WU CHUN is like family to me...

Wu Chun oh Wu Chun... maybe you know him already... I have posted so much about him in this blog...

Well, October tenth is his birthday and I celebrated it this year by treating my friends and reading fanfics about him (and ELLA).

I'm a fan of WINGLIN and I saw this fanfic there (click this link: http://www.winglin.net/fanfic/sweetcandiie/). This is the first story that I've read where Wu Chun died. I didn't expect it from the very least so when I was reading the last few parts... I found myself crying on my room.

I admit that this past few months I have had so little time to think of him and I regret it because after reading that fanfic... everything I felt for him came rushing down on me. I realized once again how Wu Chun is important to me... and just how much i wanted to see him...

Note this, it's not love I feel for him... I see him as a family memeber to the point that...

if I could choose my parents, i would choose his
if I could choose a big brother, i would choose him
and if he's gone, i'll be gone too... maybe not physically but mentally...

I'M HIS NUMBER ONE FAN !!!!

TYPHOON ONDOY

Philippines is just getting its way through the disaster that came to us just a few days ago.
I never thought that it is possible to experience flood even in business areas. I was lucky that our house is in the highest part of NCR that it is the last place to experience heavy floods. I pitied those who lost their homes and even their family members...
Yesterday, I thought to myself... this is payback to Mother Earth.
This is the result of everything we have done.
This SHOULD be a lesson to all of us...a lesson that MUST be understood and not ignored. Everything that's happening around us is also because of us... we can't blame the others... we can't blame our neighbors, the government or the factories...there's only ourselves to blame because we have our own little shares to that.

Now, let's do our task in making this world a better place :)

P.S: Please pray for all the Filipinos !

ANNOUNCEMENT

I'm transferring to other blog account which is private but this will be used for announcing public informations ans some very important personal experiences that needs to be broadcasted to the whole world :)

KNIGHT OF A DAMSEL (by: Amoto Ataichi Kai)

In the warmth of thy palm, there lies thy fears.
When the light of the night hath long been gone,
I will make thee calm and ease thy fears
And I will shield thee like a knight with my gun
I am a knight whose love is subtle,
A genie, maybe in a bottle,
Illusions in mind, made in a breath.
You are a shining damsel in distress,
I’m the knight in shining armor.
You are a fortress without a fortress
But I’ll love thee just even more…

And only thee I’ll wait in vain
For with thee I’ll not hover in pain.

::this is the first sonnet i ever wrote. this is for my english subject and i'm one of the three students whose work will be published for our school paper. Kuddos to me :) !!!

After one month...

OMG! I didn't know it has been a month since I last posted here !!! -.-
Well...can't do anything about it! Blame the teachers :)
Nah, kidding.
I Love my LAO SHIs and SENSEIs, somehow!

What? You think something special happened?
Nah don't expect anything interesting in my life.
It's boring... because I'm in a world of BOREDOM where people BORE each other.

Would you believe if I say that there are people who secretly wish you bad luck?

Well, that's the truth.

In our school, a lot of people actually hate our class (I'm in 3rd year), and I mean the whole THIRD YEAR PEOPLE!!
I don't know what's up with their mind but... you know... IT HURTS and IT PRESSURES US.

It hurts because we didn't do anything that's enough to make us worthy of their bad tempers. We ARE people too! We feel something. What do they think of us? DAMN HARD STONES??? They keep on putting too much loads on our back. We're already tired with our school works, club activities and personal life... AND THEY STILL EXPECT US TO DO EVERYTHING THEY WANT US TO DO PERFECTLY????????? What are we in their eyes????? some dumb-ass fools who they expect too much from and then they'd get disappointed!? Now who's the dumb-ass fools???
I'd say it's THEM! First of all, they are the ones who expected from us. We didn't do anything to impress them. It's our natural side but when there's too much wrk given on us...I think even the most responsible person would give up on them.

Second, it pressures us because we DON'T want to disappoint them. They have seen our potentials, yes. AND THEY EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM US.

*gosh*

We don't even know what to prioritize because almost everything is important to us....

*sigh*

----I just hope this month would be much better...

Pres. Corazon Cojuanco Aquino

She is a woman of dignity, a woman of faith and a woman of love.

I would like to send my condolences to her family. I'm sorry for your loss but always remember that Pres. Cory Aquino will always be remembered in our hearts, in our minds, in our country and in the whole world because SHE HAS MADE HISTORY.

I might not know her personally but I know that she is a very simple, intelligent and loving mother not only to her daughters and son but also to the whole Philippines. Indeed, the MOTHER OF OUR NATION!

Definitely, she will be missed! But because she's already with our Father in heaven, let's pray for her soul and let's pray for her happiness.

I, personally hope, that all her dreams for the countrywill be fulfilled even now that she is dead.

WE LOVE YOU PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO!!!

To Former President Corazon Aquino..

See? Even Wu Chun's wearing yellow?
hehe. nah! I'm kidding. I just want to lighten the mood.
But...seriously... I want the people to know that even I, myself, is affected by our Former President's illness.
I know it's harder for her family than for us that's why I want to extend my deepest sincerest care for them. I'm not a die hard fan of hers and not even a hardcore supporter... but I know how much she she'd done to make the Philippines a better place and that's enough reason for me to make this blog.

