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UP Village, Quezon City, 1998-2001. Kasaysayan ng isang babaeng balo ng isang guro sa University of the Philippines. Ang gurong lalaki ay isang manunulat sa wikang Filipino.

Siguro, ang babaeng balo, upang matakpan ang lungkot na nararamdaman, ay sinubukang magsulat ng mga tula, maiikling kuwento at nobela. Nariyang napapabayaan na nga ang kanyang pamilya o nakikipag-agawan sya sa computer sa mga anak o nabubulyawan nya ang mga ito upang makapagpatuloy lamang sa pagsulat. Pero ang balo ay walang UP Village, Quezon City, 1998-2001.

Kasaysayan ng isang babaeng balo ng isang guro sa University of the Philippines. Ang gurong lalaki ay isang manunulat sa wikang Filipino. Siguro, ang babaeng balo, upang matakpan ang lungkot na nararamdaman, ay sinubukang magsulat ng mga tula, maiikling kuwento at nobela. Nariyang napapabayaan na nga ang kanyang pamilya o nakikipag-agawan sya sa computer sa mga anak o nabubulyawan nya ang mga ito upang makapagpatuloy lamang sa pagsulat.

I Plea For Temporary Insanity. Some of these projects are Ahon Bata sa Lansangan. Food enrichment program, reducing the price of drugs and medicines. Better known as Noli de Castro. Ahon Bata sa Lansangan. Known as the 'National Family Violence Prevention Program,' this program is a community.

Pero ang balo ay walang formal na edukasyon sa pagsulat kagaya ng kanyang asawa. Siya ay nagtapos ng CPA at gusto lang nyang sumulat sa Filipino dahil doon siya kampante at nagagandahan siya sa mga katagang naririnig niya noon bata pa sa sa kanyang lola. Ngayong nagsusulat na ako - bumalik sa akin ang mga kawikaan na karaniwan noong ginagamit ng aking impo at lola. Makahulugan ang mga iyon at maganda ang imaheng nililikha. Iaalingawngaw ko ang mga iyon. Puukawin ko ang alaala ng mga nakabagong parirala.At kung bakit gusto niyang magsulat.

Gusto kong magkaroon ng katuturan. Gusto kong ang aking sinulat ay makapagbago sa tao hindi dahil pinaghimagsik ko, kundi dahil nakanti ko ang kanilang pinakapinong damdamin. At ayon sa kanya, sa wikang Filipino lamang niya magagawa ang pagkanti sa pinakapinong damdamin ng mga Pinoy. At nagawa nya yon dito sa Unang Ulan ng Mayo na nagwagi ng Palanca Award noong 2005. Ginamit ni Sicat ang first person narrative upang ipahayag ang kanyang saloobin at karanasan bilang isang nagsisimulang manunulat sa edad na 57. Makakapagbigay ito ng inspirasyon sa mga mambabasa na nagnanais ding sumulat ng nobela sa Filipino.

Kung paanong si Sicat ay nanalo ng timpalak Palanca at mailimbang ang kanyang mga gawa kahit na may edad na sya at hindi gaanong tinatangkilik ng mga mambabasa ang mga babasahin sa ating sariling wika. Bukod sa sinasabing inspirasyon, ipinapakita rin ng nobelang ito ang kalagayan ng Panitikang Filipino. Ang kuwento tungkol sa isang broadsheet na nasa wikang Filipino na sumubok ng panahong iyon pero nagsara ring bigo ay nakakalungkot. Sa Asya, ang Pilipinas lang ang walang broadsheet sa sariling wika. Sa pagbabasa ng nobelang ito parang kang nagkaroon ng isang matandang babaeng kapitbahay at ikinuwento nya ang kanyang karanasan sa pamilya una ang ina, bago ang manunulat at ang kanyang karanasan sa pagsusulat ng nobela, tula at maging nang sumubok syang magsulat para sa telebisyon.

