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Nakadawat ko sa una ug grant sa Japanese government. Journalism man ug creative writing akong hilig sa una, pero di man lagi ta makakaon ug tarong sa in-aning mga propesyon. Maayo na lang kay nalingaw ko sa Hinapon. Sa una pa nako hilig ang languages, kay bag-o ko nagtuon ug Hinapon, na engross pud ko sa Spanish. Karon, nalimtan na nako gamay ang Spanish. Sa una English-Japanese, Japanese-English ra man akong himuon. Karon there is a growing demand for Japanese-Bisaya, Bisaya-Japanese translation.

Quote from: BedoAdoSalada on October 07, 2009, 09:19:28 AM
Ayos.  Asa ug kanus-a man ka nagtuon ug hinapon sir Ben ?

Bay HB, on the downside, ma-absorb baya nako ang ilang mga celebrations and tragedies. Kaning akong trabaho ron, ang nag-hire nako ang partido sa Pilipinang asawa. Pero as I work through the statements on both sides, murag nawala man akong simpatiya sa Pilipina nga gikaluy-an kaayo nako sa una, ako pang gi-discount ang akong fees. Natunga ning ilang anak sa pagkakaron, as they're working out a court-mediated custody resolution. Ang school ug extra-curricular performance sa bata nga naa sa lalaki impressive kaayo, ang mga bata naa sa Pilipina klaro nga wa kaayo naatiman. Murag forgone conclusion ang court decision ani. I really shouldn't take sides--I just translate what they say.

I'm presently talking with a Filipina professor from Bohol who is also a Japanologist on a possible book project. Kanus-a kaha ni mahitabo kay pareho pa man mi busy. There's a wealth of personal data that I have files of from my work since the Japanese first migrated to the Philippines in Meiji Period (1868 ~ 1911). Ma-imagine ba nato nga sa una ang mga Japanese ang manglangyaw sa atoa. In their Meiji and Taisho-era family registers, Davao is named "Davao Teikoku" or Davao Empire. The Japanese worked as farmhands in Davao and Cotabato abaca and sugarcane plantations.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 07, 2009, 09:11:01 AM
Makalingaw jud diay ang imong trabaho, Bay Ben, kay dili man impersonal documents ang imong hubaronon. Sa kadaghang sa nga estorya nga imong mahagdaw, you can write a lot of human interest books, he he.

Interestingly, sa sinugdanan  sa one-week shooting aning documentary, si Carlito iyang gi-challenge ang Japanese actress nga aron maka-empathize gyud kuno siya sa mga maumag, kinahanglan pagkaon nila iyang tilawan.

Wa gyud makabalibad ang actress, kay trabaho man lagi, basig dili sugtan ang documentary filming. Nikaon gyud siyag hilaw nga lukton ug timos.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 07, 2009, 08:55:03 AM
He he, pero imo man kahang lutoon ang mga lukton ug timos sa dili pa nimon kan-on, Bay Gwargz.

The past few days mga karaan kaayo nga Japanese characters nga gikan pa sa Taisho ug Meiji (1868 ~ ) era nga family registers sa Filipino-Japanese descendants ang punay nakog basa. Gusto ipa-upload sa family register ang ngalan sa ilang ginikan nga natawo sa Pilipinas. Whew! Sakita sa u ug mata, but I finally finished the documentation for one family. I pray it gets approved.

Today, I got a breakthrough sa trabaho, gikan sa karaan paingon sa moderno. I'm now working on court documents to be translated from Japanese to Binisaya. Child custody case. Mas makalingaw ni kay contemporary documents unya Binisaya i-translate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qprqnwni2w&feature=related

gikan state of the nation, nahimo man history of the nation...

bitaw, daghan baya makalingaw nga insights.

Murag logical sequence ni Mike sa imong pangutana, "Ngano diay kung magbaklay ko?" Sagdi lang gud maghunahuna sila nga wa ta'y kwarta, basta di ta mangayo ug pamahaw nila. I think it is a universal human trait not only to try to keep up with the Joneses, but outdo them. I myself try to get out of such circles.

Tan-awa ra gud na si Jim Press, executive sa Chrysler nga nag-atubang ron ug US$ 1.35 million in unpaid federal taxes and loans. Naa sya nagpuyo sa 6,900 square foot nga balay nga giutang niya sa ING Bank for US2.2 million. There is a very good chance of that property being foreclosed.

If there is an important lesson that we learned from the recent calamities, it is that we can't stake our sense of self-worth in material vanities--because your house, cars and other possessions could literally be swept away from you anytime.

Daghan ko nahinumduman ug nahibaw-an nga Binisaya, thanks to consistent contributors Glacier, Hubag Bohol, Tarsier, Taga Tigbao, Raquel, Koddi, Mike, ug uban pa.

Asa naman ang thead starter nga si buloi123?

Cost overrun man kuno ang Panglao by 80%, matud pa sa latest report. Unya naa na jud kuno go-signal sa construction sa runway by December, as a result of Aumentado's veiled threat to resign from administration party kung dili masugdan ang gisaad nga airport.

Basin baya ang cost overrun, busa in-ani kadako, apil na ang ipangsabwag para sa election next year. Tsk, tsk.

Quote from: fdaray on October 06, 2009, 03:59:36 PM
Sa pagkatinuod, dako ang hatag sa mga kandidato diha sa Bohol.
Diri sa Davao del sur walay klaro nga hatag. Sukad 1982, kaisa ra ko
nahatagi ug kandidato.

Daghan mog kwarta diha sa Bohol.

Bohol maintains record as region’s top rice producer

The Bohol Standard
October 4, 2009

BOHOL has consolidated its position as the No. 1 rice producer in Central Visayas with irrigation facilities, hybridization and government support as its underpinning.

This was bared by Gov. Erico Aumentado during the Bohol Irrigation Forum last week with the theme “Irrigation: The Road to Progress which we must Protect”.

He said Bohol attained 113% rice self sufficiency in 2008 because of the foregoing factors for which the Department of Agriculture (DA) under Secretary Arthur Yap and the provincial government have worked together to make the province an exporter of the prime commodity to other provinces.

Aumentado cited the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) for achieving the actual accomplishment of 9,735 hectares of new, restored and rehabilitated irrigated rice lands as against its physical target of 10,312 has. for calendar year 2008-2009 or a 97.82% accomplishment

Citing figures from NIA Administrator Carlos Salazar’s report, the governor said the project cost of P4.23 billion contributed so much to stabilize Bohol ’s economy even in the light of the global financial crisis.

The Bohol Irrigation Project Stage 2 with the mega Bayongan Dam costing P3.6 billion as the spearhead is now irrigating 5,300 has. of rice land, followed by the Talibon Small Reservoir Irrigation Project costing P420 million and irrigating 1,600 has.

The Bohol Provincial Irrigation Office accounts for 57 projects with a cost of P169.7 million and irrigating 2,128 has of rice land. On the other hand, the Bohol Irrigation System (BIS) contributed six irrigation projects costing P36.7 million and irrigating 707 has.

Aumentado lauded NIA for its role in Bohol ’s unprecedented rice production which he said has the bright chance of being sustained because of the NIA Central Visayas regional office in Tagbilaran City under Regional Director Modesto Membreve and the combined resources of the DA and the provincial government to support Bohol ’s agriculture program.

He said Yap frontloaded 117 large scale and small scale irrigation projects to service 12,371 has. with an estimated cost of P2.423 billion for 2010 and onwards in the DA agricultural program. The biggest portion of irrigable areas consisting of 7,384 hectares with an outlay of P1.311 billion is in the 3rd District where Yap is running for congressman.

The governor said the provincial government and DA are working to sustain the primacy of Bohol in rice production of Central Visayas through its convergence strategy in the rice hybridization program and the Rice Accelerated Enhancement Response (Racer) to the global crisis program where it allocated P34 million for its plant and fertilize now and pay later project plus a special outlay of about P4.5 million for Bohol’s organic agriculture development.

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jamz,

thanks for the additional info. maayo nang naa ta'y feedback sa mga tawo nga presently engaged in the business. pangutana lang, with one franchise, you can open up any number of branches? tan-aw nimo, jamz, mas ok ang dagan sa dunkin franchise sa imong bro kaysa imong inet cafe? it simply seems that these days there is no field of business that is not crowded already.

Quote from: jamo2x on October 06, 2009, 12:25:28 AM
daghn na man kaajo ning franchising sa ato, adto lng ka sa malls naay mga foodcarts...fruit juices/shakes, mani, siomai/siopao, burgers....ang latest nako nakita this week sa TV ang franchise sa Lugaw...watttt? bisag lugaw e-franchise pa hehehe.

nindot btaw ni sa mga naay time mag bantay, gamay pud kapital pwde nah, from 50k-500k depende sa franchise.
ako brod, Mister Donut iyang franchise...3 mos lng 5 branches nah  ...gamay lng man pwesto ang required, unya naa sya isa nga dakong pwesto, butangan nyag billiards, og mag dugang pud dw syag i-cafe.

some info on business and available franchise in Davao; just an example but im sure it's same scenario in bohol:
from perfume, house of panini, beauty products up to mag kape at magkapera 

http://www.davaosale.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=132613

http://www.davaosale.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=29

good luck 

Doy Tigz,

Salamat sa PM. Paki-check pud sa imong inbox ug wa na naglabad imong u.

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 05, 2009, 05:50:53 PM
Galabad ang u,

Bay Kods,

Hapit na matunaw ang ice sa Canada, pagpuyo na lang sa Bohol. Paingon na pud gani ang bagyo diri sa Japan. Basta simple lang ang kinabuhi, mas lami man gyud sa atoa. No place like home.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on October 05, 2009, 08:05:16 PM
Pastilan. Duha na ni ka pangandoy: Una, nga naka file na unta tag application for immigration sa Canada. Ikaduha, nga nabahaan pud unta ta. Simbako, ila-on na lang nang baha. Sa Bohol na lang ko. 

Maayo, kay ug naa ko'y iphon puhon, pa-audit lang ko nimo. Naa diay ka sa accounting firm ron?

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 05, 2009, 06:07:28 PM
Nagtrabaho na jud sir. External Auditor intawon. Mao nang bugbug sa trabaho.

Graduating na diay ka?

