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"BRAIN EXERCISE"

I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I FOUND THIS, BUT IT AMUSES ME, SO I TRY READING IT SLOWLY TILL I COMPLETED READING IT. YES! OUR BRAIN CAN DO AMAZING THINGS LIKE READING THIS ARTICLE. SO, IT IS YOUR TURN TO READ IT AND ONCE YOU COMPLETED, SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

"Trading Notes"

internet advertising @ valtesar Hi valtesar! Thanks for featuring us on your terrific blog. But take note we are now officially known as Airphil Express, FYI. :) — PAL Express (@airphilexpress) August 19, 2011 When computer and cell phone is not so popular and electronic email and text messaging has not been introduced, trading notes is the best way  to communicate your feeling to someone you love. Tough it takes days and even months before it reaches its final destination, but the joy of receiving it by the recipient especially in remote and dangerous places is unexplainable. The same is indescribable when someone opens and reads it. Putting oneself in the shoes of those people receiving love letters is not the best thing to do. You need to experience it by yourself in order for you to understand the feeling. Trading notes or love letters always tend to be magical the spell started in the conceptualization and formation of words. Once the feeling is converted ...

"A MONUMENT OF FAITH'

I HAVE THE LEISURE TO TRAVEL TO NAIC CAVITE LAST WEEK TO MEET NEW FRIENDS AND TO DISCOVER SOMETHING ABOUT THIS LOVELY MUNICIPALITY. ACTUALLY I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT I ALWAYS BEEN A KEEN OBSERVER. I ARRIVE AS EARLY AS 8:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN. BUT THE MEETING TIME IS 12:OO NOON. SO INSTEAD OF WASTING MY TIME WAITING TILL THE HANDS OF CLOCK BOTH REACH 12, I DECIDED TO WALK AROUND TO  FAMILIARIZE WITH  THE PLACE. I FOUND THIS GIGANTIC CHURCH SITUATED AT THE HEART OF THIS TINY MUNICIPALITY.  THIS IS A TESTAMENT AND A MONUMENT OF FAITH OF THE PEOPLE'S OF NAIC CAVITE, PHILIPPINES. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS RELIGIOUS EDIFICE, ARE THE SACRIFICES OF THE FAITHFUL. FOR ME IT DOES'NT MATTER  WHETHER YOU BELONG TO ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, IGLESIA NI CRISTO, BAPTIST, PRESBYTERIAN OR OTHER RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME IS HOW YOU LIVE YOUR FAITH AND YOUR PER...

I PROMISE TO WASH MY HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER

Students from R. L. Pascual Elementary School, Quezon City, Philippines were taught about the importance of keeping themselves clean and healthy by properly washing their hands with soap and water. Some says that hand washing is like a "do-it-yourself" vaccine. RAISE a HAND for HYGIENE! is a fitting slogan. Every OCTOBER 15, is a GLOBAL HAND WASHING DAY! Hand washing is not only for children or students it is for all. Always keep our hands clean. It is participated by students, local and national leaders, international communities and advocates from social media, Personal hygiene is a pillar of international development and public health, Let us join the fun, raise our clean hands and start a healthy family that grows into a healthy communities, towns and cities.                            TODAY, I PROMISED TO WASH MY HANDS! WI...

