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Thanks. Local dialect ra ni sa Corella or is this the common Binol-anon for the insect? Di man kasabot akong Cebuano nga amigo.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 09, 2009, 04:24:24 AM
Cricket man ang usual translation ani.  Ang gangis, cicada man ahong nabasahan nga English equivalent.

Unsa'y mangloy? Sinultian ni sa Corella. Cricket? Grasshopper?

Raq,

Wa ta kahibalo basi'g ina-ana ilang foreplay. Kay ug manok pud motan-aw nato, basig moingon sila, "Kahugaw ba sa mga tawo, magtilaay man!"

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on August 08, 2009, 06:27:10 PM
Katawa man pud ta aning unggoy nga bungi,bungi pa perti pang uwaguna.Asa diay dapit ila Janjan Koddi?sa may Pondol ba kay murah duol naman na sa Calape.
back to topic

Namatikdan nako samtang nagsegi ug lili sa bintana nga among manok maypagkasadista. Murag sa animal kingdom ang Chicken ang sadistic kay iya mang gukdon una ang inaan ug tuhik tuhikon usa niya habalan. Tanan man siguro manok ingon ani nga daug daugon una ang hen unja diay gusto ra motakmag ang roaster once mo give up na ang hen.

Complimentary banana. Problema lang kay ma over-motivated unja ang unggoy--kay gwapa na, manghatag pa jud banana.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 08, 2009, 01:48:52 PM
Bay Ben, unsa may angay buhaton ni Day Candi nga masabtan sa unggoy isip compliment?

Thanks, Koddi. I-file ni nako for future use.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on August 08, 2009, 02:07:52 PM
There are at least two ways: mag buho sa yuta at least 1m x 1m x 1m, or maggamit og barel (oil barrel) nga tuyoan og buslot ang kilid for aeration. Kon naa na ni follow these steps.

1. Arrange branches at the bottom. This provides aeration for the bacteria.
2. Isunod ang mga organic wastes like dahon, biya sa kusina, tanan nga madugta. Ayaw iapil ang mga tinai, bukog, etc. Do this for several days until a layer of biodegradable materials is attained, mga duha ka dangaw.
3. Add a thin layer of soil, like one inch.
4. Sprinkle with water every now and then. Igo lang mabasa. Dili bas-on pag-ayo.
5. Add another layer of biodegradable wastes, then soil, and so on and so forth. Don't forget to water.
6. After one month, ukaya ang mixture to provide aeration. Do this two weeks thereafter even while you continue adding layers of waste everyday, and watering when needed.

Timailhan nga nagsigi og kalata ang imong compost materials kay magsigi man og us-os, mora'g dili mapuno. Pwede butangan og buhi nga earthworms kon tunga-tunga na sa lungag or barel ang compost materials.

7. Ready na gamiton ang imong compost kon mora na kini'g yuta. Wala nay mga tibuok. Pwede sa potted plants or sa garden or lawn. Tungod kay acidic man usually ang fresh compost, mix it with other soils like sand and loam. 

Happy composting!

Was working abroad for a quarter of a century worth it?

By Mike Bolos Jr. | 08/08/2009 11:37 AM
ABS-CBN

It was by accident that I worked abroad. My younger brother asked me for placement fee. Unfortunately, he was illegally recruited, so I ran after the recruiter. As payment for my brother’s being gypped, the recruiter referred me to an employer in Saudi for a job in accounting.I was immediately interviewed and hired, without going through POEA. Since I already have a passport, I was able to leave for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in a week’s time.

I left for KSA in February 1980 to work for a small-sized Saudi-owned travel agency as an accountant. I was 27 years old then, completed a BS in Accounting. I have been working as an accounting clerk all through my college years until I left for Saudi Arabia. I have just taken the Board Examination the year before. I was already in Riyadh when I heard I passed.

I was young and idealistic. I wanted to work like I’ve been working professionally here in the Philippines and do things in KSA the way things are done in the Philippines. But I found out that Saudis are too hands-on and by nature do not trust others. At first, I did not realize that I had to keep a low profile especially since I come from a Third World country. They expected me to do only as I was told.

The first two years of my employment was worst than I could imagine. I was very miserable mainly because of the clash of cultures.  Fortunately, before the two years were up, I was able to find another employer.

When I was about to leave my first Saudi employer, he must have realized my worth and capabilities in spite of our bad start since he tried hard to make me stay on.

Early Years in Saudi Arabia
Many Kapampangans are migrant workers, in Manila or elsewhere in the Philippines or abroad. Hence, when I decided to work in KSA, working abroad was a common thing in our province.

What made me decide to work abroad? My salary was not enough to buy a house and lot and send my children to good schools. Few OFWs then would have long-term plans because Saudi jobs are very temporary. One usually gets to work for one renewal of a contract, totaling to about four years, then one need to look for another job. I was one of the few who worked there with practically no break for 25 years.

After my vacation, in the Philippines, in March 1982 I worked as an accountant in GAMMA Services LTD., another Saudi-owned but Western-managed company, which is into health care management. It was a progressive company and I was able to show my best. I rose through the ranks, first as senior accountant in 1983 then as accounting manager in 1985, as assistant corporate comptroller based in the head office in1987 until I retired in 2005.

While with GAMMA, I was also involved with its various companies and subsidiaries and was always a part of the opening crew or start-up team assigned to organize the finance and accounting department of its various projects so I went around and traveled a lot. As such, I held the position of Chief Financial Officer in the interim and stayed on until the project stabilized. When they hired my permanent replacement I went back to the home office.

My Children
When I left for Saudi, my two girls were four and five-year old, and later I also had a son. I think I did not fail as much with them, except for the fact that I was not there when they were growing up and when they needed a father most. I thought that since there were many children like them with fathers working away from home, either in Manila or abroad, they were kind of psychologically prepared to miss me.

Even when my children were still young, we traveled together often, around Asia, in the US as well as in Europe. I was able to send my two daughters to good schools. They did well academically. One of them completed a BS in Hotel and Restaurant Management. She is now married to a dentist, has two kids and she put up a drugstore. The other daughter completed a BS in Pharmacy and has electronics and internet business interests.

The problem I encountered with my children was in relating with them when they were growing up. They would be spending money left and right, as if to punish me. One was more responsible in handling financial matters, but our separation may have affected her adversely. For instance, to date she has not gotten married. The other daughter really maximized the credit card I gave her while she was studying abroad.

I think my daughter Michelle can better appreciate now this issue of migration and its social costs. She is now a professional. It is easier to say now that she wished mothers would not need to tell their children they have to work abroad to buy food and to send them to school â€" it is a lot easier for someone who is not financially poor or suffering. But we do not live in an ideal world. Definitely, they enjoyed the luxuries my work abroad provided them. It is definitely different from those who cannot afford such luxuries.

I know of OFWs who return to the Philippines for good only to be back in Saudi after six months, crying that it was difficult to tighten up belts and their children themselves told them to go back abroad.

My Relationship with my Wife
However, I failed as a husband. My wife and I got married in 1975, while I was still studying. It is possible that at that time my wife already had some feelings of insecurities. These feelings intensified because of our longer separation and lack of communication or miscommunication.

At that time, the main form of communication was letters and it took a month for letters to reach and get reply from Saudi. Telephone calls were expensive, costing $5/min. In fact, the best communication channel for a Kapampangan OFW is the “padala” or the “OFW postman” with OFWs and their partners networking sufficiently that every week, at least one OFW is leaving or returning to Saudi. With promotion that is not common for OFWs and for whom, compared with Westerners, it is tougher to achieve and therefore one’s performance has to be glaringly better, I became very busy with work forgetting to communicate with her.

I was away for two years for my first contract and could take vacation only once a year in my early years with GAMMA. After ten years, I was coming home more frequently, but I think it was too late to repair the damage in our relationship. I think I took my wife for granted, neglected her and failed to address this problem soon enough.

During our vacations with our children, I think my children were feeling miserable when for a tiny thing my wife and I would argue and fight. I felt we were just wasting money on our vacations.

Later on, our relationship further deteriorated and became so intolerable. It was like for as long as she holds our marriage contract she could not give up and continued messing up with my life even if we were actually separated because she has some “right” over me.

Thus, there was no choice but to part ways. In fact, the children helped finalize the separation. They talked to their mother and advised her to move on with her life. Much later, we got our marriage annulled. I think the children took it well. It was for the better for all of us and we all now enjoy peaceful coexistence.

Self-Development
I am a natural and fast learner. Even if there is not much opportunity to develop and advance oneself professionally in KSA, I learned to use the computer on my own in the early 80s, which helped me tremendously to succeed in the company.

To progress in my job, I had to learn international financial market and the financial derivatives which were still new in the 80s. I applied these knowledge in my job in the company, and as a result I got to shine in the job which is not an easy thing to do for someone from a Third World country.

KSA is very particular about nationality, whether Westerner, Asian and Middle Easterner. The employers’ qualifications are biased for Western qualifications as manifested in their different pay, different regard and greater respect for Western people.

To prove to my employer that the educational qualifications of Filipinos are just as good as any others, I corresponded with the University of Illinois to have my Philippine qualifications recognized. Fortunately, they gave me the equivalence and was allowed to take the US CPA State Board examination in 1995. I passed, and got accredited and therefore became “Western-qualified”. Thus, when I was managing the Finance Department of a big hospital, I was considered as good as any “Westerner.”

Interactions with the Filipino Community
Earlier in my career, I traveled a lot so while the Embassy Officials and Filipino leaders knew me, I was not visible in Filipino community affairs and organizations. However, being an executive in a big company with thousands of Filipino employees, it was unavoidable that I had to mingle with the Filipino community. I came out of my shell during the time of President Estrada when I joined e-Lagda. I became totally immersed in the community during the Overseas Absentee Voting campaign.

When already financially better off in the mid 80s, I started helping my hometown, particularly my high school, the Betis National High School in Guagua, Pampanga. I contributed financially to improve some school facilities (e.g. basketball court, rooms.). I also arranged for the shipment of books from the US through the Books for the Barrios Program.

Later, I gave scholarships to high school students and college students. These college scholars, from poor but deserving families and who have to pass qualifying exam, only had to study and did not have to worry over their tuition fees, books, uniforms and school materials and were given P3000 monthly allowance for their transportation and miscellaneous expenses. My daughter, Michelle, managed it for me. In return, they had to maintain 1.75 grade average. I also had scholars whom I did not even get the chance to meet in person like the scholar from Bulacan, endorsed by Center for Migrant Advocacy, who graduated cum laude.

I also donated to social programs like the Bahay Kalinga in Riyadh and the Bantay Bata. I once paid for Bahay Kalinga’s TFC subscription and provided tools and materials (e.g. computers, sewing machines, pots and pans, etc.) for its livelihood training program. The Bantay Bata used my donation for its anti-child abuse program. I also provided medicines for the embassy’s medical missions. I supported individual medical cases like cancer patients and contributed tickets for stranded OFWs needing repatriation.
I come from a poor family. This is my way of paying back society â€" my way of showing my appreciation for what I have accomplished.

Is it Worth Working Abroad?
Was working abroad worth it? I do not know. At my personal level, I know what I got out of it and what I achieved. I know I tried hard and proved I could do it. I worked hard in my profession and I think I was a financial success. But my marriage and my children suffered. But life is not all that perfect.

Hence, to me, working abroad doesn’t seem really worth it. If you were to ask me, I think it is still best to work here, close to one’s family. This is the best situation because money is not everything, especially for women. It is tough enough for a family when the father is not there. It is even tougher when it is the mother who is not around to hold the family together.

