A Sick Mind

This (i.e., report on illegal elephant tusk trade) is related to Church’s championing life against RH bill. The present government desires to weaken all institutions that defend our country from being oppressed by foreign powers. But I know they will not succeed,’ (Bishop) Arguelles said.

So the ‘good’ kuno bishop accuses the Aquino government of manipulating events in favor of the RH Bill’s passage.

This is the MOST STUPID statement I have read from a supposedly respected person of the Church hierarchy.  First off, anong pakialam ng National Geographic sa affairs ng Pilipinas?  The said article is about wildlife conservation.   It is about the abuse of man on the environment that God commanded us to protect. That and nothing else.

If one would read the article, there is a discussion regarding ‘Buddhist monks, Chinese factories and Japanese experiments’.  Nothing was mentioned about the RH Bill.

The problem with the Church hierarchy is that it has become a paranoid, that when controversies like this arises, it immediately accuses the government of dirty tactics.

I would not be surprised if the Church hierarchy would accuse the government of such if developments involving the money laundering activities in the Vatican is reported on the radio… or if Fr. Groeschel’s infamous statements on the sexual misconduct of clerics get broadcasted on local TV news.

So what does the Church hierarchy want us to do?  Ignore this incident and all other suspicious incidents involving bishops and priests simply because they hastily conclude that these could be concocted by the government?  Hello!  Hindi kami tanga!  

That goes to show how SICK the bishop’s mind is. 

A Reaction to the Homily

Last night, at the feast day mass of a saint, our parish priest hit a sour note during the homily.  He charged devotees who support the controversial bill as a grave scandal to the Church and to the saint himself.  He added that their mere support for it contradicts the unfailing obedience of the saint to the Church. I believe that such an accusation was uncalled for.  I doubt very much if he is a reader of souls and knows the intentions of the said devotees hearts. Based on the reader reactions on virtually ALL news articles on the Internet, one would observe that the very reason why most people would tend to support the bill is that they are affected by the number of hungry street urchins wandering on the streets.  They further observe that it is the urban poor who bear more children that they could support that would benefit from this measure.  The second most glaring observation is that they believe that the Holy Mother Church is doing virtually nothing to alleviate the sufferings of the urban poor. No matter how flawed their reasoning may be in the eyes of the parish priest, I for one would not think of these people as a scandal of the Church.  Tell me, is it a scandal to believe in all sincerity that this could be the only solution to the problem of poverty?  Or perhaps it is more a scandal that despite being raised as a Catholic, one is not convinced of its teachings?  If such is the case, who is to blame for the mess? A few blocks away from our house is Baranggay Sulokan.  A favorite ‘immersion site’ of religious congregations, it is a slum area where people live and breed like dogs and rabbits.  Based on a study conducted by missionaries a few years back, people living there never go the nearby religious institutions to attend Mass or attend Catechism. Except for ‘immersions’, which last of a few days, the people living there rarely get visited by the do–gooders of the Church.  If ever they get visited, they are treated as objects for a study in Missiology.  They DO NOT know anything about God, and Christianity to them is just fiesta time where they get free dole–outs and food boxes.  To them, life is revolves around begging and living like rats. Now then I ask you, and the parish priest, WHO IS THE SCANDAL TO THE CHURCH?

A Letter to a Confessor

Dear Father,

Just this lunch break, my close friend here at the office, asked me this question:  His cousin, is finally having her first baby in her forties.  She and her husband were unsuccessful for many years or decades and now have one.  Unfortunately, the child in her womb is a product of IVF.

I told him the Church’ usual stand based on the CCC.  I told him that his cousin and her husband were guilty of a mortally grievous sin.  Even if such an act brought life!  They should have instead adopted a child no matter how problematic it would be or they should have engaged in charitable works in the name of the Holy Mother Church. 

Imagine, how could they do it?  So what if they are so desperate?  So what if the child would make them complete, be a bundle of joy who would either resemble the father or the mother? So what if the child would grow up into a responsible person some day?  As long as the commandment of the Holy Mother Church is violated, they did a condemnable act!   For all we know, the child the mother is carrying is soulless or worse, is the devil incarnate since it goes against infallable Church’ law, ergo, against God’s holy will!

