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The Last Moments of THIS Layout
Tomorrow at about 10 in the morning, my blog would be given a brand new look with brand new perspectives and hopefully, the author himself would have a brand new life. From the darkness of this blog to a blog that would be filled with life, love, hope and faith. Am I going to delete this blog completely? I think I would. This had been a sad memory of my very very dark past. But I am grateful that I went through all those things. Baka hanggang ngayon, nasa dilim ako at lagi na lang nadadapa. Bukas, magsisimula uli ako.
At isang mensahe sa mga ilang nagalit sa mga ipinost ko nitong mga huling buwan: hindi pa tapos ang lahat. Medyo nanahimik lang ako dahil na rin sa payo ng isang nagkomento na magsaliksik ako nang malaman ko ang totoo. At iyun na nga, totoo nga ang mga pinagsasabi ko. Sensya na, walang personalan. Trabaho lang.
And to those who have given some of their time to read and drop some comments, thank you very much. To Entrecard who had been very valuable to my blog's life when it comes to free traffic, thank you. And to the countless personalities I've known through blogs, thank you. Basta, baka may makalimutan pa ako. Maraming, maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat.
The former 'me' is about to come back.
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Huwebes, Agosto 28 2008
Blog Action Day 2008
Once again, bloggers are going to make history. The successful Blog Action Day 2007 focused on the environment. Now on its second year, it's focus for this year is poverty. You may ask, what in the world is "Blog Action Day?" Taken from their website:
"Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.
One Issue, Thousands of Voices
Global issues like poverty are extremely complex. There is no simple, clear answer. By asking thousands of different people to give their viewpoints and opinions, Blog Action Day creates an extraordinary lens through which to view these issues. Each blogger brings their own perspective and ideas. Each blogger posts relating to their own blog topic. And each blogger engages their audience differently.
What is the aim of Blog Action Day?
First and last, the purpose of Blog Action Day is to create a discussion. We ask bloggers to take a single day out of their schedule and focus it on an important issue.
By doing so on the same day, the blogging community effectively changes the conversation on the web and focuses audiences around the globe on that issue.
Out of this discussion naturally flow actions, advice, ideas, plans, and empowerment. In 2007 on the theme of the Environment, we saw bloggers running environmental experiments, detailing innovative ideas on creating sustainable practices and focusing audience’s attentions on organizations and companies promoting green agendas. In 2008 we aim to again focus the blogging community’s energies and passions, this time on the mammoth issue of global poverty.
Mass Participation
From the smallest online journals, to huge online magazines, to EU ministers, to professionals and amateurs, Blog Action Day is about mass participation. Anyone is free to join in on Blog Action Day and there is no limit on the number of posts, the type of posts or the direction of thoughts and opinions."
Join BLOG ACTION DAY 2008 now and let us help make a difference through our blogs.
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The Game For The Ultimate Flirts
This game reminds me of the days not so long ago when I'm desperate to have a 'date.' Hehe.. There's a lot of pick up lines roaming around the cellphones here in the Philippines like: "I lost my number, can I have yours?" What the? You might get slapped by the girl. Unless, you're one of a kind. But sometimes it works. :D Just like using Extreme Style by VO5 hair spray if you want to get that Victory Hair. Try to play this game: Ultimate Flirting Championship. Well this is the best place for the expert flirts out there. Hehe.. :D I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed playing it. :D
Ten Thousand Years of Living Without Boredom
That is if you can live that long. :D
As I have found out Banzai is a traditional Japanese expression which means 'ten thousand years.' Or for Filipinos, it is a similar term to our own "Mabuhay." It is also an acclamation to a certain person with high authority or fame. Or like a complement for a good deed. And for stress loaded people out there it is good to relax and 'de-stress' yourself with the popular Japanese spoof TV show which is also called BANZAI! And now, Banzai is available on DVD!
The DVD is filled with clips from the episodes of the popular TV show Banzai. The game is played by watching the DVD and betting on the outcome of the stunt or event by using different sushi pieces (creatively named King Fu Carl, Lois, Chum and Tako). Then the players place their bets on different bowls as fast as they can using chopsticks. The bowls are the choices for the correct answer to the question that would be flashed on the screen before a stunt, action or event ends. And the winner gets all the sushi. (I wonder if its edible? :D)
To see a glimpse of one of the 'sushi pieces' used in the game, you might as well want to check out this mini game call Tako-gotchi. You can also get some 'rubbish' for your computer there. (Well actually, they are wallpapers.)
I myself have tried to play the Tako-gotchi game and see what my Tako-gotchi is doing:
Watching the TV. :)
Eating up a poor fish, hehe.. :D
And you have to go anywhere to get this amazing game. You can get it online at there website found here. And also you might as well want to add Tako up to your MySpace: www.myspace.com/takotheocto.
