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Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Animatrix
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Noah's Ark Reenacted
My whole body is still aching due to my lone adventure yesterday. I walked from Katipunan to Project 2 through Xavierville. One third of the journey I was submerged in 4.5-5.5 feet of murky water. Can't get over it. I remember distinguishing between water, mud and crude oil as I was trudging through the deeper parts of the flooded street, holding on to the grilled fences of houses along the way, hoping to at least elevate myself. When the current became stronger and the water get deeper, I stopped at the middle of the sea and a manong came to help me carry my things. Otherwise, I would have drowned or have stayed there till God knows when...ALONE.
We were at least lucky that our spot here in QC is high enough for the water to reach. The streets not so far from here are all flooded. But the hassle and frazzle that this typhoon has brought upon us is no big joke. I have a few friends who woke up with all their appliances and furniture floating up to the second storeys of their houses. My co-teahcers at Mapua slept inside the campus. I was not able to attend my meeting. I am scheduled to visit my Grandma at Filinvest Antipolo today but it was not possible; Marcos highway is a disaster. My phone is not working yet and my students' school papers are soaking wet.
I don't want to make this a rundown of my personal calamity-related rants. But the thing is, these are all not normal. Everyone are all pointing to that synthetic phenomenon called Global Warming/Climate change... We are being accused that we are all suffering for our incessant desire for civilization that ruined the planet. Before the flood, the bell was rung like hell to save mother Earth. They called for...
energy conservation.
water conservation.
reforestation.
recycle-ation.
SM greenbag-ation.
woe to our salvation!
That is not the point. The real point is to find the main culprit. There are like a hundred companies "chimney"-ing industrial smoke more than all the population of the world's cigarette smokes put together. There are more mining companies spilling out poisonous chemicals in the world's main water sources more than all those homeless people shitting on their shanties straight to the rivers in third world and even capitalist countries put together. There are a lot of government institutions who have let illegal loggers do away with their activities and all that jazz.
I am more than willing to use green bags, conserve water, and turn off my faucets, dvd player and flourescent bulbs. But it can only do much. The people can only do so much. Find the culprit, and uproot the root of the problem. The people have lived long enough under the bridges, under the yoke of poverty. Let us just hope that some people out there would be willing to let go just SOME of their profits for the sake of humanity. That would be more effective than all of our little efforts put together, than all of our efforts facing the effects and not the cause.
"Actions should be measured by their effect on the greater good of the world, not the consequences for the individual." - David Hume
****
Post ko ito kahapon. Ngayon, mas marami pa akong nakikitang mga maling kaganapan. Parang hirap na hirap sa rescue operations ng gobyerno. Hindi handa ang gobyerno sa pagharap sa kalamidad. Kulang sa mga rubber boats, at maraming mga lugar ang hindi matunton ng rescue operations.
Totoo ngang may climate change. Pero sapat na ba ang ulan na naganap kahapon para makapagdulot ng ganitong uri ng baha? Well, anong dam ang binuksan na wala man lang patumanggang pasabihan ang mga tao na maghanda!?
Wala lang.
We were at least lucky that our spot here in QC is high enough for the water to reach. The streets not so far from here are all flooded. But the hassle and frazzle that this typhoon has brought upon us is no big joke. I have a few friends who woke up with all their appliances and furniture floating up to the second storeys of their houses. My co-teahcers at Mapua slept inside the campus. I was not able to attend my meeting. I am scheduled to visit my Grandma at Filinvest Antipolo today but it was not possible; Marcos highway is a disaster. My phone is not working yet and my students' school papers are soaking wet.
I don't want to make this a rundown of my personal calamity-related rants. But the thing is, these are all not normal. Everyone are all pointing to that synthetic phenomenon called Global Warming/Climate change... We are being accused that we are all suffering for our incessant desire for civilization that ruined the planet. Before the flood, the bell was rung like hell to save mother Earth. They called for...
energy conservation.
water conservation.
reforestation.
recycle-ation.
SM greenbag-ation.
woe to our salvation!
That is not the point. The real point is to find the main culprit. There are like a hundred companies "chimney"-ing industrial smoke more than all the population of the world's cigarette smokes put together. There are more mining companies spilling out poisonous chemicals in the world's main water sources more than all those homeless people shitting on their shanties straight to the rivers in third world and even capitalist countries put together. There are a lot of government institutions who have let illegal loggers do away with their activities and all that jazz.
I am more than willing to use green bags, conserve water, and turn off my faucets, dvd player and flourescent bulbs. But it can only do much. The people can only do so much. Find the culprit, and uproot the root of the problem. The people have lived long enough under the bridges, under the yoke of poverty. Let us just hope that some people out there would be willing to let go just SOME of their profits for the sake of humanity. That would be more effective than all of our little efforts put together, than all of our efforts facing the effects and not the cause.
"Actions should be measured by their effect on the greater good of the world, not the consequences for the individual." - David Hume
****
Post ko ito kahapon. Ngayon, mas marami pa akong nakikitang mga maling kaganapan. Parang hirap na hirap sa rescue operations ng gobyerno. Hindi handa ang gobyerno sa pagharap sa kalamidad. Kulang sa mga rubber boats, at maraming mga lugar ang hindi matunton ng rescue operations.
