1, 2, 3, 4plets, 5plets

http://www.gmanews.tv/video/93618/ub-lito-lapid-nakipagdebate-sa-wikang-filipino-ukol-sa-rh-bill

For the 1st time Senator Lito Lapid interpolated on a law being discussed in the senate. For the 1st time mas natawa manuod ng senate session kaysa manuod ng Bubble Gang, but my laughter was also filled with disgust. Do we really expect this stupidity (or projected stupidity for publicity) in the senate debates?  At least man lang kung corrupt sila wag naman nilang gawin katawa-tawa yun session, they have funds naman for intelligence di ba? Y not use their staff for research? Bakit ba natin binoto ng karamihan. We are not really ready for democracy kung ganito lang boboto natin. Though bilib ako kay senator Pia dahil d sya natatawa.

Pingot dahil sa nadadapa yun nanay habang buntis? Ok lang kung di ka nakapag aral at naging tambay ka lang sa tabi mapapagbigyan ka kung naniniwala ka jan pero senador ka eh?Matagal ka ng senador!  Dumami lang sya nung nagkaroon ng pills then pills kagad sinisi mo? Nag karun ng twins, triplets at fourplets?? Paking shit naman me. I will not cite any medical literature that will disprove this dahil baka sabihin eh kasi nasa medical field ako kaya alam ko. Yun logic lang eh. Shempre mas madaming tao mas madami chances na makakita ka ng may pingot. Sa twins naman, sa bible nga eh twins si Jacob and Esau wag mo sabihin nag pills na yun nanay nila? Amputang katangahan yan as mas amputa ang botanteng Pilipino. Nakakawalang gana!

Re: James' Soriano's Article

Once again the hot cauldron was shaken and stirred vigorously by this article causing its contents to spill over in this blog. Once again para sa mga naka miss ng article here it is..(reaction to follow)

Language, learning, identity, privilege

Ithink

By JAMES SORIANO

August 24, 2011, 4:06am

MANILA, Philippines — English is the language of learning. I’ve known this since before I could go to school. As a toddler, my first study materials were a set of flash cards that my mother used to teach me the English alphabet.

My mother made home conducive to learning English: all my storybooks and coloring books were in English, and so were the cartoons I watched and the music I listened to. She required me to speak English at home. She even hired tutors to help me learn to read and write in English.

In school I learned to think in English. We used English to learn about numbers, equations and variables. With it we learned about observation and inference, the moon and the stars, monsoons and photosynthesis. With it we learned about shapes and colors, about meter and rhythm. I learned about God in English, and I prayed to Him in English.

Filipino, on the other hand, was always the ‘other’ subject — almost a special subject like PE or Home Economics, except that it was graded the same way as Science, Math, Religion, and English. My classmates and I used to complain about Filipino all the time. Filipino was a chore, like washing the dishes; it was not the language of learning. It was the language we used to speak to the people who washed our dishes.

We used to think learning Filipino was important because it was practical: Filipino was the language of the world outside the classroom. It was the language of the streets: it was how you spoke to the tindera when you went to the tindahan, what you used to tell your katulong that you had an utos, and how you texted manong when you needed “sundo na.”

These skills were required to survive in the outside world, because we are forced to relate with the tinderas and the manongs and the katulongs of this world. If we wanted to communicate to these people — or otherwise avoid being mugged on the jeepney — we needed to learn Filipino.

That being said though, I was proud of my proficiency with the language. Filipino was the language I used to speak with my cousins and uncles and grandparents in the province, so I never had much trouble reciting.

It was the reading and writing that was tedious and difficult. I spoke Filipino, but only when I was in a different world like the streets or the province; it did not come naturally to me. English was more natural; I read, wrote and thought in English. And so, in much of the same way that I learned German later on, I learned Filipino in terms of English. In this way I survived Filipino in high school, albeit with too many sentences that had the preposition ‘ay.’

So I have my education to thank for making English my mother language.

It was really only in university that I began to grasp Filipino in terms of language and not just dialect. Filipino was not merely a peculiar variety of language, derived and continuously borrowing from the English and Spanish alphabets; it was its own system, with its own grammar, semantics, sounds, even symbols.

