Hear No Evil

Dear insansapinas,

Matagal nang nagtatakip ng tainga yong private prosecutor habang nagsasalita si Senator Miriam Santiago. Sa aming mga hindi abugado malaki naman ang natutuhan namin kay Miriam. Minsan sa isang session, ipinaliwanag ni Miriam kung bakit ganoon ang ugali niya. Sakit yon and I believe her. I know of some people who can not talk without raising their voices. One brother of mine talks in high pitch so that my mother would coach him to tone down his voice by singing do-re-me. That's the only time he laughed and reminded of his "dysfunctionality".

Wen Manong

Dear insansapinas,

Tomorrow, I am going to see my surgeon. The pain subsided a little so that I decided to arrange my papers while waching Rango. I hate disorganized files...nasaan ba yong aking ...nasaan ba ayong aking...at iba pang nasaan ba yong ....
Buti na lang wala si His Honor Serafin Cuevas, baka questionin ako ng authenicity ng aking mga papeles. Galing pa namang manghuli. Papasukin ka muna, tapos saka ka sasagpangin. Yong Yes sir niya, katumbas ng Yes Po ng mga tinatanong.  

NEXT

Dear insansapinas,

1.There was a brief rejoicing among the prosecutors. Chief Defense Counsel Cuevas was late for the the first time. He was on his way to the impeachment trial when he was held up in traffic because of the rally of the INC members. The truth is, hindi natuyo yong puti niyang suit.
2. Another witness was presented instead of the cameraman. I wonder who was more nervous, the witness or the prosecutor -lawyer. kakaba-kaba-kaba.


3. Another cameraman was presented as a witness. This time, the guy did not object when he did not want to respond to the questions posed by Cuevas. He asked the most difficult question tonight. Do you know Gloria Arroyo? 


4. Cuevas must have really intimidating effect to the witnesses being cross examined that  the librarian from ABS CBN denied that she had something to do with the labeling of the CF of the videos taken by cameramen. She denied vigorously that lawyer had still to think of a question and yet  she was already shaking her head. She may have also denied that she was the cause of the break-up of Hayden and Vicki Belo when queried. 

Wash Day

Dear insansapinas,

When I was working with the government, we were obliged to wear a uniform but once a week, we had a wash day--the day when we can wear civilian clothes. Pabonggahan.


Yesterday was also a WASH DAY in the impeachment court where the prosecutors were reprimanded not only by Miriam Santiago, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, Defense Counsel Cuevas but also by other senator judges. Sinabon talaga sila.


By the time, the  impeachment proeedings would come into conclusion, maputi na ang mga presecutors pati ang kanilang damit dahil sa kasasabon. Ohohoy.


Pimentel tried to embarrass Cuevas by pointing to him how he screwed up in treating his documentary evidence and to think that law students were  observing and learning from him. Siya yata ang napahiya.

And the Oscar Goes to

Dear insansapinas,

I like balut but I eat this duck egg only in the darkness  inside a movie house  or while watching a DVD at home while the lights are off. Can't imagine eating the small chick with hair and all. Pero kain pa rin ako. 


Tonight, while watching the Oscars, I decided to eat the balut that we bought from the Filipino store. No chick. The part which is usually hard as a rock was soft although there was not much juice inside. The eggs were big compared to what I usually bought back there in the Philippines. Hindi siguro nagdadiet at naggym yong ducks  para maging sexy.  One website wrongly identified balut as a delicacy of another Asian country. Sabihin na nating kumakain din sila ng balut pero hindi naman siguro balut ang tawag doon. Estopido. But we are not talking about balut here. 


Back to Oscars, I really liked the actress who won the best supporting actress in the movie " THE HELP" , Octavia Spencer.


She was among the guests in the Ugly Betty as the INS agent who fell in love with the illegal father of Betty. She did everything to make him marry her to the point she used her powers. Of course, it was not the way papers are processed for adjustment of status. It was just for the humor side of it . It turned out she  already lost her marbles while pursuing the old man. She was kicked out of the agency but she kept it a secret that her former employer put her under wanted list.  She played her role so well that you would hate her and laughed at her at the same time for being so funny. She deserved to win si Mang Oscar.
   
 Other winners are the following of the Oscars are:
Best Picture- The Artist

Best Direcctor France's Michel Hazanavicius for the silent movie "The Artist," 
• Best Actor - Jean Dujardin wins best actor Oscar for the same movie. 
• Best Actress- Meryl Streep for her role in the Iron Lady. 
• Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer won the best supporting role in the movie, the Help.  

Ang Pinakatanga sa Ibabaw ng Lupa

Dear insansapinas,

Madalas maging pahulaan ito...kung alin ang pinakatangang isda sa balat ng lupa. SARDINAS.


Balita na tumaas na ang presyo. Balita naman hindi. Pero pagbumili ka sasabihin saiyo, bumili ka sa diyaryo. Kita ninyo na yan. Pumasok  yong tamban sa lata, naligo pa ng tomato sauce pagkatapos ikinulong ang sarili pagkatapos itapon ang susi. Buti ang karne norte, may susi sa labas.

THE Trade Department sees no reasons for makers of canned sardines to increase their prices because enough supply of “tamban” is expected next month with the lifting of the fishing ban in the waters off Zamboanga del Norte.
“Latest reports showed that the price of canned sardines in the market ranges from P12.80 to P13.50 and it would be unreasonable to increase their prices because we expect supply of tamban to normalize from March 1,” Trade Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya said at the sidelines of the National Price Coordinating Council meeting Thursday at the DTI headquarters in Makati City.

Sa siyudad, pagkaing mahirap ang sardinas. Sa probinsiya, kagaya namin na maraming isda, hihingi pa ng paumanhin pag hindi sardinas ang naihain sa lamesa. Sabi nga ng isa kong kaibigan, pag- naamoy ka raw -amoy sardinas, can afford kang bumili sa bayan at hindi lang yong hinuhuli sa dagat, na tinutuyo at ginagawang daeng o tuyong isda. Ang manok ay inaalagaan lang sa ilalim ng bahay kaya pag walang makain, manghuhuli lang. Panay din ang hingi ng paumanhin niyan bakit manok lang ang kanilang naluto. Hindi raw sila nakabili ng sardinas. boink.