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 05, 2009, 06:04:02 PM
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Sir. Kapoy lagi ug magfieldwork na ba.

Unsa toy imong course, Tigs?

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 05, 2009, 05:55:11 PM
meeting, meeting, meeting. Fieldwork na sugod. Sige ug gaYM kung makahigajon.

Thanks, Gwargz. Timely baya kaayo ning imong post kay nag-research lagi ko bahin sa foodcart business kay si misis anad man gud naa'y kabisihan. Na-bore na kuno siya sa pagka-driver sa mga bata sa school. Naglingaw-lingaw intawon ron ug pag-design ug gama ug accessories nga iya ra pud ipabaligya sa mga stall diha sa malls. Makatabang baya sa ilang pang-adlaw-adlaw.

Next year, muuli na man pud ko for good, naghunahuna lagi other sources of income aside from my salary. Maayo ng naa'y fallback position. Gamay ra man gud ang capital requirements sa franchisee o distributor sa foodcart business busa mao ni akong unang nahunahunaan.

Nainterasodohan ko aning imong bakery franchise kay naa pud koy plano ug kaistorya bahin sa development sa akong lote sa Tagbilaran nga naa sa Bool junction atbang sa paradahan o gamay nga terminal. Daghan interesado ani nga yuta kay corner lot man gud ug pang-commercial, mga 400 sqm.-plus ang area. Anyway, ang plano nako magtukod ug commercial building unya ang 1st floor for lease o ako mismo mag-put up ug franchise, sigun sa availability sa puhunan. Kanang lain-lain na ba nga kinahanglanon sa tawo--bakery, pharmacy, lotto outlet, sari-sari, resto ug souvenir (kay along tourist route man pud), etc.. Ug ginagmay lang tingali ang unit sigo man.

Bisag imo ang building, in-ani na gyud diay kamahal ang franchise sa bakery? Wala bay special rate ang paisano? Unsay detailed coverage sa franchise fee? Asa ang main office ug venue of staff training nila? Ug naa pud figures on ROI ug average period of return of capital, at least base sa imong kaugalingong franchise, bisag i-PM na lang nimo kay classified info man tingali ni.

I'd appreciate your advice Bay. Nagdugay baya mi sa business before. We had our good times and bad, as with all things in life. For now, I am just trying to concentrate on the job I know best--translation--kay capital-free ug risk-free. Pero next year pohon, when I can have a hands-on management of the business with my wife, I would like to do business again. Hopefully, we will benefit from our past experiences, including our failures, and take advantage of the technical and management knowhow package of franchise business.

Quote from: gwargz on October 05, 2009, 03:56:56 PM
Okay Ben, i will share with you and our fellow TBhon,
aw, TBsters diay akong experience in real business.
I will share here a very inspiring one also from a friend.

I am currently a franchisee of Madelicious Bakeshop.
My franchise area is part of Bukidnon. I have 5 branches.
Almost ten years na ako sa Madelicious Bakeshop.

Madelicious Bakeshop is a subsidiary of Madelicious Foods Corp.
Madelicious Foods Corp. is purely owned by Bol-anons.
Dodong Alemania of Loon and Madel Penaso of
Tagbilaran City. Both were graduates of DWCT in 1983.
Dodong worked with Sunpride baligyag Holiday
corned beef intawon. But later, he passed the board
exam and became a CPA. But still he worked as a salesman.

Later on pa jud, he realized getting out of the daily rat race
was to get out of the daily run, so he decided to become
an entrepreneur. He became a businessman in early 1990s.

Short cut na pod, sobra o kulang ten years,
Madelicious Bakeshop has now over 60 branches nationwide
company-owned or franchised. The couple Dodong & Madel
has added new businesses and now has hotels & restaurants,
Inns & Apartelles, ug uban pa.

Now, let me go back to the bakeshop business, cuz
it is there where i want to sell the idea for you folks.

Madelicious Bakeshop is now actively looking for
additional franchisees. Areas for market grab or
to be developed are vast, kaya join na kayo.

Bird's Eye View:

Ang gastohon per Branch:
1. If Renovation Only (Naa nay Building daan)
700k to 900k. Apil na dinhi ang Franchise Fee
for 5 years (250k), Renovation, Equipment,
Initial Ingredients, Training of Personnel, etc.

2. If Lot Only (Buildingan pa) 900k to 1.3M.
Apil na dinhi ang Franchise Fee
for 5 years (250k), Renovation, Equipment,
Initial Ingredients, Training of Personnel, etc.

If interested, i am just a reply away.

God bless.

I'm in exactly the same boat as you, Pads. Pasalamat na lang ta nga naa'y TB. Honestly, right now, I'm just drawing strength from the thought that I will finally be joining my family for good next year.

Quote from: chicogon on October 05, 2009, 01:48:30 PM
Mao na. Hehehe. Bitaw I'm just being silly here kay way lingaw; makabuang ning layo tas atong lupang sinilangan... dawaton na lang nato ning atong pa'd.

Pads,

Maayo ning usahay pahuway pud ka. Sila sa'y pasermona ug ikaw pamasahe. Rejuvenating bitaw kaayo ning mga buta manghilot.

Quote from: chicogon on October 05, 2009, 01:40:30 PM
Kining thread "Where Do You Draw Your Strength In Times of Trouble?" spiritual ra ba kini o maski unsa? Just wondering... usahay man god magpahilot kos mga buta sa atoa kung ang trouble dias akong abaga ug kung panohoton 

Tabangi ko Mist. Hinapon ra ba ni akong Binisay-on, kay aron masabtan sa defendant.

Quote from: mistyeyed on October 05, 2009, 01:32:35 PM
Kapoya pod anang imong work Sir Ben..Sige raka ug basa.

Akong gibati ron..sleepy..

It is always refreshing to see the "soft" side of world leaders. The accompanying article says that this gala was in support of the next generation of Canadian artists.

Dili man classical, classic Beatles man pud bitaw ning With a Little Help from my Friends. Thanks to this clip, nailhan na gyud nako kung kinsa'y prime minister sa Canada.

Anyone who is presently engaged in food franchise business as franchisee or distributor? Share pud sa experience.

A picture of heaven!

Monday blues. Gauwan-uwan pa. Naa pa ko'y usa ka set of court documents to translate. I'm priming myself to start, warm up sa ko diri sa TB.

OK, let's vote for him here at TB. Here's how

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/

I have already voted.

Pushcart classes help break gang chain

updated 3:16 p.m. EST, Thu March 5, 2009

CAVITE CITY, Philippines (CNN) -- At 16, Rhandolf Fajardo reflects on his former life as a gang member.
Dynamic Teen Company offers Filipino youth an alternative to gangs through education.

"My gang mates were the most influential thing in my life," says Fajardo, who joined a gang when he was in sixth grade. "We were pressured to join."

He's not alone. In the Philippines, teenage membership in urban gangs has surged to an estimated 130,000 in the past 10 years, according to the Preda Foundation, a local human rights charity.

"I thought I'd get stuck in that situation and that my life would never improve," recalls Fajardo. "I would probably be in jail right now, most likely a drug addict -- if I hadn't met Efren."

Efren Peñaflorida, 28, also was bullied by gangs in high school. Today, he offers Filipino youth an alternative to gang membership through education. Vote now for the CNN Hero of the Year

"Gang members are groomed in the slums as early as 9 years old," says Peñaflorida. "They are all victims of poverty."

For the past 12 years, Peñaflorida and his team of teen volunteers have taught basic reading and writing to children living on the streets. Their main tool: A pushcart classroom.

Stocked with books, pens, tables and chairs, his Dynamic Teen Company recreates a school setting in unconventional locations such as the cemetery and municipal trash dump.

Peñaflorida knows firsthand the adversity faced by these children. Born into a poor family, he lived in a shanty near the city dump site. But he says he refused to allow his circumstances to define his future.

"Instead of being discouraged, I promised myself that I would pursue education," he recalls. "I will strive hard; I will do my best."

In high school, Peñaflorida faced a new set of challenges. Gang activity was rampant; they terrorized the student body, vandalized the school and inducted members by forcing them to rape young girls, he says.

"I felt the social discrimination. I was afraid to walk down the street."

Peñaflorida remembers standing up to a gang leader, refusing to join his gang. That confrontation proved fateful. At 16, he and his friends "got the idea to divert teenagers like us to be productive," he says.

He created the Dynamic Teen Company to offer his classmates an outlet to lift up themselves and their community. For Peñaflorida, that meant returning to the slums of his childhood to give kids the education he felt they deserved.

"They need education to be successful in life. It's just giving them what others gave to me," he says.

Today, children ranging from ages 2 to 14 flock to the pushcart every Saturday to learn reading, writing, arithmetic and English from Peñaflorida and his trained teen volunteers. Video Watch Peñaflorida and his group in action with their push cart classroom »

"Our volunteers serve as an inspiration to other children," he says.

The group also runs a hygiene clinic, where children can get a bath and learn how to brush their teeth.

Since 1997, an estimated 10,000 members have helped teach more than 1,500 children living in the slums. The organization supports its efforts by making and selling crafts and collecting items to recycle. Video Take a look at the slums where Peñaflorida and his group spend their Saturdays »

Through his group, Peñaflorida has successfully mentored former gang members, addicts and dropouts, seeing potential where others see problems.

"Before, I really didn't care for my life," says Michael Advincula, who started doing drugs when he was 7. "But then Efren patiently dug me from where I was buried. It was Efren who pushed me to get my life together." Video Watch Advincula describe how he met Peñaflorida in the slums »

Today, Advincula is a senior in high school and one of the group's volunteers.

Peñaflorida hopes to expand the pushcart to other areas, giving more children the chance to learn and stay out of gangs.

"I always tell my volunteers that you are the change that you dream and I am the change that I dream. And collectively we are the change that this world needs to be."

Kusoga sa imong radar Jan! Ug madayon imong taas nga bakasyon, ibangka ta unya ka's Dunkin.

Quote from: janjan on October 05, 2009, 11:43:52 AM
hahaha abi ko unsay efektibo ha

Jun,

Pakit-a unya mi sa litrato sa farm.

Quote from: junayag on October 04, 2009, 04:09:48 PM

Hi Lumine,

Thank you. Hope all is well with you and your family.  By the way I will be in Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon for the period Oct. 9 - 12, 2009 upon invitation of a friend who owns a farm in Bukidnon.