In terms of our country, ideally, we should find jobs here. There should be no need to go abroad. At the same time, people should be free to make choices, to travel and to find jobs when there are none here. But the social costs are just too great. The greatest advantage of working abroad then seems to be the financial gains.

OFWs should maximize their stay abroad. They should not waste their time and resources because they can do something, in fact a lot, with their time abroad that can contribute to their early return to the Philippines. They should continue learning and improving themselves so that they do not have to work abroad forever. They should maximize their stay abroad because they are paying such a high price for it. They should preserve and not squander their earnings (e.g. on consumer goods like electronics, cell phones, and signature goods).

They should save and invest their earnings well so that when they return home they would not have to start from zero. Savings no matter how small will eventually amount to something over time if done consistently and invested wisely.

Based on my experience, I would enjoin the OFWs now to exert everything possible to preserve their families at all costs. Knowing then what I know now, I would have done things differently to preserve my own. Despite the distance, the OFWs should try to be as close to their children as possible so that they will not become delinquent children.

It appears to me that the risk is high and the probability is great that the children may not grow up like those with both parents around them most of the time. In which case, is the social cost worth it? Most OFWs would say they had no choice.

Mao bitaw ni gihisgutan diri. If you can't say it in words, say it with your smell. If she covers her nose, basted ka. If she covers her lips, naay tsansa pa.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 08, 2009, 10:59:58 AM
Medjo tukma lang gihapon ang idiom. Di ba naay atong kanta nga,

"Fly me to the moon,
Nakatupad, wa kaingon."

Ha ha ha.

Busa diay gitaymingan jud si Candi. Compliment diay to Day Candi, wa man nimo gi-return ang compliment!

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 08, 2009, 09:42:06 AM
Basin ang unggoy nga nagbuhat ini mamili og gwapa nga maoy ilang pakit-on!

Mao ba, Bay HB? Ga-defer baya ko sa imong linguistic knowledge?. Kay ang lubot di ba lagom na man daan, pero ang buwan di man gyud mo blue? Pasabot ba nimo, grabe diay ni ka-active si Glace?

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 08, 2009, 09:30:41 AM
Nindot ni nga English idiom. Ang Binisaya ani kay, "hangtud molagom ang lubot".

Once in a blue moon ra diay ka Glace? Di kaayo ta diperensya, kay ako, once upon a time.

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 08, 2009, 04:52:38 AM
i find it difficult to say based on my experience because i have partner only once in a blue moon.

Maajo nga mawa ka panagsa, Glace, kay inig balik nimo, gatubo imong wisdom tooth.

Bitaw, kaning imong gisulti mao ni angay himuon nga test sa matag opisyal nga ga-propose ug mega-project. Unsaon nimo'g tiwas anang habog kaayong tulay kung dalan atbang sa imong balay paingon menteryo wa gani nimo maatiman?

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 08, 2009, 07:27:25 AM

what i cannot stand are crooks who can't even pave a 100-meter road from his home to his own graveyard.

Matud pud sa unggoy, paluma mo'g butang namo diri sa zoo, di man diay mo moangay sa injong nakit-an!

Maayo pa man ninyo tong mga pang-Miss Earth blondies nga nag-picket sa gawas sa Manila Zoo in two piece, gipanalipdan pa ang mga unggoy, kamo nanglibak pa nila!

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 08, 2009, 06:39:30 AM
sa laing pagkasulti, hilas-hilas pong ning Unggoya og pakita...murag angajan. hahahaha.

Here's a related article from CNN.

Platonic work flirting: Good for business?

By Jocelyn Voo
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(LifeWire) -- They ate lunch together almost every day. They commiserated over professional and personal woes, and when projects ran long at the San Francisco architecture firm where they were both summer interns, they checked building plans together until they were sprung from the office at 10 p.m.
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Take care that a flirtation with a co-worker doesn't cross the line.

"She was fun to hang out with, and sometimes she would do things that some might consider flirty, like run a hand through my hair to mess it up," says Hayes Shair, now 25. "Sometimes I'd sort of flirt back."

But Shair was dating his college sweetheart at the time. This woman was more like his "work girlfriend" -- a coworker with whom one flirts platonically during office hours but without any romantic intentions.

It's hardly a unique situation. The career information Web site Vault.com reports that in a 2007 office-romance survey of 575 employees, 23 percent said they had a "work husband" or a "work wife."

As with real spouses, work spouses turn to each other for mental and emotional support, perhaps share inside jokes or even bicker like married couples. But that's where the line is drawn.

Having a work spouse can give you an emotional connection without a professional nosedive. Heidi Reeder, associate professor of communication at Boise State University in Idaho, says it can be a good thing.

Good for work?

"There are some cases where the motivation of flirting is to get the person into bed. But I think what a lot of people don't realize is that there are other reasons why people might be motivated to flirt, like developing a positive relationship with the person with compliments and touch," says Reeder, whose teaching specialties include gender and workplace communication.
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"It's an esteem booster for both men and women to have a little flirtation in their day -- it makes them feel a little better, gives them a little more energy."

Liking your co-workers might make you more excited about coming to work, too. "You're happy to see them," Reeder says, "instead of, 'Ugh, I hate these people.'"

In fact, flirting might even have some indirect benefits on the job, says Reeder, citing research conducted at the University of South Alabama in 2003 showing that people who don't flirt very much have lower energy levels and rate themselves as less attractive than people who flirt a lot.

"It seems like having higher energy levels and thinking that you're attractive might help you make the sale, and it can help you be more responsive to your partner in the bedroom," she says.

Flirting with trouble

Of course, there is always the risk that platonic work flirting may be asking for trouble.

Last summer, Cheryl, 26 -- happily married for two years and six months pregnant with her second child -- found an easy self-esteem boost in her work boyfriend's adulation. "He fawned over me, complimented me on my cutting wit, my sassy outfits and sizzling personality," she says, which left her "flustered and giggly schoolgirl-ish."

Though her husband complimented her constantly, his words paled in comparison: "It's like how your mom always tells you you're beautiful. It's expected," she explains. "Getting the compliments from an outsider was refreshing."

Cheryl, who asked that her last name not be used given the sensitive nature of the topic, had no intention of starting an actual affair. In fact, even though she was suffering from a waning sex drive because of her pregnancy, her work flirtations sparked a flame at home with her husband. But eventually the office flirting crossed a line, and she had to stop it.

"Over the months, our banter had more of a sexual overtone, at times downright raunchy," Cheryl recalls. Moreover, she became obsessed with his affection, and jealous when he flirted with other female coworkers.

Cheryl, now tending to her two young children in Wisconsin, acknowledges it wasn't her finest hour. Was it emotional cheating? "Probably," she says.

"When our conversations became so explicit I couldn't repeat them to my husband, I knew I had to cut it out," she says. "And I did ... though it wasn't until I quit working to become a stay-at-home mom and he started dating someone at work that the book finally closed on that chapter."

Where to draw the line

Is your work marriage crossing the line? Reeder outlines some questions to ask yourself:

• Would you behave the same way if your romantic partner were standing next to you?

• Are your flirtations consistent with the way you normally behave?

• Are you thinking about your "work spouse" while not at work?

• Do you compare your "work spouse" to your real romantic partner?

As flirting can include physical contact, even though the intent is innocent, it is wise to keep in mind how such behavior might be misinterpreted by some people.

Shair, now a graduate student at Columbia University in New York City, doesn't make too big a deal of his work relationship.

"What were we supposed to do to prove that we were just friends? High-five each other?"

I'm trying to retrieve the study on this. "Flirting" refers to the harmless mutual-attention giving that you give to someone at work without the intention of consummating the relationship in sexual intimacy. CNN calls it "platonic flirting." Especially for those whose marriage has been made monotonous by child-rearing, mortgage payments, bills, work, household chores, etc. the intentional activation of one's sexual energy through flirting with someone other than your spouse can be beneficial to your own marriage. That is, as long as your restored, enlivened sexual desires are expressed only with your spouse.

Agree? Disagree? Any experience of having your ero-zones tickled by someone other than your spouse and when you went home, you had the best sex of your life?

Sir,

Salamat sa paghatag sa information bahin sa mango farming. Mas mubo diay ang tubo kung grafted. Bisag unsa man gyud imong panginabuhi, Sir, naa'y dalang risk. Ug malugi ka'g PHP 100,000 ron pero mokita kag PHP 1,000,000 sunod, dili kaayo significant ang risk. Mas maayo pang mangmangga kaysa mamiyabas.

Quote from: fdaray on August 07, 2009, 10:53:28 AM
benelyne,.. actual photo ni sa akong manggo farm. Eight years pa ni gikan sa pagtanom. Ang mga grafted mangoes dili kaayo motaas.

Ang mango production usahay failure tungod sa unstable price and weather condition. During pollination stage kon ulanon og dako unya magsigi ug dag-om. Wala mahitabo nga pollination.
Washed out ang mga pollen grains. Pero kon swertihon ka, you will be earning by thousands or even millions.

We should then tell our tourism honchos to groom up our tourism police to really look good, smart, snappy, and cool in their shoulder-slung guns so that they'll be part of the tourism landscape and attract the free-spending Japanese and Korean ladies. Disqualified ang mga dagko'g tiyan ug maot. SWAP should have its training center somewhere in Panglao. Viewing of their training activities can also be made part of the tourist itinerary.

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 06, 2009, 11:40:10 AM

when it's carried properly and the policemen bringing it, in cool uniforms, gun would just be like "cell" accessories.  

i believe, our policemen are no longer that respected, for another reason: they don't carry themselves beautifully. dagkog tiyan; way awot nga klaro; uniform gum-ok; sapatos hugaw. Look at the PMAers, lovely. girls would even love to take pictures with them. and with guns.

Great photography, Belle, pang National Geographic. Pati pud ang topic.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 07, 2009, 01:22:25 AM

(japanese beetle) taken last year


preha ani mga buktot, naglisud pero sigi jud, didto sa akong talongan (talong garden)  gagmay ni sila kaajo pero ang itlog nila maka puo ug tibuok katalongan!

Sophomore ra akong level aning topic. Si Ligiah mao'y pang-Ph.D.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 07, 2009, 01:19:20 AM
bwahahahhaa!
murag si Bene san daghan sad nabaw-an ing ani!

hahaha!

Ligiah,

Di ba ikaw man tong major ang biology? Sukad nawa ang mga tig-scoop of scandal dinhi, profound ug scientific na ang discussion bahin sa sex.

Quote from: ligiah on August 07, 2009, 12:02:41 AM
kuya bene... naa ra man ko kanunay sigeg basa.... pero usahay di ko kaantus ug contribute... hehe!

Ha ha ha.

Belle, lili lang ko karyo kay na-bored ko's akong gi-translate nga karaang labor code, anal-og pa kaajo dili digit-al. Nawala hinuon akong duka.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 06, 2009, 11:21:13 PM

really? digital diay ning mga porcupine noh?

Ligiah, tagsa ra ka magpatim-aw pero lingaw kaayo ning imong contribution, kay abi naku ang porcupines predator lang ilang tuslukon, pati man pud diay ila.

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The female porcupine has been observed to use a stick as a dildo, holding one end of a stick and walking around, straddling it as it bumped against the ground and vibrated against her genitalia.