I want all the people in every part of this world to know how good a woman she is and how good a leader she is. She may not be perfect-- but she tried. She is the mother of freedom! The mother of the Philippines! but still... she is a person.
And as a person... she experience hardships.

She is currently experiencing a phase in her life when she need our prayer.
Having 'CANCER' is a dangerous thing because sooner or later, she will die because of it.
So... I would like to support her family through my prayers and through this blog.
I hope they'd gladly accept what's happening to hem because it's the best thing to do.

Good Luck to the Aquino family!
WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU!

Quotes to share:

"Life is like that! full of struggles but the road's fine."
--ME!

"Life is a climb but the view is great" :)
--Miley Cyrus

2009 PHILIPPINE SONA: Last SONA of Pres. Gloria Arroyo

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's full speech:

Thank you.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Goof afternoon.

Before I begin my report please join me first in a moment of prayer for President Aquino. Senate President Enrile, Speaker Nograles, Senators, Representatives, Vice President de Castro, Former President Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, Ambassadors, friends:

The past twelve months have been a year for the history books. Financial meltdown in the West spread throughout the world….Tens of millions lost their jobs; billions across the globe have been hurt — the poor always harder than the rich. No one was spared…. It has affected us already. But the story of the Philippines in 2008 is that the country weathered a succession of global crises in fuel, in food, then in finance and finally the economy in a global recession, never losing focus and with economic fundamentals intact.

A few days ago Moody’s upgraded our credit rating, citing the resilience of our economy. The state of our nation is a strong economy. Good news for our people, bad news for our critics. I did not become President to be popular. To work, to lead, to protect and preserve our country, our people, that is why I became

President. When my father left the Presidency, we were second to Japan. I want our Republic to be ready for the first world in 20 years.

Towards that vision, we made key reforms. Our economic plan centers on putting people first. Higit sa lahat, ang layunin ng ating mga patakaran ay tulungan ang masisipag na karaniwang Pilipino. New tax revenues were put in place to help pay for better healthcare, more roads, and a strong education system. Housing policies were designed to lift up our poorer citizens so they can live and raise a family with dignity. Ang ating mga puhunan sa agrikultura ay naglalayong kilalanin ang ating mga magsasaka bilang backbone ng ating bansa, at bigyan sila ng mga modernong kagamitan to feed our nation and feed their own family.

Had we listened to the critics of those policies, had we not braced ourselves for the crisis that came, had we taken the easy road much preferred by politicians eyeing elections, this country would be flat on its back. It would take twice the effort just to get it back again on its feet—to where we are now because we took the responsibility and paid the political price of doing the right thing. For standing with me and doing the right thing, thank you, Congress.

The strong, bitter and unpopular revenue measures of the past few years have spared our country the worst of the global financial shocks. They gave us the resources to stimulate the economy. Nabigyan nila ang pinakamalaking pagtaas ng IRA ng mga LGU na P40 billion itong taon, imparting strength throughout the country at every level of government.

Compared to the past we have built more and better infrastructure, including those started by others but left unfinished. The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway is a prime example of building better roads. It creates wealth as the flagship of the Subic-Clark corridor.

We have built airports of international standard, upgraded domestic airports, built seaports and the RORO system. I ask Congress for a Philippine Transport Security Authority Law.

Some say that after this SONA, it will be all politics. Sorry, but there’s more work.

Sa telecommunications naman, inatasan ko ang Telecommunications Commission na kumilos na tungkol sa mga sumbong na dropped calls at mga nawawalang load sa cellphone. We need to amend the Commonwealth-era Public Service Law. And we need to do it now.

Kung noong nakaraan, lumakas ang electronics, today we are creating wealth by developing the BPO and tourism sectors as additional engines of growth. Electronics and other manufactured exports rise and fall in accordance with the state of the world economy. But BPO remains resilient. With earnings of $6 billion and employment of 600,000, the BPO phenomenon speaks eloquently of our competitiveness and productivity.

Let us have a Department of ICT.

In the last four years tourism almost doubled. It is now a $5 billion industry.

Our reforms gave us the resources to protect our people, our financial system and our economy from the worst of shocks that the best in the west failed to anticipate.

They gave us the resources to extend welfare support and enhance spending power.

For helping me raise government salaries through Joint Resolution 4, thank you Congress. Cash handouts give the most immediate relief and produce the widest stimulating effect. Nakikinabang ang 700,000 na pinakamahihirap na pamilya sa programang Pantawid Pamilya. We prioritize projects with the same stimulus effects plus long-term contributions to progress.

Sa pagpapamahagi ng milyun-milyong ektaryang lupa, 700,000 na katutubo at mahigit isang milyong benepisyaryo ng CARP ay taas-noong may-ari na ng sariling lupa. Hinihiling ko sa Kongreso na ipasa agad ang pagpapalawig ng CARP, at dapat ma-condone ang P42 billion na land reform liabilities dahil 18% lamang ang nabayaran mula 1972. It’s timely because it will unfreeze the rural property market. Ang mahal kong ama ang nag-emancipate ng mga magsasaka. Ii-mancipate naman natin ngayon ang titulo. Nakinabang ang pitong milyong entrepreneurs sa P165 billion in microfinance loans.