But more significantly, it was its own way of reading, writing, and thinking. There are ideas and concepts unique to Filipino that can never be translated into another. Try translating bayanihan, tagay, kilig or diskarte.

Only recently have I begun to grasp Filipino as the language of identity: the language of emotion, experience, and even of learning. And with this comes the realization that I do, in fact, smell worse than a malansang isda. My own language is foreign to me: I speak, think, read and write primarily in English. To borrow the terminology of Fr. Bulatao, I am a split-level Filipino.

But perhaps this is not so bad in a society of rotten beef and stinking fish. For while Filipino may be the language of identity, it is the language of the streets. It might have the capacity to be the language of learning, but it is not the language of the learned.

It is neither the language of the classroom and the laboratory, nor the language of the boardroom, the court room, or the operating room. It is not the language of privilege. I may be disconnected from my being Filipino, but with a tongue of privilege I will always have my connections.

I really feel bad for this kid and i know he's part of a lot of kids, mostly from the upper class who look down upon our beautiful language. I know may mamimilosopo jan na sasabihin tira ako ng tira english din naman ginagamit ko sa start ng blog. Baka lang kasi mabasa ni sir James at di nya ma grasp yun Filipino eh.  Alam ko na di ako debater or I'm not at the top of my class at baka isipin mo wala ako karapatan na pagsabihan ka bata on why i think di natin masyado magamit ang filipino language sa classroom.

First of all bago lang relatively ang filipino, ang english, mandarin french, spanish etc matagal na sila and most of their scholarly discoveries were written in their language and kung hindi man translated into their language. Eh ang Filipino? Ilan centuries ito na suppress due to foreign occupation. Parati bida yun dialect ng colonizer When we got our independence developed na ang english, most of the books were written in english already. Lets compare it with Japan na they have their own terms when it comes to math, science and other subjects kasi the Japanese language was allowed to develop enough for them to write their own books for school regarding math and science. Now that we're using filipino, di tyo makasabay sa kanila dahil mahirap pahinugin sa pilit ang language. Naka fast forward ang mundo ngayon kaya wala tayo choice but to embrace english as a medium of instruction kung hindi mapag iiwanan tyo.  Gets mo? Iba ang sarili mong wika mas malapit sa puso mo puro ka walang english translation jan! Bakit sa english rice lang ang term, sa atin tatlo ang terms nun palay, bigas at kanin! Kasi culture natin ang rice and it  is a part of our daily lives compared sa kanila.  If you have a message na gusto mo iimpart sa amin mas maging sensitive ka mas na brand ka tuloy na elitista. 

Hirap kasi sa atin ang sinasamba natin yun magaling mag english kahit na puro yabang lang, intimidated na kagad tyo. Konting mali lang ng diction at grammar tinatawanan natin. The world doesn't expect us to speak perfect english kasi di natin native tongue yun. Si pacquiao ba pag mali mali ang english tinatawanan nila sa states? Dito lang naman eh.  

Inaantok na ako dapat talaga kahapon ko pa ginawa to para mas acute yun rage against the article. Nag simmer down na kasi kaya di ko na malagay lahat ng saluobin ko. Here's another take on our language na mas maganda ang delivery   http://www.isaganicruz.net/page8.php?post=30

FUEL SUBSIDY IS UNFAIR

Halos kalahating taon wala akong blog. Marami na ako na akong mga opinion sa mga bagong issues ang pinalagpas. Medyo busy lang talaga kaya I couldn't write as often as I would like. To my few readers (my wife ehem ehem) pasensya na.

Sky high nanaman ang fuel prices ngayon most of  us in the working class are feeling the crunch. Reminiscent ang prices ngayon nuong bago mag recession sa US. As usual meron nanaman outcry ang PUV drivers ng increase sa fare or subsidy. Masakit mukang pagbibigyan nga sila. Ang tanong ko Mr President paano naman kami? How about us?我們怎麼樣?