I smell something here, so please allow me to ask your validation of this observation:

Have you ever noticed that when you and your partner are mutually sexually aroused (mind you, I 'm talking of legitimate partnership), the smell of your partner's breath changes into something that enhances that arousal? Just asking a clinical question.

Bay HB,

Nganong mawad-an man kalit ug input ang atong prowling encyclopedia diri's TB? Bitaw, di na lang ko muingon nga kasagara gyud sa mga hingtundan speechless dayon, kay di ra ba rabble-rouser akong papel diri.

Your enthusiasm for Bohol's economic progress is really encouraging. Naa ba'y investment promotion office ang atong provincial government, Bay Zec? You're cut for this job. Apply na lang ko nimo aron mangdapit ta'g mga investors--foreign and local.

Quote from: ZecurB on August 06, 2009, 06:16:05 PM
MAGALING! Nakatuhog si Ms. DaBins as to one of the evolutions of the ports that we have. When the Airport operates, this will also signal the arrival of Cruise Ships. And who do international cruise ship operators prefer as crew in these ships? Pinoy's, particularly Bol-anons! Dili ba ta malipay ana?

Did anybody know that the rehabilitation and enhancement of the Maribojoc Port has already been initiated? I was amazed to learn that the Maribojoc Port was built many centuries ago and was indeed the original port before the conquistadores decided to move to Tagbilaran since ships can better be protected there in times of extreme weather conditions. And yes it will the first or one of the first to dock the very large cruise ships which will have Bohol in their itineraries. Now doesn't that spell activity for Maribojoc? Or to the other areas who have ports that can accommodate larger ships?

Another thing. Pag maka match-up nata sa international standards of food processing/packaging for export, asa mas dali or mas barato mag agi pag mag export na either by ship or by plane? Moadto paba ta sa Cebu? Or direkta tag hatod sa airport or pantalan... Imagine the savings of fuel and man hours and livelihood for the local folk particularly ang atoang mga kargadores nga mas desyente pa nyag pamorma unya binuwan na ang sweldo... (This is an informal invitation to prospective investors in contractual manpower servicing  ).

And furthermore, economic zones will be established in the province and the old airport is a very good candidate as an export zone. Aside from being a local economic zone.

GEC,

For a while, I thought you were omnipresent. GEC, some things are better left as they are. There are higher pleasures in life than feasting on the travails of others. I believe TB can talk about anything under the sun, but we should keep in mind that one person's freedom ends where another's freedom begins. Ayaw lagi'g kawala kay matud pa ni migang Ms. Da Vinci, nangabilin na lang daw sa TB mga "kiat nga profound" (object ko sa una, agree ko sa ikaduha).

Quote from: -<GEC348>- on August 06, 2009, 06:25:35 PM

Been away too long from TuBo. What's the story behind TuBo being "scandal free"?

Naa na ra ba ko diha in less than a year's time. Ayaw na'g pamisteryoso nako kay mapan-os na atong red wine. Gidala na man sigurong Melrose sa Manila kay murag suka na kuno'g lami.

Bitaw GEC, hinay-hinay lang kay a quickie may be a pleasure, but it is also extreme pressure. Life is short, let's take it one day at a time.

Quote from: -<GEC348>- on August 06, 2009, 06:30:58 PM

Thanks for the offer Benny. Someday soon in less than a year I'll be having a freer time

Someday soon...

                          Someday soon...

Garaon gyud ka GEC ha.

Ingna lang ko'g unsay akong makatabang sa imong kabisihan, aron ilaila na gyud ta higala.

Bay HB,

Selective man kaayo imong comment ron. Di na lang ko mag-speculate nga naigo ka, kay scandal-free zone na ra ba ron ang TB.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 06, 2009, 02:26:41 PM
Hadlok ko ani nga thread. Pass lang ko, ha?

Kinilo lagi ang rason sa gugma, Day Misty. Pero ug naay sabit ang usa, di man gyud mainsakto ang timbang.

Quote from: mistyeyed on August 06, 2009, 03:29:12 PM
Sa ako observation ang married men are caring kaayo,maybe the reason nga anad na sila?Kahibalo na magpasod sa bulsa sa baje ba or kahibalo na ug unsay weakness sa baje..dependi ra sa baje ug magpadala pod.Second,siguro naay baje nga medyo insecure kay why adto man jud sa married nga naa may daghang single (mo balik ni sa innermost personality sa girl).Ang uban pod moangay ug menyo for security reason financially kay ang menyo daw di man tihik mo hatag compare sa single..hehehe..

Nabanhaw ka GEC, giistoryahan ra ka namo. Naa tingali ka'y alert signal ug gikamingawan na ka sa TB. Dinhi pa jud aning topic.

Quote from: -<GEC348>- on August 06, 2009, 01:18:31 PM

So that's why Katrina said, "Binababoy n'ya ako" ?   

Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns: the more you have of something, or the longer you do something--the lesser satisfaction you get in every additional amount or time you do it.

Actual photo ni sa imong mangga, Sir? Mugbo lagi, mura'g igo ra kab-uton? Gi-crossbreed o gi-develop ni nga klase?

Quote from: fdaray on August 06, 2009, 12:24:31 PM
ms,... dili na ko mobalik ug uma sa bohol. Diri na lang ko sa Digos sa akong manggo farm kay  landong diri sa ilawom.


             

Kalami sa imong retirement Sir. Pwede nimo i-rediscover ang nakat-unan ni Newton sa ilawom sa apple tree. Among manggahan sa Pangasinan, 10 years na naa's korte, kay naa'y counter-claim sa among gipalitan.

Quote from: fdaray on August 06, 2009, 12:24:31 PM
ms,... dili na ko mobalik ug uma sa bohol. Diri na lang ko sa Digos sa akong manggo farm kay dili init diri kay landong diri sa ilawom.

Good night Belle. One on five man ka'g panubag ron sa mga boys, lupig pa nimo'y Mek.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 06, 2009, 12:21:14 PM
Ahh i see.

na ikaw na sad akong ibilin diri kay matulog na ko.

Giapil ko nimo ani, Belle? Mabasahan gani ni sa akong spiritual adviser, di na ko ipa-log-in ani sa TB. Ayaw lang ng kiat, kiot (cute) lang aron di ko mabadlong ni pastor sa akong paglingawlingaw dire.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 06, 2009, 11:41:52 AM

preho man mo hapit tanan diri mga laki nga nahibilin, puro kiat yet very profound, pwera lang sa mga way buot.

I don't believe single women like married men per se. I think single women are attracted to men whom they perceive as having power, money and authority, and could provide them security and even pamper them. More often than not, these men just happen to be married as well.

The dynamics of this relationship is like mutually feeding what their individual egoes lack. The younger woman thinks, "Oh, a man who has such power among people has singled me out in his attention." And the older man, "Oh, I still have charm with a younger woman."

Mao na mahagbong sila sa usa'g-usa, pero mas grabe man ang pagkahagbong nilang pareho sa mata sa katilingban.

It helps for the younger woman to love herself and seek financial independence and emotional security. It helps for the older man to get a reality check everytime he passes by the mirror.

Mas makalisang man tingali ni tan-awon kaysa petty criminals.

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 06, 2009, 09:59:13 AM

if possible, sub-machineguns.

Padayon, Belle, aron manguma ta's Bohol pohon. Maayo man gyud naa'y formal background aside from practical experience.

Ang recession-proof zone daw sa US kanang agricultural belt. Kung kita manguma, di gyud ta gutmon kay pwede ra man ta mamupo'g utan ug mangutkot ug kamote ug taggutom na jud.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 06, 2009, 11:02:54 AM
i am studying (self study)  plant propagation ug di nako makaya mo enroll nalang tingali ko. naa mi diri dako nga agri school nga nag dawat ug mga Filipno scholars. naa gani ko na amiga nga amiga sad ni Mari diay diri duol sa amoa nag  scholar.

bisan di ko scholar pero gusto jud ko mo enroll pohon para pang background lang gamay. kay mao sad na akong plano pohon ug mo uli ko. pohon.

Ang last mysterious image man gud nga imong gipa-sil-ip, Glace, katong nag-fishing-fishing ka sa ice. Busa ang among impression pud nimo, danlog-danlog ug lisod ka dakpon, basig makasiyagit unja is mdb ug unsa pa'y iyang mahawiran.

Si GEC, garaon iyang personality sa TB pero sa tinuod pareho ra mi ka buotan ug seryoso.

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 06, 2009, 10:59:44 AM
hahahaha, hagbaya na man nawa tos GEC, ben, sa wa pa ko pod mawa.

maayo kay nakabawo na ka kung kinsa ni.

kami tawn diri, taman ra jud tawn sa panaghap. hahaha

nia poy, mdb, laba pong nanakop. makadakop ra man jud ni siya ba. pero, unsa kaha? haha

Maka-update nato ani si Bay Zec, kay naa man gyud siya's sala ni Guv.

Ang last update nako ani sa taho sa GMA, niingon si Gov. Erico Aumentado nga na-forward na niya ang pertinent documents on Talibon Dam sa Sandigayanbayan. Pangutana lang pud kung naa na'y igong ebidensiya to pursue the case on the people involved.

Mas angayan man tingali i-priority ang paghuman ani kay direktamenteng makaapekto sa panginabuhi sa tawo ug sa plano to make Bohol the bread basket of Western Visayas.

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 06, 2009, 10:53:45 AM
is there any update on that?

see? how the political turmoil in Tagbilaran easily overshadows the issue. i'm afraid it's only TB that keeps shouting here. and they are as calm as the damn of Talibon.

Pagkawa man gud nimo wa pud nagpatim-aw si GEC. Pero karong nagpakita na ka, wa ra man gihapon si GEC. Basta ako, kahibawo na ko'g kinsa ni sija.

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 06, 2009, 10:14:03 AM
gikulikot na sad ni MDB akong igot-igot...muguwa gani si GEC, bantay jud ka. hahahaha

Ang akong mga amigo nga Japanese retirees nga nagplano mag-retire sa Bohol mga farmers man kasagara. Ug mudajon sila, tun-an nato ang ilang cultivation ug propagation techniques.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 06, 2009, 10:42:34 AM
mao nay gusto nakong mabaw-an Bene san. bilib bitaw ko sa ilang technique kay biwan usa ra ka dupa nga luna maka harvest man sila ug daghan.

Actually "tintin" here is also used when referring to the boys' --diminutive form and size. Amazing coincidence. Abi nako'g nadala ni nga expression sa mga Japayuki sa una.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 06, 2009, 10:39:58 AM
Mao ba? Ahong nahibaw-an sa tintin kay baby talk sa *tin.

Pwede pud tingali gamiton ang tintin as diminutive sa *tin. Sa ato pa, para sa bonsai nga *tin!

Magtuon pa ko, MDB, kay igo ra man ko'g tan-aw sa mga farmers. Pero efficient kaayo ilang production method, bisag gamay nga luna, tamnan gyud nila ug taas ang productivity.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 06, 2009, 10:23:10 AM
Bene san daghan jud tingali kang nabaw-an nga pamaagi sa farming diha sa Japan kay mga maayo man na sila sa farming. kabantay ka ni dear Aya nga pagka maajo man jud to sha nga farmer! mura sad to sha ug si Raquel.

Bay HB,

Pareho man ta nga mas kusog ang interes sa linguistic aspect aning hisgutanan.

