I Sell Everything. . .

It was my first week here in Bangued - Abra, auditing a School which is under the administration of SVD Priests. It is a renowned place here, since SVD - Philippines started in this remote area of the Philippines to be a witness to the word.

Yes, let me introduce to you the Catholic priests, whom with all honor, I'm proud to have worked with and known them personally.

  Rev. Fr. President Brigido A. Angngasing, SVD. - School President 

  Rev. Fr. Leonardo Huiqina, SVD - Campus Ministry Officer
  Rev. Fr. John S. Bala, SVD - Finance Officer

Well, June 17, when I met Fr. Bing, along the corridor and asked him what time will be his mass, if ever there will be so that we can attend and listen to his homily. He smile and speak while maintaining that smile, as always his trademark.

"A. . .hehehe wala na akong misa ngayon eh. Tapos na. . .pero kung gusto nyo mag misa ako mamaya sa chapel para sa inyong dalawa, isama natin si Joey"

Well, deep inside, I feel hesitant and indifferent. It's not that I feel obnoxious toward the Catholic Priest. But I don't really do Catholic practice, and now it's just the three of us and, the mass is really intended for us.

I just smile and pay my gratitude that Fr. Bing would be giving mass for us. Even though my intentions was to find peace and be back to earth under God's wisdom. "Ok po Father Bing, thank you. Salamat po."

"Ok walang problema. 10:30 am sa Chapel, please don't be late"

"Yes Apo, thank you so much po"

As we gathered and pray silently. . . It inspires me a bit as he remind us that it is Father's day, and since that is one of my greatest weakness, my longing of having a father. I felt deep inside that I was intended to stand in front of him, to read the first reading and the responsorial psalm.

Happy Father's day to my Father. Wherever you are. . . and most of all to my Mum, who became a father-mother to the Four of us.

The homily goes like this. . . the wisdom I came for. . .

(Something like this)
There was this boy, beside the church on a Sunday morning together with the goods he is selling. He is shouting to the people: Everyone, come here come here for I sell everything. . .hear hear hear!

Then, there was this arrogant rich lady who heard what the boy is shouting. Together with her expensive dangling bangles, earrings and pouty lips, she approached the boy, take her stout purse and calls the boy's attention.

"You young man! As you can see, I am a woman of richness. . . I can buy things that I want and things that other people needs! Anytime and anywhere! Now tell me. . .what is there that you can offer me, if indeed you sell everything!"

"You see madam, I am a boy that only begs for your penny because of the family I love, so I extend everything that I can for your delight, I am sure that I will provide anything that you want, I anytime, at anywhere" the boy replied with forbearance.

The lady, feeling aghast with what she heard from the boy. She took out silver pennies, and let it shine on the boy's face.

"Then sell me peace!"

"Sell me freedom from slavery and war!"

"Sell me equality and anti-poverty!"

Then the boy, with all humility. . .bend his knees and took a Bible from his pocket and gave it to the lady. Smile and whisper "Here Madam, please accept this for free"

"What is this, shame you! I don't need this Bible! You aren't giving me those things that I want! You are not worth my money!"

The boy, with tears in his eyes, not because he was being insulted in front of the crowed, but because the lady in front of her was poor, empty and foul inside.

"You see Madam, You don't understand things that well, I sell you seeds!"

"Seeds that you must cultivate to provide peace and harmony; 

Seed you must nourish to eliminate slavery and war;
Seeds for you to care for everyday to promote equality and to alleviate poverty"

I sell everything. . .

20 reasons why I dislike the Philippines

Jimmy Siezka - should be banned (persona non grata).

I like the idea. After he issued a statement of apology, I think it was alright. Anyway, the idea of Jimmy being banned from the Philippines is good for me, just for the sake of my countrymen.

But at the back of my mind. Jimmy was only used to measure the maturity of my countrymen. "Used" to let this third world country realized those part where improvements is needed.

“I’m deeply sorry that I’ve offended some of the people in the Philippines,” he said. “The show is just made to point out obvious things that any other person would acknowledge and say to themselves, or say to their friends, but obviously not take the steps that I took and put it in a video.”

“For those of you that think that this video was made to show my hate for the Philippines, I must say that you are sadly mistaken,” he added. “I’m just stating the obvious in an unconventional way in order to spark change. Never once did I use the word ‘hate’ in this piece. I simply pointed out issues that have been overlooked for quite some time.” - Jimmy Siezka.

Years under the colony of Spaniards, Americans and Japanense, the Philippines is very defensive from negative comments of foreigners. But never have done so much to help itself, improve and be successful. I am still hopeful, that Jimmy can spark a bit, so Filipinos, or the indios during the Spanish era, can lit a bonfire for this country to be progressive. I am still hopeful for this Country whose culture is already tarnish. Know thyself.

