The Power of Yellow

Musings on the Nature of Filipino People Power...

This is another book in my mind. I am thinking of replacing the Noynoy Prophecy book which I am currently trying to develop with this one.

I think People Power by Filipinos is an energy that has not really been properly understood and tapped to the max....yet. So there is this opportunity to try.

Re General Garcia Plunder Case

How can mere middle level government officials bound to serve the best interest of the people take the law into their own hands and allow a major major plunderer walk away by simply returning a portion of his loot?

I believe these government officials who entered into a hasty and shady plea bargaining deal with General Garcia are conspirators to plunder. They should be prosecuted and punished as such.

To 2011 - Health, Happiness, Wisdom, Wealth!

Am having a hard time thinking of my first post for this year - sooo hard a time that it is already 7 days into the new year.

I have some things in mind but I prefer to begin with something very positive. Will write about the other things maybe later or never.

Earlier I just read a quote attributed to Confucius - the glory of a man is in not having fallen down but in standing up again after falling.

Nice. And I agree strongly and so I am sharing this idea in this blog.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Sa huling araw ng taon

Sa loob ng isang oras, magpapaalam na ang 2010.

Paalam na sa taong maraming pagsubok at mangilan ngilang tagumpay.

Tagayan natin ang taong lilipas at isang tagay ulit sa taong darating.

NP - wip/ para kanino ang NP

Ang Noynoy Prophecies ay sinulat ko hindi para kay Noynoy na ngayon ay pangulo na kundi sa mga taong bumoto sa kanya. Karamihan sa mga taong ito ay nakabuhos ang buong tiwala at pag-asa kay Noynoy.

Isa ako sa mga bumoto kay Noynoy. Kaya lamang, di tulad ng iba, hindi ako masyadong umaasa ng malaking pagbabago.

hindi naman sa wala akong tiwala kay Noynoy, pero iba ang tingin ko sa proseso ng pagbabangon ng bansa. Para sa akin, ang taumbayan talaga ang lumilikha ng pagbabago. hindi nila ito maiaasa lamang na ibibigay sa kanila ng isang tao lang.

hindi dahil ibinoto nila si Noynoy ay maaari na silang maupo na lang at mag antay na lang na ihain na lang sa kanila ang pagbabago na parang umorder sila ng pagkain sa restoran. Kailangan, huwag silang tumigil sa paghahangad at paglalakad na makamtan ito.

Maging ang pagkakahalal nila kay Noynoy ay dapat lang nilang tingnan bilang bahagi ng pagkilos nila na linisin ang pamahalaan. Ngayong nakaluklok na si Noynoy, hindi pa rin dapat tumigil ang mga mamamayan na kumilos at tumulong malinis ang pamahalaan at lipunan.

Gaano man kabusilak ang puso ni Noynoy at gaano man kagusto nyang maglingkod ng maayos, hindi nya kayang gawin ang pagsasa ayos ng pamahalaan ng mag isa.


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Ngayong pangulo na si Noynoy, hindi ko maiwasang magbalik tanaw sa panahon ng pamumuno ng kanyang ina na si President Cory.

Noong 1986, si Pangulong Cory ay matagumpay na napatalsik ang brutal at corrupt na rehimeng Marcos. Nagawa nya ito sa mapayapa at matahimik na paraan at ang buong mundo ay humanga dito.

Ang pangyayaring ito ang nagbigay pag asa sa mga Pilipino. PAg asa na matapos mapalayas ang diktador at ang mga sakim nyang galamay, magbabago na ang buhay sa bansa. Sasagana ang pamumuhay at darating ang pag unlad at pag asenso ng buhay para sa lahat. at magagapi ang kahirapan.

Pero mahigit 20 taon mula ng mangyari ito, bakit narito pa rin tayo. Bakit hikahos pa rin ang karamihan sa mga Piliipino at parang walang nag bago.

Ano ang nangyari?

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Ang pandarambong o plunder ay isang krimen ng pagsasabwatan. hindi ito magagawa ng isang tao lamang. Kailangan nya ng mga galamay at katulong. Kaya nga sa pagkamit ng katarungan laban sa pandarambong, ang paglilinis dito ay dapat malawak at malalim din.

Ang mamamayan ang dapat mag giit nito at sila na rin dapat ang tumulong kay Noynoy na usigin ang mga salarin, hindi lamang ang ulo kundi maging ng mga pumayag na magpakasangkapan sa mandarambong. Ang nagpupuyos lamang na galit ng mamamayan ang makakagawa nito at hindi si Noynoy.