ScreenLife Games is at it again. They launched a new Banzai game. Check it out:
Miyerkules, Agosto 20 2008
The Red Army's (in Manila) Unacceptable Behavior
(Note: This is the Second Part of the Red Army in the Philippines post. Red Army in the Philippines refers to the New People's Army and the different leftist activist groups such as Bayan Muna, Kabataan Party, Gabriela, ANAKPAWIS, ANAKBAYAN, League of Filipino Students, etc. This is my personal reflection, being a 'former pseudo activist' from one of these groups.)
Somebody had replied to first post (Red Army in the Philippines?) via my Multiply account. The commenter was a former colleague from one of the activists groups in the school. If I'm not mistaken, I've met (or seen) him once. He is one of the most 'active' activists who really have the heart for his chosen cause. Well, here's what he had to say:
"A little information is a dangerous thing.
- if you'll read news from the 90s, you'll see that those who were behind the "purges" were actually expelled from the Movement. like Popoy Lagman and Romulo Kintanar and Arturo Tabara.
- the NPA is not the only armed group in the Phil. countryside. there is also the RHB (in Central Luzon), and RPA (in the Visayas). why am i telling you this? it is because these groups have a tendency to pose as the NPAs while committing nefarious activities. for example, there are reports that NPAs ask for money ("tax collections") from ordinary people. but the NPA's money on such policies is that they only take money from "class enemies" meaning landlords and big corporations. so, most of the time, these are actually bandit groups using another group's color to lend legitimacy. after all, many businesses in the countryside pay up despite admonitions from the military not to.
in fact, the NPA is highly hated by huge mining companies and illegal loggers. you could try looking for "Green Warrior", a 1996 documentary that showed the NPA's policy of protecting natural resources wherever they have a presence. and I guess its in the news that not a week passes without some mining or logging company getting their equipment burnt (take note, no employees were harmed, right?).
now, i will speak from personal experience. while it is true that BM and all the progressive partylist groups endorsed Recto, it is wrong to assume that it was a decision enforced in a monolithic way. matindi ung debate namin nun, lalo na sa mga partylist supporters sa youth, at lalo na sa UP. kung nagmukha man na solidly namin sinuportahan si Recto, it is quite the opposite. nirespeto ang aming opinion that he doesn't deserve support pero at the same time, hindi kami compelled na ibigay ung mga campaign materials nya. kahit nga si Kiko Pangilinan, di rin namin sinunod yung pag-support sa kanya.
bottom line is, you can't affect the "getting there" of "where you want to got" unless you are part of it. sniping from a bystander's distance will only provide more ammunition for those who want to crush the peoples' movement."
Anyway, I have my response in my Multiply account so go see it there.
I have always thought about this topic. Their behavior.
First, on cigarettes and mess.
Why do they keep on using cigarettes? Isn't it a bad influence to the youth? I think they should be the 'role models' if they want to attract more youth to join their ranks. Oh, maybe it might be as well used to attract more youth because they would be joining a 'cool group.' I don't know.
And at that certain point wherein they somehow criticized the "No Smoking Policy" here in our school, I want to ask them, why? Is it 'bad to ban something bad?' We all know that cigarettes do nothing good to our health and well-being. Yet, why do they tolerate that? And why do they 'criticize' such 'good policy'? It isn't a repression of 'their right to smoke.' But I think, it violates 'our right to breathe clean air.' I may be misinformed or know 'little' again on this issue but that's as far I could remember reading from a paper.
Isn't it a sign that they too are "irresponsible people'? What kind of leadership can we expect from them? This too coincides with the fact that after their rallies, they always leave that place with lots of litter and garbage. Why don't they clean it up after all it is them who used it for their democratic exercise? Isn't it a violation of 'our right to a clean environment?'
And speaking of environmental issues, they too are active in campaigning for the closure of abusive mining companies that exploits our mountains and forests. Well, that's good. But how can you even talk like that when yourselves cannot clean up the mess that you have caused? Is it right to say that 'you practice what you preach?' If they can't do such simple thing as cleaning up their mess after a rally, how can we be sure that they can 'clean up' our rotten society as well?
More on cigarettes on my next post. But you can find it here: josedenniolim.multiply.com because for the next few days, I'll be on 'Filipino language' mode in celebration of the Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa (National Language Month) here in the Philippines. Still, I'd be updating you on whether I have a new post most specially on this 'hot' topic.
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Biyernes, Agosto 15 2008
The Lifesaver of the Future
I've remembered my grandmother who died a year ago because of stroke. She was hospitalized for a month and it's really hard to see her slowly dying. She maybe taking the best medicines and taken care of by the best doctors but we all know that a massive stroke like that would only go one way: death. She's my best grandma. I have talked about her in my other blog on how she believes in my dream no matter what other people says.
