Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Just pondering...is the Phil. Govt. ignoring this?
Reposting here some previous reports:
75 concrete blocks spotted in Panatag Shoal
MANILA, Philippines - More concrete blocks have been spotted in the disputed Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal.
At least 75 concrete blocks were seen around the shoal by an aerial surveillance team last Monday, defense department spokesman Peter Galvez said yesterday.
“Each block (measures) two feet by two feet,” he said.
Galvez said it is possible that some of the concrete blocks were not seen during the surveillance conducted on Aug. 31. Officials reported that they then monitored 30 concrete blocks.
“These (blocks) can be easily dropped off from any platform,” Galvez said.
He said the blocks could be used as foundation for a structure and a prelude to construction activity.
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MANILA, Philippines - More concrete blocks have been spotted in the disputed Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal.
At least 75 concrete blocks were seen around the shoal by an aerial surveillance team last Monday, defense department spokesman Peter Galvez said yesterday.
“Each block (measures) two feet by two feet,” he said.
Galvez said it is possible that some of the concrete blocks were not seen during the surveillance conducted on Aug. 31. Officials reported that they then monitored 30 concrete blocks.
“These (blocks) can be easily dropped off from any platform,” Galvez said.
He said the blocks could be used as foundation for a structure and a prelude to construction activity.
Concrete blocks in Panatag 'not new,' Defense chief admits
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Friday admitted that the Defense Department had erred in describing the concrete blocks seen in the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal as new, which almost drove the Philippine government to file a diplomatic protest against China.
“They (concrete blocks) have barnacles already, meaning they are old but that was new to us because we saw them only then,” said Gazmin in an ambush interview in Camp Aguinaldo. “It's possible that it was low tide when the photos were taken and it was high tide during the previous missions."Gazmin was referring to the photos taken during reconnaissance flights in August and September showing 75
concrete blocks scattered within the vicinity of the Panatag Shoal, which is being claimed by China.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Friday admitted that the Defense Department had erred in describing the concrete blocks seen in the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal as new, which almost drove the Philippine government to file a diplomatic protest against China.
“They (concrete blocks) have barnacles already, meaning they are old but that was new to us because we saw them only then,” said Gazmin in an ambush interview in Camp Aguinaldo. “It's possible that it was low tide when the photos were taken and it was high tide during the previous missions."Gazmin was referring to the photos taken during reconnaissance flights in August and September showing 75
concrete blocks scattered within the vicinity of the Panatag Shoal, which is being claimed by China.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
It’s not really all fun in Palawan…
Not really all fun in Palawan...?!
I was blessed to go to Puerto Prinsesa this May 11 to 15, 2014 to attend the 3rd Annual Regional Conference of AIMP (Ang Iglesia Metodista ng Pilipinas) Palawan Conference and after the said conference had the chance to visit other beautiful places of Palawan, my gratitude to our newfound friends and brethren. Words are not enough to express our deepest appreciation.
While our main purpose to go there is to attend to the conference, what I am going to talk about here are my personal experiences in the beautiful land, waters and stones of Palawan.
The places we were able to visit were the Crocodile Farm, Mitra’s Mansion, Baker’s Hill, Baywalk, El Nido, Fuerza de Sta. Isabel, and commercial centers where we bought pearls to bring home to our love ones. In all of those places, we marveled at the wonders of nature and landscape craft of artistic people of Palawan. We literally sang and shouted “How great thou art!”
My great fascination on our island hopping at El Nido. How would I describe those mountains of stones on the sea? At first glance and going around them they looked like solid mountains of stones at approximately the height of a 15 to 20 storey building, but upon entering a certain secret hole on one side (that can only be seen on low tides) going inside you'll discover that it is like a huge hollow volcano. According to our host, there is no trace of fault line in Palawan and it is safe from earthquakes. I just wonder if this gigantic hollow mountain of stone was then a volcano that erupted when there was not yet any inhabitant in Palawan. It's like a wide wide round swimming pool surrounded and walled by high stones, or like a giant well and we were like tiny frogs inside the well that what we can see outside was only the skies above us. How I shouted as if trying to be heard in the skies, only to hear the echo of my own voice!