Ang ikinaganda nang kanyang mga karanasan ay ang sinseridad. Kahit magsaliksik ka, si Ellen Sicat ay balo ni Rogelio Sikat (1940-1997) na isang naging dekano ng Kolehiyo ng mga Sining at Titik sa UP noong 1991-1994. Kung kaya si Ellen Sicat at ang kanyang pamilya ay nakatira sa UP Village na nakalaan sa mga pamilya ng mga professor sa UP. Sa madali't sabi, may katotohanan kang mararamdaman sa pagbabasa ng kanyang karanasan kahit na sabihin pa ni Sicat na fiction or kathang-isip lang ang mga iyon. Pinakapaborito ko ang Tsapter 10: 'Kababalaghan Ngayon ang Aking Mga Karanasan'. May isang parte roon na laging tinatanong ng karakter ng balo ang kanyang mga anak kung ano ang pinakang-nagustuhan nilang tsapter.

Ako, ang Tsapter 10 dahil sa mala-tulang mga pangungusap at ang kanyang karanasan noong matalahib pa ang Quezon Avenue at parang napakatagal ng biyahe mula sa La Loma hanggang sa UP at ang pagsakay niya sa bus - nabanggit pa nya at nailarawan ang JD Transit at ang anyo ng konduktora nito - na meron isang may tupak na nakatabi nya at nagpakita ng ari nito sa ilalim ng binabasa kunwaring diyaryo. Nagustuhan ko rin ang Tsapter 13: 'Nasilong Mambabasa' kung saan may isang kakilala ang kanyang nasirang kabiyak na nakipagusap ng sandali sa kanya habang binabasa ng balo ang manuskrito ng kanyang nobela. Dahil nahiya siyang amining nagpupursigi siyang sumulat kahit matanda na, nagsinungaling ang balo at di sabihing nobela iyon na gusto niyang ipalimbag. Hindi niya tuloy naipakilala ang sarili. Noong makaalis ang babaeng kausap, sinabi ng balo sa sariling 'sayang, nakasilo na sana ako ng mambabasa!' Di bale, Ginang Sicat, nasilo mo kaming bumibili ng nobela mo. Nasilo mo na rin ako!

At magsulat ka pa ha? Isa lang ito sa mga libro mo sa National Book Store. Nasaan ang iba pa? (Suring-Aklat ng Unang Ulan ng Mayo ni Ellen Sicat) Noon bata naaalala ko ang sayang nadarama kapag pinapayagan ni Ina na pwede akong maglaro’t magtampisaw tuwing umuulan. Ano nga bang hiwaga mayroon ang mga patak ng tubig galing sa kalangitan at nakadaradag sa tuwa’t saya naming magkakaibigan habang naglalaro, naghahabulan sa lansangan?

Ito ang mga bagay na sumagi sa aking isipan habang nakatanaw sa barandilya at naaliw na pinagmamasdan ang pagpatak ng ulan mula sa mga b Ulan. (Suring-Aklat ng Unang Ulan ng Mayo ni Ellen Sicat) Noon bata naaalala ko ang sayang nadarama kapag pinapayagan ni Ina na pwede akong maglaro’t magtampisaw tuwing umuulan. Ano nga bang hiwaga mayroon ang mga patak ng tubig galing sa kalangitan at nakadaradag sa tuwa’t saya naming magkakaibigan habang naglalaro, naghahabulan sa lansangan? Ito ang mga bagay na sumagi sa aking isipan habang nakatanaw sa barandilya at naaliw na pinagmamasdan ang pagpatak ng ulan mula sa mga bubungan, waring mga batang naghahabulan. Kaalinsabay nito maririnig ang paglagatak ng bawat patak, waring halakhak ng mga batang nagagalak. Kay tagal ko na ring hindi nakakaligo sa ulan.

Kasama siguro ng pagtanda ang pagkalimot sa mga bagay na ginagawa noong pang bata. Ilan ito sa aking hinagap habang binabasa ang Unang Ulan ng Mayo, nobela ni Ellen Sicat, tungkol kay Gloria, balo ni Carlos, isang manunulat at propesor sa U.