Please advise on how I could reach you by phone.  Thanks.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
                                    -- Socrates

Belle,

Ako diay tig-abri ikaw tig-sira sa December.

You're right, Bay Hubs, our cyber-persona is very likely a projection of what we sometimes want to be but have failed to become. So the mischievous and sinfully witty (or wittily sinful) HB I sometimes come across here could actually be a shy choirboy just trying to be a regular guy. I myself try to be whom you you read or see, but in real life, I am not so sociable and prefer to be in a small circle.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 05, 2009, 05:51:55 AM
I agree with you, Bay Ben. In cyber-circles we are tempted to assume the identities of the saints (or sinners) we have failed to become; in face-to-face contacts it would take a generous dose of deceit to succeed in concealing our workaday selves.

Actually, same work, same clients ug almost same pay ra gihapon ko Bambs, pero didto lang nako buhaton tanan sa ato. It just happened na ang usa sa mga main clients nako naa sad 3-year project sa Pinas. Papel ra man gud ning akong trabaho kasagaran, bisag asa basta naay internet pwede. Basig malisdan na ko mag-adjust sa ato kung tigs na muuli, maayo ning baskog pa ta.

Quote from: Bambi on October 05, 2009, 03:47:34 AM
Sir Benelynne, anha na lang uli ug mag pension kana kay dili tingali sayon magsugod ug panginabuhi sa ato.

Bay Zec,

Karon ra gyud nako ni nakaplagan nga thread. Nakurat ko nga naapil man diay ko dire, pinakatumoy pa.

Sabot ta, dili ta ka i-expose, Bay Zec, basta iapil na sa imong schedule sa soccer si Paolo. Kamong duha ni Calle, tago-tago pa man mo nga pareho man mong gwapo ug macho? Masabtan nako, parehong sensitive inyong trabaho busa tahuron nako ang inyong hangyo nga dili ipagawas ang inyong mga hulagway (bisag para lang sa friendly forum sama sa TB).

Ayaw lang panghagit nga dili gyud mo mailhan bisag unsaon, kay basta nakakapin ka na 100 posts diri sa forum, naa na'y enough forensic evidence to point to your identity. Nakat-on bitaw ko gamay sa stylometry nga field sa akong amigo--kanang field sa statistics nga mahimo nimo ilhon ang writer pinaagi sa pattern ug style sa iyang pagsuwat. Bitaw, ang tinuod google technique lang.

Quote from: ZecurB on August 11, 2009, 11:17:25 AM
I prefer to be just an unseen face MDB. If what BAI BENE is true he knows how I look like pero hangyo lang ko BAI BENE nga ayaw lang pud i-post ha....  

Bohol Beach Club ni, Processor? The kids called me up about three nights ago from Bohol Beach Club and they seemed to be enjoying the dinner and the place. Wala pa ko kasulod dinhi. Pila'y entrance fee?

Quote from: PR0CESS0R on October 04, 2009, 02:31:42 PM

Sagbayan Peak. Makes me nostalgic. Nagsuroy-suroy pud mi sa mga bata diha December last year.

Tungod lagi sa atong class consciousness, ang pobre ug magbaklay "way pamelete", ang adunahan ug taga-abroad (bisag dili adunahan), "health-conscious" o di kaha "environmentalist."

Makatakod ning imong nostalgia, Glace. Mao diay ni ang Holiday (dili ang kanta ni Martin Nievera) nga usahay mobalik sa akong panumdoman.

Quote from: glacier_71 on March 11, 2009, 12:33:38 PM
eons ago...pasalamat ko nga nakamata pa ko karong kadlawna...
nibalik akong panumduman sa miaging adlaw...haskang hadloka nako.
kay tiaw ba nang hapit ko malumos sa suba? di man gud pa ko kamao
molangoy ato.
bata pa si tarzan glacier. nagkombabit pa kos akong mga
kahadlok niadtong panahona. bisan gani paglaag sa merkado, inig uli
kung gabii na, bitbiton man nako ang akong tsinelas aron modagan kay
naa konoy wakwak manukob og batang laagan. paskang pagkailara nako,
kung karon ko maghunahuna.
pero misuway kog kapyot sa bagon sa kaisog, usa ka adlaw. miikyas mis
eskwelahan kay aron maligo sa suba. gabawon ra pod mig nilutong pawo
kay unyag gutomon. haskang buanga, pagkalayo man diay atong among
giadtoan. taliwa man diay sa katunggan. ug sa nakita namo ang suba,
kaanindot sa tubig...nangambak sila akong mga amigo. ako ang nabilin
sa daplin, naghunahuna, gibatig kaibog sa ilang pagsawomsawom sa
tubig. ug sa kalit, miambak si tarzan gikan sa bagon sa iyang kaisog nga
nausab ngadto sa kahadlok, kay di nako katunga gikan sa ilawom sa
tubig. sige nako'g paningkamot mogawas sa tubig, wa koy nahimo.
hangtud nabati ko na lang ang kamot nga mitulod kanako padulong sa daplin.
naluwas akong kinabuhi, apan mibudlot akong tiyan
kay nakainum kog daghang tubig.
hahay, kung nganong miikyas. wa nasayod akong tatay ug nanay
niining akong kaagi kay kabalo ko latos akong mapopho.
kining awita maoy nagpahinumdum nako niadtong hitabo...
sige nako ni mabati nga molanog gikan sa buwangan matag-domingo,
kung diin tua kos tibaw namasol og isda...layo sa suba.
ang radyo nagpatukar na sad..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8s3A-B4oas

December 1 here, MDB.

Unsaon man Bay HB, i-simulate sa niya sa computer screen ang nawong before and after makeover? Or ipa-chat sa or log in sa TB samtang gapakulot?

Sige, tabangan nato ni si Myrna ug ideas kay luoy ug malugi.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 04, 2009, 12:06:55 PM
Good choice!

Pero pwede pud tingali i-combine and computer shop ug beauty parlor, he he.

As a young student before, I used to listen to similar impassioned pleadings after Ninoy was murdered and was full of idealism to bring about social change.  But after graduation, where did we end up in? Abroad. It was not so much because we were wanting in concern or ideals, as because of the sudden knock of realization that if a college diploma couldn't give us three square meals a day, how much more dwelling in dreams and ideals?

Now that I am confident of earning three meals a day for the family, I'm going home. But what about the young now? The situation now seems worse off than it was 20 years ago. There seems to be an even greater sense of urgency to find the quickest way out. And as the biggest job broker in the world, the Philippine government seems to merrily help us find a way out.

It seems Filipinos are being valued more for being outside the country than being in.

Quote from: hofelina on October 02, 2009, 06:15:11 AM

I call on educators and teachers â€" we always underestimate the power of your influence on the minds of our youth. Encourage them to be aware of what is happening in their surroundings. Instill in them a love of their country, inculcate in them the value of perseverance in order to gain real, worthwhile knowledge, help us mold our children into honorable men and women. Encourage our graduates, our best and brightest, to do what they can to lift this country from the mire our traditional politicians have sunk us into. The youth is our future â€" and it would be largely because of you, our educators, that we will be able to repopulate the seats of power with good leaders, presidents, senators, congressmen, justices, lawmakers, law enforcers and lawful citizens.

I ask all students, young people and young professionals everywhere to look around and get involved in what is happening. Do not let your youth be an excuse for failure to concern yourselves with the harsh realities you see. But neither let this make you cynical, because we need your idealism and fresh perspective just as you need the wisdom of your elders. YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU! Let your voices be heard. Do what you can for this land that gave you your ancestors and your heritage. Use technology and all available resources at hand to spread good. Text meaningful messages to awaken social conscience. Try your best to fight moral decay because I promise you will not regret it when you become parents yourselves. You will look back at your past misdeeds and pray that your children will do better than you did.

Sige, kanang manguli next year, kita-kita ra ta pohon kay for good na pud ko. Will be in Manila most of the time, pero at least once a month tingali naa ko sa Tagbilaran. Pahibaw-a lang ko ug naay kalihokan.

Quote from: glacier_71 on October 04, 2009, 09:05:44 AM

“Either she is myopic or she is too hungry for media exposure,” said Arroyo. “What I said was I hope Facebook would be regulated, not I want or seek any regulation for Facebook.”

Wa ko kasabot unsa'y iyang punto. Once again, Mikey just makes himself look and sound silly by talking too much without thinking.

Last time naa ko sa Tagbilaran, gituyok nako na nga naglakaw ra. Pantalan to BQ to grandstand. Sa una, lakaw ra mi sa akong mama gikan balay sa Upper Mansasa paingon sa Cogon sajo sa buntag. Nalingaw pud gani ko sa akong anak si Paolo nga nagbaklay daw gikan Bool paingon sa HNU sa Dampas uban iyang mga amigo kay nahutdan daw sila'g pamelete. I thought he was finally experiencing real life.

Quote from: ms da binsi on October 04, 2009, 06:32:13 AM

Korek Wind. sorry i didnt try to offend our peeps kay dili raman taga bohol akong gi mean. bisan akong mga paryente arang ka arte na jud di na gani mo bungay, ang baklay pa kaha?

Anyhow bisan naa ko sa Pinas mo baklay ra baja gihapon ko kay akong ipakita sa akong mga paryente nga dili ikausab ang pag pujo sa gawas. Ug gawas pa para pag lead nila nga di diay ikauwaw ang mag lakaw.

Lisod Belle muuli ka diri sa Pilipinas nga magpuyo ka duol sa mga relatives.

Nidako ko sa Mindanao busa dili kaayo ko suod sa mga relatives sa Bohol. Most members of our clan have also an overseas base, so we are used to just seeing one another on special occasions only, dili gyud kanang close kaayo. Busa gipili namo ang Bohol to settle in (aside from Manila) kay neutral ground on both sides.

Naa man gud ta'y cultural differences. If I may reconstruct the situation, based on many cases I know of mixed Filipino-Japanese marriages, ang mga Japanese masamukan pud na sila daghan kaayo'g paryente mag-alirong unya di sila kasabot why their Filipina wife has to support her nieces and nephews and their cousins. Tan-awa ang suspect ani gani cousin. Usa pa, the way the typical Japanese male treats his wife (bisag Japanese pud ila wife) may seem to Filipinos very domineering, kanang murag sila'y hari nga silbihan. They are misperceived by the Filipino side as selfish, harsh or just plain ill-tempered.

