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Avon’s Deodorizing Soap
I find this soap really amazing, it really
refreshes and easily eliminates body odors – that acidic smell we all abhor.
Before going to bed at night or you can make it your daily soap companion too.
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Bath Soap as Stain Remover
Because of the hot weather in our country
these days, it is very likely for us to sweat and sometimes smell foul.
I tried chlorine and other commercial bleach
for white and colored clothes but still this works far better like
miracle. You would not have to wash the
clothes till it is worn out like what I am doing before – my husband’s barongs and polo – especially those that
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First 100 Days of President Duterte
Philippines as Independent Nation
The President never wanted the
official residence of the country’s president to be called Malacañan Palace
anymore, he wants it more to be called ‘Palace
of the People’ instead. I agree with him when he said that it is not even
of Filipino Language origin – a true heirloom from our previous Spanish
colonizers. He has been consistent with
his ideal of the Philippines as Independent Nation – same is true with his
plans of us making our very own International Foreign Policy.
That is also obvious with his
objections and anger when other rulers try to degrade him with words/accusations
– as he said he is not just a city Mayor
now, he is now the country’s President! He is but right to do that because those who
pretend to be friends speaks on his back about their unsolicited comments when
they could have meet personally and could have discussed it then for him to
have defended his nationalistic efforts of conserving the future generation of
our homeland.
In fairness with President Obama,
MAYBE he really has no intentions of meddling with our affairs – it so happened
that a representative of a media in a press con has asked his opinion about
EJK. If many had opined that Pres.
Duterte should have been cautious of his words – the MORE caution must be
exercised by the President of the deemed to be most powerful nation in the
world. His words could have influenced a
lot of people worldwide – and IF he happens to misconceived what is really
happening here, it would damage our President’s reputation as well as the
senate’s and even the country as a whole. Because, his opinion is not based on
FACTS and the real situation; it may IMPLY that we CONDONE IF THERE IS
INJUSTICE and us Filipinos are blindly adoring the President. He is merely
looking at the surface and maybe one of those who wanted to believe that all
the killings are attributable to the administration disregarding the MIGHT of
the syndicates running drugs as well as those who had been connected and protectors
who were publicly exposed that could possibly be among the suspects who get
those drug personalities dead so their dark secrets can be hidden forever.
It is but right for the President to
stand his ground and speak-out and be furious about the baseless comments.
Remember two policemen daily also dies in the drug campaign IF THE GOVERNMENT
runs the drug campaign on its own liking there would never be a dead policeman
nor a relieved men in duty. There is still justice prevailing in this country,
if the president is a real killer – I think De Lima has not reached the senate
because of her endless accusations or even Matobato-
the ‘witness’ that even a lie
detector machine will fail, what more to the members of the legislative body
who are mostly lawyers in educational attainment.
The President may be TOO HONEST with
his feelings towards those involved in drugs. And for his first 100 Days, he is
brave enough to answer those who wanted us to ‘keep our mouth shut and bowing’
all the time.
The Launch
of the National Complaints Hotline 8888
This VERY HELPFUL hotline was
established to answer the public’s need for faster, reliable and ZERO-QUEUE
service from public/government employees remunerated from their paid taxes.
It was known to have hasten
processing of personal documents obtained from various government agencies such
as NSO (Birth/Marriage/CENOMARCertificates) , LTO (Driver’s Licenses, Renewal
of Vehicle Registration), NBI (NBI Clearance)etc. The became USUAL queuing of
people from inside the offices to the adjacent street roads with duration from
two hours to even days had become less than an hour to finish although you have
to come back not later than TWO-THREE days after for the document, not like before that you are there for that
long and then asked to come back spending time, effort and money just to be
told TO COME BACK AGAIN.
I think few months of adjustment from the pending jobs received by each
government agency can soon make way for the INSTANT release of documents in the
future. It is understandable that they had to finish
the backlog from the ‘turtle-like service’
they are providing before that no matter how they deny it or whatever alibis
they have, had become the system in here in our home land . I am really hopeful
that what the President wanted to see and experience by the public is the REAL
use of modern technology – COMPUTERS – I remember him saying in one of his
speeches that if a government agency can not act FAST having computers in their
offices, they should junk them because there is no difference at all compared
to not having one around.
Having the hotline, every public
servant is guaranteed to please every Filipino because IF NOT, expect that it
will no longer be tolerated. The Civil Service Commission is the frontrunner
for the complaints hotline.
Challenge for the Dignified Teachers
May I pour my thoughts about the teachers I recently met
these days? Teachers had always been good influencers and I can never forget
the greatest of the teachers I had back then. Mrs. Sonia Bruan-Santiago (THE
IV), , Mrs. Luzviminda Miguel (VE VI), Mrs. Juanita Lagmay(Gr6), Mrs. Andaya
(THE I), Mr. Nestor Londerio (Physics IV HS), Mrs. Minerva Ranieses (Eng.
