Ever since I was young I have always dreamed to be very successful and rich when I grow up, but as years went by I came to a realization that being very successful and rich is not an easy dream to reach. I have been coming up with lots of ideas of what I can do to earn money but alas, my attempts were either unsuccessful or just plainly stupid. As I reached my proverbial(at least to the people I know) Senior year in high school, I began to pressure myself of what course to take which is gonna guarantee me a high paying job. I have soliloquized my fake interviews, filled up my fake bio data entries and even came to a point of considering a part time job just so I knew what my best qualities were in able to find my desired course and work and be rich! I ended up with DEVCOM. I think I was always destined for this course anyway so I enrolled with my heart not really set for my next academic journey.
I don't have the slightest idea of what my future really is with DevCom, except maybe editing ID Pictures for Fujifilm. What worries me now is the worldwide problem which is unemployment. That word may not scare the hell out of my peers for now but it will when we graduate. Oh, how long that journey would be!
The current rate of unemployed people in our country alone is 7.7 %, not to mention the 18.2% underemployment rate! We, the young people should tread carefully because the real world is mean and competitive. An F mark won't suffice. As I mentioned in my recent post "Why Vote?" we have to choose the right leader for our country and maybe he can abolish the unemployed to employed! Okay, that's dreaming out loud but at least decrease the percentage of jobless people since it's even more difficult to find work in this global recession. Have you read the bankrupt companies on the papers? They were the big companies like Motorola, Burberry, Starbucks, Toyota, Christian Lacroix and many more.The loss of jobs is worrying. The best example would be the recently celebrated Xavier Days. The upper class men said that it really didn't measure up to the past Xavier Days.
We must join forces in kindred spirits to help our country swim the deep debt it has put itself through. Education is key. Without knowledge there is no power. Without US there is no power. We are the engine of our wheel(the country) that is constantly deflating in to a useless tire. Kidding! Maybe not really useless but maybe measuring up to Africa's economical standards? No?
I watched a show on ABS-CBN about the debate of the candidates for presidency and one of those candidates pondered on why the Filipinos are going out of our country when we need them here. I thought that his idea was preposterous! What? Those OFW's should come back here and feed the hungry stomachs of their families: wind? I disagree with what he said not only because my parents are OFWs but because I seriously feel that there is no future in my own country for me to earn a high salary. Don't get me wrong, I love our country. It's just that I love myself too and I want to work for a job that I know I'm going nowhere. I'm sure my remittances will be of help for our economy! Who knows, maybe in the future I won't have to go abroad anymore because our financial development has actually developed.
My point exactly is--are we gonna live comfortable lives here in the Philippines when some people can't even get decent jobs or just a job for that matter? To quote Ma'am Trell Borja, my DC1 professor "The rich will remain rich and the poor will remain poor". Those honest words really hurt me! I don't wanna be poor for my whole life! Education doesn't really guarantee a job but at least.
Do you agree?
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Why Vote?
There's been a lot of campaigns encouraging the youth to vote for this upcoming elections but I haven't been really jumping in the bandwagon and registered myself at Comelec. I know, some of you (the patriots or just people who have already registered) are gonna tell me "Why haven't you registered yet? Now is the time!" Yes! Now is the time to choose a leader, to be responsible of who will be put in that high pedestal they call presidency, yet when is the right time to go to Comelec? Do I have to line up? Is it hot? Is the registration easy? Those are few of my concerns. Call me a lazy ass because I am but I really don't want to fuss on a long queue.
My friend and I were talking this afternoon about who were our choices for President when she asked me if I have registered yet then I said "Not yet." Then she told me that I was one of the 4 million people who haven't registered yet. I was completely shocked that there were "millions" of people who are probably not interested in voting or just plain lazy! That made me think about my responsibility for my country and my fellow countrymen. My responsibility for myself. I quickly asked if I could still register and thank heavens for the January 9, 2010 deadline! Take note! January 10, 2009!