Pero sa ekonomiya ng sardinas, napansin ba ninyo na lumiit na ang lata? Nang masyadong halata na ang pagliit ng lata, ang laman naman ang kanilang binawasan. Kung dati, sikisikan ang mga tamban, ngayon ay para silang nagtatampuhang maglovers--GIVE ME SPACE. Tseh. Ang sauce siguro ay kalahati na lang.


Sabagay halos lahat naman yata ng delata, lumiit. Kung hindi yong size ay binabawasan sa ilalim ng bote o lata. Parang deodorant noon na akala mo ang daming laman, yon pala halos kalahati lang.


Pinaysaamerika

Cheap

Dear insansapinas,

Maghapon last Friday kami ng kapatid kong pumunta sa mga especialista. Pinakahuli yon surgeon na nag-opera sa breast cancer ko. Aalisin na sana niya ang drain pero hindi pa raw pwede kaya reschedule ako next week.


Sabi ng  aking kaibigan na nurse, ang cheap ko raw. Buy one, take two ako nang sinabi ko sa kaniya ang findings. Dalawang separate cancers ang inalis niya sa isa ko lang breast. Normally, isa lang at maraming mga nodes. Ang dalawa ay may sarli silang mundo sa -isa't isa.


Biruan lang namin yon. Uncomfortable kaming mag-iyakan o malungkot kaya pabiro lahat an trato namin sa kaganapan sa akin. 


Anyway, pagnapag-uusapan namin ang ibang fwends namin, (mahilig sa hearsay) maswerte na rin ako. Malayo pa ang lalakbayin nila at hindi pa nila alam kung ano pa ang kanilang masasalubong sa daan.

Sabi nga ng aking isang specialista, Good luck. mwehehe.  

Broken Family, Broken Homes, Broken Friendship and Broken Dreams

Dear insansapinas,

Let me give you the cause of all what were broken short to breaking glasses and mirrors.

CALIFORNIA - A Filipino-American real estate agent has been indicted for operating a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme in San Diego.Filipino couple Eric and Charmagne Elegado, along with seven other mortgage professionals, all pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.

Eric Elegado owned and operated e-Real Estate and Mortgage. The indictment claims he and his staff would create fake documents while his wife, Charmagne, worked as a subprime mortgage lender processing the loans.

Elegado and his employees, who were mostly Filipinos, are accused of creating fake documents such as tax returns, income verification, and financial statements for unqualified buyers to secure US$50 million in loans from lenders

Years ago, In every state in the US there were more than two of these businesses which manufactured financial information so as to qualify even the unemployed to buy real property at the time, there was a real estate boom.

A close friend of mine was a victim, The first real property that she first bought was under her name and its purpose was for rental. Kulang na lang halikan niya sa pwet ang kaibigan nilang real estate agent na nakihati sa kaniya para lang makuha nito ang malaki niyang commission. Dumating ang panahon biglang taas ang interest, hindi na niya kayang bayaran ang amortization so pinapirma na siya ng waiver ng " kaibigan" niyang yaon at pinaalis sila sa bahay. Nawala ang mga ibinayad niya sa loob ng tatlong taon.  Tamang-tama naman ay may dumating na naman  silang kaibigan na tutulungan silang magrelocate. Pinagretire siya sa pinapasukan niya dahil nakakahiya daw na walang bahay na masabi; i-ha hire and kaniyang asawa sa negosyo nilang real estate at motorshop at tutulungang magsimula from the beginning. Pero binentahan naman sila ng bahay sa pangalan naman ng kaniyang asawa. Ganoon din ang MO.


Puring-purin niya ang mga ito. Sabi niya, nakita na talaga nila ang kanilang kaibigan. Kahit saan yon pumunta kasama sila hanggang ang ipinagbili sa kanilang bahay ay naforeclose dahil tumaas din ang amortization. Inalis sa trabaho ang asawa niya dahil wala na raw pangsweldo.

Bati na raw si Vicki Belo at Hayden Kho

Dear insansapinas,
Vicki Belo and Hayden Kho, kadramahan...

O eto dollar, bigay mo sa kanila. Mamundok na lang sa kanilang sariling teleserye. TSEH. 


Pinaysaamerika

Bills

Dear insansapinas,

Bill 4376
I grew up in Angeles City and our favorite religion teacher used to call DAU (where PX goods are peddled regardless whether they were genuine or not) CITY. 


Dau is just a barrio in the municipality of Mabalacat, Pampanga for which a bill is being passed for its cityhood.
Ganiyan kagenius ang ating mnga lawmakers.


RH Bill 5666 declaring waling waling as second national flower

Pre and Post Surgery

Dear insansapinas,

As I was waiting for my name to be called for prepping before the surgery last week, an old lady asked me what's my surgery for. Naaah it is not all written in my face. That waiting room is for surgery patients. She must be already in her 80s. Yes Virginia, ganyan katatanda na ang mga pasyente dito.  Without me asking, she confided that they are going to operate on her shoulder. She fractured her right shoulder while reaching for something which prompted the doctors to fix  it only to return later because of infection that set in caused by a bacteria Ngiii. According to the old woman, a ball of antibiotics was inserted in the muscles and bones of her shoulder so that they need not inject it to her. She did not finish her story because she was already escorted by a nurse to a holding room. 

Yesterday, a hospital staff called me to follow up how I am and what problems I had  after the discharge. Instead of  a kilometric survey she asked me how was my stay in the hospital. That is what made it different from the other hospitals. It was more personalized. 
Mabuti na lang wala ako sa mood makipagkwentuhan. Baka isang nobela ang naikwento ko. Anyway, I should have known na pwede pala akong tumakbo sa emergency for my painkillers. Terminal stupidity ang nagpahirap sa akin pagtiis ng walang painkillers for a couple of days. Arghhh. Sabagay malapit na ang Lenten season. 

Meron na akong painkiller kaya panay na naman ang halik ko sa lap top ko pag ako ay inabot ng antok.Boink. Kaya hindi ko iiniwanan ang aking niluluto. Baka matutong ang noodle stick o kaya maging
chicharon ang karneng pangsahog.

Sagot ko sa tanong about the nurses ay favorable. Hindi mo kailangan pero nandiyan, nagtatanong kung may kailangan ako. Hindi kagaya doon sa isa na pundido na ang call light, wala pa ang narses.

