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HANDSHAKE

ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH, THE HISTORY OF HANDSHAKE DATES BACK DURING THE 5TH CENTURY B.C. IN GREECE. IT WAS A SYMBOL OF PEACE, SHOWING THAT NEITHER PERSON WAS CARRYING A WEAPON. TODAY, A HANDSHAKE IS A GLOBALLY WIDESPREAD BRIEF GREETING OR PARTING TRADITION IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE GRASP ONE OF EACH OTHER LIKE'S HANDS, IN MOST CASES ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF UP-AND-DOWN MOVEMENT OF THE GRASP HAND. FOR US FILIPINOS, A HANDSHAKE IS MORE THAN A BRIEF GREETING AND A PARTING TRADITION.  THOUGH IT COMMONLY DONE UPON MEETING, OFFERING CONGRATULATIONS, EXPRESSING GRATITUDE AND COMPLETING AN AGREEMENT. IN THIS PICTURE, OF COUNCILOR RAMON "TOTO" MEDALLA, SHAKING HANDS WITH THIS MAN DURING HIS HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITATION, I PERSONALLY INTERPRET HANDSHAKE AS A GESTURE OF SEEING AND HEARING HIS CONDITION AND SITUATION IN LIFE AND HE WILL DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS IT. I HOPE THAT ALL POLITICIANS RUNNING FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT AS THEY DO THEIR ROUNDS O...
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"TOTO" & "NENENG"

  THERE ARE FIVE (5) SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE ROSTER OF THE 20 TH CITY COUNCIL OF QUEZON CITY. COUNCILORS TOTO MEDALLA AND NENENG VALMOCINA BELONGS TO THEM. BOTH COUNCILORS TOTO MEDALLA AND NENENG VALMOCINA ARE REELECTIONIST COUNCILORS OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF QUEZON CITY. IN THE FILIPINO TRADITION, TOTO AND NENENG IS THE MOST LOVED NAMES. TOTO AND NENENG WAS GIVEN SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION BY THE REST OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS. MOST OF THE TIME, TOTO AND NENENG CONNOTES THE YOUNGEST OFFSPRING. EVEN IN THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, TOTO AND NENENG MEANS THEY ARE THE MOST CHERISHED ONE, TRUSTED AND EASY TO GET ALONG WITH. TOTO MEDALLA IS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CREATION OF SIKAP BUHAY ALSO KNOWN TODAY AS THE QUEZON CITY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OFFICE, WHILE NENENG VALMOCINA EARNS THE MONICKER AS THE STAR NG KABUHAYAN.
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"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. ...
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SAVE YOUR SPEECHES FOR THE BEST

THE POLITICAL ARENA IS VERY COLORFUL. WHETHER YOU ARE PARTY MATES OR YOU BELONG TO THE OPPOSING PARTIES, AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU WILL DO YOUR BEST TO OUT-DO AND OUT-WIT ONE ANOTHER FOR ONLY ONE REASON, TO ENSURE VICTORY AND REMAIN ON TOP. LOOK AT THEIR SLOGANS OR WHAT THEY ARE CLAIMING DURING POLITICAL RALLIES AND CAUCUSES. SOME CLAIM THAT THEIR ONLY VICE IS SERVICE (ANG TANGING BISYO NILA AY SERBISYO). SOME SAYS, "BAYAN ANG NO.1, KAMPEON NG PALUPA, TAGAPAGTANGGOL NG KABABAIHAN, KAMPEON NG EDUKASYON, GUSTO KO HAPPY KA, TAPANG AT MALASAKIT, LAYLAYAN NG LIPUNAN, ITULOY ANG DAANG MATUWID AND A LOT MORE. THEIR SPEECHES ARE WELL ORGANIZED AND CRAFTED. THEY WERE EVEN SUPERB IN THE DELIVERY OF THEIR MASTER PIECE. TO BE HONEST AND FAIR, THERE ARE CERTAIN TRUTH TO WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AND CLAIMING BUT MOST OF IT LACED WITH FLOWERY AND SOMETIMES EVEN POISONOUS. SELLING YOURSELF TO THE PEOPLE IS NOT AN EASY JOB. THE PEOPLE WILL KNOW HOW SINCERE YOU ARE AS PUBLIC SE...
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