Nakinabang ang sandaan libo sa emergency employment ng ating economic resiliency plan. Kasama natinngayon ang isa sa kanila, si Gigi Gabiola. Dating household service worker sa Dubai, ngayon siya ay nagtatrabaho sa DOLE. Good luck, Gigi. Nakinabang ang isang milyong pamilya sa programang pabahay at palupa, mula Pag-Ibig, NHA, community mortgage program, certificates of lot award, at saka yung inyong loan condonation. Salamat. Our average inflation is the lowest since 1966. Last June, it dropped to 1.5%.

Paano?

Proper policies lowered interest rates, which lowered costs to business and consumers. Dahil sa ating mga reporma, nakaya nating ibenta ang bigas NFA sa P18.25 per kilo kahit tumaas ang presyo sa labas mula P17.50 hanggang P30 dahil sa kakulangan sa supply sa mundo. Habang, sa unang pagkakataon, nagawa nating itaas ang pamimili ng palay sa mga magsasaka, P17 mula sa P11. Dahil sa ating mga reporma, nakaya nating mamuhunan sa pagkain — anticipating an unexpected global food crisis.

Nakagawa tayo ng libu-libong kilometro ng farm-to-market roads at, kasama ng pribadong sector, natubigan ang dalawang milyong ektarya. Mga Badjao gaya ni Tarnati Dannawi ay tinuruan ng modernong mariculture.

Umabot na sa P180,000 ang kinita niya mula noong nakaraang taon. Congratulations, Tarnati. We will help more fisherfolk shift to fish farming with a budget of P1 billion.

Dahil dumarami na naman daw ang pamilyang nagugutom, mamumuhunan tayo nga panibago sa ating hunger mitigation program na sa nakaraan ay napatunayang mabisa. Tulungan niyo ako dito Kongreso. Mula pa

noong 2001, nanawagan na tayo ng mas murang gamot. Nagbebenta tayo ng gamot na kalahating presyo sa libu-libong Botika ng Bayan at Botika ng Barangay sa maraming dako ng bansa. Our efforts prodded the pharmaceutical companies to come up with low-cost generics and brands like RiteMed. I supported the tough version of the House of the Cheaper Medicine law over the weak version of my critics. The result: the drug

companies volunteered to bring down drug prices, slashing by half the prices of 16 drugs. Thank you, Congressmen Cua, Alvarez, Biron and Locsin.

Pursuant to law, we are placing other drugs under a maximum retail price. To those who want to be President, this advice: If you really want something done, just do it. Do it hard, do it well. Don’t pussyfoot. Don’t pander. And don’t say bad words in public. Sa health insurance, sakop na ang 86% ng ating populasyon. Sa Rent Control Law ng 2005 hanggang 2008, di pwedeng lumampas ng 10% ang pagtaas ng upa taon-taon.

Ayon sa kakapirma nating batas may isang taong moratorium, tapos hanggang 7% lamang ang maaaring pagtaas.

Salamat, Kongreso.

Noong isang taon, nabiyayaan ng tig-P500 ang mahigit pitong milyong tahanan bilang Pantawid Koryente ng mga small electricity users. Yung presyo ng koryente, ang EPIRA natin ang sagot. EPIRA dismantled monopoly. Ngunit minana natin yung power purchase agreements, kaya hindi pa natin makakamtan yung

buong intended effect. Pero happy na rin tayo, dahil isang taon na lamang iyan. The next generation will benefit from low prices from our EPIRA. Thank you. Samantala, umabot na sa halos lahat ng barangay ang elektrisidad. We increased indigenous energy from 48% to 58%. Nakatipid tayo ng dollars tapos malaki pa ang na-reduce na oil consumption. The huge reduction in fossil fuel is the biggest proof of energy independence and environmental responsibility. Further reduction will come with the implementation of the Renewable Energy Act and the Biofuels Act. Again thank you.

The next generation will also benefit from our lower public debt to GDP ratio. It declined from 78% in 2000 to 55% in 2008. We cut in half the debt of government corporations from 15% to 7%. Likewise foreign debt from 73% to 32%. Kung meron man tayong malaking kaaway na tinalo, walang iba kundi conjured the demon of foreign debt. We exorcised it. The market grows economies. A free market, not a free-for-all.

To that end, we improved our banking system to complement its inherent conservatism. The Bangko Sentral has been prudent. Thank you, Governor Tetangco, for being so effective. The BSP will be even more effective if Congress will amend its Charter. We worked on the Special Purpose Vehicle Act, reducing non-performing loans from 18% to 4% and improving loan-deposit ratios.

Our new Securitization Law did not encourage the recklessness that brought down giant banks and insurance companies elsewhere and laid their economies to waste. In fact, it monitors and regulates the new-fangled financial schemes. Thank you, Congress.

We will work to increase the tax effort through improved collections and new sin taxes to further our capacity to reduce poverty and pursue growth. Revenue enhancement must come from the Department of Finance plugging leaks and catching tax and customs cheats. I call on tax paying citizens and tax paying businesses help the BIR and Customs cut those cheats. Taxes should come from alcohol and tobacco and not from books. Tax hazards to lungs and livers, do not tax minds. Ang kita mula sa buwis ng alak at sigarilyo ay dapat gamitin sa kalusugan at edukasyon. Pondohan ang Philhealth premiums ng pinakamahihirap.

Pondohan ang mas maraming classroom at computers.

Pardon my partiality for the teaching profession. I was a teacher. Kaya namuhunan tayo ng malaki sa education at skills training.

