We were around twelve inside a van as we are going to attend a meeting at Los Banos, this morning of 04 September 2010. At the South Super Highway, we were invited to take our breakfast so we did.
The fast food was filled with young people so I felt we will be delayed in our meeting place (which we did). I thought to save on time we have to list the food orders of the twelve of us. I immediately got a piece of paper and asked one assistant to take the order before proceeding to the counter.
She took down the order in a piece of paper with their names on it.
Luckily, there is a lane for the elderly and we have somebody with us who has a senior citizen card. When she approached the crew to take our order she gave the list and we were saved a good amount of time.
Making a list is a very practical way to save time.
In fact we could have done it when we are inside the van and it could have also been a game for us.
Time management indeed helps each one.
9/04/2010
4/13/2008
Guesthouse, a Poem
The Guesthouse
This being human is a guesthouse
Every morning a new arrival
A joy, a depression, a meanness
Some momentary awareness
Comes as an unexpected visitor
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows
Who violently sweep your house
Empty of its furniture
Still treat each guest honorably
He may be cleaning you out
For some new delight!
The dark thought, the shame, the malice
Meet them at the door laughing
And invite them in
Be grateful for whoever comes
Because each has been sent
As a guide from the beyond
Translated by Coleman Barks
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi) was a 13th century Persian muslim poet, jurist, and theologian. His name literally means "Majesty of Religion". He was born in Balkh (now part of Afghanistan) and died in present-day Turkey. His works are widely read in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and are in translation in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the U.S., and South Asia. He lived most of his life in, and produced his works under, the Seljuk Empire. Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders.
This being human is a guesthouse
Every morning a new arrival
A joy, a depression, a meanness
Some momentary awareness
Comes as an unexpected visitor
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows
Who violently sweep your house
Empty of its furniture
Still treat each guest honorably
He may be cleaning you out
For some new delight!
The dark thought, the shame, the malice
Meet them at the door laughing
And invite them in
Be grateful for whoever comes
Because each has been sent
As a guide from the beyond
Translated by Coleman Barks
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi) was a 13th century Persian muslim poet, jurist, and theologian. His name literally means "Majesty of Religion". He was born in Balkh (now part of Afghanistan) and died in present-day Turkey. His works are widely read in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and are in translation in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the U.S., and South Asia. He lived most of his life in, and produced his works under, the Seljuk Empire. Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders.
2/02/2008
Language and Social class
Kung mayaman ka, meron kang "allergy" Kung mahirap ka, ang tawag dyan ay "galis" o "bakokang"
Sa mayaman, "nervous breakdown" dahil sa "tension and stress" Sa mahirap, "sira ang ulo"
Kung mayaman ka, "pneumonia" daw ang sakit mo Kung mahirap, "TB" yon Sa mayaman, "hyperacidity" Kapag mahirap, "ulcer" dahil walang laman ang tiyanSa mayamang "malikot ang kamay", ang tawag ay "kleptomaniac"
Sa mahirap, ang tawag ay "magnanakaw" o "kawatan" Pag mayaman ka, you're "eccentric" Kung mahirap ka, "may toyo ka sa ulo" o "may topak" o "may sayad"
Kung mayaman ka at sumakit ang ulo mo, ikaw ay may "migraine" Kung mahirap ka naman at sumakit ang ulo mo, ikaw ay "nalipasan ng gutom"
Kung mayaman ka, you are referred to as someone who is "scoliotic" Pero kung mahirap ka, ikaw ay "kuba"
Kung ang señorita mo ay maitim, ang tawag ay "morena" o "sun tanned"Pero kung isa kang domestic na maitim, ikaw ay "ita" o "negrita" o "baluga"
Kung nasa high society ka at ikaw ay maliit, ang tawag sa iyo ay "petite" Kung mahirap ka lang, ikaw ay "pandak" o "bansot"
Kung socialite ka, ikaw ay "pleasingly plump"Kapag mahirap ka, ika'y "tabatsoy" o "lumba-lumba"...pagminamalas ka, "baboy" Kapag mayaman, "fasting" ang hindi kumain Kung mahirap, "nagtitiis" Kung well-off ka at date ka rito, date ka roon, ang tawag sa iyo ay "socialite"
Kung mahirap ka, ikaw ay "pakawala" o "pok-pok" Kung mayamang alembong ka, ang tawag sa iyo ay "liberated"
Pero kung isa kang dukha, ang tawag sa iyo "malandi" Kapag mayaman, "misguided" o "spoiled" ka Kung mahirap ka, "addict" o "durugista" Kung may pera ka, ang tawag sa iyo "single parent"
Pero kung wala kang trabaho, ang tawag sa iyo "disgrasyada" Kapag mayaman at sexy, "fashionable" daw Kung mahirap, sigurado "GRO" o "japayuki" ka
Ang tawag sa mayayamang puro gulay ang kinakain, "vegetarian" Habang kakaawa ang mahirap na " kumakain ng damo."
Sa exclusive school, "assertive" ang mga batang sumasagot sa mga guro Pero pag ang mga mahihirap na bata ang sumasagot sa mga guro, ang tawag sa kanila ay "bastos!"
Ang mayamang tumatanda, "are graduating gracefully into senior citizenhood" Ang mga mahihirap ay "gumugurang" Ang anak ng mayaman ay "slow learner" Ang anak ng mahirap ay "bobo" o "gung-gong"
Kung mayaman ka at marami kang kumain, you flatter your host who says, "masarap kang kumain and I like you, you do justice to my cooking"
Kung ghastly peasant ka eating the same amount in the same house, your host will say to himself na ikaw ay "patay-gutom" Kung graduate ka ng exclusive school at sa ibang bansa ka nagtatrabaho, ang tawag sa iyo "expat"
Kung mahirap ka lang, ikaw ay "contract worker" Kung boss ka at binabasa mo ito sa office mo, "okay lang" Pero kung ikaw ay hamak na empleyado lamang, ikaw ay" nagbubulakbol"...kaya forward mo na agad ito dahil nasa likod mo ang boss mo
Sa mayaman, "nervous breakdown" dahil sa "tension and stress" Sa mahirap, "sira ang ulo"
Kung mayaman ka, "pneumonia" daw ang sakit mo Kung mahirap, "TB" yon Sa mayaman, "hyperacidity" Kapag mahirap, "ulcer" dahil walang laman ang tiyanSa mayamang "malikot ang kamay", ang tawag ay "kleptomaniac"
Sa mahirap, ang tawag ay "magnanakaw" o "kawatan" Pag mayaman ka, you're "eccentric" Kung mahirap ka, "may toyo ka sa ulo" o "may topak" o "may sayad"
Kung mayaman ka at sumakit ang ulo mo, ikaw ay may "migraine" Kung mahirap ka naman at sumakit ang ulo mo, ikaw ay "nalipasan ng gutom"
Kung mayaman ka, you are referred to as someone who is "scoliotic" Pero kung mahirap ka, ikaw ay "kuba"
Kung ang señorita mo ay maitim, ang tawag ay "morena" o "sun tanned"Pero kung isa kang domestic na maitim, ikaw ay "ita" o "negrita" o "baluga"
Kung nasa high society ka at ikaw ay maliit, ang tawag sa iyo ay "petite" Kung mahirap ka lang, ikaw ay "pandak" o "bansot"
Kung socialite ka, ikaw ay "pleasingly plump"Kapag mahirap ka, ika'y "tabatsoy" o "lumba-lumba"...pagminamalas ka, "baboy" Kapag mayaman, "fasting" ang hindi kumain Kung mahirap, "nagtitiis" Kung well-off ka at date ka rito, date ka roon, ang tawag sa iyo ay "socialite"
Kung mahirap ka, ikaw ay "pakawala" o "pok-pok" Kung mayamang alembong ka, ang tawag sa iyo ay "liberated"
Pero kung isa kang dukha, ang tawag sa iyo "malandi" Kapag mayaman, "misguided" o "spoiled" ka Kung mahirap ka, "addict" o "durugista" Kung may pera ka, ang tawag sa iyo "single parent"
Pero kung wala kang trabaho, ang tawag sa iyo "disgrasyada" Kapag mayaman at sexy, "fashionable" daw Kung mahirap, sigurado "GRO" o "japayuki" ka
Ang tawag sa mayayamang puro gulay ang kinakain, "vegetarian" Habang kakaawa ang mahirap na " kumakain ng damo."