Prof.), Mrs. Helen Bulatao (Dean /Acctg. Prof., Mrs. Remedios Ala (Gr3 Eng.),
Dr. Regino Paular (Current Issues).
These are not so good things that are
needed to be said to challenge the teachers of our new generation. It will be up to them to take this negatively
or positively to improve themselves and abhor such deeds mentioned here.
The Quiz Bee Cheat-chers?!
Contrary to what others might suppose on my divulging of this
hateful fact, I wanted to help ignite back the integrity of SOME of our noble
teachers. I do not have any idea if whether winning on quiz bees give them,
teachers, extra points or promotion because SOME but NOT ALL are staking their pride and honor just to help
their coached students WIN.
This is what I have observed in the recently concluded Quiz
Bee my daughters had participated in:
1. A teacher coached a student (maybe on the same school she is in
–because not only now I met the student and teacher tandem, they represent
Science V last year and they obviously cheated then too but landed only 3rd).
You know why, because I recorded the whole competition on video and they found
it difficult to signal.
The student always glance on that teacher before she answers,
the Easy
and Average levels are to be answered with letter of choice ONLY which is 20 points when totaled if I am not
mistaken. The wise teacher, pulled her chair back to where my camera can not
caught her and she just moved her chair when the two rounds are finished
because dictating or signaling complete words on the difficult round is not
easy that is why she stopped there. I
noticed that she only helps in the first two rounds. Glad that they were not
able to make it to the top2 then.
This year, the tandem have succeeded, the student ranked 1st
this time, it so happened that my digicam is not prepared – low battery and I
left the memory card for longer recording time, there is no way I can video
them. The teacher sat just one seat apart from that same student
last year. Now, she whispered every letter of the correct answer, I was able to
read her lips when it opens – it will be too
many to call it coincidence. The wise teacher noticed that I was staring at
her and the student with a long hair – glancing all the time to her or listens
to her every dictation. I only learned she is the TIMER when she softly uttered
‘STOP’ that is just when she felt I was guarding her. What she did is
whispering while pretending to look at her phone or writing on a piece of paper
– I do not know if she is also writing every letter of the answer. But mouthing
letters a, b or c or the word stop moves one’s lips differently
that is why I am precisely sure she is dictating answers and you really would
not notice she is timing the Quiz at first because she only started talking a
little louder when she noticed me. I knew almost all the answers because it
took me huge time writing the Science reviewer for my child aside from what her
teacher has provided. I just thought before that she is just there to observe
the competition but…imagine one seat apart from the student, she is facing the
door while seating on the last column.
The student sat in the column before her, facing the blackboard. The
distance is only the narrow aisle that is approximately one seat away. Imagine
14points out of total score that brought her in the advantage of around 6-8pts
from the 2nd placer is obtained from cheating! I felt sad to
the 2nd and 3rd placer who have exhausted efforts on
reviewing just to be cheated, it so happened that my daughter’s score this time
is far from winning, I chose to keep silent.
I thanked the situation because if not, I would not keep my mouth shut
and expose the cheater oh, I mean teacher
and the pretending-to-be winner student.
How can they managed to accept
medal without honor at all, they knew for themselves that it does not
belong to them. That is why I could not
help mentioning to the other spectators that the 2nd and 3rd
placer are more deserving of the medals.
This became so rampant that Angel
became a victim too last year on a different district here in Quezon province.
1. The students were asked to
share a number of questions representing their respective schools English IV, I
forgot if it is one or two questions each.
2. The Quiz Master seated at the
back of the seat rows doing her thing while maybe an ‘intern’ or assistant
(not wearing uniform) asked everyone to put their share of question in the box
in front of the blackboard. Each question has the answer provided to guide the
Quiz Master.
Reaction on Extra-Judicial Killings
I am deeply saddened that the United Nations has not
observed and investigated before haphazardly taking side on the issue of what
is Senator de Lima has dubbed as ‘Extra-judicial Killings’. She should not
consider the PNP’s statistics to be all EJKs because investigations have to be
conducted before branding. Here are among the most controversial cases that I
also condemned:
And the PNP are immediately acting upon those policemen who
were involved in such questionable ‘performance
of duties’ , in fact the two who has shot killed two arrested drug pushers
(father and son in Pasay) inside the precinct are relieved of duty.
News about Pasay Drug Pusher killed in precinct:
Update:
The policemen who got involved in the killing of a pusher
couple are also relieved as well as the others involved in their trade on that
same police station. They are alleged ninja
cops who were asking this couple to sell drugs for these corrupt
policemen. The said couple is asked to
remit drug money but just killed maybe to SILENCE them. That is of course not a
legitimate police operation but the PNP is prejudged as if they are condone. Taking the side of the pusher’s family, I
better not risk talking to another policeman on this issue, because we really do
not know who is good or bad at all unless the government has finished t task of
eliminating the ROTTEN tomatoes on the shelf.