Diliman, ang kanyang pumanaw na asawa. Inilalahad nito ang kanyang buhay matapos ang pagkamatay ng kanyang asawa at ang pagsusumikap niyang isaayos ang ilan sa mga naiwan nitong akada; ang pag-aalaga sa mga anak at apo kasama ng kanyang resposinbilidad bilang ilaw ng tahanan at ngayo’y tagapagtaguyod ng kanyang pamilya; ang kanyang pagtatangka sa pagsulat na siyang naging daan upang ibsan ang kanyang pagdadalamhati; at ang unang ulan tuwing darating ang buwan ng Mayo. Maaaring sa hinuha ng ilan sa mga nakabasa nito ito’y nabibilang sa mga akda ukol sa pagsusulat. Ngunit higit at bukod dito, ito para sa akin ay isang paglalakbay tungo sa pag-unawa kung ano nga ba at papaano hinubog ang isang manunulat. Sa mata ni Gloria — at ilang paghahango ni Sicat, sa akin na ring pagtataya, mula sa kanyang sariling karanasan — makikita ang ilan sa mga umiiral na gawi ng pangkasalukuyang panitikan patungkol sa paglalahatala ng akda, ang pagtanggap ng mga mambasa at kritiko dito, pati na rin ang karangalang dala ng mga patimpalak sa pagsusulat na kung minsan ay nakabubuti o dili kaya’y nakapagpapabalam sa interes ng isang manunulat, lalo na kung ito’y baguhan.

Para sa akin hindi matatawaran ang hangarin ni Sicat na magsulat ng mga istorya gamit ang sariling wika, balintuna sa hangad ng mga baguhan at mas nakababatang manunulat sa paggamit ng wikang banyaga. Isa pa rito ay ang kanyang pagpipilit na gumamit ng mga katutubong salita, aniya: “Kung may Filipinong katumbas na salita, akin itong ipagugunita.” Lalong nakakaaliw at nakamamangha ang kanyang pagsasalaysay ng ilang piling pangungusap na nagtutugma at waring may himig patula. Ayon sa Unang Ulan sa Mayo ang ideya kapag pumasok sa isipan ay tulad sa daga: di ka patutulugin sa kaluskos at uukilkilin ang bawat sulok ng iyong utak; may ibang kay daling mabitag at mahuli, habang may ilang nakaaalpas, sadyang kay tuso.

Kapara sa pagdatal ng unang ulan na inaasam-asam matapos ang mahabang tag-araw, didiligin nito ang tuyong lupa at kaalinsabay ng tubig aaagos ang mga alaala, dadaloy ang himig ng mga salita patungo sa pagtuklas, sa hamon ng pagsubok na lalagos sa kaluluwa upang tipunin ang kabuuan. _________________________ Book Details: Book #19 for 2011 Inilathala ng Anvil Publishing Unang limbag, 2009 (Paperback) 210 pahina Binasa noong: Mayo 29 – Hulyo 1, 2011 Ang Aking Rating: ★★★★ [Makikita rin ang suring-aklat na ito at iba pa sa aking blog:.]. Review will be posted soon. Rating - Unang Ulan ng Mayo (First Rain of May) by Ellen Sicat, 5 Sweets and the encouragement she shared as a Filipino writer and as a widow who search for another life. (Experience the great pleasure of reading a Filipino book written in a very beautiful depiction of her culture and life.

Recommended to all ages, sometimes as a Filipino we need to read books wrote by promising authors.) Challenges: Book #2 for 2011 Book #2 for Goodreads -, 1st Q Review will be posted soon. Rating - Unang Ulan ng Mayo (First Rain of May) by Ellen Sicat, 5 Sweets and the encouragement she shared as a Filipino writer and as a widow who search for another life.

