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Verse 1
Mother dear, O pray for me!
Whilst far from heav'n and thee.
I wander in a fragile bark,
O'er life's tempestuous sea.
O Virgin Mother, from thy throne,
So bright in bliss above.
Protect thy child and cheer my path
With thy sweet smile of love.

Chorus
Mother dear, remember me!
And never cease thy care,
'Till in heaven eternally,
Thy love and bliss I share.


Verse 2
Mother dear, O pray for me!
Should pleasure's siren lay.
E'er tempt thy child to wander far
From Virtue's path away.
When thorns beset life's devious way,
And darkling waters flow.
Then Mary aid thy weeping child,
Thyself a mother show.

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1 Peter 1:22 Love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other.

Song of Solomon 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.

1 Corinthians 13:7

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 13:6 Love does not rejoice at injustice or unrighteousness, but celebrates when right and truth prevail.

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Quote from: Votives on January 22, 2013, 03:32:01 PM
nice one doc..

Thank You, Votives.

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How was the celebration today, Fr. Roel? I pray it was a beautiful one...

Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

Psalm 61:1-4

15 As for man, his days are like grass,
he flourishes like a flower of the field;

16 the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.

-Psalm 103: 15-16

I went to visit a funeral wake today at around 11 am my time. My friend, Sernan, was grieving with his family -- his mother had passed away from ovarian cancer. Sernan is a physical therapist and is one of the college instructors at the university that I teach at.

He had asked me last night to help him write a eulogy for his mother. Quite a daunting task. To be honest, i wasn't able to sleep last night because I kept on thinking about his mom and the pain that Sernan is feeling right now.

Dealing with this awakens me to the mortality we all share. Despite our stations in life-- despite our own religious and spiritual upbringing. Death is real and death is sure.

I arrived at Simkin's Funeral Home, which is located in Morton Grove, Illinois, at around 11:50 am. I was greeted by some of my colleagues at work who had came to show their respects to Sernan and his family. It was interesting to find out that Sernan's mother was actually originally from Cebu -- but her family migrated to Dipolog. His father is from Davao. His mother, Carmen, was a dentist from Dipolog. She practiced dentistry here also in the United States for quite some time.

Na luoy ko ni Sernan today. Na luoy pod ko sa iyahang Amahan because I could see the pain in his eyes. I was able to introduce myself to his father and to his brother and sister in law and the rest of their family. Hapit ko ning hilak because i thought of my own Uncle Roy, who had passed in 2009.

Tears filled my eyes when I saw Sernan's father walk in front of the casket and said to his wife, "Carmi, ngano gi iiwan mo ako? Ako ra diri ug wa ka dinhi. Dili na diay ta maka bisita sa Davao? Asa man ko ug wa ka dinhi ?"

I pray for him. His name is Alfredo. I pray that God's infinite mercy will come down to him and support him during this most difficult time. May the Lord God have mercy...

This generation of Filipinos fought a foreign power that invaded us. I think all of them are entitled to be buried in the Libingan ng Mga Bayani. Regardless of whether medals or no medals he, as a soldier who fought that war, is entitled to be buried in Libingan, and I am not denigrating the people who are denying that right or objecting to it. I don’t think they ever saw the muzzles of the guns of a foreign enemy and confronted them.
       
-Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Enrile: Marcos, as soldier, deserves 'Libingan' burial, Manila Bulletin, April 14, 2011

President Marcos turned to me and directed his eyes into mineâ€"an instant of history that still replays in my memoryâ€"and responded that should we stand our ground, a military confrontation against the rebels is inevitable. And in his baritone voice declared "I don’t want us to be shooting at our own people. We must resolve this peacefully."

   - Col. Irwin Ver, "Marcos's chief guard, Irwin Ver, remembers EDSA" , February 25, 2008

Marcos was not a smoker, he was not known as a drinker, he didn’t swearâ€"the strongest expression of irritation people would hear from him was “Lintik!” And he was not much more of a womanizer than most men of his generation and macho culture like to think themselves to be. He was not tall, but trim and athletic for most of his life: a marksman, orator, armed with a photographic memory. Surely we can agree he was a man of talent; we continue to disagree whether he used those talents for anything larger than his own ambitions.
       