Then again…

Deep in the very core of my being, I know that there is a loving God who looks beyond our ridiculous laws.  I know too that God created a world that is not just black and white, but made up of different shades of gray.

Deep in the very core of my very being, in the silence of my heart, I believe they did not sin.  I believe that what they did is good in the eyes of God.

For what I believe, I am condemned.

Culture

Filipinos are a hopelessly irresponsible lot.  After multiplying themselves like rabbits, they live their lives with wreckless abandon, scattering refuse all around the way, only to clog the drainage systems and rivers.  When the floods come, they demand to be lodged in Grade A evacuation centers, and be given royal treatment.  And all they do is curse the government, shouting, ‘Hoy, kailangan naming ng pagkain!’

The hopeless romantic churchgoer quickly grabs her handkerchief to dry a shed crocodile tear and says in her heart, 'They are God's children! How pitiful!'  The hypocritical parish priest, sporting the best imported clothes and sportswear, grabs a bottle of cheap cough syrup and gives it to a shameless twenty-two year old mother saying to himself, 'God will surely reward me for this!'  

The said mother, on the other hand, sees the opportunity to put on an obviously artificial teary-eyed look.  

Not far–off, a self-righteous, bigoted bald guy goes around saying the floods are a sign of God’s wrath, 

as if he has been rubbing elbows with the Omnipotent. 

Heck we are all part of this rotten culture that lives on fatalism, neglect, exploitation, hypocrisy and superstition. What do you do with a people with a rotten culture to begin with?

According a sociologist, the only way to end such a culture is to kill it.  As to how it should be done is up for grabs. As for me, my opinion to solve the problem remains a secret, lest my big brother finds out and excommunicates me, or worse, condemns me to die at the stakes.

My Stand

This is an article written by Joaquin Bernas, SJ on his stand on the RH Bill.  This, too, is my stand on the controversial bill.

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A little over a year ago, or on May 22, 2011 to be exact, I wrote an article for the Inquirer titled “My stand on the RH bill.”  With the vote on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill approaching, people have asked me whether my stand on the bill has changed.  Let me restate the salient points I made then.

First, let me start by saying that I adhere to the teaching of the Church on artificial contraception even if I am aware that  the teaching on the subject is not considered infallible doctrine by those who know more theology than I do.  I know that some people consider me a heretic and that at the very least I should leave the priesthood.  But my superiors still stand by me.

Second (very important for me as a student of the Constitution and of church-state relations), I am very much aware of the fact that we live in a pluralist society where various religious groups have differing beliefs about the morality of artificial contraception, which is very much at the center of the controversy. But freedom of religion means more than just the freedom to believe. It also means the freedom to act or not to act according to what one believes. Hence, the state should not prevent people from practicing responsible parenthood according to their religious belief, nor may churchmen pressure President Aquino, by whatever means, to prevent people from acting according to their religious belief. As the Compendium on the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church says: “Because of its historical and cultural ties to a nation, a religious community (like the Catholic Church) might be given special recognition on the part of the State. Such recognition must in no way create discrimination within the civil or social order for other religious groups”; and “Those responsible for government are required to interpret the common good of their country not only according to the guidelines of the majority but also according to the effective good of all the members 

of the community, including the minority.”

Third, the obligation to respect freedom of religion is also applicable to the state. Thus, I advocate careful recasting of the provision on mandatory sexual education in public schools without the consent of parents.  (I assume that those who send their children to Catholic schools accept the program of Catholic schools on the subject.) My reason for requiring the consent of parents is, in addition to the free exercise of religion, there is the constitutional provision which recognizes the sanctity of the human family and “the natural and primary right of parents in the rearing of the youth for civic efficiency and the development of moral character.” (Article II, Section 12)

Fourth, the duty to care for sexual and reproductive health of employees should be approached in a balanced way  so that both the freedom of religion of employers and the welfare of workers will be attended to.  In this regard it may be necessary to reformulate the provisions already found in the Labor Code.

Fifth, I hold that public money may be spent for the promotion of reproductive health in ways that do not violate the Constitution.  Thus, for instance, it may be legitimately spent for making available reproductive materials that are not abortifacient. Public money is neither Catholic, nor Protestant, nor Muslim or what have you and may be appropriated by Congress for the public good without violating the Constitution.

