moonchild

book lust

2009-12-29T03:59:08Z

last night, after 3 joyful hours at the (4th floor) cubao national bookstore and gateway fullybooked, my eyes teared up. twice. seriously. and it wasn't because of the dust. i'm still recovering from that overwhelming attack of longing, regret, and yes, consumerism. whew!

life and how to survive it*

2009-12-18T09:09:00Z

Adrian Tan is a litigation lawyer at one of Singapore's leading law firms. Outside the courtroom, he is known for a variety of funny things, including The Teenage Textbook, which he wrote in the late 1980s. The book became a cult classic among students of that generation and was adapted into a film 10 years later.

Adrian was the guest-of-honour at an NTU convocation ceremony last week, and this is Adrian's speech to the graduating class of 2008:

Life and How to Survive It

I must say thank you to the faculty and staff of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information for inviting me to give your convocation address. It's a wonderful honour and a privilege for me to speak here for ten minutes without fear of contradiction, defamation or retaliation. I say this as a Singaporean and more so as a husband.

My wife is a wonderful person and perfect in every way except one. She is the editor of a magazine. She corrects people for a living. She has honed her expert skills over a quarter of a century, mostly by practising at home during conversations between her and me.

On the other hand, I am a litigator. Essentially, I spend my day telling people how wrong they are. I make my living being disagreeable.

Nevertheless, there is perfect harmony in our matrimonial home. That is because when an editor and a litigator have an argument, the one who triumphs is always the wife.

And so I want to start by giving one piece of advice to the men: when you've already won her heart, you don't need to win every argument.

Marriage is considered one milestone of life. Some of you may already be married. Some of you may never be married. Some of you will be married. Some of you will enjoy the experience so much, you will be married many, many times. Good for you.

The next big milestone in your life is today: your graduation. The end of education. You're done learning.

You've probably been told the big lie that 'Learning is a lifelong process' and that therefore you will continue studying and taking masters' degrees and doctorates and professorships and so on. You know the sort of people who tell you that? Teachers. Don't you think there is some measure of conflict of interest? They are in the business of learning, after all. Where would they be without you? They need you to be repeat customers.

The good news is that they're wrong.

The bad news is that you don't need further education because your entire life is over. It is gone. That may come as a shock to some of you. You're in your teens or early twenties. People may tell you that you will live to be 70, 80, 90 years old. That is your life expectancy.

I love that term: life expectancy. We all understand the term to mean the average life span of a group of people. But I'm here to talk about a bigger idea, which is what you expect from your life.

You may be very happy to know that Singapore is currently ranked as the country with the third highest life expectancy. We are behind Andorra and Japan, and tied with San Marino. It seems quite clear why people in those countries, and ours, live so long. We share one thing in common: our football teams are all hopeless. There's very little danger of any of our citizens having their pulses raised by watching us play in the World Cup. Spectators are more likely to be lulled into a gentle and restful nap.

Singaporeans have a life expectancy of 81.8 years. Singapore men live to an average of 79.21 years, while Singapore women live more than five years longer, probably to take into account the additional time they need to spend in the bathroom.

So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you'll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.

Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they're 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn't meet their life expectancy.

I'm here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.

After all, it's calculated based on an average. And you never, ever want to expect being average.

Revisit those expectations. You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that, as graduates, you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much.

That is what is expected of you. And if you live up to it, it will be an awful waste.

If you expect that, you will be limiting yourself. You will be living your life according to boundaries set by average people. I have nothing against average people. But no one should aspire to be them. And you don't need years of education by the best minds in Singapore to prepare you to be average.

What you should prepare for is mess. Life's a mess. You are not entitled to expect anything from it. Life is not fair. Everything does not balance out in the end. Life happens, and you have no control over it. Good and bad things happen to you day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment. Your degree is a poor armour against fate.

Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live. Your life is over as of today. At this point in time, you have grown as tall as you will ever be, you are physically the fittest you will ever be in your entire life and you are probably looking the best that you will ever look. This is as good as it gets. It is all downhill from here. Or up. No one knows.

What does this mean for you? It is good that your life is over.

Since your life is over, you are free. Let me tell you the many wonderful things that you can do when you are free.

The most important is this: do not work.

Work is anything that you are compelled to do. By its very nature, it is undesirable.

Work kills. The Japanese have a term 'Karoshi', which means death from overwork. That's the most dramatic form of how work can kill. But it can also kill you in more subtle ways. If you work, then day by day, bit by bit, your soul is chipped away, disintegrating until there's nothing left. A rock has been ground into sand and dust.

There's a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are 'making a living'. No, they're not. They're dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful.

People will tell you that work ennobles you, that work lends you a certain dignity. Work makes you free. The slogan 'Arbeit macht frei' was placed at the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration camps. Utter nonsense.

Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway.