-Manuel L. Quezon III, The Long View: Marcos in retrospect, September 17, 2007

I have listened to you, to our people. I have heard your doubts, your anxieties, nay, outright opposition to the lifting of Martial Law. And I have prayed to the Almighty for guidance. And it is after deliberate, sober judgment and soul-searching that I come before you and say, it is now time to terminate martial law.
       
- Speech proclaiming the termination of the state of Martial law, Heroes Hall, Malacañang (17 January 1981)

No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot save a nation. He may guide, he may set the tone, he may dedicate himself and risk his life, but only the people may save themselves.

  -  Address at the launching of the Mabuhay Ang Pilipino Movement, Malacañang (30 November 1972)

I claim the right not to incriminate myself.

  - at a press conference with government lawyers, Hawaii, when questioned about invoking the 5th amendment repeatedly, 1987

You are repetitious and dumb.
       
  - at a press conference in Hawaii, when asked about secret Swiss bank accounts, 1987

This nation can be great again. This I have said over and over. It is my articles of faith, and Divine Providence has willed that you and I can now translate this faith into deeds.

   - Mandate for Greatness,” First Inaugural Speech of President Ferdinand E. Marcos, 30 December 1965.

Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.

    -election speech as candidate for Congress, 1949

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Do you think Martial Law was necessary?

nice.

luoy pod. intawon.

When I was in Bohol in 2010, I loved driving through this road way. Whenever I reached Dimiao, my spirits rose. Why? Because I was just 10 minutes drive from Valencia.

Guapo bitaw ang view sa Dimiao pod. Very peaceful and quiet town....

Quote from: islander on January 27, 2013, 12:31:51 AM
hehe, we have common relatives at the salise line, lorenz.

really? he he , we might be distant relatives, then.

my maternal great grandmother {my grandfather's side) was Sra. Dionisia Salise, who was married to my great grandfather, Sr. Ricardo Salvo.

The Salise Family hail from Barangay Anas of Valencia. Many of them are prominent lawyers, and doctors in their own fields.

From Hubag's hometown to mine.

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he he he ! Thanks for posting this Mike.

Viva Valencia !

Happy Fiesta!

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 11, 2012, 06:28:48 AM
There are a lot of fishing boats in Valencia 24/7. The people in our town are hard core fishers.

So much that we make one of the best, if not the best, ginamos in all of Bohol.

.

He he, ehem, the best gajod. Di ka lupig.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 29, 2012, 09:56:39 AM

The best town in all of Bohol. And that's my view. My Home.

Extending my fraternal and filial regards to all my family and friends in Valencia during this Fiesta Season:

To the Salvo Family, Salise Family, Tan Family, Lim Family, De Los Reyes Family, Namocatcat Family and to all my fellow Valencianhons around the world.



Regards,
Bran Lorenzo Salvo Lucino,
grandson of Fortunata Tan Salvo and Casiano Salise Salvo Sr.

Viva Valencia! Viva! Viva! Viva!

Happy Fiesta Valencia! Pit Senyor Santo Nino!

Quote from: Lollapalooza on January 24, 2013, 10:29:14 AM
will try these..except ampalaya and okra

you don't like ampalaya and okra, jenneth? oh those are my favorite. especially steamed okra..lami na i-tuslo sa soka og tuyo.

with a nice portion of ginamos and rice. man. that's the best stuff in the earth. especially if the ginamos is from valencia..jatiiiii'a!

lami gajod, lai!

deep. thanks for that, jun.

Quote from: islander on January 25, 2013, 11:29:40 AM
my bonnie lies over the ocean
my bonnie lies over the sea
my bonnie lies over the ocean
bring back my bonnie to me...

bring back the fishes to me? he he

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 25, 2013, 11:06:37 AM

probably looking at the food..err..the fishes in the sea.

