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#46701
I've never had experiences like this, Kiams.

Are you serious though, you've had experiences like this? So what can you see diay? Yourself in 3rd person view? I know my dad talked about his friends who had this happen to them where they were under some kind of spell, trance. Pero I don't believe in such superstition.
#46702
Hadloka pood ni, Kiams.

It sounds like you had one of those out-of-body experiences. Almost like NDE (near death experiences) where patients see medical workers trying to resuscitate their bodies back, yet the person can see his/her body as if they were in spirit; then out of no where they revert back to the body.

I've read alot into cases like this.

My response: I don't know. Science cannot explain it.
#46703
Obituary / Re: Our Deepest Sympathy to Swakee
April 01, 2008, 07:27:18 AM
Be strong, Maria.

You know, I'm always here to listen if you need to talk.

Sige ha? Have a safe trip back home to your Papa and family.

We are thinking and praying for you.

Love,
#46704
Anonymous Diary Blog / Where is Ms. Blue?
April 01, 2008, 07:25:01 AM
Blue Angel, Ms. Blue,

Where are You?

We Miss You?

Come Back!

:'(
#46705
Fashion Trend / Re: Hair Styles Japan
March 31, 2008, 01:13:58 PM
#46706
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: out of town pics
March 31, 2008, 09:52:55 AM
Lookin' good.

So did you see any politicians when you guys were there?

Nice shots :)
#46707
Facts and Trivia / Re: Names by the Alphabet
March 31, 2008, 09:25:58 AM
Kourtney
#46708
Quotable Quotes / Re: Confidence
March 31, 2008, 09:24:44 AM
Kiams,

There is a popular saying by J. Nicklaus that compliments your statement, "Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work"

#46709
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Picture of the day
March 31, 2008, 09:19:47 AM
Yes, Ms. Orchids.
#46710
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 09:09:01 AM
salvation
#46711
Facts and Trivia / Re: Names by the Alphabet
March 31, 2008, 08:43:16 AM
Dioscoro
#46712
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 08:42:44 AM
Repudiation
#46713
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Picture of the day
March 31, 2008, 08:42:10 AM
#46714
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 08:38:19 AM
Militarization
#46715
Facts and Trivia / Re: Names by the Alphabet
March 31, 2008, 08:37:45 AM
Brando
#46716
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 08:37:16 AM
circumnavigation
#46717
Music and Video / Sexy Love
March 31, 2008, 08:36:33 AM
Ne-Yo
[mp3tube]fac98105b8a5012ccecb060a2c83730f[/mp3tube]
#46718
Music and Video / Re: Beautiful Girls
March 31, 2008, 08:35:30 AM
what kind of suave songs do you like?

share pood ba
#46719
Music and Video / It's Not your Fault
March 31, 2008, 08:34:26 AM
by NFG

[mp3tube]0b44c4dd486329d47aba8566408f860b[/mp3tube]

Ah, so sentimental, like a gushing throbbing heart that speaks words so true.
Rapid statements, about life commencements,
Its not your fault, so please stop your crying now,



Ah,
#46720
Music and Video / Belated
March 31, 2008, 08:32:35 AM
by New Found Glory

[mp3tube]264127a032c504950bc1a4f4eb0ef80d[/mp3tube]
#46721
Music and Video / Re: Beautiful Girls
March 31, 2008, 08:31:35 AM
lol too emo kono :P

emo is the best yo! so much raw passion,
#46722
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 08:30:23 AM
indentation
#46723
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 07:30:00 AM
abbreviation
#46724
Music and Video / Re: Beautiful Girls
March 31, 2008, 07:26:38 AM
pariho ta, kiams. I like r&b in general, soft hip hop, pero not into the extreme rap. Anything with a good beat, something dance-able--then okey ko ana.

