Nauutal na Ungol ng mga magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita

Matapos ang humigit kalahating siglo ng pakikibaka at paglaban para sa lupang pinagyayaman at dinilig ng dugo ng mga magsasakang api, sa wakas ay makakamit na nila ang pagmamay-aring kay tagal ring pinagsasaan, kinamkam at binusabos ng berdugong pamilya Cojuanco.

Bukod sa Hacienda Luisita massacre noong Nobyembre 16 2004 at Mendiola Massacre na kumitil ng hindi mabilang na inosenteng buhay, dinilig din ng libo-libong litro ng pawis at dugo ang lupang niyakap ng mga magsasaka hanggang  sa mga huli nilang sandali sa daigdig, patunay na ang kanilang kultura at ugat ng lahi ay karugtong na ng binungkal na lupa sa mahabang panahon.

Nagbunga na ang ngitngit ng mga magsasakang pinagsamantalahan, bungang babantayan ng iba't ibang sektor ng lipunan upang hindi na muling samantalahin ng iilang bundat at ganid na walang ibang interes kundi kumita at magpakasasa sa yamang pinaghirapan ng iba, ngunit ito ay unang hakbang pa lamang ng tuluyang pagkamit ng hustisya, ayon na rin sa desisyon ng korte suprema at Department of Agrarian Reform ay kailangan parin itong pagbayaran ng mga magsasaka sa halagang 16php/ square meter na presyo ng lupa na itinalaga ng Stock distribution option noong 1989, ayon na rin sa batas ay maari itong bayaran ng mga magsasaka sa loob ng tatlumpung taon, ito'y isa paring patunay na ang mismong batas ay anti-magsasaka sa dahilang kailangan pa nilang pagbayaran ang ari-ariang sila naman ang lehitimong nagmamay-ari.

Apela naman ng ganid na pamilya aquino at cojuanco ay hindi RAW magiging patas ang desisyon kung ito'y magiging pabor lamang sa mga magsasaka, patunay dito ay sa bibig mismo ng bobong pangulo nagmula na kailangang pagbayaran ng mga magsasaka ang lupang mapapasakamay nila upang hindi naman RAW maging argabyado ang mga kasalukuyang nagpapalakad at humuhuthot sa yaman ng Hacienda na walang iba kundi ang kaniyang pamilya.

"WE SURVIVED EVEN WHEN THEY TOOK EVERYTHING FROM US" Pahayag naman ni Krazy Aquino na tila ba hindi pahuhuli sa mga usaping pananalapi, kapangyarihan at atensiyon ng pamilya, isang buhay na katunayan na nasa dugo na nga pamilya cojuanco ang pagiging mapang-angkin, na kahit ang lupang kinamkam lamang ay nagiging ugat ng sama ng loob sa panahong binabawi na ito ng mga magsasakang tunay na nagpayaman at kumalinga.

Asahan po nating patuloy na lalaban at babantayan ng mga mamamayan ang pagsungkit ng mga magsasakang api sa hustisya na matagal nang isinisigaw sa lansangan at piket line,  hinding hindi tayo titigil hagga't hindi nakakamit ang tagumpay.



"at mula ngayo'y hindi na dilaw ang simbolo ng demokrasya, bagkus ay pulang mapagpalaya"

Nauutal na Ungol ng mga magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita

Matapos ang humigit kalahating siglo ng pakikibaka at paglaban para sa lupang pinagyayaman at dinilig ng dugo ng mga magsasakang api, sa wakas ay makakamit na nila ang pagmamay-aring kay tagal ring pinagsasaan, kinamkam at binusabos ng berdugong pamilya Cojuanco.

Bukod sa Hacienda Luisita massacre noong Nobyembre 16 2004 at Mendiola Massacre na kumitil ng hindi mabilang na inosenteng buhay, dinilig din ng libo-libong litro ng pawis at dugo ang lupang niyakap ng mga magsasaka hanggang  sa mga huli nilang sandali sa daigdig, patunay na ang kanilang kultura at ugat ng lahi ay karugtong na ng binungkal na lupa sa mahabang panahon.