Shiny Happy People

Gusto ko sana makisawsaw sa bruhahang ginawa ng pinapanukalang bagong slogan ng Department of Tourism na Pilipinas kay Ganda.

Para sa akin, mas maganda na sa halip na mga lugar sa Pilipinas ang pagtuunan natin ng pansin, ang ialok natin sa mundo ay ang ating likas na pagkamasayahin. Kaya nga naisip ko na ang bagay na bagay na theme song dito ay ang Shiny Happy People ng REM. Siguro naman, kapag gobyerno ang kumausap sa REM ay papayag silang ipagamit ang kanilang kanta.

Wala akong issue na nakikita sa paggamit ng kantang ito sa halip na Original Pilipino Music kasi ang importante naman ay ang mensahe nito.

Nakikinita ko, napakaganda ng visuals na maaaring magawa kaugnay ng kantang ito. Mga pinoy na nakangiti, mga pinoy na nagsasaya, mga pinoy na nagpipiyesta... basta lahat sila ay nagsasaya at nanghahawa ng kanilang kasayahan.

Sa palagay ko, ang pangako ng pagsasaya ay isang malaking panghila sa mga taong naghahanap na takasan ang kalungkutan at kabagutan sa buhay.

Blue Moon

Kagabi, habang pauwi ako galing sa meeting at inuman, napansin ng aking mga kasamahan na may full moon at ang ganda ng itsura nito. Naisip ko tuloy na kuhanan ito ng litrato. Pag uwi ko, saka ko lang nalaman na ang buwan na hinangaan namin ay isa palang tinatawag na Blue Moon.

Ang blue moon ay di nangangahulugan na nagkulay asul ang buwan. Ang ibig sabihin yata nito ay ang pagbubuo ng dalawang beses ng buwan sa loob ng isang lunar month.

There is now hope in PAGASA

Super typhoon Megi/Juan, a category IV storm just battered our country and we weathered it quite well with a minimal loss of lives. Thanks to the preparation and response of the concerned bodies from the national government to the local whose action no doubt greatly helped to minimize casualties.

Special mention and credit must also be given to our weather bureau-PAGASA- for its now more frequent and constant briefing of the public on the status of the storm as it passed through the northern part of the country.

It seems that since the firing of the head of PAGASA a few months back for failing to correctly track the path of a typhoon that hit Manila and catching people off guard, the PAGASA people now take their jobs more seriously and are on their toes. This is as it should be and no excuses.

The bearable aftermath of this superstorm is a feat that validates the wisdom of firing that former head of our weather bureau.

Now, it seems, there is now hope in PAGASA.

Mayor Alfredo Lim's Outburst

This is my delayed reaction to Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim's angry and tearful outburst over the Incident Investigation and Committee Report on the August 23 Luneta Hostage Taking Fiasco wherein he was among the personalities recommended for sanction.

I just can not let it pass for during his outburst he said something that might explain why our police and military time and again never fail to fail public expectation.

Mayor Lim was quoted to have said "you can not rely on anybody except policemen and soldiers who are paid to die. No other professional will offer to sacrifice their lives for you..."

As this statement was allowed by the public to go unchallenged, it might be safe to assume that the public believes in this idea - that policemen and soldiers are paid to die for us.

But this is so wrong an idea. Our military and police are not paid to die for us. No one should be paid to die for us.

What our military and police are paid to do is to uphold and defend our law, maintain order, and fight for our national honor even as it is every citizens duty to do so in case they have to. Those who do not understand this are dangerously misguided, especially those who are authorized to bear firearms.

It is this erroneous thinking that can explain why the military and the police may be comfortable being incompetent, corrupt and crooked since they think their proper duty is to die for the public when chance and occasions call.

With this thinking, Mayor Lim is on the same wavelength as hostage taker Mendoza who finds nothing wrong with resorting to a criminal act to get the Ombudsman clear his name for some graft charge filed against him. He is also in stride with the police and military officers who grumble that some people are concerned about the human rights of perceived criminals but not their killing rights over these criminals.

After every major scandal or fiasco involving the police and military, there is a clamor for better training for them. But unless their fundamental values and thinking are examined and properly oriented, the public can not really expect much to change.

Mayor Lim is known as a nemesis of drug lords, crooks and other low lifes. But since he is wont to use shortcuts, can he really be said to be a defender of the law?

Maybe in his own book. But only his own.

The face that really can...

If ever there is a face that can really launch a thousand ships, her name is not Helen but Shalani. Di ba?