(Experience the great pleasure of reading a Filipino book written in a very beautiful depiction of her culture and life. Recommended to all ages, sometimes as a Filipino we need to read books wrote by promising authors.) Challenges: Book #2 for 2011 Book #2 for Goodreads -, 1st Quarter: Librong Pinoy. 'Kailangan kong magsulat. Ito'y plemang kailangang idahak.

Masamang hanging kailangang sumingaw. Pagkabusog na kailangang idighay. Dalamhating kailangang iatungal. Luwalhating kailangang isayaw. Ah, kung pag-uukulan ko ng panahon ang mga hinanakit, walang mangyayari sa akin. Epiphone Serial Numbers Identification. ' May iba't ibang dahilan kung bakit nagsusulat ang isang tao.

Ang iba, para maipahayag ang kanilang nararamdaman. Ang iba naman, para makalimot sa lahat ng masasakit na pangyayari sa kanyang buhay. Sa dalawang ito nakikita ng 'Kailangan kong magsulat. Ito'y plemang kailangang idahak. Masamang hanging kailangang sumingaw. Pagkabusog na kailangang idighay. Dalamhating kailangang iatungal.

Luwalhating kailangang isayaw. Ah, kung pag-uukulan ko ng panahon ang mga hinanakit, walang mangyayari sa akin.'

May iba't ibang dahilan kung bakit nagsusulat ang isang tao. Ang iba, para maipahayag ang kanilang nararamdaman. Ang iba naman, para makalimot sa lahat ng masasakit na pangyayari sa kanyang buhay. Sa dalawang ito nakikita ng mambabasa ang dahilan kung bakit nagpasya ang bidang babae sa librong ito na gumawa ng mga tula at kuwento mula sa mga simpleng bagay at nilalang na nakikita at nararamdaman niya sa paligid tulad ng pagpatak ng ulan, mga halaman sa hardin, at iba pa.

Maski ang pesteng daga na pabigat sa mga tao ay hindi nakatakas sa imahinasyon ng bida. Ang Unang Ulan ng Mayo ay kasaysayan ni Gloria, isang 57-anyos na babaeng balo, may tatlong anak, at sa kabila ng kanyang edad ay hindi inalintana ang mga simple at komplikadong balakid sa kanyang buhay para lamang maipagpatuloy ang kuwentong sinimulan ni Carlos, ang kanyang namayapang asawa.

Sa nobelang ito mababasa ang matalinghaga ngunit mabisang paglalarawan ni Gloria ng mga tao, lugar, bagay at pangyayari ayon sa kanyang sariling perspektibo. Kakikitaan din ng tapang at determinasyon ang bidang tagapagsalaysay, na sa kabila ng pagiging baguhan nito sa mundo ng pagsusulat, ay hindi natakot matuto mula sa kanyang mga anak, kaibigan, at iba pang mga taong maaaring makapag-impluwensiya sa kanyang pinasok na gawain.

Sa paraan ding ito ay malalamang sa bandang huli ay hindi mahalaga ang mararamdaman o sasabihin ng ibang tao tungkol sa kanyang mga sulatin. Positibo man ito o negatibo, kailangan niya itong tanggapin dahil bahagi ito ng buhay. Sabi nga niya sa kanyang sarili: 'Hindi nakamamatay ang pagsusulat. Sinasagip pa nga nito ang kaluluwa.' Sa aking palagay, ang Unang Ulan ng Mayo ay isang simpleng nobela subalit kapupulutan ng napakaraming aral tungkol sa pagpupursigi at pagiging determinado sa buhay.

