Bagong Bayan All Star Track (Gordon-Bayani)

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Do Not Vote for Dick Gordon

Yes! You’ve heard me right! After months of advocating change in this site, after months of campaigning for this candidate.. I actually made up my mind.. DO NOT VOTE FOR DICK GORDON!

I’ve had a change of heart. I am now convinced that Villar can take us out of poverty because he’s that damn good or Noynoy can stop corruption because of his moral stand! I also believe now that Erap isn’t really a criminal and is actually a President that I’ll side with more than I will for teh Dick, I tell you now.. don’t vote for him!

Don’t vote for Dick Gordon because I want a candidate with a surname. I mean, Dick Gordon’s father died while fighting corruption but who cares, he’s not as famous as CORY or NINOY. Don’t vote for Dick Gordon because I want someone rich who came from poverty.. who cares if he’s been into several corruption scandals before, yes I’ll vote for Manny Villar over Dick! Don’t vote for Dick Gordon because he hasn’t been in jail before like my other idol, the guy who took him out of Subic, Joseph Estrada! Yes sir, I’ll take those guys over Dick Gordon!

Also, don’t vote for Dick Gordon because I don’t like people who takes a stand for what they believe in. I like people without an actual resolve. Don’t vote for Dick Gordon because he has an actual track record, what he did in Subic, Olongapo, Wow Philippines in the Senate doesn’t matter! As long as you’re being endorsed by Willie Revillame, OKAY KA SAKIN! And also don’t vote for Dick Gordon because PLATFORMS and actual RECORDS doesn’t matter, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HAVE YOUR MOTHER DIE AND YOU HAVE MY VOTE!

I’m also not voting for Dick Gordon because after I graduate I don’t want to have a decent job.. I want the system in our public schools to stay that way because we don’t give enough compensation to our teachers.. I want more doctors to stoop down the level of nurses and work in other countries. That’s what I want! That’s why I WONT VOTE FOR DICK GORDON!

Lastly, I want this country to stall.. more people without jobs, more people starving. I DON’T WANT CHANGE! THAT’S WHY I AM NOT VOTING FOR DICK GORDON!

/ps, if you didn’t detect my sarcasm then you’re a certified supporter of Manny Villar, Noynoy Aquino and Joseph Estrada.

Beau's Sick

For two weeks now, Baby Beau has been suffering from a whooping cough. I've taken him to his pedia, and made him drink his meds for seven days straight. Result = nothing. It breaks my heart hearing him cough, teary-eyed and almost out of breath, gasping for air. My in-laws my resorted to hilot(don't know the english therapy but it's close to physical therapy). The occupational therapist said that his left shoulder blade is in stretched out, thus the reason for his cough. My baby has been there twice, still no progress. I've also tried using a teaspoon of peppermint. Zilch! Now his coughing is followed by vomitting. I'm really alarmed.

I've searched the net today and looked under home remedies for whooping cough. When I get home from work today, I will surely make some of the following . I really hope this time, it'll work. I've planned on making some of the following:

Onion and Honey Syrup�
450g (1lb) onions�
225g (8oz) garlic�
600 ml (1/4 pint) honey.

Peel and finely slice the onions and garlic and put them in a covered dish with the oil. Cook slowly in a low over until very soft. Strain well and add the remaining ingredients. Bottle and cork, shake before using. For children over two years old and up to four give 1 teaspoon three times daily. Increase the does accordingly to age. At one time 15g (1/2 oz) of paregoric (a medicine consisting of opium, benzoic acid, camphor and anise oil) would have been added.

1. Mix a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste. It is an effective whooping cough treatment. The fenugreek decoction can be made by boiling one teaspoon of seeds in 250 ml of water till it is reduced to half.
2. Prepare a mixture by adding a teaspoon of fresh radish juice with an equal quantity of honey and a little rock salt. Take it thrice daily. It is also very beneficial in the treatment of whooping cough.
3. Grape juice - Grapes are one of the most effective home remedies for the treatment of a cough. Grapes tone up the lungs and act as an expectorant, relieving a simple cold and cough in a couple of days. A cup of grape juice mixed with a teaspoon of honey is advised for cough relief.

