I’m off to Bacolod, so no blogging for the next few days, I must confess, good riddance to Metro Manila for now. Manila Bay Watch knows why I’m happy to get out of town. As the best headline of yesterday put it, Neri shields Arroyo from ZTE mess, gags self through ‘464’. Exactly.
Yesterday, the crackdown in Burma began. The Guardian published an eyewitness account by a young protester, ‘The middle class are now poor, the poor are destitute’. It also reports Burma bloggers keep one step ahead of junta. A Guardian reporter has been blogging updates, see Burma Protests.
And see the online paper by Burmese exiles, The Irrawaddy News, for updates on the goings-on in Burma.
Meanwhile, Cracks Showing in Burma’s Junta:
Sources say that foreign diplomats are heading for Rangoon, perhaps on a chartered flight, to seek a way out of the worst crisis the country’s ruling military junta has faced since seizing power in 1988 in a bloody crackdown on democracy protesters.There are signs that a diplomatic initiative to find a solution to the crisis in Burma is underway as splits may be developing in the ruling junta.
At least some of the ruling junta’s generals are reported to be “in shock” at the uprising of the nation’s revered clerics. With monks in play, the crisis is worse than the junta could have imagined and some military leaders are reportedly deeply worried that the situation may already be out of hand.
A source informed Asia Sentinel that some regional commanders have sent word to their superiors that they will not attack monks. They will reportedly guarantee the safety of the monks.
The wild card in the crisis is the role of Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate and leader of the opposition National League for Democracy. The generals despise “the lady,” as she is known, sources say, and some alternative to her may need to be found.
Blogger Bangkok Pundit compares whats going on in Burma to the Philippines in 1986:
Not to go over the top with analogies with the People’s Power movement, but there were two key events at that time (1) the very public defections of 2 key Marcos supporters/advisers Enrile and Ramos which weakened the powers of the state over the citizenry, and (2) the US providing Marcos with an opportunity for a clean break.
On (1), we will have to wait and see whether there are any key defections and this would be a real tipping point. It might not be so public as it was in the Philippines and it might be done in private, but unless there are some defections I can’t see how the people can overcome the state’s monopoly of force. On (2) I support such moves as providing an incentive for a dictator to leave office can help ensure a clean break without much or any bloodshed – something which is being tried in Zimbabwe. Obviously, you need to make sure there is a new government which is democratically elected…
Personally, I hope to God columnist Carmen Pedrosa is rethinking her recent endorsement of those with a collaborationist (and relativist) attitude towards the Junta:
Like other more aware Burmese, he rejects western media’s attempts to simplify its problems. That simplification has misled many to think of Burma as an — isolated country ruled by a military dictatorship; and that the solution is to remove the ruling junta, recognize the election last May 1990 and install National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi in its place. The ASEAN foreign ministers are equally captive of this kind of thinking and makes for the impatience about the democratization of Burma to give the group a ‘better image.’
How many of those who sat around the ASEAN table, or the larger audience who read newspapers, know for example that Myanmar (Burma) is much more complex than they make of it. Ambassador Thaung Tun speaks for his government and many of his countrymen when he agrees to enshrine human rights in the charter albeit not through a shame and blame rights body. Like a true Asian, Thaung Tun, talks about ‘consultations’ rather than the more Western ‘confrontations’.
Yes, much more complex, indeed, in need of a more pragmatic way forward. Like truncheons and tear gas? Asian values indeed!
Here, at home, no bravery’s to be found. A lot of Dutch courage in official circles, perhaps. The Palace has managed to hold the line and can take a breather. The Philippine Star editorial yesterday was prescient:
Those hoping that Neri would have something more substantive to say Wednesday may be in for a disappointment. If the initial reports are accurate, Neri could provide a direct link between the questionable deal and President Arroyo herself. But Neri has given no indication that he is about to provide the noose for the President’s hanging. He was reportedly set to join the President last night in her trip to New York for the annual gathering of the United Nations General Assembly. But amid the furor generated by news reports identifying members of the presidential delegation, Neri was ordered to stay behind and face the Senate. The man is loyal to his boss, and it is bound to show in his testimony Wednesday.
See Marichu Lambino for a lawyer’s take on what the President has basically had to stipulate. Philippines Without Borders pens an op-ed piece thinks Neri’s part of the whole mess. As Parallel Universe thinks, the plot thickens. Slap Happy seems to think so, too. Postcard Headlines found some humor in the whole thing.
