Sulat ni Nanay at Tatay sa Atin

Sa aking pagtanda, unawain mo sana ako
at pagpasensiyahan.

Kapag dala ng kalabuan ng mata ay nakabasag ako ng pinggan
o nakatapon ng sabaw sa hapag kainan,
huwag mo sana akong kagagalitan.
Maramdamin ang isang matanda.
Nagse-self-pity ako sa tuwing sinisigawan mo ako.

Kapag mahina na ang tenga ko at hindi ko maintindihan
ang sinasabi mo, huwag mo naman sana akong sabihan
ng ‘binge!’ paki-ulit nalang ang
sinabi mo o pakisulat nalang.
Pasensya ka na, anak. Matanda na talaga ako.

Kapag mahina na ang tuhod ko, pagtiyagaan mo sana akong
tulungang tumayo, katulad ng pag-aalalay ko sa iyo
noong nag-aaral ka pa lamang lumakad.

Pagpasensyahan mo sana ako kung ako man ay
nagiging makulit at paulit-ulit na parang sirang plaka.
Basta pakinggan mo nalang ako.
Huwag mo sana akong pagtatawanan o
pagsasawaang pakinggan.

Natatandaan mo anak noong bata ka pa?
kapag gusto mo ng lobo, paulit-ulit mo ‘yong sasabihin,
maghapon kang mangungulit hangga’t
hindi mo nakukuha ang gusto mo.
Pinagtyagaan ko ang kakulitan mo.

Pagpasensyahan mo na rin sana ang aking amoy.
Amoy matanda, amoy lupa.
Huwag mo sana akong piliting maligo.
Mahina na ang katawan ko.
Madaling magkasakit kapag nalamigan,
huwag mo sana akong pandirihan.

Natatandaan mo noong bata ka pa?
pinatyagaan kitang habulin sa ilalim ng kama
kapag ayaw mong maligo.

Pagpasensyahan mo sana kung madalas,
ako’y masungit, dala na marahil ito ng katandaan.
Pagtanda mo, maiintindihan mo rin.

Kapag may konti kang panahon,
magkwentuhan naman tayo, kahit sandali lang.
Inip na ako sa bahay, maghapong nag-iisa.
Walang kausap.

Alam kong busy ka sa trabaho,
subalit nais kong malaman mo na sabik
na sabik na akong makakwentuhan ka,
kahit alam kong hindi ka interesado sa mga kwento ko.

Natatandaan mo anak, noong bata ka pa?
Pinagtyagaan kong pakinggan at intindihin
ang pautal-utal mong kwento tungkol sa iyong teddy bear.

At kapag dumating ang sandali na ako’y magkakasakit
at maratay sa banig ng karamdaman,
huwag mo sana akong pagsawaang alagaan.

Pagpasensyahan mo na sana kung ako
man ay maihi o madumi sa higaan,
pagtyagaan mo sana akong alagaan sa mga
huling sandali ng aking buhay.
Tutal hindi na naman ako magtatagal.

Kapag dumating ang sandali ng aking pagpanaw,
hawakan mo sana ang aking kamay
at bigyan mo ako ng lakas ng loob
na harapin ang kamatayan.

At huwag kang mag-alala,
kapag kaharap ko na ang Diyos na lumikha,
ibubulong ko sa kanya na pagpalain ka sana …
dahil naging mapagmahal ka sa iyong ama’t ina…

Written by Rev. Fr. Ariel F. Robles
St. Augustine Parish
Baliuag, Bulacan Philippines

Jennifer Barrientos, the Philippines representative to the 2008 Miss Universe beauty pageant unfortunately did not win the national costume award and but instead end-up wearing a misspelled sash?.

According to Mukamo blog, a photo posted at a Miss Universe gallery showed Jennifer Barrientos sharing a table with fellow candidates from Germany, Russia, and The Netherlands. The word “PHILL” shows printed on Jennifer’s sash which looks like misspelled, with two letter Ls instead of just one. Searched the Miss Universe website but the said photo is nowhere to be found.

Filipinos around the world please take time to vote online for the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan, Chocolate Hills in Bohol and Mayon Volcano in Albay to be included as one of the “New Seven Wonders of Nature.”

The contest was organized by the non-profit Seven Wonders Foundation that was established in 2001. Voting ends December 31, 2008 then panel of experts will short-list 21 candidates of which voters worldwide will select the New 7 Wonders of Nature in 2009 and the new winners will be announced in 2010. Tubbataha Reef is an atoll coral reef found in the Sulu Sea. It is a marine sanctuary protected as Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park (TRNMP).