Sabi ng aking kaibigang nars, yan daw ang trend ngayon dahil kumukunti ang mga pasyente. Bagsak and economy, bawas ang mga insurance at mahal ang gamot at admission sa hospital.  Among hospitals, kung magaling ang serbisyo , ito ang unang pipiliin kaya the administrations enhanced their competitive advantage.

Pinaysaamerika

Stereotyping

Dear insansapinas,

By the time the Gonzales bill is approved, a new sterreotype for congressmen has been formed in the minds of the people- -that is palaging nasasabon, palaging napapagalitan at kulang na lang sabihing mg estupido. Pero di ba kahit si Farinas, kasama sa nagpahiwatig niyan sa mga nagsampa ng impeachment trial?
Ngsayon sinabi na talaga ni JPE na walang kakuwenta-kuwenta ang mga articles of impeachment. 


Sa Pilipinas ba naman na walang respeto sa mga may disabilities at matatanda ang mga tao.  Pag matanda ka na ay considered ka ng senile,(tawag saiyo ULYANIN)  kapag bingi ka at hindi ka makausap ng normal na communication, isa kang dumb at ang tawag saiyo BINGI. At kung ikaw ay walang modo, ikaw ay mahirap na walang kultura. Samantalang mas may mayayaman pa ang masasama ang ugali kaysa mahihirap.


Kaya kung sumingasing ang buwaya dahil na ikukumpara sa kanila ang mga congressmen, may karapatan sila. Ang mga buwaya ay humihinto ng pagkain kapag busog na sila. Minsan ay natutulog lang sila at gumigising pag nagutom.  Ang mga congressmen ay sinasaid kung ano man ang kinukuha nila sa pork barrel, kung ano mang bribe ang natatanggap nila sa mga taong gusto ng padulas maling gawing ginagawa nila e.g. pagpuputol ng mga puno, pag-illegal mining. 


Talking about bribe, ang pagpresenta ng VP sales ng Pal para ipakita ang mga ticket na ibinigay ng libre kina Corona ay parang sinasabing bribe para baguhin ang multimilyong kaso ng labor union dispute.


Ibig bang sabihin ng prosecution, ganoon kacheap ang CJ na sa 18  ticketa na ang  iba sa mileage pa yata nakuha ay masyadong mababaw ang kaligayahan at sa ticket lang ay papanalunin na ang PAL? Ewan ko ha pero pag-iisip ito ng sinasabing apektado na sa 

Painkillers

Dear insansapinas,

It is easy to dull the physical pain . Sa akin titingin ako sa taas at sisigaw silently ng ARAY.
At first my surgeon recommended that I stay in the hospital for five days so she can monitor the drain, Eh ang kaso nga, ayaw akong makatulog kahit ilang morphine na ang isaksak sa akin,


Should have I known that it is more difficult nowadays to get the painkilller which is under controlled substance, I could have stayed in the hospital.


For two days now, I run out of painkiller. Imaginin ninyo ang naoperahan kayo at sumasakit ang bahagi ng katawan na tinanggalan ka ng bahagi. Sakit noon. Lumalabas pa sa drain ang blood. Maybe I can attibute my high tolerance of pain to my childhood experience. 


My mother would wonder why I would not cry even if I received a physical punishment. I would not cry after break-ups kasi hindi naman ako nagboboyfriend hanggang.... and lately, I would not allow myself to fall into depression because someone has chosen another to be his companion ti'll the end, I Have Nothing, Erase, erase, nakikinig lang ako ng music ni Whitney Houston, Toinkkk, Sana mayroon ng available na refill bukas. Kung hindi baka bumirit ako ng I Will Always LOve YOU.


Pinaysaamerika

Buwaya, Belo, Wheelchair at mga Congressmen

Dear insansapinas,

 Si Congressman Gonzales, walang magawa, nagfile ng bill na huwag i-typecast ang congressmen bilang mga buwaya.


Sino naman ag magigimg representative ng mga buwaya na huwag silang ihalintulad sa mga congressmen.

Nasaktan naman ako ng may nagsabi sa akin na affected  na ako ng meds na tinititake ko--that is wala raw sa logic ang sinasabi ko. Imbes na tanungin how am I, ayaw niya akong kausapin ng sinabi ko na hindi pa batas ang Medicare na madala sa Pilipinas. Ang apektado lamang sa akin ay ang pagiging sleepy. Kahit naglalakad pwede akong tulog. May nakakalimitan ako pero sino ba ang hindi makakalimutin kahit may mga reminders. Kung gawin kasing balita ng mga Pinoy ay aprubado na. I-email pa. Di pa man nababasa ang laman ng e-mail, paniwala na ang mga tao.Pinaniwalaan pa niya ang ibang tao kaysa sa akin. Hmpppttt. Bahala siya.

Siguro kailangan din patingnan ang isang high profile na cosmetologist na dumating sa airport ng nakawheel chair at nakasuot ng belo para raw di makilala.  Sus, nong makita ang media biglang naglitaniya na naman tungkol sa kaniyang boyfriend. 


Kahit na hindi nagtetake ng meds naapuktuhan din ang intelligence ng tao. Tingnan mo ang senadora na ang eyebrows yata ay permanente nang nakapaste taas kaniyang noo. Sinabi na nga ng Presidente ng Bangko na malayo ang original sa photocopy dahil ang word MANILA ay magkaiba ang ispeling piniilit pa rin na baka photocopy ang original lang at may idinagdag. Para lang makapagsalita ha? Doon sa isa ay MNL at sa isa ay LA ang last two letters. Kahit naman hindi ka signature expert may idea ka ring peke ang signature kung ang isa ay di masyadong diin at may tremour at ang isa ay solid. Hindi ko maintindihan bakit ipinagtatanggol nila ang mga nagkasalang mga congressmen. Hindi pa naman tapos ang impeachment trial. Kung may kasalanan talaga si Corona, parusahan, bakit nagkakandarapa silang ideclare kaagad na guilty. Lahat ng witnessses nila ay hindi na pabor sa kanila.


Ang mga prosekusyon ay wala nang ginawa. Si Drilon na lang, si Osmena, Pangilinan at ang iba pang senador ang nagtatanggol. 


Ngayon pinalalabas nila na inaudit si Corona ng Bangko ng Pilipinas at ng AMLA. Ang dalawang ahensiyang ito ay mga procedures ang inaaudit kung sumusunod sila regulations.