Nagbunga na ang ngitngit ng mga magsasakang pinagsamantalahan, bungang babantayan ng iba't ibang sektor ng lipunan upang hindi na muling samantalahin ng iilang bundat at ganid na walang ibang interes kundi kumita at magpakasasa sa yamang pinaghirapan ng iba, ngunit ito ay unang hakbang pa lamang ng tuluyang pagkamit ng hustisya, ayon na rin sa desisyon ng korte suprema at Department of Agrarian Reform ay kailangan parin itong pagbayaran ng mga magsasaka sa halagang 16php/ square meter na presyo ng lupa na itinalaga ng Stock distribution option noong 1989, ayon na rin sa batas ay maari itong bayaran ng mga magsasaka sa loob ng tatlumpung taon, ito'y isa paring patunay na ang mismong batas ay anti-magsasaka sa dahilang kailangan pa nilang pagbayaran ang ari-ariang sila naman ang lehitimong nagmamay-ari.

Apela naman ng ganid na pamilya aquino at cojuanco ay hindi RAW magiging patas ang desisyon kung ito'y magiging pabor lamang sa mga magsasaka, patunay dito ay sa bibig mismo ng bobong pangulo nagmula na kailangang pagbayaran ng mga magsasaka ang lupang mapapasakamay nila upang hindi naman RAW maging argabyado ang mga kasalukuyang nagpapalakad at humuhuthot sa yaman ng Hacienda na walang iba kundi ang kaniyang pamilya.

"WE SURVIVED EVEN WHEN THEY TOOK EVERYTHING FROM US" Pahayag naman ni Krazy Aquino na tila ba hindi pahuhuli sa mga usaping pananalapi, kapangyarihan at atensiyon ng pamilya, isang buhay na katunayan na nasa dugo na nga pamilya cojuanco ang pagiging mapang-angkin, na kahit ang lupang kinamkam lamang ay nagiging ugat ng sama ng loob sa panahong binabawi na ito ng mga magsasakang tunay na nagpayaman at kumalinga.

Asahan po nating patuloy na lalaban at babantayan ng mga mamamayan ang pagsungkit ng mga magsasakang api sa hustisya na matagal nang isinisigaw sa lansangan at piket line,  hinding hindi tayo titigil hagga't hindi nakakamit ang tagumpay.



"at mula ngayo'y hindi na dilaw ang simbolo ng demokrasya, bagkus ay pulang mapagpalaya"

Best Social Networking Sites

In the past, people send their messages to their friends and loved ones through snail mails and telegrams. But when computers and the internet was discovered, it made our lives easier. With the help of modern technologies, communicating with our friends and families is just as easy as abc.

Before, people join social networking sites to find their friends or meet new ones. Now, with the developing features of these social networking sites, people are able to chat with their friends instantly even if they are outside the country, share their thoughts, their pictures, videos, and create blogs. It also provides easy access to the daily happenings in the world. Technology has merely connected people from around the globe with just a click and a press on the keyboard.

In November 2010, the Philippines was included in the list of Top 10 Social Network Hubs in Asia. Here are some of the social networking sites that are frequently used by Filipinos.

Source: Google Images

1. FACEBOOK
  With over 500 million active Facebook users all over the world, this social networking site really rocked the world of social networking. In Facebook, users are able to chat with their friends instantly, post what is on their minds (status), their latest pictures where they can tag their friends and even share them with others, and post videos. Other people may comment or like your posts, and this is what makes Facebook posting more exciting. Facebook also features games and different applications like online quizzes, role playing games, and more. What makes Facebook more popular than other social networking sites is its security. Users may adjust the security of their profiles like block people from viewing their profile and posts, and even prohibit them from liking or posting their comments.

In November, Philippines ranked 6th in the list of countries with the most numbers of Facebook users.

2. YouTube
  Want to upload and share your videos with other people? Go to YouTube. Kept on singing a song but you don't know the lyrics? YouTube has it. Want to download music videos, movie trailers, anime episodes and more videos for FREE? Just download YouTube video downloader and you're set.
 YouTube is a site where users may search for any videos they want to watch like movie trailers, tv episodes which they missed watching at home, or cartoons. Most of the videos in this site were uploaded by ordinary people also. There are self-made videos and more. These videos are called "vlogs," or video blogs.
 Some Filipinos are also discovered through YouTube like Charice Pempengco who is now an international singer, and Moymoy Palaboy who are now guesting in tv shows and doing commercials or television ads.

