Author: Ellen

Pamasko talaga: Salamat kay Jason Miranda ng Southmall

Published by Ellen on December 22, 2012

The incident with my cellphone has become a beautiful Christmas story:

Nativity — “”Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.- Psalms 23.6

Marami pa rin talaga mabubuting tao sa kabila ng maraming kasamaan na nakikita natin sa ating paligid.

Isa na dyan si Jason Miranda,na nasa maintenance ng Southmall sa Las Pinas na nagbalik ng aking Blackberry cellphone noong Miyerkules.

Noong Miyerkules ng hapon, bago mag-alas tres ng hapon, dumaan ako sa supermarket ng Southmall para bumili ng plastic na lalagyan ko ng crema de fruta.Nakalimutan ko kasi ito nang namili ako noong isang linggo.

Doon ko huli ginamit ang aking cellphone. Habang nakapila ako sa cashier, nag-check ako ng mga messages. Mula sa supermarket, pumunta ako sa National Book Store para bumili ng mga libro para sa mga anak ng aking mga pamangkin.

What to do when you lose a cellphone

Published by Ellen on December 20, 2012

pickpocket at work — Pickpocket at work. Thanks to On the Road website.

I lost my cellphone to a pickpocket at Southmall, Las Pinas the other day.

I was queuing at the Supermarket cashier with a few items for crema de frutta that I was going to make for friends. While waiting for my turn, I brought out my cellphone to check on some messages.

From the grocery, I went to the National Book Store to buy some books for my grandnieces and nephew. To make sure that they have not yet read the books that I was going to buy, I thought of calling their Mom. That’s when I found out that my cellphone was gone.

I’m really puzzled how the thief could have found an opportunity to pick my bag because I was wearing a body bag. But looking back, there was a brief moment when I had difficulty closing my bag because of zipper problems and I dropped my bag of groceries. Someone helped me with them and I even thanked him.

Will Aquino use his political clout for the FOI bill?

Published by Ellen on December 19, 2012

Right to know2 — Thanks to Interaksyun for this photo.

With a commanding popularity, hardly dented by controversies and bungling, President Aquino’s push makes a lot of difference in passing the most difficult legislations.

We have seen it in the last few weeks.

His certification of the Reproductive Health bill as urgent last week facilitated the passage of the measure which was vigorously opposed by the intimidating Catholic Church.

A few weeks ago, Congress also passed the Sin Tax Reform bill which cigarette and alcoholic drinks companies, with huge lobby money, were blocking.

How serious is this latest jueteng noise?

Published by Ellen on December 16, 2012

The P10 million a month Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino, Jr.

Jueteng investigations come and go but the illegal numbers game is flourishing as ever.

News reports about Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino, Jr. as a jueteng lord is nothing new. On Sept. 20, 2010, retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz gave the Senate committee investigating the illegal numbers game a list containing 12 names of jueteng lords, operators and recipients of payola which he said his group, Krusada ng Bayan Laban sa Jueteng, had cross-checked with several sources including those with the Philippine National Police and the Department of Interior and Local Government.

Espino’s name was there together with that of two people close to President Aquino: former Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Rico E. Puno and former Philippine National Police chief Jesus Verzosa, touted to be the next DILG secretary but had to retire early due his negligence in the Aug 23, 2010 Rizal park hostage-taking fiasco.

Buhayin ang magandang tradisyun ng Pasko; ingat sa manloloko

Published by Ellen on December 15, 2012

Pasko na talaga. Simula na ng simbang gabi.

Maganda naman at buhay na buhay pa rin ang tradisyun ng simbang gabi, ang misa sa medaling araw. Paglabas mo ng simbahan, nandiyan ang puto-bumbong at bibingka.

Dito sa Manila, kape ang mainit na inumin. Three-in-one na. Sa probinsiya, salabat. Yung may kaya, tsokolate na malapot kasama ng ibos-suman at mangga. Ang sarap. Tamang-tama sa malamig na simoy ng hangin.

Ang ginagawa pa namin noon, nagsisindi ng mga naipon na basura na kadalasan ay dahon ng mga puno. Upo kami doon sa paligid ng apoy at magkwentuhan habang umiinom ng salabat o kape. Ang kape doon, kung hindi barako, kape ng bigas.

What’s Pacquaio take on his men’s boorish actions?

Published by Ellen on December 13, 2012

Michael Koncz grabs photographer's shirt — Michael Koncz grabs photographer’s shirt

Manny Pacquiao should be asked what he should do with his confidante and assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez and adviser Michael Koncz who assaulted photojournalist Al Bello who was taking a picture of Pacquiao unconscious after he was knocked out by Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez.

