At this Covid 19 time, the best talk is the inspirational talk, giving hope to the people, making them understand the value of the times, that it builds up our resiliency.
No wonder, the number of cases spiked a few days ago -- we heard the saddest speech -- that education will be postponed.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
UN HOLIDAYS
When we celebrate holidays with other people, we are making ourselves connected with the world in mind, health, emotions and body. We are showing that we belong to the larger humanity that wants this world to last and last forever. Moreover, it gives meaning to our existence and the subject being celebrated. So let us celebrate with the world these holidays in June.
JUNE
1 June
3 June
4 June
5 June
5 June
6 June
Russian Language Day (Russian)
7 June
8 June
12 June
13 June
14 June
15 June
16 June
17 June
18 June
19 June
20 June
21 June
21 June
23 June
23 June
25 June
Day of the Seafarer [IMO] (STCW/CONF.2/DC.4)
26 June
26 June
27 June
29 June
30 June
30 June
Friday, May 29, 2020
BAYANG MINAMAHAL
SPOTIFY: BAYANG MINAMAHAL
Singer: KRINA CAYABYAB
Composer-Lyricist: WILHELMINA S. OROZCO
Thursday, May 28, 2020
MORE BENEVOLENT LOCKDOWN
I really don't understand why the food sector should suffer so much during lockdowns. People go to supermarkets to buy their food essentials. They go to markets to buy cheaper vegetables. They also go to restaurants to east as many do not cook anymore and prefer to eat out. I am one of the latter.
Yet I have to eat my food on the sly in the place where I had gone because eating is not allowed. Why?
When seniors go to supermarkets, do they think we can stand for hours and hours? No we must have a seat. And it is so depressing seeing chairs for sale yet you cannot sit on them.
In Tagalog, benevolent translation is MAPAGBIYAYA. Though we are concerned about the transmission of the Covid 19 disease, yet, we should be concerned with the living so much more. The living need to eat healthy foods. And so all the outlets for food must be available and accessible.
Social distancing is easy to observe inside restaurants and supermarkets. Everybody now upholds the use of facial masks as part of the fashion. So we should not be anxious nor afraid that we would catch the disease when we go to these places.
Folks let us write to the IATF to create benevolent rules especially for the seniors. Let us also remember to mention the pregnant women, PWD and women with children. FOOD IS THE BIGGEST TOOL TO STRENGTHEN OUR BODIES' DEFENSE AGAINST COVID 19.
So be it.
I just
Yet I have to eat my food on the sly in the place where I had gone because eating is not allowed. Why?
When seniors go to supermarkets, do they think we can stand for hours and hours? No we must have a seat. And it is so depressing seeing chairs for sale yet you cannot sit on them.
In Tagalog, benevolent translation is MAPAGBIYAYA. Though we are concerned about the transmission of the Covid 19 disease, yet, we should be concerned with the living so much more. The living need to eat healthy foods. And so all the outlets for food must be available and accessible.
Social distancing is easy to observe inside restaurants and supermarkets. Everybody now upholds the use of facial masks as part of the fashion. So we should not be anxious nor afraid that we would catch the disease when we go to these places.
Folks let us write to the IATF to create benevolent rules especially for the seniors. Let us also remember to mention the pregnant women, PWD and women with children. FOOD IS THE BIGGEST TOOL TO STRENGTHEN OUR BODIES' DEFENSE AGAINST COVID 19.
So be it.
I just
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
KAALAMANG WALANG HANGGAN
Ang pag-aaral ay habambuhay. Kaya tayo may utak ay upang magamit natin ito sa pag-iisip.
Ang sangkatauhan ay nagkaroon ng pagbabago sa buhay dahil may mga taong nag-aral at inialay nila ang kanilang kaalaman para matulungan ang iba, para maituro kung ano ang mas mabilis na paggawa, at marami pang iba. Kung kaya't kahit sa paanong paraan maaaring makamit natin ang kaalaman na kailangan natin. Likas sa Pilipino at Pilipina ang mag-isip, makiramdam, makisalamuha at makialam.
Sa panahon ngayon ng Covid 19, pag tumigil tayo sa pag-aaral, parang sinabi natin kay Corona Virus, o sige panalo ka na. Magre-recluse, mag-eermitanyo na lang kami.
Mahirap yatang gawin yun kasi maraming utang ang bansa at kung walang mga bagong magtatapos sa mga paaralan wala tayong magiging manggagawa at empleyado. Hindi aandar ang ekonomiya. Mawawalan tayo ng pambayad sa mga pinagkakautangan. Maiiwanan tayo ng mga ibang bansa na patuloy ang pag-unlad ng kanilang siyensiya, ekonomiya, pulitika, kultura at marami pang iba.