Sa exclusive school, "assertive" ang mga batang sumasagot sa mga guro Pero pag ang mga mahihirap na bata ang sumasagot sa mga guro, ang tawag sa kanila ay "bastos!"
Ang mayamang tumatanda, "are graduating gracefully into senior citizenhood" Ang mga mahihirap ay "gumugurang" Ang anak ng mayaman ay "slow learner" Ang anak ng mahirap ay "bobo" o "gung-gong"
Kung mayaman ka at marami kang kumain, you flatter your host who says, "masarap kang kumain and I like you, you do justice to my cooking"
Kung ghastly peasant ka eating the same amount in the same house, your host will say to himself na ikaw ay "patay-gutom" Kung graduate ka ng exclusive school at sa ibang bansa ka nagtatrabaho, ang tawag sa iyo "expat"
Kung mahirap ka lang, ikaw ay "contract worker" Kung boss ka at binabasa mo ito sa office mo, "okay lang" Pero kung ikaw ay hamak na empleyado lamang, ikaw ay" nagbubulakbol"...kaya forward mo na agad ito dahil nasa likod mo ang boss mo
12/24/2007
Old and new practice
Discussion on female genital mutilation.
Please click on the link.
http://religiouschildabuse.blogspot.com/2007/12/islamic-scholar-opposes-ban-on-female.html
Please click on the link.
http://religiouschildabuse.blogspot.com/2007/12/islamic-scholar-opposes-ban-on-female.html
12/21/2007
Perceptions, perceptions, perceptions
Below is an interesting article by Mr. A.C. Abaya. It is about our perceptions and how it determines our decisions.
Read Below:
‘Most Corrupt President’
By Antonio C. Abaya
Written on Dec. 19, 2007
For Standard Today,
December 20 issue
Of course, it was and is “only” a perception.
But because no one can possibly know all the “objective” facts about anyone or anything, we all make decisions and choices based on our perceptions.
When we buy a new car or choose a lot for our new home, we are making choices based on our perceptions, that this or that brand and model is most suitable to our station in life and our budget, and that this or that neighborhood is the best we can afford to raise a family in.
We probably do not know all the facts about the technical flaws of this or that car, and we probably do not know all the unsavory things that have occurred in this or that neighborhood. Or even if we did, we still make the decision to choose and buy, because our perception is that the pluses outweigh the minuses.
So also with public opinion surveys and free and open elections. We do not know everything about the subject being surveyed on, and we do not know everything about the politicians who are soliciting our votes. But we give our answers to the questionnaires, and we cast our ballots in favor of this or that candidate…..based largely or entirely on our perceptions of the subject and the candidates.
Perception is everything. So when President Arroyo and her apologists in media dismiss the Pulse Asia survey that ranked her the “most corrupt President” of this country in the last 35 years as “not being in tune with reality” – or words to that effect – she is not defining what that reality is. She is merely expressing her perception of the perceptions of her own people about her.
Reality is elusive and unknowable. Even in physics there is such a thing as the Principle of Uncertainty, articulated by the German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg in the 1930s, based on the realization that what was then considered the most elemental event in the universe – the orbit of an electron around the nucleus of an atom - cannot be directly observed and therefore cannot be known with absolute certainty. It can only be mathematically perceived and inferred from related phenomena.
If the Pulse Asia survey had ranked her as “the least corrupt President” in the past 35 years, she would have been beaming from ear to ear and her apologists in media would have been singing hosannas about the unsullied objectivity of Pulse Asia.
But the Pulse Asia survey in question was apparently commissioned by former senator Serge Osmena of the Opposition who had paid a supposed fee of P300,000 for it. Does that make the survey results unreliable and suspect? I personally have confidence in the professionalism of Pulse Asia and would accept the results at face value.
But those who don’t, have the option to pay for a similar survey, to be run by Pulse Asia or by another professional survey organization (such as the Social Weather Stations), and ask exactly the same questions. Would they come up with similar or dissimilar results?
The Pulse Asia survey was conducted between Oct 20 and 31. At that time, the newspaper headlines and the TV evening news were dominated by reports of bags full of cash handed out to congressmen and governors convened in Malacanang, by public calls for GMA’s resignation, by maneuvers to have her impeached, by continuing Senate hearings on the corruption-riddled ZTE broadband contract. It is only natural that public perceptions of her and her government were overwhelmingly negative.
If an administration-sponsored survey were conducted, by the same organization and asking the same questions, during a euphoric period when, say, vast deposits of oil are discovered in our territory, and all those with pending plunder cases with the Ombudsman are convicted, and the NPA and the Abu Sayyaf decide to lay down their arms, and the GDP climbs up to 9 percent, then public perceptions of GMA and her government would be more positive. But would this period of euphoria ever come to pass? Not very likely. .
But we are talking of the here and now, and President Arroyo must suffer the consequences of her own actions and decisions – or failures to act and decide - that have created the present (im)moral environment. She is being fried in her own fat.
To the question: In your opinion, which president is the MOST CORRUPT in the history of the Philippines?, Pulse Asia’s 1,200 respondents gave the following replies: Gloria Arroyo (42%), Ferdinand Marcos (35%), Joseph Estrada (16%), Fidel Ramos (5%), Cory Aquino (1%), No reply (2%).
To the question: In your opinion, under which administration has there been the most intense allegations of corruptions?, the replies were: Arroyo administration (45%), Marcos administration (31%), Estrada administration (14%), Ramos administration (7%), Aquino administration (1%), No Reply (1%).
To the question: In your opinion, which president is the LEAST CORRUPT OR NOT CORRUPT in the history of the Philippines? The replies were: Cory Aquino (66%), Joseph Estrada (11%), Ferdinand Marcos (9%), Fidel Ramos (6%), Gloria Arroyo (5%), No Reply (3%).
The replies to the first two questions more or less reinforce each other. But the answers to the third question conflict in parts with the results of the first two, and suggests that many of the respondents did not completely understand the question. How can Estrada be the second least corrupt when he is also perceived to be the third most corrupt? How can Ramos be ranked both fifth most corrupt and fifth least corrupt at the same time?
But there is no ambiguity about perceptions on who the “Most Corrupt President” is, and it is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. No matter how undisturbed and nonplussed she may try to project herself to be by this latest roasting, it must hurt, and it must hurt badly.
At the start of her presidency in 2001, she had told everyone who cared to listen that she had no ambitions to become “the best president,” only “a good one” and that the Good Lord would take care of the rest. Or words to that effect.
But as things have turned out, she may not even be perceived as “a good president” at all. For most people, it is difficult, even impossible, to reconcile “goodness” with “most corrupt.” Perhaps the Good Lord has a rationale beyond human comprehension for this moral conundrum. Didn’t she tell Pope Benedict that it was the Good Lord who placed her in her position?
Having “bested” Marcos and Estrada in the corruption sweepstakes, will she now be included in the Guinness Book of World Records’ list of the World’s Most Corrupt Leaders, and give the Philippines the singular distinction of being the only country in the world with three - no longer just two - presidents in this list?
But she has no one but herself to blame for this ignominious dishonor.
When Romulo Neri telephoned her that Benjamin Abalos had allegedly offered him a P200 million bribe to approve the ZTE broadband contract, she merely told him, according to Neri, not to accept the bribe but to approve the contract nonetheless. If she were a moral person, she would have fired Abalos for cause, sic-ed the Ombudsman on him and cancelled the contract right away. She cancelled the contract only months later, after public outrage forced her to. The public perception is that she (or a member of her family) was in on the corrupt contract and tried to get away with it.
Since March 2005, the Americans have tried to nudge her into accelerating the trial of Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia for plunder. The Americans, after all, were the ones who arrested Garcia’s sons while they were trying to smuggle in $100,000 in cash at San Francisco International Airport, and the Americans have the documentary evidence on their US bank accounts and their real estate holdings: a condo unit in the Trump Tower in Manhattan and a house and lot in an Ohio town, all on his salary of P27,000 a month as AFP comptroller.