This is not to justify any crime like this. But I believe there are factors such as the ones I mentioned above that can increase the risk.

Quote from: ms da binsi on October 04, 2009, 06:39:30 AM
Di nalang jud ko mag tell ni banana ani kay basi ako di na papaulion...

Pastilan! di raba jud ni pwede matago. mokalat pa jud ni...

Basig income-generating scheme kay kulang ang budget sa government hospital? Mao lagi ni ang ngil-ad sa ato kay daghan excesses sa uban sa gobyerno unya ang basic services kulang kaayo.

A single incident like this is enough to blot out years of lobbying to boost tourism, not to mention millions of tourism investments. Is this the third murder committed on a foreigner this year?

The Bernido couple and their teaching method are creating a lot of interest in the academic community in the Philippines. I am deeply inspired and as a Boholano proud of what they're doing.

Two teachers are better than one!
By RACHEL C. BARAWID
October 1, 2009

They are looked up to as geniuses for developing a model school that is revolutionizing high school education in the country.

Others, however, regard them as freaks largely due to the subculture they have imbibed in their students.

Yet husband and wife, and theoretical physicists Dr. Christopher Caseñas Bernido and Dr. Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido do not even see themselves as either. They are simple professionals who are just doing their job, making a difference in the lives of their students, and certainly in the country’s educational system.

“Iba na kasi ‘yung culture of the school, the subculture is the love of learning that our students have developed.

Whereas other young people in the provinces would look forward to join fiestas and street dances, our students have changed and would rather study than be absent from class and join fiestas. Academics is a priority,” shares Marivic, principal of the Central Visayan Institute-Foundation
(CVI-F), a small secondary private school in Jagna, Bohol.

The Bernidos is the first couple to ever be awarded as one of this year’s Many Faces of a Teacher honorees by the Diwa Learning Systems and Bato Balani Foundation, Inc. This is not the first time, though, that they shared an award. Early this year, they were bestowed the 3rd Gawad Haydee Yorac by Meralco and the University of the Philippines in honor of the late chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG).

FROM AMERICA TO MANILA TO BOHOL

As individuals, both enjoyed fruitful careers before they left for Bohol to restore what was then an ailing school in danger of closure.

Although Chris is five years older than Marivic, the two would later end up sharing the same interests, ambitions and of course, a life together.

Both studied theoretical physics at UP Diliman, took up their PhDs at the State University of New York, Albany, and held teaching posts in top universities such as UP while also gaining prominence in their field both here and abroad.

Aside from doing research and publishing their works in international journals, both also contributed greatly to the development of the National Institute of Physics in UP where Chris served as director.

But in 1999, Chris’ 77-year-old mother asked him to help recover what was left of the family business, a private high school built by his grandfather. Located in the seaside municipality of Jagna, the CVI-F was then on the verge of closure because of its decaying infrastructure, the exodus of teachers, and the low morale of the school community.

Chris, CVI-F’s director, says enrolment dropped from 1,000 to 330 because they were losing good teachers transferring to public schools for bigger salaries. Many private schools, including those run by religious orders, also closed in the 1990s.

UNCONVENTIONAL AND DIFFERENT

Without time to look back, the couple readily packed their bags to relocate to Bohol and took over the management of the school.

The first three years were a challenge for the Bernidos who were adjusting to the transition from a career in the college and graduate school to high school. Chris says it took them a lot of time, energy and effort before they realized that the traditional teaching method would not work for this particular school.

In 2002, they introduced the Dynamic Learning Program, a breakthrough in high school education. Its Parallel Learning Groups component required three sections in all levels to take one subject â€" simultaneously â€" with one teacher per level. But how could one teacher teach three sections all at the same time? You may ask.

“It’s simple, a mixture or synthesis of different things. It’s just having the same ingredients and mixing them up to answer or address the problems and needs of the school. The teacher will have a reduced lecture time of only 20 minutes or 30 percent of the time. The rest of the 40 minute (70 percent) class period is then devoted to the students’ study time where they are left to do activities independently.

A facilitator (usually a History or English teacher) takes over during this period only for classroom management and definitely does not answer content questions,” explains Marivic.

The school requires that Science and Math be the first two periods in the morning and Languages in the afternoon.

“This method is simply about biorhythm. The more difficult subjects are placed in the morning where the minds of the students are most active. Obviously, a big difference from the traditional method where students already exhausted from a long day would still have to go through a Math class as their last subject for the day,’’ Chris explains.

NO HOMEWORK

Wednesdays are PE days when students have absolutely no homework! Everything is done in school including projects.

Chris explains that the no-homework policy is due to both superficial and profound reasons.

“We all know that it is usually the father, mother, brother or even the tutor who does the homework of a child most often. So it defeats the purpose and what’s worse is we’re even teaching the child to be dishonest. Also, people say that in the office, if you want workers to be more productive, they must not bring work home. This is the same with students who spend the whole day in school and still have to contend with loads of homework when they go home. But really, the more profound reason is in the learning. Neuroscientific studies show that if you want to have creative students, they must need lots of rest. The brain needs to rest,” stresses Chris.

This learning program, according to the Bernidos, proves to be efficient and fail-proof because it maximizes the time of the teachers and even addresses their shortage.

“We placed structures, a built-in system so that there will be no sliding back to the traditional and the system will still continue, even if the teachers are new, not highly trained or eventually leave the school after awhile. The school can still maintain the independent learning program,” he points out.

This, Chris adds, is even designed for large classes such as CVI-F with 40 to 50 students per class. “It’s really something like, think global but act local.”

Two years after they implemented the program, schools from Abra to Zamboanga have visited them and observed. CVI-F is also the home of the Research Center for Theoretical Physics, which the couple later on established.

EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS

Chris happily notes that their progress translates in the steady increase of their students passing the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) from four in 2003, to 12 this year.

Another performance indicator is in the results of the National Secondary Assessment Test where 19 percent of their seniors belong to the top 10 percent in the country.

In reading comprehension, one fourth or 25 percent of seniors belong to the top 10 percent in the country.

This, Marivic notes, is quite an accomplishment for their students who come from a poor community and are children of mostly tricycle drivers, farmers, and market vendors. “So we had to make an effort to ensure that the program will be able to lift them up to higher standards of living,” she adds.

This year, the couple is bent on going global by sponsoring their valedictorian’s US Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) just for benchmarking. They feel that they cannot rely on the UPCAT passers as a performance indicator because in the ranking of universities around the world, UPCAT is nowhere. Filipino students are also way, way down below in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an international survey of top performing schools.

In all these, the couple attributes the success of the program to their rich expertise and background in science as physicists, which they still practice up to now.

“Each enhances the other. If we were just focused on education, I don’t think we would have come up with this program. Here, we were using the methods of physics objectively. I think it enriched our perspective,” Marivic says.

But take away the program, she adds that the school has remained very simple, with rural facilities. Every summer, they make it a point to upgrade it though to adjust to the needs of the students and the times.

SILENT WORKERS

With such a feat, it is surprising to learn that this humble couple, if given a choice, would still prefer to work silently and even refuse to be feted.

“Awards can distract you and make you lose focus. Instead of focusing on the problem, you suddenly focus on yourself. If there’s plenty of attention on you and you can’t handle it, it can even destroy you. It’s quite similar to absolute power corrupts absolutely. You don’t even know it because it’s incremental. Mayabang ka na pala hindi mo pa alam. So it’s not good in a sense. Plus, there are many other teachers out there who are quietly doing their job and remain unknown. Pag nalaman mo ang storya nila, mahihiya ka na ikaw ang nabigyan ng award,” notes Chris.

Wife Marivic says with the Many Faces of a Teacher award, they accepted it primarily because of the noble cause of recognizing the teaching profession.

But still, the Bernidos feel that they have yet to accomplish many things â€" from the dropout cases in their school due to poverty, to their dream of overall improved performance of Filipino students in the TIMSS, and yes, even the much-needed improvement of the country’s educational system.

For them, their mission is all about “climbing a mountain, and another mountain, and still another. It just never stops.”

Rise from rags to riches

By Ana Felicia Dulay

IN THIS day and age, rags to riches stories are relegated to bedtime stories, as Aesop becomes an alien entity vis-a-vie Manga anime.

But rags to riches stories still abound.

Sun.Star accepts donations for victims of Typhoon Ondoy

Myrna Padilla, the woman behind a successful business in information technology, was once a domestic helper (DH) in Hong Kong.

With three employees when she started in 2006, Mynd Tech Management Services is now a thriving small scale business with an office at the ground floor of Landco Bldg., Bajada, Davao City.

Padilla was born and raised in an undeveloped fishing village in Bohol. Poverty drove her to work abroad and her main goal was to provide better education to her two children. She worked as a domestic helper for 12 years, reaching three different countries.

In 1996 while in Hongkong, she had her coup d'grace.

"Ang trato sa domestic helper abroad is the worst. You are treated like a slave, not only because you do menial jobs but there is also ridicule since they think you know nothing. You are treated like a machine, you slept late and had to wake up early," she said in an interview.

"Karamihan naman ng mga DH tapos ng college. Dumating sa point na inisip ko paano to lift up your personal values. We are more capable in other things aside from answer calls or cleaning the bathroom," she said.

The hardest part she said was not being able to assert themselves for fear of their employers.

"Pinakasakit sa buot (What hurts most) is not to exercise our rights as human beings," she said.

Her first challenge to better herself came when she became a nanny to a nine-year-old boy. Her ward constantly tinkered with his laptop.

Padilla was amazed with the gadget and even asked why the mouse was called as such.

"I was already in my past 30s and here I am asking a boy bakit mouse ang tawag dito," she said, lifting a computer mouse. Padilla said that her amazement with the computers propelled her to enroll at a Basic Information Technology course. With her one day off a week, she took the course which lasted for six months.

"I had a dream, but it was also a realistic dream," she said. She also studied advanced cosmetology with the hopes of opening a beauty parlor when she came home to retire.

But another challenge awaited her.

During a meeting with other Filipinos working in Hong Kong, lawyer Jolly dela Torre, then the Labor Attaché of the Department of Labor and Employment, handpicked her to spearhead the Mindanao federation of workers.

