A new outrage is again brewing over the statement made by no less than Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane( Terri Hatcher) in a TV show "Desperate Housewives".
" I just want to make sure that your did not get your diploma from Manila!!!"
So, the Filipinos are again united saying things against Terry Hatcher, as a nobody, a has-been, a program without redeeming value hahahahahaha.
Why hit on Hatcher- she was herself molested when she was a kid remember. For crying out loud why don't you find out who wrote the script????????
PINOY TANGA KA BA?????
I was in touch with my doctor friends in the US yesterday and they are taking it with a grain of salt. We don't have to prove it. I am an administrator of one of the biggest hospitals in CAlifornia, I am a great surgeon in New York WHY BOTHER!!
Again as I always say our energies are channelled in a wrong way. We start an outcry over a TV statement and we flood the internet with harsh words against an actress who is just doing her job.
Where did the writer get the material. I must say she is well-read and picked up news about our diploma mills here in the country, the recent scandals about the Nursing Licensure Exams which led to the US hospitals banning graduates of that batch.
So what do we do??? Instead of raising hell or flooding the internet with ills that are happening in your own country we bark on a hapless professional actress delivering a line made by a writer.
Where were you when the leakage was being broadcasted over CNN and major news channels? Where were you when the Philippine System is being corrupted by the officials tasked or elected to their posts? Where were you when polticians play with the hearts and souls of the Filipinos who are here sufferinf in their own lands?
Hindi mga bobo ang mga filipino doctors and nurses in the American Health Services!!!! I AGREE!!! AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO PROVE IT!!!!!!Pero karamihan sa mga Filipinos TANGA????
Thursday, October 4, 2007
DEAL OR NO DEAL?
We are a quiet audience recently to statements coming from no less than our State Capitol- MAlacanang!
The ZTE Deal is a no deal because there were no contracts signed yet. The President herself announced that " We will honor all contracts entered by our Government with the Government of China." Followed by announcements that it is a done deal.
A week after they were singing a different tune- "Wala pang kontrata", or "we have not entered into an agreement yet and everything was exploratory" to the straight faced lie" NAwawala namin ang kontrata"
HAHAHAHA this country is pathetic if not downright STUPID. sO CAN YOU ANSWER MY BLOG QUESTION " PINOY TANGA KA BA???
While I was writing this there is yet another announcement-this time coming from the President from you get it==from China--the ZTE Deal will be scrapped! Totally?
"But we will honor other deals that we have entered into with China! HAHAHHHHAHAA
As this events unfold right under your very noses what do you Filipinos say? OK LANG YAN?
Indeed this country will never be great again!
The ZTE Deal is a no deal because there were no contracts signed yet. The President herself announced that " We will honor all contracts entered by our Government with the Government of China." Followed by announcements that it is a done deal.
A week after they were singing a different tune- "Wala pang kontrata", or "we have not entered into an agreement yet and everything was exploratory" to the straight faced lie" NAwawala namin ang kontrata"
HAHAHAHA this country is pathetic if not downright STUPID. sO CAN YOU ANSWER MY BLOG QUESTION " PINOY TANGA KA BA???
While I was writing this there is yet another announcement-this time coming from the President from you get it==from China--the ZTE Deal will be scrapped! Totally?
"But we will honor other deals that we have entered into with China! HAHAHHHHAHAA
As this events unfold right under your very noses what do you Filipinos say? OK LANG YAN?
Indeed this country will never be great again!
Monday, March 19, 2007
TOW IT AWAY
This morning on my way to Makati I saw a middle aged lady talking/crying to a group of men with an ugly jeep converted into a money-making tow-truck. The knight in me dictated that I get off my car as I smell something wrong with the picture.
Apparently the car of the lady suddenly stopped but was lucky to be helped by some construction workers to bring her car to the curb. She began calling up for help and was glad that these men arrived only to find out that even before asking her what was wrong they immediately attached their contraption and got the lady's driver's license. They then brought it to a yellow uniformed sickly man who has to fight for weeks bout with alcohol and started the usual " a hindi pwede yan gregorian chant that would lead to extorting money". SOUNDS FAMILIAR?
I asked this sickly policeman if they tried to help the lady first before trying to extort money? "E Sir sira sasakyan dapat hatakin!"Ano ang sira? I asked "Ewan ko problema na nya yan!"I was pissed, took my suit off and asked the lady to open her trunk. Voila! The battery's connection was loose and it was aggravated when she fell into a hole along EDSA. The car was OK and no congestion was created. I then asked these men whose leader is tenacious ."Dapat hatakin na yan"was his unending cry. How much does it take for you to let her go?E sir mahigit isang libo yan pag dinala namin" OK fine I am impatient and don't have time, I pulled out a crisp 1000 bill and handed it to the "leader"(who has mastered the craft of extortion). He then said "di po pwede ganyan" and boarded the driver's side of the lady's car and asked us to board as well.
