No Face Saving

Dear insansapinas,

First, kung buntis si Miriam Defensor Santiago, biglang napanganak dahil sa pangungulet ng prosecution lawyer. Sarili nilang ebidensiya ang kinakalaban niya. Ohoooy.


Second, kahit lalaki si Enrile, baka bigla siyang nabuntis sa kakulitan ng prosecution lawyer. hehehe Sinabi ng hindi si dating Mayor Atienza ang nagpiprepare ng check, tagapirma lang siya, inulit pa. Toinks.


Third, sabi ng guardia sa NAIA, hindi pa raw sila nang-aaresto dahil hindi nila alam ang nagsimula ng gulo  sa Tulfo-Santiago rumble. Aba eh, sinasakal na yong tao, maghihintay pa ba sila? Sus naman.


Fourth, sabi ni Claudine, natrauma raw yong mga anak niya sa nangyari.EH BAKIT NAMAN KASI YONG YAYA, NAKIKIHAMPAS DIN. SANA INILAYO NA YONG MGA BATA. 


Fifth, sabi ni Raymart Santiago, kampi raw sa kanila ang Diyos. BOSS, hello.


Fifth, sabi ng iba, kasalanan daw ng supermoon. Kawawang buwan, nasisi pa. Eh bakit sila lang? 


Sixth, At bakita naman pinapaaresto si Jovito Salonga. Ni hindi na nga makatayo. Mga salbahe. Wala man lang respeto. Ang daming mga plunderer diyan na nakalalaya, si Salonga pa na at least ang Senador ay considered statesman, hindi kagaya ngayon na ang Senador parang mga statue. 

Pinaysaamerika

Kukur

Dear insansapinas,

Parang Circa 70's kung saan ang mga squatters ay biglang pinagdidisappear pag may bisita. Kaya lang ang mga bisita nga ngayon ay narito para tulungan ang mga naghihirap na Asian countries. Ibig sabihin, we are pretending that we're not poor? Naks naman, parang may laman ang sinabi ko. Tseh. 

Ang siste pa nito, sa CNN nagpag-ad, eh ito galing sa msnbc. Araaay. Mga salbaheng bata. Dapa. 

MANILA, Philippines — Delegates attending an international conference in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty.
A makeshift, temporary wall has been erected across a bridge on a road from the airport to downtown Manila that hides a sprawling slum along a garbage-strewn creek.

Siyempre may depensa ang Malacanan:

Presidential spokesman Ricky Carandang defended the wall's installation, saying Thursday "any country will do a little fixing up before a guest comes."

Hindi ba ito nakikita sa eruplano bago lumanding? Kasi ako nakikita ko ultimong yong mga bangka sa Manila Bay, kung anong kinakain nila habang nangingisda... pati yata yong nagdedate sa Baywalk. hehehe, bionic eyes na ako. 

Babuyan- My Last Lecture

Dear insansapinas 

Pabayaan ninyo kung paminsan-minsan buhatin ko ang aking bangko.Paminsan-minsan? madaas eh diba? Pagbigyan ninyo na ako.


Hindi ko ito talaga last lecture sa Pilipinas. . Gusto ko lang magbigay ng kaunting opinion sa balitang ito.

Two-day ‘holiday’ to protest meat smuggling, importation

THE supply of fresh meat was tight Friday after hog and chicken growers declared a pork and poultry holiday to protest the government’s inability to stop the rampant smuggling and over-importation of meat.

Ano naman ang relasyon ng balitang ito sa aking lecture. Pag sinabi kong lecture, hindi yong panay ang dada ako habang ang mga nakikinig ay nag-sasalitan ng pagbagsak ng ulo sa pagtulog. No sireee, hindi sila pwedeng matulog. Hindi pwedeng tulo laway. Tseh. Gigisingin ko sila. Isa pa, Tagalog ako maglecture. Hindi rin ako gumagamit ng business terms masyado  lalo na kung ang mga attendees ay wala namang mataas na edukasyon. Hindi naman ako show-off. Ginagamit ko lang yan pag ang mga attendees ay mga galing sa kumpaniyang gustong maintindihan kung ano bang klaseng baboy ang  financial analysis at project evaluation.

Kidding aside, ang nature ng lecture ko ay pagkakakitaan. Itinuturo ko kung paano ang pagpresyo at pag-alam kung may kapararakan nga ang project na iniisip ng grupo. Itinunturo ko rin kung ilang ang kailangang volume of sales para masustain ang target profit. Marami kasi na akala pag kumita na ng libo-libo ay proftable na. O kaya di ba ang mga artista, nagogoyo na pumasok sa partnership ng negosyo dahil madali silang makumbinsi na profitable ang project. Karamihan pa restaurant ang pinapasukan. Ang laki ng pilferage at theft pag hindi personal na supervised.