Resist the temptation to get a job. Instead, play. Find something you enjoy doing. Do it. Over and over again. You will become good at it for two reasons: you like it, and you do it often. Soon, that will have value in itself.

I like arguing, and I love language. So, I became a litigator. I enjoy it and I would do it for free. If I didn't do that, I would've been in some other type of work that still involved writing fiction – probably a sports journalist.

So what should you do? You will find your own niche. I don't imagine you will need to look very hard. By this time in your life, you will have a very good idea of what you will want to do. In fact, I'll go further and say the ideal situation would be that you will not be able to stop yourself pursuing your passions. By this time you should know what your obsessions are. If you enjoy showing off your knowledge and feeling superior, you might become a teacher.

Find that pursuit that will energise you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don't, you are working.

Most of you will end up in activities which involve communication. To those of you I have a second message: be wary of the truth. I'm not asking you to speak it, or write it, for there are times when it is dangerous or impossible to do those things. The truth has a great capacity to offend and injure, and you will find that the closer you are to someone, the more care you must take to disguise or even conceal the truth. Often, there is great virtue in being evasive, or equivocating. There is also great skill. Any child can blurt out the truth, without thought to the consequences. It takes great maturity to appreciate the value of silence.

In order to be wary of the truth, you must first know it. That requires great frankness to yourself. Never fool the person in the mirror.

I have told you that your life is over, that you should not work, and that you should avoid telling the truth. I now say this to you: be hated.

It's not as easy as it sounds. Do you know anyone who hates you? Yet every great figure who has contributed to the human race has been hated, not just by one person, but often by a great many. That hatred is so strong it has caused those great figures to be shunned, abused, murdered and in one famous instance, nailed to a cross.

One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it's often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one's own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role. There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself. Popularity is a sure sign that you are doing something wrong.

The other side of the coin is this: fall in love.

I didn't say 'be loved'. That requires too much compromise. If one changes one's looks, personality and values, one can be loved by anyone.

Rather, I exhort you to love another human being. It may seem odd for me to tell you this. You may expect it to happen naturally, without deliberation. That is false. Modern society is anti-love. We've taken a microscope to everyone to bring out their flaws and shortcomings. It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance. It is hard work – the only kind of work that I find palatable.

Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way. We learn the truth, the worthlessness of material things. We celebrate being human. Loving is good for the soul.

Loving someone is therefore very important, and it is also important to choose the right person. Despite popular culture, love doesn't happen by chance, at first sight, across a crowded dance floor. It grows slowly, sinking roots first before branching and blossoming. It is not a silly weed, but a mighty tree that weathers every storm.

You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.

You will also find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated. You are not doing it to be loved back. Its value is to inspire you.

Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don't, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.

Don't work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone.
You're going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there's no life expectancy.

*repost from Em

typhoon survival list and hotlines

2009-10-02T06:26:06Z

let's keep safe and keep in touch friends.

***

http://bayanihanonline.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/your-typhoon-survival-kit/

YOUR TYPHOON SURVIVAL KIT

October 1, 2009, 2:29 PM
Filed under: Survival

Being prepared is always one step towards survival. Here are some things that we think is important to have during times like these. Prepare them beforehand and keep them in a safe place at all times. Better yet, keep them with you, or in an area that is easy to reach and won 19t get in the way of raging floods, etc.

YOUR TYPHOON SURVIVAL KIT

1. Clean drinking water. Good enough for a week. Consider having at least 1 gallon per person.

2. Other drinks. Consider: juices in packs, carbonated drinks, coffee.

3. Food. Also good enough for a week. Consider:

o Snacks that are easy to store and carry (biscuits, cookies)

o Non-perishable canned food (corned beef, tuna, pork and beans, vienna sausage, etc.)

o Candies to maintain sugar in body and keep acidity at bay

o Bread that will last for a few days, for carbo load

o Instant noodles, if you have the means to cook

o IMPORTANT: food for babies and the elderly if you have some staying with you

4. Food utensils.

o Spoons, forks, knives, paper plates, drinking cups

o Non-electric can opener

o Cooking stove and fuel, if possible

o Plastic bags

5. Medicines. Consider having medicines for the following:

o Fever and nausea

o Coughs and colds

o Hypertension

o Diabetes

o Diarrhea

o Anti-tetanus

o Anti-leptospirosis

o Other prescription drugs that you need to take

o Also include asthma inhalers

6. First Aid kit. Must contain band-aids, gauze, tweezers, alcohol, antibiotic ointment, hydrogen peroxide, bandage scissors, absorbent dressings, antiseptic wipe packets, cold compress, gloves and thermometer.

7. Sanitation kit. Make sure that you have tissue wipes, toilet paper, sanitary napkins, diapers.

8. Toiletries. These include toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap.

9. Blankets, towels, comforters, pillows. You can put them in large garbage bags to keep from getting wet.

10. Extra clothes and underwear. Put them in plastic bags to avoid from getting wet. If you can, pack something that will last you for a few days.

