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| Posted: May.02.2007 @ 5:55 pm | Lasted edited: May.05.2007 @ 1:11 am |
| The Philippines is emerging as the top country for women to find
equal opportunity in trade and commerce, politics, religion, education,
etc. Not really a surprise since the country is a democratic republic
and religions here do not hinder women rights like those being
practiced in Arab nations. We even have a female President (2nd female
chief of staff)!
Recently, the Philippines tops the list for women executives
(percentage-wise) among all other Asian countries. Here is the article:
 The Philippines has topped a survey among all asian countries with Filipinas holding senior management positions.
New findings from the Grant Thornton International Business Report
showed 97 per cent of businesses in the Philippines have women in top
managerial positions... keep reading
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| Posted: May.02.2007 @ 12:19 pm | Lasted edited: May.05.2007 @ 1:08 am |
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May is the month of festivals/fiestas. It also
marks the last month of summer in
the Philippines and the last month of school break. The whole month is
just really perfect for people to enjoy, celebrate and reinvigorate the
body, spirit and mind for the long stretch of six months studying and
working before the next national break, Christmas & New Year
holiday season that is. Henyo ang nagtapat ng fiesta month, school break and summer together!!!
The picture on the left side (top) is a typical parada sa bario having the little girls, the teenagers and even the grown up ladies go on a bario-wide parade either by walking or by riding pedicabs or karosa.
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Lechon! The picture on the left (bottom) is the handa for the fiesta. Any celebrations, festivals or parties in the Philippines wouldn't be complete without any oily foods to devour. Just looking in the picture of this Lechon I can feel my blood pressure rising!
I am lucky enough to be able to go back in time
for our barangay fiesta, the election, maybeybi's birthday, santa
cruzan, etc. With still a week remaining on my fifth stint here at the
project site I can barely wait to go back to civilization to be with my
family :)I am not so interested in lechon though. I miss my dinaing na bangus, inihaw na tilapia, kare kare (with lots of veggies) at chopseuy!!!
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| Posted: May.02.2007 @ 10:12 am | Lasted edited: May.05.2007 @ 1:09 am |
| Why do Filipinos excel more in individual sports than team sports?
Can't we produce an Asian Games basketball champion team? How about a
formidable football squad that can rival with some of the Europian
foots band? And what the hell happened to our RP Blue Boys who are once
feared in the Asian baseball circuit?
Is our inclination on being successful in individual sports (and
disinclination in winning in team sports) any way indicative that
Pinoys prefer to achieve "individual greatness" rather than "collective
triump or group victory"? Is Filipino team work not good enough?
Just a thought... Anyway here's a short list of successful (both past and present) Pinoy champion sportsmen:
- Manny Pacquiao - Boxing
- Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco - Boxing
- Gabriel "Flash" Elorde - Boxing
- Efren "Bata" Reyes - Billiards
- Francisco Bustamante - Billiards
- Ronato Alcano - Billiards
- Mikee Cojuangco Jaworski - Equestrian
- Tony Leviste - Equestrian
- Paeng Nepomuceno - Bowling (Hall of Fame)
- Eric Buhain - Swimming
- Teofilo "Ilocano Shark" Yldefonso - Swimming
- Lydia De Vega - Athletics
- Elma Muros - Athletics
- Simeon Toribio - Athletics (Filipino Field Athlete of the Half Century)
- Eugenio Torre - Chess
- Jethro Dionisio - Shooting
- Dorothy Delasin - Golf
- Jennifer Rosales - Golf
- Donal David Geisler -Taekwando
- Salvador Del Rosario - Weightlifting
Other Pinoy champions... |
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| Posted: May.02.2007 @ 9:28 am | Lasted edited: May.05.2007 @ 3:34 am |
Pinoy workers have been known around the world to be one of the best when it comes to work efficiency and character. This distinction will not be acknowledged much without the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) busting their butt 8-16 hours daily just so their job will be fulfilled, which in turn pays them the sum of money they will not earn from homeland even working doubly hard.
Getting up early and staying up late in the night is a routine in most OFW's life abroad. 4-6 hours of sleep is enough to fuel their body for the next day ahead. This is not possible without the added motivation of providing their families back at home better future. Indeed, every Pinoy working afar from the Philippines and his family experiences a great deal of hardship. One being away from the country he grew up and loved is difficult enough, much more being not in the presence of his own family. Every occasions missed pile up adding to that usual nostalgic feeling when one's away. I remember my friend saying to me once that this privation every OFW feel can be easily doused by thinking the "DOLLARS vs Homesick" thing...maybe true, albeit temporarily only.
If only life back at home is not that difficult nowadays... |
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| Posted: May.01.2007 @ 5:41 pm | Lasted edited: May.05.2007 @ 3:58 am |
Hope is in the air! I can breathe it, smell it, feel it in my skin!
At least this is what the positive-side of my mind is telling me.
It is election time in the Philippines and again the ever improving wit of Pinoys all over the world will be put into test as twelve senators (13 if Lapid wins Makati mayoralty race) will be elected. Local Government positions are also up for grabs this May 14.
Pinoys have learned a lot from the outcomes of the past elections that brought the Philippines little positives. Now that the economy is surging, voters should not let it slow down again by not voting wisely. I say let's think about our future when we are there at the polls ready to cast our vote. Do we want our future to be mired by corruption, scandals and poverty? Anybody asking himself that question will absolutely say NO! And with that being the answer, let us choose sagely the officials we are going to entrust the future of the nation. This coming election could be one of the better events that would push the NEW PHILIPPINES to better heights! |
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| Posted: May.01.2007 @ 4:57 pm | Lasted edited: May.05.2007 @ 1:18 am |
 After 4 months of hiatus and hiding in the vast desert of Afghanistan,
I'll be blogging again not from my old blog site but here in BlogText.
Not that I want to leave Blogger.com, I just want to try something new and make a new web log of more mature entries :)
My first web log was really just a practice. Started on 2003 with
Blogger.com with random web logs since I didn't really have any theme
or specific motif that time... Now I'll try to focus on two three key (broad) topics namely:
- The Philippines (including its people, places, culture, etc) <-- this is too broad
- Sports (hmmm i'll try pick only those that interest me... F1, NBA, Efren "Bata" Reyes, etc)
- All things under the sun (which is practically anything on earth or the solar system hehe)***
*** Added after just 3 days of this blog's birth :) |
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