You like groban eh? ever tried Jason Mraz?
#46725
Music and Video / Re: Neyo's Hate That I Love You
March 31, 2008, 07:23:57 AM
haha, :P
#46726
Music and Video / Re: Neyo's Hate That I Love You
March 31, 2008, 07:16:53 AM
yes, miss. a favorite jud.

uplifting, and cute.
#46727
Music and Video / Re: Beautiful Girls
March 31, 2008, 07:16:04 AM
do you like it, kiams?
#46728
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 07:12:50 AM
locomotion
#46729
Music and Video / Re: Neyo's Hate That I Love You
March 31, 2008, 07:09:09 AM
hahaha, im in love with Chris Brown's "With You"

[mp3tube]30fb3f4a2f71a8e3e1b98ca29b56ec9c[/mp3tube]

this is like a romantic love song,

"ooo, i into you, no one else will do, with every kiss and every hug, you make me fall in love,"


love it!
#46730
Music and Video / Re: Beautiful Girls
March 31, 2008, 07:07:40 AM
Quote from: kiamoy` on March 31, 2008, 06:50:21 AM
Have you heard the counterpart of this song? He was answered by a girl thru a song din..

haha, yea its performed by JoJo

"I'm Too Cool for you, Boy"
[mp3tube]aedd8893f2f74439275e53b69a679214[/mp3tube]
#46731
Music and Video / Re: Neyo's Hate That I Love You
March 31, 2008, 06:45:10 AM
hahahahaha,

you can say that, Kiams.

Yea i love to sing this song,.. cant stay mad at you for too long...la la la
#46732
Music and Video / Re: Beautiful Girls
March 31, 2008, 06:43:25 AM
Some 'beautiful' girls of the Class of 2008 ;) ;)








#46733
Music and Video / Re: Neyo's Hate That I Love You
March 31, 2008, 06:37:40 AM
haha, sweet-asss song

Love this song,
#46734
Fashion Trend / The Attorney Look
March 31, 2008, 05:06:41 AM
Classy, Dignified, Tall, Handsome,

The Attorney,



Classy suit


The Cordial look


Dignified Look


The Professional, the experienced Attorney at Law.


#46735
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 05:02:19 AM
dictation
#46736
The Surgeons


"I Am Surgery"
*bow*


The usual, Saving another life


The work look


Compassionate Look
#46737
The Dentists,



Serious-serious jud


Attentive


Classic,
#46738
Facts and Trivia / Re: Names by the Alphabet
March 31, 2008, 04:53:47 AM
Rudolfo, Ricardo
#46739
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 04:53:26 AM
attenuation
#46740
Quote from: Ginger on March 31, 2008, 04:50:13 AM

The first pic, are they really nurses? :P

I hope so, because i need them to resuscitate me, CPR-CPR ba sa mouth lang hahahaha!

#46741
Quote from: Ginger on March 31, 2008, 04:45:59 AM

Dong, the last pic looks like a ruggedly handsome doc. LOL! :D

'te you like the tall, muscular, rugged types eh?
hehe
#46742
The Nurses,  ;)



My heart! Myocardial Infarction! LoL ;)


The serious nurse look


Casual Look


The pensive look
#46743
hahaha something about the white coat that allures me ;)
#46744
Classy Physicians, oh yeaaa  8)





Warm, approachable look


Cocky look? lol


Yummy look, i mean, very nice look.


The Surgeon Look
#46745
Fashion Trend / Medical, Professional, Fashionable
March 31, 2008, 04:37:50 AM
Physician-Surgeons, Dentists, Chiropractors, Physical Therapists, Nurses, Aides, EMTs, etc.