"This was another challenge for me. If other people believed in me, I should also start believing in myself," she said.

Padilla then headed the Mindanao Hong Kong Workers Federation, starting with five members. The organization has now 12 affiliated organizations of Filipino workers in Hong Kong.

"Dumami lalo problema ko after I headed the group. They all came to me for help, advice," she said. It was then that she decided to explore technology some more to help her fellow Filipinos in distress.

Lauding her efforts to help other Filipinos for free, her employer gave her a laptop and internet access to support her endeavor.

Upon her return home, she decided to settle down in Davao City as most of her sisters are already based here.

She also decided to try the information technology business instead of a beauty parlor.

"I knew that there would be more internet users in the future," she said.

Mynd Tech Management Services offers all types of computer services both for home and office.

"It is possible in life to overcome fear. There is no finishing line in learning. When you open a business, you have to make sure it is going in the right direction," she said.

The lessons learned working as a domestic helper has been valuable to her.

"It is important to have ethics, character and honesty in your work. When you reach out to people, you do not just "copy paste". You must have passion and love for your work," she said.

This girl from a small fishing village has indeed come a long, long way.

Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on October 3, 2009.

Unsaon na lang kung madayon ang Catagbacan International Cruise Port sa Loon? Maayo unta'g dili ikauwaw ang buhaton sa atong Customs ug Immigration officers, kay basig walay mudunggo nga barko.

Bohol's geo-hazard map has to be disseminated as soon as possible.

Is Bohol ready for disasters?

Tagbilaran City (2 October) -- Pinpointing danger zones may be something new for government agencies and units as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo asked them to better prepare, but its nothing new for Bohol.

Since 1997, Bohol through the Capitol has had the READY project implemented under the Philippine Vulcanology and Seismology (PhiVolcs).

READY Project is basically hazard mapping and assessment for effective community based disaster risk management, explains Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) Action Officer Lt. Col. Raul Mendez.

Speaking at the weekly Kapihan sa PIA, Col. Mendez reiterated that with the Ready Project, towns have been capacitated to know which areas in their responsibilities are prone to disaster.

This allows them to plan well ahead and so local government can also appraise people about the risks involved in insisting to develop areas within the hazard zones.

The project also puts in place specific responses and evacuation plans to keep people save from disasters, Col. Mendez bared.

The presidential directive also came on the heels of disasters hitting Metro Manila and brought about by storm Ondoy.

"Somebody must be in charge of designating the areas," the President stressed at the Cabinet meeting held at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.

In Bohol, the PDCC has broken the usual reactive approach to disasters with the hazard maps now in place.

With Capitol, the local governments here have received trainings on Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment System, a computer-software born out of the hazard maps, he continued.

Using the concept of simulation, Philvolcs geoscientists and now local governments who see the software as useful in their land use planning can now generate seismic and hazard maps for emergency response.

With officials trained and aware of these areas in their localities, it would be easy for barangay captains to implement land use plans to make sure people do not build houses on hazardous areas.

The result is a well-informed populace of the dangers, evacuation plans on the ready and more lives are saved, Mendez summed. (PIA)

Asa man nila gamiton ang organs? Is GCGMH connected with any medical university? They don't have to do this secretively. When my wife had an operation for myoma many years ago, the university hospital openly asked me if they could have the excised organ for study. I immediately consented since I know their study would benefit future patients.

Quote from: Tubag Bohol Dot Com on October 03, 2009, 01:15:21 PM

He also confirmed that the doctor or doctors who did the autopsy had taken samples or specimens from kidney, liver, and lungs of the dead baby.

He said this is like a standard operating procedure in taking specimens from the cadaver when autopsied considering that GCGMH is a training hospital.

It appeared that gathering specimens is a must-do for a training facility like the GCGMH or any government-run hospital to sustain or maintain its status and accreditation, he said.

Mist,

Dili man hadlok si sigbin nato diri sa TB kay nagpailaila na man na sa una, nagpasalipod lang sa newspaper. Nahimamat na gani nako. Angayan kaayo mahimong abogado.

Ang wa pa gyud nato nailhi si GEC. Ang urban legend sa Tagbilaran, present kuno na siya sa tanan EB pero wa gyud nagpaila.

Nagminyo na man gyud ang atong muse sa TB nga si Melrose, nga mao ra'y gisaaran niya nga pakitaan, ikaw na lang atong ipresentar didto kuno sa balete o sa acacia ba to sa Rizal Park.

Quote from: mistyeyed on October 03, 2009, 03:11:45 PM
Na,magtago tago diay ko ani ron.. Apan piskay pod ug masakpan noh..

Miguel,

Welcome to TB. Mahilig gyud kag ads! Maayo ang pagkagama sa commercial, mahinumduman gyud ang produkto. Lain-lain pud mahunahunaan sa tawo while being amused:

• "Trust fits all sizes." Epektebo ni para ni Janjan.
• "After the downpour of pleasure, Trust will take care of the drip.

Di pud tingali apil ang socializing nato diri sa TB no? Kay ug masobraan, makalangan sa trabaho, makasakit sa mata ug tudlo.

Naa lang ko'y observation sa internet-age socializing nato. Last night, the Pinoy academic community in our city had a dinner with UP guests visiting Japan for a conference. Nakurat ko kay there was a big turnout of students, most of whom I did not know. On the spot, I was asked to speak a few words to adjourn the gathering. Since I was caught off guard, I just shared my surprise that I walked into dinner that night expecting a very familiar crowd. Since we communicate thru our e-group everyday, I was so sure I knew all the names, the personalities (kinsay kalog, kinsay seryoso, kinsay mahilig politika, etc.)

To my surprise, when I walked into the venue, I was straining to connect the faces with the names, kay dili man tanan naa'y avatar nga tinuod ang portrait. I said that these days, we could all move and live in the same physical area without interacting face to face, kay didto pa ta moatubang sa computer. This was so unlike our "socializing" many years ago nga real warm bodies held picnics, sportsfests, guys had academic discussion over beer, etc. Ang tendency before was that I could forget the names, but I immediately recognized the faces. Karon, mas familiar ang names ug usernames--and when you meet them in an actual setting or what we call EB, I strain to connect the faces with the names. Naa'y social disorientation. But there is no doubt that our internet social networks can be used to mobilize people with lesser communication cost. In fact,  we were able to kickstart a donation drive for the typhoon Ondoy with such a number.

While maintaining our cyber-circles, where we have a lot of friends who choose to remain incognito, I think it is still healthier to have a community of real people. Kita-kita bitaw tang tanan pohon.

Quote from: glacier_71 on October 02, 2009, 09:56:03 AM

Step 6
Socialize. People who have active social lives are in fact happier than their peers who don't socialize. Find a happy medium between work, family life and socializing is key.

Mga dalaga ra ba kuno pirmi atngan nila, mist.

Quote from: mistyeyed on October 03, 2009, 03:06:18 PM
Kaning Sigbin..mokalit ra na ug gawas..basin di tinggawas sa sigbin karon..

Nigawas na ko, Belle, nag-cycling ug naligo. Maayo-ayo na gamay ang paminaw...

Quote from: ms da binsi on October 03, 2009, 12:36:08 PM

Bene san, take a walk for a while kay di jud na mo work bisan unsaon nimo. Dont push yourself. Or bisan take a deep breath pag meditate karijo...ohhhhhm! ooohhhm! (yoga)

Katiwas na gyud ko ug 5 ka pages, Bay. Wa man gihapon ko'y momentum. Tan-awa, nangawat na pud kog abri sa TB. Sige be, tabangi daw ko.

Quote from: glacier_71 on October 03, 2009, 12:38:50 PM
i-post na tanan diri, ben, kay atong tabangan og translate. hehehehe binuang ra.

Maayong pagmata, Pads. OK ra man tingali for Socrates to listen to his own voice in a debate (kay wa man tingali makalupig niya at that time), pero ug sa videoke ka mayabag, kapin pa diri sa Pinas, you can be the 12th (na ba?) fatality.

Quote from: chicogon on October 03, 2009, 02:02:55 PM

Mas lami bitaw ni siya kaysa atong Socratic. Banggiitang pilosopo mana si Soc, and probably in competition always with his ancient colleague mao tong nakasulti siya ato. Kay kon diha pa pod si Platito ato tungora, tubagon unta to niya si Soc: "Speak for yourself bay Soc!!! Videoke ra mi ganahan maminaw sa among tingog." Galing kay wa pa ma huna-hunae videoke atong panahona sa Greek world, ahihihi

In this sense, ikaw ang Jesuitic, Bay HB. Lingaw kaayo sa play of words nimo, kapin pa kanang mga double (or multiple) entendre.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 03, 2009, 01:58:45 PM
He he, bitaw, Bay Ben, I guess ang negative connotation sa "Jesuitic"--meaning, maajong mogamit og confusing or ambiguous words to deceive others--maoy nahimong "switik".

Daghan bitaw ko biliban ani nila, in practically all academic disciplines, from Philosophy to Physics. John Courtney Murray SJ is known to be one of the architects of the 2nd Vatican Council, and warmed up the Church to ecumenism and religious freedom. Indirectly tingali, si Father Chic naka-benefit ani nga liberal atmosphere kay I'm sure in other times, lisod tingali mag-express ug non-mainstream views ang usa ka pari.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 03, 2009, 01:58:45 PM
Ambot nganong naingon ni ani. It must be because Jesuits are usually scholars (read: over-educated, he he) that their name has become associated with craftiness.

Yes, we tend to judge men by their most unquotable quotes. I think it was the Socratic legacy of intellectual discourse in Athens that partly influenced many of Paul's great writings in his epistles. Very Greek kaayo ang iyang linguistic flourish.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 03, 2009, 01:58:45 PM
As for Socrates, well, he was a vain man whose vanity is worth a thousand modesties in any imaginable universe. Most other vanities are not even worth one unit of computer memory.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 03, 2009, 01:30:17 PM
Sigi lang kon wala ma-Jesuit, na-Jesuitic man gihapon, he he. (Di ba ang word nga switik gikan sa Jesuitic?)

Tinuod ka? Positive ba ni siya nga adjective, Bay HB? Hinuon, after reading your anecdote on Socrates, it sounds much better to be Jesuitic or switik than Socratic.