4 Almonds- Almonds are useful for dry coughs. Seven kernels should be soaked in water overnight and the brown skin removed. They should then be ground well to form a fine paste. A quantity of twenty grams each of butter and sugar should then be added to the paste. This paste should be taken in the morning and evening.

In memory of Stephen Gately of Boyzone

He is my most fave boyzone member. Last October 10, 2009, he reportedly died in Majorca, Spain while he choked in his own vomit. He shouldn't have drank too much. Rest in peace to you Stephen.

6 Steps to Enjoying Your True Wealth by Bo Sanchez

We were going to Hong Kong that day. I was going to preach for three days but had two extra days to be with my family. Picture us at the airport: My wife carrying our baby in her arms, my eldest son bouncing about like a rabbit and announcing to the whole world, "I'm going to Hong Kong Disneyland!" And the poor skinny father? Straining to push eight massive bags on a wobbly cart with a stubborn right wheel. (I've noticed that these deranged carts supernaturally end up with me wherever I go.)

That was when we heard the crying.

Correction. Not crying. But spine-chilling, lung-busting screaming. Two kids were holding onto their mother. They were separated by four-foot tall steel bars. But to those distraught children, those steel bars represented two years of being without their mother - the contract of a domestic helper in Hong Kong.

Four small arms clutching, grabbing, not letting go.

The whole world heard their pleading scream, "Mommy, please don't go! Please don't go!" I'll never forget the mother's pained, tortured face - as though a knife was ripping through her body. My wife cried openly. I wept inside and held onto my kids more closely.

That was two days ago. Yesterday, the story continued...

Those Small Arms Continue to Reach Out Yesterday was Sunday.

And I walked around Central.

If you don't know Hong Kong, Central is where thousands upon thousands of Filipina Domestic Helpers congregate. They sit on sidewalks. They sit on overpasses. They sit by storefronts.

I walked passed one woman who was reading a handwritten letter.

The handwriting was obviously a child's penmanship.

I walked passed another listening to a little cassette player - not to listen to music - but to a voice of a kid telling stories.

But what broke my heart was the news given to me by Shirley, the head of one organization that tries to help them get financial education. I was shocked by what she said. "Brother Bo, out of our 700 members who are married, 80% is already separated from their husbands."

Families aren't designed for prolonged separation.

They're not just made for that.

We're supposed to spend time together.

6 Steps to Spending More Time with Your Family
No Matter How Busy You Are


"Bo, why are you telling me this? I'm not in Hong Kong. I'm living with my family under one roof."

Listen. Yes, you're not in Hong Kong.

But if you don't have time for your family - and your heart is not focused on them - you might as well be in another country.

You could be physically present - but are you emotionally present as well?

Let me share with you five important steps you could take to become more emotionally present with them...



Step #1: Be Close.

I'm still in Hong Kong as I write this piece.

It's five in the morning as I type this article in bed. And my little family is literally around me because we're all sleeping on one bed. Yes, we've become one mass jumble of intertwined humanity - our limbs, legs and arms crisscrossing each other. And that's when I realize - gosh, I don't know how blessed I am.

Why?

Here I am with my family. I feel their skin. I smell their scents. We're so close, I feel their breath.

And yet I'm surrounded by 148,000 domestic helpers here in Hong Kong that have been away from their families for months, for years, for decades.

And for those who've separated - forever.


Let me say it again: We don't know how blessed we are.

We complain that our families are nutty. But we don't understanding how blessed we are to have them close enough to experience their nuttiness. We complain about our petty quarrels, our cold wars, our dysfunctionality.

But whose family isn't dysfunctional?

I've talked to some people here in Hong Kong who would give anything to be with their families again - even for just one day of nuttiness. The first step is to be more emotionally present to your family is to actually be physically present to them. Be close!

You need to know how precious your family is - and treat them that way. You need to see them as your true wealth - that nothing is more precious than your relationships.


Step #2: Be Deliberate.
Because you need to protect this treasure or they get stolen from you.
No matter how busy I am, I schedule a weekly romantic date with my spouse.

Yes, I actually write it down in my appointment book and treat it like a meeting with the President of the Philippines. These weekly nights are blocked off for the entire year. Nothing can touch it, except some dire emergency.

