LINDOL

I
was surfing the net last Sunday
when I felt dizzy.....
I looked around and saw the overhead circular hanging light swaying.
Another earthquake, I mumbled.
I glanced at the TV set which was on
[I always do that, listen to whatever is said on TV
becoz I want to retain as many words as I can remember]
and saw 9:43.

ALL the while I thought it was gonna stop.
But no...it continued.
The IRORI's [Japanese style hearth]
hanging iron clamp was swaying to and fro!
Geez! This must be big, I said to myself!

By that time, I wasn't feeling well....
I felt nauseated....

I stood and looked out of the window.
That was a mistake. I felt nauseated all the more.
So I went back to my chair and sat.

Soon after, news and updates have flashed on the screen.
The center was somewhere in the sea beside Noto Peninsula,
in Ishikawa-Ken. Magnitude was placed at 6.9,
considered a major one.

Living in Japan has its risks.
And the greatest one is the fact that Japan
is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world.
It lies on four tectonic plates.
Hence, earthquakes are as common as waking up each morning
and seeing the Sun.

Knowing this, the Japanese as a people
has been preparing for earthquakes all their lives.
The SDF are efficient and response to disasters are
done in no time.

But then again,
I wanna go home where my heart lies.....

I have had enough of earthquakes to last me a lifetime.
I wish to wake up in the Land where
I could relax and not be worried when the next earthquake
would be. I know Inang Bayan have had its share of earthquakes
but not this often.....
Here, we suffer jolts as many as thousands in a day!

Babalik na ako sa Pilipinas!!!!!!

((((((((((((((((((((****))))))))))))))))))

KOMEDYA

Mahilig talaga itong si gloria magsalita nang palpak!
Ewan ko kung totoong nag-graduate sa Georgetown U. ito!
Parang wala sa kalibre, eh!
Parang nag-iinarte lang ang buwayang ito!
Typical gloria: orocan!


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A couple of days ago, she reacted to the survey about hunger.
She clamed that she, too, skipped a meal in the past three weeks.

Once only in a span of three weeks?

How about the lesser mortals who go hungry everyday?

How insensitive, considering most Pinoys
do not even have money to buy a decent meal a day.

Added to that,
IT IS OUR MONEY she gobbles!
TAX natin yun!

*****

While surfing various blogs I visit,
I saw this one comment which smacked right into bullseye:

Anna de Brux said:
"She could do with skipping a meal every day
for the simple reason that her big fat behind is such a flabby blob
so missing a meal would do wonders for her sagging ass."

Tawa ko lang!
Sapul!

I couldn't agree more!
Mama PanDoc has grown big
having eaten the blood, sweat and tears of
OFWs and all those who have to make TIIS
everyday just to survive.

Mama PanDoc's statements
have been made into a butt of jokes
everywhere, I was informed.
Well, that....
is typical Pinoy's reaction
to whatever malaise that comes our way.

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Several days ago, the target was Satur Ocampo.
He, who was forcibly [bodily] carried to a private heli
to face arrest warrat in Leyte.....
a case that was said to have resolved years ago.
Then in mid-air, they were told to come back to Manila.

So, what happened?
It turned out that the judge in Leyte agreed
to have Satur detained in Manila.

Trip ng mga bandido ni gloria na busalan ang bibig ng oposisyon,
but look what happened.
Satur must have had a hell of an experience
[while on the flight, baka nga naman ma-Mijares siya, noh!]
but he gained publicity points and brought his entire
Party-List group, Bayan Muna, with him!
Gratis, courtesy of the CTs [Certified Tutas].
Satur and his group must be grinning from ear-to-ear these days!

KOMEDYA ang nangyayari sa Bayan.
Komedya rin ang ginagawa ng mga nangsunggab ng poder!
Halos lahat ng ginagawa sa ngayon ay palabas lamang!
......and those who feel for Inang Bayan aren't laughing!
This malady must go and go ASAP!
Hindi ka na nakakatawa!

EDUCATING ARROYO

The other day, gloria told the poor:
"Spend on the basics, not on luxuries!"
She was reacting, of course, to the SWS results which showed that
a big 19% of the populace remains hungry.
She was quoted as saying that
instead of spending on cellphone loads,
the poor should buy the basic needs first.

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"The height of insensitivity!"
says the well-respected and hard-hitting journalist, Ellen T. says.....
I wholeheartedly agree.

I find arroyo's statement absurd.
Saan ba siya naroroon at hindi niya napupulsuhan ang Taumbayan?

Ahhh.....OO nga pala!
Nasa "Palasyo" nga pala siya at hindi niya alam ang
nangyayari sa bawa't barung-barong sa may riles ng tren
at sa may tabing ilog!


Has it ever occurred to Arroyo HOW the common tao survive ?