Kung kaya't mahalagang tayo ay humanap ng maraming paraan upang ipaabot sa mga mag-aaral ang mga kinakailangan nilang matutunan sa mundong ito.
Narinig ko ngayong hapon ang pagsasalita ng Dr. Diosdado San Antonio, Undersecretary ng Curriculum and Instruction ng Department of Education sa DOH Presser at napakalinaw niyang magsalita. Tunay na siya ay isang guro. Sa loob ng maikling panahon naiparating niya ang iba't ibang paraan na maaaring maipagpatuloy ang pagtuturo ng kabataan kahit na dumaranas tayo ng pagatake ng Covid 19. At mahalaga ang huling sinabi niya. Kailangan ng Dep Ed ng ayuda mula sa iba't ibang ahensiya ng gubyerno.
Matagal na panahon na ang pagmimithi ng mga magulang na makapagtapos ng pag-aaral ang kanilang mga anak. Panahon nina Rizal at Bonifacio, mahigpit ang kapit nila sa pangangailangang makapag-aral ang lahat. Kaya sila ay nakapagsulat ng mahahalagang ideya upang matamo natin ang kalayaan mula sa mga mananakop. Ang mga babaeng taga-Malolos ay sumulat din sa gobernador upang maturuan sila ng Espanyol, na nagpapakita ng kagustuhan nilang makipagtalastasan sa mga namumunong mananakop noon, at maintindihan din ang mga aklat mula sa Espanya na marahil noon ay naglalaman ng mga demokratikong kaisipan na taliwas sa utak ng mga Kastilang naririto noon.
Panahon ng Amerikano, itinuon ng mga bagong mananakop ang pagpapaaral sa mga bata. Alam ng mga Amerikano kasi na ang isang malaking hinaing ng mga nag-alsa noon ay ang kawalan ng edukasyon, liban sa pag-aaral ng katesismo at ng relihiyon. Mga mayayaman lamang, mga ilustrado ang nakaaabot hanggang kolehiyo at kahit na hanggang Europa (bagaman karamihan ay mga lalaki) tulad nina Rizal, Luna, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Mariano Ponce, Graciano Lopez-Jaena, atbp. .
Noong 1900's, isang barko ng Thomasites na mga gurong babae at lalaki ang dumating dito upang turuan ang ating mga ninuno. Kaya natuto sila ng Ingles, magbilang, at marami pang iba. May mga pangyayari noon pa na ang mga sundalong Amerikano ay nanghuhuli ng mga batang ayaw pumasok at dinadala sila sa eskuwelahan.
Bagaman tatawaging kolonyal ang edukasyon na yuon, na ginamit at tumulong para patahimikin ang pag-aalsa laban sa mga bagong mananakop, nagkaroon tayo ng mga nagsipagtapos ng medisina, abogasya, pharmaceutica, edukasyon, at marami pang ibang kurso. Ang mga nakatapos ay siyang naging haligi ng ating lipunan upang makasulong ito at maipagpatuloy ang ating buhay kahit nawala na ang mga mananakop.
Samakatuwid, mahalaga ang edukasyon sapagka't ito ay pagtatanim ng binhi para sa kinabukasan.
Ang isang paraan na nabanggit ni Dr. San Antonio ay ang homeschooling. May isa akong kaibigan; ang kanyang anak ay hindi tumuntong sa eskuwela. Tinulungan niya ito sa homeschooling kung saan nag-aaral sila ng anak niya batay sa mga leksyon na binibigay ng eskuwelahan. Hindi na kailangang pumasok pa ang bata. Ngayon ay nasa kolehiyo na siya dahil nakapasa siya sa entrance exam. Isang malaking medalya ang dapat matanggap ng ina dahil siya ang naging guro ng kanyang anak sa pag-aaral mula elementarya hanggang matapos ng high school.
Ngayon, sa mga gagamiting paraan para maiparating ang edukasyon sa ating mga mahihirap na kababayan, hingan ng gubyerno ang mga radyo at telebisyon ng oras kung saan ang mga tao sa probinsiya ay makakarinig at makapapanood ng mga mahahalagang kaalaman. Siguro mababawasan ang mga advertisement nila tulad ng "ay...nawawala ang freshness...:" na paulit-ulit na binabanggit hanggang sa mabingi na tayo sa malabnaw na mensahe nito.
Paanong gagamitin ang dalawang media na ito? Noong 70's isang Jesuit na pari ang nagtayo ng educational TV sa Pilipinas na nagbi-beam ng mga aralin para sa classroom teaching. Nakakabit sa leksyon ng mga bata sa loob ng classroom ang mga tinuturo sa TV. Sa Latin America maraming kaparehong paraan sa pagtuturo.