Nagkokotse kami dahil kailangan namin ito. Hindi dahil sa luho or anu paman kailangan namin ito sa trabaho dahil inefficient ang public transport!  Bakit kami walang subsidy? Sino ba ang mas maraming binabayad na tax? Sino ba ang mas may pakinabang? If the mode of public transport is efficient eh di sana mas maraming nag ko-commute (at di nagpapacute) lahat naman ng nag ko commute wala lang choice pero if they had they'd have their own vehicle kasi sobrang hassel sa masel ang pag commute dito.


Dito sa gagawin mong subsidy parang mga jeep, bus at tricycle drivers and operators lang nakinabang? We, the middle class are subsidizing them with our taxes. Karamihan pa naman sa mga sasakyan ay dugo't pawis ang hinuhulog sa financing tapos ang makikinabang tong mga driver na to?
Binabayaran namin ang mga pulo't dulo ng traffic sa Pilipinas. Pinupupukpok namin ang sarili namin with this kind of solution. Ang daya masyado ng spoiled yan mga hinayupak na yan. Why not mag sacrifice muna ang government and temporarily lift the vat or bawasan ang vat sa fuel. Lahat may pakinabang di ba? 

Pilipinas Kay Gandang Manggaya

Poland's Tourism Logo

Pilipinas kay ganda logo

Do I need to explain na mukhang di nanggaya nanaman tayo? What a shame? Ang dami nating magagaling na artists bakit kailangan pa manggaya? I think DOT Secretary Lim needs to resign.

The tree sa letter L, The blue waves hay obvious na obvious!

BARKING AT THE WRONG TREE

MMDA plans to implement a odd-even scheme on top of the usual color coding scheme on EDSA to decrease trraffic. Wow, imagine not being able to use your car, which pinaghirapan mong bilhin 3 times a week? Isn't that unconstitutional? Bakit ba traffic volume parati ang pinag-iinitan nyo mga leche!? Concentrate on smooth traffic flow. Yun walan nakaharang sa daan! Kung traffic volume ang problema bakti traffic pa rin ang EDSA Pasay Area specially sa LRT area, considering mas konti ang sasakyan pag Sunday? Reason PUV's nakabalagbag sa gitna at walang laman. Enforcers are turning a blind eye sa mga ito.Tricycles plying EDSA wala din silang ginagawa, kung san san to lumiliko kahit bawal. Jan pa lang sa area na yan it is obvious na obstruction ang problem and lawlessness. Pero pag private vehicles meron silang "stepping on the yellow lane" mas matindi pa sa referee ng PBA. Why do we have to suffer for something that's not our fault? Obvious naman ang problem eh takot lang kayo ayusin yung problema! Siguro kasi sayang kinikita nyong extra para pabayaan nyo sila. It doesn't take a genius to figure out the root cause of traffic in EDSA.  Public utility vehicles na nakaharang! Kung volume ang problem dapat buong EDSA ang traffic walang portions na lumuluwag. Pansinin nyo after a major loading area lumuluwag tapos sisikip ule pag approach ng next. 

Dapat din strict sa mga taong bumababa kung san san  detain them for 45min gawa kayo ng temporary detaining area kung ayaw pa detain mag fine kayo 500 pesos. Not bad di ba?  Sa kanto ng BUENDIA at EDSA after SHELL station bakit di hinuhuli yun mga taong nag aabang dun? Nakakatraffic din sila and masaklap pa dun the real loading area is around mga 50 meters away lang di pa nila kayang maglakad?

MMDA chair wag mo kaming pag initan! P-Noy alam ko di mo naman nababasa to pero ilalagay na din kita. PAg sabihan mo bata mo!

CHANGE?

It has been three months since P-Noy was elected president, though I didn't vote for him I was full of optimism that there would be a radical change in the way things are goin'. He started off on the right foot when he banned the wang-wang. Isa ako sa mga bwisit na bwisit sa mga yan! Sabi ko wow ang galing kahit papano may result kagad. Pero as time goes by parang nawawalan na ng steam yun "CHANGE" theme ni P-noy. Masyado atang maraming advisors and appointed officials na hindi in sync sa mga nangyayari kaya di tayo maka MOVE. I'll give my opinions sa mga issues na sa tingin ko sana na-handle ng mas maayos.