Again, this is not an issue to be discussed outside the
country because the victims and the suspects are all Filipinos – and there is
NO CONDONATION happening, I am challenging a surveyor from the United Nations
to interview a million of my fellow-countrymen of what they can say about the
issue – if many distrust the government and think that the administration is
being UNFAIR then I suppose that is the only time they have to GET INVOLVE in
the issue.
I agree with the President’s opinion that before what is
prevalent in the daily newspapers broadsheets or tabloids here in the
Philippines are INNOCENTS being victimized by rapist, robber-killers,
carnapper-killers, taxi drivers robbed of just nearly a thousand-peso earnings
and killed, the villains who are believed to be drug users:
- A months-old baby raped. A parent killed by his addict
child, toddler raped – stabbed with a bottle in her vag---, an animal raped by
a man, teenager robbed of cellphone and killed in an instant
Why the UN and the CHR is not so loudly heard (if they meddle
on that unquestionable HUMAN RIGHTS violations – the right to live by the
innocent victims)? Now, it is the reverse. The addicts who have guns and knives
to kill their victims like butchering a pig or chicken are now on the
headlines…what needs help from the CHR? The INNOCENT victims whom they had
spared on meddling or those (legitimately) killed addicts and pushers in police
operations. Again, illegitimate police operations or abuse of authority are
exempted here, they are dealt with accordingly .
The NCRPO Chief Albayalde reminded us in an interview that
the moment suspects arrested are in precinct their handcuffs are removed to put
behind bars. In the circumstances, as we
all can see one of the suspects has a big body-built (tall and muscled) - I am
not implying that the two policemen are not capable of erring nor they are not
guilty BUT we have to listen and to look at both sides to give FAIR judgment.
NCRPO chief has reiterated once a policeman face an intimidating situation
wherein the villains are physically of advantage or in an encounter place where
the criminal is impossible to see hiding or the place is too dim) the tendency
is for him to guard his own life especially if they are to attack or go near
the target – there is no way the cop will know if there is any gun aiming at
him. Since drug suspects (especially the users) are not in the right frame of
mind, if we are in the policemen’s shoe and we have families to go home to after our life-threatening job –
who would not want to be sure of LIFE?!
Fight Zika Virus with this Mosquito Tent
It is very enticing for kids especially when you choose the
color they love. It is really like a see-through play tent inside the room.
Two Kitchen Essentials
You got to have these two fellows on your kitchen - the mini trash can adjacent to your sink and the ladles, knives etc. organizer. I really find them great especially the organizer, you have got everything in one place. See each sample photos below.
Yes, you have the larger one for
all the other garbages you have at home but it is better if you would have a
separate small bin adjacent to the faucet sink – dedicated just for the wet
leftovers from plates and cooking mess (like fruits and vegies’ peel etc.)
Handy Clothes Hanger
This is very helpful, after
getting your clothes from the dryer – no need to bring outdoor while suspending
each on a hanger – just hook this handy clothesline maybe on the window or if
you have a nail on the wall or even at the cabinet’s handle while hanging each
of the clothes one by one in a solo hanger.
Home Ideas: Mini Ceiling Fan
Hey mom-friends, you may never
notice the stress the weather brings us…I personally feel more exhausted when
the weather is hot and I got no choice but to finish my kitchen
obligations.
For an energy and cost -efficient
choice, minifans ranging from just around US $ 4-10 (depending on brand) would be a great
choice. It is not so strong, just gentle
enough to alleviate the annoying heat of the weather while washing the dishes
or cooking. It is gentle enough not to
reach the stove flame compared to using desk or stand fan.
The Philippines' War Against Illegal Drugs
The Current Scenario
The daily news reports bear the
voluntary submission of drug-related offenders be it in the Metro Manila or in
the farthest Barangay in the provinces. Recent Killings involving Drug Trafficking has alarmed human
rights advocates. There are those who are
entrapped BUT has exchanged bullets with the police operatives and still others
are gunned-down by vigilantes riding in-tandem (who are believed to be
liquidated by their syndicate association). I am one of the self-confessed
followers of the President and his ‘Change is Coming’ crusade – that
includes fighting corruption, criminality as well as on illegal-drugs.
We need each
other’s help to accommodate the thousands of surrendering drug personalities
around the country. It is not imaginable
that the ‘drug menace’ is this WORST already – almost a hundred thirty
thousand individuals has surrendered No wonder why heinous crime perpetrators
had become the usual cover of daily newspapers. Together we can help make this
CHANGE come true. It would not be that
easy especially considering the means these former pushers find a way of living
after drugs. But I believe in lessening criminality, more investors will come
(plus the traffic solution may have a riffling effect too) to us.