Ang magandang edukasyon ay susi sa mas magandang buhay, the great equalizer that allows every young Filipino a chance to realize their dreams. Nagtayo tayo ng 95,000 na silid-aralan, nagdagdag ng 60,000 na guro, naglaan ng P1.5 billion para sa teacher training, especially for 100,000 English teachers. Isa sa pinakamahirap sa Millennium Development Goals ay yung Edukasyon para sa Lahat pagdating ng 2015. Ibig sabihin, lahat ng nasa tamang edad ay dapat nasa primary school. Halos walang bansang makakatupad nito.

Ngunit nagsisikap pa rin tayo. Nagtayo tayo ng mga paaralan sa higit sanlibong barangay na dati walang eskwelahan upang makatipid ng gastos sa pamasahe ang mga bata. Tinanggal natin ang miscellaneous fees para sa primary school. Hindi na kailangan mag-uniporme sa mga estudyante sa public school. In private high schools, we finance half of the students. We have provided college and post-graduate education for over 600,000 scholars. One of them, Mylene Amerol-Macumbal, finished Accounting at MSU-IIT, then she went to law school, and placed second in the last bar exams, the first Muslim woman bar topnotcher.

Congratulations!

In technical education and skills training, we have invested three times that of three previous administrations combined. Narito si Jennifer Silbor, isa sa sampung milyong trainee. Natuto siya ng medical transcription.

Now, as an independent contractor and lecturer for transcriptions in Davao, kumikita siya ng P18,000 bawat buwan. Good job, Jennifer. The Presidential Task Force on Education headed by Jesuit educator Father Bienvenido Nebres has come out with the Main Education Highway towards a Knowledge-Based Economy. It envisions seamless education from basic to vocational school or college.

It seeks to mainstreams early childhood development in basic education. Our children are our most cherished possession. In their early years we must make sure they get a healthy start in life. They must receive the right food for a healthy body, the right education for a bright and inquiring mind — and the equality of opportunity for a meaningful job. For college admission, the Task Force recommends mandatory Scholastic Aptitude Tests. It also recommends that private higher education institutions should be harmonized with state universities and colleges, and also the CHED should oversee local universities and colleges. For professions seeking international recognition — engineering, architecture, accountancy, pharmacy and physical therapy –it recommends radical reform: 10 years of basic education, two years of pre-university before three years of university.

Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way. Sa hirap at ginhawa, pinapatatag ang ating bansa ng ating Overseas Filipinos. Iyong padala nilang $16 billion noong isang taon ay record. Itong taon, mas mataas pa. I know that this is not a sacrifice joyfully borne. This is work where it can be found — in faraway places, among strangers with different cultures. It is lonely work, it is hard work. Kaya nagsisikap tayong lumikha dito sa atin ng mga trabahong maganda ang sahod, so that overseas work will just be a career choice, not the only option for a hard-working Filipino.

Meanwhile, we should make their sacrifices worthwhile. Dapat gumawa tayo ng mas epektibong proteksyon at pagpapalawak ng halaga ng kanilang pinagsikapang sweldo. That means stronger consumer protection for OFWs investing in property and products back home. Para sa kanila, pinapakilos natin ang Investors Protection Task Force. Hindi ako nag-aatubiling bisitahin ang ating taong bayan at kanilang mga host sa buong mundo – mula Hapon hanggang Brazil, mula Europa at Middle East hanggang sa American Midwest, nakikinig sa kanilang mga problema at pangangailangan, inaalam kung paano sila matulungan ng ating pamahalaan — by working out better policies on migrant labor, or by saving lives and restoring liberty. Pagpunta ko sa Saudi, pinatawad ni Haring Abdullah ang pitong daang OFW na nasa preso. Pinuno nila ang isang buong eroplano at umuwi kasama ko.

Mula sa ating State Visit sa Espanya, it has become our biggest European donor. At si Haring Juan Carlos ay nakikipag-usap sa ibang mga bansa para sa ating mga namomroblemang OFW. Ganoon di si Sheikh Khalifa, ang Prime Minister ng Bahrain.

Pagpunta ko sa Kuwait, Emir Al-Sabah commuted death sentences. We thank all our leaders, all world leaders who shown compassion with our workers. Our vigorous international engagement has helped bring in foreign investment. Net foreign direct investments multiplied 15 times during our administration. Kasama ng ating mga Together with our OFWs, they more than doubled our foreign exchange reserves. Pinalakas ang ating piso at naiwasan ang lubhang pagtaas ng presyo. They upgraded our credit because while the reserves of our peers have shrunk this past year, ours reserves grew by $3 billion.

Our international engagement has also corrected historical injustice. The day we visited Washington, Senator Daniel Inouye successfully sponsored benefits for our veterans as part of America’s stimulus package.

I have accepted the invitation of President Obama to be the first Southeast Asian leader to meet him at the White House, later this week. That he sought the Philippines testifies to our strong and deep ties. High on our agenda will be peace and security issues. Terrorism: how to meet it, how to end it, how to address its roots in injustice or prejudice — and first and always how to protect lives.

We will discuss nuclear non-proliferation. The Philippines will chair the review of the nuclear weapons non-proliferation Treaty in New York in May 2010. The success of the talks will be a major diplomatic achievement for us. There is a range of other issues we will discuss, including the global challenge of climate change, especially the threat to countries with long coastlines. And there is the global recession, its worse impact on poor people, and the options that can spare them from the worst.