Quote from: islander on January 21, 2013, 04:20:58 PM

A man wearing a medieval costume casts his ballot at a polling station in Hanover in the central state of Lower Saxony, northern Germany. (AFP)

he he he, oh you jest!

he he he, lami ni i karekarehon.

he he he, cute pod. bahay ni hansel ug gretel?

Congratulations to Mike and Shobel! May God bless your happy marriage.


Regards,
The Lucino Family

I entreat you all with a verse from Ecclesiastes, chapter 3:


There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
4     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

My dearest friend,

How are you? There are times when I wish I could still talk to you again, when our conversations could last all day and night with tales and vibrant discourse. Today I am going to attend a wake for a friend's mother as his mother had passed away. My friend, sernan, was feeling down this week because of his mother's terminal care -- suffering from cancer. She passed peacefully on Thursday at 4:42 pm. When sernan messaged me of his mother's passing, i felt a deep sense of sadness for him, but at the same time, i thought of you, my dear friend. It has been 6 years, my friend, since we last talked face to face. I am left writing these posts , which will never be answered again.

I pray for your mother, father, and brothers. I pray that they are doing well now. I do think of you from time to time, bro.

I came to say that I miss you, my dear friend.



Sincerely,
Always,
Al

Getting ready to attend a wake. My good friend in the hospital, sernan, is going to bury his mother today. I will attend the wake and to help pray for the final repose of his mother's soul. May the Blessed Lord Jesus Christ welcome her spirit into His Kingdom in Heaven.

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Mount Huang, China.

I want to learn how to play the chinese flute. this summer, i'll sign up at the local chinese cultural center in downtown chicago.

beautiful...my lola used to play this when she was still alive.

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Reference:

Co, Alfredo. Across the Philosophical Silk Road: A Festschrift in Honor of Alfredo P. Co (Volume 6: Doing Philosophy in the Philippines and Other Essays. Espana, Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2009. Print.

http://gabrielslibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/elements-of-chinese-thought-in-filipino.html

The Filipino Mind, like the Chinese Mind, Surrenders to Higher Power or Force to Work through Man’s Life

Both Filipino and Chinese have always considered life and the world as eternally mysterious and unfathomable. They struggle to work their way through life, but a certain junction, when they can no longer course their life through obstacles, they surrender to a higher power to help them get across. “Bahala na”, a Filipino will say.

On a carefree day a Filipino will normally dream, struggle through life; he may plan for his future, but once confronted with a problem, he surrenders everything to God or to Bathala â€" let God finally decide on my future, “Bathala na.” For this all â€" knowing God will never leave him at a time when he needs Him most.

The Chinese notion of Wu â€" Wei (literally, non â€" action) in the Daoist Philosophy speaks of a natural course that is also considered the right path of life. A man may have his desires, dreams, and wants, but there is only one path that can deliver him from harm â€" the path of the Dao. In Dao everything comes naturally, effortlessly, and unmistakably. A man who lives along this path surrenders everything to the Dao to work through his life. He glides along the Way of Nature â€" forever simple, unaffected, sincere, and non â€" artificial.

This surrender to a higher force allows the Filipino as well as the Chinese to keep him intact and forever assured of a comfortable place under the sun. Because Bathala cannot abandon him in his time of need, “Bathala will protect him from all odds, and in time, the nightmare will pass away, the storm will be over and he can continue his smooth sailing again. While allowing the path of man to course itself along the path of Dao, man is also assured of the smooth road that leads to inner; serenity and peace.

As can now be gleaned, there seem to be many similarities between the Filipino and the Chinese Minds, and we will discover more of them. If we dig more deeply into the workings of both, this is just an initial attempt to draw such comparison. This project should be continued because history has shown significant collaborations between these two peoples. Moreover, a deeper Filipino understanding of the workings of Chinese Mind in him may in the future awaken his Dragon Spirit that has made Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hongkong, Singapore, and lately, Thailand and Malaysia, assert themselves courageously in building their nations for the twenty â€" first century.