Bay HB, ang pulong ba nga "tintin" gikan sa word sa kinatawo sa laki nga "_ tin"? Curious lang ko kung lunsayng Binisaya ba ni, kay ang mga Hapon, "tintin" pud ang tawag nila sa kinatawo sa laki. Ang paglitok lang nila sa "ti" murag "chi" pero in-ana gyud pud ilang pulong.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 06, 2009, 10:21:33 AM
Piercings sa chin? Sure ka nga dili sa tintin? Kay naa may ingon ani.

Ubanan ta ka'g hunting nila, MDB. Pero basin baya  nanga-extinct na to sila, MDB, nangapana tanang bana ug wa na'y ikaanak si manay?

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 06, 2009, 10:17:22 AM
Bene san, pwerte nakong pangita sa tribe nga akong gi mean, nalibot na nako tibuok kalibutan, kombai, mek, machigenga naa pa jud usa nga wa nako makita.

i cant name them naa silay dagko nga piercings sa ilang chin.

i have to search some more. pangitaon jud nako to.

brk.

Corruption waters down Bohol's water projects. The dams are damned.  We should not relent on shaking down those responsible for the shameful Talibon Dam.

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 06, 2009, 10:06:00 AM
but a lot of these rice fields need efficient irrigation which Bohol haven't accomlished yet.

water. water. water.

I myself want to do some farming when I settle there for good, hopefully next year. Bisag sa gamay ra nga luna, I would like to be part of making Bohol the bread basket and rice bowl of the Central Visayas.

Quote from: bolingitboy on August 06, 2009, 09:58:43 AM
Quote from benelynne: "Maayo pud unta'g ang 10,000 hectares nga gi-commit sa gobernador sa Jatropha katong mga bukid ug bakilid. Kay ug pati patag tamnan ug Jatropha, basig makaapekto sa rice self-sufficiency program nga mao ra bay plataporma nga gipangandakan ni DA Sec. Yap."

i actually have the same hopes... the regional hub which is cebu does not have the capacity to grown its food requirement as well as basic resources such as potable water. this present condition should give bohol leaders the impetus to follow a development path that will see bohol as the bread basket of central visayas. indeed, there is still room to plant more crops, my own backyard included :-)

Wholesome ra ba unta tawon ko, nganong usa man ko's nagpakatap aning topika? Malaay man gud ang pajag kung wa'y hot topic, busa naahat na lang pud ko. Bawi lang ko'g post ani sa Dosage of Hope ug makatilaw na ko'g paglaum.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 06, 2009, 09:40:15 AM
Ha ha ha. Buanga bitaw, Bay Ben, mapugos man lang ta anig apil-apil. Unsaon nga mao may nagdaghan!

Just checked on this anthropological curiosity--the Mek tribe. Naa diay na sila sa Western Papua New Guinea and have never been in touch with Western civilization for possibly 9000 years until 2008, when Discovery Channel made the documentary.

My hunch about their sexual lifestyle being due to the uncertain, conflict-filled primitive environment is probably right. Kinahanglan jud daghan reserba si misis kay unsaon na lang ug matigbak sa giyera ijang bana? Buotan pud mga laki didto no, kay understanding ug mapagbigay man.

Bay HB, wa lagi ka'y hilig ani nga topic no? P'reho ta.

MDB, ang anthropological explanation tingali ana, dili nga mahilig ug lain-laing putahe ang Amazona, kundi "social security net" niya kay pirmi man tingali naa'y tribal conflict anang dapita unja ug mamatay ang unang husband, naa na dayon musawo sa ijang responsibilidad, ug naa pa jud laing reserba si 3rd, 4th, 5th. Ang problema lang ug basin sila-sila na hinuon ang mag-away tungod sa conflict of schedule. Matriarchal society tingali ni, si Manay ang magbuot ug matuman.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 06, 2009, 07:33:08 AM
Amazing Amazon, indeed.

girlnextdoor,

It's probably because you share many more things in common with Fil-ams than with the Bol-anons--language, mindset, culture, ways, etc. Bolanons are a little shy and self-conscious when speaking English. I am sure that Bol-anons likewise find you more fun to talk with than other Americans who have never been exposed to Bohol because you can connect more with them.

And public prayers--yes, I sometimes get a reverse culture shock myself. Where I live, even the mandatory singing of the national anthem at school becomes a heated issue for debate. But surprises like these are part of the excitement of mutual discovery. If everything is the same as back home, what a boring world we have.

Quote from: thegirlnextdoor on August 05, 2009, 11:11:35 PM
No matter how much r how less we make back home I love my Filipino friends. They are so good and so very funny after being in America for a while.

here Filipino are very much more reserved persons. Many things we do not make a big deal out of back home in America are considered a shock here in the Philippines.

Some things done here on a daily basis are also a shock to us Americans here such as prayer in the malls 3x per day.

I can not wait if mom ever will visit me here i am waiting to see her reaction in the mall during prayer I a curious will she stand still or keep on going thinking to herself "you have got to be kidding!"

I see my friends Filipino back home and they keep clean houses and are all hard working.

Naa pud mga Japanese retirees nga gusto mamuyo sa Bohol inig uli pud nako kay gusto lagi nila ang Bohol, ang concern lang nila ang language. Unsaon na lang kuno'g magsakit sila? Kung i-push pud nato ang medical tourism ug retirement, kinahanglan mangandam for upgrading ang atong health care industry.

Quote from: ZecurB on August 05, 2009, 06:04:52 PM
Do you know that the northern part of the province is being prepped as the retirement haven or for the aged among our European and American. Most specially the home stay types wherein Boholano families are the ones to be directly paid by the familes who will be caring for the aged parents of our continental neighbors provided they meet the minimum qualifications.   

Granting that the bridge will finally be constructed (I hope in our lifetime), I am sure new opportunities will arise just as there will be dislocation of certain sectors. We have to take the good with the bad. As I mentioned earlier, there will be long-run realignment of industries and employment.

Ang main concern lang naku, Bay Zec, ang redundancy sa international airport. What I know is that Mactan airport is still under capacity in international traffic and is in fact in the red. Mas maayo pa man tingali ang airport sa Panglao sugdan na full-blast as domestic airport kay kanang existing airport nato dugay na giingon nga aviation hazard. Kulba kaayo everytime makakita kog eroplano nga motugpa sa Tagbilaran kay murag musangit sa Metro Center o sa BQ. Ug daku man gud kaayo ang scale sa project from the start, unya wala pa man pud immediate demand (kaya pa kaayo i-serve sa Mactan), basin manaog na lang si Gloria sa 2010 eroplanong papel pa lang gihapon atong mapalupad sa Panglao. Tutal kung kompleto na ang acquisition sa yuta, sama sa giingon ni Gloria, it can always be expanded to international size as the demand arises.

Asa man ang atong planning kung naa ta'y duha ka underutilized international airports, unya magtukod na pud ta'g taas kaayo nga tulay?

Quote from: ZecurB on August 05, 2009, 06:04:52 PM
Dili ma problema ng Tubigon kay mao gyud nay entrada sa mga dailay nga nang viaje. At the first few months mura tingalig mo slow down ning mga port s nga imong gidudahan nga  mang hinay nga ports pero, statistics-wise and experience wise. Maayo lang ning land trip og bag-o pa sigeha di ba kapoy kaayo. This bridege will definitely spur economic activities in the North-East to North-Western parts of the province which so long a time craved be blessed with economic activities. Do you know that the northern part of the province is being prepped as the retirement haven or for the aged among our European and American. Most specially the home stay types wherein Boholano families are the ones to be directly paid by the familes who will be caring for the aged parents of our continental neighbors provided they meet the minimum qualifications. Another thing, ANDA Peninsula is primed to be the next Panglao. The key here is having standard accommodation facilities if we are to compete with Cebu in bringing the tourist to our [province instead of Bohol just being a side-trip, kumbaga balihon nato ang present scenario. Why don't you think about unsaon nimo pagsakay niini samtang sayo pa kay og mag "wait and see attitude" gihapon ta aw kita rapuy maalkanse di ba.. It's ridiculous pud as one comments mentioned pud nga ipang labay kuno nga mga kalamay sa manglbay nga sakyanan. Of course, naa gyud nay specialized re-routing for non-cargo vehicles to pass by a certain area nga toa nakahimutanng nga mga ika-pang hambog natong mga pagkaon og ubang mga produkto. Pareha gud sa una kadtong Silagan, MB Liner, Northern Carrier og bag-o pa ang Saint Jude mohunong gyud sa Carmen, Quinoguitan, Loay Junction aron makapalit pud ang mga pasahero sa ipamaligya nila di bah... We cannot stop progress but what we can do is make use of the opportunities and think of practical if not creative ways of making do with whats available dili lang kay pahungit lang kanunay. We are Boholanos, were not idiots, aren't we?  

Fil-Ams not model minorities in the US
CRISTINA DC PASTOR, Philippine News
GMA
08/04/2009 | 05:35 PM


NEW YORK â€" Are Filipino-Americans model minorities in the United States?

Not quite, if Kevin Nadal, a professor of psychology at the John Jay College in Criminal Justice, would be asked.

In his book, "Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice", Nadal said the 'Model Minority' tag is a myth; at best, it is a stereotype, and many Asian-Americans, among them Fil-Ams, "do not fit this model."

Nadal's work attempts to flesh out "misleading" data about Filipino-Americans in terms of family income, employment, and education. While Fil-Ams may appear to have higher median family income than other Asians, it points out that an average Fil-Am family has more members contributing to this income - 3.41 members - compared to an average Asian (3.08 members) and American (2.59 members) family.

"Thus, Filipino American families are making less money than others," Nadal said in his book.

Nadal, who is best remembered for mobilizing an online signature campaign against an episode of "Desperate Housewives," added that several studies have noted many Filipino-American youth have participated in gangs or gang culture and have been incarcerated at higher rates than East Asian Americans. [See: More signing up plaint vs ‘Desperate Housewives’ ]

While Fil-Am gang activity has declined from its apex in the 1980s, gangs have morphed into the DJ hip hop crews, with disc jockeys providing some kind of leadership in this particular subculture. As explained in the book, "They knew they don’t fit into the white culture, so they rejected it and embraced hip hop because hip hop was already embraced by gang culture."

Americanized Pinoys perform poorly in school
The more Americanized Filipino students become in the US, the worse they tend to perform in school. Such was the finding of a study of 10 urban communities across America conducted by the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) of Washington, DC.

Hydra Mendoza of the San Francisco School Board pointed out that 36 percent of Filipino students in San Francisco dropped out of high school which, while still 8 percent below the district average, still constituted a cause for alarm amongst Filipino parents.

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Among Asian American youth â€" specifically Chinese-, Korean- and Vietnamese-Americans - Fil-Ams tend to be more likely to get into trouble, according to the book, citing multiple research. They’re more likely to be arrested for curfew violation, truancy or other forms of “problem behaviors." They also tend to not do very well in school.

"Statistics have shown that second generation Filipino-American students have experienced higher rates of high school dropouts and lower rates of college admission and retention than East Asian Americans," Nadal said in his book.

Aside from that, previous research has supported that Filipino-Americans may have a higher prevalence of substance abuse than East Asian Americans.

It has also been revealed that Filipino-Americans have higher rates of HIV/AIDS and out-of-wedlock and teen pregnancy than other Asian American groups.

Employment and competence

In terms of employment, the book notes that Fil-Am male workers make "significantly less money" than Asian and American males even though they are better educated and speak English relatively well. A full-time Fil-Am male worker earns an average $35,560 compared to an Asian male ($40,650) and American male ($37,057).

