water and One Song Glory (from Rent).
Soon, the day of the concert was upon us, and I had asked one of my Dad's friends to
back me up by playing the guitar for me. The performance, I feel, came out to be very very exciting and fun for myself, as well as for my audience. Shortly afterward, the very same friend-of-my-Dad came to me and volunteered to donate some medicines for our medical mission. I was overjoyed to hear this. Being a CBA student gave me the courage to face the world from a Marketing standpoint, and my God-given gift gave me the ability to reach out to people and move them to support this worthy cause. At the end of the day, I couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Christopher Gerard G. Yu
BA CWTS 1-2
It seems to have been one of the most unforgettable projects undertaken by my CWTS students. Here in excerpts from their reflections on the project, they tell their story.
THE FARM
The Farm is a relatively small lot in Cainta Rizal, home to more than 300 families whose primary source of income is through making “suman”. The lot is actually privately owned by a kind UP alumnus.
A noticeable feature of the farm aside from the unquestionable poverty is the ratio of adult members of the community to the infants in the community. These children are left unguarded by their parents. They could roam free to play and venture anywhere they desire even to the obviously filthy river behind their homes.
A small group of church-based people have undertaken a feeding project & medical missions in the community. Led by Sir Lito Santiago, and his family, they help the residents of this community.
Note: Lito's wife, Jenny and her sister, Ginggay Pajaro are active in the community. Jenny and their daughter Katya among other activities conduct bible study classes among the kids. Ginggay, “Teacher Malunggay” as the kids call her, conducts a feeding program every Wednesday, brings very sick kids to the hospital and has rescued girls abused and pimped by their fathers. Their brother Joao helps fund these activities.
VJVilla.
FPOP
FPOP or Family Planning Organization of the Philippines is a non-profit organization that provides reproductive health service and promotes an advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all Filipinos especially the poor, marginalized, socially excluded and undeserved including the young ones. It is a nationwide organization of professional and community-based volunteers. It can be found in 25 provinces across the country. This organization currently operates 30 Community Health Care Clinics (CHCCs) that provide a range of reproductive health care services. This organization dreams of a world where every woman, man and young person has access to sexual and reproductive health information and services, and sexuality is seen as a natural and precious part of human life and a fundamental human right. The FPOP champions SRHR through advocacy and provision of RH services in partnership with stakeholders at the national, chapter and community levels. The FPOP is also committed to the eradication of HIV and AIDS, and the advancement of the right of everyone to enjoy a sexual life that is free from ill health, unwanted pregnancy, violence and discrimination.
PHASE 1: First workshop on FP and SRH
In our first workshop, our CWTS group and FPOP conducted a seminar to inform the residents of “The Farm” about the significance of Reproductive Health and its impact to their lives. 100 people attended the workshop. The FPOP conducted a series of lectures on Reproductive Health focusing on sexual education/safe sex, the RH bill, physical health, proper care of their body especially on women, proper self-packaging, how to prevent diseases in which a person might get from having sex, how to protect their children from sexual abuse, proper hygiene for all and why we must be a responsible being or parent.
From the group's final report
At the FPOP lectures on RH, hygiene & sanitation
CWTS a Really Tough Experience for Me
I thought it would be a far easier to taking the ROTC program. I thought that CWTS would just be a breeze, sitting through lectures on business and social entrepreneurship inside a comfortable and air conditioned classroom. Surely, CWTS would be easier than crisping up under the rays of the noontime sun and crawling through the challenges and demands of ROTC. I could honestly say now, especially that the experience is almost over, that it has been an exceptionally and quite unexpectedly difficult challenge.
BA CWTS, under the guidance of Prof. Jardiolin-Villa aims to teach its students the values of generosity, self-giving and sacrifice for the less fortunate through business strategies and techniques in a very CBA sort of perspective. This is achieved by all students in groups of ten raising 40,000 pesos in cash or its equivalent in kind, to be donated as a project to any worthy beneficiary. We were given the freedom to raise funds may it be through solicitation, food sales, marketing, events management, or other creative business means. This, in itself, is challenging enough requiring a lot of teamwork, dedication, and plain old elbow grease. It takes an immense amount of determination and an equal amount of creativity to raise this much money as merely UP students with the limited time.
Our beneficiary, a small community in Cainta, Rizal known as “The Farm”, was in dire need of a family planning workshop because of the sheer number of kids roaming around their community. Families consisted of, on average, 2 parents and 5 kids. First-time parents were also quite young. Because of these, our group believed at the start of the semester that holding a series of family planning workshops would be of great help to their community.
BA CWTS really taught me a lot of things. Through my interactions with the people I've encountered, it instilled in me, values of true generosity and self-giving without expecting anything in return – values that have slowly slipped away from me through my two years in college. I have been so caught up with my academic and social life tha I have slowly forgotten what it means to be a true Iskolar ng Bayan – a scholar with a giving heart and open hands.
I have learned and re-learned from CWTS, as a BAA student, that business should not be just about enriching the self, but also enriching the lives of other people, especially the less fortunate. Money should not be kept in one's own pocket. It should be shared with others to promote not only equity, but also the values of love and giving in the society.
Ramon Ma. M. Vinzon
Group Leader
2009-14096
BA CWTS 1-2
At the Multi-purpose Hall provided by a UP alumnus. Look at all those children.
Seeing What Poverty Really Means
It seemed really hard to earn our P40k quota even if we were ten in the group. We were really pressured to know that no group ever failed to accomplish this. I felt really lost as the group was beginning our brainstorming ideas and action plan. That we were from the different colleges gave a different feel to the usual atmosphere and stimulated our creative juices.