On the side street going to Urdaneta he demanded for the 1000. I got off the car and ran to my car behind and asked my driver for my son's toy gun. "E kung barilin na lang kaya kita P.I. mong hayop ka?" and pointed it to his cohorts. When we started catching attention he jumped into the jeep and while cursing me sped off.
I was surprised to learn that this has been happening for a long time. Without offering to help first they make things worse by adding the cost of towing. Fine if it is causing traffic congestion or it it is an old car and without proper maintenance it is bound to break down.BUT HELP FIRST. Your jeeps with their welded contraptions have made a fortune already. ENOUGH!I believe your mandate is to help. Tow to ease congestion of traffic flow but do not extort from helpless civilians. PI kayo lahat.
A friend's car was towed at 2300 Hrs along SSuper and was brought to this small house two meters away from where his car was. He was thankful he gave them five hundred as a token of friendship. When he came back with the gasoline, the men in the house was extorting 12oo from him and bluffing him with a long ticket. He asked for the guys he gave 500 to and they said they left for home already. AY PILIPINAS!:)
Apparently the car of the lady suddenly stopped but was lucky to be helped by some construction workers to bring her car to the curb. She began calling up for help and was glad that these men arrived only to find out that even before asking her what was wrong they immediately attached their contraption and got the lady's driver's license. They then brought it to a yellow uniformed sickly man who has to fight for weeks bout with alcohol and started the usual " a hindi pwede yan gregorian chant that would lead to extorting money". SOUNDS FAMILIAR?
I asked this sickly policeman if they tried to help the lady first before trying to extort money? "E Sir sira sasakyan dapat hatakin!"Ano ang sira? I asked "Ewan ko problema na nya yan!"I was pissed, took my suit off and asked the lady to open her trunk. Voila! The battery's connection was loose and it was aggravated when she fell into a hole along EDSA. The car was OK and no congestion was created. I then asked these men whose leader is tenacious ."Dapat hatakin na yan"was his unending cry. How much does it take for you to let her go?E sir mahigit isang libo yan pag dinala namin" OK fine I am impatient and don't have time, I pulled out a crisp 1000 bill and handed it to the "leader"(who has mastered the craft of extortion). He then said "di po pwede ganyan" and boarded the driver's side of the lady's car and asked us to board as well.
On the side street going to Urdaneta he demanded for the 1000. I got off the car and ran to my car behind and asked my driver for my son's toy gun. "E kung barilin na lang kaya kita P.I. mong hayop ka?" and pointed it to his cohorts. When we started catching attention he jumped into the jeep and while cursing me sped off.
I was surprised to learn that this has been happening for a long time. Without offering to help first they make things worse by adding the cost of towing. Fine if it is causing traffic congestion or it it is an old car and without proper maintenance it is bound to break down.BUT HELP FIRST. Your jeeps with their welded contraptions have made a fortune already. ENOUGH!I believe your mandate is to help. Tow to ease congestion of traffic flow but do not extort from helpless civilians. PI kayo lahat.
A friend's car was towed at 2300 Hrs along SSuper and was brought to this small house two meters away from where his car was. He was thankful he gave them five hundred as a token of friendship. When he came back with the gasoline, the men in the house was extorting 12oo from him and bluffing him with a long ticket. He asked for the guys he gave 500 to and they said they left for home already. AY PILIPINAS!:)
Sunday, March 11, 2007
MEN OF CONVICTION /FIRM BELIEF
Woke up this morning with a throbbing headache after partying with balikbayan friends from Canada. Twas a productive party having gathered several opinions of Canada based Pinoys who shared their observations on where this country is heading to. Some were downright stupid but funny. Some were quite visceral I didn't believe it was spontaneous.
I will share some of these in our next blogs.
What I am going to share with you now is this group on TV that I am watching at the moment. They are hitting columnist,journalists who are supposed to be MEN OF DIGNITY AND TRUTH.
I share the same opinion that a lot of these journalists are swayed (bought?) coz the contents of their articles move like an unstable yacht. I remember ex-President Ramos said kung galit ka sa Gobyerno basahin mo ito(name of newspaper) pero kung pro ka eto!.
So what is the cornerstone of real and responsible journalism? Isn't it supposed to be TRUTH!!!!?
Is it now TRUTH based on how much money one gets. If I am a drug smuggler who is now enjoying the clout of my influential friends I only have to pay millions and journalists can make me look good? So what are journalists nowadays? Are they just plain PR machines? Don't they adhere to some ETHICS anymore?
I guess these 3 people on TV are right coz they are hitting on an editor of a widely read newspaper we used to send articles to- to hit the ills of the Marcos era. Thought of him as tough and his belief solid. We had coffee with him one time and he mentioned "compromise over his dead body"as we were telling him how our group are willing to lose our lives for the truth and this country. Our motto being " FOR GOD AND COUNTRY". (A politician running for the Senate,is using this cry of ours-he is not one of us(disclaimer).:)
Now he firmly believes that this politician is good and we should admire him. When I told him that I am close to the politician's son and he said that YOU(the journalist) are on their payroll,he became more tisoy than Redford White.Wag mo ko bolahin! As the old cliche goes "THE truth will always come out!"