SIMPLEST WAY TO MAKE EVERYBODY HEALTHY

OCTOBER IS NOT AN ORDINARY MONTH FOR ALL OF US AND FOR THE REST OF PEOPLE IN OUR ENTIRE UNIVERSE. OCTOBER IS A GLOBAL HAND WASHING MONTH.  WHAT MAKES THIS CELEBRATION SO SPECIAL? HAND WASHING DAY WITH WATER AND SOAP IS THE SIMPLEST FORM YET SO EFFECTIVE TO COMBAT ALL SORT OF GERMS BEFORE IT PENETRATES IN OUR BODY SYSTEM.  PICTURE BELOW IS A SIMPLE MOVABLE HAND WASHING LAVATORY WHERE STUDENTS OF R. L.  PASCUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY BAESA, QUEZON CITY PHILIPPINES WASHED THEIR HANDS BEFORE AND AFTER HANDLING THEIR FOODS. THE HAND WASHING PROGRAM IS LONG TIME RUNNING IN THE PROVINCES. NOW IT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN METRO MANILA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, NGO',S, AND CONCERNED CORPORATIONS (THRU THEIR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY). QUEZON CITY IS AMONG THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT IN METRO MANILA IF NOT THE FIRST WHICH ADOPTED THE PROGRAM. BUT THROUGH THE "ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE ORDINANCE" FILED BY COUNCILOR JUL...

"RESOURCEFULNESS"

IN MY FEW TRIPS TO QUEZON CITY PERSONNEL'S OFFICE, I ENCOUNTERED THIS VERY FAMILIAR YET VERY SIGNIFICANT WORD POSTED ON THE WALL NEAR THE DOOR WHERE  PERSONNEL HEAD MS. MARLENE AGUILAR HOLD HER OFFICE. I BELIEVE IT WAS HANGED THERE WITH A PURPOSE. THE WORD READS, "RESOURCEFULNESS." PRESUMING AND ASSUMING THAT ALL THE STAFF OF THAT DEPARTMENT READ IT AND APPLIED IT WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY AS A COHESIVE UNIT ITS IMPACT WILL BE MAGNANIMOUS BOTH FOR INDIVIDUAL AND FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. RESOURCEFULNESS IS FINDING PRACTICAL USES FOR THAT WHICH OTHERS WOULD OVERLOOK OR DISCARD. IF WE LOOK AROUND, WE WILL FIND A LOT OF THINGS THAT SEEMS TO CEASE ITS USEFULNESS NOT LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO MAKE IT USEFUL WE THROW IT OR DISCARDED IT RIGHT AWAY. BUT BEING A RESOURCEFUL PERSON TEACHES US TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE IT USEFUL AGAIN THEN IN RETURN IT SAVES MONEY THAT WE CAN USE FOR OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS WE NEED IN LIFE.  REWARDS OF RESOURCEFULNESS CR...

"IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER"

A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW, WE WILL BE ELECTING NEW SET OF POLITICIANS TO RUN THE AFFAIRS OF OUR NATION. DID YOU KNOW THAT IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES, MOST OF OUR ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS ARE SO-CALLED SECOND GENERATION POLITICIANS THEY ARE BEING ELECTED IN THE NAME OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FATHERS. LET US START FROM TOP: MAYOR, HERBERT BAUSTISTA WHOM I  REMEMBEREAS ONE OF THE BAGETS DURING HIS TIME, ENTENG IN CAPTAIN BARBAL AND BISTEK IN HIS SITCOM, A MONICKER HE USED IN ALL HIS POLITICAL CAREER. SELDOM KNOWN THAT HE IS THE SON OF FORMER KAGAWAD AND LATER HIS FATHER BECAME A BARANGAY CAPTAIN.  VICE MAYOR JOSEFINA "JOY" BELMONTE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF PROLIFIC AND CONSIDERED THE BEST MAYOR QUEZON CITY EVER HAD. AMONG THE COUNCILORS: 1.      JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA (DAUGTHER OF FORMER COUN. RAMON "TOTO" MEDALLA) 2.      CANDY MEDINA (DAUGHTER OF FORMER COUN. ERIC Z. MEDINA) 3.      DOROTHY "DORAY" DELARMENTE (DAU...