Ang telenovela ay ginamit ng dekada 70 rin sa Latin Ameria upang ikalat ang mga mensaheng pangkalusugan at family planning literacy din. * Samakatwid, marami ng karanasan sa buong mundo kung paanong maaabot ang mga kabataang nag-aaral sa mga liblib na lugar at mga pag-aaral ng mga kaalaman na may katuturan at kahalagahan sa pamumuhay.
Isa pang paraan na idadagdag ko rin ay ang paggamit ng mga helikopter ng militar upang ipamahagi ang mga pulyeto na naglalaman ng mga maiikling pag-aaral para sa mga bata tulad ng: mensahe tungkol sa mga mahahalagang araw na dumarating tulad ng Marso a-8, araw at Buwan ng Kababaihan, Araw ng Kagitingan, Araw ng Kalayaan, Kaarawan ni Rizal, Gregoria de Jesus, Bonifacio, Tandang Sora, Teresa Magbanua at iba pang mga bayani, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kalusugan World Health Day, Pandaigdigang Araw para sa Kapaligiran Hunyo a-5, World Environment Day, Pandaigdigang Araw para sa Pagbasa't Sulat Setyembre 8, World Literacy Day, Pandaigdigang Araw para sa Karagatan, Hunyo a-8, World Oceans Day, Pandaigdigang Araw Para Alisin ang Pagtatangi-tangi sa Lipunan, Marso 21, (International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimiation), Pandaigdigang Araw para sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran, Noby. 10 (World Science Day for Peace and Development) at marami pang iba.
Maaari ring magkalat ng mga puzzles upang maengganyo ang kabataan na matutong maglutas ng mga problema, na isang hakbang para harapin din ang mga exam sa eskuwela. Dito ay matututo sila ng lohika, math, mga salita, paanong makipagtalastasan, atbp.
Sa ganitong paraan ng pagkakalat ng mga kaalaman, madarama ng ating mga kababayan sa lalawigan na sila ay kasama ng lahat sa pagmumulat tungkol sa maraming bagay dito sa mundo.
*"One form of edutainment popular in Latin America is the educational telenovela. Miguel Sabido, a producer of telenovelas from the 1970s on, has combined communication theory with pro-health/education messages to educate audiences throughout Latin America about family planning, literacy, and other topics. He developed a model which incorporated the work of Albert Bandura and other theorists, as well as research to determine whether programs impacted audience behavior."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_television
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
WHAT IS DISINFORMATION?
."false information which is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media..."
That is the definition of DISINFORMATION.
How do we detect DISINFORMATION?
1. The report is incomplete. When writing news, it is imperative that the source observes the filling up of the following questions:
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
HOW
WHEN
WHY
2. An announcer is dishing out DISINFORMATION when:
it starts a report with the shocking statement that President Duterte is looking for a new health secretary and then ends the report with the statement that the present government official enjoys his support.
Question: what is the point of reporting then? The announcer did not mention who are asking for the dismissal of the health secretary and why. The ann
3. The announcer is reporting a one-line occurrence which has already ended but makes it appear as if the policy or program is still in force.
Example: He or she reports that the DSWD has the social amelioration program payout. But the report is very terse. It ends right away with the statement of calling out the government agency for verification. At that time, the SAP has just ended.
Question: What is the point of mentioning it at all? A radio station has no excuse of conducting disinformation even if it bases its existence on being a carrier of the Gospel. DISINFORMATION is a sin because it is deluding the listeners into thinking that the phenomenon or event being reported is occurring.
It is bringing the listeners to a state of belief that is no longer tenable.
4. An announcer is committing disinformation when through a song or songs that for the flock to talk to God is by making Him sound like a laundryperson - washing away the sins of the world. Nowhere in the Bible have I read that at all. The blood of Christ is what washes away the sin.
Instead in the many psalms that I have read, the appellang is asking God to give him or her the strength to overcome evil in this world, to save him from the oppressors.
I think pastors on air should examine their words properly and accurately in order to gather more adherents who are looking for moral directions. But if they themselves are in need of directions, then it becomes listening to him or her is a ridiculous exercise in massaging his or her ego in need of radio listeners who would validate them.
5. An announcer is committing DISINFORMATION when it uses sexist language downgrading one sex over the other. Sexism is a prevalent on radio especially when women reporters are called "radyoman."
6. DISINFORMATION is committed when the information is written in deep Piipino words assuming that every listener counts in Tagalog.
In MetroManila, Taglish is the norm.
Folks, I would appreciate your opinions on this. Please send them through my Facebook account.