Seventeen years of being with her is not enough to be able to know her better. I would want to ask more on her life during the war, on how she was able to raise 9 children and how close she is to God. But I can never again ask her those questions, nor even hear her sweet voice. 'Cause she's already gone. If there's only a way to cure her, I'm going to give it to her. And one of the possible things that could have helped her was stem cells.
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Huwebes, Agosto 14 2008
Brilliante Award
Two awards in a span of a week?! Thanks a lot Jemade for tagging me!! :D
The above recipients of the Brillante Weblog are welcomed to put the Logo on their personal Blogs and have the honor of passing this award to seven other bloggers.
Here are the rules for passing on the award:
1. Put the logo on your Blog
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. Nominate at least seven other Blogs
4. Add links to those Blogs on your Blog
5. Leave a message for your nominee on their Blog.
This is really cool!!! So for this time I'm again tagging my ka-Agimat, Ms. Gumamela (her blog: Weird Artistic Gal) for her wonderful and inspiring blog posts (I love the Letter to the Toilet post, my favorite sitting place, hahaha... :D) and my six other blogger friends who are so generous for allowing me to have my link on their pages: Elaine of The Positive Side (she gave me the Arte Y Pico Award, my first award!!!), Enday of Kwento ni Enday (she's cute and pretty but taken yata, hahahaha... :D), Mr. Salas? (sorry I don't know his real name or nick just based it on his web address) of The Composed Gentleman (For recognizing Filipino bloggers), Baby Deeanne of The Different Faces of Me (Another cutie, but I'm not sure if she's taken hahaha.. :D) and Ms. Wandering Elephant of Gala Tayo (for referring me to Pinoy Bloggers.)
Thanks a lot and Congratulations!! :)
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Miyerkules, Agosto 13 2008
Georgia: Ceasefire and Withdrawal Now!!!!
This is an email sent to me from Avaaz.org, a new global web movement with a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have, and the world most people everywhere want.
Dear Friends,
The conflict in Georgia is escalating dangerously. Russian troops have moved deep into the country, and thousands of civilians are at risk.
Photo Taken From ABCNews.go.com
Diplomats are scrambling to find a solution, and the European Union has proposed a ceasefire and withdrawal of all forces to their previous positions. China has also called for an "Olympic Truce", an ancient tradition that asks all countries to cease hostilities during the Olympic Games.
Georgia and Russia have agreed to a ceasefire, but reports of fighting continue -- we urgently need a full withdrawal of all forces to prevent further conflict.
In the next 48 hours, a massive global public outcry would show Russian and Georgian leaders that the world wants a ceasefire, and that further aggression will damage a country's international reputation. Click below to sign our emergency petition and then forward this email to your friends and family. We'll publicize the petition in the media and deliver it the UN Security Council and the Russian and Georgian governments:
or this link:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/georgia_ceasefire_now/97.php?cl_tf_sign=1
Russia and Georgia have a long history of tensions, but the recent hostilities were sparked over a small region called South Ossetia, which is seeking separation from Georgia. For years South Ossetia has had de facto autonomy, but after clashes between Ossete militia and Georgian troops, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili ordered the army to occupy the breakaway province. The Russian army immediately responded by driving the Georgian army out, bombing targets and attacking towns deep within Georgia.
History teaches us that small wars easily spark larger ones. Saakashvili has applied to join NATO, angering Russian Prime Minister Putin, who may be using the invasion to remove the Georgian leader and teach a lesson to other Russian neighbours who would like to join NATO. As Georgia is a close ally of the United States, the conflict could escalate dangerously. The Georgian and South Ossetian people could become victims of a great global contest for power in the oil rich region.
Photo Taken From Hurriyet.com
Wars get more vicious and harder to end the longer they last. The best time to stop this one is right now -- let's act now, and help make a full withdrawal of all forces the first step in a peaceful, negotiated solution to the root causes of conflict in this troubled region.
With hope,
Ricken, Iain, Veronique, Graziela, Brett, Paul, Pascal, Milena and the whole Avaaz team
PS - Here are some links for more information on this conflict, and a link to learn more about Avaaz campaigns:
For more information about Avaaz campaigns:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/report_back_2
For more background on the conflict in Georgia:
International Crisis Group: “War in Georgia”
BBC: “Georgia-Russia Conflict”
Financial Times: “Russia is forfeiting its world standing”
The European Union proposes a ceasefire:
Moscow Times: “Europe takes lead in bid to resolve conflict”
IHT: “Europe taking a diplomatic approach to Caucasus conflict”
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