"Despite the fact that many Filipino-Americans are well-educated, they do not receive the same levels of income and are often at a lower occupational status when compared to other Asian-American groups of similar education qualifications," Nadal noted in his book.

The book made reference to a study that states that Filipino-Americans are sometimes "categorized with marginalized groups" like African-Americans and Hispanics, and for that reason, “they may internalize inferiority and may not expect to succeed."

"Because Filipino-Americans may also have similar sociocultural outcomes as Black- or African-Americans and Hispanics or Latinos (eg, experiences with racism, teen pregnancy, gang involvement, and juvenile delinquency), they may believe they are not meant to achieve higher levels of education and instead are meant to remain in the working or lower social classes."

Studies have likewise shown that Fil-Am males have "higher rates of incarceration."

The book offers a number of reasons why Fil-Ams would fare poorly compared with other Asian-Americans within the same socio-economic status: racism, acculturation, colonial mentality, and the quest for material success. Add to that disconcerting brew “body image issues," with some Fil-Ams having a “need to be like the colonizer."

Nadal also discussed racial and ethnic discrepancy, with Fil-Ams showing closer connection with African-Americans and Latinos than with Asian-Americans to whom the Model Minority label is usually attached.

The book is a "valuable reference" for scholars, educators, mental health professionals and the average person who wants to get to know Filipino-Americans better, says Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D. of Teachers College-Columbia University, who wrote the foreword.

Sue says Nadal takes the reader into the life experiences of Fil-Ams - including the period of colonization, the impact of Catholicism, and the matter of skin color â€" and “provides us with a new framework of Fil-Am identity."

Conclusion diay, MDB, nga if you make sex an open part of your routine--like the pygmy chimpanzee and the polygamist Mormons--mawala na imong sense of shock ug di na ka maiskandalo. Di man tingali fair sa mga unggoy, kay sila, di man gyud sila aware sa sexual norms ug they're just acting out their instincts.

On the other hand, sexual norms are sometimes influenced by culture and tradition even among humans. Example, when I first came to Japan, naa pa'y mga public bath nga kurtina ra'y gapikas sa liguanan sa laki ug baje, unja kinahanglan completely naked ka inig lublob sa bath.

In old times, I was told that male and female Japanese share the same bath in public, completely naked. Kadto rang nidunggo ang Amerkano nga unang nagpaabri sa Japan in 1854, si Commodore Matthew Perry, na-shock ang puti sa ijang nakit-an--nangaligo ang mga baje ug laking Hapon nga wala'y sapot uban sa usa ka dakong tub. Didto ra kuno nagsugod kauwaw ang mga Hapon nga gibuyag na sila sa mga puti nga naiskandalo. Gisugdan pud bahin ang liguanan betwen male and female.

Even now, wa ra baya sa mga Hapon ang complete nakedness sa sulod sa public bath. Wa man angay ika-insecure, busa sukol pud ko. Kaya kaha ninyo?

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 05, 2009, 08:54:17 PM
Bene san ang mga mormons sa Utah kadtong hardcore religious Mormons daghan sad asawa, na ipon ra tanan sa usa ka balay. gi interview ni Oprah ang mga asawa ug ang bana adtong usang semana, wa sad sila kaila ug unsa ang "Sex Scandal"

i think ang bol anon ra ang kaila ug unsay sex scandal! hahahhaha

Advance class gyud ka ni MDB, very specific pa imong example.

Ako, hilig lang ko'g bonding, pero di ko anang bondage, murag sakit ra kaayo! Mapareha unja ni David Carradine. Kanang sobra na ka kinky, pasagdi na lang ang mga chimpanzee.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 05, 2009, 08:50:02 PM

hahahah! as in horse whip? ug uban pa?  hahaaha ikaw jud Bene san.

Naa pud in-ana nga Homo sapiens. Basig naa'y nahibaw-a uban ani. 

Quote from: lindy on August 05, 2009, 06:50:15 PM
Unsa man nga klase sa animal ang sadesta nga mangulata una mag sex?

Ang mga Bonobo o Pygmy Chimpanzee mao ni sila ang tinuod nga nagtuman sa slogan nga "make love not war." Casual kaayo ang sex para nila nga himuon nila isip pag-abiabi, pagsulbad sa mga away, pagpahungaw sa kasuko, ug pagpangayo'g pabor sama sa pagkaon.

Hilig pud daw kaayo sila sa kinky sex sama sa oral sex, mutual masturbation, tongue kiss ug penis-fencing. Matud pa ni Charles Darwin, usa daw na sa gigikanan sa tawo, pero mas malinawon kuno ilang panginabuhi kaysa nato, kay wa man na sila kahibawo unsay "sex scandal."

Tag-an pa lagi ko mga higala nga miyembro gyud mo sa Animal Kingdom kay wa pa'y usa ka oras nagdugok na mo dire. Ajaw share sa inyong bad habits ha, didto ra ta's iring ug iro.

Ang nokus maggakos-gakos kuno na sila after mating (imagine nimo ang kadaghang kamot), samtang ang baje um-umon niya sa usa ka pocket duol sa ijang baba ang tulos sa laki. Wa la'y nakakita kung nag lips-to-lips ba sila. Yaks!

Mokalit man kuno siya ka-macho basta tagaan nimo'g duha ka baje nga pilianan, pero usa pud ijang pilion. Pero sensitive gyud hinuon ang tarsier kay ug imong lisangon mangita kuno na'g gahi nga surface ug idukdok iyang ulo didto aron maghikog.

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 05, 2009, 12:51:38 PM

i think most animals are like that ang tarsiers ra so far sa akong nabaw an nga ang male maoy mo snob. basi shuyot to sha Bene san?

Sa mga peacocks, ang laki man ang mag-seduce, dili ang baje. Ang laki nga peacock ug naa s'yay kaibogan nga baje, iporma niya'g ayo ang tail feathers and displays his stuff to attract his potential mate.　Kanang colorful ang balhibo sa ikog, dili na baje kundi laki, kay ordinaryo ra man murag manok ang itsura sa baje nga peacock.

Quote from: janjan on August 05, 2009, 01:33:55 PM
mao di ay to esnaban sa male peacock ang female peacock nga ako nakit-an

Ang Buyog

After the queen bee and the male drone mate, the male drone's genitals explode and snap off inside the queen! Ang naputol kuno nga penis ang function niya to plug the queen bee's genital to prevent other drones from fertilizing the queen.

The Praying Mantis

In one species of the praying mantis, Mantis religiosa, the male ejaculates as soon as its head is cut off by the female during mating. The female then eats up the body of the male.

Tarsier

Matud pa sa "Tarsier Man" nga si Lito Pizarras sa Corella Tarsier Sanctuary, makig-mate lang kuno ang captive male tarsier kung tagaan nimo siya'g pilian nga duha ka baje. Kinahanglan naa siya's mapilian unja mao ra pud to ijang i-mate. Kung usa ra kuno imong ipares niya, padayon na lang siya'g kapyot sa sanga ug isnabon ang baje. Luoy pud. Tsk, tsk.

This is deplorable. What are the most common crimes? Theft, I suppose? Since you are the voice of the foreigners in Bohol, you should not relent in bringing this to the attention of authorities, especially to Aumentado and Chatto who are eager to invite more foreigners. Safety first before anything else.

Quote from: thegirlnextdoor on August 04, 2009, 11:54:19 PM

I scan the blotter often and find on an average 3-4 foreigners being victims of some sort of crimes on a daily basis.

Basta bike, apil gyud ko ani. Ang ato TBTB--Tubag Bohol, Tour Bohol. Pero Glace, saon na lang kung ang maghelmet wa'y buhok?

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 03, 2009, 10:14:46 PM
mag-train ka para Tour de France next year? hehehe. na hala, ganahan man ka mag-bike, ayaw lang kalimot og helmet kay sementado na ra ba ang main highway sa bohol. may na lang na, proteksyon sa buhok ba. hehehe

Hapsay kaayo pagkasulti nimo, Bolingitboy. I agree with you 100%.

I can't help but notice that despite Bohol's taking the lead in agricultural production and forest cover in the country, there are still swaths of land that are idle and backyards that are untended (including mine). At this point, there is still room for expanding crop production. We have not reached yet the point of having to choose between crops and trees kay sub-optimal pa man ang atong cultivation.

Maayo pud unta'g ang 10,000 hectares nga gi-commit sa gobernador sa Jatropha katong mga bukid ug bakilid. Kay ug pati patag tamnan ug Jatropha, basig makaapekto sa rice self-sufficiency program nga mao ra bay plataporma nga gipangandakan ni DA Sec. Yap.

Quote from: bolingitboy on July 08, 2009, 02:47:38 PM
quote from fdaray: Again , I would say, "can trees substitute  for crops ? Moabot ang panahon, kahoy na ang daghan ug wala nay crops.

a balance between planting trees and agricultural crops will have to be struck to ensure that people continue to have basic food source - unless people are ready and willing to munch on tree leaves when they get hungry.

the best way to maintain said balance would be to plant trees in watersheds and areas that have steep inclines that are prone to erosion and therefore not conducive to farming, and establish farms where the terrain is flatter and more suitable to agricultural production.

in plain and simple terms: mananon tag kahoy sa bukid ug bakilid, mag farm ta sa patag.

B'wad,

Nahinumdum ko kadtong nibisita si Erap diri sa Tokyo in 2000 man tingali to. Kauban ni Erap iyang cabinet who at that time included Department of Tourism Sec. Gemma Araneta-Cruz. Sa stage, tapad ni former Miss International Gemma Cruz si Cynthia Villar. Gikuhit ko sa tupad naku sa lingkuranan, "Feeling beauty queen pa rin si Gemma Cruz ano, hanggang sa stage bitbit ang alalay." Luoy pud ni Cynthia, naalaan nga PA ni Gemma.

Mao tingali imong pasabot B'wad nga gusto man gyud nimo ipa-google namo ang nawong ni Cynthia Villar. Pero sa akong pamalandong, di ra baya gwapa pwede ka-inlaban sa usa ka laki. Lagmit mas importante ni Manny bisag bija basta gwapa ug kasingkasing--ug sapi pud gatagingting.

Seriously, in fairness to Manny Villar Jr., he entered politics only in 1992 as representative of Las Pinas, when he has already built up his real estate empire together with Cynthia. UP graduate baya na si Manny, where he earned both BA and MA in Business Administration. Unya ubay-ubay pud recognition niya: Ten Outstanding Young Men in 1986, the Agora Award for Marketing Management in 1989, Most Outstanding CPA by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 1990, and Most Outstanding Alumnus in 1991.

Wa na hinuon ko kasubay kaayo sa iyang political career since nihunong ko pag-broker sa Crown Asia in 1993 kay nag-set-up na man siya'g kaugalingong opisina dire.

Quote from: buwadsanga on August 03, 2009, 12:50:34 PM
Ben at Glacier, ug gusto ninjong makita ang pagka uportunista sa tindero ug isda, tan-awa nawong sa ijang asawa ni Villar si Cynthia, classmate na sila sa UP. Naka sugod ug politics si Villar sa dihang na asawa nija ang politically powerfull clan sa Las Pinas - Aguilar clan.

Unsa man pud diay istilo anang ilang buhaton sa video, ati-atihan? Basin baya ang resulta horror, dili scandal.

Bitaw, sineryoso lang ning ako, dali ra man pad-on ang uling nga inudnud sa nawong, hilam-os lang. Pero kana man gud irresponsible posting nga makapaitum sa dungog sa kabanay ra pud nato diri sa forum, dili sayon mapapas.