Yet, President Arroyo could not or would not do anything to expedite his trial. The public perception is that many other AFP officers and civilian DND officials – including those with whom she had conspired to topple Joseph Estrada from the presidency in the months before January 2001 – would be exposed as accomplices in Garcia’s scams, and would likely drag her down with them. Similar deliberate foot-dragging in the plunder charges against Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot and Col. George Rabusa can be explained by similar reasons. (See my articles in March/April 2005):
http://www.geocities.com/dapat_tapatt/plunderandgengarcia.html
http://www.geocities.com/dapat_tapatt/plunderandgenligot.html
http://www.geocities.com/dapat_tapatt/plunderandgenrabusa.html
And is there any other explanation in the deliberate efforts by her senior bureaucrats to prevent Virgilio Garcillano from being investigated by the Lower House, and Joc Joc Bolante by the Senate, than the obvious ones that she did not want them to spill the beans about the electoral fraud and the unauthorized use of P728 million in government funds in the May 2004 elections in which she was the principal beneficiary? (See my article/s of July 2005):
http://www.geocities.com/dapat_tapatt/garcisvanashing.html
And those bags full of cash mysteriously distributed to mayors, governors and congressmen and women during or after their meeting with her in Malacanang. Doesn’t she realize that the public does not believe the admissions lamely proffered by various individuals for various supposedly altruistic purposes? The public perception is that these monies were distributed to bribe the recipients a) to block the impeachment proceedings against her; and b) to support the forthcoming revival of charter change to allow her to remain in power beyond 2010, as prime minister.
I could go on. But the point has been established, I believe, that perceptions are just as compelling as reality, especially since she has tried – successfully, it must be said – to block reality from being dragged out into the sunlight. She has no one but herself to blame for being judged the Most Corrupt President of this country. *****
Reactions to tonyabaya@gmail.com. Other articles in www.tapatt.org and in acabaya.blogspot.com.
Read Below:
‘Most Corrupt President’
By Antonio C. Abaya
Written on Dec. 19, 2007
For Standard Today,
December 20 issue
Of course, it was and is “only” a perception.
But because no one can possibly know all the “objective” facts about anyone or anything, we all make decisions and choices based on our perceptions.
When we buy a new car or choose a lot for our new home, we are making choices based on our perceptions, that this or that brand and model is most suitable to our station in life and our budget, and that this or that neighborhood is the best we can afford to raise a family in.
We probably do not know all the facts about the technical flaws of this or that car, and we probably do not know all the unsavory things that have occurred in this or that neighborhood. Or even if we did, we still make the decision to choose and buy, because our perception is that the pluses outweigh the minuses.
So also with public opinion surveys and free and open elections. We do not know everything about the subject being surveyed on, and we do not know everything about the politicians who are soliciting our votes. But we give our answers to the questionnaires, and we cast our ballots in favor of this or that candidate…..based largely or entirely on our perceptions of the subject and the candidates.
Perception is everything. So when President Arroyo and her apologists in media dismiss the Pulse Asia survey that ranked her the “most corrupt President” of this country in the last 35 years as “not being in tune with reality” – or words to that effect – she is not defining what that reality is. She is merely expressing her perception of the perceptions of her own people about her.
Reality is elusive and unknowable. Even in physics there is such a thing as the Principle of Uncertainty, articulated by the German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg in the 1930s, based on the realization that what was then considered the most elemental event in the universe – the orbit of an electron around the nucleus of an atom - cannot be directly observed and therefore cannot be known with absolute certainty. It can only be mathematically perceived and inferred from related phenomena.
If the Pulse Asia survey had ranked her as “the least corrupt President” in the past 35 years, she would have been beaming from ear to ear and her apologists in media would have been singing hosannas about the unsullied objectivity of Pulse Asia.
But the Pulse Asia survey in question was apparently commissioned by former senator Serge Osmena of the Opposition who had paid a supposed fee of P300,000 for it. Does that make the survey results unreliable and suspect? I personally have confidence in the professionalism of Pulse Asia and would accept the results at face value.
But those who don’t, have the option to pay for a similar survey, to be run by Pulse Asia or by another professional survey organization (such as the Social Weather Stations), and ask exactly the same questions. Would they come up with similar or dissimilar results?
The Pulse Asia survey was conducted between Oct 20 and 31. At that time, the newspaper headlines and the TV evening news were dominated by reports of bags full of cash handed out to congressmen and governors convened in Malacanang, by public calls for GMA’s resignation, by maneuvers to have her impeached, by continuing Senate hearings on the corruption-riddled ZTE broadband contract. It is only natural that public perceptions of her and her government were overwhelmingly negative.
If an administration-sponsored survey were conducted, by the same organization and asking the same questions, during a euphoric period when, say, vast deposits of oil are discovered in our territory, and all those with pending plunder cases with the Ombudsman are convicted, and the NPA and the Abu Sayyaf decide to lay down their arms, and the GDP climbs up to 9 percent, then public perceptions of GMA and her government would be more positive. But would this period of euphoria ever come to pass? Not very likely. .
But we are talking of the here and now, and President Arroyo must suffer the consequences of her own actions and decisions – or failures to act and decide - that have created the present (im)moral environment. She is being fried in her own fat.
To the question: In your opinion, which president is the MOST CORRUPT in the history of the Philippines?, Pulse Asia’s 1,200 respondents gave the following replies: Gloria Arroyo (42%), Ferdinand Marcos (35%), Joseph Estrada (16%), Fidel Ramos (5%), Cory Aquino (1%), No reply (2%).
To the question: In your opinion, under which administration has there been the most intense allegations of corruptions?, the replies were: Arroyo administration (45%), Marcos administration (31%), Estrada administration (14%), Ramos administration (7%), Aquino administration (1%), No Reply (1%).
To the question: In your opinion, which president is the LEAST CORRUPT OR NOT CORRUPT in the history of the Philippines? The replies were: Cory Aquino (66%), Joseph Estrada (11%), Ferdinand Marcos (9%), Fidel Ramos (6%), Gloria Arroyo (5%), No Reply (3%).
The replies to the first two questions more or less reinforce each other. But the answers to the third question conflict in parts with the results of the first two, and suggests that many of the respondents did not completely understand the question. How can Estrada be the second least corrupt when he is also perceived to be the third most corrupt? How can Ramos be ranked both fifth most corrupt and fifth least corrupt at the same time?
But there is no ambiguity about perceptions on who the “Most Corrupt President” is, and it is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. No matter how undisturbed and nonplussed she may try to project herself to be by this latest roasting, it must hurt, and it must hurt badly.
At the start of her presidency in 2001, she had told everyone who cared to listen that she had no ambitions to become “the best president,” only “a good one” and that the Good Lord would take care of the rest. Or words to that effect.
But as things have turned out, she may not even be perceived as “a good president” at all. For most people, it is difficult, even impossible, to reconcile “goodness” with “most corrupt.” Perhaps the Good Lord has a rationale beyond human comprehension for this moral conundrum. Didn’t she tell Pope Benedict that it was the Good Lord who placed her in her position?
Having “bested” Marcos and Estrada in the corruption sweepstakes, will she now be included in the Guinness Book of World Records’ list of the World’s Most Corrupt Leaders, and give the Philippines the singular distinction of being the only country in the world with three - no longer just two - presidents in this list?
But she has no one but herself to blame for this ignominious dishonor.
When Romulo Neri telephoned her that Benjamin Abalos had allegedly offered him a P200 million bribe to approve the ZTE broadband contract, she merely told him, according to Neri, not to accept the bribe but to approve the contract nonetheless. If she were a moral person, she would have fired Abalos for cause, sic-ed the Ombudsman on him and cancelled the contract right away. She cancelled the contract only months later, after public outrage forced her to. The public perception is that she (or a member of her family) was in on the corrupt contract and tried to get away with it.
Since March 2005, the Americans have tried to nudge her into accelerating the trial of Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia for plunder. The Americans, after all, were the ones who arrested Garcia’s sons while they were trying to smuggle in $100,000 in cash at San Francisco International Airport, and the Americans have the documentary evidence on their US bank accounts and their real estate holdings: a condo unit in the Trump Tower in Manhattan and a house and lot in an Ohio town, all on his salary of P27,000 a month as AFP comptroller.