Along the way, I discovered a lot of things. When we went to visit the farm, seeing all the people there made me realize what poverty really means, not just how it is defined in the classroom. The things we study in economics mean nothing to these people. I also learned about the RH bill. I also learned from the lectures and also learned from some of the people's experiences about family planning. At the end of the workshop, handing out food and medicines, the smiles of the recipients filled my heart.
Go, Mikhaela Gabrielle Dy
BA CWTS 1 & 2
UP students at “The Farm” during their medical / RH mission in cooperation with FPOP
What The Oblation Means
I was expecting to learn something related to business. I was right and also wrong. Yes, I learned facts and techniques related to business and corporate life, but I was wrong in thinking that it was just all that. As the course title says: Paying It Forward. Living is not just about having a career and gaining money for the self, but also sharing what you have with people who are less fortunate. Not just a choice but a responsibility.
It's our responsibility as a UP student to help them. We need to give back. It is like what the Oblation means for me: “Offering the best of you for the benefit of others.”
Dean Arland D.R. San Diego
BA CWTS 1 & 2
Fundraising, Plus
That every CBA student has to take CBA CWTS made me think that things
would be easy – just give my quota of P4K, done – six units. However, through the course I realized it was a lot more than that. It takes a lot more of doing and labour. My perception of this course was proven incorrect after learning that we have to raise funds for our project by conducting income generating projects, sending solicitation letters, networking, and conducting other fund-raising activities.
I realized that this course does not only help us develop our income generating skills to but also enhanced our creative thinking.
Tansiongco, Adrian Jacob G.
2009-02733
Registering attendance, building a data base. Look at all those children!!
Terrified of our Professor
All I wanted was to finish CWTS and complete my six (6) required unit of service. I
did not know what I was going to be in for.
The first day of classes, I came at exactly 9. I was terrified of our professor who
scolded students who came late. But then, after a while I realized how compassionate she
was and that all she wanted was to discipline us and prepare us for the real world.
Krizzel Gonzales
BA CWTS 1 & 2
CWTS, An Easy Way To Earn 6 Units
I thought that CWTS BA was an easy way for me to accomplish the 6-units NSTP. Little did I know that aside from meeting new people, I would be given an avenue to help communities. The experiences I gained after the semester were some I will truly treasure.
One day, being UP students, I know we will be successful in our own ways and when that happens I wish everyone can create means out of their own pockets to help uplift the quality of the lives of the Filipino people. It's about time we became more mindful of the
conditions around us and to take action, not only temporary help but those with long-term effects to help our less privileged countrymen.
Maria Theresa C. Dizon
BA CWTS 1 & 2
The Benefit Concert
What I heard about this class is, it requires plenty of selling of food, ballers, t-shirts and assorted little goodies. I dreaded the time when I would have to beg my classmates to buy some kind of cookie to reach my quota. That time never came.
We decided to hold a benefit concert at the bar owned by our group leader's family. Instead, I had one of the most amazing opportunities to perform and even expand the limits of the songs I usually sing. Three of us in the group were performers. We decided to make the most of that gift. How could we dedicate the entire presentation to our beneficiaries? I chose certain songs related to our cause, such as Bridge Over Troubled Water and One Song Glory (from Rent).
Soon, the day of the concert was upon us, and I had asked one of my Dad's friends to
back me up by playing the guitar for me. The performance, I feel, came out to be very very exciting and fun for myself, as well as for my audience. Shortly afterward, the very same friend-of-my-Dad came to me and volunteered to donate some medicines for our medical mission. I was overjoyed to hear this. Being a CBA student gave me the courage to face the world from a Marketing standpoint, and my God-given gift gave me the ability to reach out to people and move them to support this worthy cause. At the end of the day, I couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Christopher Gerard G. Yu
BA CWTS 1-2
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
THE DIFFERENCE
THE DIFFERENCE
This article was emailed to me by my sister Ging Pajaro. Sharing it.
Here is a good article written by Dr. Arsenio Martin of Fort Arthur, Texas (article is circa Nov 2006)
THE
DIFFERENCE
The difference between the poor countries and the rich ones is not the age of the country: This can be shown by countries like India & Egypt, that are more than 2000 years old, but are poor.
On the other hand, Canada, Australia, & New Zealand, that 150 years ago were inexpressive, today are developed countries, and are rich. The difference between poor & rich countries does not reside in the available natural resources. Japan has a limited territory, 80% mountainous, inadequate for agriculture & cattle raising, but it is the secondworld economy. The country is like an immense floating factory, importing raw materials from the whole world and exporting manufactured products.
Another example is Switzerland, which does not plant cocoa but has the best chocolate in the world. In its little territory they raise animals and plant the soil during 4 months per year. Not enough, they produce dairy products of the best quality! It is a small country that transmits an image of security, order & labor, which made it the world's strongest, safest place.
Executives from rich countries who communicate with their counterparts in poor countries show that there is no significant intellectual difference. Race or skin color are also not important: immigrants labeled lazy in their countries of origin are the productive power in rich European countries. What is the difference then? The difference is the attitude of the people, framed along the years by the education & the culture & flawed tradition.
On analyzing the behavior of the people in rich & developed countries, we find that the great majority follow the following principles in their lives:
1.Ethics, as a basic principle.
2.Integrity.
3.Responsibility.
4.Respect to the laws & rules.
5.Respect to the rights of other citizens.
6.Work loving.
7.Strive for savings & investment.
8.Will of super action.
9.Punctuality.
10.And of course...Discipline
In poor countries, only a minority follow these basic principles in their daily life. The Philippines is not poor because we lack natural resources or because nature was cruel to us. In fact, we are supposedly rich in natural resources. We are poor because we lack the correct attitude. We lack the will to comply with and teach these functional principles of rich & developed societies.
If you love your country, let this message circulate so that many Filipinos could reflect about this, & CHANGE, ACT!
Something to be internalized by all right-thinking Filipinos.
This article was emailed to me by my sister Ging Pajaro. Sharing it.