Busa ug di ta gusto masarad-an sa payag, tarong ug tahod ta sa matag usa.

Quote from: Candijaynon on August 03, 2009, 08:11:23 PM
O pud. Mas maajo hinuon na inusnos sa nawong kay dali mokatag.

Bay Zec,

Tinuod ning imong gisulti bahin sa mga provincial roads. Kanang stretch gikan Loboc paingon Carmen (sa Chocolate Hills) especially the portion covered by the mahogany trees, first time naagian namo sa mga bata nagsinggit sila kay abi nila'g sa Japan daw. Na-nostalgia intawon.

Quote from: ZecurB on August 03, 2009, 08:56:53 AM

But then again, even those far-flung barangays have generally good roads nowadays. Thanks to KALAHI-CIDDS, the ARCs and more.
The national/provincial roads here are even lauded not only by tourists but by other Filipinos from other parts of  the country as being one of the best roads in the nation.

Ms. Ethyl,

Maayo kaayo ka mogama ug advertising blurb, Ms. Ethyl. Makawa man unta'g gana ang hilabihang kainit sa summer, nganong nisilaob man hinuon ang interes aning mga hisgutanan? Aron kuno mahunong ni tanan, i-clearance sale daw ang imong tinaguan aron manan-aw na lang di na magtabi ang tawo.

Quote from: C2H4 on August 03, 2009, 09:59:39 AM
Sir Ben, clearance price na gyud ni. Hahaha!

I have Balong's sex scandal video too, but someone actually paid me 5 pesos to NOT see it! Can you imagine? Hahahaha!

Joke lang na Sir Balong ha, dalang tinuod.

Bay B'wad,

Na-meet na pud nako si Mar Roxas sa usa ka investment seminar sa Tokyo kadtong naa pa siya sa DTI. Maayo musulti bisag extemporaneous, ma English ba o Tagalog, klaro nga bright. Maayo pud motubag ug pangutana.

Our company used to sell Manny Villar's Crown Asia properties, pero di na ron. Murag halin ba iyang life story nga tigbaligyaay ug pasayan unya nahimong dakong real estate developer. Pero nahinumduman naku nikalit lang sulod ni si Manny sa pulitika kadtong nitagilid ang iyang real estate development unya nabalaka iyang mga executives kon sakto bang lakang to.  Pero after that, nabaligya nila ang Capitol Bank sa RCBC ug nag dacion en pago sila sa ubang loans.

Pareho ming Glacier, mag-agad na lang sa imong recommendation sa sunod piniliay.

Quote from: buwadsanga on August 03, 2009, 09:18:20 AM
Ben, kay Mar Roxas ko. Jesus ug si Villar! Diosko, di lang nila alam kong gaano ka swapang o toso sa negosyo ning tawhana. Delicado raba mo daug kay daghag kwarta. Lisud jud ang demonyo pildihon Bay.

Ethyl,

Naa pud diay ka'y tinaguan to make things even and "fair to all concerned." Grabeha pud ka-bargain ang starting bid, mahal pa'y remittance fee. Murag pinugsanay na man gyud aron lang mahalin.

Quote from: C2H4 on August 03, 2009, 09:03:15 AM
And in that respect, kung kinsay gusto makahibaw sa sex scandal ni swakee, make me your best offer. Bisan singko pesos, ok nako ana. And I have videos too!

Pasabot, Glace, your silence here does not mean your absence from the forum? Mas daghan gyud tingali kag nahugop sa imong panghipi. Hinuon, ug pati ikaw kahibawo na ani, ngayo na lag ta'g laing scoop nimo. Kuyaw ni'ng muagi'g kamingaw ang TB kay kalit lang naa'y magpaulbo'g topic aron malingaw.

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 03, 2009, 07:29:28 AM
kabalo nako ani oi. hahahaha. ug kay giutingkay man sa mga tampalasan, magpahibawo lang pod ko nila nga kabalo ko ani...

Kuyaw pud ka paspas nimo balik dukdok, Raqs. Lipay man pud ta nga naka-recover dayon ka. Again, congrats!

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on August 03, 2009, 07:10:14 AM
Thank You so much for all your prayers na touch jud ko nagbasa bantug ra kay paspas akong labor daghan man diay mo nag ampo nako. Salamat gyud pag ayo sa tanan I love you all.

I am doing fine so as Baby Jacob Anthony pero di sa ni nako i show sa world kay mura pa man siya ug gikan sa boxing ring, his face all bruise up from coming so fast down the birth canal kono unya sabod intawon si unico ijo kay narrow man ug pelvic ang nag utong tagbaw ang nurse ug doctor ug binirahay apil pud ko ing undang utong kay ginhawa usa. Other than that okey ra mi.
Pagkakita nako sa akong anak ba nga medyo blue iya nawong ug pink kaayo iya lawas akong first reaction kay hala naliwat man siguro ni sa akong iring hehehe joke katawa sa ta. Nakaingon pud ko ug bantay raman to si HUbag Bohol kay iya raba avatar permi nakong tan awon.

Wi-fi is great kay tiaw ba nakadokdok na ko samtang natulog akong unico ijo. Attention Glacier magkinahanglan na ug awot(haircut) akong anak kay labong jamo ug buhok.

Thank you from:
Forones-Weitekamp Family

Hi Ethyl,

Many of us have taken refuge at TB in the occasional storms and depressions of our lives. I am sure many more will find comfort here, so let's keep TB a friendly, safe and trustworthy place.

Ms. Ethyl, after ages of silence, you're pleading the Fifth? Anyway, daghan pa man uban butang maitampo nato dire sa TB. Some thoughts are better left unsaid. It's better for us to adopt Rotary's Four-Way Test:
   1.  Is it the TRUTH?
   2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
   3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
   4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Regards!

Quote from: C2H4 on August 02, 2009, 10:29:16 PM
Sorry Sir, wala ko nakabantay nga ning reply man diay ka's akong post gabii. I have always said and I stand by this with all honesty: I am forever grateful to TB for what it has done for me at a dark point in my life. Because of that, I shall not make my views known. I will keep my mouth shut on this one, Sir Ben. I plead the fifth.

Glacier,

Bahaw na intawon ni, gisangag lang aron mainit pero pan-os na gyud. From Aomori, Brooklyn, Italy, Kansas, Kashmir to Tennessee--not a day can pass in the world without the words `sex scandal` hogging the headlines. Sa dinugay namong paghuwat niabot naman gyud ka Glace, next topic daw bi.

Quote from: glacier_71 on August 02, 2009, 06:26:23 PM
oyyyy!!! nagkainit man...

Congrats Raquel! Motherhood becomes you, that's why you're blessed with an addition to the brood.

Bohol livestock projects gains support from overseas Boholanos
By JUNE S. BLANCO
August 2, 2009, 7:48pm

Artificial insemination (AI) and livestock dispersal projects in Bohol will be further expanded with assistance from Conbusac (Conferederation of Boholanos, USA and Canada, Inc.) an organization of Boholanos residing in the US and Canada.

Conbusac President Carlos Cagaanan and Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) outlining their responsibilities in the expanded projects during the recently concluded rodeo and horse show which highlighted the celebration of July as Sandugo Month at the President Carlos P. Garcia Multi-Purpose Complex in Tagbilaran, capital city of Bohol province.

The MOA formalizes the expansion plans hatched during Conbusac’s “Sleepless in Seattle” 13th biennial convention at the Bellevue Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington State, US, in early July.

As convention speaker, Aumentado noted the success of the ongoing AI and livestock dispersal projects as well as updates on the establishment of a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team in Bohol using the convergence strategy with Conbusac.

Proud of said projects’ successes and moved by an audio-visual presentation showing a farmer shedding tears of joy on receiving his first and very own carabao for keeps the confederation members began pledging more financial assistance for Bohol.

Aumentado had earlier said the carabao is a valuable and essential farm input that could spell the difference between a farmer’s being dirt poor and his being economically empowered.

With Conbusac’s cash donations, Dr. Stella Marie Lapiz, provincial veterinarian, purchased AI equipment and materials like liquid nitrogen tanks and thermos bottles for storing carabao and goat semen, as well as motorbikes for use by the technicians in going to Bohol’s remotest barangays to monitor the twin projects.

Lapiz said the AI project fast-tracked the livestock dispersal project, putting Bohol to the top in Central Visayas and third nationwide in 2007 where livestock production among provinces in the country is concerned.

With Bohol and Conbusac’s responsibilities in the expanded project laid out, Cagaanan and Nat Calacat, president of the Bohol Association of Washington State (Boawas) requested the province to open a trust fund in which they can deposit their solicited donations.

Murag wa pud baya naghunahuna'g tarong ang proponent, kay unsaon na lang kung sumpay na ang Bohol sa Cebu, unsay pulos sa duha ka international airports nga duol ra kaayo sa usa'g usa?

Thanks for sharing this Tagalog version of Mighty to Save. The vocals have not been dubbed that professionally, but the translation of the lyrics is almost close to the original and you could feel the heart of the singer. I really love this song, originally sung by the Hillsong United. Might try this Tagalog version at church one of these days.

Run your household like a business
08/01/09
Inquirer.net BLOGS

WHEN personal finance coach Randell Tiongson asked the audience at the recent Money Sense Live’s Family Finance 101 seminar how many have made decisions they regretted later on, a number of hands went up. Randell was quick to admit that he, too, has made bad decisions in the past.

“People can be logical in business but illogical in the house,” he says. “At the end of the day, it’s how we use money in the house that determines the quality of life. So treat your house like a business.”

Randell explains this further: “The household is an enterprise that operates like a business.” For instance, households have revenues (your income) and non-discretionary costs (bills). It needs efficient use of cash flow and wise allocation of resources over time. A household has assets and liabilities which must be taken into account in planning out one’s personal finances.

Just like a business, the household calls for people to make logical decisions and promote efficient operations. To do that, here are some valuable tips he offered:

1. Money that comes in must be bigger than what comes out.

2. Be objective-oriented.

3. Observe the 20/20 rule: Prepare for retirement 20 years before you actually need to retire.

4. Come up with a budget. Don’t take out wants; otherwise your budget will be like a New Year’s resolution that doesn’t get carried out. Prioritize needs.

5. Reduce consumer debt. “You can’t even start investing if you have liabilities.”

6. Use the liquidity ratio. “If the ratio of your expenses to income is 85 to 90 percent, that is too high. The solution is not always to increase income.”

7. Set goals.

8. Use the integrated portfolio approach for financial decision making. Don’t use emotions in financial planning, especially in investing.

Wise words from a wise family man.

Mao pud akong pamalandong. Mura man ug trying to buy a political career for the next elections using impossible dream as collateral for credit.

Quote from: olintaha on August 02, 2009, 02:56:25 PM
another impossible dream.
wapa gani sila makamata sa damgo nga panglao international airport, gadamgo na pod og cebu-bohol bridge.
bangongoton baya mo.

You're in God's gentle hands, Raquel. I pray for the baby to be healthy, bright ug makatuon ug lawom nga Binol-anon nimo.

Bay Hubag,

Since the Bible is the Word of God, then it is as unchanging and as changeless as its writer, and should transcend social milieus and cultures of history.

The command in Ephesians 5: 22 "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord" is not an edict of the woman's unqualified subservience to man. I don't believe it is a command to justify man's domination over the woman.

The preceding verses will show this. In fact, verse 21 says, " Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." The earlier verses also exhort men and women in Ephesus to "understand what the Lord's will is."