The Filipino Mind, Like the Chinese Mind, Is Devoid Of the Notion of Contradiction

We have, in our previous thesis, claimed that the Filipino Mind as well as the Chinese Mind does not think in absolute terms. They consider reality unfolding before their own eyes as real and natural occurrences. Thus far they think that nothing should be viewed as contradictory with one another, their minds do not think in the common Western mode of a two dimensional logic, neither do they think in “either â€" or” as they find it most comfortable to think in terms of “both â€" and.”

This reconciling and harmonizing tendency may deprive them of discovering the absolute in things, but it also affords them to see light from both sides. The lack of the notion of absolute makes them take the notion of evil so lightly, for they cannot see the absolute goodness and absolute evil in things. To them there is always something good in evil things inasmuch as there is always evil in good things.

This attitude of the mind also affords their will to rest comfortably as they seldom have scruples. They usually acknowledge the individual significance, not only of every human being but also of each kind of philosophy as a thought of possessing some degree of truth (or falsity) in it.

When a Westerner argues with a Filipino or a Chinese, he will usually find him nodding his head in apparent agreement, but when the Westerner leaves, the Filipino or the Chinaman will fall back on his original posture on the issue just taken. For he nodded to show his respect for the other’s point of view, but at the same time, such courteous gesture should not destroy the view he so dearly treasured for so long.

When the Chinese depict two people arguing, they use pictorials of two smiling old folks under a tree gracefully sipping tea against the backdrop of a majestic mountain. For example, a colophon of such a Chinese painting may read: “Once a duck was flying in the sky. Someone saw it and said that it was a pigeon, while another said it was a mandarin. A duck is always a duck; however, only men distinguish things from each other.” Along this similar spirit, a Filipino is not interested in whether the Americans will call a form of payment aid or rent for the use of the bases; what really matters is that the money is delivered. This sort of intuitive imagery always seems to satisfy the Filipino and Chinese. Let the Westerners tackle the problem of semantics and the jargon of polemics.

The Filipino Mind Shares With the Chinese Mind an Intuitive Approach to Reality

When we speak of great systems in Philosophy, what comes to our mind are Western thinkers of the likes of Plato, Aristotle, Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant, G.W.F. Hegel and others. For indeed the West is noted for system building. With a system properly laid down, Westerners proceed to construct a philosophy. Such a system enables them to come up with a long treatise, or a discourse on an idea. Such method doubtlessly accords the Western thinkers the ability to demonstrate their thought discursively and dialectically.

Alas, such method is absent from the Chinese and Filipino minds. Their thinking starts with a contemplation of things unfolding before their eyes, and they allow their mind to outflow with their immediate and unspoiled impressions of reality. Streams of consciousness flow right from their hearts, giving no time for artificial censure of whether such impressions of them in this space â€" time continuum are. Indeed, in such a very private encounter with reality, every impression is always as valid as anyone else’s impression.

There is, however, a difference between the Filipino â€" Chinese intuition on the one hand, and the Indian intuition, on the other. While the latter consciously withdraws its sense faculty form the external world in order to give way to an inner â€" version of the highest truth, Filipino â€" Chinese intuition focuses on the very phenomena unfolding before one’s very eyes and in the process it becomes connatural with phenomena. Here its understanding of the world is also its immediate impression of the world. While the Indian would therefore become silent about the highest truth attained in his mystical intuition, the Filipino â€" Chinese would give a series of interpretations about the world in many poetic expressions.

The Filipino Mind, Like the Chinese Mind, Is Devoid Of Epistemic Truth

Ask a Filipino what Truth and Falsity is, and the first thing that dawns upon him is the ethical notion of Truth and Falsity. The absence of epistemic truth in the Filipino Mind illustrates the fundamental fact that Filipinos have not developed a system of logic.