Patsada Karajaw says Neri copped out. I agree. Stella Arnaldo calls him a wimp, who has done institutional damage:
By running away from the truth, Neri has singlehandedly destroyed the credibility of NEDA, a government agency tasked to assess all major government projects and monitor the implementation and use of overseas development assistance. He even allowed his Presidentita to take over its oversight functions. (A text message from a former DG: “Deliberate ‘yan: Destroy NEDA’s oversight function so the plunder agenda would meet no resistance.”) I can imagine the frustration of all the hardworking good people over there.
But Uniffors, who pens an eyewitness account of being at the Senate yesterday, says Neri was a rat:
The little shit hid behind executive privilege all day, refusing to reveal any more than that he reported the bribe offer to Gloria.
I must admit I was too distracted, enjoying too immensely, the skewering of Abalos I did not catch on to Neri immediately.
It was Ping Lacson who finally exposed Neri.
Lacson realized that Neri was not going to budge from his executive privelege position so he offered Neri a way out. If he couldn’t talk because of executive privilege then maybe Bondoc could do it for him, considering that he was a source of many of Bondoc’s information.
So Lacson asked Jarius Bondoc how many times he talked to Neri and if he was willing to reveal what they talked about.
Jarius replied, ‘yes but I have to ask Neri’s permission first.’
Lacson then asked Neri if he would permit Jarius to reveal the contents of their conversations.
Neri replied, ‘I will not grant permission.’
That’s it, I told myself. Neri was sent to rat on Abalos. He didn’t go to the Senate to tell the truth. He went there to throw Abalos to the wolves…
The worst character in any criminal enterprise is the gang member who rats, the one who acts as the pawn to protect the capo de tuti capo by sacrificing another loyal consigliori.
I thought Neri was an eagle. He is a bat. A rat with wings.
If that was too much, console yourself with this puff piece.
This comment in Ricky Carandang’s blog was also shrewd and on the button, I think:
I believe Romy Neri has two things in his mind. He wants to fight corruption and the best way to show it is to expose Abalos. On the other hand he does not want chaos by exposing GMA, he knows that it will trigger street protest, bring down the economy, create a crisis, usher in the uncertainties of a De Castro presidency. Maybe looking at some of the opposition senators he might tell himself “dito ko ba sa mga ito ipagkakatiwala ang katotohanan, they can’t handle the truth”.And maybe if the senators eliciting the truth were Ninoy Aquino, Lorenzo Tanada, Jose “pepe” Diokno, and Jovy Salonga kaninang umaga pa natin alam ang katotohanan.
But nonetheless Romy Neri is not the judge of who deserves the truth. Poor guy, he’s playing God.
So there. Theoretically, there was much to admire in Neri on Regulatory Capture. But he’s been captured and he can’t even say he’s a prisoner of conscience.
You know, a few days ago, Atenean friends forwarded me this picture:
The Spelling-challenged.
And fair being fair, I think the LaSallians ought to email all their Ateneo friends this picture:
The Integrity-challenged.
Cuz yu ken alwayz larn haw tuh spayl but if yu dunt knoe rayt frum wrowng bah noe, iz two layt.
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mbw,
Electorate attitude: Elect him then leave him. Push the hero to the frontline, then leave him there to fight our fight for the rest of us.
bencard:
The arrogance of those from UP stems from the fact that they claim to have one of the most difficult entrance examinations in the country. So it’s an intellectual arrogance. The UP establishment then takes great pains to inculcate the idea that UPians are smarter than those from every other school in the country. And let’s not even get started with UP Law. 😛
For proof of this attitude, just look at those UP professors in yesterday’s Senate hearing.
When confronted by those ask for my “pedigree”, I casually reply “Oh, I went to the University of Toronto. In Canada.” The usual response is a few seconds of silence and then the inevitable “B’at ka pa bumalik?”
hahahahah!
thanks mb for the encouragement.
no, i don’t read standard (hence, my bewilderment why bloggers made a big fuss about fernandez–mefeels they were inadvertently dignifying a crappy paper). i would have preferred teddy boy locsin folding up his paper today than merging up with it
thanks mbw, i’ve read your post (have it been repeated thrice by mistake?).
i wish the movant included a more detailed statement of facts. for instance, it’s not shown what rank trillianes has. is it lieutenant jg or lower? is this a separate criminal case against him, or is it a group prosecution vs. all the alleged mutineers which include captains alejano and faeldon? are they accused of identical criminal offenses? is this motion to quash only for trillianes, and not for faeldon and alejano?
