Pacquiao Wins. SO WHAT ?

Once again, the whole Republic of Pacquiao (este) Philippines rejoiced at the victory of their "hero" ( or very close to say, as the saviour of the nation from racists) Manny Pacquiao. Once again, I will hear that old adage that every Filipinos say every time Manny wins.

"I'm proud to be a Filipino !"

I always wonder why do we try to equate our nationality with Manny Pacquiao, while his victory is only just an individual effort, not a collective one. For me, I'm proud of him because of his sheer determination and discipline, he went to that fame state, but I will not try to associate my nationality becasuse it was his effort only. According to Anti-Pinoy's latest blog post, for one to be proud of being a Filipino, we need to be progressive country through the cooperative effort of its people.

Manny Pacquiao: Not a product of a national sports program.

We need to remember one thing: Pacquiao's training came from a non-Filipino. By that, we should thank Freddie Roach for making him who he is right now. And to associate ourselves with him is foolish thing to do. Discipline- Manny has it; our nation knows no law. Hard work- Manny has it;our nation is in a deep sea of mediocrity. Focus- Manny has it; our nation doesn't know where to go, thanks to our president. Coaching- Manny has it; our nation didn't listen when we educate them to vote intelligently and here's our by-product:national shame. Training- Manny has it; our nation has it but it was only a loose cannon to them. Winning attitude- Manny has it; our nation has this attitude of being a loser and they are contented with it.

The sad thing is our national sports program is very weak. Our government doesn't care about our athletes. Kaya nangungulelat tayo pagdating sa medalya, because some government officials pocket their money that is for them. I couldn't blame other Pinoy athletes playing for other countries tapos kapag nababalitaan na nananalo sila, sasabihin niyong, "Proud to be Pinoy"? Mahiya naman kayo. Kaya naman nananalo sila ay dahil may suporta ang gobyerno nila sa sports. Dito sa atin, wala. Kaya wala kayong karapatang mang-angkin ng tagumpay ng iisang tao lang.

So What If Pacman Wins ?

If Pacman wins, would there any big changes in this nation? I guess no. We are living in a euphoria right now. Off to dreamland again as they say. When this fades, we go back to our mediocre state and we need another Pacman fight to be energized, like opium. One day, we realize that Pacman is just a human person. Someday he will go tired. His body will decrease. He couldn't fight someday. Where are going to lean on to shield us from racist comments and to cover our own national dysfunction?

JUST FACE THE TRUTH AND DO SOMETHING PHILIPPINES !!!

Pinoy Radio Is Changing

NU 107 (Nov. 7 1987-Nov. 8 2010)

The last half of 2010 saw the fast change going on in the world of Pinoy radio. Starting in August when 103.5 FM made its shift from the A-B format(K-LITE, HEART, and MAX) to the "pang-masa" format as WOW FM.

In the AM radio, in September, Philippine Daily Inquirer ventured into radio with the launch of DZIQ Radyo Inquirer 990. DZRJ made its shift from the normal Tagalog delivery of the news to English. DZRJ, known as the "Voice of the Philippines", also partnered with The Philippine Star. This signals the return of the radio-newspaper partnerships which started in the late 50's.

Back to FM, NU 107, the Home of New Rock, bade its farewell at midnight of November 8 after two decades of existence and changed the course the FM radio. With the death of NU comes the birth of the first All News/Talk station on FM. 92.3 NEWS FM started its first official broadcast at early morning of the same date with Martin Andanar as the first presenter.

As they always say, change is constant. As with radio, it keeps on changing as they are trying to meet the demands of their listeners. I do welcome all of these changes except for one. Please don't overbombard the airwaves with too much trash.

Mai Mislang's Insenstive Tweet: Proof of Filipino's Misguided Pride And Arrogance

It's been a week since the controversial "tweet" of PNOY's speechwriter Mai Mislang spread around the social media like wildfire, many Filipinos can't get enough of it. They even founded a hate page for her and they comment harsh words like rotten tomatoes stoned at your face. Too bad at her.

