Money Pooping Machine

Of course Confucius is right when he said that one of the causes why we are out of accord is about our attachment to profit. People want more money. There are some people who just can’t get enough money! And their heartlessness is unbelievably right up there in the highest ceiling of heavens. I cannot explain how disgusted I am with the Sys. How can they possibly that want of having more? More than what they have. They are filthy rich! Confucius argues that common people suffer because of this unjust burdens and greed from the richest family of this capitalist country. Maybe I can throw a Confucian brick to those greedy SMDC people who will demolish the Philam Life Theater so they can come back to their senses. It is just so sad that government doesn’t care that much for our cultural heritage. Specifically, in one of the five cures of Confucianism is the study of the classics. These guys need to appreciate classic Filipino singers and performers that this auditorium witnessed through the years that it has been serving us. 


We may even ask if they really care about our cultural heritage. Filipino's cultural heritage. That is problem in being a capitalist country. As long as you have the money there is no limit on how you can spend it even if you will open malls or condos on every square inch of this country. Yeah sure we are appealing on some of our territorial disputes which is by the way still questionable but what we don't realize that even here in the bounds of what we can legally call OUR land has been terrorized by this monstrous businessman who doesn't give a damn as long as they will earn their precious money. They are making out country a big money pooping machine and we are not realizing it yet. Screw SM!

What Does These Months Has For Me

Hey there. It's been a long time since i wrote something here. I know i said before that i will try to write here everyday but my schedule doesn't permits me to. There are a lot of things that i want to talk about but it seems that I already told those stories to some people so those stories hasn't been in my mind for quite some time now. But let me talk about the first thing that is in my head right now. I'm pondering on making this blog a tagalog blog. Maybe because of my dislike on Jose Rizal. But i also realize that if i'm targeting Filipino Netizens then there shouldn't be a problem writing in this language. I also realized that i should not try to get the whole wide web as my audience. I should write in the context of my country because i learned that the more specific you are the more general it'll be.

Also another realization that i had these past months that my level of sadness is directly proportional to the number of novels that i can finish. I'm struggling with something for the past months and i finished 7 novels in 3 months time. Usually i just finish 3-4 novels a year. I'm that kind of person who thinks too much so to block the thoughts that bother me i read novels. I don't know about you but it is effective for me.

There has been a lot of great opportunities for me these past months and i can't say that i'm overwhelmed. For every title that you get there is a corresponding responsibility. It may sound good that you have those titles and when your friends heard about it they are all over you saying how awesome that is. But they will never understand how much work you need to put in to maintain those "titles" that they is awesome. But still thank you Lord for all of these.

Where do I fit in?

Where can you find the place where you will fit in best? Who can say to you that you shall take this path and not the otherwise? How can this crucial choice affect everyone around you? This is a very tough question that I will try to talk about somehow. I came across this question AGAIN in my class today and though I know for a fact what I want to be in my life what bothers me is that there are some people who are still not in the same predicament as I am. I’m not trying to boast here or something but what I’m trying to say is it also affects us in an indirect way when you make a decision that will place you in a field where you don’t best fit. It is an old issue about the nursing students that are taking the course because they were forced to by their parents or lured by the “opportunity” outside the country. As one of my professors used to say “Sayang yung mga utak na pinilit magnursing. Pwede sana sila maging magaling na abogado o mambabatas sa talino nila na yan” We can establish a premise here that there are endless possibilities of what ifs with these people and how they could have helped our country in a more effective way. 

If you happened to watch the movie 3 Idiots (a 2009 Bollywood film) one of Rancho’s friend was forced by his parents to take Engineering when in fact he is a TALENTED photographer. He could have use those times that he spend in engineering school to enhance his photography skills but instead he wasted it studying something that he is not passionate about. We are all trying to find our place where we will be a functional member of the society and aiming to be effective. We should seek what we do best and pursue it. What are we passionate about and strive for it. Sometimes we are just in the wrong track doing things that are meaningless and wasting our time doing something we don’t need to do. This is exactly the problem why here in the Philippines is far from an ideal society. Though we can never have an ideal society but it doesn’t mean we stop trying to become one. Here comedians can be politicians, nursing graduates are in the call centers, political science graduates can teach sociology and other fields that a lot of wrong people are in it. 