In 2008 up to the first quarter of 2009 we stood among only a few economies in Asia-Pacific that did not shrink. Compare this to 2001, when some of my current critics were driven out by people power. Asia was then surging but our country was on the brink of bankruptcy.

Since then, our economy has posted uninterrupted growth for 33 quarters; more than doubled its size from $76 billion to $186 billion. The average GDP growth from 2001 to the first quarter of 2009 is the highest in 43 years.

Bumaba ang bilang ng mga nagsasabing mahirap sila sa 47% mula 59%. Maski lumaki ang ating populasyon, nabawasan ng dalawang milyon ang bilang ng mahihirap. GNP per capita rose from a Third World $967 to $2,000. (applause) Lumikha tayo ng walong milyong trabaho, an average of a million a year, much, much more than at any other time.

In sum:

1. We have a strong economy in a strong fiscal position to withstand political
shocks.
2. We built new modern infrastructure and completed unfinished ones.
3. The economy is more fair to the poor than ever before.
4. We are building a sound base for the next generation.
5. International authorities have taken notice that we are safer from environmental degradation and man-made disasters.

As a country in the path of typhoons and in the Pacific Rim of Fire, we must be as prepared as the latest technology permits to anticipate natural calamities when that is possible; to extend immediate and effective relief when it is not….The mapping of flood and landslide-prone areas is almost complete.

Early warning, forecasting and monitoring systems have been improved, with weather tracking facilities in Subic, Tagaytay, Mactan, Mindanao, Pampanga. We have worked on flood control infrastructure like those for Pinatubo, Agno, Laoag, and Abucay, which will pump the run off waters from Quezon City and Tondo flooding Sampaloc. This will help relieve hundreds of hectares in this old city of its age old woe.

Patuloy naman iyong Camanava, dagdag sa Pinatubo, Iloilo, Pasig-Marikina, Bicol River Basin, at mga river basin ng Mindanao.

The victims of typhoon Frank in Panay should receive their long-overdue assistance package. I ask Congress to pass the SNITS Law.

Namana natin ang pinakamatagal ng rebelyon ng Komunista sa buong mundo.

Si Leah de la Cruz isa sa labindalawang libong rebel returnee. Sixteen pa lang siya nang sumali sa NPA.

Naging kasapi sa regional White Area Committee, napromote sa Leyte Party Committee Secretary. Nahuli noong 2006. She is now involved in an LGU-supported handicraft livelihood training of former rebels. We love you, Leah!

There is now a good prospect for peace talks with both the Communist Party of the Philippines and the MILF, with whom we are now on ceasefire.

We inherited an age-old conflict in Mindanao, exacerbated by a politically popular but near-sighted policy of massive retaliation. This only provoked the other side to continue the war.

In these two internal conflicts, ang tanong ay hindi, “Sino ang mananalo?” kundi, bakit pa ba kailangang mag-laban ang kapwa Pilipino tungkol sa mga isyu na alam naman nating lahat na di malulutas sa dahas, at mareresolba lang sa paraang demokratiko?

There is nothing more that I would wish for than peace in Mindanao. It will be a blessing for all its people, Muslim, Christian and Lumads. It will show other religiously divided communities that there can be common ground on which to live together in peace, harmony and cooperation that respects each other’s religious beliefs.

At sa lahat ng dako ng bansa, kailangan nating protektahan ang ating mga mamamayan kontra sa krimen’ — in their homes, in their neighborhoods, in their communities. How shall crime be fought? With the five pillars of justice, including crime fighters. We call on Congress to fund more policemen on the streets.

Real government is about looking beyond the vested to the national interest, setting up the necessary conditions to enable the next, more enabled and more empowered generation to achieve a country as prosperous, a people as content, as ours deserve to be.

The noisiest critics of constitutional reform tirelessly and shamelessly attempted Cha-Cha when they thought they could take advantage of a shift in the form of government. Now that they feel they cannot benefit from it, they oppose it.

As the seeds of fundamental political reform are planted, let us address the highest exercise of democracy…voting!

In 2001, I said we would finance fully automated elections. We got it, thanks to Congress. At the end of this speech I shall step down from this stage but not from the Presidency. My term does not end until next year. (applause) Until then, I will fight for the ordinary Filipino. The nation comes first. There is much to do as head of state — to the very last day.

A year is a long time. Patuloy ang pamumuhunan sa tinatawag na three E’s ng ekonomiya, environment at edukasyon. There are many perils that we must still guard against.

A man-made calamity is already upon us, global in scale. As I said earlier, so far we have been spared its worst effects but we cannot be complacent. We only know that we have generated more resources on which to draw, and thereby created options we could take. Thank God we did not let our critics stop us.

As the campaign unfolds and the candidates take to the airwaves, I ask them to talk more about how they will build up the nation rather than tear down their opponents.

Give the electorate real choices and not just sweet talk.

Meanwhile, I will keep a steady hand on the tiller, keeping the ship of state away from the shallows some prefer, and steering it straight on the course we set in 2001.

Ang ating taong bayan ay masipag at maka-Diyos. These qualities are epitomized in someone like Manny Pacquiao.

Manny trained tirelessly, by the book, with iron discipline, with the certain knowledge that he had to fight himself, his weaknesses first, before he could beat his opponent.

That was the way to clinch his victories and his ultimate title: ang pinakadakilang boksingero sa kasaysayan.