The Duterte Administration’s Conviction
The President has warned the
public of his intensive and massive campaign on the use and trafficking of
illegal drugs. He has admonished
everyone to surrender themselves to the authorities before getting killed (in
case they resist and fight) on a buy-bust operation etc.
President Duterte likewise warned
the law enforcers should observe legalities and the existing Laws on dealing with the apprehension
of the offenders. However, crooked policemen might take advantage
of the self-defense alibi, IF ever they wanted to silence an accomplice or even cohorts for the drug-recycling trade PNP
Chief Ronaldo dela Rosa has mentioned on his assumption speech. He revealed the style of the unscrupulous
policemen re-selling drugs confiscated from raids done by their department
which he tagged as ninja cops. This DOES NOT NECESSARILY generalize all
policemen BUT few exist in reality.
Reaction President Duterte's SONA 2016
The recent SONA of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte last July 25, 2016 at Batasang Pambansa has stopped Filipinos from all walks of life anywhere in the world to listen to his every word. I am one of the eager fellows who had waited for the day wanting to hear what the newly-elected president's plan for the country and most especially how he would handle the issues that directly affect each of us.
My anticipations has grown bigger after his phenomenal crusade on Illegal Drug Trafficking and Drug Abuse as he has promised during the campaign period has rendered more than a hundred thoudsand drug dependents (user or pusher) has voluntarily surrendered most especially in Metro Manila and in the nearby provinces.
Reaction on Arbitration Court's Verdict on West Philippine Sea
International Arbitration Court
Ruling favors the Philippines’ claim on the (West Philippine Sea) Scarborough
Shoal.
According to DLSU professor
Richard Heydarian on Foreign Affairs/Economic Analyst the verdict
of the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal is binding – especially to the members
of the UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on Laws of the Seas). Philippines and
China are among the consenting signatory members.
Why Relationships Do Not Last?
Years of being married, meeting different
(in terms of social status regardless of religion) married couples, sweethearts
from different places I had been, I had theorized this conclusion why couples
fall apart.
Although MOST of these observations apply
on married couples, still some can also be for sweethearts:
Immaturity
Immaturity is synonymous to ‘being
childish’. Encyclopedia and
Dictionary’s take on it are as follow:
LINK
Insensitivity
Being immature, one acts like a child being
INSENSITIVE of the other’s feelings. It
may manifest in actions and in verbal confrontation.
-Examples of Insensitive Actions:
1. Coming home late without notice of whereabouts with phone
off.
Husbands are mostly guilty of this. The wife is just a phone call or eve a text message away. If you have unexpected
appointments after office that you have not mentioned to your spouse, take seconds to let her know. That
precious seconds will save her from the agony of waiting at home worrying about
you or getting hungry waiting for her eating companion. Being a lady, I know how we can feel secure and
this counts a lot if you do AND lessens
the chances of fighting.
2. Literally
pulling-out a pillow from the partner’s head while sleeping.
Funny and foolish, though this happens.
3. Deviating from the old ways
Sometimes it is better NOT TO BE sweet and thoughtful if you can not STAND or KEEP it that way for
as long as the relationship exists. It results to lesser expectations,
lesser reasons to be sad or to ponder about.
How to Put TEXT on Pictures
First, you have to install Adobe
Photoshop CS3/6 or higher version in your laptop or PC, I recommend free
software apps from Softonic, google (synonymous to ‘search’), it.
Open the application.
Important Option:
If you
wanted to set the image size before you start, go to toolbars, click ‘IMAGE’ then on the dropdown menu choose ‘IMAGE SIZE’ then proceed to ‘DOCUMENT SIZE.
The common values for images (available on Photo-developing Studios)
are:
Landscape
mode:
2 x 3 inches
(3R photo size)
5 x 7
inches
8 x 10
inches
Just
interchange the width and height sizes per inch to work for a ‘Portrait’ orientation photo. This is
important as NOT to distort image upon developing if your desired size is not
met for the photo
1. Go to the toolbars on TOP and click ‘FILE’ then choose ‘OPEN’.
Browse on the image/picture you wanted to modify.
Parenting the Envious Child
Turning Your Child’s
Envious Attitude to the Positive Side
The Attitude Detection
When Angel was two or three years
old I noticed that she frowned (means she never liked it) whenever
I praised somebody else aside from her, even the children performing on tv
shows, whew! I knew that it may not come out from envy but maybe
plain jealousy knowing her age.
I began telling her in a calm manner that she need not feel like that
because she, her friend or that girl on tv can ALL BE beautiful, smart or witty at the same time – there is no
need to choose or knock the other out. There is no competition at all.
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