Click this link to vote New 7 Wonders of Nature

Photo courtesy of Tubbataha.org

Really surprised by candidate #15, the 17-year-old Janina San Miguel, a beauty title holder and a graduate of University of the East messed up her Q&A portion but still managed to win the Bb. Pilipinas-World title. Captions courtesy of PMT

Question:
The question is, what role did your family play to you as candidate to Binibining Pilipinas?

Janina San Miguel:
Well, my family’s role for me is so important because there was the wa- they’re, they was the one who’s… very… Haha… Oh I’m so sorry, Ahhmm… My pamily… My family… Oh my god… I’m… Ok, I’m so sorry… I… I told you that I’m so confident… Eto, Ahhmm, Wait… Hahahaha, Ahmmm. Sorry guys because this was really my first pageant ever because I’m only 17 years old and ahahaha I, I did not expect that I came from, I came from one of the top 10. Hmm, so… but I said that my family is the most important persons in my life. Thank you.

Huh?? OK..it must be the pressure but she said she don’t feel the pressure at all…anyway, goodluck na lang!

The Kapuso Network (GMA) and Manny Pacquiao have chosen Ciara Sotto to sing our national anthem at the Pacquiao-Marquez rematch on March 15 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Good news as reported by gmanews.tv

Eleven days before trial starts for 10 Filipino nurses and their lawyer in New York, the state’s health department came out with its findings in an inquiry that residents of the nursing home “were not placed in jeopardy” when the health workers quit their jobs in April 2006.

The Filipinos, who are holding immigrant visas, are scheduled to face trial starting January 28 in a Suffolk County district court on charges of conspiracy and endangering patients in a pediatric ventilation unit at Avalon Gardens Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.

New York-based Newsday reported in its online edition on Thursday that the health department was the second major government agency to support the nurses’ claim that the patients’ lives were not placed in danger when they quit.

The state’s education department, which licenses nurses, said in 2006 that the Filipino nurses did not abandon their patients.

Facing trial are Elmer Jacinto, Juliet Anilao, Harriet Avila, Mark dela Cruz, Claudine Gamiao, Jennifer Lampa, Rizza Maulion, James Millena, Ma. Theresa Ramos, and Ranier Sichon, and their lawyer Felix Vinluan.

They were indicted on March 22, 2007 even after the state’s education department cleared them in September 2006 of any wrongdoing.

Jeffrey Hammond, spokesman of New York’s health department, said the nursing home was fully staffed when the Filipino nurses resigned en masse, contrary to the claim of its owners that they abandoned their patients who were children and a disabled who were hooked on mechanical ventilators to breathe.

They quit after complaining for months about breaches in the contract they had with Sentosa Care’s recruitment agency in the Philippines involving pay differences, working hours and benefits.

“The shifts were covered and patients were not placed in jeopardy,” Newsday quoted Hammond as saying.

Source: GMANews.TV

Charice Pempengco, the 15-year-old singing sensation who recently wowed audiences at the Ellen DeGeneres’ TV show, is reportedly in talks with no less than the legendary music producer Clive Davis.

Philippine News learned that Pempengco arrived in New York recently and is waxing a recording deal with Davis, the record producer who is behind the careers of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake, just to name a few.

DeGeneres, who discovered Pempengco after watching a video clip of her in YouTube after FalseVoice channel posted Pempengco’s Little Big Star performance of Whitney Houston’s hit, “I Will Always Love You.”

I don’t get what this commercial is really trying to promote, actually it is soooo offending than Desperate Housewives brouhaha. At the end of the clip (approx.0.40) it all summed up.

Please tell me what’s wrong with being a fair or dark complexion?

An 18-year-old Filipino waitress in Dubai who was raped by her Tunisian supervisor in August faces deportation after spending almost four months in jail.

Rowena (not her real name) ended up in jail when she reported the rape to the police. She found out later that her abuser had gone to the police ahead of her and reported that she was mauled by fellow Filipinos.

Rowena found herself charged with having an illicit affair with her Tunisian supervisor, drinking and giving false statements. Late last month, she was found guilty of these offenses, for which she was sentenced to three months in jail.

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This local McDo ad is about a teenage girl named Karen and her memory-challenged lolo, who had Alzheimer’s. While having their burger meal at McDonald’s, the grandfather kept calling Karen, “Gina.”

No matter that she kept reminding him, “Karen po.” Karen bore her growing dismay in silence. And then, lolo sliced his burger in half and, while wrapping it, he said, “Ito, para sa paborito kong apo. Si Karen.” Beloved Karen smiled happily.

Karen Delos Reyes, or Glomirose Delos Reyes in real life, played the teenage girl in this commercial, which became her stepping-stone to teen stardom.

Love your Lolo