11. Jackets, sweaters, socks, caps. And anything else that will keep you warm and dry.

12. Emergency lights and flashlights.

13. Fresh batteries. Have reserves for batteries of different sizes, especially for radios and flashlights. 1cideally batteries should be advanced lithium or lithium so they have a longer shelf life 26.but the new energizer advanced is good enough to last a lot of long usage compared to energizer max batteries 26. 1d 13 doc joby [via Comments]

14. Radio. Must be portable, battery operated, has functional AM station.

15. Mobile phone. Make sure the battery is fully charge, and that you have a spare one, too, in case of emergency. Also consider walkie-talkies.

16. Cash. Banks and ATMs might not be available so make sure that you have cash with you.

17. Keys. Have copies of keys to the front door, back door, garage, car keys, etc.

18. Items for pets. Consider also having a leash, muzzle, cage and food for your pets.

19. Umbrellas and tents

20. Water pails and dippers

21. Floatation devices like life jackets, styrofoams, old tires, etc.

22. Rope. 1ci advice against tying family members together on a rope 26if one member is swept away then the others will be pulled as well unless one person has super human strength 26.the rope should be attached as a guy line to guide members or as an escape line from high structures.. 1d 13 doc joby [via Comments]

23. Plastic whistles. 1cfox 40 whistle is available here in the RP 26definitely loud 26 1d 13 doc joby [via Comments]

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS TO PROTECT

Many people have died trying to go back for these things, so it 19s important that you are well-prepared already at this point in time. Keep these documents in a water-proof container:

1. Birth certificates

2. Insurance records

3. Medical records

4. SSS, Pag-ibig and Philhealth records

5. Identification cards

6. Passports

7. Bank account numbers and records

8. Emergency contact numbers (i.e. NDCC hotline numbers, PNP, etc.)

9. Contact numbers of family, friends and loved ones

It is important that you have an ID with you wherever you go. Also, a list of people to contact in case something happens to you. If you can, put your emergency contacts on speed dial.

HOTLINES:

(Gen. Constante Azares) Chief of National Operations Centre in PNP (in charge of PNP rescue teams). Any DISTRESS calls, these are the direct numbers of his centre! PNP office: 722-0540 or 721-8574 (SMART) 0919-282-1142 (GLOBE) 0927-580-7881

National Disaster Coordinating Council - 912-2112 / 911-1873 / 912-2665

Citizens Disaster Response Center - 0906-4361185

Red Cross - 527-0000 / 524-5787

Coast Guard - 5278481

Bureau of Fire Protection - 729-5166

Pagasa - 433-8526

Senator Manny Villar - 0917-4226800 / 0927-6751981

Senator Richard Gordon - 0917-8997898 / 0938-444BOYS

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration - 0917-8986992

Department of Trade and Industry - 751-0330/ 0917-8540009

Department of Health - 7438301

Department of Interior and Local Government - 925-0343

Philippine National Police - 117

Metro Manila Development Authority - 136

National Capital Region Police Office - 838-3203 / 833-3354

Marikina - 646-2436 /161

Pasig - 643-0000

Cainta - 387-2992

Meralco - 631-2222

Napocor - 921-3541

Maynilad - 1625

Manila Water - 1627

ohwow

2009-09-09T06:21:06Z

i miss eljay.

5 Stages of Grief (On Flunking)*

2009-09-08T06:16:42Z

Denial 13 huwat??!

Anger 13 PAKSHET ?&@*!!?!

Bargaining 13 di ba pwede babaan yung passing??

Depression 13 waaaaah! bumagsak ako! huhuhuhuhuhuhu! *singhot*

Acceptance 13 bumagsak ako. *hinga ng malalim* bawi sa finals. lezzzzgetitowwwnnnn.

*pasintabi kay Kubler-Ross

life is but a musical

2009-08-14T02:17:05Z

Glinda:
Elphaba - why couldn't you have stayed calm for once,
instead of flying off the handle!

I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy how you
Hurt your cause forever
I hope you think you're clever

Elphaba:
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy too
I hope you're proud how you
Would grovel in submission
To feed your own ambition

Both:
So though I can't imagine how
I hope you're happy right now...

Glinda:
Elphie, listen to me - just say you're sorry...

You can still be with the wizard
What you've worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted...

Elphaba:
I know...But I don't want it - NO - I can't want it
anymore...

Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap

It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you can't pull me down...

Glinda:
Can't I make you understand, you're having delusions of grandeur...?

Elphaba:
I'm through accepting limits
'Cuz someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But 'till I try, I'll never know
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love - I guess I have lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost

I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down...

Elphaba: Glinda, come with me. Think of what we could do - together.

I'm Limited
Together we're unlimited
Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been, Glinda,
Dreams the way we planned 'em

Glinda:
If we work in tandem

Both:
There's no fight we cannot win
Just you and I
Defying gravity
With you and I
Defying gravity

Elphaba:
They'll never bring us down...
Well? Are you coming?