Why? Because if my marriage fails, everything else stands to fail as well: My ministry, my businesses, my soul... So it is an emergency that I bring her out every week.

I also schedule a weekly date with my kids.

I believe parents need to do these one-on-one dates with each of their kids. Unless of course you've got 18 children and may need to bring them out by two's or three's.

Sometimes my son and I just walk around the village and talk.

It doesn't have to be big. But swapping stories and opening our hearts to one another on a consistent basis is already very big to them. It means they matter to you - that you value them - and you'll see their self-esteem grow.



Step #3: Be Expressive.

I tell my wife "I love you" seven times a day.

I hug my kids countless of times a day.

At night, I tell my kids, "I'm so proud you're my son. I'm so proud I'm your Daddy. You're a genius. You're a loving boy. You're an incredibly gifted young man..."

This is true. I have met 40-year olds who long to hear these words from their parents - "I'm proud of you," and feel an empty space - like a gaping wound in their souls because their parents have never told them this.

Don't do that to your kids.

And before I forget: Praise your kids seven times a day.

And praise your spouse seven times a day.

I'm not kidding. It will revolutionize your marriage.

If I say, "Criticize your spouse seven times a day," I bet you'd say, "Kaunti naman. I do that already." But that's the problem. We don't realize that when we criticize our spouses, we actually destroy our marriage bit by bit - not just our spouses.

But when you praise and honor your spouse - you build up your marriage.

It can be very simple stuff:
Ang sarap ng luto mo ngayon, Hon.
I thank God He gave you to me.
You're so hardworking.
I love it when I see you play with the kids.
You know how to make me happy.
Ganda mo ngayon.

Keep on doing this and you'll see changes in your life and your marriage you thought were not possible.

Let me say it again: Praise your spouse - and your children - seven times a day.

Step #4: Be Deep.

Your weekly dates shouldn't just be watching movies, eating out and going home.

Talk deep.

Talk about your feelings.

Enter into each other's worlds. Dive into each other's dreams, hurts, desires, worries, hopes and burdens.

When you open yourself up to your spouse or your child, there are more chances for the other person to open up to you.

Step #5: Be Simple

Yesterday afternoon, I preached to 700 people in Hong Kong.

I usually give my talks for 45 minutes. That's been my trademark. But yesterday, I gave a solid two-hour talk. Vein-popping, heart-pounding, passion-driven talk - because I had a burden in my heart.

Because I preached on Financial Literacy.

I challenged them, "Raise your financial I.Q.!"

I scolded them, "When you left the Philippines, you told your kids, 'Anak, two years of separation lang 'to. After two years, Mommy will have saved enough and will go home and we'll be together again.' But after two years, you go home and you haven't saved. Because you repainted the house. Because there's a new TV set in the living room and a new gas range in the kitchen. Because the kids have new designer rubber shoes.

I taught them how to live simply and ruthlessly save 20% of their income.

Because unless they do this, they will be forever trapped in Hong Kong.

Look at your life.

Are you living simply?

Are you saving 20% of your income?

Step #6: Be Financially Intelligent

I also taught them where to invest.

I told them, "It's not enough to just save. You need to know where to put your money. Because savings accounts at 1% and time deposits at 5% won't do. Inflation - which is at 7% - will simply eat them up."

So I taught them about mutual funds and other investment vehicles, including the ability to sell something and get into business.

Here's the truth: The more you know about money, the less time you need to make money. So the more time you have for your family.

Actually, a time should come when you don't need to make money. Instead, you let money make money. And that requires financial intelligence.

Read. Attend seminars. Look for mentors.


Go Home.


After giving my talk, I took a deep breath and told my audience in Hong Kong, "When you follow these principles and have saved enough - please go home. Please go home to your children."

I made a lot of people cry that day.
I
I'm telling you the same thing.

Oh yes, you may be living with your family in one house, but it's possible that your heart is so far away from your spouse and kids - and they are far away from you as well.

You need to let your heart go home.



Go home my friend.