Bagamat malalalim ang mga salitang ginamit ni Ellen Sicat sa pagsasalaysay ay maiintindihan pa rin ito ng mga mambabasa. Makikita rin dito ang labis na pagmamahal ng manunulat sa wikang Filipino na maigting niyang ginamit upang maipahayag ang kanyang sarili, at upang maintindihan siya ng mas nakararaming mambabasang Pilipino. At sa sobrang ganda at pulido ng pagkakasulat (bagamat kapansin-pansing may ilang typographical error sa libro, tulad ng paggamit ng salitang 'lingo' na hindi tumutukoy sa 'lengguwahe', bagkus ay sa salitang Ingles na 'week'), hindi malayong maengganyong magsulat din ang sinumang magbabasa nito. Ito lang naman ang nais iparating ng bidang babae sa kuwento, na kahit gaano man kahaba ang pinatunguhan ng kanyang buhay, ilang beses man siyang mabigo, wala pa ring makakapigil sa hangaring maipahayag ang saloobin gamit ang pinagkabit-kabit na mga salita. Sicat ay isang C.P.A. Nagtapos siya ng B.S.B.A. Sa UP noong 1962.

Nagtrabaho siya sa mga pribadong kumpanya at nagpraktis ng kanyang propesyon bilang C.P.A. Maybahay siya ng manunulat na si Rogelio Sicat at ina siya ng manunulat na si Luna Sicat Cleto. Nagsimula si Ellen na magsulat noong Oktubre 1997, nang pumanaw ang kanyang kabiyak. Mula noon, nakasulat na siya ng tatlong nobela, isa Si Ellen L. Sicat ay isang C.P.A. Nagtapos siya ng B.S.B.A.

Sa UP noong 1962. Nagtrabaho siya sa mga pribadong kumpanya at nagpraktis ng kanyang propesyon bilang C.P.A.

Maybahay siya ng manunulat na si Rogelio Sicat at ina siya ng manunulat na si Luna Sicat Cleto. Nagsimula si Ellen na magsulat noong Oktubre 1997, nang pumanaw ang kanyang kabiyak. Mula noon, nakasulat na siya ng tatlong nobela, isa nga rito ang Paghuhunos.

Ang kanyang mga kwento at tula ay nalathala sa Diliman Review, Mirror Weekly, Ani, Likhaan (CWC at UP Press), Lagda at sa antolohiyang Kwento ng Paglusong at Pag-ahon (Ateneo Press). Nakasulat na rin siya ng screenplay: ang Mga Kamay, na naging finalist sa First Cinema Screenwriting Contest. Sa kasalukuyan, masigasig si Ellen sa pag-aayos ng katipunan ng kanyang mga kwento at kinikinis din niya ang manuskrito ng kanyang nobelang Unang Ulan ng Mayo at Estelle. Inaasahan niyang katulad ng Paghuhunos, malilimbag din ang mga ito sa lalong madaling panahon.

I remembered when someone once told me that only poets can write poems. This led me to thinking that only writers, good ones, can write well.

I dreamt of being a good writer. I strived harder; I trained more through competitions, press conferences and school activities. But then I felt I was never good enough. I felt that there was always something missing in my essays – some sort of element I cannot really decipher. So I tried to find the answer. Fortunately, the answer was waiting to be found in the form of a school project.

I grabbed the opportunity and aimed for my target. “Writing is expressing one’s self. It is a flow of ideas. Nilalabas mo dito ang mga saloobin mo.

It is a manifestation of the writer’s thoughts,” he says while smiling. I smile at him back while I think to myself; I’ve heard that stuff before. Tell me something I don’t know. He further on tells me his thoughts about writing in general.

I agree with him when he said that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword. Words can cause bigger impacts and effects than any weapon of mass destruction can. He further explains how writing continues to evolve as the times are changing. With the advent of technology, writers from any side of the world can share their compositions with another person from the other end of the globe. Some writers cannot even afford to publish their own works; so they resort to online blogging.

Some good writers are even discovered online, he tells me. “I was a blogger, too,” he jokes around and we laugh. We discuss later on the advantages and disadvantages that come with his profession. He said that every writer will agree with him when he says that being a writer will give you many freebies, free food and free everything, “ Walang makakatanggi na writer niyan. Lahat ng pwede mong mahawakan, lahat ng pwede mong amuyin, yung abot ng 5 senses mo, makukuha mo yan.” He further on explains that with these benefits, come also the downside of being a writer. “ Andiyan yung limitation as a group, eh. Yung nakita mo noon, sila din makikita mo ngayon.