On our last day before going to the airport, our generous host took advantage of the spare hours to bring us to Speaker Ramon Mitra’s tomb overlooking at the sea where he survived from drowning when he was young. We were told that while still alive, the late Speaker Ramon Mitra made a will(?) that when he dies he’ll be buried there.
The last stint was Plaza Cuartel…
When we reached the place I thought that it was just one of the historical places of Palawan where a first-time visitor would have a fond taste of its rich heritage, but the ambiance here was much different…our moods shifted…
From the very entrance where the marker was/is, we were first told about what Plaza Cuartel was/is all about. I literally felt some pinches and squeeze in my heart. We knew it from our history, but reading and learning about it is very much different from actually setting foot on the ground and being a part of that history.
And here is the façade of Plaza Cuartel…
And this is/was the tunnel leading to the sea where the American POW soldiers entered upon their escape from the Japanese soldiers, where the Japanese soldiers poured drums and drums of gasoline and burned around 150 American soldiers alive…
My hands were trembling while I was taking pictures of this. I felt that pain and sorrow for the American POW soldiers burned alive inside the tunnel and hatred for the Japanese soldiers who burned them alive on December 14, 1944. This is history, part of World War II, one of the many tragedies of war, all for the liberty we Filipinos are enjoying today.
Inside the compound of Plaza
Cuartel was cool, and cooler upon approaching the Massacre Monument where the
names of the American POW soldiers burned alive were written. While reading
their names and taking picture of the Massacre Monument I felt that sadness for
their family. And I wondered, if it is actually a kin of anyone of those whose
name was written on the monument, I wonder how would they actually feel if they
are in my place looking and taking picture of it?
Many thanks Manang Delilah
Casabar Lodor for touring us in your place, as I have said words are not enough
to express our deepest gratitude. Intentional or not, thank you very much that
the last place where you brought us was at Plaza Cuartel. Imagine if we visited
this first or at the middle of our tour, how would we enjoy Palawan the way we
did? Sakto ka talaga manang, kaya sa iyo kami e. Ikaw na! (that’s one of the endearment phrases of gratitude and compliment our brethren used to say).
My reminder to everyone who would
visit Palawan, if you want to really enjoy then visit
all the places you want to and have fun, but put Plaza Cuartel the last in your
list, because it is no longer all fun and merriment when you are in Plaza Cuartel…surely you'll have your own fair share of pain too when you set foot on it.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Honorable Beggars?
May 6, 2014 in a bus to Manila...
Nang may bumabang pasahero sa Balintawak biglang may umakyat namang dalawang binatilyo, taka ako dahil binawal at pinabababa ng kundoktor, akala ko pasahero yun pala hindi pasahero...
Ang isa ay nanatiling nakatayo sa gawing unahan at nag-umpisa ng litanya habang ang isa ay apura ng pagpapamudmod ng sobre sa mga pasahero. Ang katabi ko ay binigyan at ako na nakaupo sa gawing loob sa tabi ng bintana ay hindi binigyan ng sobre.
Ang litanya ng nasa unahan...
"Magandang araw po sa inyo mga Sir, mga Ma'am. Hindi po kami masasamang tao, hindi kami nagnanakaw, hindi kami nanghoholdap at hindi nang-iisnatch, hindi rin kami nagtutulak ng droga para kumita. Mahirap po kami pero kami ay marangal din na tao.
Sa lugar na pinanggalingan namin ay magulo, sinisira ang aming mga tanim at pinapatay ang mga alaga naming hayop, pinagnanakawan kami at sinusunog ang bahay namin, sinasaktan kami at ang iba ay pinapatay, kaya umalis kami doon sa aming lugar at nakarating kami dito sa Maynila, sa awa ng Diyos at kabutihan ng mga nasa barko, libre kami hindi siningil ng pamasahe.
Hindi kami humihingi sa inyo ng malaki. Barya lamang po o piso ang hihingin namin sa inyo upang hindi makabigat sa inyo. Sa piso o barya na maibigay ninyo ay ipapanalangin namin kayo na sana ay lalo pa kayong pagpalain ng Diyos sa kabutihan ninyo.