Here is a good article written by Dr. Arsenio Martin of Fort Arthur, Texas (article is circa Nov 2006)
THE
DIFFERENCE
The difference between the poor countries and the rich ones is not the age of the country: This can be shown by countries like India & Egypt, that are more than 2000 years old, but are poor.
On the other hand, Canada, Australia, & New Zealand, that 150 years ago were inexpressive, today are developed countries, and are rich. The difference between poor & rich countries does not reside in the available natural resources. Japan has a limited territory, 80% mountainous, inadequate for agriculture & cattle raising, but it is the secondworld economy. The country is like an immense floating factory, importing raw materials from the whole world and exporting manufactured products.
Another example is Switzerland, which does not plant cocoa but has the best chocolate in the world. In its little territory they raise animals and plant the soil during 4 months per year. Not enough, they produce dairy products of the best quality! It is a small country that transmits an image of security, order & labor, which made it the world's strongest, safest place.
Executives from rich countries who communicate with their counterparts in poor countries show that there is no significant intellectual difference. Race or skin color are also not important: immigrants labeled lazy in their countries of origin are the productive power in rich European countries. What is the difference then? The difference is the attitude of the people, framed along the years by the education & the culture & flawed tradition.
On analyzing the behavior of the people in rich & developed countries, we find that the great majority follow the following principles in their lives:
1.Ethics, as a basic principle.
2.Integrity.
3.Responsibility.
4.Respect to the laws & rules.
5.Respect to the rights of other citizens.
6.Work loving.
7.Strive for savings & investment.
8.Will of super action.
9.Punctuality.
10.And of course...Discipline
In poor countries, only a minority follow these basic principles in their daily life. The Philippines is not poor because we lack natural resources or because nature was cruel to us. In fact, we are supposedly rich in natural resources. We are poor because we lack the correct attitude. We lack the will to comply with and teach these functional principles of rich & developed societies.
If you love your country, let this message circulate so that many Filipinos could reflect about this, & CHANGE, ACT!
Something to be internalized by all right-thinking Filipinos.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
TAWA PO MUNA ! IBA TALAGA ANG PINOY HUMOR. PART II
American : Sir, we got huge order from Russia for 16 inches condoms. I think it is to
embarrass us.
Bush : No problem! Complete the order and mark them SMALL SIZE!**
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A guy picks up a girl for a date.
Why are you wearing your belt around your knee?
Girl: I promised mom that I wouldn't let you touch me below my belt...**
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2 Mental Patients nagsiksikan sa maliit na kama...
Sira 1 : Pare, di tayo kasya. Bawas tayo ng isa, sa lapag ka na lang matulog. (Bumaba sira 1.)
Sira 2 : Ayan, pare maluwag na, akyat ka na dito!
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MISIS : Dear, iligaw mo nga tong pusa. Nakasako na. Dalhin mo sa malayo!
MISTER: Ok!
MISIS : Bakit ka ginabi? Niligaw mo ba ang pusa?
MISTER: Bwisit na pusang yan! Kundi ko siya sinundan, di ako nakauwi!
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PEDRO : Galing ako sa doktor, nakabili na ako ng hearing aid. Grabe ang linaw ngayon nang pandinig ko!
JUAN : Wow, galing! Magkanong bili mo sa hearing aid?
PEDRO : Kahapon lang!
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JUAN : Pare, ang bilis kong nabuo 'tong puzzle!
PEDRO: Talaga? Gaano kabilis?
JUAN : 5 months!
PEDRO : Tagal naman!
JUAN : Tagal ba 'yun? Nakalagay nga dito sa box nya eh: 'for 3 years & up
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AMO : Inday, naalis mo na ba yung mantsa sa barong Tagalog ko?
INDAY : Yes, sir!
AMO : Good! Anong pinang-alis mo?
INDAY: Gunting po, sir!
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AMO : Walanghiya talaga yong asawa ko, nakita kong may kasama na namang ibang babae kahapon!*
Inday Katulong: Hmmp, naku si Manang naman, gusto pa akong papagselosin, 'no?
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Manny : Sobrang dami ng characters wala naman istorya.
Librarian: Kayo pala kumuha ng telephone directory namin!
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Sa sabungan, walang entrance fee ang may dalang panabong. Si Juan para makalibre pumasok may dalang inahin.
BANTAY : (sinisita si Juan) ano yan?
JUAN : (galit pa!) manok!
BANTAY : alam ko, eh bakit inahin?
JUAN : may laban ang mister niya, siyempre moral support bobo!
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GF : magaling! At sino tong baby na nagtext sayo?
BF : ah eh kumpare ko yun! Lalake yun! Baby lang palayaw.
GF : oh eto replyan mo. Hindi daw kayo tuloy at may mens daw ang tarantado!
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embarrass us.
Bush : No problem! Complete the order and mark them SMALL SIZE!**
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A guy picks up a girl for a date.
Why are you wearing your belt around your knee?
Girl: I promised mom that I wouldn't let you touch me below my belt...**
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2 Mental Patients nagsiksikan sa maliit na kama...
Sira 1 : Pare, di tayo kasya. Bawas tayo ng isa, sa lapag ka na lang matulog. (Bumaba sira 1.)
Sira 2 : Ayan, pare maluwag na, akyat ka na dito!
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MISIS : Dear, iligaw mo nga tong pusa. Nakasako na. Dalhin mo sa malayo!
MISTER: Ok!
MISIS : Bakit ka ginabi? Niligaw mo ba ang pusa?
MISTER: Bwisit na pusang yan! Kundi ko siya sinundan, di ako nakauwi!
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PEDRO : Galing ako sa doktor, nakabili na ako ng hearing aid. Grabe ang linaw ngayon nang pandinig ko!
JUAN : Wow, galing! Magkanong bili mo sa hearing aid?