Totoo ngang may climate change. Pero sapat na ba ang ulan na naganap kahapon para makapagdulot ng ganitong uri ng baha? Well, anong dam ang binuksan na wala man lang patumanggang pasabihan ang mga tao na maghanda!?
Wala lang.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Metro Manila Youth Reject Charter Change
Institute for Research on Education and Development
125D Chico Street, Project 2, Quezon City
July 27, 2009
Reference: Diana Directo, Spokesperson
Metro Manila Youth Reject Charter Change
A survey involving 2000 youth respondents in Metro Manila, revealed that 96.25% of the youth are not in favor of Charter Change that would extend the term of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Those who participated in the survey are students, professionals and out-of-school youth from different schools, communities, and companies.
It would be remembered that during the last session of the members of the House of Representatives, the matter of forming a Constitutional Assembly was approved of hastily.
"This (Constitutional Assembly) has been subject to varied speculations from all sectors of the society, and the data that has been gathered serves as proof of the youth's disapproval," Diana Directo, Spokesperson of IREAD said.
85.83% of the respondents believe that Charter Change is not beneficial to national development while 14.17% believe otherwise. 22.16% would accept Charter Change if the President steps down. On the other hand, 77.57% would not approve of it given that condition.
The survey was conducted by the Institute for Research on Education and Development (IREAD), a non-stock, non-profit, independent youth institution whose primary objective is to consolidate existing and future macro and micro data on sectoral, national and global developments and concerns affecting the youth.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had her last State of the Nation Address last July 27, 2009, the ninth year of her administration which has been studded with criticism and controversies, and this also marks the start of another phase of Charter Change discussions in the House of Representatives.
In the wake of the recent events, IREAD has conducted this survey to gather the youth's opinion on the Charter Change. The survey also aims to determine the youth's general outlook and future probable courses of action.
Directo indicated the importance of knowing the pulse of the youth. “Cliché as it may seem, history has proven that the youth has always been the catalyst for change.”
“Some respondents even wrote comments on the survey forms. It is a proof that young people are aware of what's happening. They are concerned about national development. Many are still interested in making changes especially on matters that directly affect them,” she pointed out.
A surprising feedback came from a 13-year old high school student. He said, “Charter change will only serve GMA's interests. I do not agree with Charter Change and I also oppose term extension for GMA. Her efforts to improve the situation of the youth sector are not good enough.”
“According to the data that we have gathered, an overwhelming majority of 85.63% believe that Macapagal-Arroyo's nine-year administration was not helpful to the youth sector. Only 14.13% think otherwise,” Directo said.#
(SORRY. IT IS A LATE POST.)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Weird...
Maybe, for some reasons some dormers who stay in rooms overlooking the LRT-2 railways have been throwing their garbage at the tracks. Oh well, in that specific dormitory building x, each of these have been posted on the room doors:
"Throwing your garbage at the LRT Railways is strictly prohibited...blah blah blah..."
Well, once I saw it, I get the picture. I cannot be totally sure. But if my deductions are true, I don't know see any logic working on the idea that you have to throw your garbage at the railways...I believe that in that dormitory, there are trash bins reliable enough for the residents to throw theirs in and there is no need for them to scatter and dirty the railways with it.
Probably, trip lang.
Parang pagdidikit ng bubble gum sa ilalim ng arm chair kahit break time naman at walang teacher na pipigil sa paglalakad mo papunta sa sulok na may basurahan.
Sheer problem concerning discipline and culture... You know...
***
Masaya magcommute.
Knowing MRT and LRT routes are sisiw.
Actually there are faster and less-time consuming ways to get to places without the use of these things.
After college, I did not move out. So i have been living in the same place for years already. That includes not staying with my parents, and looking after myself.
Staying in the city for so long, I've known tons and tons of jeepney routes like guadalupe-paco and perdigon-nagtahan. Where they pass through and where'd they take you; say when you ride the Paco Jeep, you get off paco and get to makati by riding the guadalupe jeep.. I knew main roads: Quirino, Aurora, R Magsaysay... Nagtahan connects quirino and r magsaysay, and if you'd go beyond R Magsaysay from Nagtahan, you'll get straight to Lacson... minor roads, even eskinitas like Dominga and the one parallel to Legards, that connects Mendiola to Baste... Fly overs along edsa, how to get to NLEX or SLEX... Damn I forgot to say that I used to see SLEX in a daily basis back in my High School and Grade School days..
I love commuting...
And I would also love to drive, and discover easier shortcuts to help me navigate through this city. And the countryside. :)
"Throwing your garbage at the LRT Railways is strictly prohibited...blah blah blah..."
Well, once I saw it, I get the picture. I cannot be totally sure. But if my deductions are true, I don't know see any logic working on the idea that you have to throw your garbage at the railways...I believe that in that dormitory, there are trash bins reliable enough for the residents to throw theirs in and there is no need for them to scatter and dirty the railways with it.
Probably, trip lang.