Kayo lang nagkikita-kita sa press conferences. Nagiging boring.

Parang walang bago,” he said with a dull face. Being a writer is hard, he says, especially during the early years. It was the time when his editor seemed to reject every article he submitted.

His editor would tell him the two words he dreaded the most – recheck and rewrite. I asked him then if he ever thought of quitting the job. He laughed and said yes. If he were not a writer now, he would be working in the US Navy. Beedi Jalaile Jigar Se Piya Hd Video Song Free Download more. I wondered if I would ever want something else to do besides writing. Well, I probably would, but I would write and do another thing, not do that thing and not write at all. Adamson University is a Catholic and Vincentian institution that seeks to provide quality education especially to those who are socially-disadvantaged.

It has emerged academically richer and stronger, accumulating layers of knowledge and experience that sustain its mission to provide education—the kind that meets stringent standards of quality yet affordable to those who have less. Now beyond its Diamond Jubilee, it confidently and ably plays its role as an agent of personal as well as social transformation. But an institution can never be free from flaws and problems. One major problem that the university is suffering from is its inadequacy in facilities and equipments. It is not a hidden fact that the school lacks personal computers in the computer laboratories.

The wet laboratories used for Chemistry and other science-related subjects also suffer from deficiency in laboratory materials such as evaporating dishes and test tubes. The Mass Communication department needs new apparatuses for better video editing and photo capturing. The only solution to this, of course, is if the university’s administration purchases the needed facilities for the institution. If the administration is having problems with the funds, there are three ways to raise funds and buy the needed equipments. First, allocation of funds must be done properly. The division of the funds must be done according to importance.

Due priority must be given to issues that are most critical to the university as a whole. Another way is to increase the tuition fee. Not all will be pleased with this solution, but if they are to see and actually experience the result of this action, they will be pleased in the end. Most parents complain about tuition fee increases because they don’t actually see where the money goes. Lastly, create fund-raising activities such as the fun run, Falcons, Let’s Run, held last February. These activities are supported by the alumni, students, and mere enthusiasts; they are perfect solutions to deficiency in funds.

The second stage is Attraction. This is the time when you claim that you are “love-struck” and you spend all your time thinking about that significant person. Scientists think that three main neurotransmitters are involved here: adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin. How do these chemicals affect human love? The initial stage of falling for someone activates one’s stress response; this leads to an increase in blood levels of adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline is responsible for that weird moment when one sees the person he/she loves and starts to sweat, the heart races and the mouth goes dry. Fisher examined the brains of newly “love-struck” couples and found out that it both have high levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

This chemical stimulates ‘desire and reward’ by triggering an intense rush of pleasure in the person’s mind. It has the same effect on the brain as taking cocaine. So what they say about love being addicting is indeed true. This is also the same reason why people in love have increased energy, less need for sleep or even food, focused attention and unexplainable delight in the littlest of things.

Serotonin, on the other hand, is responsible for the moments when the one you love keep popping unintentionally in your mind. So what is the best and easiest way to fall in love? York psychologist, Professor Arthur Arun, enumerated three steps.

First, find a complete stranger. Second, reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour. And third, stare deeply into each other’s eyes without talking for four minutes. He conducted an experiment and asked his subjects to carry out the 3 steps. He found that many of the couples felt deeply attracted after the 34 minute experiment. Two of his subjects later got married.

The first 100 days of any administration are crucial. Also called the “honeymoon period”, it is the transition of an old government to a new one with the hope of a change in the way the country is governed. The new administration is at the height of its popularity, hope, trust and optimism. What it does in the first 100 days is not necessarily final for the remaining six years and, to be sure, just so much can be realistically done in so short a time. Yet the first 100 days offer important insight into the character of the new administration and go far in establishing the directions of governance. What makes the honeymoon period crucial?