Balik sa lecture. Ang condition ng magpapautang ay kailangan yong may alam sila sa negosyong papasukan nila bago sila pautangin, AHEM, hawak ko sila. BWahahaha

Sa Misamis Oriental/Iligan at iba pang probinsiya ako noon pinadala ng consultancy namin. Mga miyembro ng isang kooperatiba ang bibigyan ng pautang para makapagtayo ng babuyan. So may kasama ako na ang diniscuss  ay ang technicality ng babuyan. Kung paano hindi masyadong patatabain ang mga baboy dahil baka manteka na lang ag makuha...kung anong mga gamot ang pwedeng ibigay. blahblahblah. 


Sa akin ay pagpresyo at marketing.  Kung ibebenta ang baboy na hubad na, iba-iba dapat ang presyo ng parte ng kanilang laman. Hindi rin dapat masyadong palakihin ang baboy. Bababuyin sila sa presyo. 


Pagkatapos ay pinaeestimate ko sa mga participants ng working seminar kung kailan nila mababawi ang kanilang investment at kailan nila mababayaran ag kanilang utang. Sila ang pinagcocompute ko para matandaan nila kahit wala na ako doon. 
Ginagawa kong simple lang para maintindihan nila. 


Unang computation nila ay muntik ng masira ang aking calculator. Thirty years. Aba, eh nakapag-asawa na ang kanilang anak, nagkaroon na sila ng apo at magkakaroon pa ng apo sa apo, hindi pa bawi ng investments.


Ito ang importansiya ng ROI- return on investments at at payback period sa evaluation ng feasibility.


Kako kung ang ROI nila ay 3 per cent lang, matulog na lang sila sa duyan at hintaying bumagsak ang niyog.
Dahil kung ang interest ng utang nila ay 5 per cent, kulang pa ang kinita nila. Tseh.


Kailangan ang payback period ay maiksi lang. Yong ang tinatawag na pagugulungin ang capital. Kagaya ng halimbawa pitong buwan lang pwede ng ibenta ang baboy; yong pinagbentahan, pwede namang gamitin sa mga panibagong biik.


Balik tayo sa balita. Kaya kung hindi mapapahinto ng pamahalaan ang pag smuggle ng karne, malulugi ang mga backyard raisers. Pag nalugi yan, maapektuhan din ang mga nagtitinda ng karne sa palengke. Maapektuhan din ang feeds industry.At maapektuhan din ang mga litsonero, restaurant at mga consumers.


Ang mga smuggled items a ay hindi nagbabayad ng taxes.Mayayaman ang mga smugglers habang ang mga backyard raisers ay maraming problemang kinahaharap. 


Pinaysaamerika

Bitbitin ang anak sa trabaho

Dear insansapinas,

Yessss, Virginia, once a year, an employee can bring a child to his/her workplace here in the US. Noong hindi ko alam yon, nagulat ako ng lahat ng kasamahan ko sa opisinang may anak ay may bitbit na isa o dalawa sa trabaho. Akala ko lahat nawalan ng nanny.


Kalbaryo ang inabot ko. Hindi sa hindi ako child friendly pero sus ang aking mata ay hindi huminto ng pagtaas, pagbaba, pag-ikot at ang aking mga kamay ay mabilis dumampot ng pwedeng pakialaman sa aking lamesa. Ang  aking kilay ay hindi naghiwalay pero nakangiting pusa pa rin ako.


Yong aking kasamahan, dalawa ang dalang anak. Nag-aaway pala madalas yon kahit sa bahay nila. Pagnag-away pa naman, nagliliparan ang mga hawak nila. Kung hindi ako nakayuko, ang hawak ng donut noong isang bata ay swak sana sa ilong ko. Yum. Ganti naman yong kapatid. Bagel naman ang ipinambato. Tiningnan ko, walang PHiladelphia cheese, Hayaan mo siyang magkalat. Wala lang naman sa nanay nila na busy kasasagot sa telepono.


Minsan, tumalikod ako. Yong isang bata, naitubog na yong dalawa niyang daliri sa aking kape. Paano ko nalaman, napaso eh. Mainit. Whooo.

Filipino Nurses Wanted

Dear insansapinas,

OOpps. This is not an advertisement. This is a blog about US Ambassador Cuisia's opinion on DC Counciman Barry's unfair statement about Fiipino nurses.