Anyway these 3 journalists? on TV are preaching the Gospel of Truth. This government staff is immaculate,the government is this etc.OK There is nothing wrong with that and I kept on listening till I saw the commercials. Their program is being powered by ads from this administration- that is why lahat ng nangyayari sa Gobyerno tama. Scratch my back!!!!!so to speak!
Please I beg you! Don't go to Church and pray with your eyes closed. Don't buy your children food or send them to school with BLOOD MONEY. And don't preach when you know it is not the complete TRUTH. We call that "HYPOCRISY". Konting pera lang yan.
If you know the truth I report mo! Kung may katiwalian isulat mo!
I am quite close to some of the Marcoses but we were in EDSA fighting for the ills of his administration.One night in Louie Y"s at Hyatt I told the President's son " You are in a position to affect change-just do it!"Bulok na ang gobyerno ninyo. He made some moves but powerless to the cabal surrounding his Dad.
When I saw him in Makiki a few months after we talked about it and I still believe that these kids of Ferdinand will still make good polticians. And they don't have to pay me for it. Remember how Jinggoy got so mad at his friends for telling the truth?But things would have turned out to be better if they were not blind. I firmly believe that Estrada could have changed this country(he won by a landscsape,remember?) If he followed his heart"walang kaibigan etc.)All that this country needs is someone who has REAL LOVE for this country.
But everyone campaigns like that "Mahal kong Pilipinas! and gets corrupted by the system?Ewan ko lang ha!
So,If you are a journalist and in a position to change this country for the better-just do it!
Wag ka ng magpabayad pa!
I will share some of these in our next blogs.
What I am going to share with you now is this group on TV that I am watching at the moment. They are hitting columnist,journalists who are supposed to be MEN OF DIGNITY AND TRUTH.
I share the same opinion that a lot of these journalists are swayed (bought?) coz the contents of their articles move like an unstable yacht. I remember ex-President Ramos said kung galit ka sa Gobyerno basahin mo ito(name of newspaper) pero kung pro ka eto!.
So what is the cornerstone of real and responsible journalism? Isn't it supposed to be TRUTH!!!!?
Is it now TRUTH based on how much money one gets. If I am a drug smuggler who is now enjoying the clout of my influential friends I only have to pay millions and journalists can make me look good? So what are journalists nowadays? Are they just plain PR machines? Don't they adhere to some ETHICS anymore?
I guess these 3 people on TV are right coz they are hitting on an editor of a widely read newspaper we used to send articles to- to hit the ills of the Marcos era. Thought of him as tough and his belief solid. We had coffee with him one time and he mentioned "compromise over his dead body"as we were telling him how our group are willing to lose our lives for the truth and this country. Our motto being " FOR GOD AND COUNTRY". (A politician running for the Senate,is using this cry of ours-he is not one of us(disclaimer).:)
Now he firmly believes that this politician is good and we should admire him. When I told him that I am close to the politician's son and he said that YOU(the journalist) are on their payroll,he became more tisoy than Redford White.Wag mo ko bolahin! As the old cliche goes "THE truth will always come out!"
Anyway these 3 journalists? on TV are preaching the Gospel of Truth. This government staff is immaculate,the government is this etc.OK There is nothing wrong with that and I kept on listening till I saw the commercials. Their program is being powered by ads from this administration- that is why lahat ng nangyayari sa Gobyerno tama. Scratch my back!!!!!so to speak!
Please I beg you! Don't go to Church and pray with your eyes closed. Don't buy your children food or send them to school with BLOOD MONEY. And don't preach when you know it is not the complete TRUTH. We call that "HYPOCRISY". Konting pera lang yan.
If you know the truth I report mo! Kung may katiwalian isulat mo!
I am quite close to some of the Marcoses but we were in EDSA fighting for the ills of his administration.One night in Louie Y"s at Hyatt I told the President's son " You are in a position to affect change-just do it!"Bulok na ang gobyerno ninyo. He made some moves but powerless to the cabal surrounding his Dad.
When I saw him in Makiki a few months after we talked about it and I still believe that these kids of Ferdinand will still make good polticians. And they don't have to pay me for it. Remember how Jinggoy got so mad at his friends for telling the truth?But things would have turned out to be better if they were not blind. I firmly believe that Estrada could have changed this country(he won by a landscsape,remember?) If he followed his heart"walang kaibigan etc.)All that this country needs is someone who has REAL LOVE for this country.
But everyone campaigns like that "Mahal kong Pilipinas! and gets corrupted by the system?Ewan ko lang ha!
So,If you are a journalist and in a position to change this country for the better-just do it!
