60 MINUTES: How much information can you get out of a 60-minute interview? The Students and Campuses Bulletin puts this idea to the test as it interviews notable Filipinos about their lives, their philosophies, and their achievements, all within the self-imposed time limit. 60 Minutes aims to teach, inform and inspire today’s Filipino youth.
Interview by: Rachel C. Barawid, Ina R. Hernando, Jaser A. Marasigna, Ivy Lisa F. Mendoza. Photos by: Pol Briana, Jr.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Students & Campuses Section
Manila Bulletin
He may be tough and gung-ho leader that people know him to be, but strip him of every position, accolade or achievement that he has ever attained, Senator Richard Gordon is first and foremost a dedicated dad, a loving father, and a proud son.
Gordon has come face-to-face with the biggest tragedies and calamities, or even tough political issues, but he is not ashamed to admit that he still breaks down and cries at the memory of his father James Leonard Gordon who was assassinated during his term as first mayor of Olongapo in Zambales.
“It was very hard coping with that tragedy. It’s still here. I still cry. I only cry for two things, my father and my country. You never forget your parents. When you talk about your father the way he died, talagang tatamaan ka dun. So you teach your children and grandchildren that.
You make your own history. You don’t want your family history to end with you. You want it to begin with you, to higher heights,†reveals the 63 year old solon.
Despite those melancholy moments, Gordon makes sure he passes on the lessons he learned starting from his great grandfather Col. Jose Tagle, a revolutionary hero whose bravery freed Cavitenos against the Spaniards in the Battle of Imus; and of course, his father who gave up privileges of being an American to serve his people as a Filipino.
I’m firm but fair, the same way I am with government, the same way I am with myself. I teach them to live within their means, to respect everybody. Never fear the future. Do not put people in a category. Do not accept fate. Do not accept chance na talagang ganyan ang buhay or wala tayong magagawa. Analyze the situation. You have to lead by example, he shares.
It may seem out of character for Gordon, a father to four children and lolo to 11 grandchildren, but he is actually the doting and affectionate type who regularly keep track of his kids’ whereabouts and even say I love you on the phone. He explains that this gives his children the assurance that they’re special people but they are not to be specially treated.
Gordon has always been active in his endeavors even as a student. But like any ordinary high-schooler, he had his share of mischiefs, neglecting school for parties and movies. For this, he flunked in his sophomore year at the Ateneo, a failure he regrets to this day.
From then on, he strived to become a good leader in school, excelling both in academics and joining in every extra-curricular activity imaginable.
I was active all the time. I was class president. I taught catechism. I was a sacristan. I was in debating, I was the head cheerleader, part of the track team, active in cub scouts and drum and bugle corps, and an officer at the ROTC. I was everywhere, he proudly recalls.
This same energy and drive to excel later on brought him to government as the youngest delegate(at age 24) to the 1971 Constitutional Convention even when he was yet to finish his studies as a sophomore law student at the University of the Philippines.
In high school, Sen. Gordon also learned the value of hardwork and perseverance during his summer jobs as waiter, cashier, shoeshine boy and entrepreneur selling teddy bears, love bags, and Zippo lighters.
Armed with perseverance and leadership, Gordon transformed Olongapo from a sin city to a model city when he was mayor for 14 years(1980-1993). He introduced various innovations in local governance. After the dismantlement of the US Military Bases in 1991, he led an army of 8,000 volunteers in making Subic into a premiere investment hub. The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority attracted over 300 investors and provided some 90,000 jobs for Filipinos.
As Secretary of Tourism in 2001, Gordon worked wonders for the then tarnished reputation of the Philippine tourism industry, plagued by kidnappings, damaging travel advisories, the SARS disease and the continued threat of terrorism. He used the same volunteer spirit to inspire a culture of tourism among Filipinos and paved the way for a cultural renaissance in the Walled City of Intramuros. With his WOW Philippines! More than the Usual! campaign, tourist arrivals increased; the country was placed back on the world tourism map with him serving as World Tourism Organization(WTO) commissioner for East Asia & the Pacific in 2002 and chair of the Pacific Asia Travel Association(PATA) in 2003; and Intramuros became a glittering tourist destination offering the best of the regions culture, cuisines and products.