For a person who was admitted in the hospital four times in less than two years, let me discuss this issue on both sides. 

In fairness, this is the side of Barry: 

“[N]o offense,” Barry said, “but let’s grow our own teachers, let’s grow our own nurses, and so that we don’t have to go scrounging in our community clinics and other kinds of places, having to hire people from somewhere else.”
Barry said nursing schools in the district should train local residents to work in the health industry and deal with nursing shortages.

Even before he made the statement, he already asked for apology. His statements were more directed towards the hospital and healthcare industry challenging them to come up with a program that would address the shortage of nurses in the US. In the Philippines, can we accept the label of racism if we give preference to our local graduates than the foreigners?


Same is true here in the States. Unemployment is a problem. There are employment opportunities but no locals are trained for such kind of job. As I have said, I was admitted in the hospital four times and in these times, there were not so many locals who graduated from the nursing program. What Barry may not realize is  that this is not the kind of profession or career that is desired by the local residents. What they may want are something that are in the mainstream like computer; something which can give them fast bucks with little investments. It is very expensive to study nursing in the US and second, it involves lives of people which is a big responsibility for people who want easy, risk free living. I wrote in one of my hospital admissions about a local  RN graduate  who could not even put the IV back to my arm. It took a Filipina nursing aide to do it.


In my second admission, I observed a  very much in demand nursing assistant among the patients because of his dedication and industry. Guess who he is. He is a Filipino. And yesterday, as I have written in my blog, I met another Filipino who is tidy looking among those whose uniforms need a little tender care from the laundry and iron. That's what makes us different from others. 


Compared to California where you can not walk another square meter without bumping into one Filipino is the number of nurses employed in DC area. The ratio is one Filipina nurse for every ten. The low ratio is not only because of preference in hiring. It is also the weather. Filipinos prefer California climate. No ice, consistent cold weather especially in the Bay Area.Here in the East Coast, snow makes it difficult for many of the Filipinas to commute especially those who are assigned in the graveyard shift where there are no available transportations.


Masyado na yata tayong onion-skinned.


Pinaysaamerika

Anong Poverty?

Dear insansapinas,

In my blog, Patayin si Poverty, I expressed my disagreement on the reason why most Filipinos do not have bank accounts. The BSP head blamed it on poverty while I criticized the banking system's inability to attract depositors because of the policies and practices in the industry which do not work favorably for them. 


Among the headlines today is putting Export& Industry Bank under receivership. It had closed its doors to depositors by declaring bank holiday. Athough the  state-run deposit insurer PDIC is going to pay the deposits only a certain amount is qualified under insurance. The depositors for sure would lose a lot of money. 

Hindi nila naiintindihan ang sinasabi nila

Dear insansapinas,

I just read an article giving a thumbs up on  the implementation of K-12 . I do not know but I got the drift that the writer does not understand what she is talking about.  When I wrote a few blogs earlier that I did not find the curriculum for the K-12 yet, I have not really come across the curriculum of this new education program . So when I saw the words new curriculum linked by the writer to some materials/articles, I thought it was really the curriculum. Guess what?  She does not know what a curriculum is. One article that was linked was a justification of the K-12 offering. 
Wikipedia defines curriculum as:

Curriculum has numerous definitions, which can be slightly confusing. In its broadest sense a curriculum may refer to all courses offered at a school. This is particularly true of schools at the university level, where the diversity of a curriculum might be an attractive point to a potential student.A curriculum may also refer to a defined and prescribed course of studies, which students must fulfill in order to pass a certain level of education.

So I am looking for these courses that are going to be offered--math, science, language, blah blah in lieu of the current curricular program. Eh sinabi, the curriculum will be done in phase. Ano? If you are constructing a house, is the plan done in stages too? Di ba you have already the floor plan/architectural design even before you start

buying the construction materials.





The objective of enhancing the employability of the students as early as kindergarten is absurd. The objective could be providing a more solid foundation to prepare the students for  high school where the end objective is to provide them not only knowledge but  to equip them with skills so they can join the labor market even before college. 


 When I was in  academe, there was a year when  curriculum preparation was my breakfast, lunch, dinner and  snacks. The committee would subject me to "interrogation" as to why some subjects were to be offered; why were these subjects offered first and why some general education subjects had to be removed from the program. The questioning was so intense that I  mumbled words /subjects in business even I was deep in my sleep. Before the curriculum was approved, I had to carry reams of paper and all colors of highlighters in the back seat of my car wherever I went. Parusa talaga. 