Their uniforms, their fashions, their impressive outfits, lol
#46746
Music and Video / Beautiful Girls
March 31, 2008, 04:33:24 AM
a poppy song by Sean Kingston

[mp3tube]581d9fb45d48500b87de63ee2dbf8d6d[/mp3tube]
#46747
Facts and Trivia / Re: Names by the Alphabet
March 31, 2008, 04:31:47 AM
Kelsey
#46748
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 04:31:28 AM
optimization
#46749
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 04:30:03 AM
Erection? ( :P )
*of buildings, houses, bridges; not the lower appendage*
#46750
Facts and Trivia / Re: Would You Rather...
March 31, 2008, 04:29:24 AM
Dependent, I'm a needy kind of man. (family, friends, God, oriented--ug wala sila, wala pood ko)

Romantic or realistic?
#46751
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 04:27:40 AM
excommunication
#46752
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 04:22:46 AM
rectification
#46753
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 03:41:20 AM
Federation
#46754
Facts and Trivia / Re: Would You Rather...
March 31, 2008, 03:39:55 AM
charming,

quiet or loud?
#46755
Workplace & Productivity / Heightened Standards
March 31, 2008, 03:34:36 AM
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) voted at its Dec. 5-7, 2006 meeting to raise the passing standard for the NCLEX-RN examination (the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses). The new passing standard is -0.2100 logits on the NCLEX-RN logistic scale, 0.070 logits  higher than the previous standard of -0.2800. The new passing standard will take effect on April 1, 2007, in conjunction with the 2007 NCLEX-RN Test Plan.

After consideration of all available information, the NCSBN Board of Directors determined that safe and effective entry-level RN practice requires a greater level of knowledge, skills, and abilities than was required in 2004, when NCSBN established the current standard. The passing standard was increased in response to changes in U.S. health care delivery and nursing practice that have resulted in the greater acuity of clients seen by entry-level RNs.

The Board of Directors used multiple sources of information to guide its evaluation and discussion regarding the change in passing standard. As part of this process, NCSBN convened an expert panel of 11 nurses to perform a criterion-referenced standard setting procedure. The panel's findings supported the creation of a higher passing standard. NCSBN also considered the results of a national survey of nursing professionals including nursing educators, directors of nursing in acute care settings and administrators of long-term care facilities.

In accordance with a motion adopted by the 1989 NCSBN Delegate Assembly, the NCSBN Board of Directors evaluates the passing standard for the NCLEX-RN examination every three years to protect the public by ensuring minimal competence for entry-level RNs. NCSBN coordinates the passing standard analysis with the three-year cycle of test plan content evaluation, conducted using a practice analysis of entry-level RNs. This three-year cycle was developed to keep the test content and passing standard current with entry-level practice.


For the article, visit:
https://www.ncsbn.org/RN_Test_Plan_2007_Web.pdf
#46756
O wow, lami man diay na. So I guess you and your coworkers are always on time, ha? hehe

#46757
Facts and Trivia / Re: Would You Rather...
March 31, 2008, 03:30:28 AM
Razor caps lang,


Romantic books or horror books
#46758
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 03:29:46 AM
Americanization
#46759
Facts and Trivia / Re: Would You Rather...
March 31, 2008, 03:23:55 AM
Sunset :)

Listen or sing?
#46760
Facts and Trivia / Re: Words ending with 'tion'
March 31, 2008, 03:23:14 AM
Calculation
#46761
Quote from: kiamoy` on March 28, 2008, 07:08:50 AM
haha yep :) naa na gane 1000/month if walay late and absent in a month.. naa pay maternal leave with pay from the company and sss - doble.. so as I said, gamay ang basic pay, but the benefits here are above par! ..

downside : ang bangko naa ga base sa basic pay.haha!

inspirational side: company's aim is to be competitive sa market and at least. balance ra ang expenses sa profits. d mu demand sa amo ug tough metrics..nor higher payments from company clients. = stability. wew` so I'll stay. haha!

$1000/a month? Kiams, thats very good na uy.
#46762
Good Night to you guys as well!

Tubag Bohol Kapamilya,

Remember this: Always Smile, because life is too sweet to waste!

Good Night, my brothers and sisters.

And Remember, we are All Boholanos in here.