The Press is Free in the Philippines

It was in late August 2010 that I have received the order from my supervisor that I am to be assigned in Urdaneta, Pangasinan.

It was just few days since Quirino Grandstand Hostage Crisis which was aired globally. It was pain in my throat, but still I have to swallow the shame of having this crisis being a Filipino. Proud Filipino.

My two weeks stay in Urdaneta Pangasinan, caught my attention to the Philippine Free Press Magazine. It was featured in one of its article about the topic, the bile in my stomach - the Quirino Grand Stand Massacre.

To keep the story short, this Magazine wake my inner thoughts and still makes me proud being a Filipino. Finally, Just today, I finally saw the Philippine Free Press online.

http://philippinesfreepress.com.ph/

For those who love reading, you may learn more about the Philippines by going in the above website. For my fellow Filipinos, be proud and be one in helping me support the Philippine Free Press.

Not just the weekly magazine itself, let's help the press in the Philippines to be entirely free.

Well, the incident in the Quirino Grandstand, I am not taking it from the press, but I believe they have played the vital role in giving blow by blow account of the hostage.

Joseph Kony - 2012

I was touched when I watch this video about our brothers in Uganda.

http://www.kony2012.com/sharefilm/

Please share and help me make this world a better place to live.

For our kids and the future.

My First Epub

Finally, I was able to publish my first EPub.

Let me tell you how I did it.

These are the applications I used in publishing my first epub.

1. Calibre Free ebook Management. Downloaded free from - http://calibre-ebook.com/

2. Sigil free from http://code.google.com/p/sigil/

3. Step-by-step tutorial from http://www.unrulyguides.com/

4. I also usedePubFixer v1.5.2 to layout chapter a little sophisticated.

Well, this is my first time and it took me around 5 hours to finished one ebook, it has 137 chapters,and 5 extra chapters for author's note, facts of the books, prologue, about the author and his acknowledgments.

Well, other than blogging, I think I now have something new to add in my hobbies and skills, something to be stored in my repertoire of knowledge to be shared someday with the young people.

To God be the glory.

Nasaan ang Bus?

Salamat pala kahapon.

Salamat sa maluwang na mga highway, di kasi gumagalaw ang trapik.
Salamat bumagal ng konti ang ekonimiya at na delay ang mga deliveries.
Salamat at walang mga bus, walang masakyan ang mga kapwa kong Pilipino.
Salamat at naglakad ang mga kapwa kong empleyado na kelangan ng umuwi para sa may sakit nilang magulang;
Sa mga anak na hinihintay ang mga magulang kasi hindi pa nakapaghapunan.
Salamat sa mahusay na araw na yun, salamat naramdaman namin ang dami niyo.

Paumanhin narin at kulang ang aming pang-unawa sa inyo.
Pumanhin at hindi mahaba ang aming pasensya sa inyong pagsamba.
Paumanhin sa inyo, nakakahiya naman.
Paumanhin, dahil kapwa tayo Pilipino, nakalimutan namin ang diwa ng pagbibigayan sa kapwa.

Mahusay! Napakagandang Ehemplo sa mga kabataan.

May Musika Na!

Well, I consider this as an improvement in my blog account!

It's Live365 an online radio player.

Just try listening to it and see other stations as per genre you like.

(Well, most of the presets I have are Filipino Stations.)

Enjoy!

Sa May-ari ng aking Puso!

Gusto ko samantalahin ang panahon na to,
Na karamihan ng mga tao ay nagdiriwang ng araw ng mga puso.
Upang ipaalam at mabatid mo ang aking pasasalamat
sa iyong pagaalaga, pagintindi at higit sa lahat - pagmamahal.

Wari ko na isa itong maganda paraan upang
Magbigay ngiti sa iyong mga labi at
Luha ng kaligayahan sa iyong mga mata.
Aking pag-ibig na alay sayo.

- - -

I was alone when I met you,
You took my hand and you taught me to love.
I was alone and there wasn't love in my life
You came and hold me tight and said you love me.

The first time we met
You give me butterflies, inside.
I can't stop the moment so we never part
I can't stop loving you through the break of dawn.

I love the way how you're holding me,
I love the way how you loving me,
I love the way how you're kissing me.
I love who you are, even if your bad, evil for making sleepless thinking of you.

I thank the heavens above that I met you.
I thank those people who love and cares for you.
I thank those who give you challenges to make you better.
I thank my heart, he reads your name well - Chardene.