3. Blogger
 For those who have had enough of posting notes in Facebook, here is the best blogging site for you! In Blogger, online journalists, even the aspiring ones may post their articles and share them where they can have followers or even earn through online advertisements.
According to Google Trends in December, Philippines placed 6th on the terms of Blogger.com or Blogspot.com Google Searches.



4. Twitter
 For those who update their Facebook status ALL THE TIME, Twitter is for you! For those who want to know what their favorite celebrities are doing, Twitter is for you!

 Twitter is a microblogging site where users update or "tweet" about anything like what they're doing and everything under the sun. What makes twitter more exciting is that almost all the celebrities around the world uses this social networking sites where their fans may follow them and get informed on what they're doing like mall tours, concerts, tv guestings, and many more.

 According to a report released by comScore.com in August, Philippines ranked 6th in the countries with most numbers of Twitter users.

TOP 10 TABLETS

            I know cell phone with keypad and those using touch screen are still those that top the market but see these cool tablets that will give you much more smile in terms of applications in games and other stuffs.

            I went to YAHOO! SHOPPING and found out these top items in terms of Trendy-Touch-Tablets. Their programs are really off-the-hook. Plus, tablets have more memory that can suite your trip for games and cool apps.

 

Lenovo IdeaPad K1 32 GB Wi-Fi Black Tablet

The Lenovo 32GB 10.1-inch IdeaPad Tablet K1 is like a portable personal assistant, confidant, librarian, social butterfly and students with many schedules to conquer.

 

Samsung Series 7 XE700T1A 128 GB Wi-Fi Black...

With stunning lines, a sleek design, powerfully fast performance, and cutting edge technology, the Samsung Series 7 is a slate.

Asus Eee Pad Slider SL101 16 GB Wi-Fi Black...

Whoever said that you can't have the best of both worlds? Now you can, with the ASUS Eee Pad Slider SL101-A1 .

 

Sony S1 16 GB Wi-Fi Black Tablet (Android 3.0,...

All the great things you know from Sony, now in a tablet. With a comfortable design that fits easily in your hand.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 16 GB Wi-Fi Grey Tablet 

This tablet features Wi-Fi capability for connecting to the Internet on the go and Bluetooth 3.0 technology for hands-free use.

 

Toshiba Thrive 32 GB Wi-Fi Black Tablet

Powered by Android...designed for you 10.1in. multi-touch LCD screen is sized right for surfing, working and playing.

Pros: Powerful fast and easy to use
Cons: none

Lenovo ThinkPad 32 GB Wi-Fi Black Tablet

From the makers of the revolutionary ThinkPad line of laptops comes the anything, anywhere, anytime DO business machine.

 

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 32 GB Wi-Fi Gray Tablet 

The 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab is the perfect ally in your quest to do everything faster, easier and better.

 

Lenovo ThinkPad 64 GB Wi-Fi Black Tablet

From the makers of the revolutionary ThinkPad line of laptops comes the anything, anywhere, anytime DO business machine.

 

Archos 101 G9 8 GB Wi-Fi Black Tablet 

Your Archos 101 G9 Android Internet Tablet runs Android 3.2 'Honeycomb'. Specifically designed and optimized for tablets.

Sony Tablet S 32 GB Wi-Fi Black Tablet 

The portable and lightweight Sony 32GB 9.4-inch Tablet S offers all the great things you know from Sony - in a tablet.

         All these heavenly gadgets are as much as your old-fun cell phones, the important thing is you can use it either for fun and in the convenience in to your work and studies.

            Maybe if you plan to buy one from these babies, put in mind their tab memory, if is ok with all application and most importantly if its affordable to you.

La Niña

Sea surface temperature anomalies in November 2007 showing La Niña conditions. Blue=temperature below average; red=temperature above average.