Glinda:
I hope you're happy
Now that you're choosing this...

Elphaba:
You too - I hope it brings you bliss

Both:
I really hope you get it
And you don't live to regret it
I hope you're happy in the end
I hope you're happy, my friend...

Elphaba:
So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky
As someone told me lately -
Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who'd ground me
Take a message back from me -

Tell them how I
Am defying gravity!
I'm flying high
Defying gravity!
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!

Glinda:
I hope you're happy!

Citizens of Oz:
Look at her, shes wicked!
Get her!

Elphaba:
...bring me down!

Citizens of Oz:
No one mourns the wicked
So we've got to bring her...

Elphaba:
Ahhhh!

Citizens of Oz:
Down!

(Defying Gravity, Wicked)

When Sex is a Crime: Adultery and the Law in the Philippines

2009-03-04T10:54:49Z

http://www.tarshi.net/asiasrc/plSpk/2008_3/Bigger_Picture.asp

Just wanted to share this article with you which I got from http://cedawyouth.multiply.com. It was written by a lecturer at the UP College of Law. Yes, na-cite ang Estrada v Escritor sa article na yan, woot. Hahaha.

Maligayang Buwan ng Kababaihan sa lahat!

YOU & ME: Girls Night Out!

2009-03-04T05:12:55Z

tara tena!

MALIGAYANG BUWAN NG KABABAIHAN!

***

You & Me: Girls’ Night Out!

Celebrate Womanity! You are invited to join us for an intimate night of music, arts and drinks on March 21, 2009 (Saturday) 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Ten 02 Bar Timog Ave. cor. Sct. Ybardolaza Quezon City. Please come as your alter ego and take the center stage to perform your favorite song, dance, or read your poetry and any other literary piece. Share your thoughts about young women’s participation or express your solidarity and commitment to young women’s activism in any artistic, creative and inspiring way! Be part of the art workshops and enjoy the art exhibits too!

To confirm, contact:
Carol Bello (09275426787)
Erika Sales (09175111109)
cedawyouth@gmail.com

http://cedawyouth.multiply.com/

The youth is an important force of a sustained movement for gender advocacy. They have their own perspectives and strategies that could significantly contribute in claiming women’s human rights and addressing the critical problems of our times. Their energy, idealism, and creativity are valuable resources to promote and sustain women’s human rights advocacy using a gender-based rights approach with a twist of new flavour and vigor.

In this light, a group of young individuals and advocates came together last year to conceptualize the founding of a “CEDAW Youth Committee” under the CEDAW Watch Network but which can work independently from its mother network. CEDAW Youth Committee (CYC) is an association of students and young women professionals which aims to promote the youth’s understanding of the important of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It aims to develop the leadership of young women and increase their awareness and sense of responsibility in the campaign for women’s human rights. Core members include young women involved in various fields such as education, development, law, and media.

Led by some young women professionals and with the support of UNIFEM SEAP and CEDAW Watch Network, a young women’s magazine entitled “Speak Out” was developed to promote gender advocacy through popularizing CEDAW. The magazine will be launched on March 2009 in time for the celebration of the Women’s Month.

While promoting gender advocacy, CYC focuses on particular issues relevant to young women such as sexual violence, self-esteem, body image, education, inter-generational gaps within the women’s movement, and the sustainability of the campaign for women’s rights. CYC believes it is important that young women’s voices are heard and that they are encouraged and given the opportunities toward increased meaningful involvement, participation and ownership in the movement for women’s rights.

CEDAW Youth Committee
c/o Miriam College – Women and Gender Institute

Ground Floor, Caritas Building, Miriam College, Katipunan Road, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines

Telfax: (632) 4359229
Trunkline: (632) 5805400 local 3590
Email: cedawyouth@gmail.com or mmreyes@mc.edu.ph

YOU & ME: Girl's Night Out!

2009-03-04T05:06:50Z

TARA TENA!!!

MALIGAYANG BUWAN NG KABABAIHAN!

***

Celebrate Womanity! You are invited to join us for an intimate night of music, arts and drinks on March 21, 2009 (Saturday) 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Ten 02 Bar Timog Ave. cor. Sct. Ybardolaza Quezon City. Please come as your alter ego and take the center stage to perform your favorite song, dance, or read your poetry and any other literary piece. Share your thoughts about young women’s participation or express your solidarity and commitment to young women’s activism in any artistic, creative and inspiring way! Be part of the art workshops and enjoy the art exhibits too!

To confirm, contact:
Carol Bello (09275426787)
Erika Sales (09175111109)
cedawyouth@gmail.com

http://cedawyouth.multiply.com/

sick

2009-02-11T19:04:37Z

Its 3 am, I am not at home because I had a take home midterm (that would never end) to cram. So I invited myself to disturb a friend, mess up her apartment, and abuse her free wifi till the wee hours.

