Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Choices

They say that men are polygamous in nature, that they can’t resist temptation. Well I guess I have to disagree with that. First I have to tell you his story first. This teacher was invited by his student to have dinner with her, so he agrees thinking that they will just eat in a restaurant. But as they reached the place it was not as what he expected, it was a beer house, that you can see people smoking and drinking, and outside there were prostitutes waiting for their customers. Surprisingly what he did, he told the girl that he can’t stay any longer for he is not comfortable with the place, though the girl insisted him to stay and suggested to ignore the people around or may be close his eyes he still choose to go.

It just shows that we do have a choice, some are involve with these immorality because they choose to, well in fact they can resist it if they want to I believe that we have all the freedom to choose, we can’t blame any circumstances that we can’t stop it from happening. What’s the purpose of our mouth if we can’t speak and say something? What’s wrong in saying “NO” when you know for a fact that it is the good thing to do? You might not realize it now but that seed that you have planted may have healthy fruits yet suffers deep scars within.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Because of the FARE

Jeepney is our means of transportation here in Davao, if you pay your fare you have to ask politely a favor of the person nearer to the driver or to the person in charge of holding the fare to give it to them, but what happened is when I am ready to pay my ride, I ask politely to this three young ladies who happened to be a student in the Ateneo de Davao University College, that at least one of them to give it to Jeepney driver.

I am not sure if they didn’t hear me really because they were talking or maybe just pretended that they didn’t hear me, so I touch the person near to me to get her attention and ask again politely to hand over my fare to the Jeepney driver and with a thank you of course. Yes she takes my fare and sarcastically imitates what I just said to her to her friends when she hand it over to person nearer to the driver.

Well I did not expect that kind of discourtesy from a respectable University may be they weren’t listening to their values class, absent or failed the subject. While talking to my co-worker a lady ask politely to hand over her fare so I took it and again the three young ladies I mentioned lately ignored me so I just hand it over to person at the opposite side of the seat. I didn’t know that the person next to me notice it, she just told me that they were deaf and the only thing they know is to make their self pretty and I think I know what she wants to tell me.

Well I think the world today really needs help because young generation today doesn’t really understand these basic values that were thought during Primary Education or maybe because of the fast change in this world, schools has already for got to teach these core values to there students but I guess it’s not really the fault of Education because they are in the right age so it’s not an excuse if the person grow up that way, may be I think because they choose to live and act that way, that in fact we have the freedom to choose.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte VS the Church

Last Sundays’ "Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa" viewed only in Davao ABS-CBN. Its’ about the issue of the allegation of Father Lamata towards Mayor Rodrigo Duterte about Mayor Duterte as a killer that made him angry that leads to, definitely destroy the credibility of the priest and of the Catholic Church. He said last Sunday February 1, 2009 reading the marriage Certificate authenticated by the NSO (National Statistic Office) states that Pedro Pedragosa Lamata was married to Ma. Asuncion Baluran on May 11, 1982. Mayor Dueterte was really unstoppable that time but even though he still requested for a settlement between the two of them but Mayor wants it in public so that there will be no other issues be raised. For more...

Well as I see it the Church should stick to their responsibilities in the society as our Government here in Davao does, by telling the good words of God, these values, by reminding the people how to be good not what the government have done to our society, like last Saturdays homily of the Priest it seems like he is provoking the people to fight against the government, to take a rally or what, is he not suppose to tell us to be good instead to be right, because that’s what God wants us to be, to be good children. We have different roles to perform in this world Even Jesus Christ says to the People that “what is for Cesar is for Cesar and what is for the God is for the God.” it shows that God wants as to perform accordingly.

If they are true that Mayor Duterte is a killer then I will thank him for because almost all that was being killed were hoodlums and I believe that the people who are innocent will fight for it and our government here in Davao will support them, but it doesn’t mean that killing a person is good, of course not, it is like the movie Constantine if you have seen it you will understand what I mean. Well I would still say that Davao is still a livable and peaceful city compared to other places.

Either way, as they all say nobody is perfect but trough these experiences that we have there is always a lesson to be learned and there is always a cup of tea or coffee to talk it over. Watch this Sunday morning not sure of the schedule if it is 9 or 11 in the morning for the update of the issue.