In this 60 Minutes interview, Gordon reveals more of his adventures in the Senate, hi passion for helping people through the Red Cross, his fatherhood style, and grand plans if ever he becomes father of the country.
RICHARD GORDON(RG): Is this for Father’s Day? Father na father na ako eh (laughs proudly). I have 11 grandchildren, eight boys and three girls. The eldest is Leo, eight years old.
STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES BULLETIN(SCB): Are you a spoiler?
RG: Ah no, I’m firm but fair. That’s the way I am with government, the same way I am with myself. W enjoy one another. I teach them values. I’m a very happy grandfather, and father too.
SCB: Do you spend a lot of time together?
RG: Weekends. Or sometimes they spend the night with us. Except with our youngest who is always in Olongapo. We just stay home where I’m at peace. We eat out once in a while or sometimes I take them to the basketball game, nung mga bata pa sila, Ateneo-La Salle. Or when we have time in Subic, we go fishing, boating or swimming.
SCB: How do you teach values in this day and age?
RG: I taught my children to live within their means. They’re taught to respect everybody. So they don’t just say˜yes, they say ‘yes lolo, yes ma’am, yes sir. Ganun din kasi ako pinalaki. They just don’t go and get anything without permission. They grew up watching TV for a few hours only. And it shows in the resuts of their schooling.
SCB: And your kids are passing these on to their children?
RG: Yes, yes, just like my kids. Pag aalis sila, they have a self –imposed curfew. They always call every night. Up to now. When they were kids, I would call them every night kasi nasa Olongapo ako, nadito sila sa Manila. So when they go to a party, they have to call first before they go home para I can expect them. When they arrive home they’ll call. They have this sense that they’re special people but they are not to be specially treated.
SCB: Don’t you run out of things to say to each other because you call each other everyday?
RG: No. We just say “I love you†to each other. The call always ends with “I love you.â€
SCB: Kids today are no longer that affectionate…
RG: Ngayon? Well my grandchildren are affectionate.
SCB: Aren’t grandparents supposed to be the spoilers?
RG: I don’t live by a category. I never categorize people nor myself. I’m a grandparent, I’m still a father. I don’t father my grandchildren. But when I see something that I don’t agree with, I tell my son, I tell my daughter. I’ll tell them this is the way I think. It’s up to them. One of the best compliments I’ve ever had was when I was out one night and my grandchildren were asked, “Where’s your lolo?†“He’s out helping people at night in the storm.†So they know. You have to lead by example.
LESSONS FROM DAD
SCB: You have set very high standards for yourself and your family. Aren’t you being too harsh on yourself?
RG: You have to be. Otherwise you become a hollow man. What do you live for? To be comfortable? You don’t live forever. You live to respect yourself. When you no longer care, you no longer have a soul. Am I too harsh? Of course not. I exact leadership. I exact character. Some of us don’t demand from ourselves, we don’t demand of our fellowmen. You have to earn respect.
SCB: Did you learn this from your dad?
RG: Yes, of course. My father was unafraid. And he probably learned it from my grandfather. They were both high school graduates, they were successful. They did not have to steal. They work hard. I teach the work ethic. Dika pwedeng tamad pagka-Gordon ka. Dapat masipag ka. Tatay ko, nanay ko masipag.
SCB: What do you remember most about your father?
RG: He was a great man. In spite of the fact that he lacked formal education, he was a high school graduate, my mother was the same thing, I tell my kids that, can you imagine how great he would have been if he studied more.
But he was never afraid to face the challenge of the future. He chose to be Filipino.
That takes a lot. Komportable ka, Amerikano ka, may insurance ka, you belong to the most powerful nation in the world. He chose to be Filipino.. All his brothers went to the States. Siya Amerikano pinanganak, mestiso siya, katulad ng kapatid niya. Pinili niya Pilipino and he died a Filipino.