The deplorable incident was captured on camera by Chris Cozzone and can be viewed at http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/manny-pacquiao-aides-allegedly-attacked-photographer-brutal-knockout-005405170–box.html

A Yahoo news report by Kevin Lole showed a picture of Koncz grabbing Bello by his shirt while the burly Fernandez kicked him.

Another picture showed an enraged Fernandez going down through the ropes running after Bello.

Aquino missed the chance of making Human Rights Day more meaningful

Published by Ellen on December 12, 2012

Daryl Fortuna — Missing since March 9, 2010

Malacanang’s enumeration of its human rights initiatives last Monday, International Human Rights Day, would have been more meaningful had President Aquino signed the proposed “Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012” which had been on his table for almost three weeks.

Fernando Butch Fortuna Jr — Fernando “Butch” Fortuna, Jr: his son disappeared more than two years ago.

Families of those who just “disappeared” from the face of the earth, most of them for their political beliefs, were fervently hoping for an early Christmas gift for the President. But alas, there was no such gift from the President.

Fernando “Butch” Fortuna, a taxi driver, tearfully appealed to the President to help find his son Daryl who was forcibly taken, with an female companion , Jinky Garcia, and Ronron Landingin, one evening in Masinloc, Zambales by men suspected to be members of the 24th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine ArmyB-PA while he was in an outreach activity in connection with his thesis. At that time, Daryl was a graduating student of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Paala-ala kay Pacquiao: hindi ka superman

Published by Ellen on December 11, 2012

pacquiao crumples — Pacquiao crumples to the floor

Akala ko ang leksyun na nakuha ni Manny Pacquiao sa kanyang pagkatalo niya sa Mexicanong si Juan Manuel Marquez ay hindi siya superman at dapat na siyang mag-retiro.

Hindi pala. Gusto pa niyang lumaban ulit. Kaya pinag-uusapan na ngayon ang panglimang Pacquiao-Marquez fight. Baka sa Abril daw.

“I am going to rest and come back to fight. I would go for a fifth,” sabi niya sa interview sa kanya sa Las Vegas isang araw bago siya pinatumba ni Marquez.

Naloko na. Gusto yata maging gulay. Anhin niya ang kanyang bilyunes kung gulay naman siya.

Sabi ni Ronnie Nathanielsz, sports analyst, na delikado sa edad ngayon ni Pacquiao (magiging 34 siya sa Disyembre 17) , ang magpapatuloy sa boksing, isang sports na talagang bugbog ang katawan.

Sabi ni Nathanielz kapag tinitingnan niya ang coach ni Pacquiao na si Freddie Roach na dati ring boksingero at ang dating heavyweight champion na si Muhammad Ali, parehong may Parkinson’s disease, natatakot siya para kay Pacquiao.

Pacquiao shines in defeat

Published by Ellen on December 9, 2012

Pacquiao flat on the floor — Pacquaio flat on the floor

While most were expressing their disappointment on Manny Pacquiao’s loss to Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez (many even ridiculed him), Ace Esmeralda of Security Matters Magazine made this discerning note:

“The first person I saw who smiled after the knockout was Pacman. How he conducts himself now defines his true relationship with his new found faith. How we treat his defeat defines our own.”

Agree.

In defeat, Pacquiao showed his greatness. He offered no excuses. All he said was :” “I never expected that punch. He got me with a good shot. That’s boxing.Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.”

Kailan pa tayo matutoto na huwag abusuhin ang kalikasan?

Published by Ellen on December 8, 2012

from Yahoo — Thanks to Yahoo for this photo.

Nakakabagbag damdamin ang nangyari sa Compostela Valley at Davao Oriental na talagang hinagupit ng bagyong “Pablo.”

Habang pinapanood , pinapakinggan at binabasa ko ang mga report galing doon, naisip ko,tayo na hindi tinamaan ng hagupit ng bagyong “Pablo” ay walang karapatang magreklamo at mamaktol sa mga problema natin.

Kung ano man ang ating problema – walang pera pangbili ng bagong IPhone o pinakabago na labas ng Samsung o kulang ang ating pang-Christmas shopping – wala yan sa kalingkingan sa hirap na dinaranas ngayon ng mga tao sa Davao Oriental at sa Compostela Valley na mismo ang kanilang evacuation center ay tinangay rin ni Pablo. Wala silang masilungan habang patuloy ang pag-ulan. Kahit sa pagkain at inumin kinukulang.