Skip to main content

RESPECT EVERY CENTS

A PROMISING COUNCILOR FROM DISTRICT II IN THE NAME OF COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA FILED AN ORDINANCE MANDATING ALL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN QUEZON CITY TO GIVE THE EXACT AMOUNT OF CHANGE TO ALL CONSUMERS.

THE SAID PROPOSED CITY ORDINANCE WILL NOT ONLY PROTECT EVERY CONSUMERS TO RECEIVE THE EXACT CHANGE IN THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THAT THEY PURCHASED BUT ALSO GIVING THEM A SENSE OF RESPECT TO EVERY SINGLE CENTAVOS.

THE PROPOSED  CITY ORDINANCE OF THE SAID YOUNG BUT DYNAMIC QUEZON CITY LADY COUNCILOR FONDLY CALLED "ALY" BY HER FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS IS VERY TIMELY AND IMPORTANT.

AT FIRST, I WAS NOT ABLE TO APPRECIATE ITS IMPORTANCE UNTIL ONE TIME I READ SOMEONE'S LETTER ADDRESS TO CONSUMERLINE OF CHING  M. ALANO,  PHILIPPINE STAR RESIDENT COLUMNIST  DATED APRIL 12, 2011.

THIS IS THE EXACT LETTER OF A CONCERNED CITIZEN. DEAR CONSUMERLINE: ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WROTE YOU ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE I HAD WITH A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, WHERE THEY DID NOT GIVE ME THE CENTAVO PORTION OF MY CHANGE..

NOW ALMOST EVERYONE DOING IT INTENTIONALLY. AND THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST THIS PRACTICE. UNTIL THE FILING OF THE SAID ORDINANCE BY COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA.

NOW INCIDENTS OF NOT GIVING THE EXACT CHANGE ESPECIALLY IN QUEZON CITY WILL BE OVER IN JUST A FEW DAYS UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE SAID ORDINANCE PROPOSED BY COUNCILOR ALY MEDALLA

ONE THING GOOD ABOUT THE SAID MEASURE IS A SIGNAGE OF THE SAID CITY ORDINANCE POSTED IN EVERY BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AS TO SAVE FACE ARGUING AND DEMANDING FOR AN EXACT CHANGE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS OR ANY SIMILAR STORIES OR EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCES FEEL FREE TO POST IT. ALWAYS REMEMBER RESPECT EVERY SINGLE CENTAVOS.








Comments

Popular posts from this blog

"SALUBONG" - SEMANA SANTA 2019

I WAS RAISED AS ROMAN CATHOLIC BY MY PARENTS. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS CONVERTED TO BAPTIST. THEN MY JOURNEY AS A BIBLE BELIEVER AND MY CURIOSITY TO KNOW RELIGION BECOMES STRONGER.  I FOUND MYSELF STUDYING THE BIBLE IN BETHANY BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE IN DIAN ST. MAKATI CITY. THERE, I FINISHED MY BASIC BIBLE COURSE. THEN I PURSUE MY BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY DEGREE IN CENTRAL BIBLE COLLEGE. I ALSO TOOK SPECIAL COURSES IN PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY WHERE I FINISH MY SPECIAL COURSE IN THEOLOGY. I HEARD ABOUT "SALUBONG" DURING SEMANA SANTA, AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, SEEN THIS DURING MY CHILDHOOD BUT MY MEMORIES HAS BEEN ERASED BY SO MANY NEW INPUTS ENTERED TO MY BRAIN. FROM A REFORMED CATHOLIC VIEW AND FROM WHAT I WITNESSED THIS MORNING, LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY OF THE "SALUBONG".  THE WHOLE CHRISTIANITY WAS SADDENED BY THE NEWS OVER THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH CRUCIFIXION MUCH MORE MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS BEAR THE PAIN.

FIRE DANCERS OF PUERTO GALERA

IF YOU HAPPEN TO SPEND YOUR REST AND RECREATION IN WHITE SAND BEACH RESORT OF PUERTO GALERA, ORIENTAL MINDORO, PHILIPPINES, YOUR DAY WILL NEVER BE COMPLETED WITHOUT SEEING THE FIERY PERFORMANCE OF FIRE DANCERS OF PUERTO GALERA WHO DANCES TO ENTERTAIN THEIR GUESTS ON DONATION BASIS ONLY. THIS VIDEO IS COURTESY OF MY FRIEND MS. FRANCES KATHLEEN REYES FERRER. I PERSONALLY ENJOY THIS AND HOPE THAT MY READERS WILL ALSO LIKE IT. SO ENJOY WATCHING THIS VIDEO.

WHAT HAS BEEN BROKEN IS BROKEN

"Nothing is ever truly broken". That is the philosophy behind the ancient Japanese Arts of Kintsugi, which repairs smashed pottery by using beautiful seams of gold. This practice started way, way back in the 15th Century when Japanese Military Commander Ashikaga Yoshimasa accidentally broke one of his favorite Chinese tea pot. (picture taken from BBC Arts Get Creative) Because he loves so much the tea pot, Commander Yoshimasa went to repair shop to get it fixed.But he was dismay over the result. From then on, Japanese Craftsmen come up with more pleasing method of repair. As you can see it from the illustration above and because of the treatment and application being applied no trace of evidence that it was formerly broken into pieces. I wish that this method of fixing broken teapots either made of glass or ceramic can also be applied in our relationship once it was broken into pieces. Carrie Jones, Entice said;"You know, life fractures us all into little p