Mabuhay ka, Manny!

However much a President wishes it, a national problem cannot be knocked out with a single punch. A president must work with the problem as much as against it, turn it into a solution if she can.

There isn’t a day I do not work at my job or a waking moment when I do not think through a work-related problem. Even my critics cannot begrudge the long hours I put in. Our people deserve a government that works just as hard as they do.

A President must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime.

Everything right can be undone by even a single wrong. Every step forward must be taken in the teeth of political pressures and economic constraints that could push you two steps back-if-you flinch and falter. I have not flinched, I have not faltered. Hindi ako umaatras sa hamon.

And I have never done any of the things that scared my worst critics so much.

They are frightened by their own shadows.

In the face of attempted coups, I issued emergency proclamations just in case.

But I was able to resolve these military crises with the ordinary powers of my office. My critics call it dictatorship. I call it determination. We know it as strong government.

But I never declared martial law, though they are running scared as if I did. (laughter) In truth, what they are really afraid of is their weakness in the face of this self-imagined threat.

I say to them: do not tell us what we all know, that democracy can be threatened. Tell us what you will do when it is attacked.

I know what to do:

As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division; with law and order when it is subverted by anarchy; and always, I will try to sustain it by wise policies of economic progress, so that a democracy means not just an empty liberty but a full life for all.

I have never expressed the desire to extend myself beyond my term.

Many of those who accuse me of it tried to cling like nails to their posts.

I am accused of misgovernance. Many of those who accuse me of it left me the problem of their misgovernance to solve. And we did it.

I am falsely accused, without proof, of using my position for personal profit.

Many who accuse me have lifestyles and spending habits that make them walking proofs of that crime.

We can read their frustrations. They had the chance to serve this good country and they blew it by serving themselves.

Those who live in glass houses should cast no stones. Those who should be in jail should not threaten it, especially if they have been there.

Our administration, with the highest average rate of growth, recording multiple increases in investments, with the largest job creation in history, and which gets a credit upgrade at the height of a world recession, must be doing something right, (applause) even if some of those cocooned in corporate privilege refuse to recognize it.

Governance however, is not about looking back and getting even. It is about looking forward and giving more — to the people who gave us the greatest, hardest gift of all: the care of a country.

From Bonifacio at Balintawak to Cory Aquino at EDSA and up to today, we have struggled to bring power to the people, and this country to the eminence it deserves.

Today the Philippines is weathering well the storm that is raging around the world. It is growing stronger with the challenge. When the weather clears, as it will, there is no telling how much farther forward it can go.

Believe-in-it. I believe.

We can and we must-march-forward-with-hope, optimism and determination.

We must come together, work together and walk together toward the future.

Bagamat malaking hamon ang nasa ating harapan, nasa kamay natin ang malaking kakayahan. Halina’t pagtulungan nating tiyakin ang karapat-dapat na kinabukasan ng ating Inang Bayan.

And to the people of our good country, for allowing me to serve as your President, maraming salamat.

Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

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That was one nice speech Mada'am President. I salute you !

Holy Retreat-- refreshing and tiring

haiiszt!
I just got home from our retreat and I swear, I'm tired and sleepy.
In a retreat, in case you don't know what it is, your faith is being renewed and you will be reflecting about your life.
Anyway, about my experience... it's quite nice since this is my first time and I really enjoyed BUT someone ruined it-- the nun who served as our chaperon. I hate her! She's ugly and fat and sth that I can't describe. Aiyoo, she wasn't supposed to be a nun because she's not nice!

We stayed there for 3 days and 2 nights... and in those nights... I didn't get to sleep well. haha! but I'm proud that I'm always the first one to wake up ;)
I never realized that 3 days is enough to change me until it happened. I was changed and I was able to express all my deepest feelings.
I'm not proud but I want to share that I am the one who cried the most (but I'm not the one who cried the LOUDEST!) hehehe. I was really moved by my classmates because I knew right there that they care for me. Also, the retreat letters (those are just friendly letters especially given for the purpose of the retreat) touched me. The letters that were given to me were full of love and gratefulness and i ant to thank them for that ;)

I LOVE MY CLASSMATES!

***now, the thing I'm not-so-waiting-for is the 'NUTRI-TEEN IDOL' that will be held on school since it's nutrition month here in the Phils. I will be our class' representative and I don't have a talent to show in the talent portion. MY GOODNESS ! HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

1 year ago...

Exactly one year ago at this time...i am standing on a long queue of people waiting to have the chance to enter the PDA academy for Chun and Calvin would be guesting there.

Anyway, July 12 is a memorable day for me...It's the day I should be celebrating because I know that one July 12 in my life...I've met my one love.

Every 12th of the month I reminisce that day but now..one year has passed I'm both happy and sad.
I'm happy for obvious reasons but I'm sad because I can't believe that one year had already passed...
MY NEXT GOAL IS TO HUG HIM AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH HIM!!!

JIA YOU ISHI GEIRU !

Giving up halfway...

It's so not me... but it's so like one of my friends.
That person always ask what to do but in the end he won't do it. He always give up before even starting. And for that, I am getting mad.
First of all, why ask for help when you know you can't do it and you won't ACTUALLY do it?
I won't name names but if that person read this...I'm sure he'll know.

I just want to pour out all my feelings here. I'm getting offended because I'm getting blamed by him for having his FUCKED UP LIFE.
It's not fair you know. I'm just trying to help here!