Then kahit yata pigain ko ang aking utak, I can not understand why this is so.


1. 1. The K-12 will solve the annual growing number of out-of-school youth. 
How will the K-12 solve this problem? 

Ang Alimangong nagkukunwaring Filipino

 Dear insansapinas,

Kakain ko lang ng crab. Frozen ko na binili. Baka ilang buwan nang naglakbay yon galing sa Alaska. Bakit ako nagsusulat tungkol sa crab?


Sino man ang sumulat ng speech ng pangulo (ows, alam naman nating may speechwriters siya) kailangang manood siya ng rerun ng The Deadliest Catch. Isa itong reality show tungkol sa competition paghuli ng king crab sa Alaska. Makikita niya talagang naghihilahan ang mga alimango sa loob ng ginawa ng mga crew na panghuli. O kaya naman ay pumunta siya sa Oriental Store dito sa US kung saan nagbebenta ng live blue crabs. Naghihilahan din sila. Kaya kung sasabihing mga Filipino crabs lang ang gumagawa niyan, kailangan naman gamitin nila ang internet para mapasubalian ang sinabing ito sa speech ng pangulo. Talangka pa siguro pwede dahil walang talangka dito. 

Soup and Water

Dear insansapinas,

Iimplement ang K12 ng walang mga additional classrooms, walang additional na mga Teachers (?) at walang malinaw na curriculum para sa additional years? Para daw  employable ang mga graduates, kailangan ng music, ng arts at ng iba pang subjects na hindi naman magtuturo ng critical thinking sa mga bata.  Kahit high school graduate lang daw makakakuha ng trabaho. Susme , paano yan marami rin ang hindi makakapag-aral at makakahanap ng trabaho dahil nagtaasan na naman ang tuition fees ng mga private universities. Eight to 15 per cent? Wha? Bakit? Di ba nga may problema ng low quality education, eh bakit papayagan ang mga unibersidad na ito na magtaas ng tuition fees. Kailangan linisin muna nila ang bakod nila.


Tapos ang sisihin ang public schools na naggagraduate ng mga elementary at high school na kulang na kulang sa budget. Tingnan nga nila kung may private universities na nalulugi? Kahit sa probinsiya, malaki ang kita ng mga eskuwela na ito dahil pati lupain sinasanla ng mga magulang. I should know. Nag-aaudit ako noon ng mga schools.


Pero kumustahin mo kung sino ang mga nagdadala ng remittance sa Pilipinas; ang siya na lang dahilan kaya may pambayad tayo sa utang na hindi na tayo kailangang maghirap mamili ng dollars.  Yon bang magagaling mag-English na graduate sa mga sikat na universities?Yon bang ang gauge nila sa kanilang IQ ay ang magaling magsalita at magsulat sa English? Haah.  HINDI. Ang mga OFWs  na kahit carabao English ay nakakakuha sila ng trabaho sa abroad.

Close-Open

Dear insansapinas,

Para akong knock-out kahapon. Coming from the ob-gyne specialist, I could hardly open my eyes. So sleepy and tired. It's been three weeks since my latest surgery and I am not fully healed yet. Ayaw kasing maniwala. Madaling magrepair ang katawan ko pag walang problema. I've been insisting that  I still got infection.

Napagod ako sa katitingin ng mga batang dala ng mga buntis na mother nila. Takbo dito, iyak doon, sigaw doon. There was this cute litte boy who tried to engage me in conversation. There was another baby who was laughing every time I made peek-a-boo. I tried to teach her close-open. Bakit wala silang ganoon? Sa Pinas, yon ang unang natutuhan ng bata. Not sure these days. Maybe during my Jurassic days of baby caregiving.

Thank you for the grace from corruption

Dear insansapinas,

  With all those Fiipino people claiming that what they have accomplished is given by God, I am not surprised at all if the Philippines was rated as the third most religious country. Pag natuwa, Diyos ang tinatawag; paggalit, DIYOS KO PO ang sinisigaw at pagnatatakot, Diyos kohhhhh ang nasasambit.


The issue here is even those that God would not dare do because He has some souls to save and some other "wars" to attend at  His level is attributed to God. Remember the unwanted pregnancy of an actress several years ago where she said that God was with them (short to saying God is watching them do "it"?) The child became a problem because God stopped watching him? 


I am wondering why they have to include God in everything they do and say.  Imagine a corrupt official who makes money by "stealing from  people" prays in public to give thanks for the grace he and the people receive. Ibig sabihin, may basbas ng Diyos ang corruption niya? Lahat ng ceremonies, may misa o kaya may prayers kung hindi invocation. 