PEDRO : Kahapon lang!
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JUAN : Pare, ang bilis kong nabuo 'tong puzzle!
PEDRO: Talaga? Gaano kabilis?
JUAN : 5 months!
PEDRO : Tagal naman!
JUAN : Tagal ba 'yun? Nakalagay nga dito sa box nya eh: 'for 3 years & up
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AMO : Inday, naalis mo na ba yung mantsa sa barong Tagalog ko?
INDAY : Yes, sir!
AMO : Good! Anong pinang-alis mo?
INDAY: Gunting po, sir!
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AMO : Walanghiya talaga yong asawa ko, nakita kong may kasama na namang ibang babae kahapon!*
Inday Katulong: Hmmp, naku si Manang naman, gusto pa akong papagselosin, 'no?
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Manny : Sobrang dami ng characters wala naman istorya.
Librarian: Kayo pala kumuha ng telephone directory namin!
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Sa sabungan, walang entrance fee ang may dalang panabong. Si Juan para makalibre pumasok may dalang inahin.
BANTAY : (sinisita si Juan) ano yan?
JUAN : (galit pa!) manok!
BANTAY : alam ko, eh bakit inahin?
JUAN : may laban ang mister niya, siyempre moral support bobo!
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GF : magaling! At sino tong baby na nagtext sayo?
BF : ah eh kumpare ko yun! Lalake yun! Baby lang palayaw.
GF : oh eto replyan mo. Hindi daw kayo tuloy at may mens daw ang tarantado!
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Bob Alingog was my student in Marketing at the UP College of Business Administration (UPCBA) in 1970. I am so very proud of him.
He is a generous donor to the College. In 2008, he endowed the Roberto P. Alingog Centennial Professorial Chair and in 2009, The ROPALI Group Professorial Chair. Both Chairs at the UPCBA augment the salaries of two professors. These help the College to retain two faculty members in the University, who might otherwise join the private sector.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Encounter with Fr. Damaso
June 27, 2011
The Editor
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Dear Sir:
Encounter with Fr. Damaso
Fr. Damaso is alive and well and celebrated mass masquerading as Fr. Eric Fontanare at San Gabriel church at Marist School in Marikina last Sunday, June 26, 2011..
My husband and I were wearing “Catholics” for RH” Tshirts.
Fr. Eric/Damaso began his homily by saying he had to express his anger at how this couple, (Mr. Villa and me) were disobeying the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) by wearing such pro-RH Tshirts in church. “You could wear them outside the church! he said.
Of course the reason we wore the Tshirts in church is to inform fellow Catholics that indeed, there are Catholics who do support the RH Bill.
I answered him in my loud UP Professor's voice. “Father, to each his own beliefs”.
Come Communion time, he pointed at us again & said, “you two, do not receive communion from me, only from the lay ministers”.
I answered again, “Tapos na ang Spanish times, Father. Demokrasya na tayo ngayon”.
To our surprise, after the mass, many people in the church approached us to shake our hands, assure us that they too were for the RH Bill. They also expressed their sympathy about how we were singled out for scolding by Fr. Eric.
We respect the Church's prerogative to express their beliefs on the issue. However Fr. Fontanare's pouncing on us in an attempt at public humiliation using the pulpit is not part of that prerogative. He could have requested us to stay after mass to discuss the offending and “blasphemous” Tshirts.
They will never win adherents to their cause by attacking those who disagree with them.
Yours sincerely,
Victoria Jardiolin-Villa
8 Rainbow St., Marikina City
vickijvilla@yahoo.com
The Editor
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Dear Sir:
Encounter with Fr. Damaso
Fr. Damaso is alive and well and celebrated mass masquerading as Fr. Eric Fontanare at San Gabriel church at Marist School in Marikina last Sunday, June 26, 2011..
My husband and I were wearing “Catholics” for RH” Tshirts.
Fr. Eric/Damaso began his homily by saying he had to express his anger at how this couple, (Mr. Villa and me) were disobeying the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) by wearing such pro-RH Tshirts in church. “You could wear them outside the church! he said.
Of course the reason we wore the Tshirts in church is to inform fellow Catholics that indeed, there are Catholics who do support the RH Bill.
I answered him in my loud UP Professor's voice. “Father, to each his own beliefs”.
Come Communion time, he pointed at us again & said, “you two, do not receive communion from me, only from the lay ministers”.
I answered again, “Tapos na ang Spanish times, Father. Demokrasya na tayo ngayon”.
To our surprise, after the mass, many people in the church approached us to shake our hands, assure us that they too were for the RH Bill. They also expressed their sympathy about how we were singled out for scolding by Fr. Eric.
We respect the Church's prerogative to express their beliefs on the issue. However Fr. Fontanare's pouncing on us in an attempt at public humiliation using the pulpit is not part of that prerogative. He could have requested us to stay after mass to discuss the offending and “blasphemous” Tshirts.
They will never win adherents to their cause by attacking those who disagree with them.
Yours sincerely,
Victoria Jardiolin-Villa
8 Rainbow St., Marikina City
vickijvilla@yahoo.com
Thursday, July 7, 2011
“Paying It Forward” Part VIII. Project Library in Bagong Silangan Elementary School
The following is an excerpt from the final report of the group who donated a library space & reading room to the above school. They teamed up with a foundation to fund & build the facilities.
Project Library was aimed to offer a holistic approach to a community project in bringing the love for reading back to the young generation of Payatas, particularly that of Bagong Silangan Elementary school. The project plan consisted of developing a space conducive to reading, audio-visual and computer research, training school staff on library administration, offering new books and library materials, as well as conducting bookreading sessions with the pupils – all envisioned to lower the level of the school's non-readership among it's students.
When the Project started in 2005, we met beneficiaries who gave us more reason to push for the said endeavor. Like school kid, Elimor, whom we interviewed.