1. HOSTAGE crisis mis-management. I really do believe na ok lang wala si president dun kasi sa lahat ba ng hostage situation sa states nakikita nyo ba si OBAMA? Tama lang na ipa-handle nya yun sa local authorities  yun nga lang palpak but i won't go deep into that kasi self explanatory naman yun. Problem lang yun mga cabinet peeps nya walang command responsibility. Di alam ng kanang kamay ang ginagawa ng kaliwa. What a shame? Wala din delicadeza dapat courtesy resignation kagad. Kesyo kung pabigat sa president tsaka tanggalin. Wag nyo na pahirapan ang chief executive kokonsensyahin nyo pa eh.

2. Chief of Police: Ang tagal makahanap ng mga uupong leader ng mga vital organizations obvious na maraming taga sulsol jan. STICK with your decision muna then kung palpak tsaka palitan di ba. Pag palit ng palit makes you look indecisive.

3. Squatter demolition: Wala ba tayo na pwedeng gawin dito? Kung sino ang nag violate ng batas sa pagkamkam ng lupa sila pa ang kailangan hanapan mo ng bagong tirahan bago mo mapakinabangan ang lupang pinaghirapan mo ng legal. IBASURA ang LINA law.!

4. Traffic situation: Ganun pa din ang traffic. ang enforcer nag aabang lang ng huli na kadalasan pribadong sasakyan. Tricycle sa edsa ok lang, wala pa kong nakitang nahuling tricycle sa edsa! smoke belchers!  Yun mga bwaya sa kanto ng macapagal ave at EDSA nakatambay lang sa kanto nag cause pa ng traffic kasi umiiwas yun mga tao sa outermost lane pagkakanan ka baka nga naman hanapan ka ng huli.

5. Separation of church and state. We need to move forward! ayoko ng mag elaborate baka marami ako makaaway.

till next time

At Last...Lets DOH it!

As you may have noticed: No Therapeutic Claims at the end of a supplement ad was replaced with
"Mahalagang Paalala: Ang (name of product) Ay Hindi Gamot At Hindi Dapat Gamiting Panggamot sa Anumang Uri ng Sakit,”


Good job DOH! Mas maiintindihan na ngayon ng tao if we used the vernacular sa mga herbal ads. Parang minura ka ng F$@K YOU vs minura ka ng P.I. mo  the later is much more powerful and felt because its your own language. Same din pag sinabi mong T*T* vs  penis we can say penis anytime kasi ok lang and its deemed bastos pag yun local term ang ginamit. 


As you may have noticed I am against these herbal supplements from the start. From experience patients tend to buy these drugs more than our prescribed drugs thinking that it is safer and more effective. They really don't notice the disclaimer at the end of the commercial. Worse is they spend a lot money to buy the supplements but they complain about the price of a prescribed drug.In the end amount they spent for their freakin anti oxidants are much bigger than their real meds. May isang patiente na di makabili ng isang prescribed antihypertensive drug. Nahulog ang bag nya bumulatlat ang dami ng supplement na iniinom nya. 



 Doc: Ang dami po nyan ah!
 Patient: Ay oo iho. Sabi kasi nakakatulong daw ito sa puso.
            Ito naman sa atay at ito sa kidney
            Ito sa cancer dahil antioxidant.
 Doc: Ahh ok


Ang nireseta kong gamot sa kanya ay wala pang 20 pesos yun total na iniinom nya mas malaki pa. Pag ang high blood na control makakabuti sa lahat ng organs dahil walang namamatay sa hypertension sa complications nito meron!


Kudos to our health secretary Dra Cabral for taking a stand against aggresive herbal ads that have misled most of our kababayans. I know mam your getting a lot of flak from the herbal groups but I'll support you all the way. Di naman natin sila pinipigilan mag benta eh nag bibigay lang tayo ng babala. Personally I allow my patients to use these supplements if they want to as long as they're taking their prescribed medications and not replacing them.


"The most expensive drug is a drug that doesn't work!"