Ang ikinatatakot ni Senator Arroyo ay magamit ang dalawang agencies na ito para i-harass ang mga PEP. Politically Exposed People.


Ngayon siguro nagwiwithdrawahan na ng mga deposits ang mga senador, congressmen na may mga malalaking deposits.


Pinaysaamerika

Surgery Day 3

Dear insansapinas,
Dumating yong partner ng doctor ko. Pwede na raw akong umuwi. Makakapagpahinga pa raw ako sa bahay. Hige. Sabi noong chef, pababaunan niya ako ng soup. Pinuri ko yong sabaw nila. Pero nakaalis-ako't nakaalis, wala yong pabaon sa akin. Bolera.


Kasi busy sa mga insructions ang nurse. Isa na doon ay yong Jackson Patt drain na inilalagay after breast surgery para masuck yong bloody liquid na cause ng surgery. Kagabi, hindi siya nagwork, sa labas siya ng drain, tumatagas. Para tulo akong sinaksak sa likod. Ngiii. Kaya takbo naman kami sa emergency para ipaayos. Sus. Habang naglalakad ako sa emergency hall, tulog yata ako. hahaha.


Pinasaamerika

Surgery Day 2

Dear insansapinas,
Saan ka naman nakakita nang ooperahan, nanonood pa ng DVD sa lab. Ganito yon.Dinala ako sa radiology department kung saan  may malaking camera. Parang xerox nachine na malaki o kaya flat bed na scanner. Kailangan may interval  na thirty minutes, sabi sa akin noong female Chinese na "photographer"hindi na lang ako dadalhin sa holding area tapos ibabalik ulit. Wala naman daw patiente, kaya pinanood ako ng DVD habang naghhintay." How To Lose A man in 10 days". Hindi ko naman gusto ang gumaganap, si Kate at si Matt; pero buti naman at nakahiga ako. Binibirahan ko ng tulog. Sana kung porn...erase, erase, erase.


Nng matapos and kodakan, inenjectionan direkta yong nakuha nilang lumps at ang mga nodes. Ngiiii, ang syringe eh kasing laki ng
maliit na screw driver.Sakiiiit. Tapos yong general anesthesia. Hindi raw pwede ang mababa ang ranggo.

Nang magising ako, nasa kuwarto na ako. Alas kuwatro na ng hapon.  Ang ingay. Wala namang tao except yong kapatid ko na tahmik na nagbabasa ng Kindle.


Marami na akong mga tusok. May sa IV, may sa morphine. netcetera.Tulog ako ulit. Pakilala mg mga narses. Pikit ulit ng mata.Vital signs. Pirma na hindi ako tatayo na walag alalay na narses. Bawal. baka nga naman matumba, mademanda ng pasyente.Inventory mg dala. Titulo ng mga lupa (guffaw), kaban ng alahas, mga time deposits. hahahhahahaha.


Dating ang dinner. Umuwi na ang kapatid ko habng pinapangal ko ang manok. In fairness. Masarap ang pagkain nila sa ospital na yon

The whole night, gising lang ako. Tahimik supposed to be. Ang maingay ay typewriter na  yong nagttype. NA WALA NAMAN. Dahil computerized`na NG SYSTEM. Saka nasa labas lang yon. Sa may nurses' desk. 

Saturday, marami ulit pinasok sa katawan ko. Antibiotics, Painkillers. Utos ng doctor na hindi ko nakikita. First time akong tumayo. Nahihilo ba ako? Hindi naman. Punta ako sa toilet para alisin ang drain. Every eight hours yon. Messy.


Lunch. Constipated siya.


Pinaysaamerika

Surgery Day

Dear insansapinas,

When I was still active and travelled a lot, I had this "TO GO BAG". Inside were my personal items, some candies and paperbacks to read. The moment my boss asked me to board a plane with curlers and all, I just picked up this bag together with another bag where my "workclothes" were stuffed depending on the kind of assignment I had. I do not use the shampoos and soaps provided by the hotels, lodging areas and pension houses. Dulo lang ng buhok ko ang nasashampoo ko sa liit ng mga sachets o small bottles nila. Ang soap naman ay mayroon akong preference na sabon---PERLA. hahahaha


This morning I woke up two minutes before 2 AM, that's 3 pm for you there in the Philippines. Blame the impeachment trial, my clock was automatically set at this time every day even during Fridays, Sundays and holidays.


Yesterday, I already dusted my "To Go Bag" which now I use when I check in at the hospital for admission.
Let me take the inventory:
1. kawali
2. kaldero


erase, erase, erase


1. glasses- distance and reading glasses
2. rosary (BANAL AKO eh, pero di small)
3. set of thermals

4. pants
5. personal kit (meron sa ospital pero ang nouthwash nila parang tubig na nilagyan ng asukal)
6. paper back,etc,etc, 


The surgery is scheduled at 11:00 am but I have to be there ar 6:00. Iinjectionan daw nila yong lumps. Aray. Tapos MRI guided yong surgery para makita nila yong nakalutang na lump. . Palagay ko yong movable na naman na peste yon.Kakabitan ako ng oxygen, IV for anaesthesia para pagbilang nila sasabihin ko, hindi ako tinatalaban ng anaest....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.


Tanong ng kapatid ko, anong oras kami aalis, 5:30? Sagot ko naman, ang aga naman noon, 5:40 na lang. 
Tumawad pa. Toinkkk.


Tinanong ako kung nag-email na ako sa mga TG. Sabi ko hindi na. Mag-aalala lang ang mga yon. May prayer brigade naman sila. Eh ang pinakamalapit dito, six hours ang flight.Kahit si ex-hubby na gustong ma-update ay di ko na sasabihan. Worrywart yon. Mauuna pang himatayin yon kaysa sa akin. Boinks.


Sa ospital naman, pag lumampas ka na sa NON HOSPITAL PERSONNEL  NOT ALLOWED, maghihintay na lang ang kasama mo sa labas.


Pagkagaling naman sa surgery room, sa isang lugar ka dadalhin habang inaayos ang room. Okay nasa akin ang semi private. Total yong kasama ko naman sa kuwarto ang di nakakatulog sa lakas ng hilik ko, NGORK, NGORK.