He raised me as Filipino. Why did he do that? Because he had a father who was an American, who loved the Philippines and never went back to America. And his other grandfather, was the first Filipino who won the battle against Spain and saved the revolution. Jose Tagle with Aguinaldo won the battle of Imus. That is his sword there. Jose Tagle won the first battle of the revolution. But nauna sa kanila yung Muslim. Tinalo ni Lapu Lapu.
SCB: What’s the most important lesson you learned from your father?
RG: Never fear the future. Never make fear get in the way of your future.
SCB: In what context was that taught to you?
RG: Well yung buhay niya.Meron siyang paniwala na aayusin niya yung bayan niya. Binabaril, pinapaputukan siya ng Granada, hindi siya tumigil. So when you think of the Gordon na inalis ni Cory, naninindigan, o inalis ni Erap, naninindigan, or lumalaban kay Marcos o tumitindig sa Senado, at hindi pinapalambas yung mga nagungulimbat dito.
SCB: Is this the same lesson you want your kids to learn from you?
RG: Yeah. Sa kanila, siguro hindi naman ako namatay. Ang tatay ko namatay, pwersado ako na magtrabaho sa bayan. Sila nakikita nila, may diin sa kanila yun. I’m never always around, so yung eldest son ko, he doesn’t want to go to politics. He wants to take care of his family. Wala silang yayaaand they bring their kids to school. Tatlong anak niya lalaki, isa lang yaya nila recently lang.
THE ENTERPRISING YOUNG MAN
SCB: Was there a time when you were discriminated when you were a boy because you were carrying an American name?
RG: Hindi naman na –discriminate. I would not let anybody discriminate me. Sasabihin nila GI baby ka, suntukan na. (laughs) Pag Kastila yung nagsasabi lumalaban ako talaga. Pag tinanggal yung sumbrero ko, kasi crew cut ako noon, hindi ako pwedeng magpahaba ng buhok, kukunin nila yung sumbrero ko. But look at that, I was in Letran. Look at my desk, all the schools that I attended are there.
SCB: What schools are those?
RG: UP, Ateneo, Letran. Wala lang dyan yung Lourdes, wala pang bandera ang Lourdes.
SCB: But where lies your loyalty?
RG: All of the above. (laughs)
SCB: Safe answer…
RG: No, because they all formed me. Pagpasok ko sa Letran anong sinasabi nila? Aguinaldo was from Letran. Quezon was from Letran. Baka maging presidente ako.
SCB: How were you as a student?
RG: Active all the time, never a doormat. I was class president. I was active in the cub scouts. I was active as drum and bugle corps, grade 1 to 3 yan. I taught catechism. I was a sacristan, Sanctuary Society. I was in debating, I was in ROTCCC, I was an officer. I was everywhere, that’s why I was a hall of famer. I was in the track team. I was head cheerleader.
SCB: Where do you get the drive to excel, then and now?
RG: From my mother who had a lot of energy. She never pushed me, she just showed me by her example. My mother hardly slept. I knew she was trying to get us through school, and my father. So we had our duty when we came home, we had four restaurants, we had theatres, we had a hotel, we had a piggery, we had jeepneys. Very entrepreneurial ang mga magulang ko. I was never in want. I was never in want for anything. But I was always told, you have to keep moving. You have to work. And I’ll go home, maglalagay ako ng comics na binili ko ng grade school ako, or nung high school ako, ilalagay ko sa sampayan. Tatawagan ko yung mga kapitbahay, magsa-shine kami ng sapatos ng Amerikano. Pagpasok sa restaurant namin kami nagsa-shine, eh di kumikita kami. Tapos nag-aarkila sila ng comics, nagbabasa sila. So entrepreneurial ako.