Yet, President Arroyo could not or would not do anything to expedite his trial. The public perception is that many other AFP officers and civilian DND officials – including those with whom she had conspired to topple Joseph Estrada from the presidency in the months before January 2001 – would be exposed as accomplices in Garcia’s scams, and would likely drag her down with them. Similar deliberate foot-dragging in the plunder charges against Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot and Col. George Rabusa can be explained by similar reasons. (See my articles in March/April 2005):
http://www.geocities.com/dapat_tapatt/plunderandgengarcia.html
http://www.geocities.com/dapat_tapatt/plunderandgenligot.html
http://www.geocities.com/dapat_tapatt/plunderandgenrabusa.html
And is there any other explanation in the deliberate efforts by her senior bureaucrats to prevent Virgilio Garcillano from being investigated by the Lower House, and Joc Joc Bolante by the Senate, than the obvious ones that she did not want them to spill the beans about the electoral fraud and the unauthorized use of P728 million in government funds in the May 2004 elections in which she was the principal beneficiary? (See my article/s of July 2005):
http://www.geocities.com/dapat_tapatt/garcisvanashing.html
And those bags full of cash mysteriously distributed to mayors, governors and congressmen and women during or after their meeting with her in Malacanang. Doesn’t she realize that the public does not believe the admissions lamely proffered by various individuals for various supposedly altruistic purposes? The public perception is that these monies were distributed to bribe the recipients a) to block the impeachment proceedings against her; and b) to support the forthcoming revival of charter change to allow her to remain in power beyond 2010, as prime minister.
I could go on. But the point has been established, I believe, that perceptions are just as compelling as reality, especially since she has tried – successfully, it must be said – to block reality from being dragged out into the sunlight. She has no one but herself to blame for being judged the Most Corrupt President of this country. *****
Reactions to tonyabaya@gmail.com. Other articles in www.tapatt.org and in acabaya.blogspot.com.
12/06/2007
Manila Pen story
Do open the link and be updated on the analysis of Mr. Tony Abaya on what happened to Manila Pen. Why nobody came?
http://acabaya.blogspot.com/
http://acabaya.blogspot.com/
11/30/2007
Graveyard shift
An interesting topic about cancer and the graveyard shift. Scientist wants to find out its relationship.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/29/night.shift.cancer.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/29/night.shift.cancer.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
11/24/2007
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
This article gives a glimpse of why the US has not signed the global treaty.
Read on and find out why.
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/11/22/childed_1123.html
Read on and find out why.
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/11/22/childed_1123.html
11/17/2007
Okinawa and Suicide
You may have read on Marianette Amper's suicide (?).
Now you will read another version of suicide by the Okinawan as ordered by the Japanese Imperial Army near the end of World War 2.
It is suicide but a difference sort of influence or power. One came from "poverty" the other came from a cultural practice.
Click and read the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7098876.stm
Now you will read another version of suicide by the Okinawan as ordered by the Japanese Imperial Army near the end of World War 2.
It is suicide but a difference sort of influence or power. One came from "poverty" the other came from a cultural practice.
Click and read the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7098876.stm
11/13/2007
Dead at 12
For SO101 students do read the article below and form your opinion. This is for group discussion.
What can you do on similar cases like this?
=================
The Face of Poverty
By Antonio C. Abaya
Written on Nov. 12, 2007
For the Standard Today,
November 13 issue
Like many concerned Filipinos, I was emotionally overwhelmed and driven to tears by the suicide of Mariannet Amper. I could not fathom how and why a 12-year old girl, whose life as a conscious and thinking human being was just beginning, could think of suddenly ending it, by hanging herself.
There must be hundreds, even thousands, of 12-year old boys and girls all over the country who are similarly trapped in hopeless situations of poverty and hunger but who have not killed themselves.
That Mariannet did so suggests that she was particularly vulnerable to self-destruction, either because of her unique family situation, or because of an unusual sensitivity in her personality or psychological make-up, or both. In other words, if she had sought or received the help that all children in her predicament deserved, she might have grown up into a talented and creative person. All the more reason to mourn her loss.
That she kept a diary shows that she was carrying on an internal dialogue with herself, perhaps because there was no one else in her family or in her school that she could communicate with. But even in the internal dialogue in her diary, the excerpts that have been published do not show any bitterness at anyone, and do not hint at any feeling of despair and hopelessness.
It is as if she accepted her condition in life as being normal and immutable, and just as matter-of-factly decided to end it.
In her diary entry dated Oct. 5, Marianet wrote: Parang isang buwan na kaming absent. Hindi na kasi naming binibilang ang absent ko. Hindi ko namalayan na malapit napala ang Pasko. (“It seemed like we were already absent for one month. We don’t count my absences any more. I could not even feel that Christmas was near.”
In her entry of Oct. 14, Mariannet wrote: Hindi kami nakapagsimba dahil wala kaming pamasahe at nilagnat pa ang aking tatay, kaya naglaba na lang kami ng aking nanay. (“We could not go to church because we had no transportation money and my father had a fever, so my mother and I just washed clothes.)
There was also an undated letter meant for a TV program Wish Ko Lang – which encourages viewers to make a wish and promises rewards for those whose wishes are aired. She wrote: Gusto ko na makatapos aks so pag-aaral at gustong gusto ko na makabili ng bagong bike. (I want to finish my schooling and I really want to buy a new bicycle.”) She also expressed her wish to buy a new pair of shoes and a bag and for jobs for her mother and father. “because my father is often jobless and my mother does extra work doing laundry.” The letter to the TV show was never sent.
On the evening of Nov. 1, Mariannet, a Grade 6 pupil at the Ma-a Central Elementary School asked her father for P100 for a school project that was due on Nov. 5. But her father, Isbaelo, 49, an occasional construction worker, did not have the P100. The next day, he says, he was able to borrow P1,000 as advance wages from a promised construction work at a chapel under construction.
But when he got home that afternoon with the money, Mariannet had already hanged herself.
It is a commonplace to blame Mariannet’s suicide on the local barangay officials for failing to notice the sad drama unfolding in Mariannet’s household, on the national government for failing to provide jobs for tens of millions of Filipinos, on the Catholic Church for stubbornly rejecting artificial methods of birth control. (Mariannet was one of seven children.) But I will not play the blame game here.
What Mariannet’s suicide has done has been to put a human face to the statistics of poverty and hunger.
According to a Social Weather Stations survey in March 2007, an estimated 3.4 million households experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months, and that overall hunger remained at the record high 19 percent reached last November 2006.
Moderate hunger – defined as involuntary hunger experienced only “once” or “a few times” in the previous three months – went up to 15.7 percent in Metro Manila, to 18 percent in Mindanao, and declined to 12.7 percent in the Visayas.
Severe hunger – defined as involuntary hunger “often” or “always” – afflicted 3.9 percent of households nationwide, 5.0 percent in Metro Manila, 4.0 percent in Luzon, 2.7 percent in Mindanao, and 4.7 percent in the Visayas. (Inquirer, March 20, 2007)
According to the World Bank, 14.8 million Filipinos live on less than US$1.a day, 43 million Filipinos live on less than US$2 a day. And that includes Mariannet’s family in Ma-a, Davao City. (Inquirer, April 17, 2007) According to the International Food Policy Research Institute, the correct figure is 11 million Filipinos living on US$1 a day.. (Inquirer, Nov. 08, 2007)
Whichever is the more accurate statistic, it is an indictment of the Filipinos’ national leaders in the past 30 years for having spectacularly failed their own people in the most fundamental measures of governance: giving them a secure present and a better future.
President Arroyo has supposedly released P1 billion to make a dent on hunger “within the next six months.” (Inquirer, March 25, 2007). Who does she think she is fooling?
The billions of pesos in kickbacks and over-pricing that accompanied the broadband and the North Rail projects alone, plus the hundreds of millions of pesos distributed to lucky politicians who were invited to that breakfast meeting in Malacanang last Oct 11, would certainly have gone a long way towards alleviating the hunger and poverty of millions of Filipinos.
But the money did not go to them. They went instead to her favorite Filipinos: the already over-fed and over-paid trapos and bureaucrats whose mercenary support she courts and needs in order to stay in power forever. *****
Reactions to tonyabaya@gmail.com. Other articles in http://www.tapatt.org/ and in acabaya.blogspot,com.
What can you do on similar cases like this?
=================
The Face of Poverty
By Antonio C. Abaya
Written on Nov. 12, 2007
For the Standard Today,
November 13 issue
Like many concerned Filipinos, I was emotionally overwhelmed and driven to tears by the suicide of Mariannet Amper. I could not fathom how and why a 12-year old girl, whose life as a conscious and thinking human being was just beginning, could think of suddenly ending it, by hanging herself.
There must be hundreds, even thousands, of 12-year old boys and girls all over the country who are similarly trapped in hopeless situations of poverty and hunger but who have not killed themselves.