Elimor O. Biaculo is a fifth grade of Bagong Silangan Elementary School who usually goes to school empty-handed and needs to forego play to work on weekends to earn his daily allowance and help his parents eke out a living.
At 14, Elimor can pass off as a third-grader with his small frail body. Today, he goes around peddling ice cream and earning less than twenty (Php20) pesos after a day's work. Sometimes, his mother joins him sell ice cream when not washing clothes for other households. However, his mother could not be with him today being in a delicate condition on her tenth pregnancy and needs to be home.
Under the scorching heat, Elimor looks for people who would want to buy his ice cream, shouting and enticing them to taste the flavorful dessert. Sometimes he says he sees other children play and he yearns to join them but the thought of earning to sustain him in school burns more intensely. So he walks past them, resigned that this is the kind of weekends he has.
Being the eldest of a brood of eight boys and one girl (a sibling died, and another one coming), Elimor is an example of determination, responsibility and hard work at a tender age. Despite the fact that he was forced to drop out of school in the past due to poverty, he has not given up despite the odds.
His family lives in Class D & E community where all sorts of social ills greet them on a regular basis. For one, Elimor lives with his seven younger siblings (10 yrs to 8 months old) whose seen three different fathers in their household. His biological father, Morris, has no work, and his mother, Merlyn, is regularly pregnant without regular work. At present, his second stepfather, Ernesto, supports them as a construction worker.
Elimor knows the importance of education that will bring him out of poverty that's why he diligently studies his lessons, earning for himself a special citation in class for two years already.
He lights up when asked about school and shares his interests in science, the arts and physical education.
“I like the lessons on the planets and how these all came to be,” he says.
Below are photos of the work in progress, the blessing and the completed reading room.
SCHOOL QUADRANGLE
WORKING ON BOOKSHELVES
PHOTOS 1 & 2
WORK IN PROGRESS – STUDENT HELP OUT
UP students and Bagong Silangan Elementary School pupils pose in the finished library
BLESSING OF THE NEW FACILITIES
COMPLETED READING ROOM
Project Library was aimed to offer a holistic approach to a community project in bringing the love for reading back to the young generation of Payatas, particularly that of Bagong Silangan Elementary school. The project plan consisted of developing a space conducive to reading, audio-visual and computer research, training school staff on library administration, offering new books and library materials, as well as conducting bookreading sessions with the pupils – all envisioned to lower the level of the school's non-readership among it's students.
When the Project started in 2005, we met beneficiaries who gave us more reason to push for the said endeavor. Like school kid, Elimor, whom we interviewed.
Elimor O. Biaculo is a fifth grade of Bagong Silangan Elementary School who usually goes to school empty-handed and needs to forego play to work on weekends to earn his daily allowance and help his parents eke out a living.
At 14, Elimor can pass off as a third-grader with his small frail body. Today, he goes around peddling ice cream and earning less than twenty (Php20) pesos after a day's work. Sometimes, his mother joins him sell ice cream when not washing clothes for other households. However, his mother could not be with him today being in a delicate condition on her tenth pregnancy and needs to be home.
Under the scorching heat, Elimor looks for people who would want to buy his ice cream, shouting and enticing them to taste the flavorful dessert. Sometimes he says he sees other children play and he yearns to join them but the thought of earning to sustain him in school burns more intensely. So he walks past them, resigned that this is the kind of weekends he has.
Being the eldest of a brood of eight boys and one girl (a sibling died, and another one coming), Elimor is an example of determination, responsibility and hard work at a tender age. Despite the fact that he was forced to drop out of school in the past due to poverty, he has not given up despite the odds.
His family lives in Class D & E community where all sorts of social ills greet them on a regular basis. For one, Elimor lives with his seven younger siblings (10 yrs to 8 months old) whose seen three different fathers in their household. His biological father, Morris, has no work, and his mother, Merlyn, is regularly pregnant without regular work. At present, his second stepfather, Ernesto, supports them as a construction worker.
Elimor knows the importance of education that will bring him out of poverty that's why he diligently studies his lessons, earning for himself a special citation in class for two years already.
He lights up when asked about school and shares his interests in science, the arts and physical education.
“I like the lessons on the planets and how these all came to be,” he says.
Below are photos of the work in progress, the blessing and the completed reading room.
SCHOOL QUADRANGLE
WORKING ON BOOKSHELVES
PHOTOS 1 & 2
WORK IN PROGRESS – STUDENT HELP OUT
UP students and Bagong Silangan Elementary School pupils pose in the finished library
BLESSING OF THE NEW FACILITIES
COMPLETED READING ROOM
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
TAWA PO MUNA! IBA TALAGA ANG PINOY HUMOR. PART I
Cora Gatchalian & my sister Ging Bello-Pajaro emailed this to me.
TAWA PO MUNA! IBA TALAGA ANG PINOY HUMOR. PART I
PO 1 : Bakit po K-9 ang tawag sa malalaking aso, sir!
SUPT : Syempre pag tinawag mo silang K10, hindi na sila aso.
PO : Ano na sila sir?
SUPT : maliit na pusa.
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Doc : Iha, mukhang pumapayat ka at hinang hina pa. Sinunod mo ba advice ko na 3 meals a
day?
Girl : Diyos ko! 3 meals a day ba? Akala ko 3 males a day eh!!!**
Tip for a long life:
Wag mo isusulat name mo sa condolence book pag dumalaw ka sa patay.
Kasi pagkatapos ilibing nagkakaron ng raffle kung sinong susunod......**
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Guro : Pedro late ka na naman.
Pedro : Late po kasi relo ko.
Guro : Problema ba yun. E di i-advance mo.
Pedro : Sige po.
Guro : Oh, saan ka pupunta?