We know that western thinkers tend to build their philosophy in terms of logical structuring. A system of logic is formed, and then philosophizing ensues. Their philosophical discourse begins with formal logical reasoning, and then ventures into material reasoning. But this western fondness for what they call truth is an offshoot of Plato’s early attempt to distinguish “doxa” (belief) and “episteme” (certitude or knowledge). And what was in the beginning of a formal distinction became a real distinction. In time, Greek, and eventually Western, philosophies became problems of “belief,” “knowledge,” “opinion,” “judgment,” “proposition,” etc. All these elements of philosophizing point to an ideal goal of attaining certitude for acquiring epistemic truth.

The Chinese, and in effect, the Filipino, approach to wisdom proceeds in a different mode. From the very beginning, they have always been concerned with the problem of understanding man in the world rather than merely analyzing it; of learning to live life rather than challenging it in terms of language and polemics; of learning how to glide with nature rather than conquering it. In effect, this kind of mind is more interested in the problem of the importance of living meaningfully in this world.

The Filipino therefore place great importance on propriety in their utterances and behaviour. Like the Chinese, they believe that true wisdom is “knowing â€" to” and not “knowing â€" that.” The Chinese, however, went further in declaring that “knowing â€" to” finds itself a paragon, a morally perfect gentleman.In the absence of epistemic and semantic truth, we find predominance of practical moral and pragmatic truth.

The Filipino language, like Chinese, is marked by the pragmatic focus on whether an idea is able to transform man and not just to inform him. Language then becomes a signpost for a man to experience the good life rather than merely allowing man to know truth or create truth about it. It is in no wonder that in almost all literary works, we find the language consistently reflecting on the practical and action â€" guiding message. Could it then be that this almost deliberate refusal to discover epistemic truth reflects a particular temperament for creative power and intuition? This leads us to another thesis.

The Filipino Mind Shares the Chinese Anthropocentric Thinking

The Filipino Mind tends to consider all things anthropocentrically. As such it belabours itself with the problems of Man, his place in society, the meaning of life, the essence of good life, the problem of human relations â€" in short, the problem of society and ethics. A common serious talk among Filipinos could focus on his such issues as utang na loob, a find of unquantifiable, indefinable indebtness; hiya, a sense of cooperation, or an attempt to live in harmony with others, very often at the expense of what may at least be considered reasonable; karangalan, a kind of self â€" esteem, or a sense of dignity, which is founded. But no matter where these ethical discourses may lead him, he always falls back upon the basic moral, axiom of the Ginintuang â€" Aral, or the Golden Rule, “Huwag mong gagawin sa iba ang ayaw mong gawin sa iyo” (Do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you).

This Golden Rule of Kong Zi (Confucius) precisely explains anthropocentric moral philosophy. For it presupposes first of all Man’s “being there,” and that there is such thing as a “human nature” true to all men. What I therefore think is good for me must also be good for others, and vice â€" versa, inasmuch as what I think is evil for me must also be evil for others, and vice â€" versa.

Consciousness of human others becomes the very moral founding â€" block of both Filipino and Chinese moral philosophy. Man becomes the centre of philosophizing rather than the cosmos. Kong Zi was emphatic in saying that philosophy should centre on man. He was right, because only man needs to philosophize. God, who is the repository of truth, does not need to philosophize, while the birds and the beasts cannot philosophize. Only man, because of his doubts, because of his uncertain â€" ties, needs to philosophize, philosophy is a domain purely of man, by man and for man.

The Filipino Mind Shares the Inductive Mode of Thinking of the Chinese Mind

The Filipino Mind tends to think in terms of the concrete rather than the abstract. It seems to esteem the data of sensory experience, i.e. those that are carried to him through perception, especially visual perception. As in Chinese Philosophy that abounds with reflections that point to particular instances, the Filipino Mind prefers to give examples rather than define the essence of such reflections. A common classroom discussion will readily show the operation of a Filipino mode of thinking in terms of particulars. Ask a student to define a concept and he will usually request that he give an example instead. This mode of reflection clearly shows that both the Filipino and Chinese minds were little interested in the Universals that comprehend or transcend a particular experience. It is quite possible, of course, that they may at times express, or suggest, a variety of abstract notions, but there are no indications of any logical connections among them. Could it be possible that both languages are quite poor for expressing abstract thought?

