This one is from Mga Sulating Pilipino and I post it here with hopes this might guide our kind-hearted donors where to send their donations for the victims of the typhoon Ondoy
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Typhoon Ondoy (International name: Ketsana) has devastated millions of Filipinos in the Philippines
Random Comments
| The following comments were posted by friends and were picked randomly. Click on a number to find out who posted the comment (it could be yours) and on the ‘pencil’ icon to view the actual comment, not the post. The idea behind this post started after I came across a very useful widget for sidebars, the Top Ten Commentators. As the name suggests, it will show top commentators of a blog on its sidebar. The program is written in PHP…and also in JavaScript. Unluckily, these advanced programs are not applicable to our ‘friendster blog’(yet?). I hope I can come up with a simpler version of this widget so that we will be able to see who those ‘top ten commentators’ are on our sidebars. |
   I can relate to this article, as I was once a Labor Leader, and a member of Kilusang Mayo Uno, I really appreciate it that we have the same thoughts about poverty. keep up the good work and keep writing poems and articles such as this one.Regards, _____  i like the way you compile your Tagalog poems. I also had three anthologies of poetry during my college days, but unluckily the PC crashed down, and its gone. I am planning to start another writing project hopefully next year. manoy doro, you inspire me to write in Tagalog. I will try to post in my blog page.  Tinubuang lupa, ang inyong pangaralSa aking puso at isip ay umiiral Bagamat malayo at di masilayan yong kagandahan ay di malilimutan Mahal sa buhay na di kapiling Dito sa kinatatayuan, bagamat banyaga Salamat Manoy Doro
mga likhang awit you are genius, manoy doro.you truly are!!!!
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very interesting. hopefully, hindi mahirap pag-aralan yung ginawa mo :)thanks for sharing.
a Paradox of our Time
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A PARADOX OF OUR TIMEby Dr. Bob Moorehead The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, yet more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to life not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We’ve done larger things, but not better things. We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We’ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; big men and small character; steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce; fancier houses but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much inthe showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit “delete”. Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember to say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent. Remember to say “I love you” to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. |
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‘THE PARADOX OF OUR TIME’ video on YouTube as presented by lightyears888 |
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‘SLOW DOWN: ROAD UNDER REPAIR’
Last May first I went to our place, Bongabong in Pantukan, Comval Province, to attend our yearly family reunion which was also my father’s death anniversary. Bongabong is about ninety kms from Davao city. Along the way, I passed several road repairs, about eight of them, most extending to almost a kilometer. The trip which toke two hours the last time I visited there a month before became more than three hours… a long delay. If the road repairs were undertaken every year, my trip to Bongabong would normally encounter barely two of these, not bad. These heavy equiptments will disappear again after the elections and reappear only after six years. I just wonder if the flow of funds for maintenance of these equiptments, fuels, and their operator’s compensation also ceases after the elections. For more of these, we can ask Senator Lacson…and the World Bank, too. click on the following headlines for a bird’s eyeview on the issue: Slippery former DPWH exec a veteran of controversies |
Manoy Doro
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‘NO APPROVED THEREAPEUTIC CLAIM’Why do the manufacturers of herbal medicines labeled ‘NO APPROVED THEREAPEUTIC CLAIM’ continuously claim that their products can cure diseases, including cancer? Name an ailment and this industry surely has a cure. An aging actor, about eighty years old, attributed his supposedly ‘active long life’ to the product he endorses. It is interesting to note that this product is only a year or so in the market. Is the cure-all product which take the form of an M-16 rifle firing deadly diseases including cancer priced so high enough that the late Francis Magalona can not afford? On Tita Cory’s colon cancer, did one of them come forward to offer cure with their products? No one! Now is the appropriate time to prove that their products are effective. In their TV ads that run from 15 seconds to a minute, barely a fourth of a second the government-required ‘NO APPROVED THEREAPEUTIC CLAIM’ can be seen. It is just like a flash of a lightning. We must remember that TV now reaches even in remote places and that not all who lived in those places understood English. Some ads were in the vernacular particular to those places and endorsed by popular personalities and yet when that barely a fourth of a second comes, it showed in English. Those who suffer from diseases and believed a certain product is the one for them, how sure are these manufacturers that all these people understand ‘NO APPROVED THEREAPEUTIC CLAIM’? Why not show it in vernacular spoken in that particular locality? There ought to be a law governing this. Some of herbal medicines labeled ‘NO APPROVED THEREAPEUTIC CLAIM’ seen on TVs: click here for additional information |
Manoy Doro
…a calm before the storm
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…a calm before the storma line from one of my favorite songs ‘have you ever seen the rain’ by CCR goes this way: someone told me long ago, there’s a calm before the storm… the last entry to this blog aside from this one was on february 24 and prior to that was on january 13. it is just now that i have entered this one. for almost two months, there was a lull– calm, stillness. and as the song goes, ‘there’s a calm before the storm’, here now comes the storm. PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL out of more than twenty-one thousand who took the national PhilSci entrance/scholarship exams on 15th of november last year, only a thousand passed– that is in the entire philippines. and out of more than three thousand who took it in mindanao, only ninety passed. the overall ratio of the passers against those who took is 1:21. the result was released on the 15th of february this year and one of passers is my youngest daughter, Nikka. IMMANUEL SCHOOL OF DAVAO for the first time in the history of this school, a student has garnered eleven more medals aside from the one as a valedictorian this year, to wit: 1. Best in English the last two medals were awarded by Diwa learning Center, a national entity.the valedictorian who made history is my youngest daughter, Nikka. it can be recalled that Nikka won second place in the ABRACADABRA poetry writing contest sponsored by this group. click here to see. is this entry a storm? to me, this really is. imagine the passers ratio 1:21 and the twelve medals to her credit. her adviser’s comment upon knowing that she will be in PhiSci soon, ‘makakahanap ka na ng katapat mo doon, Viktoria’. somehow, it is true. and to show how proud Immanuel School of Davao is of Nikka, she was included in the billboards posted in four locations, one of which is placed in the school’s entrance. click here for her valedictory address she herself wrote. click here for pictures |
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stress management
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A lecturer, while explaining stress management to an audience, Answers called out ranged from 8oz. to 20oz. The lecturer replied, “If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem. “In each case, it’s the same weight, He continued, “As with the glass of water, “So, before you return home tonight, “Relax; pick them up later after you’ve rested. And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of life: * Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue. * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others. * Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. * The second mouse gets the cheese. * When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane. * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live. * You may be only one person in the world, * Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once * We could learn a lot from crayons. ” A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.” Check out weekly video blog on Stress Management Issues by James Thomas: How to Spot the Signs of Stress (from Videojug): |
| BARACK OBAMABarack Obama President-elect of the United States Taking office: January 20, 2009 Vice President: Joe Biden (elect) Succeeding: George W. Bush Junior Senator from Illinois Incumbent Assumed office: January 4, 2005 Serving with Dick Durbin Preceded by: Peter Fitzgerald Member of the Illinois Senate from the 13th district In office: January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004 Preceded by: Alice Palmer Succeeded by: Kwame Raoul Born August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04) (age 47) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Birth name: Barack Hussein Obama II Political party: Democratic Party Spouse: Michelle Obama (m. 1992) Children: Malia Ann (b. 1998), Sasha (b. 2001) Residence: Kenwood, Chicago, Illinois Alma mater: Columbia University, Harvard Law School Profession: Attorney, Politician Religion: United Church of Christ Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the President-elect of the United States and the junior United States Senator from Illinois. Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States. He is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003, won a primary victory in March 2004, and was elected to the Senate in November 2004. Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. click here for info source |
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