Category Archives: Philippines

Anawim Lay Missions Foundation

What is you mission in life? What is the purpose of all your hard work and sacrifices? Yes, all this is for your family but do you have something for those who have less in life?

Ano ang misyon mo sa buhay? Para saan ang mga pinaghihirapan mo? Oo nga at para sa pamilya ito, pero me maitutulong ka din ba sa mga kapus-palad?

lola toyang

This is Lola Toyang, one of the golden ladies living in a community for the elderly. She tells a story of an adopted daughter who abandoned her. She tells of stories about Liverpool and living the high life when she was younger. Behind her is another Lola. Beside them are care giver course students having their in-house training.

Yun si Lola Toyang isa sa mga nakatira sa isang komunidad para sa mga inabandonang matatanda. Ang kwento niya ay siya ay may ampong babae na iniwan siya. Siya din daw ay tumira sa Liverpool at nagkaroon ng pamosong pamumuhay noong bata pa siya. Sa likod niya ay isang lola din. Sa tabi nila ay mga mag-aaral ng care giving course na nagte-training.

Where can they be found? Dito sa Anawim Lay Missions Foundation, Inc., sa Rodriguez, Rizal.

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Napunta kami dito minsan para sa isang outreach program ng aming mga homeschooling children.

Philippine Flag

Do you know the women who sew the Philippine flag while the country was still colonized by the Spaniards? Alam mo ba kung sinu-sino ang mga kababaihang nagtahi ng sagisag ng ating bansa noong panahong tayo ay sakop pa ng mga Kastila?

if you answered Dona Marcela de Agoncillo, her daughter Lorenza and Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, you are correct! Kung sina Dona Marcela Marino de Agoncillo, ang anak niyang si Lorenza, at si Mrs. Delfina Herbosa de Natividad ang sagot mo, tama ka!

Tres Marias

Nandito din ang larawang ito na may ibang perspektibo sa blag entry na ito.

Alam mo man kung sino sila o hindi, mas importante ay iginagalang natin ang simbolo ng ating bansa.Teka, matanong ko lang, proud to be pinoy ka ba? O hindi?

Oo nga pala, alam mo ba na online na ang WMN.ph at may articles ako dun? Eto yung isa 🙂

Source: national flag

Tech Stores

While we were out looking for a good thumb drive gadget to buy, hubby and I had the luxury of time (kids were still on vacation then) to go to a lot of tech stores just browsing, discussing and doing some window shopping. That newly opened cyber zone wing of a nearby mall is quite impressive with the range of stores it offers.

I saw some things that I first thought were joysticks and I was surprised to learn that these are actually barcode scanners, like those Symbol LS2208 😀

Oh well, I surely hope that a wee netbook (or two) will find it’s way to our home soon. I am definitely keeping my fingers crossed and my arms in welcome gestures for those, lol!

Reckless

Reckless.

That is what I can describe a big number of motorcycle drivers here in the country.

I have written entries about it here and here but I don’t get tired of saying these things that I have observed time and again, day after day:

  • these motorcycle drivers weave in and out of street lanes
  • they do not wear the proper protective gears like armor jacket, knee and shin protectors, back (and kidney) protectors and sturdy helmets
  • yes, they have helmets but they wear it on their arms/elbows, duh?
  • they have two or three passengers with them and that includes children

These protective gears are VERY expensive, I agree, but what could be more expensive than that but lives on the line?

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Ang Pagtatapos, Bow!

Isang malaking karangalan ang makapagtapos sa isang lebel ng pag-aaral, ito man ay preschool, mababang paaralan, mataas na paaralan, kolehiyo o graduate school. It is a great honor to finish a level of schooling, be it preschool, elementary school, high school or graduate school.

Pero ang aking ipinagtataka ay ang kalabisan ng ilang mga paaralan sa lebel ng pag-aaral ng mga bata. Paano ba naman, yung iba, kapag nagtapos ng Prep sa preschool, kung hindi ika-dalawang taon ng nag-aral (Kinder at Prep), ito ay ikatlong taon kaya (Nursery, Kinder at Prep) o kaya, ito ay ika-apat na taon na niyang pag-aaral (Pre-Nursery, Nursery, Kinder at Prep). One thing that really baffles me is that schools want to earn so much that by the time a student finishes preschool, he or she has already been studying for what, 2, 3 or 4 years already?

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