Boy : uwian na po!*
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Mrs : Kung alam ko lang di sana ako nagpakasal sa iyo! ABS ka!
Mr : Anong ABS
Mrs : Alak, Babae, Sugal!!
Mr : Eh ikaw CBN!
Mrs : CBN?
Mr : Chismosa, Bungangera, Nagger!.**
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May dalawang lalaki sabay nag jogging:
Guy 1 : Pre, doctor ako...Kaya ako tumatakbo kasi HEALTH conscious ako! Ikaw pre?
Guy 2 : Snatcher pre! WEALTH conscious ako.**
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Bakit binaril ng bobo ang girlfriend niya?
Kasi sinubukan nya kung totoong FIRST LOVE NEVER DIES!**
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Pasahero : Mama, dahan – dahan lang po. Alalahanin nyo na palaging nakasunod sa atin
ang disgrasya!
Drayber : E, kaya ko nga binibilisan para di tayo abutan!**
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(sa isang turo-turo):
Customer : Manang, meh langaw sa arrozcaldo ko!
Tindera : Hello! Sa halagang P5.00 anong ini-expect mo...manok?**
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Tom : Alam mo pare, my new wife is a sex object!
Jerry : Wow! Maganda pala ang napangasawa mo pre!
Tom : Hindi naman. But everytime I want to have sex, she objects!**
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Anak : Nay, yung girlfriend ko hindi naniniwala sa langit at impierno.
Nanay : Sige, pakasalan mo anak, ipatikim mo sa kanya ang langit, ako na ang bahala
sa impierno.**
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A husband asked his wife, “What do you like most in me, my macho face or my sexy body?
The wife looked at him from head to toe and replied, I like your sense of humor”.**
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TAWA PO MUNA! IBA TALAGA ANG PINOY HUMOR. PART I
PO 1 : Bakit po K-9 ang tawag sa malalaking aso, sir!
SUPT : Syempre pag tinawag mo silang K10, hindi na sila aso.
PO : Ano na sila sir?
SUPT : maliit na pusa.
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Doc : Iha, mukhang pumapayat ka at hinang hina pa. Sinunod mo ba advice ko na 3 meals a
day?
Girl : Diyos ko! 3 meals a day ba? Akala ko 3 males a day eh!!!**
Tip for a long life:
Wag mo isusulat name mo sa condolence book pag dumalaw ka sa patay.
Kasi pagkatapos ilibing nagkakaron ng raffle kung sinong susunod......**
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Guro : Pedro late ka na naman.
Pedro : Late po kasi relo ko.
Guro : Problema ba yun. E di i-advance mo.
Pedro : Sige po.
Guro : Oh, saan ka pupunta?
Boy : uwian na po!*
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Mrs : Kung alam ko lang di sana ako nagpakasal sa iyo! ABS ka!
Mr : Anong ABS
Mrs : Alak, Babae, Sugal!!
Mr : Eh ikaw CBN!
Mrs : CBN?
Mr : Chismosa, Bungangera, Nagger!.**
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May dalawang lalaki sabay nag jogging:
Guy 1 : Pre, doctor ako...Kaya ako tumatakbo kasi HEALTH conscious ako! Ikaw pre?
Guy 2 : Snatcher pre! WEALTH conscious ako.**
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Bakit binaril ng bobo ang girlfriend niya?
Kasi sinubukan nya kung totoong FIRST LOVE NEVER DIES!**
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Pasahero : Mama, dahan – dahan lang po. Alalahanin nyo na palaging nakasunod sa atin
ang disgrasya!
Drayber : E, kaya ko nga binibilisan para di tayo abutan!**
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(sa isang turo-turo):
Customer : Manang, meh langaw sa arrozcaldo ko!
Tindera : Hello! Sa halagang P5.00 anong ini-expect mo...manok?**
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Tom : Alam mo pare, my new wife is a sex object!
Jerry : Wow! Maganda pala ang napangasawa mo pre!
Tom : Hindi naman. But everytime I want to have sex, she objects!**
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Anak : Nay, yung girlfriend ko hindi naniniwala sa langit at impierno.
Nanay : Sige, pakasalan mo anak, ipatikim mo sa kanya ang langit, ako na ang bahala
sa impierno.**
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A husband asked his wife, “What do you like most in me, my macho face or my sexy body?
The wife looked at him from head to toe and replied, I like your sense of humor”.**
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Paying It Forward Part VII. Batino Elementary School
Instead of my telling the story, shown here are excerpts of the report of a group that worked with visually challenged pupils at Batino Elementary School in Quezon City.
This is the fourth time a group of UP-CWATS students have worked with visually or hearing or mentally challenged kids at Batino.
A Braille computer was donated by one group. Braille and other books too. One practical gift was to have the running water system repaired and going in the building so the blind kids would not have to stumble through the grounds to get to the working toilet outside the building.
This is the fourth time a group of UP-CWATS students have worked with visually or hearing or mentally challenged kids at Batino.
A Braille computer was donated by one group. Braille and other books too. One practical gift was to have the running water system repaired and going in the building so the blind kids would not have to stumble through the grounds to get to the working toilet outside the building.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
SAGOT NG PINOY
My sister, Ging Bello-Pajaro emailed this to me.
SAGOT NG PINOY
Ang Pinoy hindi tumama-tama ang sagot kahit maayos ang tanong... cultural ba ito?
Q: Kumain ka na ba?
A: Busog pa ako.
Q: Saan kayo galing?
A: Lumabas lang kami sandali.
Q: Paano mo ginawa 'yan?
A: Madali lang.
Q: Bakit wala ka kahapon?
A: Absent ako.
Q: Anong oras na?
A: Maaga pa.
Q: Nasaan ka na ba?
A: Malapit na ako. Wait lang.
Q: Magkano ito?
A: Mura lang.