Imagine ang isang yakyakterang talent manager who announced to the media that her favorite saint is showering her with lots of money (from what?  pimping young ladies if they can not get a movie contract?) because she goes to mass every day.  Does she think that God approves her being protective to her chidren at the expense of other people's lives?


These people equate money with good graces with God. Pag sila maraming pera, mabait ang Diyos. 

Recycling and the Million Dollar Cottage Industry of the Philippines

Dear insansapinas,

mas mahal pa yong bag. Ano kaya ang laman? Isang latang sardinas?
Yon lang ang tingin ng pulitiko sa mga botante, ilang lata ng sardinas, isang tasa ng bigas at magandang bag na pwedeng i-recycle ulit. Sus.

I lost ten pounds in a matter of ten days. Even the aroma of the pizza and the breadstick would not stimulate my appetite. Dinner has been recyled for more than three times already. Nagsimula sa adobo, nilagyan ng potatoes at kagabi, isinahog sa pancit. O di va, natutuhan ko sa mother ko yan. Recycling ng left-overs. 


Filipinos are very good in recycling. Even people are recycled. Tingnan ninyo ang mga tatakbo sa senator sa 2013, panay recycled. Nandiyan si Maceda na nagpahinga lang ng ilang taon, tapos naging visible na naman sa impeachment trial. Si Dick Gordon at Loren Legarda na tumakbo pagka-Vice-President tatakbo uli.. Si Kit Tatad na panahon pa ni Marcos ay nandiyan na pabalik-balik lang. Si Rodolfo Biazon (hindi pa ba sapat na nadiyan na yong anak) ay babalik rin. Sina Chiz Escudero, Alan Peter Cayetano, Gringo Honasan and Koko Pimentel ay sigurado nang lalaban ulit. Ang mga bago ay sina Jackie Ponce Enrile, anak ni  Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile. Nandiyan din si San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito, anak ni former President Erap Estrada. Oweno kung nandiyan na si Jinggoy. Hindi naman sila nag-uusap. ahek. Pati si Zubiri na umamin ng kasalanan ay balik ulit. 


Kung may katotohanan man ang sinasabing we are only using 10 per cent of our brain, siguro ang mga botanteng Filipino, one per cent lang. Eh nakita naman ninyo tumakbo si Erap, muntik pang manalo. Ngayon  balak tumakbo pagkamayor  sa Manila at baka manalo pa. Ano naman ang karapatan niyang magparecycle?

Batteries Not Included

Dear insansapinas,

The whole day, Saturday, I was in pain so I stayed in bed and read a novel about royal families. Ganon pala sila. 

When in pain, I feel depressed and would pray for tsunami, for rocket launch, earthquake and other calamities to come.  (Nandadamay pa. *heh*) Ayaw ko namang magtake ng painkiller. Baka mamatay yong pain.  *heh* ulit. There are  people who take their lives when they're depressed.  But wait, suicide is a crime in some countries. Imagine mo yan, pagnakaligtas ka, kulong ka naman. In UK, until 1961, it was considered a crime with stiff penalties. Siguro lahat natutuluyan na kaya dinecriminaluzed na nila ito.


Few people realize  that derpression that leads to suicide is a kind if mental disorder; not necessarily insanity. Experts are developing  an experimental treatment for depression where battery-operated electrodes are implanted in the patient's brain to control some brain activities.

Sana kahit hindi depressed meron ding ganitong procedure para sa mga lawmakers natin na kung anu-anong batas ang pinafile na kahit siguro tulog ka pwede mong gawin.Sa anti-littering, no smoking at "bawal umihi" dito (meron bang ganon?) na mga batas ,dapat napakalinis na ng Pinas.

Buti na lang wala na kong alam na kamag-anak na nagnganganga. Pwe.

Pinaysaamerika

Bakal

Dear insansapinas,

Sugod ako sa doctor. Available na raw ang aking prescription for painkillier. Pero meron pang isang prescription para sa pagiging anemic. Bumagsak ang hemoglobin ko sa carpet. Kailangan ko raw ng Iron. Sa Pilipinas hindi ako magkakaroon ng Iron Deficiency. Pwede kong ngatngatin yong plantsang gawa sa bakal. Pwede rin namang isuga ako sa riles ng tren. Pero kinalimutan ko na ang aking pagmemeryenda na ng mga pako. 