Their standpoint, which relies solely upon sensory qualities, has made them especially sensitive to a complex variety of phenomena instead of the laws and abstractly conceived unity of things. Here we know quite well that diversity rather than similarity characterizes the realm of phenomena. Consequently, the Filipino and the Chinese minds, which depend upon the perceived world of particulars, are naturally sensitive to the multiplicity of things. They rarely attempt to think about the universal validity of laws that regulate this multiplicity of things, as thought commonly by the Western mind.

This mode of thinking from the particular reflects a unique mode of philosophizing, namely, the method of induction. But, induction has to stop in order to give way to a more philosophical deduction, or so, at least, the western thinkers believe. Where do the Chinese and Filipino Mind proceed from here? They both normally proceed to look for inspiration from aphoristic sayings. The Chinese may then draw theirs from the classics, while the Filipinos may draw theirs from biblical quotations or from some folk sayings.

The Chinese have taught the Filipinos many skills that in time have become an integral part of Filipino culture. For instance, the Chinese introduced the cast â€" iron plow â€" head, the production of sugar from cane and such arts as carpentry, masonry, smith crafting, weaving, dyeing, and soap and candle making. Even processing and preserving foods like miki, misua, bihon, and taho were taught to the Filipinos. The Chinese introduced wood â€" block printing to the Filipinos quite early. Filipino business, trade and commerce cannot be conceived without tracing its roots to the Chinese.

Can it be said that Chinese culture must have seeped so deeply into Filipino culture that it has remained there, potent and unquestioned? Could it be possible that when we speak of the Filipino mind, a part of the Chinese philosophical spirit also works unconsciously there? Perhaps so, and it seems that at this point the task of pursuing such inquiry falls right on my lap. With the given time frame, however, I can only pursue this project with circumspection for the paucity of my data may not warrant any valid conclusions. Moreover, I cannot at the moment, come up with a foolproof methodology with which to proceed with such a comparative study.

Allow me, then, at this moment to present this project by demonstrating my comparison in thesis form. Each thesis may not appear immediately connected with the ensuing thesis but it may be expected to throw light on the issue being posed.

Written by: Alfredo P. Co




Before Magellan rediscovered the Philippines, the Filipino natives had long enjoyed relationship with China, historical records of the Sung Dynasty show that the people of Mai â€" I visited Canton in 982 A.D. The Sulu Archipelago was mentioned in the Ming Dynasty Annals in 1410 A.D. The historical visit of Sultan Paduka of Sulu to the Imperial Palace of the famous Emperor Yong â€" lo can be found in the Ming Dynasty Annals, Volume 325.

The Chinese came to the Philippines primarily to trade, but their cordial encounter brought about the development of a more intimate relationship between the two countries. The two nations have come a long way since. There were intermarriages between Filipinos and Chinese and their descendants proved to have contributed handsomely to the history of the Filipino people.

Today those seeds of friendship have flowered and their descendants have significantly contributed to the forming of a basic Filipino identity and fundamental Filipino psyche. A cursory view of some of the more prominent Filipino thinkers and statesmen reveal the case in point. Jose Abad Santos, Emilio Aguinaldo, Jose Burgos, Gregorio del Pilar, Mariano Gomez, Emilio Jacinto, Teodoro Kalaw, Juan Laya, Apolinario Mabini, Francisco Makabulos, Roman Ongpin, Doroteo Onquinco, and Jacinto Zamora have all played important roles in both early and recent Philippine history.

Let us not forget that the first Filipino Saint Lorenzo Ruiz is half Chinese while our national hero; Dr. Jose Rizal was a descendant of Chin â€" Co and Zun â€" Niu, both of whom were Chinese. Again our former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino is a descendant of a Co clan; her great grandfather was Jose Cojuangco. Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Claudio Teehankee’s father is Chinese, and so is the father of Jaime Cardinal Sin.