Anyway, that's a lesson for all of you. I don't want you to be like him.

GOOD LUCK!

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

I know! I'm late by a lot of months.
Can't help it! Too many works.
but I was always interested with it until I finally watched it just a while ago.
It describes how people in India struggles with both life and love.
That's reality, I say.
You can find it in the Philippines. In America. ANYWHERE!
But when you strive hard and do everything you can...in the end, yours is the last laugh.

I wish there would still be a real 'JAMAL MALIK' who would be willing to do everything just to get what he wants (just as long as it's for the better) and 'LATIKA' (the one that a person would be dedicating all his hardworks...) will be happy.

This is a short blog but it sure will tell you the importance of hardwork.
I highly recommend you to watch SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
Great job for all the casts and crews especially Danny Boyle(director), Dev Patel and Freida Pinto.

Everything has a Reason...

This blog is all about everything.
This day... it seems like the statement "everything has a reason" has been my tag line.

First, because of an acquaintance who is begging for my help about his very complicated life... Well, he's always been asking for help (ever since I knew him) and right now.. I felt like, I'm tired helping him because I can see no improvement in him as a person. I keep reminding him to keep in mind all the advices I gave him but it's no use at all. Right now... I don't really know if I still should help him or what... all I know is that I don't want to but everyone's saying that I SHOULD HELP HIM. I just don't know why but it seems like everyone entrust him to me and it's a little irritating and a little amusing. He's not my brother or my father. Not a distant relative and not even my boyfriend but they still believe that I can help him.

Second, I realized that all the things that are happening right now will have a good result. I may be suffering right now but who knows maybe it's for my own good in the future. Also, I realized that sometimes... the results of our sufferings may not only benefit us but others as well. Just like Ikeuchi Aya . She suffered but in the end... she had helped a lot of people to realize the importance of life and the importance of love (A/N *author's note*: I LOVE HARUTO).

And lastly, I have heard a song entitled now. This is the chorus part:

There's a reason
Why we love each other now
And we don't know if this is forever.

There's a reason
Why we are together now
And we don't care if it's not forever now.

It made me realize that the most important thing in life is the present... not the future and definitely not the past.

Thank you Aya Kitou

After watching the drama series, one litre of tears... I was really inspired to do something that can help those people diagnosed with spinocerebellar degeneration disease. Thankfully, our Investigatory Project came up and I suggested to our group that we should do something related to 'SCD' since we're all interested with the drama series (The boys aren't really interested with the plot... they're interested with erika sawajiri haha).
Now... our experiment will be a new technology that will be able to help the people with spinocerebellar degeneration. It's a little hard but we'll try our very best to make it. We want to be light to SCD patients. We want them to know that as they continue fighting, there are people who will always be supporting them, loving them and fighting with them even though those people aren't always present at their side.
WISH US ALL THE BEST! JIA YOU! AJA! GOOD LUCK! FIGHTING! :) hehe

ichi rottoru no namida

1 litre of tears...

A fiction story based on a true to life story of a 15 year-old Japanese girl who was chosen to suffer from a disease called 'SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION'.
I just finished watching it a while ago.
It has 11 episodes and it took me less than 24 hours to finish it all.

The disease will cause you to lose control in your physical body because it is directly affecting the cerebellum which is responsible for the integration of sensory perception, coordination and motor control. If you have this disease, you will have difficulty in, walking, writng, speaking and eating. The progression of this disease varies from every individual that has it. As for the main lead in the series 1 litre of tears... the disease has a very fast progression. She is a very cheerful, optimistic and nice person that's why everyone was sad as she suffered in the last journey of her life. Many have asked... why her? why this disease? But up until now, no one could answer it.

As I watched the drama, there's no episode that failed to lead me crying my heart out. All the characters in the story has a pitiful story (not to mention, the actors/actresses are great). It will definitely move you to tears because it succeeded on me who seldom cries.

I also realized, I should be happy that I'm normal. I should be happy that I can still do the things normal people can. I should be happy because I can still write, walk, speak and eat.But many questions came up... why wasn't it me? why wasn't I the one chosen to have that disease? why am I alive until now? What's my purpose here?

Now, I definitely won't waste time (especially because I already know that not all people are given the chance to live the life they wanted to have). I will say what I want to say, I will do what I need to do and I will tell the people I love that I love them so and they will never be erased in my heart because I don't know what will happen in the future... maybe I'll also have an incurable disease.. or die from an accident or anything of that sort... I just don't want to regret in the end.

I LOVE YOU ALL !

MOM DISEASE !

Ever heard of that disease that will kill your brain slowly???
Well maybe I'm the first patient of it...
Take note... there's no cure... As long as you live, you'll have that.
It's actually worse than dying fast because of a certain disease.

*I know you know what that is already-- my so called "MOM DISEASE".

I am in a cold war with my mom these past few days and until now no one's surrendering. My dad told me, I should lower my pride and be the one to say sorry since I'm the child... BUT FUCK ! How can I when I didn't even do something wrong!?

She's a... (sorry for the word) BIATCH !
Now I know where my Bitchiness came from !