Cheers, :)
#46763
lol @ ghost sa bbq

'te what about the ghots of the nukos that I ate?
#46764
Hahaha, lucky man ang banana ninyo uy, to have such all-in-one wives. Intelligent, ug whitty pa!
*Bow*
#46765
Poems and Poets / Re: A Crush
March 30, 2008, 03:55:22 PM
hahaha

*keeps the kiss*

awww shucks! Wow, im the luckiest guy ha? :P
#46766
LoL,

Ah, the beautiful and sexy pharmacist that is Ethylene.

Yes 'te, you are the chemical reaction of many men, da? LOL!

Muah!
#46767
Poems and Poets / Re: A Crush
March 30, 2008, 03:52:37 PM
Ikaw, 'te

Is there anyone else?

;)
#46768
ROFLMAO!!!

Wahahahahaahah, my sides, laughing, too hard, bad, bad for me, LOL
#46769
Question and Answer / Re: Pessimist or Optimist?
March 30, 2008, 03:39:00 PM
Hahaha 10% crazy? Di uy, sigoro you mistook crazy for sexy!

Ako, 60% optimist, 10% pessimist, and 30% not here. LOL :P
#46770
Hahahahahahahahahahahahah

You guys are hilarious, my classmates think im going crazy kai ning laugh ko hard, ingoon si Jared kono, "Al, are you alright? Maybe you need a break, dude. Go outside"

LOL!!!
#46771
Quote from: C2H4 on March 30, 2008, 03:30:30 PM
^dili na ni matabang akong fats, Barbs

bisan pa dili mo kaon ug usa ka tuig, dili lang gihapon ni mawala nga fats

hehe

maayo pa ka diha oi, ikaw man kapitan sa barko, sitting pretty lang ka diha

hehe



Aah okey raman na 'te, kai mas guapa man na ang baji with a chubby face kai kissable man na. Mao na in love imung banana nimo ha? da! LOL

Your face is beautiful, like water to a dehydrated man. ;)

Diba?
#46772
Quote from: C2H4 on March 30, 2008, 03:17:10 PM
Tyler Florence is cute noh? Hehe

I also like Guy Fieri, cute lami kusion, chubby ching ching

Off topic na jud kaayo ni,

but I made ham & cheese ravioli ganina, akong gi sundog tong akong nakit-an sa Ultimate Food Challenge (Pasta)...wala man lami oi.



LOL!!!!

Kamo uy! Sige im gonna go get something to eat, ma mats ko ani reading at this thread about food..hahahaha1

ngek!

#46773
Quote from: grazie7y on March 30, 2008, 03:12:39 PM
Quote from: Lorenzo on March 30, 2008, 03:09:11 PM
hahahaha Boby Flay, isn't he in the Food Network?

man, whenever we all talk, it all ends up on food LOL

I have an odd craving for barbeque spare ribs now.

Yes, Dong, he is a food network celebrity - one of the Iron Chefs.  Oh, in food equation, Bobby Flay is equal to Barbecue, Dong! hahahahahha

aguy!! na gutom ko
#46774
Facts and Trivia / Re: Names by the Alphabet
March 30, 2008, 03:12:58 PM
Queenie
#46775
Maribohoc, Bohol
#46776
'te, don't tempt me, i have an urge to go there right now and get that, LOL!!!!

Wa pa raba ko ning ka-un, coffee coffee ra
#46777
hahahaha Boby Flay, isn't he in the Food Network?

man, whenever we all talk, it all ends up on food LOL

I have an odd craving for barbeque spare ribs now.
#46778
Quote from: grazie7y on March 30, 2008, 03:05:24 PM
Quote from: ms da binsi on March 30, 2008, 03:00:59 PM
Speaking of kamote!