Bencard,
don’t honestly know how it got posted 3 times – just clicked once and off it went. strange!
anyway, I think your first question is easy to answer:
Trillanes is a navy lieutenant (captain rank in the other services including in the marines)
Others, I believe are Marine captains and are therefore below the colonel level.
On that basis alone, I believe there’s already a hitch with regard to the point pertaining to pay as basis for quashing the motion to transfer jurisdiction. A commenter has just this instant pointed that the ranks of the accused are captain rank in the army and not naval rank of captain.
With regard offenses, I really don’t know whether they are accused of identical criminal offences.
I believe the proposed draft covers the 3 accused.
Thanks.
Burma is an example for themy case that if it does not affect US interests ,di nila papakialaman…..this has been going on for decades,they got rid of saddam,they failed to get rid of bin laden but poor burma,wa epek.
Ngayon na worldwide na ang awareness tungkol sa military junta,thanks to cable tv and the internet,me epekto na siguro.
I have always had mixed emotions about activism,but looking at burma’s case, I aplaud the activists.
“The arrogance of those from UP stems from the fact that they claim to have one of the most difficult entrance examinations in the country.”
What is so difficult about the UPCAT? It’s probably difficult only because you have to sit on surot infested, rickety chairs while taking it.
supremo:
nice one. 😉
INE,
I used to write in Today when Teddy Boy owned. Matter of fact, that’s where I started. I left when he sold it to Razon. Teddy Boy’s editors etc. are the ones who are running Business Mirror now. I write a weekly kolum for them.But I’m not on the staff. I’m an independent contractor. If you ever work as an opinion writer or feature writer for a paper consider going in as an indie. It allows you independence from all sorts of editorial constraints.
Karl,
Except for condemning the violence against protesters, I would hesitate to take sides in that conflict in Myanmar.
Why?
Remember Iran? They replaced the Shah with a Mullah. From monarchy to theocracy.
Internal conflicts should be left to the parties concerned to resolve – like family squabbles. Neighbors and concerned citizens should only step in when one side or the other begins commiting atrocities.
My position is against atrocities. I’m not for one side or another no matter how beautiful or ugly one side looks from a distance.
Of course, if I was living in Myanmar, even as an expat, I might have a different view of things. I might even take sides.
But like I said, not from a distance, I will choose sides not from news reports coming from the junta or from those sympathetic to the monks.
bencard (@12:25am), i agree. in fact, i’m also a beneficiary of that elitist mindset as it opened doors more easily, particularly in terms of job placement after graduation.
pete m., yes that’s why i think she’s a savage out of place in the 21st century. too bad her savagery is dragging down the rest of us Filipinos.
tonio, i agree with supremo. i did not find the UPCAT difficult at all, in fact at one point i fell asleep and the proctor had to wake me up because i had a late night.
it maybe a little out of the topic but
re: supremo’s comment on UP – I suppose you don’t have to be a grad of UP to get a proper job. I wasn’t myself and yet I’m in UK earning a few millions a year.
cvj:
and yet it’s such a big event when it happens… at least on katipunan, which clogs up with traffic during the UPCAT weekend.
blogOloco:
good for you sir! and welcome to the mlq3’s comment-landia. and yes, one of the first things i learned during my first job that once you’re in, doesn’t matter what school you come from. it all boils down to how you do your job.
now what does that say of guys like the Romulan Nerdley, eh?
blogOloco, that’s true. Academic pedigree (or even grades) does not necessarily translate to future earnings. Even within our LSGH High School batch, the highest-earners do not come from the honors section. Many of us from the honors section (including me) settled on professional jobs while it is those from the non-honors classes who are the successful entrepreneurs. Especially in the professional technical field, anyone who learns a useful skill and goes abroad can be successful, maybe even as successful as you.
The military men in Burma will learn on their own that when you increase prices of prime commodities you tend to unite the many who will be affected by it.
Unfortunately or fortunately for the generals in Burma ramming down price increases will send back signals as in natural markets hungry stomachs will react.
They will find it easier to supply bread rather than bullets. But most autocratic states learn things the hard way fortunately or unfortunately depending on your frame of thinking.
CVj,
batch 83 or 84 ka sa lsgh HS?
even in our batch 88 HS, the lawyers are the bullies,big time businessmen also came from the astigs,and I haven’t been updated of what happened to the guys from the honors section.
ewan ko kung me epekto uaap sa yo cvj pero ako bwisit na bwisit ako sa pagkatalo kahapon…dahil come from behind.
si djb batch 70 HS
“What is so difficult about the UPCAT? It’s probably difficult only because you have to sit on surot infested, rickety chairs while taking it.”