That is the definition of DISINFORMATION.
How do we detect DISINFORMATION?
1. The report is incomplete. When writing news, it is imperative that the source observes the filling up of the following questions:
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
HOW
WHEN
WHY
2. An announcer is dishing out DISINFORMATION when:
it starts a report with the shocking statement that President Duterte is looking for a new health secretary and then ends the report with the statement that the present government official enjoys his support.
Question: what is the point of reporting then? The announcer did not mention who are asking for the dismissal of the health secretary and why. The ann
3. The announcer is reporting a one-line occurrence which has already ended but makes it appear as if the policy or program is still in force.
Example: He or she reports that the DSWD has the social amelioration program payout. But the report is very terse. It ends right away with the statement of calling out the government agency for verification. At that time, the SAP has just ended.
Question: What is the point of mentioning it at all? A radio station has no excuse of conducting disinformation even if it bases its existence on being a carrier of the Gospel. DISINFORMATION is a sin because it is deluding the listeners into thinking that the phenomenon or event being reported is occurring.
It is bringing the listeners to a state of belief that is no longer tenable.
4. An announcer is committing disinformation when through a song or songs that for the flock to talk to God is by making Him sound like a laundryperson - washing away the sins of the world. Nowhere in the Bible have I read that at all. The blood of Christ is what washes away the sin.
Instead in the many psalms that I have read, the appellang is asking God to give him or her the strength to overcome evil in this world, to save him from the oppressors.
I think pastors on air should examine their words properly and accurately in order to gather more adherents who are looking for moral directions. But if they themselves are in need of directions, then it becomes listening to him or her is a ridiculous exercise in massaging his or her ego in need of radio listeners who would validate them.
5. An announcer is committing DISINFORMATION when it uses sexist language downgrading one sex over the other. Sexism is a prevalent on radio especially when women reporters are called "radyoman."
6. DISINFORMATION is committed when the information is written in deep Piipino words assuming that every listener counts in Tagalog.
In MetroManila, Taglish is the norm.
Folks, I would appreciate your opinions on this. Please send them through my Facebook account.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
SEXIST LANGUAGE O LENGGWAHENG SEXIST
Ano ang Sexist na lenggwahe?
Ito ang lenggwahe na tumutukoy sa kasarian o gender.
Maraming halimbawa ng sexist language.
Pero una muna, ano ang sexismo? Ito ay isang uri ng pagtatangi, laban sa isang kasarian, kadalasan laban sa kababaihan.
Anu-ano ang mga uri ng sexist na lenggwahe, yung may pagtatangi?
Paggamit ng panghalip na patungkol sa sangkatauhan pero gumagamit ng isang sex lamang.
Sa Ingles, maraming uri ng sexist language tulad sa halimbawang ito:
Every student will be reporting in August. He will have to bring his schoolbooks and pens.
Sa Pilipino, ang pagsasalin nito ay " Bawa't estudyante ay magrereport na sa Agosto. Kailangang dalhin niya ang kanyang mga aklat at bolpens.
Samakatuwid, walang he or she, kundi siya na maaaring magtukoy sa lalaki o babaeng estudyante. Kung kaya't mararamdaman ng babaeng estudyante na kasali siya sa patakaran na ipatutupad.
May isang palasak na sexist language akong naririnig sa radyo: ang salitang radyoman.
2. Isang titulo ng trabaho na patungkol sa lalaki bagaman ang trabaho ay maaari ding gawin ng babae.
Halimbawa, radioman, bagaman may mga babaeng radio reporters. Ang radioman ay tumutukoy lamang sa mga lalaki pero isinasama ang mga babae sa ilalim nito. Kaya ang tawag kay Ria, ay radyoman, at si Silvestre ay radyoman din.
Pag ganito ang titulo ng trabaho, ang kadalasang magaaplay sa trabaho ay lalaki, at mawawalan ng interes o bababa ang motivation ng babaeng magtrabaho sa ganitong estasyon.
Monday, May 18, 2020
WHO TO EDUCATE?
WHEN YOU EDUCATE A MAN, YOU EDUCATE AN INDIVIDUAL; WHEN YOU EDUCATE A WOMAN, YOU EDUCATE A FAMILY (A NATION.) African Proverb
Sunday, May 17, 2020
HOW DO WE BELIEVE IN THE AGE OF COVID 19?
"Here no promises. In Christ all promises.," said the announcer. Then she programmed funeral music on air.
I am wondering why Hong Kong which is not really a Christian nation is able to contain the corona virus yet a Christian director is there. I think HK tempers the religious beliefs of the Chinese there by allowing many religions to flourish: 600 Buddhist and Taoist temples, 800 Christian churches, five mosques, three synagogues, a Hindu temple and a Sikh temple.