That Mariannet did so suggests that she was particularly vulnerable to self-destruction, either because of her unique family situation, or because of an unusual sensitivity in her personality or psychological make-up, or both. In other words, if she had sought or received the help that all children in her predicament deserved, she might have grown up into a talented and creative person. All the more reason to mourn her loss.
That she kept a diary shows that she was carrying on an internal dialogue with herself, perhaps because there was no one else in her family or in her school that she could communicate with. But even in the internal dialogue in her diary, the excerpts that have been published do not show any bitterness at anyone, and do not hint at any feeling of despair and hopelessness.
It is as if she accepted her condition in life as being normal and immutable, and just as matter-of-factly decided to end it.
In her diary entry dated Oct. 5, Marianet wrote: Parang isang buwan na kaming absent. Hindi na kasi naming binibilang ang absent ko. Hindi ko namalayan na malapit napala ang Pasko. (“It seemed like we were already absent for one month. We don’t count my absences any more. I could not even feel that Christmas was near.”
In her entry of Oct. 14, Mariannet wrote: Hindi kami nakapagsimba dahil wala kaming pamasahe at nilagnat pa ang aking tatay, kaya naglaba na lang kami ng aking nanay. (“We could not go to church because we had no transportation money and my father had a fever, so my mother and I just washed clothes.)
There was also an undated letter meant for a TV program Wish Ko Lang – which encourages viewers to make a wish and promises rewards for those whose wishes are aired. She wrote: Gusto ko na makatapos aks so pag-aaral at gustong gusto ko na makabili ng bagong bike. (I want to finish my schooling and I really want to buy a new bicycle.”) She also expressed her wish to buy a new pair of shoes and a bag and for jobs for her mother and father. “because my father is often jobless and my mother does extra work doing laundry.” The letter to the TV show was never sent.
On the evening of Nov. 1, Mariannet, a Grade 6 pupil at the Ma-a Central Elementary School asked her father for P100 for a school project that was due on Nov. 5. But her father, Isbaelo, 49, an occasional construction worker, did not have the P100. The next day, he says, he was able to borrow P1,000 as advance wages from a promised construction work at a chapel under construction.
But when he got home that afternoon with the money, Mariannet had already hanged herself.
It is a commonplace to blame Mariannet’s suicide on the local barangay officials for failing to notice the sad drama unfolding in Mariannet’s household, on the national government for failing to provide jobs for tens of millions of Filipinos, on the Catholic Church for stubbornly rejecting artificial methods of birth control. (Mariannet was one of seven children.) But I will not play the blame game here.
What Mariannet’s suicide has done has been to put a human face to the statistics of poverty and hunger.
According to a Social Weather Stations survey in March 2007, an estimated 3.4 million households experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months, and that overall hunger remained at the record high 19 percent reached last November 2006.
Moderate hunger – defined as involuntary hunger experienced only “once” or “a few times” in the previous three months – went up to 15.7 percent in Metro Manila, to 18 percent in Mindanao, and declined to 12.7 percent in the Visayas.
Severe hunger – defined as involuntary hunger “often” or “always” – afflicted 3.9 percent of households nationwide, 5.0 percent in Metro Manila, 4.0 percent in Luzon, 2.7 percent in Mindanao, and 4.7 percent in the Visayas. (Inquirer, March 20, 2007)
According to the World Bank, 14.8 million Filipinos live on less than US$1.a day, 43 million Filipinos live on less than US$2 a day. And that includes Mariannet’s family in Ma-a, Davao City. (Inquirer, April 17, 2007) According to the International Food Policy Research Institute, the correct figure is 11 million Filipinos living on US$1 a day.. (Inquirer, Nov. 08, 2007)
Whichever is the more accurate statistic, it is an indictment of the Filipinos’ national leaders in the past 30 years for having spectacularly failed their own people in the most fundamental measures of governance: giving them a secure present and a better future.
President Arroyo has supposedly released P1 billion to make a dent on hunger “within the next six months.” (Inquirer, March 25, 2007). Who does she think she is fooling?
The billions of pesos in kickbacks and over-pricing that accompanied the broadband and the North Rail projects alone, plus the hundreds of millions of pesos distributed to lucky politicians who were invited to that breakfast meeting in Malacanang last Oct 11, would certainly have gone a long way towards alleviating the hunger and poverty of millions of Filipinos.
But the money did not go to them. They went instead to her favorite Filipinos: the already over-fed and over-paid trapos and bureaucrats whose mercenary support she courts and needs in order to stay in power forever. *****
Reactions to tonyabaya@gmail.com. Other articles in http://www.tapatt.org/ and in acabaya.blogspot,com.
10/09/2007
Religion and Belief
An interesting article on religion and belief.
Please click on link:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/08/news/edmartin.php
Please click on link:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/08/news/edmartin.php
9/12/2007
Russian Sex Day
The article talks about the Russian "Have a Sex day". It talks of the relativity of the word "population explosion".
My students in SO 101, Introduction to Sociology is welcome to send their feedback or reflection.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6990802.stm
My students in SO 101, Introduction to Sociology is welcome to send their feedback or reflection.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6990802.stm
8/19/2007
Sa Kambas ng lipunan, In Society's Canvass
Sa Kambas ng Lipunan is about Joey Velasco, a human being trapped in a country called the Philippines. He is a sculptor and painter. It is about a society that transform and continues to transform human beings caught in its inevitable boundaries: family, relatives, social class, government, places of work, neighborhood, friends, drinking partners, finite resources in the hands of a few, hubris of power holders and the call of Christians to be meek, and other variables that we may call a life.
It is a 19-minutes video story of his painting. This story transects the gamut of society's social, political, religion, economic, ideological and theological debate that may be asking, where is society going?
In a group of 5-members (maximum) discuss the main content of Velasco's message. What do you think are the main points that you think you can relate with? Why?
You can start with the sentence, "After watching the video of Joey Velasco, I/We can relate with the following points that he raised. These are..."
You can write in a bulleted form and state you or your groups thinking about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzYgSJCPEtY
Deadline: 18 & 19 September 2007 (regular class days).
Maximum pages: 3
8 x 11 paper size
Front page should contain:
Your schedule: Ex: WF: 1:30 pm
Names are typewritten: Hand written names gets an automatic 55 points out of 100.
For my students who are going to read this, read the comment of Mr. Joey Velasco in which he is inviting us to visit his work at Ateneo at Manny Pangilinan building. If you have time please see his exhibit. We hope to meet him there. I will be there on Thursday 2-3 pm.
It is a 19-minutes video story of his painting. This story transects the gamut of society's social, political, religion, economic, ideological and theological debate that may be asking, where is society going?
In a group of 5-members (maximum) discuss the main content of Velasco's message. What do you think are the main points that you think you can relate with? Why?
You can start with the sentence, "After watching the video of Joey Velasco, I/We can relate with the following points that he raised. These are..."
You can write in a bulleted form and state you or your groups thinking about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzYgSJCPEtY
Deadline: 18 & 19 September 2007 (regular class days).
Maximum pages: 3
8 x 11 paper size
Front page should contain:
Your schedule: Ex: WF: 1:30 pm
Names are typewritten: Hand written names gets an automatic 55 points out of 100.
For my students who are going to read this, read the comment of Mr. Joey Velasco in which he is inviting us to visit his work at Ateneo at Manny Pangilinan building. If you have time please see his exhibit. We hope to meet him there. I will be there on Thursday 2-3 pm.
8/09/2007
Partition
We have discussed that when ethnic groups meet, partition is one of the device that power holders use (in this case Britain). India and Pakistan is an example of this as attested by the BBC report in a link below. Read the content of link below.
In a group of 3 members, do a research on a device as to how partition was used by power holders. One example only (plus 5 points).
Deadline 23 and 24 August.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6926057.stm
In a group of 3 members, do a research on a device as to how partition was used by power holders. One example only (plus 5 points).
Deadline 23 and 24 August.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6926057.stm
7/22/2007
Prelim Exam Question
The preliminary exam questions release is to start 26 July, 2007.
Thus, you have to ask your teacher as to the finality of the release date question.
Below are the instructions for your prelim exam:
1. Group yourselves into a group composed of 3-members, maximum. Individual work is accepted.
2. Read the contents of the link. It is about poverty in Nigeria which has oil as a natural resource but is mired in poverty. Make a research about Nigeria, its profile (Wikipedia will be of help and other sources like, Google, BBC, and CNN, Yahoo, look for their country profile).