Sixth, we should be careful not to distort what the RH bill says.  The RH bill does not favor abortion. The bill clearly prohibits abortion as an assault against the right to life.

Seventh, in addition, I hold that abortifacient pills and devices should be banned by the Food and Drug Administration. 

However, determining which of the pills in the market are abortifacient is something for the judicial process to determine 

with the aid of science experts.  Our Supreme Court has already upheld the banning of at least one device found to be abortifacient.

Eighth, I am dismayed by preachers telling parishioners that support for the RH bill ipso facto is a serious sin or merits excommunication!  I find this to be irresponsible.

Ninth, I claim no competence to debate about demographics.

Tenth, I have never held that the RH bill is perfect. But if we have to have an RH law, I intend to contribute to its improvement as much as I can.  I hold that the approval of the RH bill today will not end all debate about it.  It will only shift the arena for  debate from the raucous and noisy rally fields to the more sober judicial arena where reason has a better chance of prevailing.

Finally, there are many valuable points in the bill’s Declaration of Policy and Guiding Principles that are desperately needed especially by poor women who cannot afford the cost of medical service. There are specific provisions which give substance to these good points. They should be saved even if we must litigate later about those that we disagree on.  In other words, let us not burn the house just to roast a pig.

SHAME ON YOU...

Here is an interesting comment from one reader.  He makes a lot of sense.  Don't you agree?

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These bishops can't say anything sensible nowadays.

BISHOPS SAID, ‘RH BILL IS AN OPEN WAR AGAINST THE CHURCH’. YOU ARE SO NARROW-MINDED BISHOPS. THIS IS AN OPEN WAR AGAINST POVERTY, NOT AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL, ORGANIZATIONS OR ENTITIES.’

It looks like that your mind is blanketed with insecurities that every time the government comes up with sensible steps towards alleviating poverty, you think, it is a step against you. You can be compared to an insecure wife who has to question where her husband is going every time he steps out of the door.

You better study economics bishops before you say faster growth population translates to a booming economy. It depends on the situation and surely, your statement does not apply to the Philippine conditions at all at the present time.

The Philippines is a very small country with very large population, one of the highest in the world with very limited resources. We are a third world country, which relies on economic aid from other countries and the OFW. Our educational system is one of the worst in the world and the schools that provide satisfactory education are Catholic schools like the Ateneo, De la Salle, UST that impose fees far beyond the reach of the lowly Juan dela Cruz. If you, bishops, would try to lift your little finger alleviate the burden of high tuition fees so that students from the most impoverished areas could attend such schools, then I would support you. 

Go to squatter areas.  Go to the provinces.  Go to remotest barangays.  You will see NOTHING but numerous barefooted, half–naked to naked children playing in the streets, walloping in poverty. Is this what you want? To see nothing but poverty?

The present economic conditions need immediate and hard–line solutions.  Chief of them is to reduce the population growth that is projected to reach unmanageable proportions in few years to come. This is a long–term solution that has been studied and recommended by economists and experts long before Pnoy's administration came into being because of limited and dwindling resources.  And yet, here you are talking garbage, not offering any help to alleviate poverty.

You are becoming this nation's biggest problem, worse than corrupt politicians, the Abu Sayyaf and the NPA combined. Pnoy is doing the best he could to see a progressive country, but it is a pity that he has to hurdle the biggest obstacle to succeed – you, the bishops.

SHAME ON YOU BISHOPS!!! ANG KAKAPAL NINYO!!!....

Lady Gaga Concert in Manila

So, the Lady Gaga Concerts have come and gone.

All the noise generated against the concerts have fallen into silence.  Not quite unusual and expected.

Days before the concert began, many church groups spoke against the rocker.  Text messages called for her deportation.  Prayer rallies called for her damnation.  I even remember a rather outspoken bishop from down south calling Lady Gaga demon possessed, and even if given the opportunity to talk to her, would rather keep a distance, because, as he says he 'does not talk to demons.'  A modern-day pharisee indeed.