Di man tingali pwede sa third person ang Cogito Ergo Sum as a philosophical proof of one's existence, kay kini si GEC, libugon man ta niya to think that he exists, therefore I am (NOTE ang conclusion is still, I am, not He is). Tan-awa ra gud, magpatim-aw lang ni si GEC kung dudahan na iyang existence... Let's just wait...

Quote from: glacier_71 on October 03, 2009, 01:16:27 PM
hahahahaha...to be or not to be.

i am not really sure what is in that "being". should i lean upon the Cogito Ergo Sum of Decartes, or rely upon my existentialist instinct. besides we're all by-products of this cyber machine that collects only seminal ideas which may never grow. because we sometimes say words that are empty or no being. so it is mystifying as it is hollow. yet, we presume it is BEING because we're led to believe, He Thinks Therefore He is.  

Nauna na baya mo'g angkon sa inyong mga sala (apil na diri sa TB), ako nag-echo lang pud ko. Maayo nga nagpataliwa sa atong kukabildo si Father Chico kay murag lahi ra ni s'ya sa pari nga gikumpisalan ni AngieGulle.

Nagdamgo pud baya ko sa una ma-Jesuit, kalit ra man ko namata naa na'y tupad waswit.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 03, 2009, 01:09:20 PM
Matay, giklaro man pud nimo, Bay Ben.

Si Sigbin, abogadohon nga shy type.

Si GEC, balaknon nga siaw type.

Naapsan naman ko nimo'g post diri sa TB, Bay Glace, pero wa gyud diay nimo naabtan ning longest-standing mystery and controversy of TB--does GEC exist as a person, or does he exist only in the mind?

Quote from: glacier_71 on October 03, 2009, 12:42:18 PM
unsay dagway aning duha?

Trying to get myself into the work mode. This is one of those days nga murag nag-interfere ang trabaho sa TB. Nikalit ra ba kadaghan ning akong i-translate, but I can't get my mind to work.

What is calamity to some, is opportunity to others. Too bad these opportunity-seekers have created more victims.

Nursing student ‘pocketed’ P120T donations

   
CEBU CITY -- A nursing student was accused of pocketing P126,000 cash he allegedly solicited abroad, telling donors the amount was for Typhoon Ondoy’s victims and the solicitation was authorized by the GMA Kapuso Foundation.

At least three other nursing students went to the Investigation and Detective Management Bureau (IDMB) for help.

Sun.Star accepts donations for victims of Typhoon Ondoy

The police force plans to ask the GMA Kapuso Foundation to join the victims in filing the complaint against the student. Sun.Star is withholding the parties’ names, after failing to contact the suspect for his comment.

Investigator Police Officer 3 Jun Tago learned that the suspect borrowed one 25-year-old nursing student’s ATM card since last June and has yet to return it.

The suspect reportedly told his classmate that he needed the card to accept remittances from his relatives abroad.

But the cardholder was surprised when a BPI Bank manager called and informed her that an organization was using the Kapuso Foundation’s name to collect donations for typhoon victims through her bank account.

The manager told her the bank did not want to be involved in any illegal activity.

Investigator Tago also identified another victim, a 21-year-old nursing student who holds a US passport and was described as the suspect’s friend.

This student said the suspect, using her name, acquired an $800 gift card, encashed it and had the money delivered to their school in Barangay Alang-Alang, Mandaue City.

This student also learned from New York Bay Remittance that her name had been used in another financial transaction, though she had no idea what was going on.

She remembered allowing the suspect to scan and reproduce her passport. She even allowed him access to her e-mail address.

When asked why she trusted the guy, the victim said the suspect promised to bring her along when he attends a nursing convention in the United States next year. He also promised her a ticket.

When she confronted him about the shady deals, he allegedly said, in front of another classmate: “I’m sorry, this is my life, this is how I get money, and I’m sorry I put you in it.”

Another victim, a policeman’s daughter, joined the complainants when they visited the IDMB office, saying she, too, was earlier “used” by the same suspect to facilitate another transaction. (OCP of Sun.Star Cebu)

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on October 3, 2009.

Paingon kaha ni sa Camiguin? My son took this photo as we were approaching Jagna port in December last year.


A small passenger boat sailed away from the Jagna Port just as we were approaching it. There didn't seem to be many passengers aboard the boat.  flick'r bennytutor photo taken by Paolo


Daghan bitaw fresh farm produce sa Jagna paglabay namo sa merkado. Murag malinawon kaayo puy-an ang Jagna, wa kaayo na-urbanize.


Stalls at the Jagna Public Market by the port are replete with farm products. The vast array of fresh products are perhaps sourced from Bohol as well as from Mindanao. flick'r bennytutor

Pads,

True to form, or your name, kaayo imong views--really "chic" as in, in with the times. I think the way to minister to the flock is to meet them where they're at, and then guide them from there. I can imagine Jesus making similar social banters in Matthew's circle before the Pharisees doused them cold water by asking, "Ngano kaha si Padre kahibalo anang multiple partnership sa chatroom?" (Rephrase ra pud ko Pads kay memory lapse.)

I can hear you re-echo His words verbatim. "I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers.  I came to invite sinners." Welcome to our house, Pads.

Quote from: chicogon on October 03, 2009, 06:15:55 AM
Hmmm... 25 years ago, more likely. Karon? Taas naman lubi hehehe. I'm talking about "paminyoon."
Sa mIRC chatroom kay paresan man ka nila didto sa una, bwahaha. Uso man didto pakatay. Multiple partnership didto hahahaha!

Missing premise? Maybe, just as too many cooks spoil the broth, too many lipsticks mess up politics.

I wonder if Noynoy's retreat from public view is a calculated move to distance himself from aspirants clownishly taking advantage of the calamity to advance their agenda, or he just doesn't really want to dirty himself in the mud?

Expert gyud ka sa play of words, Bay HB. Gipakatawa ba pud ko nimo.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 03, 2009, 06:51:22 AM
Nakahunahuna ko unsa kaha kon imbis lawas pahiyusan, lawak pahuwasan na lang. Pero mao gihapon, daghang posibilidad, ha ha ha.

Bay Glace,

Mao ni ang culprit sa pagkawa sa imong porma? Nindot na siya ron. Sa una, molikay ka sa kasagingan aron di maabogan. Karon, gigukod ni sa akong youngest daughter paglabay atbang sa St. Michael Church sa Jagna aron malitratohan. Part of the colorful tourism landscape na ang St. Jude.


This yellow-colored bus seems to have been plying the highway of Bohol for the longest time, serving the interior and eastern routes from Tagbilaran to Talibon. Here, it whizzes past the plaza in front of the San Miguel Archangel Parish Church in Jagna. Flick'r bennytutor/ photo by Sarah

Ingon bitaw akong misis bahin sa among silingan sa Tagbilaran. Inig gawas kuno niya niadto, sige lang siya pangutan-on sa among tiguwang nga silingan sa kanto, "Baklay ka na naman?" (Kasabot na siya'g Binisaya.) Katong nipalit na mi sakyanan, niundang na pod si lola ug ronda. Mura man suspicious character diay ka ron ug magbaklay lang?

Quote from: glacier_71 on October 03, 2009, 07:52:44 AM
inay'g pasimhuta! hahahaha...makahunahuna jud kos sa una, sa di pa sementado ang kalsada, kada labay sa cholerang St. Jude, manago mis kasagingan kay perting abuga. kay magpabilin kas kalsada, mura og abat imong nawong sa kadaghan sa abog.

Just a curiosity. Wala man gud ma-associate nga pagkaon sa Bohol sama sa ubang lugar like bachoy (Iloilo), Bicol express (Bicol), bulanglang (Pangasinan), igado (Ilocos), etc.

• Naa ba'y pagkaon nga peculiar sa Bohol?
• Do we have local variants of popular Filipino food of any kind--sud-an, sabaw, dessert, sweets, etc? Example, adobo, sinigang, bulalo, etc.  prepared the Boholano way?
• Do you know of any food specialty in any of the towns of Bohol?

Kung naa mo'y nahibaw-an, palihog share sa ngalan, description--and if available, recipe and photo will be most appreciated. Naa man to'y contest sa una on Bohol-style food preparation. Unsa kahay resulta? Developing Boholano food culture would be an additional come-on for visitors.

Welcome, Mike. Makig-ilaila ta ani kay basin makadiscount tag booking pohon.

Nahanaw na ang duha ka mythical creatures sa TB. Patim-aw tawon mo.

Basin pud tuod, I might be looking for one and the same person.

Nakakatawa ko sa obserbasyon sa usa ka alta sosiedad sa Tagbilaran nga nibisita sa Japan, "Ngano man ang mga Hapon nakaamerkana ug porma, pero nagbisiklita lang o di kaha nagdagandagan sa Tokyo! Diri's Tagbilaran, mga panday ra man ang gabisiklita!"

Patay, maaan diay ko aning panday inig-uli. Unsa pud kaha kasagaran propesyon sa gabaklay, journalist?

Two consecutive typhoons, with another one trailing behind, have flattened the Luzon landscape. As as if that is not enough, Mayon is threatening to erupt anew. Nature is sieging us from above and from underneath, Lord have mercy on the Philippines!

35 quakes rock Mayon anew


By Rey M. Nasol
Inquirer Southern Luzon
First Posted 14:55:00 10/02/2009

Filed Under: Volcanic activity, Earthquake


LEGAZPI CITY, Philippinesâ€"At least 35 volcanic earthquakes jolted Mayon Volcano on Thursday and Friday, the highest recorded seismic event since July when the volcano started showing signs of restiveness, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported Friday.

The surge in the number of volcanic tremors started in the Wednesday, with 14 tremors recorded during the Wednesday-to-Thursday monitoring period. Only one tremor was recorded in the previous 24-hour period from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday.

Eduardo Laguerta, Phivolcs resident volcanologist, said the agency's seismic network recorded a total of 82 earthquakes since Sept. 27.

Scientists monitoring the volcano still do not discount the possibility of an explosive eruption because of the fluctuating indicators, such as quakes, ground swelling, gas emissions and crater glow.

Phivolcs' Friday advisory said high- and low-frequency harmonic tremors were detected by seismic instruments, signifying that magma intrusion was developing in the volcano's crater vent.

Sulfur dioxide emissions from the volcano indicated a fluctuating trend, ranging from 392 tons per day to 445 tons per day for the past three days.