In Vietnam which has zero Corona virus deaths has three: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism
But the Philippines, our country, has a high count of deaths due to Covid 19 despite our being predominantly Catholic 80.6%. We have other religions as well: Protestant 8.2% (includes Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches 2.7%, National Council of Churches in the Philippines 1.2%, other Protestant 4.3%), other Christian 3.4%, Muslim 5.6%, tribal religions . 2%.
Italy, Spain and now Brazil are racing in the charts for the highest cases of Covid 19.
Is there something in the Catholic and Christian religions that make people think that earthly life is the same as the after life? That is why those patie nts who contract the disease no longer fight to live here?
Is it possible that the patients are clinging to the idea that God is responsible for Covid 19, and that they need to be punished?
Or it is God's way of bringing a sign that he is displeased with earthlings' acts and behavior?
Or that it is all right to die of the disease after all they will see God?
I think we must also examine our religious beliefs as to why we have a high rate of deaths due to Covid 19. Other Catholic and Christian nations also must investigate what kind of prayers are being uttered to patients and what the contents of their prayers are while being treated.
A holistic approach to treatment of Covid 19 disease looks very necessary after two months have passed and still we are just teetering here and there among countless data that are not showing a totally flat curve.
I am wondering why Hong Kong which is not really a Christian nation is able to contain the corona virus yet a Christian director is there. I think HK tempers the religious beliefs of the Chinese there by allowing many religions to flourish: 600 Buddhist and Taoist temples, 800 Christian churches, five mosques, three synagogues, a Hindu temple and a Sikh temple.
In Vietnam which has zero Corona virus deaths has three: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism
But the Philippines, our country, has a high count of deaths due to Covid 19 despite our being predominantly Catholic 80.6%. We have other religions as well: Protestant 8.2% (includes Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches 2.7%, National Council of Churches in the Philippines 1.2%, other Protestant 4.3%), other Christian 3.4%, Muslim 5.6%, tribal religions . 2%.
Italy, Spain and now Brazil are racing in the charts for the highest cases of Covid 19.
Is there something in the Catholic and Christian religions that make people think that earthly life is the same as the after life? That is why those patie nts who contract the disease no longer fight to live here?
Is it possible that the patients are clinging to the idea that God is responsible for Covid 19, and that they need to be punished?
Or it is God's way of bringing a sign that he is displeased with earthlings' acts and behavior?
Or that it is all right to die of the disease after all they will see God?
I think we must also examine our religious beliefs as to why we have a high rate of deaths due to Covid 19. Other Catholic and Christian nations also must investigate what kind of prayers are being uttered to patients and what the contents of their prayers are while being treated.
A holistic approach to treatment of Covid 19 disease looks very necessary after two months have passed and still we are just teetering here and there among countless data that are not showing a totally flat curve.
Saturday, May 16, 2020
ELUSIVE FREEDOM FROM FEAR
I have just learned that the senior citizens' subsidy is now under control of the mayor of Quezon City. No mention whatsoever as to when our subsidy shall be released. Yet everyday we hear that the funds for senior will be released -- by whom? when? and how much?
I wish the government would sing in unison and give us a complete picture as to how we can avail of help. Let us not act in piecemeal fashion because it only brings more stress. Unable to get out, I am under the control of invisible forces who tamper with my computer, when I can open my emails, how long I have to wait, when I can read my emails, which emails I can read, which websites I can open, which news I can read or watch, when I have to shut down my computer.
Yes, Folks, the fascist control of my life is quite complete. They are trying to instill fear in me every second of my life. Yesterday, I lost two very important documents right inside my unit.
Only my mind is free to compose music. plays and poems.
I wish the government would sing in unison and give us a complete picture as to how we can avail of help. Let us not act in piecemeal fashion because it only brings more stress. Unable to get out, I am under the control of invisible forces who tamper with my computer, when I can open my emails, how long I have to wait, when I can read my emails, which emails I can read, which websites I can open, which news I can read or watch, when I have to shut down my computer.
Yes, Folks, the fascist control of my life is quite complete. They are trying to instill fear in me every second of my life. Yesterday, I lost two very important documents right inside my unit.
Only my mind is free to compose music. plays and poems.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
HOW SADISM WORKS
Here is how Sadism was employed during our fight against Covid 19:
First Day -- I was told to stay indoors as the coordinator for giving of seniors' subsidy will come to m unit. I live on the upper floor so I have no choice but to wait;
Second Day- the coordinator came but passed by my room until I had to go out and ask her, as she was at the farth,er end of the hallway already, why she did not knock on my door. she asked for a xerox copy of my senior citizen's ID;
Third Day- I sent my ID through an emissary to the coordinator
Fourth Day - someone asked the barangay on my behalf about the status of my case. I was told that someone would come and give me my subsidy.