La Niña is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is the counterpart of El Niño as part of the broader El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate pattern. During a period of La Niña, the sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Ocean will be lower than normal by 3–5 °C.

La Niña, sometimes informally called "anti-El Niño", is the opposite of El Niño, where the latter corresponds instead to a higher sea surface temperature by a deviation of at least 0.5 °C, and its effects are often the reverse of those of El Niño.

TIPS and PREPARATION

                It’s better safe than sorry… so here are some tips and preparation to cope with the La Niña Phenomenon.

*always but always, save money. This is for “just-in cases”.

*store foods. This is when this phenomenon strikes and the flood outside were unconquerable, you’ll have no problem with the things you plan to eat because like the ant, you’re prepared.

*store medicines. La Nina event comes with a cough and high and hot temperature, so one must be prepared to see that it is possible to get sick these season.

*fix those holes. Before the season of rain, never forget even one in a “blue moon” to check your house. Check if there are holes water might drip in. Check if materials like, your roof is in still good condition.

*have important numbers in you. You’ll never know what will happen next. If it’s raining too hard and you’re all alone, then water came in and you needed help, having numbers of a friend will help, too.

*be ready, listen and watch the news. Never neglect watching and listening to news. It’ll help you to be vigilant in the situation.

ANIME, MANGA and COMIC

Anime

            The craze is on…!

            I’m not that of a fan of these cartoons made in Japan, called “anime”, or animation. But you’ll be captured in their drawings that really look realistic. Before anything else, I’ll give a brief history about anime.

Japanese write the English term "animation" in katakana. The earliest known Japanese animation dates to 1917, and many original Japanese cartoons were produced in the ensuing decades, the characteristic anime style developed in the 1960s—notably with the work of Osamu Tezuka—and became known outside Japan in the 1980s.

Anime, like manga, has a large audience in Japan and recognition throughout the world. Distributors can release anime via television broadcasts, directly to video, or theatrically, as well as online.

Both hand-drawn and computer-animated anime exist. It is used in television series, films, video, video games, commercials, and internet-based releases, and represents most, if not all, genres of fiction. As the market for anime increased in Japan, it also gained popularity in East and Southeast Asia. Anime is currently popular in many different regions around the world. (www.wikipedia.com)

            What’s noticeable about Japanese drawings is that they drew things more realistic and with much detail, like for example, in cartoons a character has only four fingers in their hands while in anime, they have five complete with hand details and notice the shadow, right placing of lights in each and every movement of the character and a character’s features are more emphasized. A Japanese’ idea on drawing was I think is more based on real life.

Coloring is added to give eyes, particularly to the cornea, some depth. The depth is accomplished by applying variable color shading. Generally, a mixture of a light shade, the tone color, and a dark shade is used. Cultural anthropologist Matt Thorn argues that Japanese animators and audiences do not perceive such stylized eyes as inherently more or less foreign.

However, not all anime have large eyes. For example, some of the work of Hayao Miyazaki and Toshiro Kawamoto are known for having realistically proportioned eyes, as well as realistic hair colors on their characters.

Manga and Comics

            Manga and comics are somewhat alike in a way that they have either a picture or a cartoon strip and dialog boxes that tell either a joke or a serious context about a certain political or social status.. But can differ in some aspects in it’s context or contents. It can be humorous or serious like politically and socially inclined.

           

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics/cartoons" and consists of comics and print cartoons (sometimes also called komikku). In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. 

Comics (from the Greek of or pertaining to comedy" from "revel, komos" denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual (non-verbal) and verbal side in interaction. (www.wikipedia.com)

            Manga and Comics has wide varieties of medium. Manga on publication of books for the young consumers and Comics in newspapers like broadsheets and tabloids.

            In modern days, these kinds of arts have their use these days. Manga’s for example are used now to show the variety of imagination through the use of cartoons and dialog boxes then compiled into a book, mostly manga’s are self-realization. While comics are often use in tabloids and broadsheets. Some for entertainment and others are to ridicule someone humorously by use of a drawing and again a dialog box.

            I guess whatever they may be, people from all parts of the world are fond of it and can’t stop the trending craze.