The easiest college exam I took.
“But like I said, not from a distance, I will choose sides not from news reports coming from the junta or from those sympathetic to the monks.”
Buddhist theocracy? Very interesting idea.
One of the reasons why power grab is a temptation very few can resist is that one cannot just simply take sides between equally clueless parties. This is the necessary arrogance of power grabbers, that they cannot simply take a side and then watch the same thing happen all over again. They have to believe that they can do things better.
Now the question is, how can you tell a well-intentioned power grabber from a mere opportunist?
108.
IF there will be elections in 2010(which I doubt very much),I would like the following to run for senators in my “dream†slate:
1)Ricky Carandang
2)Randy David
3)Joey De Venecia
4)Adel Tamano
5)Korina Sanchez
6)Winnie Monsod
7)Serge Osmena
8)Ralph Recto
9)Frank Drilon
10)Manuel L Quezon III
11)Leah Navarro
12)JV Ejercito
waaah! ako lng ata di nakapasa ng UPCAT dito. pesteng hambog ko kasi yan. we were already advised to answer questions we were only sure of, pero sige banat, leave no questions unanswered ako. even then, i might’ve gotten in, pero sige pa rin sa hambog. kuha ako lahat quota courses. hehe. ilan kaya rating ko dun?
anyway, doesn’t matter, passed all other college entrance exams I took. even that of ADMU and UST. and still, those didn’t matter. went to school in another college on the insisting of my mom I take a medical course. hahaha. sa hinaba-haba ng prusisyon, PT rin pala ang bagsak ko.
now I’m a jobless PT grad, ex call center agent, who’s waiting for some sign from God to know what he’ll do with his life next. i’m seriously thinking of doing odd jobs – service crew, grocery bagger, jeepney or taxi driver just to get a view of what’s it like working like these folks. i believe the Jesuits call it “immersion.”
“…why did the President, after receiving a credible report from a member of her official family of a probable high crime, not promptly order a lawful entrapment as soon as reasonably possible to prevent one with a corrupt and criminal mind from being in charge of the conduct of the last senatorial elections?”
Manoy Abe, GMA could not afford to lose Abalos then precisely because she needed someone “with a corrupt and criminal mind” to cheat in the last senatorial elections.
TDC,
An daming qualified na mga patriots sa Pilipinas bakit si Ricky Carandang, MLQ3, Randy David pa. Ok na sana si Joey III, hero yan natin. Si Korina Sanchez. She’s not only smart and pretty, she’s got nice racks pa. Ralph Recto in my opinion, is the best heredero we have today. Serge Osmena committed near incest but he truly made up for it by his uncompromising intelligence. Among the Osmenas, he is the most makamasa. At bakit wala si Iloilo Vice Governor Rolex Suplico dito, aber? His morals is as solid and unbreakable as his namesake watch.
Devil you should’ve gone to Ateneo, mate.
Put adsense and text links on your blog.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy(and Dante) once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.
Please make reservation for three rats in the hottest place in hell:
1)Monchichi Neri http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC6Yei8gApw&mode=related&search=
2)Miriam
3)Abalos
In the long continuum of time,GOOD will triumph over evil.In the darkest days of martial law,I used to feel so desperate.. I felt life was so unfair..Ninoy in detention while Marcos was at the apex of power.
But look where they are now in the annals of history…Ninoy a national hero while Marcos a waxed dummy in Paoay.
The time will surely come when Senator Antonio Trillanes will be able claim his rightful place in the Senate while Gloria Pidal will be in the dustbin of history.
To everything,turn ,turn, turn…
To Senator Antonio Trilanes:
I dedicate this song to you and other detained heroes in military camps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4GiCzDUTX0
GO THE DISTANCE
I have often dreamed, of a far off place
Where a hero’s welcome, would be waiting for me
Where the crowds will cheer, when they see my face
And a voice keeps saying, this is where I’m meant to be
I’ll be there someday, I can go the distance
I will find my way, if I can be strong
I know ev’ry mile, will be worth my while
When I go the distance, I’ll be right where I belong
Down an unknown road, to embrace my fate
Though that road may wander, it will lead me to you
And a thousand years, would be worth the wait
It might take a lifetime, but somehow I’ll see it through
And I won’t look back, I can go the distance
And I’ll stay on track, no, I won’t accept defeat
It’s an uphill slope, but I won’t lose hope
Till I go the distance, and my journey is complete
But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
For a hero’s strength is measured by his heart
Like a shooting star, I will go the distance
I will search the world, I will face its’ harms
I don’t care how far, I can go the distance
Till I find my hero’s welcome, waiting in your arms
I will search the world, I will face it’s harms
Till I find my hero’s welcome, waiting in your arms
Karl, batch 84. I haven’t followed UAAP (not really into watching sports) Karl, batch 84. I haven’t followed UAAP (not really into sports) so i’m not that affected. Let’s just move on.