Q: Kilala mo ba sya?
A: Bakit?
At...
Q: Saan nyo gusto kumain?
A: Kayo.
AYOS!
SAGOT NG PINOY
Ang Pinoy hindi tumama-tama ang sagot kahit maayos ang tanong... cultural ba ito?
Q: Kumain ka na ba?
A: Busog pa ako.
Q: Saan kayo galing?
A: Lumabas lang kami sandali.
Q: Paano mo ginawa 'yan?
A: Madali lang.
Q: Bakit wala ka kahapon?
A: Absent ako.
Q: Anong oras na?
A: Maaga pa.
Q: Nasaan ka na ba?
A: Malapit na ako. Wait lang.
Q: Magkano ito?
A: Mura lang.
Q: Kilala mo ba sya?
A: Bakit?
At...
Q: Saan nyo gusto kumain?
A: Kayo.
AYOS!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
“Paying It Forward” Part VI. Lolos & Lolas at the Old Age Home
Lolo Carding recited Rizal's “Huling Paalam”, in its entirety to the students. To uphold UP's honor, recite ko rin ang “Ultimo Adios” but could remember only up to “Nuestro perdido Eden”. My Spanish professor mother must have been squirming in her grave. Lolo Peping crooned “You're the best thing that ever happened to me, Frank Sinatra style. This is the ritual of our visits to the Old Age Home, Lualhati ng Maynila, it is officially called.
VISITING AT LUALHATI NG MAYNILA
Preparing the students for these visits to the Boystown Complex and especially to Lualhati, I tell them that the residents and I belong to the same generation, except that my hair, light mahogany chestnut (courtesy of Herbatint color), & Olay make me look decades younger. So, I sternly admonish them, “When the dance music starts, no Lola who can walk or dance should be a wallflower”. We so dreaded being wallflowers at the “Monthly Socials” in our time.
THE LOLOS & LOLAS PERFORM FOR THE STUDENTS.
So these boys and girls bravely boogie and cha-cha and flail wildly to 60's dance music. Me too. This is my opportunity to show them that their professor is not only glamorous & youngish but a good ballroom dancer as well. Ahem.
The interaction pays off. The kids are appalled that the families of these elderly folk have abandoned them. Through the semesters they have been moved to repair the Physical Therapy Center, many comfort rooms, repair rusty broken down beds and replace their palletas gone rotten from the occupants' incontinence. They have also replaced the ancient dining tables' disintegrating formica tops, all with Engr. Bong's unfailing support.
They have also donated sound systems for the residents' entertainment.
Mrs. Leonie Borja very competent Lualhati Officer-in-Charge briefs the students on the heartbreaking case histories of some of the residents. She and Boystown management welcome without much bureaucratic “eck eck” donors & visitors. Many come, especially during Christmas time though the staff wishes more, bringing cheer, song, prayer, food and apparel would visit before and after Christmas.
My sister and I got introduced to the Old Age Home, cause our mother dragooned us into carrying kettles of pancit and whatever to serve the residents. All these while being threatened that since we were disobedient bad daughters, she would not live with us in her old age but move to this Old Age Home. All I can say is we did not enjoy those visits.
So our semestral jam session with the Lolos and Lolas is over. We go home and they settle back to dozing off idly waiting; for nothing but the next meal.
VISITING AT LUALHATI NG MAYNILA
Preparing the students for these visits to the Boystown Complex and especially to Lualhati, I tell them that the residents and I belong to the same generation, except that my hair, light mahogany chestnut (courtesy of Herbatint color), & Olay make me look decades younger. So, I sternly admonish them, “When the dance music starts, no Lola who can walk or dance should be a wallflower”. We so dreaded being wallflowers at the “Monthly Socials” in our time.
THE LOLOS & LOLAS PERFORM FOR THE STUDENTS.
So these boys and girls bravely boogie and cha-cha and flail wildly to 60's dance music. Me too. This is my opportunity to show them that their professor is not only glamorous & youngish but a good ballroom dancer as well. Ahem.
The interaction pays off. The kids are appalled that the families of these elderly folk have abandoned them. Through the semesters they have been moved to repair the Physical Therapy Center, many comfort rooms, repair rusty broken down beds and replace their palletas gone rotten from the occupants' incontinence. They have also replaced the ancient dining tables' disintegrating formica tops, all with Engr. Bong's unfailing support.
They have also donated sound systems for the residents' entertainment.
Mrs. Leonie Borja very competent Lualhati Officer-in-Charge briefs the students on the heartbreaking case histories of some of the residents. She and Boystown management welcome without much bureaucratic “eck eck” donors & visitors. Many come, especially during Christmas time though the staff wishes more, bringing cheer, song, prayer, food and apparel would visit before and after Christmas.
My sister and I got introduced to the Old Age Home, cause our mother dragooned us into carrying kettles of pancit and whatever to serve the residents. All these while being threatened that since we were disobedient bad daughters, she would not live with us in her old age but move to this Old Age Home. All I can say is we did not enjoy those visits.
So our semestral jam session with the Lolos and Lolas is over. We go home and they settle back to dozing off idly waiting; for nothing but the next meal.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Class '61, UP College of Business Administration
Well, there's no denying it, despite my light mahogany chestnut hair and Olay glow. We're the Golden Jubilarians this year and we're celebrating at the UPCBA Alumni Homecoming in December.
We're meeting every month building up our fund which we hope will build a “ring-a-ding-ding” (Frank Sinatra) MBA classroom complete with state-of the art video equipment and furnishings at the proposed UP graduate school building in The Fort. Congressman Junie Cua, a BA alumnus who loves CBA dearly gave P50M from his allocation but we heard something happened in Quezon Hall and we lost half of it. Sen. Franklin Drilon, ever the supportive UP law alumnus gave his college P100M.