Hey that is you!

sori dear kay hubog2x na ko, i jsut want to change a little bit the air here  sa forum kay smog kaajo!

hahahahahhah

hahahah no wonder kamote ang tawag sa ako sa akong bana!  he likes kamote too, Dong!  Me, I like the kamote that my mother used to plant in our stamp-size front yard or what we call ba-ow.  Lami to kay bantok! heheheh

'te maka hilak pood na uy, i can imagine seeing your mama planting the kamote in front of your balay. You know that is what my Lola Nating used to do when she was still alive...my mommy's mommy... :'(
#46779
Hahaha, 'te dato ko sa student loan debt. LOL

Aguy!

PS. Love ya, 'te Ging. :)
#46780
LOL,

now I have a craving for kamote and cheese.

ngek!
#46781
Quote from: grazie7y on March 30, 2008, 02:51:54 PM
Quote from: ms da binsi on March 30, 2008, 02:45:47 PM
Tiya ang uban gusto lang ug hatagan kanunay! Dili na sila maning kamot!

Pwera gabz!

Oi, naa ra diay ka!  Pastilan dear, makujapan man ta nimo ning kalit lang ka sulpot! hahahaha 

Mao jud, Maring, sige lang fret!  Kaluoy sa Ginoo, wa man intawon ga blame among family sa among kapobrihon sa una oi sa gobyerno oi!  Gakalisud mi kay way nahibaluan na trabaho si Daddy.  Naa mi mga fishermen na family members.  Kabalo sila na kon di sila managat, wa sila'y makuha unya usahay naay dimalas pero sa kanunay naay swerte.  Sa panahon na naay daghan kuha na bolinaw igo2x naay masobra ma gamos ug ma buwad busa sa panahon na way kuha, naay ginamos ug buwad makuot pasud-an!

Lingaw kaayo ang message nimo, 'te. I'm here in my biology cublicle working on papers and reading this thread, and as I read your story, I swear, I began to cry. Luuy kayo, pero something different sa imung pamilya kai naa man mo drive, ang ambisyon to be more that what was. That, 'te, is what defines a person. It defines you, your sisters, your brothers, and it ultimately defines your parents--in that they have such intelligent children--to use their own whits, their own GOD-GIVEN minds, arms, hands, to succeed.

Amen, I say to you, Amen!

#46782
Quote from: grazie7y on March 30, 2008, 02:43:44 PM
Mao jud, Dong!  Wa untay mahitabo sa among kinabuhi if we didn't defy poverty then.  I didn't say we were unhappy then even if at times we didn't have food to eat but we wanted more. we wanted education. we wanted to be able to help our younger siblings get education too.  we wanted better life for our parents when they grow older. and there was no other way but to leave home and work.  of course, it was also because we had so much faith that God would us to our desire to have a change, a better change of the course of our lives.

My beloved Ate Ging,

I never knew about your family history, hapit pood ta mo hilak to hear about it kai maka remember pood ko sa ang mama ug papa sa ahong ginikanan. Ning sacrifice sila tanana para maka succeed ilang anak, and maka realize pood ko the things my parents do for me and my siblings is a continuation of the sacrifices of my lolos and lolas. Ma humbled pood ta sa ang humble beginnings of your parents, and your relatives, 'te, kai no matter what, wa jud mo ning give up. You know that? You guys are the true heroes of the Philippines, kai naka succeed mo tanana despite the odds and the hardships.

Naa ang saying "a man is average, but a man who sustains hardships, storms, and yet continues forward, is more than a man. He is a godly man." Mao na ang definition sa ninyo, 'te. I really mean it. The hardships that i have, that my siblings have, and us 1st/2nd generation Fil-Ams is NOTHING compared to the hardships that you guys had to go through. And it makes us really think what hard work is, and was. Inspiring mo tanan, especialamente namo.

God Bless You, all of You!
More Power to you guys!
#46783
Haha, 'te I am nothing, I told you that. In the large scheme of things all of us are mud, dust, and to dust shall we return. All glory and praise goes to the Almighty Father, who strengthens all of us, and instills within us a sense of truth, kindness, and perserverance.