Pagdating sa pharmacy, sabi sa akin noong katabi kong matandang babae, dapat daw multivitamin ang aking i-take, hindi lang yong Iron. Kasi magkakaparoblema ako sa aking pagbawas. Baka tawagin ko ang lahat ng Santo dahil kasintigas din ng bakal ang lalabas. Ew. Kailangan ko na naman ang uminom ng Colace at pag sumobra naman yon, kailangan ko rin ang imodium. Wala talagang ligtas sa pharmaceutical industry.


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My friend put up her house on a short sale. She is losing $22,000 a year for that property. She is going to buy a much cheaper house where she can live and save on rent .According to her, the houses are so dirt cheap that you can find a big house in Vegas with swimming pool for $ 50,000. Ano naman ang gagawin mo sa Vegas?  Another house in their place has a tag price of $ 25,000. Good time to buy properties for those with extra money to spare. Meron nang balita na isang babae ang binasag ang kaniyang piggybank at bumili ng worth na $ 10,000 na bahay.


Just saying to people asking why would someone buy a house during recession.
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In the episode of Bluebloods, a series about a family of NYPD law enforcers from commissioner to ADA to detective, the grandniece felt guity for not coming to the rescue of her friend/classmate in a Catholic university where they are both sixteen year old students. Someone uploaded a picture of her friend wearing bikini in the cell phones of the elite students of the university. She became the butt of jokes of the studentry. No, there was no punishment from the school admin since the culprit was not identified. Wala pa si Judas. The grandniece sought the help of her uncle, the cop to trace who did it.

Aray, Turo-turo, Pakialamera

Dear insansapinas,

I've been in and out the hospital since 2007 for medical procedures as short as one hour and long surgery of six to eight hours. Never, did I cry for self pity or other reasons such as pain. As I have admitted, I have a high threshold of pain. This last surgery is different. Every time I go to the bathroom, I shed a tear or two. I can hardly sit down because of the sutures which according to the doctor would just melt when the wounds get healed.


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The reason why I mentioned this is because of the interview with June Keithley, one of the people who had a significant role in the EDSA 1. She continued  the radio broadcast even after the Radio Veritas was bombed to stop it from sending messages to the "rebels." My sister was among those volunteers in the Radio Veritas.
But the news is not about how these people in the EDSA 1 committee forgot the  people who were the real heroes. It is about her husband Angelo Castro, Jr.  a media person who was found to have lung cancer with three months to live. June also has breast cancer which was diagnosed in 2009.
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The STC nuns forgot that accusing the girls of being drunkards and addicts, if they indeed verbally abused the students, is reflective of the failure of the disciplinary programs of the school. The students are spending more time in school and whatever they learned and or guidance they received will be more from the school and classmates rather than parents. They are spending more time in schools than in their homrs/
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After graduation, come the peers, the friends and the work environment. When something wrong or bothering  the students, their class performance is affected too. IF they are drinking, they can not hide that from class or advisers. I am talking about habitual drinkers. If indeed they are using illegal drugs,their habits are going to change for the worse.
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I am thankful that during our time, there was no Facebook yet. When my father learned at age 16, my eldest brother was starting to smoke as influenced by his classmates, he did not call him for 

Short Quiz

Dear insansapinas,

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I was in bed yesterday. This is the first time that I stayed longer in bed after a medical procedure because of the absence of the right painkiller. I could not even sit down. 


So my whiner-friend called. When she came to know that I was in bed. she advised me to move around. Para naman daw ako maexercise, Gusto kong sabihin, o sige, saiyo na itong sakit at ako ay magjajogging.


She called me to tell me that God is testing her faith. She was summoned by her boss and reprimanded for having attitide of not accepting that she erred in her work. She was told that the next time, she would receive a verbal reprimand. She felt she was being "inaapi" and God is testing her.


I did not comment. But deep inside me, I thought that it was just a short quiz from GOD if ever it is a test. Mine is a doctoral dissertation. hehehe.


Pinaysaamerika

Catholic university

Dear insansapinas,

I've sent four years of my K10 in a Catholic university. Di ako naging santa. whew.


That was when during first Thursdays of the month, all classes were cancelled in the high school division and a makeshift confessional box  was brought to each classroom. Kailangang magconfess kami ng aming kasalanan so that the following day which was First Friday, we can receive Holy communion, I did not confess to the priest assigned to our class. Kaya alam ng mga are kung sino ang nagchcheat,  I went to confession to a church near our home so during the time when classes were suspended, I was just Noynoying.