That's some of us at Peking Garden, Greenbelt 5. Of course we also have to dine in style while raising funds. Many of our classmates are flying in from the US to attend the reunion.
Left-right
Sitting: Lani Canullas, Minda Fernandez Caro, Yolanda Veronica Medina Desphy, Rene Peronilla, Vicki Bello Jardiolin Villa, Becky Tuason Kalaw
Left-right
Standing: Lucille Po Deniega, Luisa Sabater, Mike Arguelles, Imelda Cunanan Innocentes, Nora Ordinario Vinluan, Tita Lopez Mendiola, Jo Zara Santiago
To celebrate our jubilee and to welcome our classmates from abroad, here's our plan for the reunion.
Our schedule:
01 December Thursday 5:00 pm Dinner at the residence of Rene Peronilla (host)
02 December Friday 5:00 pm An Evening under the stars – Cruise along Manila Bay (hosts – Lucille P. Denega and Nora O. Vinluan)
03 December Saturday 9:00 am Mass at the UP Chapel
10:00 am Tour of UP Campus
11:00 am College reunion at College of Business with lunch.
Nice to be with classmates from UP. Parang kahapon lamang.
We're meeting every month building up our fund which we hope will build a “ring-a-ding-ding” (Frank Sinatra) MBA classroom complete with state-of the art video equipment and furnishings at the proposed UP graduate school building in The Fort. Congressman Junie Cua, a BA alumnus who loves CBA dearly gave P50M from his allocation but we heard something happened in Quezon Hall and we lost half of it. Sen. Franklin Drilon, ever the supportive UP law alumnus gave his college P100M.
That's some of us at Peking Garden, Greenbelt 5. Of course we also have to dine in style while raising funds. Many of our classmates are flying in from the US to attend the reunion.
Left-right
Sitting: Lani Canullas, Minda Fernandez Caro, Yolanda Veronica Medina Desphy, Rene Peronilla, Vicki Bello Jardiolin Villa, Becky Tuason Kalaw
Left-right
Standing: Lucille Po Deniega, Luisa Sabater, Mike Arguelles, Imelda Cunanan Innocentes, Nora Ordinario Vinluan, Tita Lopez Mendiola, Jo Zara Santiago
To celebrate our jubilee and to welcome our classmates from abroad, here's our plan for the reunion.
Our schedule:
01 December Thursday 5:00 pm Dinner at the residence of Rene Peronilla (host)
02 December Friday 5:00 pm An Evening under the stars – Cruise along Manila Bay (hosts – Lucille P. Denega and Nora O. Vinluan)
03 December Saturday 9:00 am Mass at the UP Chapel
10:00 am Tour of UP Campus
11:00 am College reunion at College of Business with lunch.
Nice to be with classmates from UP. Parang kahapon lamang.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
“Paying It Forward” Part V. Engine Repair Training
Yes, where will they go? What will they do with a high school education? Empathizing with the grim possibilities of young people like themselves going out in the world armed with only a high school diploma, a group of students sponsored eleven 3rd and 4th year Boystown wards for a ten-Saturday Training on Engine Repair and Diesel Engine Maintenance at Meralco Foundation.
Fund-raisingg Poster
Wow! Surprise! Taking time out on several Saturdays, they took turns bringing their trainees merienda. (Lunch was part of the P4,000 / trainee package.)
Trainees pose for a class picture
But the graduation they staged for the boys was even more amazing. Their long haired group leader confided to me that they thought this may be the only grad ceremonies the trainees would ever have. So they made it really memorable.
Each graduate, as he walked up the stage was introduced, his biodata read out his photo flashed on the big screen. Meralco Foundation gave the certificates.
Foyer of the Meralco Foundation, Inc. building
Then there was a sumptuous merienda of “Spag,” pancit malabon, cakes & other pastries galore, barbecue and drinks.certainly solicited from the group members' parents. Their funds, raised from frantic buying and selling of goodies, plus other money making schemes was just enough to sponsor eleven trainees. “
A good time, hopefully an unforgettable one was had by all.
Wow! Surprise! Taking time out on several Saturdays, they took turns bringing their trainees merienda. (Lunch was part of the P4,000 / trainee package.)
Trainees pose for a class picture
But the graduation they staged for the boys was even more amazing. Their long haired group leader confided to me that they thought this may be the only grad ceremonies the trainees would ever have. So they made it really memorable.
Each graduate, as he walked up the stage was introduced, his biodata read out his photo flashed on the big screen. Meralco Foundation gave the certificates.
Then there was a sumptuous merienda of “Spag,” pancit malabon, cakes & other pastries galore, barbecue and drinks.certainly solicited from the group members' parents. Their funds, raised from frantic buying and selling of goodies, plus other money making schemes was just enough to sponsor eleven trainees. “
A good time, hopefully an unforgettable one was had by all.
Friday, June 24, 2011
“Paying It Forward”, Part IV. Repairing the Beds
Three generations of boys have slept and jumped and bounced on these beds. They're bent, rusty or broken,their wooden palletas threatening to break in the middle.
24 DOUBLE DECK BEDS FIXED UP BY CAL & BA STUDENTS
The group members applied Turco (rust remover as advised by Technical Consultant Engr. Bong de Leon, applied primer and finally paint. The straightened-out beds (courtesy of Engr. Bong's welders were, well, as good as new.
That's Engr. Bong doing a "bed repair" demo
To my great bafflement, the students were giddy again, reporting on their work. Is there something of a spiritual experience in repairing old rusty beds?
The group members applied Turco (rust remover as advised by Technical Consultant Engr. Bong de Leon, applied primer and finally paint. The straightened-out beds (courtesy of Engr. Bong's welders were, well, as good as new.
To my great bafflement, the students were giddy again, reporting on their work. Is there something of a spiritual experience in repairing old rusty beds?
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