"QUEZON CITY HUMAN MILK BANK"

DOES IT POSSIBLE THAT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT LIKE QUEZON CITY HAVE A HUMAN MILK BANK FACILITY IN A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL RUN BY THE CITY? THE ANSWER IS AN ASTOUNDING YES MY FRIENDS! IN AN ORDINANCE FILED BY A DYNAMIC BREASTMILK ADVOCATE AND LOCAL LEGISLATOR NAMED COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA OF QUEZON CITY, NEW BORN INFANTS AND MOTHERS ALIKE WILL BE BENEFITED FROM THE SAID ORDINANCE. COUNCILOR ALY'S  UNWAVERING EFFORT TO PASSED THIS ORDINANCE IS WORTHY OF OUR WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT. HERE IS THE TITLE OF THE MEASURE FILED BY COUNCILOR MEDALLA "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A HUMAN MILK BANK IN THE QUEZON CITY OWNED HOSPITALS FOR THE SUPPORT OF WOMEN & CHILDREN IN NEED OF BREAST MILK. BELOW IS A LINK SHOWING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE A HUMAN MILK BANK AND SOME PICTURES OF A MILK LETTING ACTIVITY COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN SOUTH EAST ASIA (ARCSEA).         http://www.arcsea.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-wo...

WILL YOU MARRY A NON - VIRGIN?

AS I LOOK AROUND, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO WRITE, I READ AN ARTICLE THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION,  IT SAYS, "WILL YOU MARRY A NON-VIRGIN?"  FROM RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE WHERE I CAME FROM IT IS TABOO OR FORBIDDEN TO MARRY A NON-VIRGIN THAT IS THE REASON WHY MOST MEMBERS OF DEVOUT CATHOLICS AND REFORMED CHURCHES ARE EX-COMMUNICATED IF CAUGHT HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH SOMEONE PRIOR TO MARRIAGE. THE CULTURES OF THE CIVILIZED SOCIETY HAS BEEN PRESERVED  EVEN IN THIS MODERN TIMES OF OURS. THAT VIRGINITY IS ALWAYS EQUATED WITH GOODNESS AND VIRTUE. THE ACT OF PRESERVING YOURSELF INTACT AND UN-BLEMISH FOR THE ONE YOU MARRY PROVES THAT YOU ARE A PERSON IN GOOD REPUTE AND UPBRINGING. AS TIME WENT ON CULTURES MELT DOWN, IDEAS ARE CHANGING INTO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, SOME BELIEVE IT IS NO LONGER IMPORTANT. EVERY WEEK COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA, A GRADUATE OF  A CERTIFIED CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, FOUNDED BY DEVOUT CATHOLIC MISSIONIORIES THE DE LA SALLE BROTHERS ...

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM OF QUEZON CITY

HERE IS THE FULL TEXT OF POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ORDINANCE AUTHORED BY COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE 18TH CITY COUNCIL OF QUEZON CITY FOR YOUR READY REFERENCE. Republic of the Philippines 18 th City Council Quezon City PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. ___-S-2012 , AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE QUEZON CITY POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DESERVING STUDENTS DOMICILED WITHIN THE CITY AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE. ________________________________________________________________________________ Introduced by:  COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA _______________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, as provided in the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, the state shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all; WHEREAS, RA 7160,...

Quezon City Post Graduate Scholarship Program

While the Country, to be more exact and specific Quezon City  was pounded by heavy rains and most of its parts were flooded, the Quezon City Sangguniang Panglunsod Launched another worthwhile and commendable Ordinance that seeks to be the Intellectual Capital of the country. The proposed ordinance, "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE QUEZON CITY POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DESERVING STUDENTS DOMICILED WITHIN THE CITY AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE." was confirmed by the 18th City Council and now a local law of the city. The said measure was sponsored by the Chairperson of the Comittee on Education, Science and Technology, Councilor JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA who dreamed that her beloved City becomes the Knowledge Capital of the Country. . Deserving and qualified students domiciled in the city for at least three (3) years may inquire at Scholarship Youth Development Program (SYDP) the lead office tasked to implement the said program.. I trust that th...

'NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW"

NOW THAT THE CASE OF CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA HAS BEEN DECIDED UPON BY THE SENATE SITTING AS THE IMPEACHMENT COURT AND THE CHIEF JUSTICE ACCEPTED THE GUILTY VERDICT OF 20 TO 3 IN FAVOR  OF HIS CONVICTION. HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE CANNOT EXEMPT HIMSELF FROM BEING TRIED BY THE VERY LAW HE INTERPRETS. THE CLERK OF COURT OF DAVAO CITY WHO WAS DISMISSED FROM SERVICE BECAUSE OF HER FAILURE TO DECLARE IN HER SALN THAT SHE RENTED A STALL IN DAVAO MARKET IS BEYOND COMPARE TO THE CASE OF THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE. WHO FAILED TO DECLARE HIS PESO AND DOLLAR ACCOUNTS IN HIS SALN. THE LAW MUST APPLY TO ALL AND NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. NO AMOUNT OF EXPLANATION WILL BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO COVER THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE FAILURE TO DECLARE IN HIS SALN HIS MULTIPLE PESO AND DOLLAR ACCOUNTS. I WISH THAT THE PROSECUTION PANEL ZERO IN THIS ISSUE TO AVOID TOUCHING OTHER PERSONAL MATTERS. ABOVE ALL IT IS AN EYE OPENER TO ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT ...

THE CHIEF JUSTICE WAIVER

BEFORE THE MOST AWAITED VERDICT SHALL BE PRONOUNCED PROBABLY ON MONDAY (MAY 28, 2012) BY THE SENATE SITTING AS AN IMPEACHMENT COURT TO CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA, IT IS MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL DID A GREAT INJUSTICE TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE BY PRESENTING AN UNVERIFIED, FABRICATED AND PADDED EVIDENCES AGAINST THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE. IT IS ALSO MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT EVEN BEFORE THE START OF THE TRIAL THE PROSECUTION PANELS DID A BRILLIANT JOB BY PAINTING IN THE MINDS OF THE MASSES HOW CRUEL AND CORRUPT THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE WAS. FROM DAY ONE UP TO DAY 40's DIFFERENT SOLID BLOWS LANDED ALL OVER THE BODY OF THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE ALMOST KNOCKING HIM OUT. BUT THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE STOOD STILL AND GATHERED HIS LAST REMAINING STRENGTH TO PROVE TO HIS ACCUSER HOW WRONG THEY ARE AND REDEEMED HIMSELF BEFORE THE FILIPINO PEOPLE THAT HE WAS WRONGFULLY ACCUSED. FINALLY THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE ADMITTED OF HAVING A DOLLAR ACCOUNT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2.4 MI...

"GREEN MANGO"

Me  Fresh backyard mango   Classmate, Dario  Classmate, Bong  Classmate, Orot 

BLOOMING FIELDS

EXCERPTS FROM THE SONG OF FLOWERS BY KHALIL GIBRAN (1883-1931) I AM THE LOVER'S GIFT I AM THE WEDDING WREATH  I AM THE MEMORY OF A MOMENT OF HAPPINESS I AM THE LAST GIFT OF THE LIVING TO THE DEAD I AM PART OF JOY AND PART OF SORROW NIPA HUT REFRESHING WITH NATURES BEST BUKO JUICE

picnic at ecopark

ONE SUMMER AFTERNOON (APRIL 22, 2012) I DECIDED TO VISIT THE LA MESA DAM AND ECOPARK IN FAIRVIEW, QUEZON CITY AS I PROMISED MYSELF TO VISIT LASTTIME WHEN I FEATURED IN THIS BLOG THE SWAMP WERE TEENS USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE SWIMMING POOL TO REFRESH THEMSELVES FROM SCORCHING HEAT OF THE SUN. THE FAMILY ENJOY THE SHADES PROVIDED BY THIS TREE WHILE SOME CHILDREN RESTED ON ITS BRANCHES. ASIDE FROM SWIMMING, PICNIC AT THE PARK IS ONE OF THE FAVORITE PAST TIME OF EVERY FILIPINO FAMILY.