Before the end of the school year, a Holy retreat was required not only to the graduating students but also to non-graduating ones. , This was when friendships were sealed. After every homily, we gave away to our friends, beautiful estampitas. Usually, the big estampitas went to the closest friends. So if you received an ordinary and small estampitas, you're not in. O di va. Kung baga sa facebook, you are not a friend.


You can see the most popular student among us. She held the thickest pile of estampitas that if they were the basis of entry to the paradise, she did not have to pass thru an eye of a needle.

I received only less than 10 estampitas, I was that unpopular. I was more concerned about the honor list because scholarships were awarded to the top ten students.  My closest friend who belonged to the lowest section asked me If was not bothered that I did not belong to the clique. I just laughed it off. One day, our adviser called for me. She asked if the report that I cheated in the exam was true--a rumor circulated by a group of ladies who did not want to be ignored. My teacher in math said that I would never cheat and could not cheat because the exams of algebraic equations were written in the blackboard during the exams. Butata sila.

They tried it again to another classmate who did not want to join any group. She cried the whole day because of the nasty things that this group sread among students.  After she was cleared, she joined me. May dalawa na akong alipores. hehehe
When I started working in an accounting firm, I had an officemate who did only graduate from a Catholic university. She had also a friend who was formerly a nun. She went out of the convent because of the intrigues inside among nuns. Mga tao rin naman kasi sila. 


Pero hindi sila judge kung sino ang makasalanan at sino ang banal.
Pinaysaamerika

Sino ang Hudas

Dear insansapinas,

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Ang hirap maupo.Mali pa ang ibinigay na painkiller ko. Di pwede sa akin yon dahil sa aking liver. Kaya ito pasensiya sa sakit hanggang Tuesday.Sarado ang doctor sa weekend. Ahay. Ang aga ng holy week.


Nanood ako ng episode ng isang Law and Order yata yon (sa dami ba naman ng pinapanood ko, nagkakakahalo-halo ko na, tapos nakakatulog pa ako niyan). May isang pinatay doon na batang Amish. Alam ninyo ang Amish? Sila ang pinakaconservative na miyembro ng isang relihiyon at community. Remember the Witness starring Harrison Ford? Di sila gumagamit ng kuryente at hindi nakikihalo sa ibang tao pero sa episode na yon nalaman ko na pagdating nila ng 16, lalaki o babae, pinapayagan silang lumabas, gawin ang gusto nilang gawin, uminom, magsuot ng sexy na damit. Pagkatapos ng isang taon, magdedecide sila kung aling buhay ang gusto nila ngayong natikman na nila ang kamunduhan. Pag ayaw na nilang bumalik, pababayaan silang umalis pero itatakwil na sila ng kamag-anak at ng community. Pag nagdecide na silang bumalik, wala silang maririnig na pangungutya a pagkagalit sa ginawa nila sa labas. 

Ano ba ang tinutumbok ko? Ang tinutumbok ko ay ang alleged verbal abuse ng mga madre sa mga istudyanteng nagpublished ng kanilang retratong naka bikini at may hawak na sigarilyo ba? tapos inignore nila angTRO? Ang pinakamatindi pa ay ang di sila pinasama sa graduation.  Sixteen years old yon mga yon. Karamihang mga pagkakamali sa ganiyang edad. AHEM. Pinahiya pa sila. Kung totoong nakaset sa privacy ang Facebook nila, sino sa mga friends nila ang Hudas na naglabas ng retrato? Kaya ako walang tiwala kahit dito sa katabi kong camera. Baka Hudas din ito.


Kahit naman yata si Bossing, hindi tinawag na slut si Magdalene. At hindi siya "bumaba" sa mundo " para sa mga banal o iniisip nilang sila ay banal  kung hindi para doon sa mga makasalanan. 

Kung may manual  o handbook ang iskwela para sa mga students, baka hindi updated na isama ang mga social media. Nangyari naman yon sa beach. Huwag nilang gayahin ako na nakapajama pag nagbeach. ahehek. O kaya ng aking TK Girl, nakatwo-piece nga ang laki naman ng beach towel na nakapulupot..Buti na lang hindi ako nagmadre,Kung hindi palagi nila akong wiwisikan ng holy water. 


Pinaysaamerika

Cheating

Dear insansapinas,

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May iniimbestigahan sa mga suspetsusong test scores all over the US. Naaah, Virginia, hindi ang mga istudyante kung hindi ang mga teachers ang mga pinaghihinalaang nagchecheat. . Ito ang dahilan:

Standardized test scores have been at the forefront of national and local efforts to improve schools. Test performance was the centerpiece of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which demanded higher classroom accountability. Tougher teacher evaluations that many states are rolling out place more weight than ever on the tests.