Fifth Day - I was asked to fill up a form. After doing so, I had it sent back to the coordinator.
Sixth Day - Another form: I was asked to fill up another form.
Seventh Day -- My neighbor said that she was going to line up at the barangay. I asked her to inquire about the status of my subsidy. She came back later and said that the bgy would send the money to my unit, as there are other seniors in the building.
Eighth Day - The emissary came and said she herself was denied the subsidy as she is not a voter in the place.
As for my case, she had no reply.
Ninth Day - last day for giving of subsidy. Till late evening, no one came.
At 9 in the evening, I heard a reporter over a Christian Broadcasting station, announce that DSWD is giving 8,000 to MetroManila residents, 5,600 to some outlying provincial residents, etcetera. This reporter did not know that the giving our of subsidies was terminated at 5 pm.
That's the way hopes were dashed during this Anti-Covid 19 Age. Can Sadism be labelled a crime, and what is the penalty for it?
First Day -- I was told to stay indoors as the coordinator for giving of seniors' subsidy will come to m unit. I live on the upper floor so I have no choice but to wait;
Second Day- the coordinator came but passed by my room until I had to go out and ask her, as she was at the farth,er end of the hallway already, why she did not knock on my door. she asked for a xerox copy of my senior citizen's ID;
Third Day- I sent my ID through an emissary to the coordinator
Fourth Day - someone asked the barangay on my behalf about the status of my case. I was told that someone would come and give me my subsidy.
Fifth Day - I was asked to fill up a form. After doing so, I had it sent back to the coordinator.
Sixth Day - Another form: I was asked to fill up another form.
Seventh Day -- My neighbor said that she was going to line up at the barangay. I asked her to inquire about the status of my subsidy. She came back later and said that the bgy would send the money to my unit, as there are other seniors in the building.
Eighth Day - The emissary came and said she herself was denied the subsidy as she is not a voter in the place.
As for my case, she had no reply.
Ninth Day - last day for giving of subsidy. Till late evening, no one came.
At 9 in the evening, I heard a reporter over a Christian Broadcasting station, announce that DSWD is giving 8,000 to MetroManila residents, 5,600 to some outlying provincial residents, etcetera. This reporter did not know that the giving our of subsidies was terminated at 5 pm.
That's the way hopes were dashed during this Anti-Covid 19 Age. Can Sadism be labelled a crime, and what is the penalty for it?
Sadism, psychosexual disorder in which sexual urges are gratified by the infliction of pain on another person. The term was coined by the late 19th-century German psychologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing in reference to the Marquis de Sade, an 18th-century French nobleman who chronicled his own such
MORE ONEROUS THAN COVID 19
When we contract Covid 19, the government takes care of us. But when we suffer from inflated bills of telecoms, we deal with the onerous bills alone.
That's a bigger headache than getting sick.
HUMANE PRICING?
LESSON NUMBER TWO:
Now we know that some businesses are highly inflated in terms of pricing. Knowing the weakness of the people for contacting friends and relatives, the telecom companies have highly priced fees for internet use and loads of celfones.
I think that we must have a presidential statement on this. We are already suffering from having to be cooped up in our homes. Yet using the internet and our gadgets has become highly prohibitive. We are not earning and yet we need to spend for these communication facilities as they are essential to our living a decent life, despite so many restrictions.
It is high time that our DICT, BIR, Congress and the Senate look into the pricing of telecom companies if they are humanely applied to a country that is reeling from the effects of a pandemic. Only a high level investigation is needed on this matter.
Now we know that some businesses are highly inflated in terms of pricing. Knowing the weakness of the people for contacting friends and relatives, the telecom companies have highly priced fees for internet use and loads of celfones.
I think that we must have a presidential statement on this. We are already suffering from having to be cooped up in our homes. Yet using the internet and our gadgets has become highly prohibitive. We are not earning and yet we need to spend for these communication facilities as they are essential to our living a decent life, despite so many restrictions.
It is high time that our DICT, BIR, Congress and the Senate look into the pricing of telecom companies if they are humanely applied to a country that is reeling from the effects of a pandemic. Only a high level investigation is needed on this matter.
ALARM!
HEALTH PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES:
WE MUST HAVE THOUSANDS OF TESTING KITS AND CONTACT TRACERS WHO
WILL LOOK FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY THE TESTED PATIENT.