Later on I would sell teddy bears, love bags. I was also barking orders, ‘porter house medium well.’ Tutulungan ko yung mga waiter. Magbabasa ako ng libro, I tell the waiters, alam niyo ang mga waiters, you are the most trusted because noong araw, kaya nagkaroon ng mga waiter ‘yung mga hari, kailangan may magsisilbi ng pagkain, kailangan pagtiwalaan ng hari ‘yun at kailangan magalingdahil mapapahiya yung hari pag balasubas kayong magsilbi. Tinuturo ko sa mga waiter naming yan, kailangan malinis kayo.
SCB: So you held summer jobs?
RG: I worked for my parents. Nagkakakaha ako.
SCB: With pay?
RG: No. nagungupit ako. (laughs) No, pinapaalam ko naman sa tatay ko yan. Kukuha ako ng ganito ha, pag sumobra, tatawagan ako, ang laki naman ng kinuha mo. (laughs) But I was never in want. May pera ako eh. Kumikita ako. Nagpapalit ako ng dollar sa mga waiters. I collected Zippo lighters. Tapos ibebenta ko sa mga classmates ko. Mga USS America, USS Constellation.
SCB: Was there a time na you felt that you failed in something?
RG: Oh yeah.
SCB: How did you deal with it?
RG: The biggest failure in my life was when I repeated second year high school. I love the movies, I love going to parties at that time, and then ang sama ng timing nagbago pa mga teachers. Yung mga Filipino Jesuits pumasok bigla. Pinalitan yung mga Amerikano. They were very demanding.
SCB: Where were you then?
RG: In Ateneo. So when I flunked, that was a big failure. And when you come back to it, it wasn’t really a failure because if you learn from your failures, that’s the time I decided I would be very active in meaningful things. Not just parties. That’s the time that I decided that I will be a very meaningful leader in school.
SCB: What did you parents say when you flunked?
RG: My mother was livid and my father was quiet. Sabi niya I’ll take you to school and I’ll tell you what you’ll do. So nung dinala niya ako sa eskwela, sabi niya, you made a mistake, pick it up. Mag-aral ka, and if you reall try as diligent as you can and can’t get honors, get honors in another way, by being a leader: Ayun, lalo ako naging active sa leadership.
SCB: What was your first ambition?
RG: To be a pilot. (laughs) ‘Yung pari tinatanong ako, sabi ni Father, well your exams show you’re not diligent in Math. I went to take up History and Government. History is my first love. When I graduated, I applied sa Procter and Gamble, Unilever, lahat ‘yan tinanggap ako. Pero nung kumukuha ako ng exams sabi ng mga classmates ko, uy Dick may Math dito, History ka eh, business ito. Tawa-tawa lang ako, mga cum laude sila. I got the job and I got offers from all the companies.
SCB: Which company did you chose?
RG: Procter and Gamble. I handled Tide and Safeguard. I stayed for a year, umalis ako dahil pinatay tatay ko. Sabi ko no, iba na ito. Pinatay na ang father ko.
SCB: How did you cope with the tragedy?
RG: Very hard. It’s still here. I still cry. I only cry for two things, my father and my country. You never forget your parents. When you talk about your father, the way he died, talagang tatamaan ka dun. So you teach your children that. You teach your grandchildren that. You have a great history but your history is not borowing from the. You learn from them, you make your own history. You don’t want your family’s history to end with you. You want it to begin with you, to higher heights.
SCB: In the face of tragedy, nandun ka sa gitna, how do you feel about sa ganun?
RG: I’m the bravest when I’m in the middle of a tragedy. Hindi ako umiikak in the middle of a tragedy. I have to be brave. I have to be strong.
ON THE PRESIDENCY
SCB: It seems you have never lost in faith in the Filipino, despite their attitude today…
RG: I have never lost faith in the Filipino because all countries go through a period of strife, of difficulty, of questioning. Can you imagine if you were black in America? Today you have a black American president. If they had lost faith, eh di wala na ‘yan. You never lose faith. Imagine if you were black during the time of Lincoln. How can you lose faith?
SCB: Are you going to run for president?
RG: You know the reason why I am not announcing is because if I announced, lahat ng gagawin ko sasabihin politika. I could be charged with premature campaigning.
SCB: But a lot of them are doing that…
RG: Just because everybody’s killing people, I should start killing people?