Click on the link below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6908754.stm
3. Read the works of Mr. Antonio Abaya at http://www.tapatt.org/ Look for the works of Mr. Alejandro Lichauco. You can Google the works of Mr. Lichauco and read his ideas (he told me to Google it). Read their works and in your paper indicate how should a country proceed in their path to development that will be able to conquer mass poverty. Then reflect on the reports that we have discussed inside the classroom on how we can change ourselves and our country. In a way this will be a labyrynth research. You have to read, research and read. You have to shuttle from website to website.
As you discuss with your group on how to write your paper, a structure is suggested here:
a. A background on how you worked with your groupmates.
b. Profile of Nigeria and Philippines (comparison)
c. Thoughts of Mr. Abaya on economic development
d. Thoughts of Mr. Alejandro Lichauco on economic development.
4. Maximum page is ten short white paper.
5. Deadline of your prelim paper is 7 August (TTh class) 8 August (WF class).
6. First page should only contain your name/s, class schedule and date of submission, names are all printed, no hand written (18 points). Works should be stapled and double spaced.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6908754.stm
Thus, you have to ask your teacher as to the finality of the release date question.
Below are the instructions for your prelim exam:
1. Group yourselves into a group composed of 3-members, maximum. Individual work is accepted.
2. Read the contents of the link. It is about poverty in Nigeria which has oil as a natural resource but is mired in poverty. Make a research about Nigeria, its profile (Wikipedia will be of help and other sources like, Google, BBC, and CNN, Yahoo, look for their country profile).
Click on the link below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6908754.stm
3. Read the works of Mr. Antonio Abaya at http://www.tapatt.org/ Look for the works of Mr. Alejandro Lichauco. You can Google the works of Mr. Lichauco and read his ideas (he told me to Google it). Read their works and in your paper indicate how should a country proceed in their path to development that will be able to conquer mass poverty. Then reflect on the reports that we have discussed inside the classroom on how we can change ourselves and our country. In a way this will be a labyrynth research. You have to read, research and read. You have to shuttle from website to website.
As you discuss with your group on how to write your paper, a structure is suggested here:
a. A background on how you worked with your groupmates.
b. Profile of Nigeria and Philippines (comparison)
c. Thoughts of Mr. Abaya on economic development
d. Thoughts of Mr. Alejandro Lichauco on economic development.
4. Maximum page is ten short white paper.
5. Deadline of your prelim paper is 7 August (TTh class) 8 August (WF class).
6. First page should only contain your name/s, class schedule and date of submission, names are all printed, no hand written (18 points). Works should be stapled and double spaced.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6908754.stm
7/21/2007
Assignment 2
For those whom I assigned assignment to visit the website by Sunday 12:01 pm or a time that I have written something for you to do.
Pick up any one topic in the blogsite and write a reaction paper using some of the sociological terms that you have studied. It shall be 2-3 pages, double spaced. You can group yourselves into 3 members.
Deadline August 2 (TTH) and 3 (WF). No late papers please.
Pick up any one topic in the blogsite and write a reaction paper using some of the sociological terms that you have studied. It shall be 2-3 pages, double spaced. You can group yourselves into 3 members.
Deadline August 2 (TTH) and 3 (WF). No late papers please.
7/18/2007
Poverty in America
Can you see the difference or similarity in the Philippines and America?
Comments are welcome.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_on_el_pr/poverty_tour_kentucky
Comments are welcome.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_on_el_pr/poverty_tour_kentucky
7/17/2007
American angst
This is the first issue on globalization topic on this blog. Read the contents and we will discuss the points raised by the author.
Will globalization benefit the Philippines?
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1537388920070715?pageNumber=1
Will globalization benefit the Philippines?
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1537388920070715?pageNumber=1
Walking in Trees.
Upright walking began in trees.
Read the link below. Feedback and questions welcome.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6709627.stm
Read the link below. Feedback and questions welcome.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6709627.stm
Moonwalk?
Below is a link on human evolution and about walking.
What is the implication of knowing this information?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6902379.stm
What is the implication of knowing this information?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6902379.stm
What sets us apart?
Looking for what set us apart from primates?
Please Read link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070716/sc_livescience/thebrightsideofspiterevealed
Please Read link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070716/sc_livescience/thebrightsideofspiterevealed
7/16/2007
Teenage Travel
Read the influence of parents to their teenage daughter and son. There is a strong sense of belief on how parents treat their daughter and son.
The writer turned out to be a novelist.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/15/opinion/edspiotta.php
The writer turned out to be a novelist.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/15/opinion/edspiotta.php
7/14/2007
Spain and Childbirth
Below is a link about Spain and their declining child birth.
Read the article below and think if we (the Philippines) can reach this stage?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/13/news/spain.php
Read the article below and think if we (the Philippines) can reach this stage?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/13/news/spain.php
7/11/2007
Trivia
Why do milk containers have four side and soft drinks have rounded containers when they are both liquid state?
Why is it hard to get a taxi when it rains?
Is it economics? Designs? Find out.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/05/arts/design9.php
Why is it hard to get a taxi when it rains?
Is it economics? Designs? Find out.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/05/arts/design9.php
Japanese way
This one is good.
Its about the Japanese way of life and some dilemmas is may pose for a non-Japanese. Compare this to the Filipino way of life.
What will we be if the Japanese won the war?
Read on.
Comment welcome.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/10/opinion/edkumiko.php
Its about the Japanese way of life and some dilemmas is may pose for a non-Japanese. Compare this to the Filipino way of life.
What will we be if the Japanese won the war?
Read on.
Comment welcome.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/10/opinion/edkumiko.php
Iran government and adultery
Read the article below.
In short the Iranian government are executing people who have committed adultery.
Will this happen in the Philippines?
Comment-Feedback welcome.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/11/africa/11iran-web.php
In short the Iranian government are executing people who have committed adultery.
Will this happen in the Philippines?
Comment-Feedback welcome.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/11/africa/11iran-web.php
Second-hand smoke, we are victims
Lonelytsunami's profile says that tobacco control is one of the concerns that this blog is concerned of. Below are links on the effects of second-hand smoke to human.
We have to remember that smokers are victims of the tobacco industry and nicotine addiction.
Most non-smokers do not know much of these information.
Equip yourself with knowledge.
Please click on the link below to get more information:
http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/
http://www.fctc.org/
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/
Should you need more information and feel you want to do something, please leave a message in this spot and I'll get back to you.
We have to remember that smokers are victims of the tobacco industry and nicotine addiction.
Most non-smokers do not know much of these information.
Equip yourself with knowledge.
Please click on the link below to get more information:
http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/
http://www.fctc.org/
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/
Should you need more information and feel you want to do something, please leave a message in this spot and I'll get back to you.
7/10/2007
Food additives
Information on food additive in sausages and cancer.
Are people aware of carcinogenic contents in their food?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6286834.stm
Are people aware of carcinogenic contents in their food?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6286834.stm
Education in Afghanistan
Read the article by clicking on the link.
It is about the state of affairs on Education in Afghanistan.
What questions come to your mind?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/09/news/afghan.php?page=1
It is about the state of affairs on Education in Afghanistan.
What questions come to your mind?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/09/news/afghan.php?page=1
Happy to be dead!
Happy to be dead.
Click on the link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286498.stm
Why it is nice to attend a funeral and be happy that the one to be burried deserves to die?
Feedback welcome.
Click on the link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286498.stm
Why it is nice to attend a funeral and be happy that the one to be burried deserves to die?
Feedback welcome.
Drink Tap Water New Yorker
Below is a link about New York City campaigning to drink water from the tap. Bottled water drinking habit becomes popular for the past several years now and many entrepreneurs are cashing on it.
On the other hand it is claimed by some environmentalist that drinking bottled water contributes to global warming.
How will this conciousness change our perception on our action towards drinking water? Are we really endangering our environment if we drink from bottled water? If yes, why? If no, why not?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286606.stm
On the other hand it is claimed by some environmentalist that drinking bottled water contributes to global warming.
How will this conciousness change our perception on our action towards drinking water? Are we really endangering our environment if we drink from bottled water? If yes, why? If no, why not?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286606.stm
7/07/2007
Life in the 1500's
The text in this posting came from a forwarded message. In our discussion, we have encountered the concept of cultural lag. Cultural lag is a process wherein past habituation or human practices are still carried over the present times.