Wag ka ng magpabayad pa!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
QUI TAM LAW/WHISTLEBLOWER ACT
Politicians or PUBLIC SERVANTS get into deals with several businessmen in the course of their managing this business we call" governance". Governments are supposed to be given the cheapest deals that is why there is a need for bidding. Remember they are using money(TAX MONEY-we paid) to be able to upgrade the lives of their constituents. They were not entrusted these money to make more money to line their pockets.
In the USA there is a law called QUI TAM LAW which aims to protect the citizens(taxpayers), here represented by the Government, from corrupt deals or "kung nagpapalusot"-- erroneous transactions. If you know that the government lost money in a transaction(erroneous or otherwise) there is a venue for you to report it. That is our money! We have the right to know how it is being managed.
Defense contractor fraud, construction fraud, grant fraud, education fraud, public housing fraud, railroad fraud, and healthcare fraud (including kickbacks, upcoding, miscoding, unbundling, double-billing, cost-accounting, falsifying paperwork, over-prescription, medical devices, and failure to obtain proper documentation). We have the right to report all these. And if we succeed we have the right to be protected from retaliation.
Anyone or any company who has defrauded or made false claims and entered into a deal with the government will also be fined. The government cannot afford to lose anymore. In some countries those who claimed that their cement is of good quality and entered a contract to build roads were fined millions of dollars to be returned to the Government to make new roads. DITO SA PINAS ISANG ULAN LANG SIRA NA ANG ROADS.
Eto masarap! The whistleblower is entitled to handsome rewards coming from the Government or from the settlement. Nakagawa ka na ng maganda sa bansa may pera ka pa!. Sounds like good business? Post your mails here and we will make it a business to send corrupt officials and businessmen to jail. Quidale Joc Joc!
In the USA there is a law called QUI TAM LAW which aims to protect the citizens(taxpayers), here represented by the Government, from corrupt deals or "kung nagpapalusot"-- erroneous transactions. If you know that the government lost money in a transaction(erroneous or otherwise) there is a venue for you to report it. That is our money! We have the right to know how it is being managed.
Defense contractor fraud, construction fraud, grant fraud, education fraud, public housing fraud, railroad fraud, and healthcare fraud (including kickbacks, upcoding, miscoding, unbundling, double-billing, cost-accounting, falsifying paperwork, over-prescription, medical devices, and failure to obtain proper documentation). We have the right to report all these. And if we succeed we have the right to be protected from retaliation.
Anyone or any company who has defrauded or made false claims and entered into a deal with the government will also be fined. The government cannot afford to lose anymore. In some countries those who claimed that their cement is of good quality and entered a contract to build roads were fined millions of dollars to be returned to the Government to make new roads. DITO SA PINAS ISANG ULAN LANG SIRA NA ANG ROADS.
Eto masarap! The whistleblower is entitled to handsome rewards coming from the Government or from the settlement. Nakagawa ka na ng maganda sa bansa may pera ka pa!. Sounds like good business? Post your mails here and we will make it a business to send corrupt officials and businessmen to jail. Quidale Joc Joc!
KEEPING LANE OPEN-No right turn on red light
I am perpetually in a hurry. I wake up early around 5 in the morning, go to breakfast meetings and hop from one hotel to another to conduct this business.
What is most irritating is when people block your way and even if you blow your horn they pretend that they don't hear it at all. Drivers try to assume spaces to be ahead of the others( one of the negative traits of Pinoys-PANG GUGULANG!)
This is evident in bus drivers stopping in busy highways and jeepneys getting passengers in the middle of the road. Well, we have gotten used to it that we don't mind them at all- lest we die of high blood pressure or worst heart attack. I have even instructed my driver to avoid these highways at certain times of the day.
Now this issue- I will talk about the most common mistake drivers of different levels of education make. KEEPING BUSY INTERSECTIONS OPEN-let's start with turning right.
I am aware of the fact that some intersections need the sign "No right when RED. This is to prevent clogging of small intersections and it works well.It is the same as most countries around the globe.
Now in big highways like EDSA we have signs that says "keep LANE open"or right lane must turn right meaning you wait till you have an opening then you can proceed to turn right. You just have to know the rules of basic decency and not just CUT the cars along EDSA coz they have the right of way and you are just merging.
Let us check the case of Ayala going towards EDSA. One time all ten cars were blowing their horns and the car in front wasn't moving at all. I had to go down and tell the driver off. He said " E boss bawal lumiko pag red". Kung ang sign is YIELD do you understand? "Hindi po" so "Keep lane open" alam mo din?
I couldn't get mad at the driver of the car-he looked like a decent employee of a company and I was shocked that he is not aware of the meaning of the signs. Worse yun kung illiterate na driver ang kaharap mo.When do we educate them?When they kill innocent commuters?
But this is the pits. One time on the same route we were accosted by MMDA blue boys and after much discussion a policeman came and explained to the MMDA's that it is not a violation. Ano? pati traffic enforcers hindi alam meaning nang signs?
