Pity the Church

Long ago I would believe what my priest tells me during sermons because I believed that they have stood for what is right all the time. But after they have loose their moral credibility during the Garci scandal, I have lost my trust. I still have my faith, but them men in robes do not have integrity for me anymore. And so in these calls by the church in Bicol against mining and casino plans, I pity the priests involve. They have lost moral credibility so how can they call for such now.

Baha sa Boracay; The new Venice of Asia,

This picture was taken around 10 am while sipping avocado mango shake at Jonah's and watching tourist wade through seawater which reached the railings of the juice bar. You can see Willy's rock in a distance.


In an uncontrolled growth spurt, the resort island is finding itself sinking with the new influx of building frenzy of luxury hotels at the station one, beach side. There is always a price for progress. But hey, did we really want progress to wind its darkside into paradise.

Locals have complained that during the feast of St. John the Baptist, seawater reached the road, flooding the establishments on the beach. Slowly mother nature is reclaiming the paradise it has given the Filipinos. All because we do not know how to take care of it. I believe a little bit of planning and thinking and conscience could avert the looming catastrophe. This is my first visit to the island when I was not able to walk the whole stretch of beach from Diniwid to station 3. I even noticed that there were new rock formations near Diniwid beach but sadly it was because the cliff gave in during one of the storms.

Tourists have to wade through seawater where the beach were once. The resorts along station one built seawalls. Ha ha ha. This is the end of Boracay as I know it.

May they rest in peace

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Singing the Song of Angry Men

For all of us.

PGMAs 3,400% increase in income

Supposing it's really from the stock market increasing your income from 7 million to 155 million in eight years is phenomenal. I just hope the president actully tipped all of us which stocks to buy para sana ganun din ang increase ng income natin. Alin kaya ang stock na magandang bilhin? If that's how much money can be made in the Philippine Stock market, then why are there no investors?

How Dare We Complain!

I am disgusted of people who talk of hoping to come back to martial law days. I am appalled when they say it was better during those days. I think it was better for them, but not for me. Do they really mean deep in their hearts what they are hoping for?

Orphans of Democracy

Even in her death President Aquino gave us the lesson on how to unite Filipinos. It is not lofty ideals or principles but rather the simple and the correct. Yesterday's necrological service had orators extolling hte virtues of our president. The standouts of course were Bro Armin Luistro, Paul Cabral and to my surprise and definite amazement, Conrado de Quiros. Instantly I became a de Quiros fan. His eulogy was like Robert Frost's "Birches".

Today's mass was solemn and fitting. Songs were sung by Filipino artists. Standouts were Zsa zsa Padilla's "Hindi Kita Malilimutan" and Regine and Martin's "The Prayer". Lea Salonga sang "Bayan Ko" but she was too theatrical to sing a song in Filipino, It would have been better if Regine did the song.

A sea of humanity followed the cortege from the Manila Cathedral to the Manila Memorial Park. And although there were akward moments and some protocol breeched, it was a people's funeral for a people's president.

Cory was our Mother Teresa, our Pope John Paul, our Diana, our Michael Jackson. She gave us back democracy. Even if everyone around her was expecting a return to the traditional corrupt politics after the revolution, she ruled with the "right things in mind." No matter how painful it was, she stood by the truth and what is right. And this made her great. My only regret was we did not rally behind her and helped her after the revolution. We expected she will make everything better for us without us helping her. We gave her the task, but we never accepted that we too have our responsibilities in making this nation great.

Now we have laid her to rest. We are now democracy's orphans. But in God's time as Bro. Armin said, we will eventually heal and move on and with the lessons of history never forgetting them again, rise up and become a great nation.

Below is a link to Conrado de Quiros column in the Inquirer of his eulogy for Cory.

One good person - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

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Remembrance:Cory Aquino

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