Statements like that reveals a callous and hard heart,
if ever she has a heart.
I have never heard of a public official that callous and insensitive!

Wala na ngang makain, tapos,
papayuhan mo pa na gamitin sa basics ang pera!
Wala na ngang pera, magsasalita ka pa ng ganun?
Wala na ngang trabaho, tapos, ganyan ang palusot mo?


Nakapunta ka na ba sa tabing riles at
napagmasdan mo na ba ang nakaburol na bangkay doon?
Aalog-alog ito, kada daan ng karag-karag na tren?
Nakapunta ka na ba sa Tambakan at nalugmok sa
tigmak na dumi at hindi maalis-alis na baho ng basura
na kahit na ilang ligo ang gawin mo,
parang nandun pa rin, at umaalingasaw?

Dali, gloria....Puntahan mo.......
nang malaman mo ang TUNAY na
SAD STATE OF THE NATION!

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As the daughter of a past President of the Republic,
she has wallowed in luxury, although her father
was once dubbed "The Poor Boy from Lubao"....

Where and how his Father amassed wealth enough to
buy their way to the enclaves of the rich
is clear to all and sundry.
They just have to dig deeper,
way back to the Stonehill era and lo!

The same can be said of Arroyo and her husband today.
They may claim to belong to the old rich,
but then again, coem to think of it,
why enter politics, if they ARE really that rich?

Will someone from arroyo's [robber] band of [B]advisers educate gloria
how an ordinary TAO exist and survive?

ASAP!


Better still, vacate Malacanang and go to
where you belong!
sannamagan!
*

TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE!

• To realize the value of a sister, ask one who doesn't have one!
  

• To realize the value of ten years, ask a newly-divorced couple.
  

• To realize the value of four years, ask a graduate.
  

• To realize the value of a year, ask a student who failed a final exam.
  

• To realize the value of nine months, ask a mother who gave birth to a still-born.
  

• To realize the value of one month,ask a mother who has given birth
  

to a premature baby.

• To realize the value of one week, ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
  

• To realize the value of one hour, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
  

• To realize the value of one minute,ask a person who has missed
  

the train, bus or plane.

• To realize the value of one second, ask a person who has survived an accident.
  

• To realize the value of one milli-second, ask a person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
  

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TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE!

TREASURE every moment you have!

YOu can treasure it even more
when you can share it with someone special.


TO realize the value of a friend,
LOSE ONE!

*****

TIME OUT!..... TAWA MUNA....

LITTLE JOHNNY AT HIS BEST

Teacher: "Why are you late?"
Lil John: "Because of the sign."
Teacher: "What sign?"
Lil John: "The one that says "School Ahead, Go Slow.""

*****

Teacher: "Why are you doing your math sums on the floor?"
Lil John: "Because you told me to do it without using tables."

*****

Teacher: "What is the chemical formula for water?"
Lil John: "HIJKLMO!"
Teacher: "What are you talking about?"
Lil John: "Yesterday you said it was H to O!"

*****

Teacher: "George, go to the map and find North America."
George:: "Here it is!"
Teacher: "Good! .....Now Johnny, who discovered America?"
Lil John: "George!"

*****

Teacher: "Johnny, name one important thing we have today
that we didn't have ten years ago."
Lil John: "Me!"

*****

Teacher: "Johnny, give me a sentence starting with "I".
Lil John: "I ....is ......."
Teacher: "No, Johnny, always say: " I AM....""
Lil John: "All right. I am the ninth letter of the Alphabet."

*****

Teacher: "Can anybody give me an example of COINCIDENCE?"
Lil John: "Sir, my mother and my father got married on the same time,

the same date, the same place!"

*****

Teacher: "Not only did George Washington chopped down his Father's Cherry Tree,
he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why his Father didn't punish him?"
Lil John: "Because George still had the axe in his hand."

*****

Teacher: "Johnny, your composition on "My Dog" was exactly the same as your brother's.
Did you copy his?"
Lil John: "No, Teacher. It's the same dog!"

*****

Lil John: "Dad, can you write in the dark?
Father:: "I think so. What do you want me to write?
Lil John: "Your name on this report card."

*****



Wala lang.....
am bored!

ELEKSYON NA NAMAN!

Tune: Pasko Na Naman!

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Eleksyon na naman!
O kay tulin ng araw...
Eleksyong nagdaan,
hindi pa naresolbahan!
Kayong botante ang syang nagoyo na naman
Na-garci, na-abalos yaong ating bilangan!
*
Refrain:2x

Boto! Boto!
Boto ay na-madyik na
Listahang totoo,
inareglo na namin, Ma'am!
****

Balimbing dito, doble-cara syang tunay
Kakampi mo n oon, tila ba nabayaran.
Sayaw nga noon,
erap shake, rattle and roll,
Ngayon ay TUta,
ilang milyon ba'ng pramis sa'yo, Tsong?
*
Repeat Refrain 2x

What's in a Name?