ECOPARK AT THE HEART OF THE CITY

I LIVE IN QUEZON CITY FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS NOW. I ALWAYS ON THE MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER BUT WITHIN THE CITY'S MOST POPULATED DISTRICT, DISTRICT 2 WHERE A WELL KNOWN COUNCILORS IN THE NAMES OF MARIANO "MARCING" MEDALLA, RAMON "TOTO" MEDALLA, AND NOW JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA CAME FROM. I WORKED WITH THE MEDALLA'S SINCE 2003 FIRST, AS SOLEMNIZING OFFICER IN THEIR  FREE MASS WEDDING PROGRAM WHERE AROUND 60,000 COUPLES WERE LEGALIZED UNDER THIS PROGRAM. NOW I STILL WORKED WITH THEM AS A TECHNICAL WRITER OF SORT AND ONE OF HIS LEGISLATIVE STAFF. IN MY THIRTY YEARS OF STAY IN QUEZON CITY, I ONLY VISITED THIS LOVELY PLACE TWICE. WHEN IT IS NOT YET DEVELOPED INTO PARK AND NOW AS AN ECO PARK WHERE RESIDENTS FROM NEARBY CITY'S HELD THEIR PICNICS AND FAMILY CELEBRATION DAY. IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF QUEZON CITY AND NOT YET VISITED THIS ENCHANTING ECO-PARK AS SAYING GOES "YOU MISS A FRACTION OF YOUR LIFE" SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ...

SUMMER SPIRIT

THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE SEEMS UNBEARABLE IT IS NO DOUBT THAT IT IS SUMMER TIME. MOST OF THE SWIMMING POOLS IN THE METROPOLIS WERE FILLED OF PEOPLE WANTED TO SELF BAPTIZED  AND SUBMERGED THEMSELVES TO WATER IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ESCAPE SCORCHING HEAT OF THE SUN RAYS. IN SEARCH OF A NEARBY SWIMMING POOL TO REFRESH MYSELF, I WENT TO LA MESA ECO PARK IN FAIRVIEW QUEZON CITY. BUT THE POOL CLOSES AT 4 PM. SO I DECIDED NOT TO COME BACK FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY. I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE PLACE WHEN I DECIDED TO TAKE A WALK.  A LITTLE BIT FARTHER FROM THE PARK THERE WAS A GRASSY AREA, I HEARD A COMMOTION AND LAUGHING. MY CURIOSITY BROUGHT ME TO THIS PLACE WHERE CHILDREN ENJOY THE SPILL OVER WATER FROM THE LA MESA DAM. I REMEMBER MY YOUTHFUL DAYS WHEN MY FRIENDS AND I ENJOY THE FRESH WATER OF THE LAKE OF RIZAL. WE USED TO DIVE USING THE BRIDGE AS OUR DIVING BOARD. WE ARE NOT MINDING OF THE DANGER IT WILL BRING US. ALL WE KNOW IS THE THRILL AND THE ENJOYMENT IT GIVE...

JUST FOR A LAUGH

THIS MORNING I WENT TO QUEZON CITY LEGAL OFFICE TO CHECK THE LEGALITY OF A CITY ORDINANCE FILED BY MY BOSS, COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V.MEDALLA REGARDING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING COCKFIGHTING AND OTHER SIMILAR GAMES DURING FIESTA CELEBRATIONS IN THE BARANGAYS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF QUEZON CITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. THE SERVICE ELEVATOR FOR THAT PARTICULAR FLOOR IS UNDER REPAIR SO I NEED TO RIDE OTHER COACH UP TO 5TH FLOOR AND FROM THERE USE THE STAIRS GOING TO THE SEVENTH FLOOR. MY OBSERVANT EYES TAKE NOTICE OF AN ARTICLE POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD OF THE PERSONNEL OFFICE ENTITLED JUST FOR A LAUGH.  AS I READ THE ARTICLE, I LEARNED THAT IT IS ABOUT THE STORY OF A PROBLEMATIC MAN WHO WENT TO A BAR JUST TO RELAX AND UNWIND HIMSELF. HE ORDERED A BOTTLE OF BEER AND AS HE SIP ON IT THE OWNER OF THE BAR NOTICE THAT THE MAN IS CRYING SO THE BAR OWNER APPROACH THE GUY TO OFFER HIS HELPING HAND. THE GUY WAS SO ASHAMED OF HIMSELF....