I’m aware that we are highly influenced by the social media culture in our time today where you can see what everyone is doing with just a click. It is also by this culture that we think in such a way that we seek what we can get and what we think we deserve. It is all about us and what we are entitled to have. It made us forget that every right has a responsibility with it. We are responsible to what our country is becoming. There is no one to blame but us to what is happening in the Philippines. So what are we trying to do to contribute to our country? Are we on the field that we think we can contribute effectively? Of course some would argue that it is the practicality that they are doing the things they are doing right now. But is it really the reason or we just don’t have the guts to make a stand? I’m sure that you don’t want to see the old gray haired you telling to yourself that you live a life of practicality not making a dent on history.

Democracy Is In Our Hands

Before i sleep i want to write a couple more things here. It is so random that i want to tackle about democracy at this time. As Plato once said "The problem with democracy is that decisions are made by people without knowledge". Together with this I once read in my Facebook news feed that the Philippines' politician and government leaders these days are nothing but the tip of the iceberg. These leaders got elected because this is how the Filipinos think and rationalize. Though there are some exceptions because there is also a percentage of citizens that are educated and has a sensible opinions about political issues and economic need of the Philippines. You may also say right now to me that there is a widespread anomaly in every election and results are not that credible. But let's be realistic that no matter how big the influence of a certain politician or government personality, despite of their efforts you cannot outnumber the votes of majority of the people. Maybe it can help them a notch to gain a comfortable position but still this is subject to debate.

We always want democracy, freedom as others may say, we want to be autonomous and sovereign but are we really up for it? I'm fully aware that there is no perfect government but should not dismiss the notion of improvement. We should not settle for mediocrity and be passive about these things. As democracy in its sense has a big reliance on its people and we should not neglect that. Our goal is that we should aim to educate our people and eradicate ignorance. Before poverty, debts and territory disputes we should first educate our people and awareness to this things will follow much more a better understanding of these issues.

Today, September 21, 2012 we are remembering the Martial Law that once tasted by our country and because of this people became suddenly awakened from their slumber and revolted; I honestly believe this is because they cannot afford to ignore this anymore for they are directly affected by this that time. People across the globe recognized us because of the succeeding events following the Proclamation 1081. But this doesn't last that long and the all of a sudden the patriotism died. This should not be a temporal; the passion to learn and be held responsible for our own democracy should be reminded to every Filipino every day. The efforts of some private sectors and companies in igniting the Filipino Spirit in anyway they can shall not be put in vain. If we all want to be truly free and sovereign, we should take the responsibility in our shoulders and every single Filipino should also do the same.

Where's the optimism? SONA 2011

Why is it that people are not tired of ranting and complaining whenever they can? Aren't you tired of yourself blaming a single person for all of these? Noynoy with all due fairness is just a year old as a president. Then you expect that he will solve all those on your wishlist? C'mon get real! I'm not ignorant of all the extrajudicial killing. poverty,all price hike, low salary, jobless people, budget cuts and the list goes on but don't the president deserve at least a benefit of the doubt? From what i see here, Noynoy actually managed to open some issues, anomalies and corruption in different agencies. He really stick to his "Tuwid na daan" campaign he has which is for me a impressive first year. I believe that this tactic of fighting corruption is a good move to dig a foundation for his further plans of making our country a better land. From getrealphilippines.com this was quoted "How does one go from fighting the wang wang to highlighting “results” to do with reducing hunger?" because according to that article Noynoy quoted his wang-wang speech then followed by a statistics about self-rated hunger. Don't you understand that when this abuse of authority (wang-wang) is eliminated then all good outcome follows? I'm not even a Aquino loyalist but i think Noynoy here is somehow judged inappropriately. I agree that his SONA has left us clueless about all of his plans for our country but on the other side a president that is actively fighting for corruption and authority abuse is a president that i can trust. Let's not put it all on Noynoy's shoulders. Fellow Filipinos we also have some work to do!