I mean this pood. Ikaw 'te, you are such a sharp individual, to the point and to the truth. I am always in awe of what you say kai tinuud man jud what you say. I mean this, ha.

#46784
Kuyawa no? Na lingaw jud ko sa ang emotions sa kaning thread, kai ning show jud ang kristiano-ness sa ang mga pnoy. Naka point out gud ta diri sa ang faults sa bishop's statement, and ang personal anecdotes sa members diri is very humbling kaayo, especialamente ang historidad  nimo 'te sa drugstore sa imung lola, ang story pood sa pamilya ni 'te Ging. Luuy kaayo pero ma inspired pood ko lagi kai hard working man mo tanan, ang espirito sa tao lagi is defined by his actions and works. 'te, i agree with you jud on your statement about helping yourself. 110% agree with you.
#46785
Ma'am,

Australia is beautiful! Kuyawa uy, pariho man ang setting sa southern states diri, guapa bitaw kaayo ang buildings dinha, very spaced out. Pariho ra man diay sa Amerika, no?

Thank you for sharing with us, its as if i was there pood with you guys. :)
#46786
OT: Its funny how the same Bishop Cruz is denying his own statement.
#46787
Thats a good model to live by, Mr. Barbaro.

Salute ko nimo, Sir!
#46788
Quote from: slackware on March 30, 2008, 12:19:12 PM
Quote from: Lorenzo on March 30, 2008, 11:54:30 AM
My relatives live in the Philippines, in Bohol to be specific. I have an uncle who is the Postmaster for Valencia, uncles who work abroad as Engineers and give back to their relatives in the Philippines (Bohol, Pampanga), I have cousins who live in Bohol, and I have aunts in the government, and one aunt who is the Assistant Provincial Director of Bohol.

Talks with them in the phone and with my cousins and uncles have been about how the country is prospering, changes are happening in the Philippines. What you may claim to be regression is seen as progress and positive changes by others.

Additionally, so what if I am in the United States? Do I not have a say on my own beloved homeland? Was I not born in Bohol and raised in the Bisayan way of life? Do I not speak Bol-anon as you do? Do you consider me any less for being overseas and raised in the American Way of life?

Additionally, Marjun, my statistics are from economists in the Philippines and economic think tanks in the United States and abroad.


yup! you have wealthy relatives like you! how wud they understand the real score? statistics are only based on the incomes of the few rich businessmen. if you only have a chance to talk to the mountain and village people, they wud say diffirent statistics based on actual

Sorry, but please don't generalize.

My relatives are not wealthy, my family comes from very humble beginnings. My father's dad did not even finish elementary school. My papa titing came from pintuyan island in southern leyte and hitched on a pumpboat when he was only 8 y/o to get away and make a living, it was his own hard work and his faith that led him to survive; and his wife was only a school teacher, and they had 7 children and all finished college. And my Papa Titing, my father's dad, died when my dad was only 21 y/o, leaving the entire family crippled. However, they all sacrificed, my lola worked overtime and family aided them so that they were all successful. My aunt, most especially, was helpful for her other brothers. My family is very humble, and it was not wealth that brought them to their current disposition, but through HARD and HONEST work.

My mother's side of the family. My mother's father and mother did not even go to college; my lolo ciano didn't even finish elementary school because he came from a poor family in barangay anas in valencia, in the bukid. He had 12 brothers and sisters, and as the eldest he worked, in the basak, as a boy helper; he went to Mindanao in his youth to help his family, as for my lola nating, she worked ans a business woman. And they were both able to send their children to college and finish; all of them. Not because of wealth, no, they were very poor. But through the grace of God, faith and hard work that my relatives were successful.

The same for us here in the 'states. There is not one day we forget of our humble beginnings.
We are not wealthy, but honest and hard working family members. The Lucino-Salvo-Ebuenga-Salise family are hard working people. We are not elites, but simple commoners.
#46789
My relatives live in the Philippines, in Bohol to be specific. I have an uncle who is the Postmaster for Valencia, uncles who work abroad as Engineers and give back to their relatives in the Philippines (Bohol, Pampanga), I have cousins who live in Bohol, and I have aunts in the government, and one aunt who is the Assistant Provincial Director of Bohol.