Personally,  I am not a fan of Lady Gaga and I do not actually know any of her tunes, except for 'Bad Romance' only because it has been used in production numbers on TV.

I, however, consider it 'pa-epal' for some church moralists to ask that she be 'kicked-out' and that reparation be done at parish churches to 'ask for God's mercy, that His wrath would not fall on us' due to the blasphemes the rocker made.  Please!  There are more blasphemous things being done everywhere, with or without Gaga.  Way back in the 80s, we had Madonna and Cyndi Lauper.  Did God destroy the world?  Hello!  I am now a in my mid-40s, feeling the effects of aging, but still alive. 

Ang mahirap eh, those hypocritical moralists so good in damning others as demons and seeing God in man's own image, yet they fail to see the scandal of sin that lies within themselves.

Pa-epal talaga.  

It Ain't Rocket Science

Just a few days ago, I heard someone defend some bishops regarding their statement that impeachment proceedings should be stopped.

He hinted that the bishops knew more than the ordinary man on the street – whether that ordinary man was knowledgeable in legal proceedings, or a professional or a political analyst or what not.

From his words, it seemed that being ordained to a high office in the Church hierarchy gives one the privilege of perfect wisdom above everyone else.

I must admit, I am not one of the ordained, and I do not claim to be gifted with Solomonic wisdom.  But, in my humble knowledge and experience in systems and methodologies, information technology and the engineering sciences, I have learned time and time again, that in order to know the truth about something such as proving a hypothesis, you have to complete the process of learning about it, otherwise, ending a process abruptly would not get you near to the truth, but will leave all doubts hanging.

The impeachment proceeding is a process.  Now it ain’t rocket science to know that like any process, the impeachment has a beginning that should end normally.

Only dim–witted morons would disagree. 

Commentary on Hypocrisy

I hate it when I hear homilies laced with anti–government/anti–Pnoy/’all politicians are sinners’ spiels.  Instead of leaving me inspired throughout the day, I am just downright angry about it.  What in hell does an anti–government spiel have to do with my spiritual life anyway? Does it HELP me understand the two greatest commandments Jesus mentioned?  My foot!

At one time, the Gospel was about the hypocrisy of the scribes and the pharisees.  Guess what?  The homily was directed towards politicians being hypocrites!  Well, why not look into our own backyard and admit, for once, that the holy ones of the Church, the Bishops are not far behind?

Just recently, two bishops severly criticized a cabinet secretary for surfing through  bootleg DVDs, claiming it to be immoral.  Really?  All of us are guilty of purchasing bootleg items – DVDs included.  We just shrug our shoulders when a sister or parent buys fake bags or clothes from Divisoria.  We enjoy the huge savings whenever we get a fake Louie Vuitton that matches the real thing.  We are all in this.  No one can claim innocence.

I dare those goody-goody two shoes Church peopl who claim they are against piracy. I dare those untouchable bishops to have the workstations of their administration personnel be checked for any bootleg Microsoft Windows/Office or pirated video games installed.  I dare, too, that we look into the community rooms of religious houses to check for fake DVD copies of the latest movies.

Pare–pareho lang tayo.  Huwag na tayo magmalinis!  Tupperware!  Mga Orocan mukha nyo! 