Maraming salamat po sa inyong kabutihang-loob at Diyos na ang bahala sa inyo. Lagi namin kayong ipapanalangin na higit kayong pagpalain."
Ang litanya ay naideliver ng maayos na maayos sa paraang madamdamin na may pahinto-hinto at parang maiiiyak ang nagsasalita.
Ang katabi ko ay malutong na papel ang perang isinilid sa sobre.
Reflection: Hindi ko makapa sa aking sarili ang "paniwalaan" ang dalawang binatilyo. Ako kaya ang may problema o sila?
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Nawawaglit na Pangarap?
Nawawaglit na Pangarap?
Hala...? Nagkagulo ang tribu. Ano ito, pangarap na dati ay kanilang
hawak-hawak, ngayon biglang hindi maapuhap? Ano nangyari, paano nangyari? Sino
ang salarin? Ano ang kanyang galing at pati pangarap ng lahat ay kaya niyang
hablutin?
Hindi lang mga tao sa tribu ang nagkagulo, pati mga tuta
at aso ay nakigulo, may breed at
walang breed, at kunwaring may breed, nakakulong at gala, malinis at mabango, pati mabaho at gusgusin, na karamihan ay nangakapiring. Nakakagulat ang dami pala ng aso sa tribu, na biglang
lumitaw at sumama sa kinilalang bagong amo na dala ng bulalakaw.
At silang mga nangakapiring ay tumahol at kumahol sa inaakala nilang salarin, at pinaniniwalaang salarin, paulit-ulit na tumahol
at kumahol sa puno na siyang may bunga, na dati nilang pinupuntahan at pinagpapahingalayan, na ngayon ay tila ba ibig na nilang ibuwal sa naninindak nilang tahol
at kahol, at sunggaban o hablutin ang bunga nito na para naman sa lahat sana, subali't nanatiling ang puno ay matatag, hindi nabuwal, ni hindi natinag kahit ang mga tumatahol at kumakahol ay mistula nang mga nauulol.
Napakasamang scenario, almost everybody (impulsively and without thinking - at nag-iisip nga ba ang mga aso?) barked and barked at the wrong tree.
What made the scenario really worst ay habang nagtatahulan ang mga aso ay sumamsambulat naman sa kanilang bibig ang sandamakmak na bulok na taho, na hindi naman sa tiyan galing, at nagkalat sa paligid, at sila-sila ay napagtatalsikan ng sarili nilang bulok na taho.
Teka, hinto kaya muna kasi sa tahol at kahol? Ang tanong, sino ba talaga ang tunay na salarin? Naku, paano kaya malalaman, tumapon na ang mga taho?
Who is the real culprit? Para malaman pulutin muna kaya ang taho at isalba kung pwede pa...
Sa isang banda, may halaga pa ba ang tumapong bulok na taho ng aso?
Napakasamang scenario, almost everybody (impulsively and without thinking - at nag-iisip nga ba ang mga aso?) barked and barked at the wrong tree.
What made the scenario really worst ay habang nagtatahulan ang mga aso ay sumamsambulat naman sa kanilang bibig ang sandamakmak na bulok na taho, na hindi naman sa tiyan galing, at nagkalat sa paligid, at sila-sila ay napagtatalsikan ng sarili nilang bulok na taho.
Teka, hinto kaya muna kasi sa tahol at kahol? Ang tanong, sino ba talaga ang tunay na salarin? Naku, paano kaya malalaman, tumapon na ang mga taho?
Who is the real culprit? Para malaman pulutin muna kaya ang taho at isalba kung pwede pa...
Sa isang banda, may halaga pa ba ang tumapong bulok na taho ng aso?
O kaya ay tanggalin ang piring? Sino ang magtatanggal?
Ito ang Kabanata 1 ng isang kwento ng
pagpupunyagi sa isang pangarap, sa simula ay isang ordinaryong kwento na sa paglipas ng mahabang panahon ay naging
drama, tapos naging comedy, at ngayon ay nagiging isang defective na detective story. Kailan kaya at saan matatapos ang kwentong ito?