Filipino social lexicon reveals Chinese roots. Ate (elder sister), ditse (second elder sister), kuya (elder brother), diko (second elder brother), sanko (third elder brother) is among the social appellations voluntarily used in the Filipino language. Food lexicon cannot be complete without the use of such Chinese words as lumpiya (shredded vegetables wrapped in dough paper), mami (noodle dish), petsay (Chinese cabbage), siomai (steamed dumpling), taho (beancurd), tokwa (hardened beancurd), toge (bean sprouts), and many more.

My dear friend, Jenneth, Thank You for that. Really. I will write this in my personal journal kai inspiring kaayo para nako.

Thank You..

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 24, 2013, 04:40:12 PM
Hmm, as in crossing the Rubicon?

he he he, aelia iacta est.

delikado kaayo ning issue.

he he he, pila man diay ang iphone diha sa pinas, isles?

how truly imperialistic of the chinese government. respect sovereignty laws! this is not 2,000 years ago where the lords of the realms around china had to kowtow to the chinese emperor. times have changed.

i agree.

To tell you the truth, there are times where i don't want to get up from bed and go to work. There is so much on my shoulders and expectations from my family and my colleagues. I feel, sometimes -- honestly, that i should just stay in bed and do nothing. Demanding kaayo ang situwasyon sa hospital, jenneth. Having to deal with the nursing staff, admitting patients, and preparing the medical plan of action for patients -- which have various outcomes -- tallies up. Toxic kaayo. Truly, some days are so toxic that i find myself exhausted and intimidated.

To be honest with you, the only force in this life that provides me with comfort and support that uplifts me from this drudgery and intimidation is my personal relationship with Jesus Christ. If it was not for Christ, jenneth, i would have given up a long time ago.

And, tubag bohol dot com, which allows me to vent my frustration and my emotions -- and express it. tubag bohol has been my therapy since my college days, through medical school, and now through my ph.d program. thank you for listening to my written thoughts. and providing feedback. all of you, who would listen to this poor man who dares to learn.

ug in regards to medical school loans, datu gajud. he he he. yataps.

he he he, i think i'm part of the "pobre" crowd.

Today after work, I stopped by the university to talk to my academic adviser regarding our orientation class for my Ph.D program's doctoral stats class. I asked her when would be the best time we, doctoral learners, have to start planning our doctoral dissertation -- and start.

She said to me, "Lorenzo, you have to have an idea what you want to research by end of the 2nd semester in the Ph.D program." My spirits plummeted. Two semesters is 8 months away. So I have 8 months' time to plan a rough sketch on what I shall focus my research on. To be honest, this Ph.D program, because of the 3-4 years of research & culmination of data on said subject of interest -- is really making me worried.

I am thankful to Carley, my doctoral program academic adviser, for her input in research and design, library resources, as well as introducing me to some student communities -- where we all could share our experiences and motivations.

Yea,... anyone who has ever finished a Ph.D is no joke. I give props for those who survived the doctoral research and dissertation phase. Shieet, dis aint no joke, meyn.  

The time is 1:51 am and im still up finishing up papers from work. Today officially marks my first day of my doctoral statistics class. I have to go to class tonight after work. Luckily for me, i only have class 3 times a week.

Na unsaon man ni ha. How will i juggle hospital rounds, teaching duties and learning duties? I feel stretched out. And I was a fool to think that doing a dual M.D-Ph.D program would be easy.

O Lord my God. I am so stressed.

Quote from: vrglguapo on January 09, 2013, 03:58:38 PM
This is good for you Lorenz serving the poor and the needy.

Pohon, I would like to enlist for Doctors without borders.

Wow....never take China Airlines.

In a small city in the Philippines CHRF works with a league of extraordinary Nuns (the Order of the Missionaries for the Poor), lead by Mother Joan Claire, long time friend of CHRF. Mother Joan’s heart is for the poor and disadvantaged, that is why for years she has been single handedly organized the Nun’s projects in Naga City where they seek out the local orphans and children whom have turned to the trash of the city to scavenge for food (literally digging in the dumps).