I understand "submit to one another" as a command to consider each other's views and opinions, in the light of God's wisdom.

Trouble invariably brews when a wife makes independent decisions without consulting her husband--and from my exchanges with other married couples, this is a common source of marital heartaches.

A man can just be as prone to mistakes in decision-making concerning the family and finances. That is why husband and wife must first submit themselves to God, and to each other in consideration of their respective concerns and feelings, out of reverence for God. And the woman should then give the man the prerogative of declaring and taking responsibility for the decision they both made.

If that decision did not turn out favorably, both can accept the consequences with grace and just seek what God is teaching them through this event.  It is hard for any one party to accept the unhappy consequences of a decision for which the other has not been consulted. But trials resulting from a decision jointly made in good faith--for which the husband took the ultimate responsibility before God--can strengthen their solidarity as husband and wife, and draw them even closer to God.

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The ideal husband-wife relationship as enunciated in the Bible may have to be rephrased in this world as we know it now where women are increasingly taking on greater responsibilities in income-generation, among other areas traditionally dominated by men. This Biblical paradigm, enunciated by St. Paul in the context of the prevailing patriarchy of his social milieu, may not be totally acceptable today. Despite earnest glosses offered by Biblical apologists (of which a familiar one is the comparison between husband and wife on one hand, and Christ and the church on the other), there is a festering doubt in the minds of many about the wisdom of this injunction. The love part may stand as it is, but the submission part is, I gather, a thorny one for a lot of women.

Ms. Ethyl, ako ra ba'y nagpasimuno aning thread. Ikauwaw tang Stephen Covey ani, mura'g Lesson 2 pa lang hagbong na: "Begin with the end in mind."

Plain diversion ra man hinuon ni nga article bahin ni Yuri Fujikawa kay di man nato ni kaila. Pero di pud ko uyon nga mangunay ta'g pangdaot ug miyembro. I am sure your views here will level the seesaw of public opinion.

Quote from: C2H4 on August 02, 2009, 01:54:11 PM
That's a pretty astute observation, Sir. What does that say about me as a person, when the thread I choose to post in has "sex scandal" in its title? LOL

I blame not m'self but swakee for that.

How are you, Sir? Still read Stephen Covey once in a while?

Ethyl,

Long time no hear. Ethyl, ubay-ubay pud imong sabbatical. Ma-revive ra gyud diay ang imong combustible properties basta hot ang topic. Welcome back!

Quote from: C2H4 on August 02, 2009, 01:21:45 PM
Ikaw bitaw swakee, nganong ga sige man ka yawyaw diha? If I know, na S lang ka day. Pareho gud adtong na scandal si Hayden Kho-Katrina Halili, haskang dalia ra gyud nimo naka chikka nako, kay na S man pud ka adto. Nganong hilig man ka ma S swaks?

Naka post nalang hinuon ko ug ahat dah! LOL Balongon ever gyud kang bayhana ka!

PS. U know me, kung naay chismis, ma intriga dayon ko. Unsay chismis btaw aning politician oi? Guapa baya siya, in fairness.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 02, 2009, 07:30:59 AM
Ha ha ha. Bay Ben, amgid-amgid diay ni sa standard joke sa academe: He who can, does. He who can't, teaches.

Murag igo ko ani da, kay nagplano ko mag-career shift to teaching next year. Naa man pud tingali ka sa academe Bay Hubag, kay klaro man sa imong reference point.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 02, 2009, 07:30:59 AM
Diha koy colleague in a project kaniadto nga way laing hisgotan kon dili ang ijang sexual conquests, kon pila na kuno ka baje ang ijang napahimuslan. Years later I heard from a common acquaintance that it was all show, kay lahi diay ang ijang sexual orientation!  

Decoy ra diay tong istorya, P _ koy ang tinuod nga hilig.  Kasab-an ta aning Gener, kay angay ta maminaw ug homily ron. Manay Tess ayaw ni apil translate.

Kana kunong pirmi ug hisgot sa usa ka butang, kuwang sila ana.

If you can stand behind your real face , you can stand behind what you post here. Busa mas komportable ko ninyo Raq, Grazie, Mike, TagaTigbao, Ginger, Kiamoy, Bambi, Ms Da Binsi, Angie, Lorenzo, Macky, Jun, Misty... Kanang nagpahiping naglakaw nga wa'y sandal (matud pang Misty), makalisang ang scandal.

No offense meant to those who sincerely enjoy their privacy while being active here. I also keep my privacy by not showing up all the time, but rest assured I have a real identity. As GEC once demonstrated for us, sa cyberworld, pwede man ta mahimong tuko o tawo, pwede ikaw mahimong ako... We can really log in and out of our identities, taking cover in our anonymity to have a sense of invincibility and impunity. But showing our faces once in a while will remind us that we are what we say, and we are morally and legally responsible for it.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on August 02, 2009, 12:47:11 AM
Koddi ajo ra jud ug wa ka kabasa kay lain raba ning makabasa bitaw tag ingon ana nga scandal kay di na maerase sa atong hunahuna.

Bai Zec,

Assuming that this is feasible, we have to weigh the pros against the cons. My immediate concern is that the good governor seems to be too impatient to imprint his legacy, staking his name on two mega projects in his last stretch when the shovel has barely been scraped on the Panglao international airport.

To start with the pros, the bridge will certainly diversify access to Bohol--by land, sea and air. Terrestrial interconnection does not mean that Bohol will be politically subsumed under the province of Cebu. Bohol would certainly betray Dagohoy if it slackens its political independence as an LGU and kowtow to Cebu. In fact my only objection to the process of getting this project on the table is that Aumentado seems to be the one too eager to do this, when Cebu actually stands to benefit more.

Interconnection will open up other economic opportunities that will replace traditional activities. For one, trade and commerce will certainly increase, as prices level out with lower transportation cost. We can still regulate the entry of industries, prioritizing services such as IT, BPO and tourism that are less deleterious to our natural environment. By the same token, Cebu cannot force us to provide water if it threatens our own supply and ecology.

As to the cons, realignment of industries will certainly have casualties in the short- to medium-term, specifically unemployment, as pointed out by Koddi. This is because of the inevitable redundancies. Even the Panglao International Airport will be redundant. Since movement of people will be less costly and more convenient, population density in Cebu will mean greater influx of people to Bohol which will certainly affect our traditional sense of community, peace and order situation--not to mention strain our ecological balance. Bohol will be more urbanized, which will lessen its charm as an idyllic holiday destination. Most of all, I am afraid that in the span of a few years, jamo na'y mahibilin sa atong "j" ug mo-invade na ang taga-Cebu, along with our quaint rural traditions and practices.

Bai Zec, the ball's on you now. I'm just thinking aloud.

Quote from: ZecurB on August 01, 2009, 06:34:12 PM
So, what comes to your mind now BAI BENNELYN?...

Dire bitaw aning payag, murag kita ra man pud gatikaw-tikaw. Mingaw gyud basta national security ang hisgutan, pero quorum ang kapunungan ug motipas na sa personal insecurity ang topic.

Quote from: grazie7y on August 01, 2009, 04:03:55 PM
Salamat aning mabulawanong lindog ni Leo Lastimosa nga imong gibahin namo dire.  Muna-muna jud nakong basa kay kini lagi'ng na anad na ta'g basa'g inglis, malisdan ta'g basa sa bisaya pero bisan pa man ako jud gi basa.

Sakto jud ang pamalandong ni Leo.  Kadtong kadlawa nahitabo ang panaghimamat sa duha ka presidente, gipangandaman na kadto sa media dili tungod sa ilang pakigkita kung di tungod sa "beer summit".  Ug gani, ang kamatayon ni Madam Cory Aquino, gi taho sa tanang lokal na TV pero kadtong pag anhi ni Madam President GMA, wa jud to nahu nahibaw-i kon wa pa dire gikabutyag sa TB.

One of the best-selling participants in the Tokyo accessories trade fair did not have an in-house production facility but was farming out the production to groups of households in small villages. This way, the capitalists did not have the regular overhead that weighs heavily on them during economic downturns. But they train the locan artisans in production processes that meet export standards, and I think they also extend credit. I think if we just link up the exporters/capitalists with the local artisans, this would be a big help in moving the goods not only in the domestic but also in the international market.

Hi Grazie,

Sakto gyud diay ka, Ging. Niay lindog ni Leo Lastimosa sa Freeman:

Lupig sa beer
ARANGKADA By Leo Lastimosa Updated August 01, 2009 12:00 AM

Sa kataposan, nagkatagbo ug nagkasulti na gyod sa linawas silang Pres. Arroyo ug Pres. Barack Obama sa White House. Kon wa pa huwasi sa iyang kahimangod sa iyang mga kaatbang nga gipabuhagay atol sa iyang SONA, mahimo nang mamikat si Arroyo nga di diay tinuod ang mga bugalbugal nga gilikay-likayan siyang Obama.

Apan ang bisan unsang kadungganan nga naangkon ni Arroyo isip labing unang pangu sa Asean nga gidapit ni Obama nahawongan sa laing tigom ni Obama sa White Houseâ€"nga gipahigayon human sa ilang tigom ni Arroyoâ€"ang iyang pakig-inom og beer uban sa nagkaaway nga itom nga professor sa Harvard ug puti nga polis sa Massachusetts.

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Klaro kaayo hain sa duha ka tigom ang giisip sa White House nga mas mahinungdanon kon ipasikad lang sa gitas-on sa panahon nga gigahin ni Obama: 30 minutos lang uban ni Arroyo nga nibiyahe gikan sa pikas nga bahin sa kalibotan aron lang makigkita niya; ug 40 minutos uban sa mga protagonist nga nakapaulbo pagbalik sa emosyonal nga lalis sa bulok sa panit.

Bisan sa tambag ni Obama nga mahinungdanon ang pagduaw ni Arroyo, ang mga sakop sa Amerikanhong media niisip sa ikaduhang tigom nga mas dakong balita. Way nangutana unsay ilang gipanagsultian ni Arroyo. Gipangutana hinuon si Obama sa kahimtang sa ekonomiya ug sa iyang “beer summit.”

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Bisan sa ubang press briefings sa White House, wa na mahisguti ang tigom nilang Arroyo ug Obama. Inay susihon ang nag-ung-ong nga sabutsabot sa kalinaw sa Mindanao ug ang umaabot nga pagduaw ni Obama sa Indonesia ug ubang nasud sa Asean, mas interesado ang mga tigbalita unsay giinom nilang Obama ug kaubanan.

Si Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wa sab managana paghatag sa kasayuran nga ilang gipangayo: Bud Light ang giinom ni Obama, Sam Adams Light ang kang Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Blue Moon ang kang police Sgt. James Crowley Gates, ug nonalcoholic nga Buckler ang kang Bise Presidente Joe Biden.

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Di mabasol si Arroyo nga nipaburot pag-ayo sa kamahinungdanon sa iyang pagduaw sa White House pinaagi sa pagsangyaw nga ang Pilipinas mao ang gitudlo ni Obama nga iyang “coordinator” sa Asean. Maglisod hinuon siya pagpasabot nganong wa maapil ang Pilipinas sa mga nasud nga duawon sa Asean tour ni Obama.