Let me tell you why WE, the young people, should vote. First of all, have you seen and heard the campaigns, noise barrages, the blogs, etc. about voting? Probably you had but ignored them but shouldn't we be at least sensitive to the effort and money spent for those campaigns? For convincing the people who are able to vote to vote? I think that YES, we should be.
Secondly, have you asked yourself about what your responsibility is for your country? Your home? Not yet? Then go ahead and ask and then think about it. Actually, don't think about it and just go ahead and register to vote!
And finally, do you want Erap to win again? Hell no! If that's not gonna want you to get up and register then I don't what is! I'm sorry but I'm gonna slam Erap in my blog (freedom of speech and opinion! God I love this country!)! I mean, aren't you just ashamed of what he made our country look like? We looked like fools voting for a second rate celebrity in a position where only the right people deserve to be. By right people I mean the educated smart people! I know that being a good leader has nothing to do with education but it still gives the leader a one up.
Our country has been in the dumps for many years and we need a hero. We need an Obama for our homeland. And who might those heroes be? WE ARE THE HEROES. Sometimes, just sometimes, heroes are forged by the votes of the people.
My friend and I were talking this afternoon about who were our choices for President when she asked me if I have registered yet then I said "Not yet." Then she told me that I was one of the 4 million people who haven't registered yet. I was completely shocked that there were "millions" of people who are probably not interested in voting or just plain lazy! That made me think about my responsibility for my country and my fellow countrymen. My responsibility for myself. I quickly asked if I could still register and thank heavens for the January 9, 2010 deadline! Take note! January 10, 2009!
Let me tell you why WE, the young people, should vote. First of all, have you seen and heard the campaigns, noise barrages, the blogs, etc. about voting? Probably you had but ignored them but shouldn't we be at least sensitive to the effort and money spent for those campaigns? For convincing the people who are able to vote to vote? I think that YES, we should be.
Secondly, have you asked yourself about what your responsibility is for your country? Your home? Not yet? Then go ahead and ask and then think about it. Actually, don't think about it and just go ahead and register to vote!
And finally, do you want Erap to win again? Hell no! If that's not gonna want you to get up and register then I don't what is! I'm sorry but I'm gonna slam Erap in my blog (freedom of speech and opinion! God I love this country!)! I mean, aren't you just ashamed of what he made our country look like? We looked like fools voting for a second rate celebrity in a position where only the right people deserve to be. By right people I mean the educated smart people! I know that being a good leader has nothing to do with education but it still gives the leader a one up.
Our country has been in the dumps for many years and we need a hero. We need an Obama for our homeland. And who might those heroes be? WE ARE THE HEROES. Sometimes, just sometimes, heroes are forged by the votes of the people.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
ParaMORE!MORE!MORE!
Paramore will be having a concert in the Philippines for the first time! That's great news for you Pinoy Paramore fans!
On a phone interview with DJ Mo Twister, the bands rhythm guitarist Taylor York said in amazement knowing that there would be 30,000 audience in attendance "“That’s insane! I don’t think we’ve ever played a show that big by ourselves. That’s insane!”
The band will be performing their hits Crush-Crush-Crush, Misery Business and That's What You Get as well as their brand new album Brand New Eyes featuring the hit single Ignorance.
Being a Paramore fan I'm really not that excited but listening to the interview made me change my mind! I wish I were in Manila though. Bummer.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Save MaguindaNOW
What is there on Maguindanao really? I admit that I haven't been watching the news for a while now and when people were abuzz about the massacre I thought they were talking about the past massacres. I thought it was old news.
Then one day a friend of mine was talking about how a Facebook blogger became the next internet sensation for posting how that person hates people of a certain religion for killing all those poor, innocent lives. Quite frankly, when my friend finished her story, I did hate 'them' a little bit. I mean, how could they do that? I couldn't even kill a fly! ----Or maybe I could but the point is that killing other people no matter how popular that is (you know what I mean) it's still like not very humanly. Obviously! I don't really have an idea what their motive was but I really do hope that they did it for the greater glory of their people. I hope their purpose is to better themselves.