SCB: So why aren’t they charged?
RG: Because it’s a very apathetic society. Complacent. Tamad tayo mag-analyze. That’s one of the things I teach my children and my grandchildren. Analyze ninyo lahat. Do not put people in a category. Do not accept fate. Do not accept chance na talagang ganyan and buhay o wala tayong magagawa.
If you analyze the situation tama ba na surveys ang magdidikta kung sino ang iboboto natin? Na susuko na sasabihing huwag na tumakbo ‘tong si (Bayani) Fernando, sila Gordon, (Gilbert) Teodoro dahil hindi sila nagre-rate. Bakit nasuri naba kung ano ang record namin, ang integridad, ang vision?
Ang ibig sabihin porke lamag na sa isang survey dahil nag-aadvertise siya, eh ibig sabihin huwag ka na lumaban? Eh di survey nalang ang gamitin natin sa pagboto. Huwag na tayong gumastos pa ng automated elections, survey na lang naman pala eh.
SCB: But it’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Even your work at Red Cross is being said as politicking…
RG: Ah so 40 years na pala ako namumulitika, kasi 40 years na ko sa Red Cross eh. Sixty years na nanay ko sa Red Cross.
SCB: Para kasing whether you do it or not, people will take it that way…
RG: Ah hindi. Malinaw ako eh. Mapapaliwanag ko yan. Nanalo naman ako as the youngest Con Con delegate, I was only 24 then. Ibig ba sabihin Red Cross ang nagpanalo sa akin? As mayor, Red Cross and nagpanalo sa akin? Hindi ko naman pinagkakalandakan na Red Cross ako eh.
Ang masama dito yung gumagawa ng masama hindi niyo sinisingil, kundi yung gumagawa ng mabuti, yung may track record. Sinisingil ng tao, sinisingil ng media. Pero nakikita ninyo sa ating lipunan may mga tao na manunugal, pumapatay ng tao, pero pag bumanat takot lahat eh.
STARTING WITH HIMSELF
SCB: So what are you afraid of?
RG: Me? I would be lying to you if I say I’m afraid of nothing. I’m afraid of an immediate threat.. But I’m not afraid of a long term threat. I can fix it. Yung bigla na lang lalabas, siyempre…you’re in a plane, baka mag-crash, siyempre matatakot ka.
Am I afraid to run for President? No, I’m not afraid. Am I afraid because I have no money?
SCB: Are you afraid to lose?
RG: No. I think I will win. When I decide to run, I will win. Because masigasig akong mangampanya. Number 29 ako ng tumakbo ako sa Senado. I had no Iglesia ni Cristo, I won number 5. I had no money. Nanghihinayang ba ako? No, I just feel let down by society na nakukuha sila sa pasayaw-sayaw, sa mga slogan na walang ibig sabihin, na hindi sila tumitingin sa kakayahan ng tao. Diba pag mag-aaply ka sa trabaho, ano bang nagawa mo? What is your experience? Where did you go to school? Anong values mo? Saan ka pupunta dito sa kumpanya? What will you contribute to the company? We don’t even ask our people that. Diba malinaw nung nakita niyo ako sa ABS-CBN sa ANC, sinong hero mo? Tatay ko. Hindi naman ako nagpa-pause sa answer ko.
SCB: You have a solid group of volunteers, how are you going to bring this to the natinal level… kasi parang most of the people are apathetic?
RG: Didn’t I win as Senator with those volunteers? The only thing that they have in the Senate that they can claim is marami silang poster, or TV ads. Starting off in the presidency, all this things being equal, mas marami kang pera lamang ka dahil marami kang advertising.
Pero marami rin akong track record at naniniwala ako sa tao. Minsa sinasabi ko, ano bang nangyayari sa bayan natin? Bakit pinapayagan ‘to? And that’s the reason why you’re running. That’s the reason why you will run because you have a people na gusto mong baguhin ang attitude.
SCB: Did you shine in the ANC Forum because of your track record or because you speak so well?