When will this country progress?To be continued :)
What is most irritating is when people block your way and even if you blow your horn they pretend that they don't hear it at all. Drivers try to assume spaces to be ahead of the others( one of the negative traits of Pinoys-PANG GUGULANG!)
This is evident in bus drivers stopping in busy highways and jeepneys getting passengers in the middle of the road. Well, we have gotten used to it that we don't mind them at all- lest we die of high blood pressure or worst heart attack. I have even instructed my driver to avoid these highways at certain times of the day.
Now this issue- I will talk about the most common mistake drivers of different levels of education make. KEEPING BUSY INTERSECTIONS OPEN-let's start with turning right.
I am aware of the fact that some intersections need the sign "No right when RED. This is to prevent clogging of small intersections and it works well.It is the same as most countries around the globe.
Now in big highways like EDSA we have signs that says "keep LANE open"or right lane must turn right meaning you wait till you have an opening then you can proceed to turn right. You just have to know the rules of basic decency and not just CUT the cars along EDSA coz they have the right of way and you are just merging.
Let us check the case of Ayala going towards EDSA. One time all ten cars were blowing their horns and the car in front wasn't moving at all. I had to go down and tell the driver off. He said " E boss bawal lumiko pag red". Kung ang sign is YIELD do you understand? "Hindi po" so "Keep lane open" alam mo din?
I couldn't get mad at the driver of the car-he looked like a decent employee of a company and I was shocked that he is not aware of the meaning of the signs. Worse yun kung illiterate na driver ang kaharap mo.When do we educate them?When they kill innocent commuters?
But this is the pits. One time on the same route we were accosted by MMDA blue boys and after much discussion a policeman came and explained to the MMDA's that it is not a violation. Ano? pati traffic enforcers hindi alam meaning nang signs?
When will this country progress?To be continued :)
Saturday, March 3, 2007
SINGA AND DURA ! EEWWW!\
Have you ever wondered why mga tangang Pinoys love to blow their noses in public? Something of an enigma to me. Ambiguous why will someone blow his nose in public in front of so many people.
You must be saying "ang linis mo naman!" But for those of you who don't understand I will explain what is this Filipino Martial art we call SINGA>
Well, SINGA< is something inevitable,everyone catches a cold and we have to relieve ourselves so we can breathe better right? When i catch a cold I stop myself, If I can avoid it, from going to public places. Why? As everyone knows a cold is viral and once you sneeze or be around others you spread it fast. That's why Japanese cover their faces with a mask when they have it. It is because we don't want to infect others, some of whom cannot even afford medication-or in a case of a cold-a cold relief because walang medicine for common cold(not colds).
But the Pinoys elevated this to an art form! They can propel their mucus to its all time high or length. See how Pinoys cover either of their nostrils and with such powerful force from within their souls relieve their mucus to as far as Timbuktu with a single blow. Then they wipe their hands on their shirts. Olympic Games quality. Later,mura lang tissue bili ko kayo!
You must be saying "ang linis mo naman!" But for those of you who don't understand I will explain what is this Filipino Martial art we call SINGA>
Well, SINGA< is something inevitable,everyone catches a cold and we have to relieve ourselves so we can breathe better right? When i catch a cold I stop myself, If I can avoid it, from going to public places. Why? As everyone knows a cold is viral and once you sneeze or be around others you spread it fast. That's why Japanese cover their faces with a mask when they have it. It is because we don't want to infect others, some of whom cannot even afford medication-or in a case of a cold-a cold relief because walang medicine for common cold(not colds).
But the Pinoys elevated this to an art form! They can propel their mucus to its all time high or length. See how Pinoys cover either of their nostrils and with such powerful force from within their souls relieve their mucus to as far as Timbuktu with a single blow. Then they wipe their hands on their shirts. Olympic Games quality. Later,mura lang tissue bili ko kayo!
JAMES YAP AND GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
Recently professional basketball player,James Yap husband of popular TV host and ex presidential daughter Kris Aquino announced on national TV-" I AM SORRY". Everyone was glued on their tubes waiting for the details of why he was sorry.
He said that he didn't do anything and he did not father the child of a receptionist named HOPE.
So we we're left asking what he is sorry for?
Tongues started wagging and comparing this announcement to President Macapagal Arroyo when she announced the same- "I AM SORRY' . She followed it up later that she talked to Ommission on Election(again mistake intended) official but that there is nothing wrong with that. Again we ask-What is she sorry for?
Are Filipinos in the habit of saying "I AM SORRY" even if they did not do anything wrong?
SORRY means apologetic,repentant,regretful,remorseful,penitent. I can't check the origin of the word right now but my expertise in crossword puzzles suggests a synonym which could either be despicable or pathetic.
So what are they sorry for? That's for me to know and for you to find out. Answer it based on your prejudices and biases.