Talks with them in the phone and with my cousins and uncles have been about how the country is prospering, changes are happening in the Philippines. What you may claim to be regression is seen as progress and positive changes by others.

Additionally, so what if I am in the United States? Do I not have a say on my own beloved homeland? Was I not born in Bohol and raised in the Bisayan way of life? Do I not speak Bol-anon as you do? Do you consider me any less for being overseas and raised in the American Way of life?

Additionally, Marjun, my statistics are from economists in the Philippines and economic think tanks in the United States and abroad.

#46790
Facts and Trivia / Re: Names by the Alphabet
March 30, 2008, 10:13:56 AM
David
#46791
Poems and Poets / Re: A Crush
March 30, 2008, 10:12:38 AM
Ethyl is a hot commodity ;)

#46792
Well said, 'te. Well said.
#46793
Question and Answer / Introvert or Extrovert?
March 30, 2008, 09:52:54 AM
Do you like to go out and hang out with people? or are you the type that likes to stay by yourself and relax?

Introvert or Extrovert.
#46794
Question and Answer / Are you superstitious?
March 30, 2008, 09:51:57 AM
Do you believe in superstition?

#46795
Question and Answer / Pessimist or Optimist?
March 30, 2008, 09:51:02 AM
What type of person are you? A pessimist or an optimist?
#46796
Ate,

The problem stems to the influence of the Catholic Church in politics. I am against religious interaction in politics, either it be direct or indirect. There must be a clear line that separates both groups, as so long as this establishment continues to operate this way, it will stay the same in the future. Though I am against total secularization of the Philippines, as I do believe that it is important that we retain our christian roots and morality, I do believe that there needs to be laws in place that controls church influence.

For one, Bishop Cruz's interference in a political arena is an example of a clergyma's dereliction to religious duties. His motives are already questionable. I have no qualms with Catholic Doctrine nor am I lambasting the Catholic Church, I just personally believe that there needs to be a separation of both church and state.

Lastly, the main problem in the Philippines is the passions of the people. I am not saying that government becomes completely deaf to the cries of the people, but however government needs to stick to policy and decisions that will benefit the people, not a crowd of individuals with an agenda (protesters).

Take for example the United States, the Congress is targetted by dozens of protesters everyday due to policies on healthcare, military, immigration, taxes, job outsourcing, sexual rights, gender rights, etc. You name it, you find it. However, one notices that in the United States, the government's job is to preserve and protect the sanctity of the Constitution and to maintain the course that our forefathers implemented since the creation of this American Republic almost 3 centuries ago. The passions of the people, though they may go against traditional laws, will change all the time. If government adopts a position to support every single protest, then this country would be plagued with instability and laws that wouldn't be followed due to any protesting of ammendments etc. The administration in power's job is to observe the people, and make decisions for the good of the people, not just the demands of an assembled few (protesters).

The fate of our Republic, to which over 91,000,000 citizens live in, must not be dictated by several thousand protesters. Our citizens elected politicians, educated in the theories of law and economics, to faithfully operate the helms of the nation; NOT a mob of protesters.


Good point of view, Ate Belle.
#46797
Music and Video / Re: I Can Only Imagine
March 30, 2008, 07:54:05 AM
I'm glad you like it, 'te :)

We have similar tastes, great minds think alike :P


Cheers,
#46798
Truly, I mean this, the fault needs to be placed on the hypocrites in the Senate and in the Congress. One day they bow before our President when she addresses the nation, the next day they are quick to stab her on the back if a group of uneducated, biased, unemployed people decide to protest.