I just can't understand why she have that very high pride and a very hard heart and take note a very FUCKING INTENSE PERSONALITY !
You're lucky my mom wasn't your mom. There are times I'd ask myself... is she really my mom?
Oh GOD help me! AM I CURSED?
She always expect something great from me.
Sure, she'd help me achieve it BUT NO, she doesn't give me moral supports.
She's the first one who'd doubt me,
The first one to interrogate me,
The first one to pull me down
and the first one to ruin my dreams.

*just a thought*
I'm just happy I've met Ella and Wu Chun to replace all the sadness I feel because of having a 'DEMANDING MOM' like mine.

Now I understand why the teenagers feel like rebelling against their parents or either one of those !
SHIT... but I don't wanna do that... so I just blog what I feel since I have no choice ! (no one to tell my inner feelings)

My hater... She's just insecure...

It's normal for people to have what they so-call 'haters'...
especially if you're one of the most important people.

In school... I've managed to be one of those 'most important people'.
It's like the school wouldn't be complete without me...
I'm not bragging... (I just wanna share something that relates to that matter.)

Whoever said being one of those people is fun?
Whoever said it's fun to be important?
Whoever said it's cool to be known?
Whoever said it's nice to be famous?

...Whoever said those are CRAP !!! or maybe even... NUMB.

This particular girl in school basically HATES ME but technically... I don't know why.

I would never last a day not receiving some glares from her...
AND IT'S GETTING ON MY NERVES ALREADY!
but I can't fight back...
why?
because every person in our school has their eyes on me.
That's the problem in being famous.
Every word, every act, every step... it's known to everyone...
You can seldom express what you really feel.
You can never be YOU!

Now, the glares continue
and I'm planning to later on throw away my 'important person' title
and kick her ass off.

If you're one important person... BE WARE !

!!! BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA !!!

weeeee..... it's Ella Chen's 28th birthday yesterday :)
I'm so happy to be one of those people who have greeted her and gave her a message from the fangifts!

That girl...
is really a girl of simplicity and beauty.
She will stand out among the rest even without being 'girly'.

For me she's simply THE BEST!

I love her although people say she's a 'lesbian'...
I love her although she doesn't know me...
I love her very much
and now, she's a part of my everyday life...

It will hurt me is she leaves...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA CHEN !

***(ESPECIALLY FOR ELLA)***

Already STRESSED

Hi there !!!
As most of you know... the start of the school year in the Philippines is JUNE.

Whoever said that SCHOOL IS FUN is A HARD CORE LIAR.
Yeah I like to study, to read and to write but...
FUCK... I didn't expect the teachers to give students a lot,
and I mean A LOT, of works to do. DAMN IT!

BUT, there's a BIG BUT!
Being a special person in the school is cute.
People always talk to you.
Almost everyone knows you.
And you'll have haters -.-

I find my haters COOL.
haha.
I'm weird I know.
The reason is...
they are hating me even though they don't know me well.
Really!! they're nuts.
HATE THEM !
LOVE MY FRIENDS!
I LOVE SCHOOL!
I HATE THE SCHOOL WORKS!
haha. get me?

11 months ago...

I can clearly remember the day I met Wu Chun personally. It was eleven months ago, 12th of July 2008 but still, I remember it like it was just yesterday.

March 15 2008– The day when I first saw his handsome face. He will be starring on a drama (Hana Kimi) that will be aired soon on ABS-CBN that time. I was very stunned with him (and Ella Chen of course, but I will talk about Chunnie first this time). By that time… I thought it was just another ‘fad’ that I’ll be experiencing… never thought that it’ll last but then, it did. It was the turning point of my whole life.

That summer… I changed because of him. I learned a lot from him– from love to pains, from hardwork to success and everything. He gave me a reason to stand up because by then, I believe I’m at my worst. He saved me– Thank God He gave him to me. The whole April and May, I did nothing but think of a way to meet him (and Ella). I prayed so hard for a miracle to come. I decided just to work hard and achieve something worth rewarding so maybe, just maybe, meeting him would be my reward.

Then, the school year started. I was prepared to experience a lot of sufferings because I know.. what I’m asking for is worth everything. I was determined, focused and desired. Until one day, a friend of mine told me… he’ll be coming here. Just that one sentence from my friend made my whole world go crazy. I was anticipating for that day a long time ago and now that it came , I will never let go of it– whatever it takes.

Finally, July 12 2008, 3:30 pm.. we went to the PDA compound where he’ll be guesting. There was a long queue of people. It was raining while the sun is shining- literally- and it made me almost lose hope when I was so near at the entrance then the guards told us… fans can’t enter. My Gosh, it felt like heaven and earth came crashing on me. Then I thought… ‘this can’t be’. I know I did my best and I can’t have even just one CLOSE view of him without the TV screen as barriers. Then later, me and some other fans saw a van… instincts told us Chun was there so.. we rushed up. In front of the PBB house just a few meters away from us, Chun and Calvin sat waving at us… smiling at us… checking if we’re okay. For some fans, it’s enough but for me… it wasn’t…

I may sound like… I will never be contented but it’s not like that. I just feel that God allowed me to have a glimpse of Chun for a reason. I know that it’s a promise that if I do what I can… I will achieve what I want. Also, for me… it’s like an advance reward. He made it happen so I will not fail my promise.

Now, eleven months after… I’m still waiting for the time that I can have the chance to talk to him as a friend or even just as a fan to tell him how much I thank him for inspiring me and how much I love him for being su]ch a great person.

*** Wu Chun … I will meet you soon… with Ella Chen !

Jia You Irish !