The article invite us towards understanding.
Do you have something to add to this list: Post it.
LIFE IN THE 1500's The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:
1 Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
2 Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying... Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
3 Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. I t was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying ... It's raining cats and dogs.
4 There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
5 The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, dirt poor.
6 The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
7 In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.
8 Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.
9 Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
10 Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.
11 Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.
12 England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a ...dead ringer.
And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !
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The article invite us towards understanding.
Do you have something to add to this list: Post it.
LIFE IN THE 1500's The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:
1 Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
2 Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying... Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
3 Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. I t was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying ... It's raining cats and dogs.
4 There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
5 The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, dirt poor.
6 The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
7 In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.
8 Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.
9 Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
10 Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.
11 Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.
12 England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a ...dead ringer.
And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !
Educate someone. Share these facts with a friend
6/28/2007
Groupings
Groupings are usually given definite number of members.
But if you want to work individually you can do so.
But if you want to work individually you can do so.
6/24/2007
Crowds
Crowds and music blends well as long a respect for people's spaces are recognized. Crowds like the one you are going to see on the subject matter of behavior seems to be in disorder. But here on a demonstration at Washington DC, crowds follow their leaders.
I heard the song Blowing in the Wind, when I was a teen-ager. We were singing it in a Catholic Church, at San Juan, I was part of a choir.
Compare the definition of crowds to the one you are going to see at www.youtube.com type in the following tags: Peter Paul and Mary, Washington DC 1971 and Give Peace a Chance John Lennon.
You can also look it up at Wikipedia.org
I heard the song Blowing in the Wind, when I was a teen-ager. We were singing it in a Catholic Church, at San Juan, I was part of a choir.
Compare the definition of crowds to the one you are going to see at www.youtube.com type in the following tags: Peter Paul and Mary, Washington DC 1971 and Give Peace a Chance John Lennon.
You can also look it up at Wikipedia.org
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
If you are tired and you feel to see something different and be inspired, go to www.youtube.com and type in: story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
It is 7:16 short.
Just listen to the music and read the text.
Send me feedback.
Thanks.
It is 7:16 short.
Just listen to the music and read the text.
Send me feedback.
Thanks.
6/22/2007
Mr. Abaya
For your reading pleasure and intellectual analysis, visitors of this site are invited to visit: http://acabaya.blogspot.com/
There is an article on Morality.
Start reading that piece and send me your feedback. Thank you.
There is an article on Morality.
Start reading that piece and send me your feedback. Thank you.
6/18/2007
AA Role and Scope of Sociology 04
What can learning sociology do to your life?
Please list 3 things in your notebook.
What is the sociological perspective?
In a group of 4-members please bring one statistical table (newspaper clipping, to be pasted on a bond paper). Submission is on TTh class 28 June, WF class 29 June. Please write your group members on left hand corner, printed hand written.
I will be discussing the whole chapter. Thank you for your time.
If you have any problem/s please seek help.
Please list 3 things in your notebook.
What is the sociological perspective?
In a group of 4-members please bring one statistical table (newspaper clipping, to be pasted on a bond paper). Submission is on TTh class 28 June, WF class 29 June. Please write your group members on left hand corner, printed hand written.
I will be discussing the whole chapter. Thank you for your time.
If you have any problem/s please seek help.
6/17/2007
AA Starters 01
Greetings!
For starters on sociology: please click on the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology you will encounter hundreds of blue links on that site. My suggestion is you just go ahead reading. After reading the article do write your questions in which we are going to discuss.
One of my favorite definition of sociology is "it is the study of becoming". Since we are social beings (social-animals-homo-sapiens) our interaction shape our being. Look at the social forces around you, family, roles, parents, beliefs, mass-media, schools, peer-group-kada, club, organization, culture (we have a special chapter in culture) ... there are various forces that shape our decisions. Thus, are we free?
We (I) may not be free but we (I) can decide.
When we decide on our own, will that affirm our freedom? Yes and No.
Yes, because we believe that we have decided and that is a manifestation of being free.
No, because some would say that freedom is an illusion.
Well, this may go on and on. But it is nice to experience how we make decisions and really decide on our own or with the help of our significant-others. But in the end it is up to us to decide, that is according to one student of life.
There are many constraints particularly for adolescents like my students in wanting what they want to achieve. Thus, they have to work hard on what they want to do with their life. Some of them are stucked, because they do not know what they want in life or they do not know their life direction is. Thus, we have a problem here. Adolescents usually encounter this dilemma: What do I (the adolescent) really want to do with my (their) life?
Me? When I was young, I was stucked with this problematique. What do I want to do? How can I become relevant? I have a life, what shall I do with it? (Are you identifying with these questions? Can you relate with it?). In a way I was able to resolve it years later.
Thus, schools have instituted structures to engage with such problems, schools have assigned counsellors to guide students. Of course these problems have links with family life since the family is the basic unit of a living community. Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institution
We are now going to do the timeline, a classroom activity. Bring two-short white paper and join them together length wise with a tape. Bring a ruler and a pencil. You can go to the title AA timeline if you missed the classroom discussion.
We are society. We are part of society and society is part of us.
For starters on sociology: please click on the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology you will encounter hundreds of blue links on that site. My suggestion is you just go ahead reading. After reading the article do write your questions in which we are going to discuss.
One of my favorite definition of sociology is "it is the study of becoming". Since we are social beings (social-animals-homo-sapiens) our interaction shape our being. Look at the social forces around you, family, roles, parents, beliefs, mass-media, schools, peer-group-kada, club, organization, culture (we have a special chapter in culture) ... there are various forces that shape our decisions. Thus, are we free?
We (I) may not be free but we (I) can decide.
When we decide on our own, will that affirm our freedom? Yes and No.
Yes, because we believe that we have decided and that is a manifestation of being free.
No, because some would say that freedom is an illusion.
Well, this may go on and on. But it is nice to experience how we make decisions and really decide on our own or with the help of our significant-others. But in the end it is up to us to decide, that is according to one student of life.
There are many constraints particularly for adolescents like my students in wanting what they want to achieve. Thus, they have to work hard on what they want to do with their life. Some of them are stucked, because they do not know what they want in life or they do not know their life direction is. Thus, we have a problem here. Adolescents usually encounter this dilemma: What do I (the adolescent) really want to do with my (their) life?
Me? When I was young, I was stucked with this problematique. What do I want to do? How can I become relevant? I have a life, what shall I do with it? (Are you identifying with these questions? Can you relate with it?). In a way I was able to resolve it years later.
Thus, schools have instituted structures to engage with such problems, schools have assigned counsellors to guide students. Of course these problems have links with family life since the family is the basic unit of a living community. Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institution
We are now going to do the timeline, a classroom activity. Bring two-short white paper and join them together length wise with a tape. Bring a ruler and a pencil. You can go to the title AA timeline if you missed the classroom discussion.
We are society. We are part of society and society is part of us.
AA Assignment 03
This covers all my section in SO 101.
Group yourselves in 4 members and submit a research on the subject of science.
The title of your paper is "What is Science?" It should be a minimum 3 pages only.
You should quote your reference.
Second "What are the benefits of using science to humankind?" This can be a bulleted format.
Names of your group mates should appear at the left hand corner with the date of submission 28 June TTH class 29 June WF class.
All should be typewritten. All names should be typewritten. Best if it is double-spaced. The paper is valued at 100 points. No excuses.
Group yourselves in 4 members and submit a research on the subject of science.
The title of your paper is "What is Science?" It should be a minimum 3 pages only.
You should quote your reference.
Second "What are the benefits of using science to humankind?" This can be a bulleted format.
Names of your group mates should appear at the left hand corner with the date of submission 28 June TTH class 29 June WF class.
All should be typewritten. All names should be typewritten. Best if it is double-spaced. The paper is valued at 100 points. No excuses.
AA Timeline 02
For those who were absent in our previous meeting, here is how you are going to do the timeline:
1. Get two pieces of white paper, either short or long. With a tape, bond them from the middle. Thus, you have added the paper one paper size longer.
2. Get the middle part length-wise and write a straight line by using a ruler.
3. On your left starting line write "Birth". At the end of the paper, write "Death".
4. The straight line is your time line. You are to determine how long you are going to spend your time here on Earth. Eg. (exempli gratia, example: 70 years old). Write 70 years old at the end of the right side of the paper. At the middle, you write 35 which is you theoretical mid-life. You can either divide the timeline by fives or tens.