No reading was recorded Thursday due to bad weather.

Precise leveling result indicated a 6-mm swelling on the volcano’s ground surface, with bulging noted at the bu****, Tabaco City, side of the mountain.

The volcano's crater glow was obscured by the prevailing bad weather in Albay.

Alert level 2 remained hoisted over Mayon Volcano.

The Phivolcs strongly recommended that the six-kilometer permanent danger zone and the seven-kilometer extended danger zone be off-limits to any human activity due to threat of sudden explosions and rockfalls from the upper slopes of the volcano.

Residents living along river channels, gullies and low-lying areas were also warned about possible lahar flows.

Hi gwargz,

I've been browsing through these same sites a few days ago and discussed them with my wife who wants to have something to be preoccupied with in between the kids' school hours. From the testimonies of franchisees, it does seem like a viable means of self-employment with lesser risk.

Quote from: gwargz on October 02, 2009, 06:47:02 AM
Para dili masayang inyong paghunahuna ug unsay maayo nga negosyo,
adto na lang mo mamili sa human daan. What i mean is Franchising.
Igo na lang mo mobubo sa inyong money.

Franchising is a package already. Product, Production, Machineries,
People (Salespersons) and Bizniz Accounting Systems are all in na.
Igo na lang mo mo-seminar or workshop gamay, the bizniz will run
in itself.

Naay bizniz nga thousands lang, say 50k to 150k. Kasagaran ani,
are the Food Carts/Kiosks. Unsay Food Carts/Kiosks? Sa sulod sa Gaisano, SM,
or ICM naay mga island stalls or food carts or kiosks. Some of these are
selling: Cold Fruit Shakes or Chicharon or Ice Cream or Shawarma,
or Burgers with a lot of choices, ug daghan pa. Pwede mo,
mag-franchise niini through the internet ang application.

A food cart usually will gross 3k to 10k daily. Kon naa kay 5 ka buok
dili na kinahanglan magpalayo sa Pilipinas. Ikaw pa jod ang amo.
Imong mga tawo nga mga Masipag mosayog mata para mo-work
for you na Maagap.

Mas magaling ang Maagap kaysa Masipag.

http://franchisephilippines.org/food-cart-kiosk-franchise-business/
http://pinoyfranchising.blogspot.com/2008/02/food-cart-franchise-only-1688800.html
http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/classifieds+directory/q/food+cart+franchise

Samples lang na sa mga websites where you can find food carts franchising.

Bay Calle,

Magsugod unta ko'g thread, "keyword hints to find out whom you're talking to," galing lang kay basig mawala na ang thrill sa ubang miyembro nga di gusto magpaila-ila. Manay Tess has really nothing to do with this, and as admin, we don't really have that much more access to private info that I know of than regular members. Keyword hints leading to you are all actually in the public domain--in your forum posts. Aha!

Blueangel gave very useful tips in one's social network account settings to protect one's privacy. In this age of rampant virtual hijacking and identity theft, as in the unfortunate case of Jacqueline Bermejo, it is good precaution to double-check one's account settings.

Maayo na lang gani Bay Cal nga gusto lang makit-an sa taga-TB ang imong hulagway ug walay malicious elements dinhi. The internet is such a paradoxical world--many people use it as a mask, but a great number also use it to unmask.

Don't worry, even the best identity hunters with the worst intentions will find out only commendatory things about you. So we're all back to square one, and the search is declared not over...

Quote from: calle on October 01, 2009, 06:32:19 PM
manay, what happened? how did ben gain access to my friendster account?

Bitaw, ug ulitawo pa ni si Calle, ipailaila gyud nako ni sa akong kinagwapahang manghod. He is well-schooled and has a multi-disciplinary background. Unya morag naa ni siya'y access sa daghang sapi.

Quote from: fdaray on October 01, 2009, 05:29:48 PM
Brod beny.....,

The way calle writes and posts in TB speaks of his total personality. He is handsome and gentleman.

Bay Calle,

Nakakita na ko nimo, pero dili gikan ni Manay Tess. Macho gani kaayo. Ikaw ba tong ang favorite music Himno ng Bangko? Padungga daw mi be, post ug mp.

Hi Tarsier,

Abi nako'g unya pa ka mutubag, kay nocturnal man daw ka. Seriously, I share the same concern as you, Tigbao and the rest. A language will certainly fade away by disuse or attrition, especially since TV has been a very effective vehicle of encroachment of Tagalog-based Filipino not only into Visayan, which is actually the majority Filipino tongue, but also other minor dialects in our country.

I myself was alarmed at how depleted my stock vocabulary of Cebuano was, when I first received a translation job of a TV documentary shot in Bohol a few years ago. Nangutana ko sa akong mga Cebuano friends, pero daghan pud sinultian sa interior parts sa Bohol nga endemic ra gyud sa ato. Busa sa dictionary nga akong gisugdan, gusto nako iapil ang vernacular vernaculars (or sub-dialects sa Cebuano). By the way, I also speak Ilonggo (Hiligaynon) but since it is literally my mother tongue (my mother is Ilongga), it seems like a more natural native tongue to me, at least as far as the spoken aspect is concerned. Diri lang gani ko sa TB nakarekober ug nakapraktis ug ayo sa Cebuano. Dako kaayong tabang ni nga forum.

Pasalamat ko sa Makagagahum nga ang akong trabaho translation, because I just really love languages. Next year, I will be back for good in the Philippines. While continuing to receive translation jobs from Japan, I will also be based in a startup Foreign Language School in BF Paranaque, where one of the languages I will be offering is Japanese. Wala pa'y gatudlo ug Cebuano, pero kung makatigum ko'g Korean missionaries para mutuon ug Cebuano, maayo pud tingali i-offer. Daghan kaayo Koreans sa Cebu ug sa Bohol, kasagara turista.

Asa diay ka ron, Tars? Naa ba ka sa sud sa Pilipinas? Maayo unta pud ug magkita-kita ta nila Taga Tigbao aron compare notes for the love of our mother tongue. Who knows we can publish that much-needed Visayan-English dictionary. Impressed baya ko sa imong collection. Kinahanglan lang nato i-standardize ang entry formats, perhaps following Mirriam-Webster or other well-respected dictionaries.

Quote from: tarsier on October 01, 2009, 04:20:22 PM
benelynne,

I saw that Binisaya is not growing. It is shrinking by keep borrowing from English and other languages. The dictionaries available in bookstores are old and there are so many new words being used verbally which are not documented and captured. Whereas, there are a lot of Tagalog dictionaries. I feel bad to see the bookstores bookshelves are full of Tagalog dictionaries and there is practically none for Binisaya. There is an urgent need to upgrade, update or enhance the vocabularies and capture them into a better version of existing dictionaries. We should not allow this language to die or be buried by other languages. Next year, the DECS is going implement the directive to use native language as medium of instructions from prep until grade three. I wonder how our teachers will do it when there are no available materials, like dictionaries or Bisayan teaching books. Coming up with new dictionaries might be of help. Pursuing this project will be my legacy and contribution, if only to preserve our culture, language and help the young learn better their lessons using their native tongue. go luck also to your project. hoping too to be engaging in joint projects related to Binisaya language. thanks.

Bay HB,

Nagtapok man mo didto sa biology class sa pikas thread. Nagpahipi lang ko kay murag bibo na kaayo ang istorya ninyo, mahilom unya'g musulod pa ko. Perteng katawa nako sa last nimong input nga word... pwede man tingali ilaray as progressive form. Bitaw Bay, lahi ra gyud ang kukabildo diri ug nia ka.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 01, 2009, 02:31:37 PM
Tsk, tsk, mahilig jud kag tagamtam, Bay Tigs, da. Mora man kag nakakaon og tagam kay nabitin, bwahaha.

Hi tarsier, taga tigbao,

I am surprised we are in the same unprofitable enterprise of compiling a Visayan-English dictionary. Ako naa pa lang ko sa 130  pages (A-4, single-space) kay pahunung-hunong tungod kay kalingawan ra man. Daghan kaayo ko nakuha input diri sa TB, and I am also willing to share my compilation as soon as it is in readable format.

Taga Tigbao, bilib ko nimo, bisag baby face, lawom ang paghigugma nimo sa atong natawhang pinulungan. Naa ra man diay ka sa Manila, next year, hapit na ta masilingan kay diha ko ma-base sa BF Paranaque. Imbitahan ta unya ka ug maka-settle na ko, aron hisgutan nato ang dictionary. My work is mainly translation (mostly Japanese to English, and vice-versa; and Japanese, English to Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, and vice versa). A few months ago, I was busy translating TV footages taken in Bohol, Iloilo and Puerto Galera from the local dialects to Japanese. That's the reason why I have been compiling my own dictionary. Pero ron, pahuway sa ko sa dialects kay akong trabaho ron computer-related documents (English-Japanese, Japanese-English), which will continue until next year when I'll be home for good in Manila. We could come up with a jointly-authored dictionary, together with HB, Glacier, Koddi, Raquel ug katong uban pa nga daghan kaayo input diri.

Quote from: tarsier on October 01, 2009, 10:42:15 AM
Salamat pod. I got a lot also from your postings. Nia kong daghang klasi sa isda but you had lot not in my list. I am comparing some of your fruits and trees words for possible inclusion in my lists, if I don't have some of them. Actually, I am collecting as many words as I can. I am organizing a Binisaya-English dictionary for almost a year now. So far, I have collected more the 22k words, phrases and idioms. Probably, by January, I will be ready with the manuscript. I am posting some of the collections for sharing, feedback, corrections, comments, if there are any.

Sir Felix,

Encouraging kaayo ning imong tampo, naghimo na ko ug exclusive file for agriculture. Kay sukad sa bata pa ko, mahilig man ko magtanum. Dinhi lang karon sa concrete jungle wa ko'y katamnan. Naa man gud mi manggahan ni misis sa ilang probinsiya sa Pangasinan, less than 1 hectare, pero dugay na nakakaso kay naay adversarial claim. I had almost given up on it and just allowed the lawyer to do his work without expecting anything. A few months ago, the lawyer said a decision in our favor is imminent. Wa ko nagdahom bisan unsa. Next year pohon, inig uli nako for good, akong suwayan asikaso. This input of yours on mango and veggie farming has really inspired me to revive my interest in agriculture. I really hope we could clear the legal hurdles, kay suitable na kaayo tong mga mangga aning imong fruit-inducement pointers.