Your love is magical that's how i feel,
When I'm with you I can be far away, everything is so real!
But i have lost the words to explain
Words like. . .like. . . Mahal Kita. (I Love you Chardene!).

Happy Heart's Day Undene. I Love you so much!
-loving you dearest, Eduardo Salazar

Bakit walang Porn?

I wonder why there are no porn in face book?

I've been a member of facebook for a such a period of time. But lately, there are some sort of propaganda or say gimmick, where users post pictures (for concern kuno), reminding everyone of the heinous things that happens in every corner of the world.

Fact: Facebook is a worldwide social network, irregardless of age, very accessible to everyone without access limit.

These pictures, let's try to imagine here, to make things adventurous: 1. Images of fetus on drainage. (with a caption of victim of abortion).
2. A Man lying on an operating room, screaming, looking at his left leg, with his femur (leg bone) detached from his tibia half exposed from thorn flesh. (with a caption, motorcycle accident).
3. A kid, whose fingers were popped, palms almost blasted open gaping with blood. (with a caption, victim of fireworks)
4. A Female, lying on the street gutter cut open on the midsection, dead (with caption, victim of pickpockets)

-enough-

Fact: Edong, the blogger is Hemophobic.

But I think, it's not acceptable to post these pictures in facebook, even though I am a Hemophobic, kids can see! Will you let your kids see them? What will you tell them?

How about other people who will see them? Is it really that acceptable to see these "wholesome" gimmicks to avoid the same things? or to posts these images so we can make a better world?

Fact: The world is "already" lost and wasted. We can't correct human flaws by the same human flaws!

Gusto ko lang naman makipag kwentuhan eh. If being Hemophobic will lessen my point on this issue and posting these kind of images will be acceptable to the general facebook users.

Then. . .

Why don't we posed porn in Facebook? A man and a woman in various carnal positions, savage, and degrading. Let's add a caption: Victims of immorality, like if you are one, report me as abusive if you want to change the world.

Bakit walang porn sa facebook? akala ko concern kayo.

Libre na nga, di mo pa Kinuha!

May mga bagay bagay sa mundo na pinipilit ng karamihan na gawing espesyal sa pamamagitan ng pagdagdag ng presyo, pag lalagay ng mga bagay bagay na hindi naman talaga kelangan.

Tipong mas kumplekado, mas mahal ang isang bagay. . .mas espesyal.

That is when I realized how life starts to become complicated, and you feel real empty inside when you see things in your perspective that things are need to be valued the way other people think and way it should be. (Magulo ata.)

In other words: We want things to look good, feel good for the benefit of those people who sees them. "For things to be especial, it should be expensive, superfluous, one of a kind. We tend to make things complicated."

Have you been so busy in your life, you missed those precious moments to see your kids sleeping in the morning, with those small chest rising up and down as they breath?

. . .now they are big enough, wouldn't even care to see you sleeping in comfort in your hospital bed.

Going home late at night is your daily routine just to finish your office work that you forget to talk to your aged parents, giving those precious hugs and kisses?

. . .now you stand in front of their tombstone, whispering to them, watching the flowers and candles, but whatever you do, you can't just hug or kissed them. Not even hear a single word from them.

Have you been busy saving money to buy those latest iphone, smartphones, SLR cameras, LV or Long champs bags, Ferragamo shoes, or maybe those expensive tablets you want to carry around. That you forget those children in the street with no food to eat and those people who are crying because they lost their jobs? (Your wouldn't care at all)

. . .now your about to see your beloved child, lying cold in his death bed because he was stabbed arduously by an unidentified group of kids, when they tried to snatched his iphone and his sister's LV Bag.

Life is simple, most of the time those small things will keep our happiness. Don't take it that serious. When you lost the power to laugh, you lost the power to think.

Wait, what's the sense in life
Come over me, Come over me

Son why you got to sing that tune
Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon
Let an angel swing and make you swoon
Then you will see... You will see

Here's a riddle for you
Find the Answer
There's a reason for the world

There are secrets that we still have left to find
There have been mysteries from the beginning of time
There are answers we're not wise enough to see

He said... You looking for a clue and I Love You free...

The batter swings and the summer flies
As I look into my angel's eyes
A song plays on while the moon is hiding over me
Something comes over me

I guess we're big and I guess we're small
If you think about it man you know we got it all
Cause we're all we got on this bouncing ball
And I love you free
I love you freely

Here's a riddle for you
Find the Answer
There's a reason for the world
You and I...
(The Riddle Five for Fighting.)

"The best things in life are free"

The Art In Everything!

I believe since when I was young that everything that God has created is beautiful. . .

It only depends in our perspective.

I also believe that, we can destroy them at will.

You Can Never Ask Somebody to Stay. . .

