WISH MO LANG,,,,

sidewalk congestion

aahhh read Sun Tzu's ART OF WAR

Sun Tsu's five essentials for victory:

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

He will win whose army is animated by the  same spirit through all its ranks.

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with the sovereign

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy 

and know yourself, 

you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. 

If you know yourself but not the enemy, 

for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

 If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, 

you will succumb in every battle.

CORRECTIONS please!!!

I used to be a hog grower too...

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Twelve years ago, we used to maintain a piggery in our farm and on the side, a small lechon haus. When fader (my husband) was on duty, I drove alone as early as 5 in the morning to travel the 75 kilometers  route from Davao city to Matanao, Davao del Sur with a load full of feeds and other needs for our piggery.

In my trips home, I always brought back "bisayang baktin", sacks of uling and kahoy for our lechon orders. Sometimes,  also brought "kambing and manok" for  special occassions. We used our ever reliable multicab to transport goods. Then I went back home loaded again by 6 in the evening.

We had four healthy sows and 45 piglets. We usually spent not less than 10 thousand pesos per week for the feed alone. Mas mahal pa sa among grocery expense every week. And that was eight years ago!

I still remember that during that time, the price of pork was already pegged at P140 per kilo.  Imagine  that during that time the price of feeds have already increased fourfolds yet the price of pork now remains the same.

Life as hog grower then was full of ups and downs. Usually they were mostly full of downs. The trip before cost me a roundtrip expense of P450.00. Now, I have to spend more that P1,000.00 pesos for a roundtrip expense if I go to our farm.

Yet, the price of pork merely increased from P140.00 to P150.00 which was the  price twelve years ago!!

Now the goverment pledges to help the local hog growers survive the unslaught brought about by smuggled....i mean imported pork. Had the officials thought about this  and heed the pleas of the local and small time livestock growers a decade ago, i might still be a part-time hog grower until now.

 tsk. too late a hero.

GAMES BEFORE electronic gadgets were invented

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the trees

    TREES

        by: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)

        THINK that I shall never see

        A poem lovely as a tree.

         

        A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

        Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

         

        A tree that looks at God all day,

        And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

         

        A tree that may in Summer wear

        A nest of robins in her hair;

         

        Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

        Who intimately lives with rain.

         

        Poems are made by fools like me,

        But only God can make a tree.

I love this poem 

one of the bests, for me!
this used to ease my boredom riding a tricycle to and from

 the OLD Davao International Airport  to Lanang Road. 

There used to be signages bearing every stanza of this poem on the roadside.

tighten your belt? sa neck?

saving the best for last na lang,,,

what outdoor games?

summer is more fun when spent doing outdoor games. however with 

the advent of couch games from PSP, IPOD, and COMPUTERS 

which most children are indulged in, they have already forgotten 

how to play "syatong", tubig-tubig, bulan-bulan, takyan, biros, 

tumba lata and many many pinoy backyard games...

uh... i was wrong. I don't think these children have even heard 

of the backyard games i just mentioned... 

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another bully in the vicinity

old days of cheap power are no longer sustainable

Mindanaoans must pay more for electricity

DAVAO CITY ,Philippines  – 

Here are the excerpts of what the PRESIDENT said during the  Mindanao Power Summite Mindanao held yesterday at the Waterfront Insular Hotel:

-   "Paying more for power,  “will make the lives of everyone in Mindanao better not just by allowing them to switch on light bulbs - but also because having a more consistent energy source will give Mindanao a more convincing business proposition to potential investors - not just in the energy sector.”

 -   "Everything has its price...“Ambag-ambag tayo dito" You have to pay a real price for a real public service. 

-   Mindanao has only two choices: pay a little more for energy or live with the rotating brownouts. " Paying a little more for energy will enable us to ensure a stable supply of power for the future of the region.”

The MIndanao power summit was attended by local officials and stakeholders in Mindanao. the power summit was conducted to inform the Min

-   It was the first one attended by a President who promised to consider the inputs of the Mindanaoans and would tell them the truth about the situation,

-   You have to pay more for energy because it is the reality of economics and not the “rhetoric of politics.”

-   “I understand some cooperatives are paying an additional 50 to 60 centavos per kilowatt-hour-this is in contrast to certain quarters who prefer to sow intrigue rather than face the facts; and who chose to alarm the public by extravagant claims of Mindanaoans having to pay up to P14 pesos more per kilowatt-hour. This is simply not true. But still, prices will increase; and you need to play your part,” 

-   "At least P6 billion has been allocated for the long-delayed large-scale rehabilitation of the Agus-Pulangi stations, which has been neglected for the past 59 years."

-  “This isn’t just about energy, this is about attracting investments and creating jobs. And this is about securing the future of this region,” Aquino said.

-   “But we have to make sure that these price increases are fair. That is why we are studying the formation of a Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee to be chaired by the Mindanao Development Authority and representatives from the Department of Energy, National Power Corporation, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines as well as those from the civil society, electric cooperatives and the business sector,” 

-   “The availability and timeliness of the supply of water cannot be considered a constant,”  Mindanao’s heavy reliance on hydropower for more than half of its baseload is not sustainable anymore, considering the many variables that affect water supply, from rainfall to natural calamities and even seasonal variations like El Niño. 

“What we need to realize is that the old days of cheap power are no longer sustainable, ” 

for P-noy

in the beginning there was darkness.

then God said, "LET THERE BE LIGHT!"

and there was dakness...then there was light. 

AND total darkness...and then there was light.... 

AND TOTAL DARKNESS AGAIN...

and then there was light again... 

darkness...then there was light...

and there!!!

A NEVER ENDING CYCLE

and the question is

WHO IS PLAYING GOD?

netting criminals with the aid of nets

no exemptions!!!

He never fails us...

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION.....LIGHTS please....!

“At this time, I am not sure whether emergency powers are what are needed,” the President on Thursday told reporters in Taguig City. 

HOwever, the Freedom from Debt Coalition said there's no need for  presidential emergency powers.

“What President Aquino should do is to instruct the Department of Energy to conduct an actual technical audit of all existing power plants in Mindanao to determine their rated capacities and if they are running according to such capacities on the one hand, and make a serious examination of existing and future demand for power,” the group said.

everyone is curios the moment this "telenovela of emergency power" unfolds.

LIGHTS.... CAMERA... ACTION!!!! LIGHTS PLEASE!!!!

PENITENSYA GALORE

the real deal

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