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.

TRAVELLING BOHOL

IF YOU LOOK FOR A PLACE WHERE TO SPEND YOUR PRECIOUS MOMENT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY I SUGGEST YOU TO VISIT THIS TINY BUT LOVELY PLACE OF BOHOL. I PERSONALLY VISITED THE PLACE AND ROAM AROUND IN EVERY TOWN I CAN AFFORD TO VISIT.  I NEED TO SEE WHAT BOHOL'S CAN OFFER ME JUST FOR ONE DAY USING MOTOR BIKE. FROM LOON AS MY HOME BASE (ONE OF BOHOL'S TOWN) I START AT 6AM  AND VISITED 14 TOWNS OF BOHOL. :

" I DO NOT BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT..."

EVEN BEFORE THE CURTAIN OF THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL WAS FINALLY OPENED, CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA OF THE SUPREME COURT WAS FOUND GUILTY IN THE EYES OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAINLY DUE TO 45 REAL ESTATES PROPERTIES HE ALLEGEDLY OWNED.  THIS INFORMATION SPREAD LIKE A VIRUS CORRUPTING THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF EVERY READERS YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. BASED ON THIS, THEY ALREADY CONDEMNED THE CHIEF JUSTICE. BUT EVERY STORY ACCORDING TO SOME HAD ALWAYS TWO SIDES PROBABLY MORE, SO BEFORE JUMPING INTO  ANY CONCLUSION WE SHOULD HEAR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY FIRST. THIS MORNING I WAS ABLE TO PARTLY WATCHED THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS WHEN ADMINISTRATOR EULALIO DIAZ III OF THE LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY WAS SCOLDED BY SENATOR-JUDGES FOR PRODUCING UNVERIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT INCRIMINATES SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA AND RUINED HIS GOOD NAME AND REPUTATION. IT IS VERY CLEAR FROM THE TESTIMONY OF THE WITNESS WHO HAPPENS, B...

BEYOND THE SUNSET OF PUERTO GALERA

THE LEGISLATIVE STAFF AND OFFICERS  OF THE QUEZON CITY COUNCIL, AT THE LAST HOUR, FINALLY DECIDED TO SPEND THEIR LONG OVERDUE  REST AND RECREATION IN THE WHITE SAND BEACH OF PUERTO GALERA, MINDORO ORIENTAL, PHILIPPINES. I WAS ONE OF THOSE PRIVILEGE STAFF WHO HAD SEEN THE AWESOME BEAUTY OF THIS ISLAND THAT IS AN OPEN SECRET TO FOREIGNERS WHO FREQUENTLY VISITED THE PLACE TO UNWIND AND RECHARGE THEMSELVES FROM THE DAILY ROUTINE OF LIFE. WHILE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH I HAVE A RARE CHANCE TO SEE THE SUN ALMOST KISSED THE SEA. I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THIS ON FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. THOUGH MY DIGITAL CAMERA IS NOT SOPHISTICATED COMPARED TO OTHERS BUT I LET IT CAPTURED THIS SCENE WHICH I CALLED SUNSET IN PUERTO GALERA. THIS IS ONE OF THE AWESOME PANORAMIC BEAUTY THE ISOLATED ISLAND OF PUERTO GALERA OFFERED  ITS GUESTS AND VISITORS BEFORE THE PLACE WAS TOTALLY COVERED BY DARKNESS TO START A NEW ACTIVITY IN THE ISLAND WERE DIFFERENT LIGHTS DANCED TO THE TUNE OF MUSIC. P...