Devils, one of my high school classmates became a PT and he’s now earning big bucks in Florida.
Scratch the question about uaap, cvj
I only began reading the comments after that comment.
I have another question,were u involved in martial arts,because I had an instructor named carlos aka chuck,I forgot the surname?
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digressing…
About abalos, I have his nephew as a hs batchmate,but I know ben hur is a bosconian
sorry, poor editing.
Karl, i was never a martial arts instructor.
CVJ,
Thanks
Cvj,
sorry poor editing
UPCAT?? diba multiple choice LANG yun??????
Miriam Defensor Santiago does not deserve to be the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations committee.She is a RACIST.
Her apology to the Chinese community is INSINCERE!
It’s bound to happen again and again and again.Too mentally imbalanced.Unfit to be even aspire for a post in the International Court of Justice!
She has to apologize to the Ambassador of China to the Philippines because she needs their endorsement if she wants to become a justice in the International Court of Justice.
How I wish she gets elected to ICJ. It will be good riddance for us and let her Ilongchigan (Ilonggo-Michigan) accent pester the Europeans and the world.
TDC,
I agree. Leah, Manolo and Ricky should run as senators of the Republic.
Start gathering signatures. It’s time to dump Gordon, Revilla, Lapid, Arroyo, Ponce-Enrile, Santiago, Madrigal, Pimentel, et al out of that august chamber.
ELAC:I did a little research why Miriam has the tendency to come up with “socially inappropriate” views.Tumantanda na ang lola natin.Time to retire:
“Many people harbor unintentional and even unconscious stereotypic thoughts–“ethnic or racial group X is [fill in the blank with unflattering adjective of your choice]”–which we manage to overcome or at least squelch. By “we,†I mean our frontal cortex, the site in the brain that acts to inhibit unwanted thoughts and behaviors. (It is immaturity of the frontal lobes that makes many teens so impulsive and unable to inhibit their worst instincts.) “It might be that older adults have greater difficulty inhibiting these stereotypic thoughts despite their efforts to avoid being prejudiced,†writes psychologist William von Hippel of Australia’s University of Queensland. Older adults might be “more prejudiced than younger adults because they can no longer inhibit their unintentionally activated stereotypes.â€Â
The loss of inhibition is the result of the brain’s traitorous tendency to shrink as we age. The frontal lobes in particular atrophy. The result is educed ability to inhibit irrelevant or unwanted thoughts. This loss of inhibition might explain other behaviors that crop up in many elderly, including “social inappropriateness.â€Â
TDC, that would also explain Raul Gonzalez.
ELAC:let’s generate the momentum for Ricky,MLQ3 and Leah for Senators .Intelligent.Honest.True PATRIOTS!!!
huwag tayo ningas kugon! 2010 pa ang next elections (hopefully)
CVJ:comments on “Ricky Carnadang,MLQ3,Leah Navarro,et al for Senators”
TDC, on your list (at 2:51pm above), i’d vote for Ricky Carandang, Randy David, Adel Tamano, Manuel Quezon III and Leah Navarro. However, Manolo has made it clear his intention not to run (except for Con-con delegate). Same with Randy David. Maybe we should just support the Ang Kapatiran candidates (Paredes, Bautista and the other guy)plus Adel et. al?
CVJ,
Leah Navarro is an ideal candidate who has proven her mettle in the parliament of the streets. Unlike Revilla and Lapid who used their popularity to get into the Senate, Leah is someone who will not hesitate to call spade a spade. If it were not so, she should be waltzing with La Poquita now. I’ve seen her being interviewed on ANC and ABS and she conducts herself very affably but frank and she is not afraid to mince words. We need people like that who does not take advantage of her popularity. If I know her, she would be shy to run but I think its high time for women of goodwill to determine the course of our country.
With respect to Ricky, I think he should be in the Senate with his incisive knowledge on business and finance, not to mention the fact that he has cut his teeth working on simplifying difficult scenarios and making it perfectly understandable to a layman like me. I think he should run and I think we should convince him to do so.