Dealing with Hyenas

Last year, on my way to an appointment in Makati, I decided to take a taxicab to reach my destination on time.  Upon boarding the cab, the driver instructed me to lock the door and, under any circumstance, NOT open my windows – not even to a beggar. You see, the day before that, his fellow driver fell victim of the ‘children of the dew’ (aka batang hamog). He related to me how the poor fellow wanted to give a little street urchin a few coins from his pocket, when his hand was grabbed from the outside.  Immediately after that, seemingly out of nowhere, like a pack of hyenas, more delinquent youths, about the ages of ten to twelve, charged towards him, pushing the car window down and opening the door.  The driver was mauled; his savings were gone.  The little devils, having gotten their loot, ran off and disappeared into the nearby alley.  The money they took, meant that the family would have to scrimp on their meals the following day. Days before, my brother related to me two similar incidents he personally witnessed, one at EDSA Guadalupe and another along Ortigas Avenue.  The Ortigas incident involved was worse; the victim this time was a woman. My brother was driving along Ortigas when a similar bunch of drug–crazed hyenas stormed a woman driver.  They managed to open the car door, and started MAULING the woman.  Had it not been for the fellow motorists, the woman would have been hospitalized black and blue – aside from a vandalized car and stolen belongings.  The incidents started with the act of giving alms. Going back to the taxi cab driver, he then told me that he and his fellow drivers now carry with them a crowbar kept within arm’s reach.  He then described to me in gruesome detail how they would put the law into their own hands, if the inevitable happens. On the Internet there advertised, is the use of the stun gun to address the batang hamog issue.  This is a long stick whose tip is equipped with two pincers wherein a considerable amount of electrical charge is emitted.  It stated that the object is to stun the ‘hyena’ on any part of the body.  Then once stunned, the pincers are aimed directly below the ‘hyena’s’ jaw, thus sending the electrical charge directly towards his brain.  This would cause severe muscular contractions and a painful death – and road–kill. I do not blame the victims if they resort to these ideas.  To be assaulted for being charitable is a traumatic experience.  It would certainly take great grace to go beyond one’s lust for revenge to forgive the critter. I am fortunate that I am not involved in such situations as I take the bus and only take the taxicab on special cases.  I, myself, have decided NOT to give alms to street children when I ride a taxicab.  That is my stand. Oh and yes, I have with me a pepper spray handy.

Enteng Kabisote and the Traditional Christmas Bashing

Now that Christmas Day has come and gone and that we are just savoring the remaining days of the season, allow me to give a nasty killjoy statement.

Christmas Day is the time when the most predictable things happen… the more fortunate ones get the usual hams, queso de bola and calendars… everybody seems to wear the best clothes… street urchins appear out of nowhere and haunt motorists for ‘money to buy food.’

And as trite and as predictable as the staple of the yearly MMFF offering, Enteng Kabisote, is the usual Christmas homily, where parishioners are given a healthy bashing of the ‘consumerist’, ‘commecialized’ Christmas.  Jolly Ol’ St. Nick is once again the condemned thief who stole Christmas, and that people should focus on the real meaning of the season, instead of gorging on the catered meal.

The funny thing is, the parishioners do not seem to notice much at all.  All they want is to get the Mass over with so they could spend the whole day partying.   Perhaps homilists have learned much the same as Vic Sotto had with the Enteng Kabisote plot – rehashing the same old thing year–in and year–out is practical in the long run.  Paskong–pasko, bakit pa mag–iisip ng iba, o di ba?

Ironically, most of us who are so good in the traditional consumerist Christmas bashing, are so eager to get our hands on the lechon, hamon, and everything served on the table.  Yup, count me in on that one.

But seriously, next year, I hope to spend Christmas differently.  I am planning to go on a spiritual retreat where Christmas Day would be spent in prayerful silence and solitude, away from the noise, revelry, lechon and hamon, Enteng Kabisote and the traditional consumerist Christmas bashing.

Dalaw ni GMA

Isang istorya ng DALAW ni GMA!!!

Lucifer: Hello GMA, malapit na ang pasko, napadalaw ako dahil ipinaaala-ala ko sayo na isasama na kita sa aking kaharian!!

GMA: Naku paano yan, hinde pa ako handa eh, marami pa akong gagawin

Lucifer: eh wala akong magagawa kasi numero uno ka sa aking listahan

GMA: Ganun? okay, bago mo ako isama ay halika muna at tayo ay magmiryenda

Lucifer: O, sige, tutal malapit na ang pasko ay pagbibigyan kita.

At nagmiryenda nga ang mag-amo. Nguni't di alam ni Lucifer na nilagyan ni GMA ng maraming sleeping pills ang pagkain ni Lucif at nakatulog ng mahimbing si Lucifer.  Sinamantala naman ni GMA ang pagkakataon at kinuha niya ang listahan ni Lucif, kaagad binura ang kanyang pangalan sa unahan at inilagay sa hulihan ng listahan. 

Maya-maya ay nagising na si Lucifer.

Lucifer: Hayyyy, nakatulog pala ako. GMA, nabatid ko na isa ka palang mabait (kuno) ay napag-isip-isip ko na ang uunahin kong kunin ay iyong nakatala sa hulihan ng aking listahan........!

