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Landed in Davao City a couple of hours ago. I must say, although I love living in Davao, the less-than-a-week stint in the capital felt like it was cut short (although I actually extended my stay a few days). It had been nearly 3 years since I’d been to Manila before this trip, and it […]
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Coach Eric Altamirano will lead coaches in the last session of the Coach E Hoop Club clinic on May 1 at the Montana gym in Agdao.
The week-long basketball session will also have a closing ceremony at 11 a.m.
Participants were able to learn the latest on basketball drills and lessons direct from the most sought after […]
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I’m still thinking of what to blog first. Hmmmm… My pending DFA assignments, Another SEO Post, How to Gain 2000+ subscribers in 2 months and 13,000+ subscribers in 5 months in our PRC blog (An anonymous person told me that our RSS readers are fake… I think he/she was just bitter, hehe), Spot.ph Food Tour […]
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Loving the Philippines is not exactly the most popular addiction nowadays. The myriad of reasons (financial gains tops these reasons) for us to “pack up our things” and go somewhere else is all too alluring.
“Hearting” the Philippines (as Doc Ian would aptly term it), is a costly fling I should say-one that is volatile and daunting. And for some ironic reasons, I grew to love My Philippines despite the countless setbacks I have and will endure. Here is the “why“.
I heart the Pinoy.
Okay, screw the corrupt, scoundrels, bigots, trapos, charlatans and the wicked. I’ll happily kick their butt to the scorn pit and the ass burners. There are countless other people however who overwhelmingly overshadow the rotten traits of these kibitzers and traitors. Joy, Russ, my family and the good people I learn from and serve.
I am forever bound to them, and not even any monetary promise (unless that monetary renumeration is enough to save the whole Pinas) will separate me from their love and service. I hold them dear. And they are here in My Philippines.
I love the place
You see, whenever I get tired or bored from the so many bad news around, I go hopping places inside my Philippines on backpack and wits.
Awed by the beauty that I long so ago overlooked, I am astounded as well by the rich flora and fauna that littered the archipelagic Pinas. And I can travel incessantly without having to dig deep into my pockets.
Simplicity is a way of life
I have grown accustomed to the way of life here in my place.
No matter how disadvantageous some of our traits will be, I still don’t think it decayed the unique hospitable and magnanimous qualities of us Pinoys. If you go to the country side, you will see the simplicity, the resilience, the hope and the enduring attitude of Pinoys that survive waves of colonization.
We have a rich culture and history
So rich and so diverse, I still haven’t understood half of it.
I am however fascinated by its evolution and of its unfolding. Leaving, means being not part of this history unfolding. That is something I am not ready to let go, yet.
The cut for living
If I had a choice where to be poor, I’d still choose to be poor in my Philippines.
I don’t know but whenever I go hungry, there’s always anybody who would willingly share a bread for me to eat. Yes, I don’t have a penny in my pocket, but some people don’t just bother to ask for a dime when they help you. And that’s why Id say it’s a lot better to be poor in this land than anywhere else.
I want my future family to be “homegrown”
There is no better place to grow and nurture a Pinoy family than ‘Pinas itself.
That in a nut shell, is more than enough reason for me to “heart” Philippines.
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Grisoft’s AVG 8.0 is out.
Windows XP SP3 is out.
I think Maria Ozawa is beautiful (not as beautiful as my wife, of course).
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My wife and I are amazed with our son’s development. Particularly his creativity. He can use items to mimic other items that takes his fancy.
For instance, he’s grown fond of watching the folks who use weed cutters in our neighborhood. Because of this he got my old golf club and starting carrying […]
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This is the second time that I’m breaking out of my urban primitive life, a.k.a. I-can’t-find-a-decent-internet-connection-in-the-big-city. If you have listened to Ate Ria’s talk on Countryside Blogging, you’ll understand how it feels for a provincial blogger like Batang Yagit (who lived in a city where FREE wifi is available 24 hours in most parts […]
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I believe I am antisocial. I generally don’t want to participate in conventions, seminars, eyeballs, social gatherings and the like. I have a number of reasons why I am like this but for now, I’d like to disclose one: I’m too lazy to go somewhere.
Now, trying to socialize online is another story. I […]
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Ostensibly in retaliation to Western media’s coverage of anti-Chinese demonstrations in Europe, the Sports Network website was hacked last Sunday. The site was defaced with the image that you see here (captured by ChristineLu.com). Repeated attacks, most probably serious denial-of-service assaults, have caused the site to be taken down. After a few days, the site […]
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The results of the Mechanical Engineers (ME) Licensure (board) Examination which was held in Manila & Cebu, Philippines last April 26 & 27, 2008 has been released. Here’s the full result:
Note: Certified Plant Mechanic and Professional Mechanical Engineer Licensure exam results are also included here.
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The iBlog4 Summit, in my honest estimation, was a success. It was well-attended, and the content of the talks and presentations was, on the whole, engaging and educational. Some of the talks were even inspiring, especially that of Juned Sonido’s, who talked about photo-blogging.