Lesson for the day- Survey says:

I just don't criticize for the sake of criticism although I am aware that these things are not meant serve their real purpose. But I want to inform if not share my little knowledge about some stuff .

 1. Target Respondents

The choice of the samples of the targeted population is very important. If you want to find out about a teleserye, your target respondents should be those who are regularly following the series. Otherwise, you have a lot of neutral answers in the questionnaire.

Forty-one percent of respondents in AdMU said they did not trust the Chief Justice while 21 percent trusted him and the remaining 39 percent were undecided.

Take for instance the quesionnaire used to oll the students (as if naman naniniwala ako), only 19 and 8 per cent declared that they are  regularly  following the impeachment trial. 

“Fifty-seven percent, 69 percent and 84.3 percent of AdMU, DLSU and AdDU [respondents] said they occasionally followed the trial while 19 percent, 19 percent and 8 percent [respectively] said they were following it regularly,” she added.

So how can they express opinion? Thru reading the news? I believe these students. Rather than watch the proceeding, they would refer to go malling, texting and or studying than listening to the trial which could not be understood by ordinary people.

Period when surveys were conducted

If the surveys were conducted at different periods, the results would be affected by the latest development in the trial. Comparative na yon. Para bang nagtanong ka ng kasalukuyang umiiyak ang babae dahil iniwanan siya ng boyfriend niya at nagkabalikan sila. Tanungin mo sina Vicki. 

The polls were conducted at AdMU from March 11 to 15, at DLSU and AdDU from March 22 to 25, at TSU from March 13 to 14 and at UE from March 13 to 15.

Pretesting

Questionnaires need to be pretested. There was no mention about it. (Oh well, naniniwala ba talaga ako?)
Instead, they provided a template which some questions were changed. Were they leading questions? Were they simple enough for students to understand. What should be the trust rating?

While the SCAP provided the participating school organizations with a survey template, the student groups were allowed to modify some questions according to their interest.
Questions common to all schools were about Corona’s trust rating, the students’ interest in the impeachment trial and whether they think he should remain as Chief Justice,

Sample size


Why they selected  2000? What is the total population? How was this number distributed to the different schools? (Oh well, sinabi na kasing hindi ako naniniwala).


And knowing the students, if you give them questionnaire, hindi kaagad nila sasagutin yan. Pag hinanap na saka lang magsasabi na, saan ko nga ba iilagay yon? Ano nga ba ang isasagot ko. That is when it is not a face-to face survey.


Pinaysaamerika

Highest Bidder

Dear insansapinas,

Lesson for the day:


The best time to buy real estate properties is during recession when foreclosures are left and right. The property that you can buy may be cheaper than your high-end car.


My friend was able to buy the house that cost almost a million dollars for half its price. He was the highest bidder. Houses in California before the subprime mortgage crisis averaged about US$500,000 for a two to three bedroom single detached house. 
The flippers (those who buy foreclosed or damaged houses for as low as 50,000 US$ in some states and renovate them) make as much as more than 100 per cent profit.


Recession in the US does not necessarily affect all professionals. Filipinos have one or more houses in the US and a vacation or condo unit in the Philippines. Unlike in the Philippines, they can work at least two jobs. Just take a look at the remittance to the Philippines. Some experts are predicting that the remittances are going to be reduced considerable with the recession in the US but it did not happen.


Robles asked: 

Can a physical therapist raising two children and drawing salary from a hospital afford a pricey condo ON TOP OF a three-bedroom house in Roseville, California almost at the same time? 

Oh yes. The physical therapist earns more per hour compared to nurses. The average annual salary is US$ 74,895 for entry level for eight hour work per day. The practice is that physical therapists work in more than one hospital or are sent by registries to rehab which needed estra PT.  Even caregivers can afford to buy at least two houses in the US. The $ 245,000 condo is not pricey. With a down payment of $ 24,000, the monthly amortization may not even exceed 1,000 dollars a month. If it is rented out, then the condo is self-paying property. Buy a condo here in the Washington DC area.


Kailangang maregaluhan ng appointment directories:

Malacañang on Sunday denied it snubbed the head of the World Council of Churches, explaining that President Benigno Aquino III could not meet with the Protestant leader on Friday because of the state visit of the Amir of Kuwait. 

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the meeting between Mr. Aquino and the Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretary general of the World Council of Churches, did not push through due to “scheduling constraints on both sides.” 

How long will it take to meet during courtesy call? If there are constraints in one day, can there be no possible rescheduling? 


 Pinaysaamerika