Maguindanao is now on Martial Law because of that. Anyone doesn't want that. Think about the old people who suffered Martial Law in the past, doesn't that just scare them? I know I would be.
I just pray of better things in the future. Like PEACE, no matter how cliche that might be.
Then one day a friend of mine was talking about how a Facebook blogger became the next internet sensation for posting how that person hates people of a certain religion for killing all those poor, innocent lives. Quite frankly, when my friend finished her story, I did hate 'them' a little bit. I mean, how could they do that? I couldn't even kill a fly! ----Or maybe I could but the point is that killing other people no matter how popular that is (you know what I mean) it's still like not very humanly. Obviously! I don't really have an idea what their motive was but I really do hope that they did it for the greater glory of their people. I hope their purpose is to better themselves.
Maguindanao is now on Martial Law because of that. Anyone doesn't want that. Think about the old people who suffered Martial Law in the past, doesn't that just scare them? I know I would be.
I just pray of better things in the future. Like PEACE, no matter how cliche that might be.
Well Heeled
I wouldn't have thought that PGMA would wear these sandals because:
1. She's not that fashionable. Kudos to Michelle Obama.
2. She's the President of the Philippines, of all the people in the country shouldn't she be the most affected of the economic crunch? Just sayin'.
and 3. I don't think there'd be a size for her! I mean, she's so small!
To all of the fashion ignorants, our dear President is wearing Yves Saint Laurent which is a very high- end brand which means expensive.
Good for her though.
1. She's not that fashionable. Kudos to Michelle Obama.
2. She's the President of the Philippines, of all the people in the country shouldn't she be the most affected of the economic crunch? Just sayin'.
and 3. I don't think there'd be a size for her! I mean, she's so small!
To all of the fashion ignorants, our dear President is wearing Yves Saint Laurent which is a very high- end brand which means expensive.
Good for her though.
Top Ten Reasons Why There Can't Be A Filipino American President
By David Letterman, as forwarded via e-mail
10. The White House is not big enough for in-laws and extended relatives.
9. There are not enough parking spaces at the White House for 2 Honda Civics, 2 Toyota Land Cruisers, 3 Toyota Corollas, a Mercedes Benz, a BMW (Big Mean Wife), and an MPV (My Pinoy Van).
8. Dignitaries generally are intimidated by eating with their fingers at State dinners.
7. There are too many dining rooms in the White House - where will they put the picture of the Last Supper?
6. The White House walls are not big enough to hold a pair of giant wooden spoon and fork.
5. Secret Service staff won’t respond to “Psst… psst”.
4. Secret Service staff will not be comfortable driving the presidential car with a Holy Rosary hanging on the rear view mirror or the statue of the Santo Nino on the dashboard.
3. No budget allocation to purchase a karaoke machine for every room in the White House.
2. State dinners do not allow “Take Home.”
1. Air Force One does not allow overweight Balikbayan boxes!
10. The White House is not big enough for in-laws and extended relatives.
9. There are not enough parking spaces at the White House for 2 Honda Civics, 2 Toyota Land Cruisers, 3 Toyota Corollas, a Mercedes Benz, a BMW (Big Mean Wife), and an MPV (My Pinoy Van).
8. Dignitaries generally are intimidated by eating with their fingers at State dinners.
7. There are too many dining rooms in the White House - where will they put the picture of the Last Supper?
6. The White House walls are not big enough to hold a pair of giant wooden spoon and fork.
5. Secret Service staff won’t respond to “Psst… psst”.
4. Secret Service staff will not be comfortable driving the presidential car with a Holy Rosary hanging on the rear view mirror or the statue of the Santo Nino on the dashboard.
3. No budget allocation to purchase a karaoke machine for every room in the White House.
2. State dinners do not allow “Take Home.”
1. Air Force One does not allow overweight Balikbayan boxes!
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