THE VIRUS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ENEMY NOW. IT ATTACKS THE BODY, THE
WHOLE SYSTEM AND PARALYZES NOT ONLY THE VICTIM BUT ALSO THE REST
WHO SURROUND HIM OR HER.
Ergo, it is important, highly important for us to be aware second by second to know what we are doing -- whether we are inviting the virus to proliferate and stay or to disappear forever.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
LESSONS FROM COVID 19
Things will never be the same from hereon. We shall be forever wearing facial masks. We shall be wary of nearing any person. Otherwise, we would say he or she is a thief.
When we hand in our fares or make payments, we shall immediately sanitize our hands. Money is the dirtiest thing in the civilized world of business transactions I think.
We have to forget holding any pageant, concert or any theatrical shows since few tickets only may be sold as the theatres cannot be fully filled up. What then happens to our cultural skills?
I think composers and musicians in general are the lucky group since they can be creative singly or in twos only. Tell me in my FB page if I am wrong, Folks.
We have seen how flatfooted some government officials as the virus started its trek in our country. And how a lot of them showed their truer colors -- that they are not really there to serve the public, but their pockets. Pathetic indeed. By the way, until now I have not received anything save about six kilos of rice, about a dozen sardines, a two mats of vitamins.
This crisis shows to us how shallow the knowledge about nutritious eating of the officials who should be taking care of us. Do they expect us to eat canned foods everyday? And no message about how to keep ourselves strong and healthy to resist the virus. In other words, Folks the bureaucrats are just plain paper pushers.
Our complaining public are already alerting the current underperforming officials that they can no longer be depended upon to vote for them because of their poor showing in this crisis. One can never fault our people for thinking that way.
Now we should also tell the radicals in the countrysides to keep off all moves to give to the rural folks their amelioration packages. I think it is the height of insensitivity to be blocking food and help for them and using violent means is also highly un-Christian, beyond moral standards of decency and just plain callous ideological bent.
Let us pray always to make the government be responsive and sensitive to our needs despite all the struggles we have to plod through.
Paglipas ng dilim, may liwanag.
KONEKTADO DAW
Fifteen people under the workgroup have been found to be connected to my computer, according to the technician. Wow! Am I that famous? Or infamous? Whatever?
Why are they very interested in my writings?
Why are they very interested in my writings?
Monday, May 11, 2020
Saturday, May 9, 2020
COUNT THE MINUTES
I learned that there are 3000 seniors in our area who will be receiving P8000 you count five minutes per recipient who will get the envelope, that would be 15,000 minutes. Now, 15,000 divided by 60 minutes per 1 hour = 250 hours. Now 250 divided by 8 working hours= 31.25 days. So from April 3 when the DSWD gave the money up to May 15 is 31 days, less Saturday and Sunday. But the times are critical so the LGUs must work including Saturdays and Sundays. So now it has 34 days already since the DSWD gave the money. We should have received our Social Amelioration Cash Assistance.
Now, the question, how does the DSWD release the money - bank to bank? Which bank receives LGU money? Can the money be withdrawn anytime and placed in another bank? Baka mas malaki ang interest kaya?
Bankers and financial wizards please help us understand why releases are not forthcoming.
Thursday, May 7, 2020
ON PURPOSIVE BALIK PROBINSIYA
Two coordinators, Ka Sela and Ka Emma of a women's organization, Makamasa in Tondo are talking about the "Balik-Probinsiya" program of the government.
EMMA: Ka Sela, anong tingin mo sa "Balik-Probinsiya?" Marami bang mga taga Tundo ang sasama rito?
KA SELA: Ay, naku Ka Emma, lahat dito sa Tundo gusto yang programang yan. Pero ang tanong, paano silang magsisimula sa probinsiya?
EMMA: Samakatuwid, tinatanong niyo kung ano pang tulong ang kasama sa programang ito?
KA SELA: Tama. Kasi marami sa kanila noong nagpunta sa Maynila, magaganda ang plano pero pagdating dito, naging gangster, Sigue-Sigue, Oxo, at marami pang iba, dahil sa hirap ng buhay. Kumapit sila, sumama sila sa kung sino ang malalakas sa komunidad para maproteksyonan sila.
EMMA: Aba, oo nga pala ano? Ang Balik Probinsiya, sa kabalintunaan ay Punta-Maynila program ng mga tao noon.
KA SELA: Oo at yung mga babae, nagbenta ng katawan nila para mapakain ang mga anak, habang yung asawa, naging pahinante sa piyer na maliit ang kita.
EMMA: E paano ho tayong tutulong na maging matagumpay itong programang Balik Probinsiya at hindi maging isang kaparis ng Tundo ang lilipatan ng mga tao?