I am sick with fever and flu. I sneeze every 10 seconds and my nose is raw from my wiping the never ending snot. The tissue paper pile on the floor is growing. My head is heavy, aching and hot. My joints are sore. My body feels like lead.

I have to be at the office by 7 to help out in 2 meetings. I am behind a whole shitload of report deadlines that go on.

I have a class after work to read and write digests for. Your guess is as good as mine about how that will be done and how I will survive tonight's graded recitation.

This is one of the lowest points in my working student life.

There us simply not enough time.

I am physically, mentally, emotionally sick.

This is so obviously unhealthy. Why am I choosing to kill myself in such a slow, boring, and agonizing manner?

Maybe it doesn't have to be this way.

Her Morning Elegance (Music Therapy)

2009-02-03T06:00:14Z

LSS dahil kay Rocky. And I just love the video.

Link

Music Therapy Shout Out

2009-01-23T00:41:38Z

I'd like to replace eating food with listening to good music as my preferred mode of stress bingeing. But my playlists are getting old and I’ve overplayed them.

I've overplayed Abba (Super Trouper lights are gonna find me...), Fall Out Boy (Sugar we're going down swinging..) Garbage (Rip it up to shreds and let it go...), and Imago (Simple lang naman ang buhay kung ika'y matino...) songs.

Sooo...

Friends, sending me (csleones@yahoo.com) wma files (or even just the name of songs, artists and/or albums) of music you enjoy and music that help keep you up at night (to do work/study) or perk you up (during Bad Days) would be greatly appreciated. I'm not picky about genre. Variety is good! If you want, we can swap files! (But like I said, medyo outdated na playlists ko.)

Consider this a call for help.

Musictherapy. Kamown.

All right. Back to work.

laughter/music is the best medicine

2009-01-16T03:14:50Z

I crack myself up a lot (when I’m not too busy stressing myself a lot).

I think having a sense of humor, no matter how odd, is a critical survival trait.

Lately I’ve been searching for various ways to cope with the general pressures that come with the suicidal occupation called the working-law-student life.

Last night, I found a trick that works to relieve stress through humor.

All I need to do is think about the following image:

in the spotlight

wearing a shiny, neon, orange polyester flared jumpsuit,

matching platform boots,

and a curly blonde wig

singing

ABBA SONGS.

SUPER TROUPER LIGHTS ARE GONNA FIND ME SHINING LIKE THE SUN!

GIMMEGIMMEGIMME A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT!

MONEY MONEY MONEY! ALWAYS SUNNY IN A RICH MAN’S WORLD! (yooweeyooweeyooweeeee)

DANCING QUEEN! FEEL THE BEAT OF THAT TAMBOURINE! YEAH!

TAKE A CHANCE ON ME! (takeachancetakeachancetakeachance-chance)

Yes. This really works to make me feel better.

Or maybe I’m just cracking up.

I’m definitely listening to the Mamma Mia soundtrack again while I study tomorrow night.

Takeachancetakeachance….

eheads reunion concert patron seats ticket for sale

2008-08-28T23:13:35Z

i've an extra ticket. tatanggalin ko lang yung butal, i'm selling it for php 1,300 (php 1.371 siya talaga hehe).

if you're interested or know anyone who might be interested, pls text me before 4pm today. thanks! (09178585426)

in other news....WAAAAAAH! BUKAS NA SIYA! WAAAAHOOOOOOO!

love,

tin

"ilang bukas pa ba bago tayo ay magkita, ako'y naiinip na. bawat oras binibilang, sabik na masilayan kaaaa...."
(sembreak, eheads)

back to old habits

2008-07-23T07:41:32Z

when the going gets tough

procrastinate.

the struggle continues

2008-03-11T07:14:06Z

House panel OKs resolution on comfort women

Apology, acceptance sought from Japan

By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 11:29:00 03/11/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- A resolution has been passed by a committee at the House of Representatives urging the Philippine government to ask Japan to formally acknowledge, “apologize and accept” its responsibility over the sexual slavery of young women, also known as “comfort women,” during World War II.

The committee on foreign affairs, chaired by Cebu Representative Antonio Cuenco, unanimously passed on Tuesday House Resolution 124 filed by Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representatives Liza Maza and Luzviminda Ilagan; Bayan Muna Representatives Satur Ocampo and Teodoro Casiño; Anakpawis Representative Crispin Beltran; and Parañaque Representative Eduardo Zialcita, an administration ally.

The approval came despite the warning issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs against the compensation provision in the measure.

Marcial Louis Alferez, acting director of DFA’s Asian and Pacific Affairs, said the specific call for compensation and claims contained in the resolution was a “reversal of the long-standing Philippine position on war claims and the prevailing understanding between the governments of the Philippines and of Japan.”