This situation proves 3 simple notions:

1) The continuing lack of competence and ethics of PNOY's advisers and cabinet secretaries ( do I really repeat it all over again).

2) The misguided pride and arrogance of our nationality as Anti-Pinoy.com quoted it.

3) The over-reactive attitude of Filipinos.

And if we don't put these attitudes straight down the bin, we will never create a better Philippines and mature democracy for our next generation.

"The nation sucks. Please restore sanity before it's too late!"

Need For Speed Goes Online Gaming.

Exit Crazy Kart, enter NEED FOR SPEED: WORLD. The network gaming version of the NEED FOR SPEED franchise from EA Games. Now, if you are still playing "for kids only" network racing online, then you are left behind. NEED FOR SPEED is the real racing game for the real men. Take it from me. This sure's gonna be and addictive ride like buddy classmate said. Do check my cars right here. By the way, here's the trailer of NFS WORLD.

Fluxus All Stars Vs. Pomplamoose: Who's Gonna BEAT IT ?

I get stuck on these two cover versions of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" . One was a collaboration of artist from the Fluxus Music based in Korea. The other is from a group called Pomplamoose. Both are great covers. Watch and judge for yourself if which of these version is the best.

Our Pluralistic Society Makes Our War against Jueteng Even More Difficult

It’s been a long time and we are still losing the battle against jueteng. The past administrations tried all of its efforts to stop jueteng, but unfortunately they failed because some government official, past and present, are benefiting from it. Which makes me wonder: Why is it that we lose on this war? Which makes this battle even more difficult and complicated to stop?

The reason, I guess, is that our view with gambling in general is very pluralistic. For example, jueteng is illegal while Small Town Lottery (STL, which is similar to jueteng) is legal. By that, we are difficult to differentiate between what legal and illegal because they are both the same. Let’s say video karera, saklaan, and other forms of street gambling are illegal while casinos, lotto, bingo, horse race betting, and cockfighting are legal. See, there is no distinction of what is wrong and what is right. You make law that will make an illegal legal, or even use the profits from gambling to help assist government projects. That’s very pluralistic. And sad to say, we are living in a pluralistic society, as my former teacher in values education told us.

There’s a clear Biblical message in I Timothy 6:10 that says:

For the LOVE OF MONEY is the root of all evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Why there is gambling? It’s because people love money these days. Even worse, people love money when money is earned without effort and no hard work. Because of this people who are addict to gambling wandered from God and being subjected to different kinds of grievances like loss of job, loss of love ones, broken relationships, and emotional disturbances.

Yet our, human government, apart from God, set exceptions to make gambling good by making it as a fund generator for their government projects, instead of running over tax evaders and smugglers. If that was so, why are still in our bleak situation. And it’s to funny to realize that while the gambler helps the government in their social programs for the poor, his own family is being forgotten.

There are also rumors that some government official wants to legalize jueteng. This kind of suggestion could make things worse. They are raising the white flag if they continue to insist on it. If they watch Face To Face on TV5, we could see families and friendships being broken by gambling. Would that bother them to think for a minute?

So at the end of this commentary, I would say that if we want to abolish jueteng, we need to change our pluralistic thinking on gambling. If we don’t change our pluralistic stance, then all of its efforts to fight jueteng will be useless.

In Response

I've just read a post on the P-Noy's Website entitled "A Note On every Pinoy", written by a certain Ray L. St. Jasper and I was disgusted because in spite of the administration's incompetencies during the Manila Hostage Crisis, this guy will support P-Noy even though he never voted him.

So I make this post in response to this so that I want to know him that he made the wrong decision to stand behind P-Noy.

For the nth time, let me honestly say that I did not vote for P-Noy, for I did not believe that he is president material, but I do support his presidency now, and I pray that he succeed. My reservation then is now irrelevant. Whether the yellow armies were wrong in voting for him is likewise irrelevant. P-Noy did not cheat and won his mandate honorably. I have seen presidents whose election to the office were marked by questionable conduct. Election is as sacred as marriage and whoever disrespects its sanctity does not deserve respect. P-Noy clearly earned my respect.