A Good Example of Humility

Manila, Philippines – A Catholic Church prelate criticized President Benigno S. Aquino III for not appearing at the installation of Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio ‘Chito’ G. Tagle yesterday. Lipa (Batangas) Archbishop Ramon Arguelles said the absence of Aquino showed his lack of respect for the Church.

‘Of all our Presidents, he is the only one who didn’t show respect for the Church,’ Arguelles said. ‘It’s very conspicuous, the absence of the President for the first time in the history of the Philippines,’ added Arguelles.

‘The President SHOULD have reset the date of the turnover rites for the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Lt. Gen. Jessie D. Dellosa if he really wants to attend the event.   This is an international event, the AFP can be reset tomorrow.  He is really not interested in attending,’ he said. (Leslie Ann G. Aquino, Tempo December 13, 2011)

Now that was a good example of humility on the part of our good bishop, don't you think? 

Ok, I was being sarcastic hehehehe!  So this speaks of the Church' powerful political position in our society.

Reaction to a Homily

Just this morning, I heard the most ridiculous homily so far.

Reflecting on a reading lifted from the Book of Maccabees, the preacher talked about his fear of the Church being persecuted because of – ad nauseaum – the RH Bill.  He even quoted a certain ‘Mr. Acosta’ a speaker in their recently–held retreat on that sickeningly worn–out subject matter, that Church people could even get jailed for their faith, once the bill turns into a law.

HELLO??!!!

As far as I remember, the Church, with its sheer arrogance and vast temporal powers, is a major political, I repeat, POLITICAL force in this country.  Wasn’t it largely responsible for throwing off Ferdinand Marcos from power?  Didn’t it have a hand in demonizing Joseph Estrada as a womanizer, gambler and cheat?  Who on earth was responsible in issuing veiled threats of excommunication on Noynoy Aquino?

The Church, in my vocabulary, has had a record of persecuting people throughout history.   Here in the Philippines alone, many were deported to Dapitan because of their differing views, and it was not just Jose Rizal.  In my home province of Malolos, Bulacan, at the latter part of te 19^th Century, several young women were persecuted by the local diocese because they defied the order of the friars not to study the Spanish language. 

Besides, if ever the persecution would happen, and that is as remote as putting the sun into a bucket of water, I would not be surprised if hoards of bishops, clerics and religious would be booking flights to countries abroad, similar to what the Arroyos did a few days back.  What with all the money stashed in their fat bank accounts.

I guess the preacher was watching so many sordid telenovelas that such a preposterous thought came to his mind.  Afraid of the Church' ghost perhaps? Maybe he needs to pray a lot for enlightenment.

So there.

PS.  The more I hear tirades against the RH Bill, the more I pray for it to be passed.  I hate the Church’ arrogance for power.

Signs That You're Watching A Pinoy Movie

1. Sasayaw sa likod ng puno ng buko pag nasa beach yung scene. Alternate pa 'yung mga ulo nila.

2. 'Yung kontrabida yayakap sa bida, sabay taas ng kilay at ngingisi.

3. Uuwi ang bida na may dalang pancit sa kanyang nanay na si Anita Linda. Tatawagin nito ang mga bata para kumain, at kakamustahin ng bida ang pag-aaral habang kumakain ng pancit. Biglang may titigil na sasakyan sa harap ng bahay at pauulanan ng baril ang pamilya! Mamamatay si Anita Linda, at sisigaw ang bida ng "Inaaay!" at mangangakong ipaghihiganti ito. Moral lesson: Ang pansit nagdadala ng malas - nakakamatay.

4. Pag may magkaribal na babae, yung mabait deretcho ang buhok at may bangs. Yung salbahe, laging kulot.

5. Sa Pinoy action movies, ang bida hindi nauubusan ng bala.

6. Sa Pinoy action movies, kapag tumakbo ang bida, sa lupa lahat ang tama ng bala ng kalaban.

7. Kapag may angry mob na pupunta sa bahay-kubo ng manananggal, si Vangie Labalan ang laging lider.

8. Alam mong moment of truth na ng bida kapag sinabi na niya 'yung title ng pelikula.

9. Ang tawag ng kontrabida sa mga goons niya, "Mga bata."

10. 'Yung nakababatang kapatid ng bida habang naglalaro ng bola, mabibitawan at mapupunta sa gitna ng kalsada. Tapos may darating na sasakyan, tapos itutulak siya ng bida. 'Yung bida naman ang nasa gita ng kalsada. Biglang may sasakyang darating. Ang bida, ico-cross lang niya arms niya covering his face tapos sisigaw 'yung kapatid ng 'kuyaaa!' ... Next scene nasa ospital na sila. Simula na ng drama.