5. Most of you land somewhere on year 16, 17, 18 (not your fault!) On the left side of this is your spent time and on the right side of this is your time to be spent or lived. See how much hours you got and years!
6. This gives you a graphic tool to plan your life (or not to plan it, you decide)
7. Now you have to see me on what intervention we are going to do with your paper.
8. If you are finish share it with your trusted classmate.
9. Please place it in a folder because that is a work in progress.
1. Get two pieces of white paper, either short or long. With a tape, bond them from the middle. Thus, you have added the paper one paper size longer.
2. Get the middle part length-wise and write a straight line by using a ruler.
3. On your left starting line write "Birth". At the end of the paper, write "Death".
4. The straight line is your time line. You are to determine how long you are going to spend your time here on Earth. Eg. (exempli gratia, example: 70 years old). Write 70 years old at the end of the right side of the paper. At the middle, you write 35 which is you theoretical mid-life. You can either divide the timeline by fives or tens.
5. Most of you land somewhere on year 16, 17, 18 (not your fault!) On the left side of this is your spent time and on the right side of this is your time to be spent or lived. See how much hours you got and years!
6. This gives you a graphic tool to plan your life (or not to plan it, you decide)
7. Now you have to see me on what intervention we are going to do with your paper.
8. If you are finish share it with your trusted classmate.
9. Please place it in a folder because that is a work in progress.
Posting Comment
When you are posting comments, please write your name, Surname first, section and class schedule.
6/16/2007
Mistake
A mistake
When I went back to my original http address, the address that I wrote was a misspelling. It went to: http://mallofosciology.blogspot.com I am now looking how I will be able to edit it.
Teachers also make mistakes. That is a learning we get out of life.
When I went back to my original http address, the address that I wrote was a misspelling. It went to: http://mallofosciology.blogspot.com I am now looking how I will be able to edit it.
Teachers also make mistakes. That is a learning we get out of life.
Picture on Top
The picture was taken last year, July, at Bangor Maine. Am with my sister-in-law and his son. It was such a nice place. I just came from Washington DC for the 2006 World Cancer Conference from 4-12 July.
Picture below is a picture taken inside a classroom in which I am showing the two books made by Dr. Judith Mackay et al. The two books are Tobacco Atlas and Cancer Atlas.
Picture below is a picture taken inside a classroom in which I am showing the two books made by Dr. Judith Mackay et al. The two books are Tobacco Atlas and Cancer Atlas.
What do you know Lonely Tsunami?
I discovered that I named myself, but which you know my real identity appearing in your registration form that my name in which I hide my real identity is Lonely Tsunami.
Such a name that, could there really be a Lonely Tsunami that exist? Is it for hiding something like an identity in the cyberspace that you and I are occupying which is really a minuscule in atomic weight.
Or was it the terrible tsunami that hit Bandar Aceh in December of 2005? My intended adjective is meaningless in that situation because that tsunami wreaked havoc to the lives of millions in Indonesia, stretching to Malaysia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and Africa.
I encourage you to visit You Tube for video clips and news items that you can find at available text search engines. Just write relevant tags as you do the search.
Lonely Tsunami, was it just like, name recall? What do you think?
Such a name that, could there really be a Lonely Tsunami that exist? Is it for hiding something like an identity in the cyberspace that you and I are occupying which is really a minuscule in atomic weight.
Or was it the terrible tsunami that hit Bandar Aceh in December of 2005? My intended adjective is meaningless in that situation because that tsunami wreaked havoc to the lives of millions in Indonesia, stretching to Malaysia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and Africa.
I encourage you to visit You Tube for video clips and news items that you can find at available text search engines. Just write relevant tags as you do the search.
Lonely Tsunami, was it just like, name recall? What do you think?
Welcome again!
Welcome again!
After surfing the page of mallofsociology, I found out that I did created a blogsite last April by the name of SM SociologyMall.
The contents in which I have written (copy, paste talaga!) below. Please do click on the link. Feedbacks are welcome. Welcome again!
Thank you.
Sir AL
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Welcome to this blog-page.
This is one of the ever growing blog space/s that is being created in the cyber-space. In a recent research every 11-seconds a blogpage is being created.
Listen. You can just estimate how many pages is being created in the cyber-space. All those words are being typed now from Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Swahili, English (hakuna matata), Polish, German, French etc.
Let's digress a moment to our Sociology 101 is your introductory course about Sociology (Please visit www.wikipedia.com and search on the label sociology and other related label anthropology).
They say that Rome was not built in a day. Thus, learning sociology will not be in just one blogspace.
Get my drift?
You will be given assignment and more and more readings.
Enjoy this semester. AL Jose Leonidas, magical ahhhhh
After surfing the page of mallofsociology, I found out that I did created a blogsite last April by the name of SM SociologyMall.
The contents in which I have written (copy, paste talaga!) below. Please do click on the link. Feedbacks are welcome. Welcome again!
Thank you.
Sir AL
8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
Welcome to this blog-page.
This is one of the ever growing blog space/s that is being created in the cyber-space. In a recent research every 11-seconds a blogpage is being created.
Listen. You can just estimate how many pages is being created in the cyber-space. All those words are being typed now from Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Swahili, English (hakuna matata), Polish, German, French etc.
Let's digress a moment to our Sociology 101 is your introductory course about Sociology (Please visit www.wikipedia.com and search on the label sociology and other related label anthropology).
They say that Rome was not built in a day. Thus, learning sociology will not be in just one blogspace.
Get my drift?
You will be given assignment and more and more readings.
Enjoy this semester. AL Jose Leonidas, magical ahhhhh
Welcome!
Welcome!
Thank you for landing into my blogsite. This is my really directed (read: serious) blogsite. I have had made several blogsite but I forgot their addresses already. The purpose of this blogsite is to inform my students of SO101 on their present course, Introduction to Sociology. I teach this at Miriam College.
As our course outline says on page two, our semester's text book is Sociology in the Philippine Setting by Hunt, Green, Espiritu and Quisumbing.
Just send me a feedback if you have problems in acquiring the book. At this time circa June 2007, our library is getting organized to move to the new LMC. Thus, it is in the state of "do not borrow books this week". We have to wait for another week when they have moved already to the new building. Thank God we have a new building!
As of this time Senator Trillanes has been proclaimed Senator by our COMELEC. If you like you can create a blogsite like "Senator's Watch". The goal of this is watching your favorite senator as to how he/she is doing in the senate. You can form a group of 4 and you can report to me at the end of the semester how that Senator has fared in his work. You can ask him/her agenda for the coming months. But before doing this do consult me for details and know senate protocols (look that up in the dictionary).
If you decide to work on this project you have to consult me so that we can build a structure of your work. The work will have an equivalent work-points on the subject. There is a reward points.
mallofsociology is the title of this blogsite, just like 168 at Divisoria, there will be lots of posting here coming from my evolving neural connections and coming from students.
Again welcome.
Next is about Learning, perception and magic.
Thank you for landing into my blogsite. This is my really directed (read: serious) blogsite. I have had made several blogsite but I forgot their addresses already. The purpose of this blogsite is to inform my students of SO101 on their present course, Introduction to Sociology. I teach this at Miriam College.
As our course outline says on page two, our semester's text book is Sociology in the Philippine Setting by Hunt, Green, Espiritu and Quisumbing.
Just send me a feedback if you have problems in acquiring the book. At this time circa June 2007, our library is getting organized to move to the new LMC. Thus, it is in the state of "do not borrow books this week". We have to wait for another week when they have moved already to the new building. Thank God we have a new building!
As of this time Senator Trillanes has been proclaimed Senator by our COMELEC. If you like you can create a blogsite like "Senator's Watch". The goal of this is watching your favorite senator as to how he/she is doing in the senate. You can form a group of 4 and you can report to me at the end of the semester how that Senator has fared in his work. You can ask him/her agenda for the coming months. But before doing this do consult me for details and know senate protocols (look that up in the dictionary).
If you decide to work on this project you have to consult me so that we can build a structure of your work. The work will have an equivalent work-points on the subject. There is a reward points.
mallofsociology is the title of this blogsite, just like 168 at Divisoria, there will be lots of posting here coming from my evolving neural connections and coming from students.
Again welcome.
Next is about Learning, perception and magic.
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