Pinaysaamerika

Banal, Small Lady and Tall Tales

Dear insansapinas,

The comment of the lawyer of the bank that the pretermination of the time deposits on December 12,2011 had something to do with the looming  impeachment trial of Corona was uncalled for. Speculations, your honor. I would like to think that the TDs was not his so that he did not want the money affected in case there are invesigations or worse freezing of assets.Speculations din. haaay.


So  dumb were also  the comments of some observers as to whether these amounts were included in the SALN of the 
Chief Justice. They're not included silly because the SUBMISSION of SALN 2011 is not even past due yet. 


Besides only assets owned as of December 31, 2011 should be reported in the SALN for the calendar year 2011. The amounts were taken out from the time deposits thru manager's check before the year ended. If these manager's checks have been negotiated, they may be in another bank.  The latest news was that the TDs were owned by BASA GUIDOTE under the name of the Chief Justice which is not illegal.


Banal


Banal could have waited until Monday to give a more convincing story about the "spurious" documents. Kasama rin ba ang instructions na makipagkita siya sa PSB btanch manager? Sino yong mga tumutulong ?
Another tall tale which is similar to the small lady story. Aagawan pa niya ng 15- minute fame si Umali?


Ano kaya ang susunod? Na isang anghel ang nagbigay sa kanila?


Pinaysaamerika

Breast Surgery

Dear insansapinas,

 Pwede ko ng ibaba ang telepono, naischedule din ako matapos matulog ng dalawang Linggong natulog ang aking medical clearance sa opit ng aking primary physician. Ang mga hunghang. Tatlong medical facilities ang binuno ko--yong surgeon--yong primary physician at yong ospital. Kulang na lang sabihan ko yong Nurse na mumultuhin ko sila pag di sila umayos. Yong nurse naman ng aking surgeon talaga ang humingi ng sched sa ospital pero may preference ako eh. (Namili pa). Isa pa kailangan Biyernes para di ko mamiss yong impeachment trial. TOINK.



Kahapon nasa bathroom ako ng tumunog ang telepono. Of all places. Yong ospital, nirequire akong gumawa ng medical records sa database nila sa kanilang website para yon na lang ang kanilang ipiprint. Siguruhin ko raw hindi PEKE. hehehe. Pagbalik ko, hindi ko alam kung saan ko nailagay yong toilet paper. Hindi makita sa CCTV. Sus.

Tapos kanina ay tatawag daw sila para interviewhin ako para itanong ang medical history ko, blah blah, eh nakita nilang tapos na yong aking medical records, Tinanong niya kung sino raw ang gumawa, Mangani-nganing sabihin kong yong small lady dahil hindi naman ako SMALL. toink.

 Tinanong ako ng kaibigan ko kung ako lang ang nag-aayos ng aking mga kailangan. Sabi ko, oo naman. Kahit noong bata pa ako pag may problema ako, WALA AKONG HIYANG pumasok sa opit ng principal at sabihin ang aking problem. I tried not to bother my parents regarding my problem. 


Pero kapatid ko ang  bibitbit sa akin dahil kailangang alas sais nandoon na ako kahit tanghali pa ang actual surgery ko. Dadalhan pa niya ako ng libro para mabasa habang nagrerecuperate. 


Sabi ng iba bakit daw parang hindi ako takot dahil surgery sa breast cancer yon. Ako, hindi takot? Hindi nga, Hindi ako t-a-k-o-t. blag.
(biglang hinimatay).


Pinaysaamerika

While Cupid was sleeping

Dear insansapinas,
They both belong to the old rich-- Susan Bayot from the Madrigal clan and Paquito Ortigas  from he landed Ortigas family. 

 photocredit:philstar
The teleserye of the rich and famous has its seasonal finale. The story of the couple can be read here. The next will be the battle in the court. But why did it take decades to bring him and her friend  down?  Hiya? Hope that they will reconcile? Their age and children? But the billionaire and his lover were together for years now. Ibig sabihin noon may pag-ibig talaga.


Here is the article by Victor Agustin. The chismis in the posh beauty saloon, restaurants and conference rooms is out. 

Billionaire Francisco "Paqui" Ortigas III was arrested by Pasig police Wednesday noon at the Tektite Towers at the family-developed Ortigas business district.

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

Dear insansapinas,

Burden of Proof or Evidential Burden
I am not a lawyer. The statements below are more of clarificatory in nature, your honor.


Here in the States, government agencies requiring documents asked for original to be presented while they accept photocopies for their records. Kagaya ng birth certificate, death certificate and certificate of naturalization. They won't require you to submit the original copies lest they may be misplaced so when the time comes that they are processing your papers, they would ask you to present the original. The officer personally checks the photocopy from the original to find out if it is a faithful reproduction of the original.  At the Social Security office, they asked for my original birth certificate when I changed my immigration status but they returned it via snail  mail in a self-stamped envelop.


So muntik ng makatakbo yong ilong (runny nose) ko nang ideclare ni Jinggoy Estrada na original yong documents galing sa bangko, eh photocopy ngayon eh at wala ang original. Toink, toink toink.

The Short Story of a Small Lady

Dear insansapinas







This is a short story about a small lady who allegedly handed to Rep. Umali the copies of the bank documents. She must be so small that she did not  register in the CCTV of the Senate. Buti na lang hindi white lady. Tseh.


Nakalimutan yatang may CCTV sa Senado, hehehe.


Pinaysaameria

The Bank Run and the Poor People

Dear insansapinas,

Madalas kong mabasa na wala raw pakialam ang mahihirap dahil hindi naman sila apektado ng impeachment trial at ng bank run kung saka-sakali. Hindi raw ito maglalagay ng pagkain sa kanilang mesa. Mali. Mag-aalis ng pagkain ito sa mesa ng mahihirap.  Sa bank run pwede silang mahagip ng mga tumatakbo. ERASE, ERASE.


Ang capital ng mga negosyante, foreigners man o local ay nakasalalay sa mga perang idenideposito sa savings bank. Dahil sa liit ng interest dito, ang mga capitalista ay umuutang ng perang nakalagay sa savings deposits sa mababang interest lang. Ang checking or current account ay di tumutubo dahil ito ay mabilis ang galaw. Ginagamit ito sa pagbayad ng mga expenses na araw-araw ay ginagastos ng negosyo. Ang mga money market placements sa commercial or universal banks ay nagtatagal lang ng 90 days o mahigit kaya baka ang panahon ay di sapat para mabawi ang perang iniinvest sa negosyo.