Cory's Legacy

 

  Cory was one of the few if not the only Philippine President who was not driven by ambition but by a vision of restoring the freedom of Filipinos. A freedom that was taken away for some 14 years under a regime of her exact opposite: lust for power, greed beyond imagination, machinations to stay on and build a family

political dynasty.

 

 

  She was thrust upon the Philippine landscape not by design but by circumstances that many believe were Divine in nature. A Heavenly response to prayers for an end to tyranny from a people unorganized and afraid.

 

From the assassination of Ninoy to the snap election of 1986 and the protests and failed coup d'état that led to the People Power Revolt or EDSA 1, events unfolded almost as if on cue to hand over the highest executive post to Cory.

 

  

  Cory was not driven by ambition. She had a vision of restoring democratic institutions destroyed by Marcos and she did it well even in courageous defiance of many attempts by

  military officers to unseat her and re-install anon-democratic order.

 

  

  23 years later she is gone. But she leaves a legacy of a President who had a vision and

  worked for it tirelessly, courageously, and successfully. She did this not through the usual

  Machiavellian guile that most past Presidents (and most especially the present

  one) used with the argument that the ends justifies the means, but no, by her faithfulness, her steadfastness, her truthfulness, her charity.

 

  

  This , for me is Cory's

  Legacy: Vision, not Ambition!

 

  

  And as we approach the2010Presidential election will we be so guided by Cory's

  Legacy? Who are coming forward to offer themselves to the country to fill the job

  of Philippine President? From the traditional political parties we see nothing but ambition; what with their self-declared nominations as candidates. There are many on-traditional politicians and non-politicians also

  offering themselves tofill the job.

 

  

  As Cory was anon-traditional candidate without experience who proved to be the best

  President we ever had, will the Filipino People again need Divine interference to

  have another on-traditional candidate fill the post OR have we as a

  People learned from her Legacy and start the search while there is still time for a

  non-traditional candidate to end Traditional Political rule in

  2010?

 

  

  What is the Vision that a new President, hopefully a non-traditional one.

 

 Will serve aside from strengthening of greatly weakened democratic institutions? Where can we harness again real People Power not in one dramatic event of a few days, but in the next 278 days before the elections to concede to the spirit of national aspirations for the

  Country by 2020 and select a slate of non-traditional candidates to bring it to

  Fruition.

   

  The People's Primaries National Screening Council (composed of Sixto K. Roxas,Bishop Deogracias Iniguez, Bishop Rey Cristobal of the NSCPII, Nina Galang ofthe Green

  Convergence, Milwida Guevara of the Movement for GoodGovernment, Tony Roldan

  of Transparency International and Bro. Roly Dizon of De LaSalle) is one body

  of the People's Primaries system that seeks to implementa District-based

  (local) process to elicit the national aspirations and thebest team to carry

  it forward.

 

  

  We humbly submit that we can best honor Cory's Legacy by ensuring the next President

  is truly a People'sPresident.

 

God' True Love Endures

You can learn a lot about a person by what his or her T-shirt says.
Recently, one of these messages caught my attention as I walked through a
local shopping mall. A young woman who wore a bright red T-shirtthat said,
"Love is for Losers." Maybe she thought that it was clever or provocative,
even funny. Or perhaps she has been hurt by a relationship and had pulled
away from others rather than risk being hurt again. Either way, the T-shirt
got me thinking.

Is love for losers? The fact is, when we love, we take risks. People could
very well hurt us, disappoint us, or even leave us. Love can lead to loss.

The Bible though, challenges us to higher ground in loving others. In 1
Corinthians 13. Paul describes what it means to live out God's kind of love.
The person who exercises Godly love doesn't do so for personal gain or
benefit but rather "bears all things," (13:7). Why? Because godly love
endures beyond life's hurts by pulling us relentlessly toward the
never-diminishing care of the Father.

So perhaps love is for losers - for it is in times of loss and
disappointment that we need to know God the most. Even in our struggles, we
know that "love never fails" - Bill Crowder

Unfailing is God's matchless love,

so kind so pure, so true;
And those who draw upon that love
Show love in what they do.
God's love never fails
-- D. De Haan

An inspirational for everyone!

Joane Corbe

"Be careful. Strive to be happy."