I was away for sometime
and I had some catching up to do....

BUT what caught my eyes are the entries in an affidavit
by a certain Celia
who revealed that
the perst pig referred to gloria
as "IGOROTA".....

compared to calling her [Celia]
as "FAVORITA".....
*
Well, celia may be the flavor of the month[or was it years?]
at that time, but the label "igorota" is another feather
[although littered and mish-mashed!]
to gloria's cap!
*
Si gloria langa yata ang may napakaraming
codename to date....
Let me count the names....

• glue [para kasing pandikit sa pagkakahawak sa puwesto]
• Tiyanak= kasi super liit pero kung makaasta, kaya ang lahat!
• power-grabber=I think alam nyo na ang ibig sabihin, noh?
• Pandak-becoz of her low stature, in ways more than one.
• PanDoc-after Papa Doc, that tyrant who ruled with iron hands,tas, pandak pa, so there!
• Igorota-

The last leaves a bad taste in the mouth,
simply because it mentions the IGOROTAs,
most of whom are law-abiding citizens of this nation.
*
There are more, I guess....
more names and codes given to gloria,
something I may not be aware of....
*
In a true democracy, taxpayers can say whatever they want to say
against any elected official of the Land.
Not so in Pilipinas....
hence,
people have resorted to name-calling to vent their anger
against the powers-that-be.
*
Some cool head want to stop this,
but more want to stop the root cause of it all:
gloria herself!
*
I say:
THAT, would be the day!
...and I hope it would be sooner,
rather than later!
*

ALL ABOUT POWER

0r is it
ABUSE OF POWER?
*
Satur Ocampo has again grabbed headlines,
not because he orchestrated something and asked media
to cover it, but because
Mama PanDoc has again connived with her counsels
to bring Satur Ocampo to Leyte, albeit forcibly,
and face the music there.
*
I am not interested in Ocampo's subversive connections
but the way the case was handled have made me stop and look
at the issues at hand.
*
It appears that Ocampo was willing to face the courts and
was, in fact, in the Supreme Court the day he was arrested
for killings made under marcos' regime.
How many years ago was that?
Twenty-or so years!
*
Some say that the case has been resolved and
that Ocampo was never the culprit.....
I don't know.
*
What pains me is the way the handlers of the warrant served them.
The police escorts forcibly, bodily carried Ocampo to the waiting vehicle
that would transport them to the Airport.
*
Geez!
ABUSO na ito, hah!?
Meron pa bang ganitong kalakaran?
Akala ko ba demokrasya ang Pilipinas?
Nag-martial law na ba?
Kelan ideneklara?
Grabe!
*
Some an hour and a half into the flight,
the privater Cessna that transported
Ocampo along with his wife
made a U-turn and flew back to Manila.
Apparently, the judge agreed to Ocampo being detained
in the Manila Police HQs pending the Supreme Court appeal.
*
Yun naman pala, eh!
Hindi naman tatakbo anga tao,
ano ba ang kinatatakot ng rehimeng ito?
*
A long time ago,
my parents taught me:
"Guilty conscience needs no accuser."
True!
Lalo na kung may konsiyensiya nga ang naturingang
gumagawa ng kapalpakan sa Bayang Sawi.
Paano sa mga garapal na nagpapanggap na
lider ng Bansang Sinilangan?
*
Lahat ng bagay sa mundo
napaparam....
Kung may lungkot, mayroon ding
kaligayahan....
*
Sana nga, sana!
Para sa Bayang Sinisinta!
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WHY WOMEN CRY

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A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?"
"Because I am a woman," she told him.
*
"I don't understand," he said.
His mother just hugged him and said,
"And you never will."
*
Later, the boy asked his Father,
"Why does Mother seem to cry for no reason?"
*
"All women cry for no reason,"
was all his dad could say.
*
The little boy grew up and became a man,
still wondering why women cry.
*
Finally, he put in a call to God.
When God got on the phone, he asked,
"God, why do women cry so easily?"
*
God said:
"When I made the woman, she had to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world,
yet gentle enough to give comfort.
*
I gave her inner strength to endure childbirth
and the rejections that many times comes from her children.
*
I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going
when everyone else gives up,
and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue
without complaining.
*
I gave her the sensitivity to love her children
under any and all circumstances,
even when her child has hurt her very badly.
*
I gave her the strength to carry her husband through his faults,
and fashioned her from his ribs to protect his heart.
*
I gave her wisdom to know
that a good husband never hurts his wife,
but sometimes tests her strengths and
her resolve to stand beside him
unfalteringly.
*
And finally,
I gave her a tear to shed.
This is hers exclusively to use
whenever it is needed."
*
"You see, my son," said God,

"the beauty of a woman
is not in the clothes she wears,

the figure that she carries,

or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman

must be seen in her eyes,

because that is

the doorway to her heart-

the place where love resides."