It is during this period that the President-elect organizes his Cabinet and appoints key executive officials. His choice of people to help him run the government will speak a great deal about the policy direction that his administration would likely take during its term. Aside from the appointments that the new President will make, his first policy moves or pronouncements will be anticipated and carefully scrutinized as well. These things serve as helpful indicators on what the people can expect from the administration. In her first 100 days, she established numerous projects that would improve the education, social status, and poverty of the nation.

Some of these projects are Ahon Bata sa Lansangan, a project that seeks to strengthen and speed up past and present attempts to address the difficulty of street children; Ahon Bayan, a resource generation project for social welfare services; Ahon Pamilya, a community based plan of preparing family members to protect themselves against violence and manage resolution of disagreement within the context of family members; and Quick Reaction Time Pamilya, an instrument that guarantees immediate response to the needs of sexually abused women and children. PGMA started a health revolution by implementing various projects and policies. Some of the projects are the measles elimination campaign for Filipino children, food enrichment program, reducing the price of drugs and medicines by fifty percent (50%), Sentrong Sigla health centers, and execution of programs against emerging diseases. She also planned to put forth several advancements in the country’s infrastructure by plan of decongesting roads. There was also the plan of electrification of barangays which aims to provide electricity to 1,513 barangays all over the country.

Although the feedback in the first 100 days was not as good as it should be, the Aquino administration implemented several projects to uplift the present situation of the country. It carried out the Anti-Wang-Wang policy. It requested the review of weather forecasting methods for better prediction of the weather. It strived to bring out the truth in plunder cases.

Even as it promised not to impose new taxes, the Aquino administration has pushed for additional tax like the collection of the 12% VAT on toll. It signed Executive Order (EO) No. 8 to attract foreign capital and give them guaranteed and almost limitless opportunities to profit from the country’s infrastructure. The Philippines received a $434-million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant from the US government. The Aquino administration presented few concrete plans for the country while the Arroyo administration showed promise in its first 100 days. Ironically, in a survey conducted by the Social Weather station using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults in Metro Manila, the Balance of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the results show that 71 percent of 1,200 respondents satisfied and 11 percent dissatisfied with the performance of Aquino in his first three months in office, for a net satisfaction rating of 60 or “very good.” This means that 7 out of 10 Filipinos are satisfied with his performance.

On the other hand, 42 percent of the 1,500 respondents satisfied and 18 percent dissatisfied with the performance of Arroyo, for a net satisfaction rating of +24 or “moderate.” This implies that 4 out of 10 Filipinos are satisfied with her performance. Why too much craziness? The Overdoolallism fashion style is described as exaggerated, careless and unusual. It is not the type of clothing you normally see everyday. It is over the top; it seeks attention.

Bright hues are matched with each other. Contrasting colors of tops and jeans can now complement each other without hurting one’s eyes.

Big hats or ribbons can make an outfit extra dashing. If too much details, sequins and patterns make an outfit look cheap before, now, it can make one’s outfit fashionable and elegant.

CDs (or discs) and floppy discs (or diskettes) can also be used as designs added on clothes. The use of shades even on rainy days is also encouraged. Dissimilar patterns can also be used together now.

For example, a polka dot-patterned blouse can be used with a stripe-patterned skirt. Corruption has become ordinary in the Philippines. It exists in different forms in the contemporary society today. It may be the petty corruption that happens on the street or the high-level corruption that exists in the highest echelons of society, where generals and politicians and businessmen play. Corruption exists when a jeepney driver does not give the right amount of change to his passengers. It is also present when a school official collects donations from students for a cause that is supposedly for the improvement of the education offered in the institution.