Mother Joan and her dedicated order of sisters have not only set up a great feeding program at these dumps in Naga City but also oversee an orphanage for abused and abandoned children that in many cases would have died in the dumps, on the streets or in gutters if not for Mother Joan and her order of Amazing and dedicated Nuns.

In 2011 Children’s Hunger Relief Fund responded to Mother Joan’s need for help after the orphanage was damaged after the Typhoons that washed across most of the Philippines. Thankfully we are happy to report Mother Joan and her band of nuns are back to full operation and are on their way of saving more lives in 2012. Thanks to the many CHRF donors we were able to stretch the value of your gifts and provide Mother Joan with six million dollars worth of aid and medicine!

Recently, a team of CHRF executives went to visit Mother Joan in Naga City where she currently is running the orphanage and local feeding program for hundreds of children.

When asked about the project after the recent visit, a long time CHRF board member responded, “Our first stop was to the Garbage Dump outside Naga City, where a town has emerged filled with people who barely make $2 a day. Here, Mother Joan reaches out to the children, offering them food, medicines, vitamins, and other aid so as to demonstrate the love of God. She is an amazing woman and a great role model for not only her Order of nuns (Sisters for the Poor), not just for the entire local community but is an amazing role model for the world! It’s an honor and a blessing to be able to work with and support such great people do great things for others. We wouldn’t be able to do it without the amazing support of our CHRF Staff and Donors.”

No matter what your involvement, reading the blog, exploring the CHRF website, praying for the children, or donating to the cause, we Thank You for your support and interest in the cause to alleviate hunger around the world! Continuing on the same mission CHRF has dedicated itself to since 1975, Changing the World One Child at a Time!

http://chrfund.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/saints-of-compassion-mother-joan-of-the-philippines/

ABOVE: Mother Joan Clare Chin Loy, director, with a disabled child brought by family members for assistance

Sister in Christ , Amen I say unto you, Amen.

Mother Joan carries out the important work of caring for the poor in the Philippines




Since 1999, Mother Joan Clare has cared for abandoned, abused, and severely disabled children at Queen of Peace Orphanage in the Philippinesâ€"and her work was all inspired by a tiny, starving child she found in Jamaica.

ust as Mother Joan was preparing to retire from 50 years of teaching, the Lord intervened. While making a home visit to a family in Jamaica, Mother Joan discovered a small child cowering underneath a bush. He was alone, with no parents or siblings, and so hungry that he had literally chewed away his own fingers.

At that moment, Mother Joan thought, “I think I’m retiring, but the Lord is showing me he still has work for me to do.”

On September 5, 1997, Mother Joan Clare arrived in the Philippines to begin her service in Naga City with the Compassionate Franciscan Sisters of the Poor (once the Missionaries of the Poorâ€"Sisters).

As she stepped off the plane, she was informed that Mother Teresa had passed away that very day. Mother Joan bowed her head and promised the Lord that the important work of caring for the poor would continue through her.

Indeed, Mother Joan has carried on a legacy of service. Thanks to support from generous Catholics through Cross International Catholic Outreach, she and the Compassionate Franciscan Sisters of the Poor are making a huge difference, especially among the children at Queen of Peace.

With every child she feeds, clothes, and shares the message of Christ with, Mother Joan is answering God’s call to serve, love, and minister to the poorest among us.

“Queen of Peace gives these children a future, gives them hope,” she said. “It allows them to live in peace and in the light of God.”

Please pray for Mother Joan and the precious children at Queen of Peace Orphanage.


http://crosscatholicblog.com/inspired-by-a-child

Quote from: Lollapalooza on January 24, 2013, 11:07:47 AM
Thank you Bran.. God Bless

True friends are hard to find. But when you do find them, one is assured that they are blessings from God.

There is a beautiful verse from Proverbs , chapter 27, jenneth, that teaches us on the benefits of such friendship:

"The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense."

What a beautiful , inspirational piece, Votives. Thank You for sharing that with us.

"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."

- Matthew 22:37-40