A Long Day

Dear insansapinas,

I am still stuck near the phone to wait a call from my doctor's office. Sabi ko na nga hindi na naman finollow-up. ARGHHH.


Last week, I was watching BLUEBLOODS, a drama series about a family who are all in the law profession; the father is the Police Commissioner, the son is a detective and the daughter is the ADA.

Photocopy mo mukha mo

Dear insansapinas,

In one of the offices I worked with upon my  "disembarkation" from my boat from the Philippines", there was a xerox machine (they called it photocopy, not xerox) which was so big that you can sit on it and copy your butt or press your face on the glass, wait for the bulb to flash, smile and congratulations, you just photocopied  your face.Wala pang photoshop noon.


So when Filipino employees got to meet in the water cooler and they had one officemate who was the "menu" for the day (iniinsulto, tsinitsimis at pinagtatawanan)they simply rolled their eyes and said. Utang na loob, pakiphotocopy mo ang mukha.


In another office where a copier hardly rested for the day, the management acquired a very sophisticated copying machine. It was also huge and one feature was that it can produce an exact replica of the original. Even the dollar bills. So much that only the Vice President had an access to this feature. 


It was hardly a year that we were using it (all departments can use it if their copier did not work), I found a counterfeit check made out from the machine (hmmmm). The duplicate looked authentic except that I had a bunch of the returned checks from the bank and I got also a brain that worked like a photocopier. ahem pero ang gripo nakakalimutan kong isara, mweh hehehe).  The name of  payee was changed; the amount was increased but not much in order not to invite a red flag. Well,  the signature was electronic.  What the culprit did not know was that we have two sets of checks--one was provided by the software company and the other was the set for emergency needs that required only one or two checks. Normally we cut more than a hundred checks for one given time. 


I remembered that there was already a number for that particular check. Indeed there was.
 I reported it to my immediate boss but she did not report it to the management. Wala sa kaniyang credit eh. Then, it was repeated until an investigation was conducted.

BOOM

 Dear insansapinas,

To resolve the TRO issue filed by PSBank, the senator judges had a caucus. The result was a surprise . Say SURPISE please.


There were 13  senators who voted to respect the TRO: They were:


:Arroyo, Estrada,Honasan,JPE, Santiago, Recto, Escudero, Pimentel, Legarda, Revilla, Marcos, Sotto, Vllar


There were ten  senators who ignored the TRO: They were: 
 Angara, Lacson, Pia Cayetano, Alan Cayetano, Lapid, Pangilinan, Guingona, Trillanes, Osmeña, & Drilon
1. Wala pang limang minutong nabasa ang resolution ungkol ss TRO caucus, nagcomment agad si Guingona
tungkol sa feeling ng mga tao? Sinong tao? Nakatawag sa kaniya? Nakapagsurvey siya? O feeling lang niya?


The defensive defended themselves including the Cayetano siblings who kept on citing US cases.


Miriam Santiago and JPE advised the two Cayetanos that the Philippines can not use the American model as precedence of the impeachment case since, Philippine laws are different from those of the US.


FACE OFF


Santiago reviewed her former student of what he learned from law school. He was given three again. 


Ako bibigyan ko siya ng 4. He should be made to  understand that when you subject the Filipino depositors regulations different from those of the foreign depositors...that is DISCRIMINATION.

Whitney Houston dead at 48

  Dear insansapinas,

 I love her voice. I watched Bodyguard, because of her songs. Never mind the story. Hindi sila nagkatuluyan ni Kevin Costner. And now she's dead at 48.

Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel, officials said. She was 48.
The entertainer, whose incredible talent was discovered at an early age, was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. (6:55 p.m. ET) at the Beverly Hilton hotel despite resuscitation efforts, a police spokesman said.

Grace Ibuna Who?

Dear insansapinas,

Kasama raw sa last will ni Iggy Arroyo si Grace Ibuna. Tiyak away itong katakot-takot ng legal na asawa. Pero walang panalo si Aleli sa London na mas pinapaboran kung sino ang may power of attorney at siyang inilagay sa next of kin.


Sino ba si Grace Ibuna? Aside from knowing that she had a short-lived affair with Gabby Concepcion at nagproduce ng isa pang daughter na si Garie Concepcion, walang masyadong alam ang publiko.


Ito ang nakalap  ko dito:

Hardly anything is known about Ibuna, named in press reports as a businesswoman and long-time companion of Arroyo and who was the one by his side when he died in London last week.
Daughter of a mayor
Ibuna is the daughter of Nicanor Castillo Ibuna, for 12 years the mayor of San Juan, Metro Manila, where Grace was born in 1965. Her parents were engaged in the brokerage, travel and export-import business, so that Grace was from a young age quite exposed to entrepreneurship.
She remembers how even when she and her four siblings were quite small, their parents would bring them to their offices on Saturdays. When she was 9, she was already working in her parents’ shoe factory and store at the Cubao Shoe Expo during summer and Christmas vacations.
She began at the bottom, working as an errand girl, going to the bank, typing and filing documents.
“We were not spoiled brats. We were really trained to work because my dad’s thinking was that if anything happens to one of them, we could survive on our own,” says Grace.
As an incentive, apart from giving them an allowance, her parents would bring the children on trips abroad. The parents would also take the children on trips out of town on weekends, going to the beach, hiking in Mayon Volcano, boating around Taal Lake, taking the train to Bicol, having overnight stays in Montalban, or going to Palawan.
In business at 15
According to Grace, when she was still in high school (Dominican College), she promised she would support herself through college.
At age 15, she said she already had her own chandling business (supplying goods for ships).
She initially took up psychology in college, but later shifted to interior design.
“I was studying from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, then I was working from 1 p.m. onwards,” earning lots of money, she said.
“That’s why I was able to save and travel a lot,” she said with a glint in her eyes.
She later engaged in a trading venture, exporting fingerlings to Taiwan and Hong Kong.
In 1984, she put up a travel agency, the Grace Travel and Tours Corp., with offices on Mabini St. in Ermita, Manila.
“I really love to travel. It’s the easiest way to be traveling around,” said Grace, who had wanted to be a flight stewardess, but her parents did not allow her.
She says her family is very clannish, “very close but we respect each other’s individuality.”