Subaybayan ang kasunod na kabanata…
Itutuloy....
Itutuloy....
April 16, 2014
Kabanata 2
(Mathematical Presentation ng Kabanata 1)
Kabanata 2
(Mathematical Presentation ng Kabanata 1)
Problem Solving:
Let N be the number
so that N =
Answer
Solve the problem RIGHT NOW! No need of any Given!
I just want it solved NOW NA!
I just want it solved NOW NA!
(Utos ng bagong amo na dala ng bulalakaw)
itutuloy...
May 4, 2014
Kabanata 3
Kadalasan sa barya ang tinitingnan ang magkabilang panig lang...ang tao o ang ibon.
Nakakaligtaan ang isang panig, yung gilid na pabilog...
Yun ang elemento na dapat ay sinasalat, ng balat at ng isip...
itutuloy....
May 27, 2014
kabanata 4
dumog pulong-pulong
Filipino Nursery rhyme:
Ale, ale, namamayong, pasukubin yaring sanggol
Pagdating sa Malabon, ipagpalit ng bagoong.
Mama, mama, namamangka, pasakayin yaring bata
Pagdating sa Maynila, ipagpalit ng manika.
Nursery rhyme sa tribo...
Taga tribo dalian ninyo, sumakay na lahat sa tren,
Pagdating sa may bangin, ihulog nyo dati nyong fren...
Saan kaya hahantong ang senaryong ito sa tribo?
itutuloy....
June 7, 2014
itutuloy...
May 4, 2014
Kabanata 3
Kadalasan sa barya ang tinitingnan ang magkabilang panig lang...ang tao o ang ibon.
Nakakaligtaan ang isang panig, yung gilid na pabilog...
Yun ang elemento na dapat ay sinasalat, ng balat at ng isip...
itutuloy....
May 27, 2014
kabanata 4
dumog pulong-pulong
Filipino Nursery rhyme:
Ale, ale, namamayong, pasukubin yaring sanggol
Pagdating sa Malabon, ipagpalit ng bagoong.
Pagdating sa Maynila, ipagpalit ng manika.
Nursery rhyme sa tribo...
Taga tribo dalian ninyo, sumakay na lahat sa tren,
Pagdating sa may bangin, ihulog nyo dati nyong fren...
Saan kaya hahantong ang senaryong ito sa tribo?
itutuloy....
June 7, 2014
July 1, 2014
(Hayyy…!) Akala ko aso lang ang marami sa tribu,
mapagkakahol na mga aso na pag tumahahol lumalabas sa bibig nila mga taho na
hindi sa tiyan nanggagaling…
Mali pala ako, mas madami pala Zombies sa tribu,
mga walking dead, as in hindi lang bulag na tagasunod kundi walking dead talaga...
Nakakaawa ba sila?
Friday, February 14, 2014
KUDOS to doctors, nurses, caregivers for their Patience
Words and terms are amusing. I
really wonder why a sick person is called patient when in fact it is the
caregiver that should be called such. Sick people are enduring ailments and
undergoing treatment yes, but not all are really that patient, and are they excused
not to be, because they are sick and should be treated with care and
understanding? The caregiver is the patient one, and if not, is expected to be
so, and should be so.
More than ever I admire the people
who are in the service of health and medicine. As for me, health professionals
and caregivers are the ones that should be called the patient, and not the sick
ones.
How patient are the caregivers, and
their compassion is immeasurable, to be able to take care of sick people
specially those whom they don’t have any relations. I admire and salute them
most.
I honestly admit I just discovered
now that I don’t have such big heart to be patient to a stubborn impatient sick
person, even that sick person is my husband himself. Am I not a good wife, or
in denial ‘cause I don’t want him sick? More than anyone else around who is
giving support, it is the sick himself that should have the utmost effort to
bring his health back to usual.
My apology, just some of my soft
tough thoughts, because I hate sickness…really.
I pray for a more patient me…
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