11. Kapag bakbakan, hindi nasasaktan ang bida, pero umaaray siya pag ginagamot na siya ng leading lady, at kasunod na ang love scene.

12. Kapag sinabi ng kontrabida ang masama niyang plano sa bida, ang sasabihin ng bida: "hayop ka!"

13. Ang bidang babae, pag katulong ang role, siguradong magiging anak ng amo niya sa ending.

14. Ang nanay ng mayaman laging may pamaypay na pangmayaman, at ang nanay ng mahirap laging naka duster.

15. Ang hideout ng kontrabida, parating mansion na may chicks sa pool.

16. Ang mga bida sa drama, pag nakatanggap ng masamang balita, laging may pinto sa likod nila para puwede silang sumandal habang nagi-slide dahan-dahan pababa, tapos todo iyak with matching uhog.

17. Pag di nahuli ng mga goons ang bida, sasabihin ng boss sa kanila, "Mga inutil!"

18. Laging nakakapulot ng baril na may bala ang bida kapag kinakailangan niya.

19. Laging mas maganda ang yayang bida kesa sa kontrabidang anak ng amo niya.

20. Pag ang ending ng movie ay song and dance number sa beach o resort, ang huling frame, tatalon ang buong cast… sabay freeze.

21. Sasabihin ng sidekick ng bida na nawawala ung leading lady at icoconclude nila agad adad na kinidnap ng kalaban at nasa warehouse sya palagi.. (Pano kung umuwi lang pala ng province)

Drastic Action

Something I picked up somewhere... shocking....  and they say we do not need to educate people or provide them with the right services...sheesh!

By the way, another (indigent) mother died in the ER today after her uterus got ripped apart by her 9th baby. If I could only take pictures to show you guys that she was only accompanied by 3 of her children. One 12 year old, the rest 3 and 2 respectively. Her husband was "wala dinhi" apparently. 5 hours after, her eldest child, a 15 year old came with an Uncle in tow to claim the body sa morgue.

There was also yesterday, a mother of 15 children, her 12th child, a daughter aged 16 was rushed in our ER. unfortunately, because of lack of funds, they hired a local midwife at the start of the child's labor. Believe me, the midwife had LONG fingernails and was dirty from head to foot. Said 12th child died because of septicemia because the 16 year old labored for 3 days BEFORE the mother decided to rush her daughter to our hospital.

Tapos sa DR, na cesarean mother in hopes of saving the baby. The fetus (can't call it baby anymore) was literally BLACK and with FLAKING skin. Parang lechon de leche na nasunog. Yung discharges and pus weren't green but DEEP brown.

Sad to say, these deaths will be added to our record of maternal deaths.

I just came home from work and I left the ER with 3 mothers from the indigent sector. One was experiencing vaginal spotting in the 3rd trimester of her 5th term pregnancy. I'm saying term because she got pregnant 9 times, 4 of which abortion/stillbirths

Another one has YELLOW discharges in the last week of her pregnancy. I'm expecting the baby inside, her 4th one, is suffering from some sort of blood disorder. OB doctor presume that the uterus was malnourished because the 4th baby was conceived when the 3rd baby was just 7 months old. A woman must have a year and a half rest between pregnancies.

The third mother got pregnant 3 times. 2 pregnancies producing twins. This 3rd pregnancy she is having complications. OB doctor wants to do CS unfortunately, the family can't afford it. It's a matter of vaginal laceration OR uterine rupture for her if the CS won't push through.

And finally, just to add, a mother bought 2 of her children (she has 8 btw) because they developed primary gohn complex! At the tender age of 8 and 5, may TB na ang mga bata.