Most of these protesters do not even understand politics, nor do they understand the difficulties of managing a government that is EXTREMELY  corrupt as that of the Philippines. People complain about how Arroyo is too severe, too strict, too this, too that. What would they want? A president that is soft and deny the fact that we do have political corruption, that the country is in war with communists and muslim extremist? If it were only so easy, dear friends. This is why idealogues don't run nations, they teach; realists and leaders, like Arroyo, run nations. She has to do what she has to do. Can they not see through their eyes that on the general scale, the country is progressing?

I grow so tired of people that complain day and night, even with progress, they still complain. Do they expect bread and butter to be handed to their face and coke and sprite to be fed to their mouths as well? Sorry! The people need to understand that our country is a third world nation, and those that are responsible for most of this wide spread corruption is not the Arroyo administration, but the devious senators, congressmen that take large chunks of pork barelling. Dare I even say that the president is innocent? Nay! Of course she isn't as she has to play the games of politics in order to PROPERLY work our corrupt government that runs in such a system. If she does not, the country will not work.

Do you understand? Its a concept of 'the chicken and the egg' so to say. Only the song that should be sung is "who is corrupt, the president or the entire congress?" Understand?

#46799
I must disagree with some of the consensus in here. The country, overall, is progressing under the administration of Arroyo. You cannot place all the blame on the President for the rampant corruption that happens on the provincial level, it is a phenomenon that was already in place before our time. Corruption was already in place even before the rise of Marcos; where warlordry as well as corruption and rampant political killings took place.

President Arroyo is the best leader that this country needs right now. Who can do a better job? Don't tell me FPJ would have done a better job, the man was not even educated in political science aside from having been friends with Erap and high profile actor-politicians.

Let me tell you about President Arroyo, this woman attended her undergraduate year in Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and was a classmate with President Bill Clinton. She consistently achieved Dean's List in Georgetown, exemplifying her intelligence and work ethic despite being surrounded by male colleagues.  She then attended Assumption College and graduated magna cum laude. Then pursued her master's degree in economics at Ateneo University, then her Ph.D in economics at the University of the Philippines. All those who hate her know how smart she is, she is an economist and her policy for this country is nothing but for gradual economic prosperity. What we suffer now will bear fruit in future generations; this is just how economics works.

This woman, is not only intelligent but resound in her policies. More so than any of her counterparts in Manila. She knows how to work the system we have, and unfortunately the system in the Philippines is a corrupt system, you know this and as well as I and the international community knows this.

What has she done for the country?

She has brought economic stability to the country, a surging economy of 7% GNP growth, a rising middle class, brought jobs to the country and made us an IT regional hub, has increased the US-RP relationship in the war against terror, has promoted provincial projects. Countless more. Sorry, but I am not so quick to turn my back on a President that has brought some sort of stability to this country after years of massive corruption, a falling economy, a weak peso, and a terrorist problem in the south. My respects for her in holding her own ground after the mutineers of 2004, of the widespread poor protests. The poor of Manila do not speak for all of the Philippines. What about the rising middle class in the provinces? What about the fact that she has brought more jobs to the Filipino than any other president in the fact? The unemployment rate has decreased under her term, the peso is rising against the dollar and other foreign currencies, we are on a verge of an economic boom.

And now they complain? The passions of a certain group of people SHOULD NOT dictate the politics and welfare of the ENTIRE Republic of the Philippines. Never! Never!

This country needs Arroyo. She has brought progress to this country, on a general scale. And God forbid we have another debilitating revolution that will plunge us into another economic pit. I pray that the President have a clear conscience in guiding this nation, that he strengthens her in this trying of times. That she rises above her accusers, and continue to be a blessing for our country. History will judge her positively for this. I am sure of it. 
#46800
You cannot be excommunicated unless you commit a travesty that is beyond blasphemy. Excommunication is only for those who publicly denounce church teachings. What has she done that merits her excommunication? All politicians sin, every man, woman and child sins. We are born with sin.

This is all I'm going to say.