Parang pagdidikit ng bubble gum sa ilalim ng arm chair kahit break time naman at walang teacher na pipigil sa paglalakad mo papunta sa sulok na may basurahan.
Sheer problem concerning discipline and culture... You know...
***
Masaya magcommute.
Knowing MRT and LRT routes are sisiw.
Actually there are faster and less-time consuming ways to get to places without the use of these things.
After college, I did not move out. So i have been living in the same place for years already. That includes not staying with my parents, and looking after myself.
Staying in the city for so long, I've known tons and tons of jeepney routes like guadalupe-paco and perdigon-nagtahan. Where they pass through and where'd they take you; say when you ride the Paco Jeep, you get off paco and get to makati by riding the guadalupe jeep.. I knew main roads: Quirino, Aurora, R Magsaysay... Nagtahan connects quirino and r magsaysay, and if you'd go beyond R Magsaysay from Nagtahan, you'll get straight to Lacson... minor roads, even eskinitas like Dominga and the one parallel to Legards, that connects Mendiola to Baste... Fly overs along edsa, how to get to NLEX or SLEX... Damn I forgot to say that I used to see SLEX in a daily basis back in my High School and Grade School days..
I love commuting...
And I would also love to drive, and discover easier shortcuts to help me navigate through this city. And the countryside. :)
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Katrina, Hayden and all that Blah...
Naramdaman mo na ba ang inis na nakakagigil?
We should recognize, without any doubt, that what Hayden has done is way beyond being heinous. He, along with all those who would attempt to emulate him, deserves a well implemented blow of punishment from the people and the sisterhood of women. Let us not dwell too much on the details, though we should admit that those are really disturbing.
However, we are all being dragged around by the hype of the Hayden-Katrina scandal which has been escalated to the senate already. That would have been tolerable, if avenues for justice and redress are what we seek. At this rate however, it cannot be just put to rest. The matter at hand has become too overrated, that it already snuff out all other important issues that the nation needs to attend to at the moment. What with CARP, the opening of classes and the murderous problems of the youth, we are being drawn, forced by the media to focus on something relatively trivial. Although I dare say that coming out in the open and facing the ordeal of shame on the part of Ms. Halili is commendable.
Hearing the news earlier, with the reporters bothering to mention the characters of this scandal-turned-telenovela's fashion statements and choice of clothing by lucky color, I grit my teeth and rant over and over again, wishing that before everyone else lose their sanity, they'd all get a grip and realize that the money and airtime spent on this hype are all senseless and futile, if only to serve the interests of a few. It is all too obvious with the way things are going.
I expect there is a fat chance that justice would be elusive for the victim. And I expect a hundred percent probability, that ninety nine percent of similar and worse cases involving faceless and nameless women victims who did not have the money and influence that these characters have would see justice slipping out from their hands and running away faster than water would do.
And there would be more rantings.. There would be more women crying, not in front of the cameras and the whole nation but behind closed doors of dark rooms. There would be more silence.
Sa lahat ng ka-chakahan na nagaganap ngayon, ********** lahat!!!
Nakakainis na lang talaga!
I appreciate the presupposed act, but not the intentions. I do not question the need for justice. What I question is that we have all become too selective of giving opportunities to everyone, and that includes having access to heal the wounds of oppression and abuse.
We should recognize, without any doubt, that what Hayden has done is way beyond being heinous. He, along with all those who would attempt to emulate him, deserves a well implemented blow of punishment from the people and the sisterhood of women. Let us not dwell too much on the details, though we should admit that those are really disturbing.
However, we are all being dragged around by the hype of the Hayden-Katrina scandal which has been escalated to the senate already. That would have been tolerable, if avenues for justice and redress are what we seek. At this rate however, it cannot be just put to rest. The matter at hand has become too overrated, that it already snuff out all other important issues that the nation needs to attend to at the moment. What with CARP, the opening of classes and the murderous problems of the youth, we are being drawn, forced by the media to focus on something relatively trivial. Although I dare say that coming out in the open and facing the ordeal of shame on the part of Ms. Halili is commendable.
Hearing the news earlier, with the reporters bothering to mention the characters of this scandal-turned-telenovela's fashion statements and choice of clothing by lucky color, I grit my teeth and rant over and over again, wishing that before everyone else lose their sanity, they'd all get a grip and realize that the money and airtime spent on this hype are all senseless and futile, if only to serve the interests of a few. It is all too obvious with the way things are going.
I expect there is a fat chance that justice would be elusive for the victim. And I expect a hundred percent probability, that ninety nine percent of similar and worse cases involving faceless and nameless women victims who did not have the money and influence that these characters have would see justice slipping out from their hands and running away faster than water would do.
And there would be more rantings.. There would be more women crying, not in front of the cameras and the whole nation but behind closed doors of dark rooms. There would be more silence.
Sa lahat ng ka-chakahan na nagaganap ngayon, ********** lahat!!!
Nakakainis na lang talaga!
I appreciate the presupposed act, but not the intentions. I do not question the need for justice. What I question is that we have all become too selective of giving opportunities to everyone, and that includes having access to heal the wounds of oppression and abuse.
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