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BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED!

I remember writing about this in the past.
I have also discussed this among young people in a forum-guide
re: choosing their vocations in life.
Allow me, then, to write about it, since I find it timely
in the midst of all this election fever.


*****

There was a young duck who felt that he was better than his siblings.
In a way, he was....he was really good at everything he does.
He learned how to swim faster than his brood.
He learned everything quickly, and excelled in many areas.
Soon, he found himself bored with life.
He wanted to try something more daring,
something unusual for a little Duck like him.

One day he asked Father Duck to teach him how to fly.
He saw some birds flying so well, he, too,
wanted to do the same.
He wanted to soar into the sky and show his fellow Ducklings
that he is a special Duck.

He was insitent that his Father relented and allowed him to go to a flying school,
with the condition that he never give up his swimming.
After all, Ducks are known the whole world over as best swimmers.
He promised to do as his Father willed,
and so off he went to the Flying School.

True to form, he was good.
Soon, he learned to fly and how!
He flew far and wide.
He learned many tricks.
He can do the somersault and the zoom and
many other side tricks.

Everyone was impressed.
But Father Duck was worried.
He must remind his Child Duck not to delve much into flying.
He must never forget how to swim.
But the young Duck was so full of himself.
He was so confident of his newly-gained skills.
He continued to fly until he was recognized as an expert flyer.

One time, a storm came and everyone was asked to evacuate and leave.
They have to swim their way to safety.
The storm was already brewing and there was no other way but the river.
Soon all were swimming along with the other Duck Families.
But the young Duck was afraid to wade in the water.
He has otally forgotten how to swim!

All those months he practised how to fly,
and became an expert flyer.....
But today, he was in trouble:
He cannot swim!
He simply forgot the basic way to swim!


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Lesson:
IF you are a Duck,
SWIM, for God's sake!
Don't fly!
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Do not aspire to be what you are not!
*****

Be contented with your lot and
BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED!


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Kung artista ka,
gawin mo ang alam mong trabaho.
Umarte ka na lang,
kesa naman magbutas ka ng silya gaya
ng ginawa na ng nauna sa iyo!
*****
Kung boksingero ka,
mag-boksing ka na lang, Dong....
baka wala kang alam sa paggawa ng Batas!
******

A Friendly reminder
for those running
and do not know what to think!

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Election Fever

Been wonderin lately.....
Election is around the corner and the campaign is gearing
towards its peak.


I have been to Inang Bayan and saw the boob tube.
It is littered with ads that carry the "good works" and "good intentions"
not to mention those "pangarap" of candidates vying for the Senate.
Someone became an instant "'tol" to all!
How farcical and plastic can one be?


Come to think of it, ....can't help but wonder:
This people must be spending oodles of moolah for those ads alone.
How about the flyers and posters and all those sorties?
Geez!

WHERE in the world did they get those?
Granting that they have been sooo blessed with a silver spoon
by birth, sayang pa rin!

What if they use those moolah to buy medicines for the poor?
Or build some decent housing for the urban poor,
instead of living along the riles?

Ahhh!
But that would be wistful thinking, eh?

Familiar tunes have erupted and made into jingles.
One that caught my attention was the song:

Boom Korap, Korap!

Boom Korap, Korap!

Tararat! Tararat!

Kurakot!

I remember singing that during Boy Scouts Training in Makiling.
Now some group have claimed it is theirs!


Corruption may be the issue
but corruption of the highest level is being committed unabated
by the alipores of the power-grabber who continue to sit by the Pasig.


I just hope and pray that the Filipino VOTER
learn from past experience. I hope they give the forces of evil
a piece of their own medicine!

Well, what else can I say?

Just
VOTE WISELY!


........
.......and PRAY that OUR votes be counted.
We do not want another "Hello, garci!" to happen now, do we?

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Travelling, anyone?

I like travelling.
It makes me learn things I wouldn't find in any book,
or lecture, for that matter.
It opens my mind and makes me feel the history of a place
by going through its streets, buildings and park.
Looking at the place, one can determine how each building endured history
and the way people has made their lives revolve around their own place.


Travelling also allows me to see the people and the way history has helped them through the years. It makes me appreciate more my own native Land and its wonders.

I may travel through Life, but I will always go back to where I belong: that one place I can always call my own.

HEART STATION

Hello World!

This is HEART STATION signing on.

This blog will carry my thoughts, dreams and
all there is that catches my attention as I travel
Life's highways.

Please be with me as I travel this world
full of surprises, sweat and tears.....