KA SELA: May tatlong klase ng mga taong gustong bumalik o pumunta sa probinsiya: una yung gustong magsimula ng bagong buhay na marangal. Pangalawa, yung wala talagang makitang pag-asa dito sa Maynila kaya babalik na lang sa pinag-ugatan nila. Pangatlo, yung mga taong naghihintay na lang ng takipsilim sa buhay nila.
KA EMMA: Magbibigay ho yata ng pera ang gubyerno sa mga gustong bumalik; ang narinig ko noon ay sampung libo. Tama na ho ba yun, sa tingin nyo?
KA SELA: Ay naku, Ka Emma, ipang iinom lang nila yun sa mga kababayan nila. "O Pare, ang tagal mo sa Maynila a. Magpainom ka naman." Ikaw naman Ka Emma parang hindi mo kilala ang mga kababayan natin.
KA EMMA: A, alam ko na, bago tanggapin na Balik Probinsiyano o Balik Probinsiyana, ipasulat sa kanila o interviewhin kung anong gustong gagawin pagdating duon sa bayan nila.
KA SELA: Tama at ipasulat sa kanila kung ano'ng proyekto ang gagawin nila at kung magkano ang kailangan buwan buwan para matulungan silang matustusan ito.
KA EMMA: Oo nga ano, at saka ma momonitor ang gawain nila ruon. Hindi yung basta-basta pabanjing banjing, pasuruy-suroy na paglipat sa probinsiya.
KA SELA: Oo, ibig sabihin may tukoy na layunin sila sa paglipat duon.
KA EMMA: E para naman duon sa naghihintay ng takip-silim?
KA SELA: Aba, ako otsenta na, nagsu zumba pa. Hindi puwedeng nakanganga at naghihintay malagutan ng hininga. Kelangan busy rin sila - nagtatanim, sumasali sa mga senior citizen clubs, at nage-ehersisyo kada umaga.
KA EMMA: Naku, Ka Sela, ang gaganda ng mga sinabi ninyo. Kailangang maparating natin ang mga ito bago mga jeproks o kaya pa tong-its, tong-its o tiktok lang ang maipadala ruon.
KA SELA: Dapat ang barangay na tatanggap sa kanila magkaroon din ng programa para sa kanila, nang sa ganuon maging malapit sila sa mga kababayan natin hindi lamang sa punto ng galimgim.
KA EMMA: Ano yung galimgim?
KA SELA. Yun bang, pag nagkita ay parang nagbabalik ang kanilang mga nakaraan at nailalabas ang kaugnayan sa isa't isa.
KA EMMA: A nostalgia. Kasi nawawala din yun di ba?
KA SELA: Oo, isang linggo lang yun na inuman tapos na. Sa susunod na linggo, away away na sila, deba-debate.
KA EMMA: Kailangan maging asset din sila sa komunidad, hindi pabigat.
KA SELA: Tama. Yun bang matuto silang mag-bolunteer kung kailangan. Halimbawa, kailangang magtayo ng tubig na dadaluy mula sa bundok papunta sa komunidad, kailangan sama-sama lahat.
- "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." – Margaret J. ...
- Walang lakas ang pagbabago kundi sa pagkakaroon ng isang komunidad na natutukoy kung ano ang pinakamahalaga sa kanila.
- "The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members." – Coretta Scott King
Ang kadakilaan ng isang komunidad ay nasusukat sa kung gaano kataimtim ang damayan sa isa;t isa ng mga kasapi.
- “Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much” – Helen Keller.
- Kung tayo'y nag-iisa, karampot lamang ang ating magagawa; kung sama-sama, marami tayong matatamo.
Meg Wheatley is an
American writer and management consultant who studies organizational behavior.
Her approach includes systems thinking, theories of change, chaos theory,
leadership and the learning organization: particularly its capacity to
self-organize.
Coretta Scott King was an
American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther
King Jr. An active advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for
the Civil rights movement in the 1960s. King was also a singer who often
incorporated music into her civil rights work.
Helen Adams Keller was an
American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind
person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
KA SELA or Marcela Farola was the guiding light of Makamasa during its heyday in Magsaysay Village from 1984 to 2002. She now lives with her family in Cavite, dancing the zumba every morning. Makamasa would not have been able to survive without her high moral standards and a firm belief in the God Almighty
KA EMMA was the over-all coordinator of Makamasa seeking help from outside to help the Tundo women attain equality, development and peace in their community. Together with Ka Sela they walked the grounds of Tondo, walking among the women, visiting their homes and sympathizing with those who were victims of cruel husbands. The main project of the group then was Feminist Literacy for the home, the community and the society-at-large. Makamasa was funded by the Laubach Literacy International based in Syracuse, New York.
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