Although I don’t really do photography, it doesn’t hurt to learn about […]
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2:01PM
The speaker now is Manuel L. Quezon III, and he’s giving us his take on how he blogs, particularly on how he presents his opinion via blogging. Very insightful. I like what he just said about the ‘human aspect’ of blogging, which is, after all, how a blogger should approach his or her writing.
Earlier, after […]
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11:00AM
Karlo Licudine was asked by someone from Inquirer.net: How much do you earn from problogging? The answer: $1,000/mo.!!
The mom is here! She asked: Can we stop giving you allowance then?
The next speaker is Juned Sonido. His talk is entitled “pHoToBlOg”. Some of his blogs: pinoysnapshots.com, baratillo.net, dalanghita.com, etc. He also writes for b5media […]
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9:45 AM
Arrived at the iBlog4 venue with Ria and Winston (after losing our way for a little bit inside the huge UP campus). Settled in just when the first speaker was wrapping up her talk. Now it’s a live video feed via Justin.tv, with Brian Gorrell, talking about how to blog (duhh). More of tips, […]
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“On some point, I agree these docs did something wrong. But some unscrupulous media people are just as scandalous hyping these controversies also. And to what end?”
This was my response to a friend’s rants against physicians last night. The charade of controversies she enumerated against MDs in particular is nauseating. I couldn’t blame her, except of course when she generalizes the few scoundrels to the whole medical profession.
The issues regarding pharmaceuticals and physicians conniving against Cheaper Medicine Bill, the PhilHealth scam, the VSMH Operating Room Scandal, and now this US Health Insurance scam. At the very least, it did nothing but put the medical profession in bad light. Worst, it may just kill this noble profession.
No matter how hard we inch our way making good at doing ethical practice, the ripple effect is just darn too disturbed by the waves of infamy from scoundrels who don white blazers and stethoscopes.
That’s why at times, it’s too tempting to just “pack our things up” and leave Philippines to rot on its ballyhooed corruption. But thats probably too much generalizing of a country (and the people) we loved to nitpick. Like any other profession, there are bad apples and rotten tomatoes, but this does not necessarily mean all tomatoes and apples are rotten as well.
Why did we choose to stay here? Why do we love this place, this people so much? Why do we physicians tie our shoelaces here instead of wearing the cool and financially rewarding work abroad? Why will you endure the hardships when you can simply forget about My Philippines?
These and more, will be the topic for the seventh edition of The Blog Rounds, a weekly compilation of the best in Philippine’s medical blogosphere. Hosted by Doc Ian on his blog So Far So Good, the theme revolves around what made us “heart” or love the Philippines. A very heartwarming theme indeed in these times of Hippocratic infamy.
MD’s and paramedical bloggers who wish to join The Blog Rounds, please read this guidelines, submit your entries to Doc Ian here and join the lively discussions on tomorrow’s seventh edition of TBR to be hosted on Doc Ian’s blog!
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Malaysia’s decision to cease sending a peace monitoring team to Mindanao when the current team’s mandate ends in September, is due to non-progress in peace talks between the Philippines Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said this as quoted by Bernama.com.
He said in order for a […]
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Well, I’ll be offline for 2 days because of my post title. I’ll be visiting the Hundred Islands in Pangasinan. I wish I could survive the 2-day life without the internet. I’ll blog about it after I survived this non-web torture.
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I don’t know how many of you know this, but Google has always had an unofficial corporate motto: Don’t be evil. It was pronounced in 2001 by Paul Buchheit, creator of Google’s Gmail (but who has now left to found his own Internet venture). At that time, Google was still this idealistic group of young […]
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I’ve been here less than 24 hours since arriving this morning and I can already feel the reverberating centeredness of Metro Manila. This is where important things are happening, and this is the place from where many, many things emanate.
Like blogging, for instance. Although we do have a good number of bloggers in Davao and […]
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Guess how old is the world’s oldest living tree?
Hmmm. Give up?
Click here for the answer.
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It started when I got this forwarded to my email. I’m constitutionally incapable of keeping my mouth shut in the face of bad arguments, so I emailed the forwarder and questioned his arguments. His response (edited down for clarity), and my response to his response, continue after the asterisks.
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I live in a compound that sits right beside the Ateneo de Davao High School campus. I’m up early for my flight to Manila — actually, I’ve been up for an hour already. From last night till this early morning, I’d been hearing rambunctious noises over at the campus. Kids. Must’ve spent the night there […]
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The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 8 passed the Professional Electronics Engineer Examination given by the Board of Electronics Engineering in Manila this April 2008.
APOR, MARY JEAN OMPOD
BUENAVISTA, TEODORO JR. DOMINGUEZ
CABALUNA, ROLANDO PAREDES
CEPEDA, PEDRO GUIBANI
MUTIA, NANCY FARNACITA SAGALES
SEE, TIN BUN
SORIANO, ANTONIO TRINIDAD
YABUT, ROMEO QUIZON
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I just want to inform you guys that I can’t make it to iBlog4 due to conflict of schedule. To all of my fans out there, if you really really really wanna see me in person we can arrange a special meeting one of these days.
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I’m flying to Manila tomorrow and will stay there till the 30th. It’s been more than two years that I haven’t been to the capital! The last time was in 2005 when I lived there for half the year to take care of a couple of business projects. How time flies!
I look forward to reconnecting […]
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