But when any member needs help, “we run to the rescue,” she says.
She recalls how when she and siblings were young, right after dinner, the family would gather in one huge room.
“Here, we would sit, tease and joke with one another. My dad and I would read a book. My mom and siblings would sing. My parents had a big, big bed where we could all lie together and relax. The structure of the house was very open, homey. We had 7 bedrooms, but we stayed in one room most of the time,” she says.
Believer in dreams

She is quite active in sports—swimming, basketball, obstacle race, scuba-diving and shooting. She also loves to read, her reading fare consisting of books by Sidney Sheldon, James Clavell and Jeffrey Archer, among others. She also likes to read books about the supernatural, being a believer in dreams.
“I’ve a lot of prominent dreams that came true. I dream the way it happens,” she said.Of her “forbidden” love for Arroyo, she said: “I felt I was selfish. When you fall in love, you worship the person you fall in love with”.“You forget about God, but God makes you realize one way or another…Even if it was painful I learned so much,” she said.
Nowadays, she finds solace from reading the Bible to develop an interpersonal relationship with God and to be a better Christian.
“I can’t say I am born-again. I may offend some people. People would expect you to be good and better, to change 360 degrees. But I am still a human being,” she says.
Doting mother
Grace has three children, a daughter by actor Gabby Concepcion and two sons by estranged husband, Joseph Javier.
She is a doting mother. She gave her all-out support to daughter Garie Concepcion who appeared in “Umagang Kay Ganda” on ABS-CBN last November.
“I have trained my children to be survivors, not to be scared of being alone. I have trained them to stand on their own two feet. What if I die tomorrow? At least my children could survive, eating three times a day with or without me. That’s the essence of life—to live and to survive,” she says.
She says she has yet to set a date for her return.
“So many things to be done”, she says.


Pinaysaamerika

Batnap

Dear insansapinas,

The whole week, I can afford to have only a batnap--that is my feet are hanging on "ceiling" so I can easily be awaken by the shrill of the telephone ringing. For three days, I've waited for the call. The phone was silent except for phone spammers so instead of waiting, I called  my breast surgeon clinic to inquire. It was an answering service  and I  left a message. The return call came after 24 hours, four follow-ups and four voice mails. It was at the point that I may have been exhausted keeping myself awake so that I would not miss a human being talking instead of a machine that I "blinked" for hours. I missed the call. So I made a series of call again. At last the nurse talked to me saying that  the medical clearance from my primary care physician has not been forwarded yet.. Their clinic is only a few meters away from my primary doctor while the fax machine will carry the data in less than five minutes. And yet I have to wait a long time to find out if it was forwarded. Arghhhhhhhhh.


Hindi ka mamatay sa sakit kung hindi sa konsumisyon,


I've been asking myself, why I have two C's. Hindi naman ako masamang tao na makakarma. Hanggang nabasa ko ang isang OFW na ang isa niyang anak ay namatay sa breast cancer ang isa ay sa colon cancer; ang ikatlo ay sa liver cancer at siya naman ngayon ay may lung cancer and yet she is still helping OFWs who are also sick and do not have relatives to take care of them. Shame on me.


The CEO of HP Paricia Dunn had breast cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer that spread to her liver  before she died.

Your Honor Not

 Dear insansapinas,

I am reading a novel about a new lawyer who was blackmailed to join a law firm that is the opponent of his new employer to steal files that would be used for an upcoming  trial between the two firms. . If he is not going to cooperate, a video will be shown in the internet showing his  sex escapades with a promiscuous minor. The lady involved will bring the rape case against him and his former classmates that could end his  career.What's the relevance of this story to my blog today? Just want to show that the  world stinks. To become successful, you've got to do a lot of sucking up, kissing asses and backstabbing. And that's what some senators do. Now back to the impeachment trial.


How can I trust the senator judges when many of them do not know what they're talking about? One senator judge asked the witness to categorize the bank accounts according to the types of deposit. Well and good. He wanted to know what are time deposits, cds and other financial instruments and find out if they are included in the cash balance.


The good senator should be lectured on how the SALN is prepared. Bank accounts that fall under time deposits are not included in cash. They're included in Temporary Invesments because that's what they are.


One more thing that bothers me is the deposit of millions in the current or checking account of the Chief Justice. There are two types of deposits; the current or checking/ATM and the savings deposits. The current deposits do not earn interest so that some depositors opened two accounts--one is the checking and the other is the savings with automatic transfer--that is the checking account maintains a minimum balance but in case the check payments exceed this balance, an overdraft charge is not debited in the account since an equivalent amount is transferred from the savings o the current deposits. So back to the question, why was the current account in millions which is not also safe to maintain since the kidnapper can just force the owner to withdraw from the ATM up to the allowed amount?


In my previous blog, I mentioned that there is a need to see the previous and recent  bank statements in order to keep track of the movements of the running balance of the bank account. What were subpoenaed were the bank statements  for the previous years only.  There are depositors who borrow money, put it in their checking accounts to pay  certain transactions which require checks as payment.  So parang dumaan lang yong pera sa bank account.Since this is a checking account, there are returned checks that go with the bank statements. The bank may have microfilms of these checks which can be verified to know what those payments were. Nimcompoop Corner. Brinoadcast na ang bank account, pati ba naman address, brinodcast pa. Para bang o eto dito nakatira ang may milyones na pera. (Rolleyes).
  
Observations in the day 15 impeachment trial

RUN

Dear insansapinas,

With the testimony of the PS Bank president in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona presenting the bank accounts and their balances, there may be a possibility of a bank run. Naaah. These are in peso accounts so most likely, the depositors who are going to withdraw their deposits are not the foreign investors but the  government officials who have illegal wealth  and can not deposit their money with offshore banks. Saan nila ngayon dadalhin? Itatago sa kisame like what a Filipino couple did in California, several years ago? They were hoarding the money that   they earned from illegal drugs in their attic because they can not deposit them in the bank when the ceiling gave way to weight of the dollar bills. Ganiyan kadami ang pera. 