“All claims related to the war are understood to have been covered by the bilateral reparations agreement of 1996 and the San Francisco treaty of 1951. Other Asian countries have also received reparations after the war and they have made no claims afterwards,” Alferez said during the hearing.

“In all high level meetings between Japan and several other countries, no government has sought claims on behalf of comfort women,” he pointed out.

Alferez clarified that the department would not be an obstacle for claims made on individual or private capacity as well as to the chamber’s move to articulate its support for the comfort women.

“We are prepared, nonetheless, to explore ways to best assist in this endeavor of the House and of the lolas [grandmothers],” the official said.

Representatives of the Department of Justice and the Department of Social Welfare and Development also expressed support for the immediate approval of the measure.

Harry Roque, legal counsel for the group “Malaya, Lola [Free, Grandmother],” insisted, however, that the compensation call in the resolution was not a violation of the San Francisco peace pact, citing an “obligation entered into by Japan itself, which conditioned its surrender to its continuing compliance with modern human rights law.”

“Already, the resolution that weare discussing today specified at least breaches two human rights norms committed by Japan as a result of the comfort women situation and that’s a breach of an international law against trafficking of women and secondly, a breach of an obligation against slavery,” Roque explained.

Upon Maza’s motion, the committee proceeded with the approval of the resolution.

Cuenco said his committee would immediately make a report on the resolution so that the House could approve it at the plenary before Congress goes on recess on Wednesday.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20080311-124016/UPDATE-House-panel-OKs-resolution-on-comfort-women

***

Having gotten to know some of the lolas of Lila Filipina** who have passed on without their demands for justice and compensation satisfactorily addressed, makes me hope that our lawmakers would realize that time is running out for our lolas. It took years for them to be able to deal with the trauma and bravely come out publicly about their experiences. Now, spending their last days in their campaign for justice as well as in advocacy work to end violence against women especially in areas of armed conflict, I believe its high time that our government finally give them the support they deserve.

*In memory of Lola Rosa Henson (Slaves of Destiny), Lola Remedios Frias (The Hidden Battle of Leyte), and Tomasa Salinog as well as in support of other equally brave comfort women survivors and their supporters who are now continuing their campaign.
**Lila-Filipina is an organization of and for surviving comfort women. Formed in 1994, it is the first and largest of the three such existing organizations in the Philippines.

For more info about comfort women go here:

honoring lola masing
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view_article.php?article_id=123465
campaign to include comfort women in Phil history books
http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug28/metro2.htm
trauma interrupted:naming the pain
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=72441
lola rosa henson
http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph/aliww/splprg_rosahenson.html
abe's apology
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17795448/

maligayang buwan ng kababaihan!

2008-03-09T14:35:38Z

Dear Friends,

Let me share a few poems and web links in celebration of womanity this International Women's Month as a salute to all my sisters.

Maligayang Buwan ng Kababaihan sa lahat!

Love,

Tin

***

ISANG TUGON KAY ELYNIA: ANG PAGIGING BABAE

ni Lilia Quindoza Santiago

Ayaw kong isumpa ang pagiging babae
Sa panahong ito, kabarong makata,
Kahit pa sugatan ang lahat ng sulok
Ng puso ko't kaluluwa.
Ayaw kong isuko ang kayariang
Ako rin ang bumubuo.
Di ko ipamimigay
Ang mumunting butil ng diwang
Ako rin ang bumubihay.

Totoong "kasumpa-sumpa
Ang maging babae sa panahong ito"
Kung panatag nating aakuin
Ang hinulmang pagkatao
Sa mga nagdaang siglo
Nang walang pagtangi sa sarili
O walang pagsalungat sa pang-aapi.

Ngunit ang ganang akin
Ang pagkababae'y marami pang kahulugan
Bukod sa pagtutol sa kostumbre't kaugalian.
Ang pagiging babae'y pagkatha
Ng mga tulang di pa nalilikha;
Ang pagiging babae'y pag-awit
Ng awiting di pa naririnig;
Ang pagiging babae'y pagtuklas
Ng daigdig na di pa natutuklasan;

Ang pagiging babae'y paghubog
Ng mundong hindi pa nabubuo;
Ang pagiging babae'y pagluwal
Ng buhay na hindi nararanasan.

Ngunit higit sa lahat, ang pagiging babae'y
Higit pa sa lahat ng ito
Na tayong kababaihan lamang bilang tao
Ang tanging makatatanto.

***

FOR EVERY WOMAN

For every woman who is tired of acting weak when she knows she is strong, there is a man who is tired of appearing strong when he feels vulnerable.

For every woman who is tired of acting dumb, there is a man who is burdened with the constant expectation of "knowing everything."

For every woman who is tired of being called "an emotional female," there is a man who is denied the right to weep and to be gentle.

For every woman who is called unfeminine when she competes, there is a man for whom competition is the only way to prove his masculinity.

For every woman who is tired of being a sex object, there is a man who must worry about his potency.