Well,for now I cannot give an advice to the president because she is surrounded by a group of intelligent, hopefully well-meaning, honest and most of all moral advisers. But I can give my piece to James, who is trying to save his marriage, and ,by the way, is also expecting the birth of his first son?or daughter?
Well, James it was a choice that you made, decisions should be thought about a million times. Will you gamble your marriage and your kid for a piece of meat that you can get for a few bucks? I am not saying that the girl is a professional piece of meat, I guess she is also a decent young girl just wanting for affection. What I am saying is-If you can't control your loins like the Kennedys check the website for professional sex professionals, they are good and they keep secrets for an amount of money based on your criteria of beauty. Look at Kris' ex, Joey Marquez, but he got sick and nabuko pa din, naannounce pa sa TV na may tulo-natalo tuloy sa election. Sana lahat kayo makakuha ng AIDS.
SO as far as your marriage is concerned-will you still be able to save it from this ultra rich-toughie wife of yours? I say " James! Don't you lose HOPE!!!!!
He said that he didn't do anything and he did not father the child of a receptionist named HOPE.
So we we're left asking what he is sorry for?
Tongues started wagging and comparing this announcement to President Macapagal Arroyo when she announced the same- "I AM SORRY' . She followed it up later that she talked to Ommission on Election(again mistake intended) official but that there is nothing wrong with that. Again we ask-What is she sorry for?
Are Filipinos in the habit of saying "I AM SORRY" even if they did not do anything wrong?
SORRY means apologetic,repentant,regretful,remorseful,penitent. I can't check the origin of the word right now but my expertise in crossword puzzles suggests a synonym which could either be despicable or pathetic.
So what are they sorry for? That's for me to know and for you to find out. Answer it based on your prejudices and biases.
Well,for now I cannot give an advice to the president because she is surrounded by a group of intelligent, hopefully well-meaning, honest and most of all moral advisers. But I can give my piece to James, who is trying to save his marriage, and ,by the way, is also expecting the birth of his first son?or daughter?
Well, James it was a choice that you made, decisions should be thought about a million times. Will you gamble your marriage and your kid for a piece of meat that you can get for a few bucks? I am not saying that the girl is a professional piece of meat, I guess she is also a decent young girl just wanting for affection. What I am saying is-If you can't control your loins like the Kennedys check the website for professional sex professionals, they are good and they keep secrets for an amount of money based on your criteria of beauty. Look at Kris' ex, Joey Marquez, but he got sick and nabuko pa din, naannounce pa sa TV na may tulo-natalo tuloy sa election. Sana lahat kayo makakuha ng AIDS.
SO as far as your marriage is concerned-will you still be able to save it from this ultra rich-toughie wife of yours? I say " James! Don't you lose HOPE!!!!!
Land Transportation Office
A few years back when I went to register my cars in Land Transportation Office the staff informed me that there were additional charges to car registrations. One of these is for computerization.
OK! transactions will be faster and hassle free> I don't have to wait in line for a long time( I hate fixers-I don't pay bribe money to make life easier for me) The government does not have enough money to fund it, so what is a few hundred.
Anyway it has been years and after millions of registrations and license renewals don't you think we have paid more than enough for all those computers. Then again they'll say that it has to be maintained. Fine! I pay my main IT 50,ooo pesos, the rest of my IT team gets paid minimum. I don't spend millions to maintain my infrastructure(security and new developments) a year. And my infrastructure is WAY sophisticated than that of the LTO.
So what's my point? We have given them enough cash for them to start the ball rolling. They obtain funds from the government( which,by the way, should have funded it) to spend for their developments. They make money from our fees. Do we have to make them rich? Public service is different from private organizations.
Feeling of deja vu dawns on you when you remember that MERALCO used to charge us more than we should pay. They tried to justify the fees but in the end the VOICE OF REASON prevailed. They had to refund consumers to the brink of their demise. All in the spirit of fairness.
Again! Enough is enough. They have made a fortune and change the system. The government is posting growth. We have paid for the computers and maintenance. Don't you think it is aout time they remove the fees. Kailangan pa ba natin bayaran yan? Are we not paying enough taxes to fund it?
Oh and ,by the way, just for you to know that I don't have an ax to grind against the agency. I would like to send KUDOS to Makati LTO. They are the BEST! They got rid of fixers and transactions are so fast you don't see a lot of people queuing everyday. You can pay the stencil boys,sure,(but they don't want to accept it). Some of their staff are stone cold ,you don't see them smile,but they get the job done. NOW THAT IS PUBLIC SERVICE!
I don't have to mention the other branches where I register my other cars coz they skim you for money. Imagine my driver bringing my truck(smoke belcher) and getting it registered for an additional 300 pesos. I was furious! I told him to have it fixed, meaning-ipa calibrate para hindi mausok- and register. Masaya pa sya eh! Boss naayos ko na! Wala na smog test nakatipid pa tayo.hahaha. I had to return to that branch and complain about the smog subcontractor and the guy in the office said "Kumikita si chief dyan sa mga yan walang mangyayari sa reklamo ninyo?-So now you know why even with the clean air act ang dumi pa din ng hangin natin.