I watched the trial, the delays and all, the drama between Bong Revilla and Rudy Farinas, the cross-examination of Cuevas to the president of the labor union and the direct examination of the nervous president of the bank. Why was he scared? He looked scared to me. Naging behaved yata si Farinas pero si Tupas naman ang grandstanding. Totoo kaya yong 50 million niyang mansion?Palagay ko wala sa pangalan niya yon kung mayroon man. The lay people learn about legalities and prcedures from impeachment trial, while the corrupt politicians learn the mistakes to avoid.


I like the way the cross examination of the labor union official was conducted. I still am in a quandary why single out Corona when the SC is a collegial body. The explanation of the Law professor helped people understand what are the procedures being followed while the prosecution lawyer is trying to present to the  viewers that the witness is knowledgeable of the procedures in the Supreme Court. 


I am interested to know how Defense Counsel Serafin Cuevas is going to save Corona on the alleged bank accounts under his name that were not included in his SALN.


Why is the President of the PSBank so nervous? How come only certifications of the ending balances were submitted?  
In my experience as an auditor, we do not only look at the balance at the end of the calendar year. At least we get hold of three to four bank statements preceding the end of the year and one statement after. In this way we can see the movements in the accounts. The ending balance alone will not tell you the story. The hackers of bank accounts do the same. 


Is it possible that the account holder may not be the owner of the bank account?

I killed a monster

Dear insansapinas,

photocredit
I had my long nap this afternoon and a mysterious dream. I dreamt that I was riding on a four-headed sea monster and I cut one of its head with a sharp sword. With me was a figure I could not identify who. He said that there is another monster in the midst of that stormy sea where I seemed to be floating.


I sliced the head of the sea monster into pieces just like the way I would do with the sword fish. I fried and ate a piece. Yum yum yum.


Just writing. 


Pinaysaamerika

Grace Lee, Bow

Dear insansapinas,

Ever since, the news about the President and Grace Lee, the latter had been granting interviews left and right. Unlike the other women who were linked to the Chief Executive, the TV host with her manager are riding on the sudden thrust in the limelight. Ayaw ni Kwris niyan.  Who is she anyway?

Love is definitely in the air and it looks like even President Benigno Aquino 3rd has taken a whiff of the romantic air or bitten by the love bug (again).
The country’s most eligible bachelor admitted on Wednesday that he is indeed dating Korean television and radio host Grace Lee.
When asked about the real score between him and Lee, the President coolly replied, “Well, we’re seeing each other.” But when asked to give a bit more details, Mr. Aquino was quick to invoke his right to privacy.
“Sa Constitution po natin may nakalagay na privacy, eh. Baka pwedeng mabahaginan din ako ng karapatan na yon under Article 3,” the 51-year-old bachelor said.
After the President’s confirmation, Lee likewise affirmed that she is indeed dating the Chief Executive during an interview with a noontime news program.
News of their date first spread after controversial radio disc jockey Mo Twister, revealed on his Twitter account that he was able to make Lee squeal on her date with the President.
President Aquino and Lee met during the inauguration of the Korea Electric Power Corp. power plant in Cebu. Lee was hosting the event and was complimented by the President as “gwapa” or beautiful before he delivered his speech. But while the President only met the 29-year-old host last year, Lee has already amassed a lot of Filipino admirers in the past years. Lee was even voted to no. 57 on FHM’s list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World in 2010, and a Facebook fan page soon followed asking the magazine to put Grace on the cover.
Though Lee has yet to appear on FHM’s cover, she did grace the pages of UNO magazine wearing an unbuttoned white polo dress and showing plenty of cleavage.
Lee was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea and moved to the Philippines when she was 10 because of her father’s car import business. She finished high school at St. Paul’s College in Pasig City, and took up Communication Arts at the Ateneo de Manila University. 

PANGIT

Dear insansapinas,

Madalas mapanood ko sa police/law/court/oriented series na it is useless to procure evidence illegally because it can be tossed by the court before it is even aknowledged, Some police wait for the thrash of the suspect to come out of the residence before they search it for possible evidence.


So I was surprised when the Senate accepted a piece of evidence listing down the bank accounts of Renato Corona courtesy of a vertically challenged woman. This story even stinks. To think that there is such a law as Bank Secrecy Law paricularly the foreign deposits which prevents the accounts to be released. Ayaw ko ng maging lawyer paglaki ko. *heh*
***********
I heard the name Farinas from the bus that plied Manila and Ilocos (?). Our male friends knew him as the husband of Si ako, si ikaw, former boyfriend of a sexy movie star and another popular star who is now a politician.


I was amused watching him yesterday, responding to the query of Jinggoy Estrada as to why he did not sign the impeachment complaint by the House of Representatives and yet now he is the lead prosecutor. Tupas was relegated to chuwariwariwap daw.  For me, being honest to state the reason, sampal yong sabihin niyang hindi siya speed reader para matapos agad basahin ang documento, lalo nang sampal sa HoR ang sinabi niyang hindi maganda ang pagkakagawa ng impeachment complaint. Ayaw ko ring maging congressman paglaki ko. *heh* 


**********


Pinaysaamerika

Grace Lee, Vicki Belo, Hayden Kho at Nora Aunor

Dear insansapinas,

Iwan muna natin ang pulitika. Punta tayo sa pinsan nito ang show business.


Natalisod o nabagok?


Ito ang bahagi ng balita. 



Hindi pa raw ready na lumagay ulit sa tahimik, (more than 50 lang naman siya) si Vicki Belo sa kaniyang boy friend na si Hayden Kho na ang naluluging pabango business ay pinagbili na at babalik na lang siya sa show biz  dahil ang kapakanan ng kanyang mga anak na sina Quark at Cristalle ang priority niya. Bakit mga menor pa ba ang mga ito? NABAGOK si Belo o NATALISOD NA naman ang pabling na doctor? 

Kris Aquino ayaw kay Grace Lee? 

Wala ka ngang maririnig mula kay  Kris Aquino tungkol kay Grace Lee, ang disc jockey na nababalitang idinidate ng kanyang kapatid . Ayaw daw niya. Ako rin. 

Ito ang balita: 

Grace Lee hindi type ni Kris Aquino para kay PNoyKASING taas pala ng isang arko ang kilay ni Kris Aquino kapag nababanggit ng mga kaibigan niya ang pangalan ni Grace Lee, kasabay nito ay panunukso para sa kapatid niyang si President Noynoy na umano’y masugid ngayong nanliligaw sa nasambit na TV-Host at alaga ng talent manager na si Arnold V.