Quote from: fdaray on October 01, 2009, 09:26:21 AM
Raqel...., i will be retiring soon. Ang mango production is rise and fall. Duna panahon nga lossing, hasta capital mawala.
Pero kon swertehon, dako  sad ang profit. Tungod sa mahal nga mga chemicals and labor, 50 % of your gross profit goes to production cost.

Maayo man sa governo kay way ulan ug init.

Congressman Mikey Arroyo rails at Facebook
September 30, 2009 14:22:00
Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines â€" Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo on Tuesday pushed for tighter regulation of the world’s leading social networking site, Facebook, after he claimed to be a victim of a “malicious attack” by one of its members.

“My picture was posted on Facebook with a caption saying I was shopping for wine at the height of [Storm] ‘Ondoy.’ [This] is another malicious attack on my person. It is so depressing,” Arroyo wrote in an e-mail response to the Facebook post which has appeared in several blogs.

The original post had the following caption: “Was buying food for keeps… then we saw Mikey Arroyo in Rustan’s liquor section asking the salesman for a brand of hard alcoholic drink. Effin’ crazy! Just a few kilometers away from Katipunan, people are needing help for search and rescue, and there he was buying bottles of alcohol. See for yourself and tell me what you think.”

The picture showed a man’s profile with his back to the viewer looking at rows of alcohol inside what appears to be a liquor store.

Arroyo claimed he was in Malacañang last Saturday and that it was difficult to cross Katipunan from the village where he lives because of the rising floods.

“How could I be at Rustan’s on Katipunan Avenue at the height of [Storm] Ondoy when Katipunan was impassable at that time? [For the] record, I was in Malacañang with my family trying to mobilize rescue and relief operations for people of Metro Manila and for my constituents in my district in Pampanga,” Arroyo said.

Bay Calle,

Really, you were supposed to appear on TV? I know you walk in circles of power. Just a gut-feel hunch. At one point, while watching one of those televised circuses in the hallowed Senate, I was wondering if I didn't see a familiar shadow. Kita lang unya ta pohon.

Quote from: calle on September 30, 2009, 05:23:52 PM
how did you know that my face was supposed to be flashed on tv? anyway, mar roxas and loren legarda's staff calls me sometimes. that's how i avoided hearings - talk to their staff and be kind to them, give them data they need/want if it is not confidential. the last time loren's staff called me for inputs in her privilege speech, they called me back to reiterate their thanks. that was enough for me. i also write roxas from time to time if he has queries. hehehe

again, how did you know that my face was supposed to be flashed on tv?

Sir Felix,

Thanks, I'll file this. Hapit na gyud ko mag-farming next year pohon.

Sige ko tan-aw sa fine print, wa na hinuon nako namatikdan ning capitalized sworn statement. Kuyawa uy, gikan ba ni sa Republican loyalty pledge, Raq?

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on September 30, 2009, 12:25:04 PM

I SWEAR THAT ALL INFORMATION SUPPLIED ABOVE IS TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH, DISMEMBERMENT, NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN TORTURE, CRUCIFIXION, ELECTROCUTION, CHINESE WATER TORTURE, RED HOT POKERS, AND HILLARY CLINTON KISS TORTURE.

_______________________________________
Signature (that means sign your name, moron)

Bay Calle,

Sa kadaghang imbestigasyon sa Senado, wa man gyud ka nagpa-flash sa imong hulagway. Next year pohon, magkita ta, kay balhin na ko diha sa Paranaque City.

Quote from: calle on September 30, 2009, 12:48:16 PM
based on your postings, including that of sam milby and ben, i am inclined to believe that i will reign as mr. tb for quite a period of time, hehehe.

sakto si manay. you can ask from her perhaps an imperfect description of God's almost perfect creation.

Hi Raquel,

Salamat kay gipadali nimo ang akong trabaho, kay ug ako pay mogama ani basig abtan nga itaban na lang akong anak. Di bitaw, I am actually very lax and lenient towards my kids, kay ako wa man pud ko gi-istriktohan sa akong mga ginikanan. You have lovely kids yourself. Children are always a source of joy--and will always be the loveliest before our eyes.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on September 30, 2009, 12:25:04 PM
Ang asawa ni Bene San Gwapa pag ayo unya ang anak gwapo.Unsa na kaha imong mga anak babae samot na. Dapat naa ka ani.

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO DATE DAUGHTER

NOTE: This application will be incomplete and rejected unless accompanied by a complete financial statement, job history, lineage, and current medical report from your doctor.
NAME______________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH______________
HEIGHT______ WEIGHT______ IQ__________GP***___________
SOCIAL SECURITY #___________________
DRIVERS LICENSE #________________
BOY SCOUT RANK AND BADGES ___________
HOME ADDRESS__________________________ CITY/STATE___________ ZIP_____
Do you have ONE male and ONE female parent?____________________
If NO, please explain _________________________
Number of years they have been married ____________________
If less than your age, explain ________________________
Do you own a van? ________ A truck with oversized tires?___________
A waterbed? ________ A pickup with a mattress in the back? ________
A condom? _________ Pornography? _____ Do you have earring, nose ring, or a
belly button ring? _________ A tattoo? ___________
(IF YES TO THE ABOVE, DISCONTINUE APPLICATION AND LEAVE PREMISES)
In 50 words or less, what does LATE mean to you?__________________
In 50 words or less, what does DON'T TOUCH MY DAUGHTER mean to you?
In 50 words or less, what does ABSTINENCE mean to you?
Church you attend ________How often you attend__________________
When would be the best time to interview your:
father? ________mother? ______priest? _______
Answer by filling in the blank. Please answer freely, all answers are confidential.
A: If I were shot, the last place I would want shot would be:
B: If I were beaten, the last bone I would want broken is my:
C: A woman's place is in the:
D: The one thing I hope this application does not ask me about is:
E: When I first meet a girl, the thing I notice about her first is:
NOTE: if answer E begins with T or A, discontinue. Leaving premises keeping your head low and running in a serpentine fashion is advised.
What do you want to do IF you grow up? ____________________
What is the current going rate of a hotel room?
Condoms come in packages of (circle one)
A: 3
B: 6
C: 9
D: 12
E: ALL OF THE ABOVE

I SWEAR THAT ALL INFORMATION SUPPLIED ABOVE IS TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH, DISMEMBERMENT, NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN TORTURE, CRUCIFIXION, ELECTROCUTION, CHINESE WATER TORTURE, RED HOT POKERS, AND HILLARY CLINTON KISS TORTURE.

_______________________________________
Signature (that means sign your name, moron)

The fleeing Israelites, hemmed in by the Egyptian army behind them, and facing an uncrossable sea in front of them, looked to Moses.

Exodus 14: 13
And Moses said unto the people: 'Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will work for you to-day.

We know the rest of the story. If you are faced with an insurmountable problem today, just stand still, pray in faith and allow God to work out his salvation upon you. And remember, as they say, what can't kill you, will make you stronger. Have a blessed day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdcyue0bSw

New York Times reports that more people could be dead:

A National Weather Service official told The Associated Press that at least 14 people were dead in American Samoa, a United States territory that falls about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand, and officials in the island nation of Samoa told Reuters that as many as 100 people died there, with 20 confirmed dead.

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The doomsayers centuries ago made the same observation that we all have on our mind now:

"The Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching." Allegedly this came from an Assyrian tablet, c. 2800 BCE. An almost identical message was said to have appeared as graffiti on a wall in Pompeii.

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We're not the only one to worry. And we can worry without losing our sense of humor.

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip.

Bohol gets NNC Crown award

BOHOL just bagged another national award â€" this time the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (Crown) from the National Nutrition Committee (NNC).

In a letter to Gov. Erico Aumentado who also chairs the Provincial Nutrition Committee (PNC), Assistant Health Secretary and NNC Executive Director Maria Bernardita Flores said Bohol will be presented the Crown Award after it won the Outstanding Province in Central Visayas Region plum for 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Flores said the selection of Bohol “was based on the recommendation made by the inter-agency Regional Evaluation Team (RET), approved and endorsed by the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) to the NNC Central Office.”

Aumentado lauded the concerted efforts of the PNC members through Provincial Health Officer Reymoses CAbagnot who is Bohol ’s Nutrition Action Officer..

He said their teamwork, cooperation and leadership to shepherd the town nutrition councils to give their best as well have reaped good results for the province.

These include the Crown trophy and P100,000 cash prize for future nutrition projects to be awarded on October 15 at the Philippine International Convention Center with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo expected to present the award.

Other benefits, the governor said, are healthy children, lesser incidences of malnutrition, more nutritious food on the table and added income for the family.

Bohol ’s nutrition program includes but is not limited to mothers’ classes whereby they are taught to prepare nutritious and delicious food at reasonable budgets, backyard gardening for home consumption and sale â€" a pet project of the administration of Aumentado and Vice Gov. Julius Caesar Herrera for which they appropriate amounts in the main and even supplemental budgets to ensure sustainability, regular weighing of children to monitor weight gain, mass feeding, distribution of iodized salt and others.

Aumentado has asked Herrera and Cabagnot to represent him in the awarding rites as he will still be out of the country to attend another international conference.

Flores also invited the other members of the PNC to the awarding rites.

Bay HB, unsa kaha katinuod nga wa na'y makuhang sinsilyo sa calamity fund kay nahurot na earlier sa mga crocs sa ilang globetrotting? Busa namalimos na pud ta for foreign emergency assistance, kay ang initial nga tabang sa US nga $50,000, equivalent ra man to sa dinner ni Gloria and her party of merry crocs sa US for two days.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 30, 2009, 09:21:09 AM
Welcome, Bay Nat-Cast. Ang aho lang nahibaw-an, sajon ra busgon ang literal nga buaja, he he.

We can't even begin to thank Mike enough for his selfless voluntarism in giving us this site for Boholanos and kindred spirits all over the world to connect.

No doubt sa TB mao ni ang pinakagwapo.

Quote from: glacier_71 on September 30, 2009, 09:08:18 AM
aw, kana, inyo na jud nang sabot-sabotan sa mga Admins aron way mag-ilog hahahah.