You did not vote for P-Noy because you do not believe that he is a president material, yet in the end you bluffed by saying you support his presidency. Why did you changed your position? Why do you want to support P-Noy now that the first evidence of his incompetency saw right behind our very eyes. That leads to my comment on whether the yellow armies were wrong in voting P-Noy. Sorry to disagree, but this is a relevant issue because our voters never used their heads because they voted because of bloodline and pedigree, not by competence and character. And now that we see the repercussions of our actions, is their any excuse that the yellow armies will make to justify their votes? You say that P-Noy did not cheat and won the mandate honorably. For your information, the 2010 "automated" elections are still in question by other individuals, including some IT experts. P-Noy did not won by a clear mandate, but rather he is a victim by a "rigged" elections, but thanks to the mainstream media, this issue has clearly deleted out of our minds. And by now, P-Noy can't earned my respect unless this issue has been solved.

P-Noy is a good and honest man. For all my 40 years, I have not seen a president like him. And when he spoke during his inaugural and SONA, I saw a President who spoke the language of the Filipino people. He rightfully articulated the rage of a misgoverned people, and sincerely shared their dreams of a better government. Coming from a disastrous past, I would surely put my trust on P-Noy, as I do now.

If P-Noy was a good and honest man and spoke the language of the people, why he is still silent upon the Hacienda Luisita issue? Why can't he persuade the Cojuangcos to give the land to the farmers?

Regarding on his inaugural speech and SONA, there's nothing new about. It just a mere litany of what the previous administrations never done or what they done evil. I've heard this so many times from the previous presidents, but nothing happened. The corrupt goes scot-free while the nation goes dysfunctional.

Yes, we came from a disastrous past, but voting for an incompetent leader would only repeat it, worse.

While sovereignty resides on us people, we have little knowledge on the going-ons in the political battlefield.(Although, P-Noy, at the risk of self-embarrassment, is being more truthful and transparent.) But surely, we are aware of the war being waged against the P-Noy presidency. And surely again, this war is not being fought for the good of the people but for the interest and comforts of the disgruntled and affected powerful few. In this war, P-Noy will not be the casualty, but the dreams of the ordinary people.

The problem with us is that we treat our sovereignity as a toy. We don't take it seriously. For 112 years as a free and sovereign nation, did we mature? NO! Because we don't educate ourselves and educate others about the right way of treating our sovereignity. And this is the danger of having little knowledge( or none) of the going-ons in the political battlefield, as you say. Unless we educate ourselves and the others, and unless we face the truth that we are dysfunctional country, we can never take to what P-Noy called it as "matuwid na landas".

You said there is a war waged against P-Noy's presidency, but I see this war in this case. For a few people, who accepted the truth and made the right step to real change by voting a competent leader, they would wage war, against corruption, incompetence, and ignorance. This war will never end unless the yellow hordes accept their failures. At the end of the day, P-Noy will be a casualty, a big baggage to a dysfunctional nation.

For the yellow armies who voted him, this is the time you should stand by your decision.

Yeah, you're right. The Yellow Army should stand by their decision by admiting that their president is incompetent and never able to lead our nation. They should be held responsible for the national shame that we brought to the world. And I will never repeat it all over again why. One word is enough for a wise man(if you are wise).

As for me, I would like to see the day when the real Mr. Juan Dela Cruz would stand up and lead the people, but until that day comes, P-Noy has my support, and I will follow his lead.

For me it's different. I would like to see the day when our nation is waking up from these yellow nightmare and be mature by voting for competent leaders on the next election. To treat democracy and our sovereignity seriously. And to change our bad habits and attitudes as a nation. But unless that day comes, and unless P-Noy understands and prove himself more worthy to be a leader, I am always be reluctant to give my support to him.