With Manolo, I am not sure he should limit himself to Con Con. His intelligence should not be limited to a short term stint like the Con Con. His TV program shows him to be a deep researcher and like Ricky, he know how to ask the right questions, not like the present crop of Senate craps we have. At least, I am pretty sure that Manolo will be able to handle a committee hearing better than any lawyer and I really believe that it’s time the lawyers stop thinking they’re God’s gift to this country or to the legislature.
People like Ricky, Manolo and Leah can provide a fresh perspective to our country’s ills. And I am pretty sure that with them in office, the sins of La Poquita will not be visited again on this country. With them, we will have authentic, unfudged economic numbers and at the very least, we will see more than a trickle down effect on our country’s poor.
So, sige, lets gather the momentum. Let’s egg them to run and with them around, we can keep all the eventual candidates honest during the campaign.
TDC,
Matagal ng problema ni Mad Miriam yang bibig niya. I think may mas basic na problema si Mad Miriam and that is KSP – kulang sa pansin si pobrecitang Mad Miriam.
Isa pang sakit niya ay isa siyang saranggola. She flies where the wind blows. Kung sino nasa poder, kakampi niya. Maaasahan si Mad Miriam na maging traydor sa sarili niyang mga prinsipyo dahil unang una, wala siyang isang salita.
Tamo, namatay ang anak niya at sa TV, ininterbyu siya, paiyak iyak pa na sinabing she is foreswearing politics. Wala pang isang taon, tumakbo na siya at nagkalat na naman ng lagim niya.
Sus porbida! kahiya hiyang Ilongga yang taong yan.
you must admit, maid miriam and raul gonzalez provide hours of comedy entertainment. they will be sorely missed once the leave office…
(well, maybe not raul who has indirectly put the lives of many innocents in peril as justice sec…miriam shoots from the hip bu you gotta hand it to her, her theatrics are amusing……better than listening to loren ‘puro platitudes’ legarda”)
I would vote for adel too!
ka batch ko yan nung hs,sorry me school talk kasi kanina eh.
for the memes of the commenter(s),that we are immune to autocratic clans,because we are tribal and clan based,
pardon my french; but he who excuses himself,accuses himself…
as tdc said NEVER Again!
I would like to tell tdc,to tell that to the marines,but the marine commandant during dec 89 coup. Bgen Cabanlig already said Nun Quam Iterum!
Elac, i absolutely agree with your take on Leah, Manolo and Ricky.
Habang tumatagal ang imbestigasyon lalong nawawalan ng tiwala ang mga mamamayan sa senado. Mas inteligente pa ang mga sagot ng iniimbistigahan, kaysa sa mga pagtatanong ng mga senadores. ang tunay na problema ay hindi nagagampanan ng maayos ng mga senadores ang kanilang tungkulin na magcheck and balance.
“UPCAT?? diba multiple choice LANG yun??????”
Nash, lol. o nga pero correct minus wrong kasi. kaya bopol un sumagot ng lahat. –> ako un.
Brian, shuda? i think i made the better choice, or rather my mom made it for me. many of my HS batchmates who went to ADMU came back to the province with their morale and confidence destroyed. Unless you’re rich or really ULTRA nerdy, you won’t be able to take the culture of discrimination inside that campus. I would’ve either burned up my energy there or ended up like my best friend who had a really bright future ahead of him (a TOYM awardee) and suffered a nervous breakdown. coming in, they were still outcasts no matter how much they tried to dress and act like the elite students there. (sabi nila sakin pag wala ka raw kotse dun ang tawag sau pauper. OMG!)
btw how do u put adsense and text links?
CVJ, yeah i know. I’m on that doorstep too, my one foot already set to leave the country, the other stuck to this land I love. its been 4 years since I graduated, and all this time my mom has been scolding me for insisting to stay here. wala na raw pag asa dito.
is it true?
to those advocating Manolo to run, if you’ve read his account about his father, etc. etc. you would realize he really abhors even just the thought of running for office. saka pasensya na, pero di ko kilala si Leah Navarro. I think Manolo and Randy would be better suited as cabinet men, holding key cabinet positions. I feel lawmaking is an overrated job when we can’t even enforce those laws already enacted. As for senators, I think the Bayan representatives are really good. Both Bello and Hontiveros-Baraquiel.
we should separate the education department from the executive. education is too important to be left vulnerable to politics’ whims.
Devils, if i were you, i’d go for it. It does not have to be for good and you don’t have to be like Benign0.
I don’t agree with your Mom though. Old people tend to equate personal decline with general decline of the things around them. That’s human nature.