For every woman who feels "tied down" by her children, there is a man who is denied the full pleasures of shared parenthood.

For every woman who is denied meaningful employment or equal pay, there is a man who must bear full financial responsibility for another human being.

For every woman who was not taught the intricacies of an automobile, there is a man who was not taught the satisfactions of cooking.

For every woman who takes a step toward her own liberation, there is a man who finds the way to freedom has been made a little easier.

***

for info on International Women's Day go here:

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp

for some quick facts on women's situation in the Philippines go here:

http://www.cedaw-watch.org/ncrfwfactsheet.pdf

for more info on women and gender advocacy you can go here:

http://www.cedaw-watch.org/

http://www.ncrfw.gov.ph/

http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/facts_figures.php

http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/index.html

http://www.isiswomen.org/

*ngayon nako nagpost kasi busy-busyhan mamya at bukas para sa klase. gah.

eternal and unchanging word of God*

2008-01-24T09:06:56Z

Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by an east coast resident, which was posted on the Internet. It's funny, as well as informative:

Dear Dr. Laura:

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them:

When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15:19- 24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?

Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?

I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? - Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

*repost from kate's blog hahaha

Monday Happy Words Fix

2008-01-14T03:20:10Z

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on failure
***

"No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible."

-Baudjuin

"Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements, and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end result of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay."
~ Eric Hoffer

"Flops are a part of life's menu
and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses."
~ Rosalind Russell

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly."
~ Robert F. Kennedy

"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune;
but great minds rise above them."
~ Washington Irving

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
~ Samuel Beckett

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."
~ Confucius

http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/efficacynotgiveup.html

***

on fear
***

I will not fear
Fear is the mindkiller,
Fear is the little death
That brings total Oblivion
I will permit my fear to pass
Over me and through me
And where it has gone
I will turn the inner eye
Nothing will be there
Only I will remain.

-Frank Herbert, Dune, Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear

word of wisdom from stephen colbert

2007-12-20T07:32:34Z

But you have one thing that may save you, and that is your youth. This is your great strength. It is also why I hate and fear you. Hear me out. It has been said that children are our future. But does that not also mean that we are their past? You are here to replace us. I don’t understand why we’re here helping and honoring them. You do not see union workers holding benefits for robots.

But you seem nice enough, so I’ll try to give you some advice. First of all, when you go to apply for your first job, don’t wear these robes. Medieval garb does not instill confidence in future employers—unless you’re applying to be a scrivener. And if someone does offer you a job, say yes. You can always quit later. Then at least you’ll be one of the unemployed as opposed to one of the never-employed. Nothing looks worse on a resume than nothing.

So, say “yes.” In fact, say “yes” as often as you can. When I was starting out in Chicago, doing improvisational theatre with Second City and other places, there was really only one rule I was taught about improv. That was, “yes-and.” In this case, “yes-and” is a verb. To “yes-and.” I yes-and, you yes-and, he, she or it yes-ands. And yes-anding means that when you go onstage to improvise a scene with no script, you have no idea what’s going to happen, maybe with someone you’ve never met before. To build a scene, you have to accept. To build anything onstage, you have to accept what the other improviser initiates on stage. They say you’re doctors—you’re doctors. And then, you add to that: We’re doctors and we’re trapped in an ice cave. That’s the “-and.” And then hopefully they “yes-and” you back. You have to keep your eyes open when you do this. You have to be aware of what the other performer is offering you, so that you can agree and add to it. And through these agreements, you can improvise a scene or a one-act play. And because, by following each other’s lead, neither of you are really in control. It’s more of a mutual discovery than a solo adventure. What happens in a scene is often as much a surprise to you as it is to the audience.

Well, you are about to start the greatest improvisation of all. With no script. No idea what’s going to happen, often with people and places you have never seen before. And you are not in control. So say “yes.” And if you’re lucky, you’ll find people who will say “yes” back.

Now will saying “yes” get you in trouble at times? Will saying “yes” lead you to doing some foolish things? Yes it will. But don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say “yes.”

And that’s The Word.

-excerpt from his commencement speech for Knox College graduates last June 2006, stolen from victor's lj for my happy words collection hehe

holiday game plan

2007-12-06T11:17:31Z

This holiday season, instead of beating myself up over the many sinful things I will be eating and how bloated my stomach will get, I will be applying

5 main strategies to be able to indulge in guilt-free pleasure:

Wear garterized pants/skirts/shorts.

Develop (AND IMPLEMENT) an exercise regiment for the next two months and sustain it (for life). I’m not getting any younger and this is really more for general health/fitness (physical and psychological) reasons, not just for the holidays. Plus, I want to live to eat another day (tests show my cholesterol level is already sky high for my age). There’s a lot of good food out there I haven’t even tasted. I need all the time I can get to eat them before my teeth fall out or my doctor forbids me.