Mas maglisod pagpatin-aw si Arroyo sa mga magbubuhis nganong nagtangkil siya’g 23 ka senador ug kongresistaâ€"nga ang kasagaran nagbawon sab sa ilang asawa ug bana sama niyaâ€"human napakyas paghaw-as sa kinabag-an gikan sa nagkalapad nga kagutom ug katimawa tungod sa krisis sa ekonomiya. Labi na nga usa sa mga sakop sa iyang delegasyon, nga taguon lang nato sa ngan nga Senador Lito Lapid, nikumpisal nga ang iyang bugtong tuyo pagkuyog mao ang pagpahulagway ubang Obama.

Quote from: grazie7y on July 31, 2009, 03:45:31 PM
There were more coverage to the beer summit than Arroyo's visit.

The wife should just receive the money and shut her mouth up.   Kay usahay, mao pa gani pagtunol sa laki sa sweldo, muingon na dayon ang baje, "Nganong sinsilyo ra man tawon ni?"

Joking aside, I continue to learn daily in order for my marriage to work. Matud pa ni Dr. John Gray sa Women are from Venus and Men are from Mars, the woman's deepest need to be loved and feel secure as wife has to be affirmed, and the man's deepest need for his capability and power as provider has also to be affirmed. In the dynamics of man-woman relationship within marriage, basta naa'y away, diri man ta manuslok sa atong managlain nga weaknesses: man threatens to withdraw his love, and the wife tries to bring down the sense of capability of the husband.

Sakto man ang Bible: Man, love your wife. Woman, obey your husband. It is easy for the woman to obey the husband if she is provided for and feels loved, and it is easy for the husband to love the wife if she obeys and respects his role as head of the family.

Quote from: hofelina on July 31, 2009, 05:22:35 PM
the husband should bring the money and shut his mouth, this is the secret of the success.

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Bugsay,

Naa ka diha ron sa Bohol? Share sa imong experience...

Quote from: bugsay on August 01, 2009, 02:00:50 PM
kalami sa kinabuhi sa probinsiya.....

I would like to express my apologies for glossing over the gravity of this incident by making some light-hearted remarks.

Since our exchange is mainly on the internet covered by our cloak of anonymity, we sometimes forget that we are dealing with people who have dignity and feelings.

It would help if we exchange words as though we're talking face to face, so that we won't forget that in the no-holds-barred cyberworld, freedom of expression requires a stricter measure of personal decency.

Boho-ru e yokoso! Gokazoku osoroi de Bohoru e kite kudasai!
(Welcome to Bohol! Please come visit Bohol with your whole family!)

Manay Tess, ikaw pala ang translator-teacher ni Gener ha! Given his firm retention of Japanese, I will not be surprised if six months later I will be reading his posts in Cebuano-Binol-anon. Gentle souls are always kindred to Boholanos.

By the way, Gener, I almost forgot my Binisaya from years of working and living abroad. I just recovered from my amnesia by making Tubag Bohol a daily habit. I am still working on my vocabulary, but I have retrieved most of what I've lost in everyday conversation, thanks to Raquel, TagaTigbao, Hubag Bohol, Koddi Prudente, Glacier, Grazie, and everyone else, who express their rejoinders in Binisaya.

We're sure blessed that we have Tubag Bohol as our common link from all points of the globe.

Quote from: Gener on August 01, 2009, 01:10:41 PM
Yehey, Bol-anon na ako:-) Arigatto Goazaimase bro Benelynne. Moshi jikan ga attara, Bohol e ikimasu.

I really like Bohol and its people for it reminds me of a good friend who happens to be a boholana. Thank you also to my teacher, Manay Tess, for her painstaking effort to translate other Visayan words for my consumption. Saludo ako sa iyo bro at kay Bro Mike, I considered the 2 of you as the intellectual guys here in TB.

CHILD OF THE SUN: Idja-idja, aho-aho!
by Ting Tiongco/MindaNews 
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
(Speech of acceptance as one of the Ten Outstanding Boholano Award (Tobaw)  delivered at the Tapok Bol-anon Tibuok Kalibutan awarding ceremonies on 25 July).

TAGBILARAN, Bohol (MindaNews/28 July) -- I accept this award both with great pride and humility. I dedicate this award to my late parents who came from Bohol; my father from Bilar, and my mother, a Manigque from Tagbilaran. My mother, who died a few months ago, lived 63 out of her 86 years in Mindanao. But she died a true Boholana, speaking Binol-anon to the end. I was not born in Bohol. Neither did I grow up here.  My parents made it clear to their children who were growing up in Mindanao that we are Bol-anons. Ang Bolanon, murag Amerkano. Maskin asa ka ma tawo, basta Amerkano ang imong tatay o nanay,  Amerkano ka lang guihapon. Ang Bol-anon, mao sad. Maskin asa ka matawo, basta Bol-anon ang imong kaguikan, Bol-anon ka lang guihapon. Mailhan man gud ang Bol-anon sa uban, kay tag-as man ug ilong.

I was often puzzled,  growing up as Bol-anon in Davao where a welter of cultures flourish; the moment my companions knew I was Bol-anon, I was immediately set apart as different from the rest. I was puzzled by the  saying ‘ idja-idja, aho-aho!’ often said in jest by classmates. And this was usually followed by the declaration that Bohol was ‘outside da Pilipins’. Predictably there ensued a typical schoolboy fistfight. Sinumbagay!

I often asked my mother what all this was about but she only told me to be proud of such things. There was a history and a culture behind this that she did not bother to explain because perhaps she knew that sometime in my life I would realize what it meant.

And indeed, I did. It happened the first time I came to Bohol to set up a health cooperative. I was warned that the Bol-anon attitude of ‘idja-idja aho-aho’ was against the basic principles of cooperativism. But setting up a hospital and health services cooperative in the land of my parents, ang akong yutang guinikanan, was a promise I made my father before he died.

So 15 years ago I landed in Tagbilaran, walked to a restaurant, and unthinkingly ordered more lunch than I could consume. I had the rest packed in a brown paper bag to give to a hungry street child.

Outside, I met a raggedy malnourished little boy and wordlessly handed him the brown paper bag. He looked suspiciously at me and asked what was in it. Learning it was food, he immediately ran away, shrieking ‘Di ko!’ (No!)

I was surprised, a bit disheartened. So I walked to the cathedral where I expected to find beggars. There I found an old woman sitting on the ground by the main door, in the heat of noon, clutching a rosary. This time I was more circumspect. I explained to her that I had ordered too much for lunch and I was loathe to see so much food wasted and I was wondering if she would accept the rest, assuring her that it was clean. She gladly took the brown paper bag, thanking me profusely. Then, as I was leaving, happy that no food was wasted, she called after me.

‘ Doy,’ ingon siya, ‘ pila man ni?’ (‘Doy,’ she asked, ‘how much is this?’)

I was floored. Only then did I realize what ‘idja-idja, aho-aho’ means.

It means the Bol-anon does not beg!

It means that I belong to a noble culture that believes Man must provide for himself and the community he belongs to. It means that we are free of the humiliating cultural muck of Mendicancy  that the rest of our country is drowning in.

It means that we believe in ourselves. In our own capacity to provide for our own needs through our own resources.

Happily, this is what cooperativism is all about. Self-sufficiency and pride in one’s own.

Then this could be very well our battle cry: ‘idja-idja, aho-aho!’. With this, from ‘outside da Pilipins’ we may be able to rebuild the Philippines, flattened by financial crises, sucked dry by unscrupulous politicians, debased in its own eyes by cultural pollution and disoriented by a demented media that foists the ‘Wowowee’ mentality on Filipinos  in massive daily noontime doses.

Idja-idja, aho-aho!

Mabuhi ang Bol-anon!

Mabuhi and Filipinas! 

[Dr. Jose “Ting” M. Tiongco, chief executive officer of the Medical Mission Group Hospitals and Health Services Cooperative-Philippines Federation,  writes a column, Child of the Sun, for MindaNews. He is author of two books, “Child of the Sun Returning” (1996) and “Surgeons Do Not Cry” (2008). The second book is available at UP bookstore, National bookstore and MindaNews]

Guv seeks DPWH endorsement for funding Bohol-Cebu bridge
Philippine Information Agency (PIA)

Tagbilaran City (31 July) -- Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado successfully goaded the Regional Development Council (RDC7) to prop up the move for the government's public works department to endorse another mega project here, during the recent full council meeting of the regional development body.

Aumentado, who has been so convinced about the feasibility of a multi-access friendship bridge that would cross the shallow channels of Bohol to Cebu has initially sought for grants for its feasibility study.

As soon as the feasibility study is done, a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) endorsesent for international funding would allow funding agencies to pore into the project.

Finally succeeding in getting a $3M grant from the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) of South Korea, Aumentado then took the privilege of seeking the RDC support to push the DPWH to endorse the project for funding.

Despite its non-inclusion from the prepared meeting agenda, Aumentado who sits as the host province's main representatve reported that the project has already gained a grant for its feasibility study.

Rising to the occasion, and to the mutual benefits both provinces can economically get from the proposal, RDC Chair and Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia steered the council to yield in to the Aumentado request.

The plan, according to the Bohol governor is to put up a bridge which would connect Tugas Point in Getafe Bohol to the islets within the Danajon reefs and then off to Olango and then in Cordova Cebu.

Proposed to be a multi-access friendship bridge, the facility would be a conduit for three major development projects: an open transportation access for Cebu and Bohol land trips; a common channel for the fiber optic connection that would tap Bohol into the digital information superhighway and for further developments, a possible infrastructure conduit for sharing potable water for the requirements of highly urbanized Cebu City and its nearby areas.

Reporting further, Aumentado said he was already set to meet the South Korean Ambassador to thresh out the details of the project and for possible funding by the Korean International Cooperation Agency.

A staunch administration ally, Aumentado has been aggressively seeking the realization of high impact infrastructure projects wants this final act as an Administration legacy and a clear econmic investment of the people. (PIA) [top]

Tourism up in Bohol despite crisis

By Chito A. Fuentes
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:22:00 07/31/2009


TAGBILARAN CITY -- The tourism industry in bohol is on the upswing even when tourism was on a downturn in other places, according to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

During the 155th Bohol Day celebration at the Bohol Cultural Center in Tagbilaran City, the President said tourism arrivals have gone down even in leading tourist destinations in other countries due to the world economic crisis.

“But here in Bohol, tourism has gone up [by] 15 percent. Congratulations,” she told her audience composed mostly of government workers in the 2,000-capacity venue.

From 1.8 million visitors in 2004, the President said this rose to 3.14 million in 2008, which made tourism a $5-billion industry.

In her speech, President Arroyo talked about her mega projects in Bohol, including the Bohol irrigation project, the Bohol circumferential road improvement project, roll on-roll off ports and the airport project in Panglao that had already started.

The President arrived at the Tagbilaran airport 5:40 p.m. Tuesday and proceeded to the Amorita Resort in Barangay Tawala, Panglao where she met briefly with provincial officials.

Amorita is the fifth resort in Panglao island that hosted an overnight stay for the President. Ms Arroyo has stayed at the Alona Palm Beach Resort and Eskaya Beach Resort and Spa, both in Panglao; Panglao Island Nature Resort and Spa in Bingag, Dauis; and Bohol Beach Club, which was the venue for her 2006 state dinner visit with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, the first state dinner outside Malacañang.

A marker was unveiled at the inauguration of the P20-million Bohol Medical Center Institute (BCMI) building in Barangay Dao.

The BMCI is a joint project of the provincial government, First Consolidated Bank Foundation, Bohol Chronicle-DYRD-Inyong Alagad Foundation and the New York-based Home Reach Foundation to give indigent and middle class families socialized medical and diagnostic services.