OK! transactions will be faster and hassle free> I don't have to wait in line for a long time( I hate fixers-I don't pay bribe money to make life easier for me) The government does not have enough money to fund it, so what is a few hundred.
Anyway it has been years and after millions of registrations and license renewals don't you think we have paid more than enough for all those computers. Then again they'll say that it has to be maintained. Fine! I pay my main IT 50,ooo pesos, the rest of my IT team gets paid minimum. I don't spend millions to maintain my infrastructure(security and new developments) a year. And my infrastructure is WAY sophisticated than that of the LTO.
So what's my point? We have given them enough cash for them to start the ball rolling. They obtain funds from the government( which,by the way, should have funded it) to spend for their developments. They make money from our fees. Do we have to make them rich? Public service is different from private organizations.
Feeling of deja vu dawns on you when you remember that MERALCO used to charge us more than we should pay. They tried to justify the fees but in the end the VOICE OF REASON prevailed. They had to refund consumers to the brink of their demise. All in the spirit of fairness.
Again! Enough is enough. They have made a fortune and change the system. The government is posting growth. We have paid for the computers and maintenance. Don't you think it is aout time they remove the fees. Kailangan pa ba natin bayaran yan? Are we not paying enough taxes to fund it?
Oh and ,by the way, just for you to know that I don't have an ax to grind against the agency. I would like to send KUDOS to Makati LTO. They are the BEST! They got rid of fixers and transactions are so fast you don't see a lot of people queuing everyday. You can pay the stencil boys,sure,(but they don't want to accept it). Some of their staff are stone cold ,you don't see them smile,but they get the job done. NOW THAT IS PUBLIC SERVICE!
I don't have to mention the other branches where I register my other cars coz they skim you for money. Imagine my driver bringing my truck(smoke belcher) and getting it registered for an additional 300 pesos. I was furious! I told him to have it fixed, meaning-ipa calibrate para hindi mausok- and register. Masaya pa sya eh! Boss naayos ko na! Wala na smog test nakatipid pa tayo.hahaha. I had to return to that branch and complain about the smog subcontractor and the guy in the office said "Kumikita si chief dyan sa mga yan walang mangyayari sa reklamo ninyo?-So now you know why even with the clean air act ang dumi pa din ng hangin natin.
REPORT TO LTFRB
Have you noticed those numbers printed in every type of public transportation? "Report to LTFRB!"?
Do you want to try and call that number? A friend of mine was molested by a taxicab driver. We reported the matter to the police and they said report it to LTFRB.
The police added "you can see the numbers in the cabs" so we stopped a cab, paid the driver fifty pesos just to jot down the number.
They don't work! Those numbers are wasted paint plastered on all public transportation. It is a sorry excuse just to let people know that the agencies- the budgets of which were taken from our good taxes-are doing their jobs.
So If cab drivers don't take you to your destination. Or you left something and couldn't get it back. You rode a bus and you were held up. A flasher doing his thing beside you in the MRT.
Who do you call? try BATMAN!or SUPERMAN or try DOTA superheroes maybe they can help.
Do you want to try and call that number? A friend of mine was molested by a taxicab driver. We reported the matter to the police and they said report it to LTFRB.
The police added "you can see the numbers in the cabs" so we stopped a cab, paid the driver fifty pesos just to jot down the number.
They don't work! Those numbers are wasted paint plastered on all public transportation. It is a sorry excuse just to let people know that the agencies- the budgets of which were taken from our good taxes-are doing their jobs.
So If cab drivers don't take you to your destination. Or you left something and couldn't get it back. You rode a bus and you were held up. A flasher doing his thing beside you in the MRT.
Who do you call? try BATMAN!or SUPERMAN or try DOTA superheroes maybe they can help.
HELLO EVERYONE!
It's 10 pm Manila Time March 3,2007. Not the time and date that I have targeted but what the heck! it's only a fewdays before my late Mom's birthday. It is also a few days after her death anniversary so I'm in the midst of things-correct ba yun?
I just got the inspiration to start this blog when I heard tiny little voices behind my ear telling me tuloy mo na !!!!!
I have been planning a site like this but time was wasted when I lost time searching for a good webdesigner, IT specialist etc.. Stupid me didn't know that I can get it for free without the hassles coz everything was in templates already.
I wanted to start this blog to make Filipinos aware of who they are, where they come from, where are they heading, and what is in store for their future(meron ba?)
As the blog title TANGE I aim to make pinoys aware of what they do,what they fail to do and how they influence(D)-(past and present-mistake intentional)- the people around them.
I have tried to talk to my abroad based friends to start something like this but all I hear is "Uy Maganda yan!" or "ang nationalistic mo naman". Some are sarcastic "Sayang lang ang pagod mo dyan Pre!" and "sinong makikinig sa yo?"
