January 2012
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Sendong kids start showing signs of hope,... →
Despite their harrowing experience, many school children adversely affected by last month’s floods have shown resilience and positive attitudes, according to a psychology teacher at a local university. “They are hopeful,” said Maita Ignacio, a faculty member at the Xavier University’s psychology department, of the over 300 pupils at the South City Central School in...
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Over these past few days...
I have been busy working on a website which was supposed to have been done a few months ago by someone else were it not for some issues on the design.
I have been having meetings here and there for various events where my supposed knowledge in media relations is believed to be useful.
I have been liaising between different persons who seem to be not good in communicating with each other.
I...
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Ok, this has been bugging me for a while...
iwriteasiwrite:
As much as I appreciate an organization such as Rappler and what it is attempting to achieve, its focus on breaking stories down according to ‘mood meters’ is kind of misguided. It actually also acts as another pointed commentary on public discourse in the Philippines.
This ‘crowd-sourcing’ of emotional responses does little to further discussion, it has the unfortunate...
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Sendong - 40 days
cdokada:
Today marks the 40th day since typhoon Sendong (Washi -Int’l name) struck Cagayan de Oro City.
In memory of the last year’s tragedy, I curated some worth reading post from people here on tumblr who shared their experiences and stories.
The Longest December Day by ellobofilipino
My home is flooded by shutterbugisteyp
17/12/11 1:37am-… by herscript
The robber who struck by midnight....
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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
– Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
mephenstalkmus asked: Not everyone’s good at remembering dates and numbers at all, and if I were asked, I would’ve gone blank, too. Pero may alam naman ako tungkol sa EDSA I & II. Nasa phrasing rin ng question, at siguro hindi lahat ng tao sa show ay totally ignorant per se. :D Pero I do concede na maraming ibang instances kung saan ignoramus talaga. Is it possibly a result of compensating for an...
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Ignorance is boring. And it ain't cute.
Before I left for the office this morning, I saw a news story where a reporter went around doing MOTS (man-on-the-street) interviews with random persons she bumped into. And with each one of them, she asked if they remember what happened back in January 20, 2001 or February 25, 1986.
Some were quick to say they didn’t know. Others evaded the questions and went about their way. And others...
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Diario de Filipinas: Exclusive: Chinaman behind... →
diariodefilipinas:
Cavite, Philippines - The rebellion is very much alive in Cavite. As Governor General Camilo de Polavieja prepares his offensive against the native rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo of Kawit has solidified his defense of the ground he has gained in his home province.
Since September last year, Aguinaldo has been busy mobilizing every able-bodied man, woman and child to collect spent...
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of...”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via smokinglola)
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It seems that a revolution is brewing in my... →
Days after Tropical Storm “Sendong” struck, public outrage spread in the city like a wildfire, seeking accountability for the 3,000 dead and missing. Ironically, the public indignation was roused by no less than the city mayor himself, Vicente Y. Emano. By consigning scores of unidentified dead bodies to the city landfill, the people of Cagayan de Oro were reminded that only an election ago,...
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“Love each other dearly always. There is scarcely anything else in the world but...”
– Victor Hugo, as spoken through Jean Valjean in Les Misérables
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It’s a girl: The three deadliest words in the... →
climateadaptation:
“It’s a Girl, a film being released this year, documents the practice of killing unwanted baby girls in South Asia. The trailer’s most chilling scene is one with an Indian woman who, unable to contain her laughter, confesses to having killed eight infant daughters.
The statistics are sickening. The UN reports approximately 200 million girls in the world today are...
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Lessons from the deluge →
Students of Consolacion Elementary School, one of the worst hit schools in Cagayan de Oro City, receive their school packs to help continue their education.(© UNICEF Philippines/2012/Maitem) To help teachers and students who were affected by the flood, the Department of Education, UNICEF and other education partners are joining hands in ensuring that they are ready, physically and emotionally,...
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Politics and Accountability
Over the past few weeks, the country has been enthralled in spectacles of public debate: one involving the highest magistrate of the land and his alleged violations of the Constitution; and another involving a local executive who failed to mitigate the possible effects of a weather phenomenon in Northern Mindanao. Both cases involve failure to satisfy certain standards expected by the people....
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“Our country needs examples of courage and civic spirit in order to check the...”
– Rafael V. Palma
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“Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.”
– Marsha Norman (via jboygonzalessj)
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mohandasgandhi:
Before you complain about how terrible your life is, think of everything you already have.
We all too often forget how unbelievably lucky we are to be here at all.
This.
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In case you're interested...
in news, photography and inspiration, here are some blogs which you might want to look up and maybe even follow (that’s if you’re not yet following them).
Inspiration
@commondense
Photography
@youmebookbednow
@ilovemyleica
News and Analysis
@crisisgroup
@reuters
@guardian
This is the second time I came up with a list of blogs which I do follow and visit from time to time. The...
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califragelistic asked: Do you believe in superstitions?
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