It prevails in a government where politicians pocket the collected money of the citizens and use it for personal use. Corruption is done brazenly out in the public or worse, pulled off effortlessly without the victims’ knowledge. As the Year of the Rabbit opened with a bang, controversies involving corruption in the Philippines exploded louder than any firework a shop in Bocaue, Bulacan could ever produce. The revelations of former AFP budget officer ex-Lt. George Rabusa that incoming and outgoing top officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received hundreds of millions of pesos in 'pasalubong,” “pabaon' and more “perks” expose the long-running system of large-scale corruption in the highest echelons of command in the reactionary government’s armed forces. Further details of bribery, overpricing, juggling and transfers of funds to private accounts and other methods of thievery have been provided by Rabusa, former government auditor Heidi Mendoza and other witnesses. In a forum conducted at Adamson University last March 1, 2011 entitled “Forum on Truth and Integrity”, ex-Lt.

George Rabusa and Heidi Mendoza disclosed the truth to the students and personnel of the institution. They sacrificed their jobs, personal security and life to bring to light the extent of dishonesty committed by Maj. Carlos Garcia and other top officials of the military.

The courage these whistle blowers have shown is indeed admirable. At the end of the forum, students recited “Panata sa Pagbabago”, a pledge comprised of little but important things the youth can do to help lessen corruption. These things may be little, but they are big steps towards change. Filipinos were praised worldwide when a bloodless revolution in 1986 erupted in the country to oust a tyrant from his throne.

It was Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.’s death which ignited the flame of nationalism in the Filipinos that led them to start the crusade. The four-day series of prayerful mass demonstrations and peaceful revolutions was later on called the EDSA People Power Revolution, after the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) where the non-violent revolt was held.

It toppled the Marcos dictatorship and installed Corazon “Cory” Aquino, Aquino’s wife, as president of the Philippines. After twenty-five years, people gathered in EDSA Shrine once again to commemorate that fateful day. People wore yellow as a sign of support to the Aquinos, yellow being the campaign color of Corazon Aquino. The word “Laban” was chanted by the crowd as the song “Magkaisa” was simultaneously played from the speakers. Some even wore shirts that have Cory and Ninoy’s faces on them. Although the heat of the sun was unbearable, the crowd stayed to celebrate the commemoration of their fought-for democracy. According to IBON foundation, a research-education-information and advocacy organization that seeks to contribute to people’s empowerment by generating and collecting socio-economic data and analyses, the country has achieved little progress 25 years after EDSA Revolution.

According to IBON’s estimates, the unemployment rate rose to an average 11% in the period 2005-2010 from the 10.6% posted in the pre-People Power crisis period from 1981-1986, as shown in the illustration. The 2.6 million number of unemployed Filipinos in 1896 rose to 4.4 million in 2010. The latest revised number of poor in the Philippines was estimated to be at 23.1 million in 2009 or six out of ten Filipinos trying to survive. IBON said that the anniversary of People Power 1 is a time to reflect on how the nation is 25 years after. The organization further explained that there was an explosion of optimism for change in 1986, but it was followed by decades of missed opportunities. Is this now enough reason for Sen.

Bongbong Marcos to conclude that indeed, his father could have turned the Philippines into another Singapore? Twenty-five years have passed after the revolution, but the condition of the country, according to IBON’s statistics, worsened. With the celebration of the Filipino’s democracy, corruption is still present in the society. In the last few weeks, the stigma of corruption has hung over the armed forces. Gregorio 'Gringo' Honasan II said “ 'There is a need for transparency not only in the AFP but in all government-related transactions, and the need for us to protect what we term as whistle-blowers, who take the risk and develop the courage to testify, and present evidence.' Does this justify the notion that too much freedom can lead to abuse of power?

Twenty-five years after, how has EDSA Revolution affected the way Filipinos live? What is its value to the modern nation? According to a political blogger, Mon Casiple, this event taught the citizens three lessons. He said, “The first lesson in Philippine experience is to democratize the state, government and society. The second lesson is to strengthen this democratization to full democracy enjoyed by all the people.

The third lesson is to realize that democracy is a never-ending work that requires constant vigilance and attention.” Democracy is a double-edged sword; people can enjoy the freedom as long as they strive to be worthy of that liberty.