I know my target market here is people who have money to buy computers or have the funds to pay for internet cafes. But as I have observed even kids nowadays are spending so much time in front of their puters searching the net.
We read in the papers that our economy is growing and peoples lives are getting better. But is it really? Is it just influenced by other factors around the globe? I say this coz we gauge growth to the exchange rate of the peso vis a vis the almighty Us dollar. But we all know that the US moolah is loosing its luster because of the war they are waging around the world. Check the rate compared to Euro. Anyway
The aim of this is for you guys out there to share our faults ,our thoughts,our gifts hoping that if we expose these to the fore we will be aware,or the readers, of what we can do for the future of our children.
"Mag a abroad ang anak ko!"-is a common reply I get from our less fortunate pinoys when asked "Ano ang plano nyo sa buhay? I tell them "Galing ako ng abroad and mas maganda dito"
"Sabi mo lang yan kase may pera ka"
Is that the only solution? To seek greener pastures elsewhere? Why not generate jobs here and let the poor families stay together? Why do you have to break them apart just so one can support the whole clan?
Another trend of thought is "Why do I have to work hard when my government should do that for them?". Gobyerno and may kasalanan! Nagbabayad ako ng tax -di naman ginagawa ang kalye namin!-Sounds faniliar? OK so what do we do about it.
It pains my butt to see fellow pinoys being set aside in immigration counters for additional check. MagTNT yan, terrorist kase,di namn kase nagbihis etc...comments from other pinoys!
Pinoys selling their wares in train terminals in Italy, peddling drugs in Amsterdam, cracks in Los Angeles, maids in Hongkong, dancer in Japan ano pa?Gusto mo pa? Next issue na.
Are you still proud to be Pinoy? Well,I AM! That's why I am here. Same thing I said to Jim Paredes when I heard he was leaving for Sydney. Nandito ang laban! Walang iwanan.
So if you are with me- let us all try and bring the PINOY PRIDE. Let us stand proud abroad and proclaim "FILIPINO AKO!"
I just got the inspiration to start this blog when I heard tiny little voices behind my ear telling me tuloy mo na !!!!!
I have been planning a site like this but time was wasted when I lost time searching for a good webdesigner, IT specialist etc.. Stupid me didn't know that I can get it for free without the hassles coz everything was in templates already.
I wanted to start this blog to make Filipinos aware of who they are, where they come from, where are they heading, and what is in store for their future(meron ba?)
As the blog title TANGE I aim to make pinoys aware of what they do,what they fail to do and how they influence(D)-(past and present-mistake intentional)- the people around them.
I have tried to talk to my abroad based friends to start something like this but all I hear is "Uy Maganda yan!" or "ang nationalistic mo naman". Some are sarcastic "Sayang lang ang pagod mo dyan Pre!" and "sinong makikinig sa yo?"
I know my target market here is people who have money to buy computers or have the funds to pay for internet cafes. But as I have observed even kids nowadays are spending so much time in front of their puters searching the net.
We read in the papers that our economy is growing and peoples lives are getting better. But is it really? Is it just influenced by other factors around the globe? I say this coz we gauge growth to the exchange rate of the peso vis a vis the almighty Us dollar. But we all know that the US moolah is loosing its luster because of the war they are waging around the world. Check the rate compared to Euro. Anyway
The aim of this is for you guys out there to share our faults ,our thoughts,our gifts hoping that if we expose these to the fore we will be aware,or the readers, of what we can do for the future of our children.
"Mag a abroad ang anak ko!"-is a common reply I get from our less fortunate pinoys when asked "Ano ang plano nyo sa buhay? I tell them "Galing ako ng abroad and mas maganda dito"
"Sabi mo lang yan kase may pera ka"
Is that the only solution? To seek greener pastures elsewhere? Why not generate jobs here and let the poor families stay together? Why do you have to break them apart just so one can support the whole clan?
Another trend of thought is "Why do I have to work hard when my government should do that for them?". Gobyerno and may kasalanan! Nagbabayad ako ng tax -di naman ginagawa ang kalye namin!-Sounds faniliar? OK so what do we do about it.
It pains my butt to see fellow pinoys being set aside in immigration counters for additional check. MagTNT yan, terrorist kase,di namn kase nagbihis etc...comments from other pinoys!
Pinoys selling their wares in train terminals in Italy, peddling drugs in Amsterdam, cracks in Los Angeles, maids in Hongkong, dancer in Japan ano pa?Gusto mo pa? Next issue na.
Are you still proud to be Pinoy? Well,I AM! That's why I am here. Same thing I said to Jim Paredes when I heard he was leaving for Sydney. Nandito ang laban! Walang iwanan.
So if you are with me- let us all try and bring the PINOY PRIDE. Let us stand proud abroad and proclaim "FILIPINO AKO!"
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