Eat everything and anything I want but not to forget to get at least a serving of fruits and vegetables. Hey, some of them taste good too. But the main thing is they’ll help me digest better which means more space to get more servings in at another celebration.

Look at the anorexic people in fashion magazines and eat in their honor.

Tell people I’m pregnant and eating for 2. Instead of curbing by appetite in the presence of abundance and feeling bad when I look at my swollen tummy, I might as well go for broke, celebrate, and utilize my own ‘abundance’ as a fast and easy way of making people who comment about how much food I have on my plate get off my case… Or I can always say (loudly) that I have worms and if other people lose their appetite, hey, more food for me.

Bring on the buffets!

tell me about it

2007-11-23T06:08:43Z

One Art 
by Elizabeth Bishop
 

The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day.  Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel.  None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother's watch.  And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones.  And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

---Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied.  It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.


 




(Something I looked up after I read an exerpt in In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner.No, I haven't watched the movie.)

dahil finals na at madami pa deadlines sa trabaho

2007-10-08T06:02:09Z

...maghahanap ako ng distractions, gaya ng

mga lyrics sa murang songhits (o videoke):

Back At One by Brian McKnight: "It's on the night bowl.. that we should be together..." (It's undeniable.. that we should be together)

Unpretty by TLC: "I am such a fool.. I am such a fool" (my outside look cool, my insides are blue)

Out of Reach by Gabrielle: Chorus part: "Va-le-rie" (Out of reach) >> eto favorite ko ahahaha

Youth of the Nation: "We are, we are.. the EUTHANASIA" (We are , we are.... the Youth of the Nation)

Someday We'll Know: "Mighty mouse.. outside Chicago" (90 miles..outside Chicago)

Greatest Love of All - I decided long ago, never to walk in edu manzano...(I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadow) >> seryoso ba to?

Cry by Mandy Moore - A walk to remember... it was late afternoon! (I'll always remember, it was late afternoon)

All My Life by K-ci and Jojo - supposed to be you're like my mother,supposed to be you're like my sister (close to me you're like my mother... close to me you're like my sister)

Where's the Love - People killing, people flying, children hurt and living, crying... (People killing, people dying; children hurt and you hear them crying)

Leaving on a jet plane - so kiss me and SMAFFLE me... (so kiss me and smile for me...)

Usher & Alicia's My Boo - It started when we were younger you we NINE...(It started when we were younger you were mine)

Eto pa: ...and you were my BEYBLADE... it started when were younger you were FINE... hehehe....

If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys - "some people want TAMBOURINES.."(diamond rings)

Britney's Baby One More Time - My ONLY NEST is killing me... and I........(My loneliness....)

Chumbawumba - I get knocked down by an elephant, my mommas's gonna bring me down... (I get knocked down, but I get up again...)

Crush by Jennifer Paige - "i-splash, a little crush.." ("it's just.. a little crush..")

Red Hot's Californication - "VIVA Californication...." (Dream of Californication...)

No scrubs, TLC - "A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fine but is also known as a BUS STOP" (buster)

Waterfalls by TLC: Don't go JASON waterfalls... (Chasin')

John Mayer - You're ALICE IN WONDERLAND... You're ALICE IN WONDERLAND I'll use my hands (Body is a wonderland)

Baa Baa Black Sheep: "Baa baa black sheep, heavy on the road..."

With A Smile by Eraserheads: "lift ur HAND.. baby dont be scared.. of the things that could go wrong along the way.. (HEAD!!!)

Wag Na Wag Mong Sasabihin by Kitchie Nadal: "maaaaaaaaaag... , magdamag mong sasabihin........"

Two-trick pony by sandwich - i have been waiting for you all night under the glow of INSECENT LIGHT (...under the glow of YOUR SATELLITE)

On Bended Knees by Boyz II Men: Oh God give me the reason, I'M DOWN...ABANDON ME... (I'm down on bended knee)

Red Hot's Zephyr Song: Fly away on my CELLPHONE...I feel it more than ever (Fly away on my zephyr, I feel it more than ever)

AND FINALLY....

Soul of Christ... sat beside me... (sanctify me!)

May pahabol pa yung nagsend nung email:

Nothing's gonna change my love for you... you know NAMAN MY LOVE how much I love you...

***
LOL. If you remember other funny lyrics you've read recently, send it to me!!

wise up (aimee mann)

2007-10-04T01:46:11Z

It's not
What you thought
When you first began it
You got
What you want
Now you can hardly stand it though,
By now you know
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up

You're sure
There's a cure
And you have finally found it
You think
One drink
Will shrink you 'til you're underground
And living down
But it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up

Prepare a list of what you need
Before you sign away the deed
'Cause it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
So just...give in.

***

...or don't.

so much more to explore...

2007-06-20T08:58:22Z

My Lakbayan grade is C!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out atLakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

(stolen from a random blog)

nakasingit pako ng post dahil walang pasok mamaya at bukas wahooooo!