One of the good things we must learn, is that when people asks for you to let them go, you must let go.

Yet, sometimes, most especially for the person we love. . .you have to fight for them. Even if you have to sacrifice.

Oh well, good riddance. I Just felt that "we" were left hanging in space.

Nasa Opisina Pala ako, akala ko sa Palengke. . .

Browsing over my e-books yesterday, I came across one of the famous articles about the papers of George Washington.

Sir George Washington is the 1st President of the United States of America, who also firmly believes about racial discrimination among U.S. Black and White should be abolished. Well, that is still attributable to his memento that as of today, racial discrimination, somehow exists, although it was lessen as compared from his time.

Well, clap to that as Barrack Obama was happily having his time at the seat for the moment. Hail?

Sir George Washington was known for having a lot of failures in his life, that even before he became the first president of the United States of America, he was known as Mr. Failure! (Well that is not for me to talk about, all I know is that GW was one of my inspirations, way back when I am still a student officer during University days), Well, he is also known for his writings.

One of them that I like to reiterate here today is: RULES OF CIVILITY & DECENT BEHAVIOR IN COMPANY AND CONVERSATION.

You can view one copy here:
http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/civility/transcript.html

I for one or two instances is an offender of these rules, but sad to know that by observing offices at our modern times, whether your in a manufacturing, pharmaceutical, or any other industry I'm handling, these rules are often (if not most of the time) violated. Even in the office were I'm working, an audit firm.

Gusto ko lang bigyan ng halaga yung ibang mga rules, that provides office decorum:
(pasintabi sa mga tatamaan)

Rule 1. “Every Action done in Company, ought to be with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present.”
--there are times that other that being polite or courteous we deemed to forget to respect people around us, even to the clerk at the reception, or even to the bosses. This is usually committed by the younger ones, who taught that they have already proven a lot in life, just because they graduated from the University, and was able to land a good paying job. Is that it? Well it doesn't earn us the right to do things like that, even saying foul words your friend over the phone.

Rule 58. “Let your Conversation be without Malice or Envy, for it is a Sign of a Tractable and Commendable Nature.”

Limit your comments about coworkers to positive ones only. Office grapevines can be faster than the speed of lightning; anything negative you say will get around and may reflect poorly on you, or possibly label you as the company gossip. What your words, or your actions, will always reflect on you.

Hope we still remember to be civilized, these things are just rules on a paper, they will only have their value if we put them in action, by heart and example to the young ones, who at this moment, aren't on their right track to change the world.

Well, are you civilized or your a crass?

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everybody!

Most of us consider this a new beginning, to change things in our life, most probably, to improve our selves and forget bad things from the past by letting go of them and learning from lessons we may be able to pick-up from those, either good or bad experiences.

Well, it is more of a psychological factor I think.

But devastatingly, things are getting worse every year for the Philippines. And until now, I consider the Filipino men as the culprit.

The missing link - the Filipino Men. (ang tunay na lalake kuno!)

In the facing 2012, may we all have that confidence to face them without being dependent to so much superstitions. These are the things that are not necessary for us to start a new beginning.

Well, they said that we have to respect the belief of other people, well I do. Respect and tolerance is a different story.

Superstitions are like facing new year and for us, we used that belief to make amends like a yes or no qnswer to things that make us hinder ourselves to somethings and giving us reasons to believe that greater success can be achieved in following them.

Well some people are taking as much as they are willing to take, pero in the end, habang uminom ka ng kape mo at nagmumuni-muni, marerealize mo na ang mga bagay bagay ay nagyayari dahil sa paniniwala mo, malalim man ito o mababaw.

There's a lot of books that told us that your path is dictated of what goes in your mind, and of course with proper guidance of the Divine Creator. And to make it more practical, mas mababasa mo yun sa mga librong pambata, pinaganda lang yung wordings at dinagdagan ng mga experiences ng mga kilalang tao pagdating naman sa libro ng mga matatanda or mga biographiya nila. Hindi mo lang narealize, nabasa mo na pala. Masyado ka lang talaga nagpapadala sa mga akala mo magbibigay ng limpak limpak swerte kuno sayo.

The common ties with successful people is that: They were able to conquer their own self, and believe that they can achieve their dreams. Dreams as high beyond the highest mountains of the earth.

Well, maybe that's why we are getting worse every year kasi karamihan sa mga Pilipinong lalake ang paniniwala ay:

Ang pagiging masaya ay ang paginom at magpakalasing;
Ang pagiging tunay na lalaki ay maraming kasintahan, at di nagaaral, at bida sa basag-ulo.

What ever the mind can conceive and believed, it can achieve.
- Napoleon Hill.