RG: All of the above. You have to communicate. Communication is not verbal exercise. May laman dapat ang sinasabi mo. Wala kang laman kung wala kang nagawa. Hindi sapat yung pinag-aralan mo pag hindi alam gamitin yung pinag-aralan mo. Did you think I shone?
SCB: Yeah… Specially because when you were asked who your hero was, you did not hesitate with your answer while another presidentiable froze and was not able to answer.
RG: I always say that. Pag tinatanong ako kung sinong mga role models ko, sasabihin ko tatay ko, nanay ko. For motivational capabilities si (John) Kennedy at saka si (Ronald) Reagan. For political will, si (Harry) Truman.
SCB: With your track record, you have all the reason to win. But what would make you lose if you run as president?
RG: Kapag ang tao hindi nag-aaral, talo tayo. But then naniniwala ako na nag-aaral sila sa presidency eh. What would make me lose is hindi ko ma-communicate yung message ko na yun.
SCB: So who should be afraid of Dick Gordon?
RG: Yung mga corrupt. Yung mga nang –aabuso. Because if I’m president, you will see action agad. I don’t wait. Kapag may nag-complain sa akin, I call people right away.
SCB: Malilinis ninyo ba yun?
RG: Kaya ko.
SCB: Where do you start?
RG: With myself. Kapag nakita ninyo ako na nagnakaw, magnakaw na kayo.
SCB: Pero alam na ng tao na hindi niyo gagawin yun…
RG: That’s precisely it. Kung sino yung konduktor, kung lazy ang kudukotor, lazy ang tao. Ang tao kasi ide-define mo eh. Ako, I’m going to be honest, you can expect that I will be honest and you know that I will be honest. But I want you to be honest and I want you to be a watcher. People can call me on this phone and I don’t know them. They ask for blood, they ask for help in hospitals, they ask “Yung anak ko na OFW kunin ninyo.†And you don’t see that on TV but I do that everyday.
Heto tignan ninyo yung phone ko (hands the phone over to SCB staff). I’m the Red Cross chairman and they report to me. That’s the kind of presidency that I will have. They are required to tell their chairman kung ano ang nangyayari. It could be a landslide in Compastela Valley and if they don’t report kung ano ang nangyayari in their area and I find out, lagot sila.
DREAMS FOR HIS COUNTRY
SCB: Tech-savvy po ba kayo?
RG: No, I hate it.
SCB: So how do you relax?
RG: I relax while am working. Ngayon relaxed ako. (laughs)
SCB: Which books do you read?
RG: I am now reading “House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power,†by James Caroll, it’s 600 plus pages, ganyan kakapal.
SCB: Do you have time to watch movies?
RG: Not lately. Sa bahay na lang kami nagdi-DVD ni Kate.
SCB: Hindi naman pirated?
RG: Hindi, I’m a lawyer of the industry. (laughs)
SCB: Ano yung guilty pleasures ninyo?
RG: That’s for me to know and for you to discover. (laughs)
SCB: Among the many hats that you wore, what’s the most fulfilling?
RG: Red Cross. Wala naman akong sweldo dyan eh but I enjoy doing it. Like my mother who is still with the Red Cross. Yung mga taong nagmamahal sa akin kasi they know that no one is high or low, we help period. Nobody will be left behind.
SCB: Briefly what kind of president will you be?
RG: Hardworking, focused, fast, friendly, flexible, forward-looking president.
SCB: Puro “F†yun ah.
RG: That’s a slogan, that’s me. I’ll be a teaching-president. I will enable and enoble you, this country. Ako sometimes, I ask myself how I am different. Sila nagngangapa pa sila kung ano ang sasabihin, ako you ask me, I’ll answer right away. No pausing, no “ah…†walang plastic. Ako, I tend to cry. Naiiyak ako minsan eh. I watch a movie, I cry. Is that a sign of weakness? No, it’s a sign that you are human.
SCB: Do you have regrets?
RG: Kapag tapos na, I don’t. I don’t dwell on it. I don’t dwell on what could have beens. Of course I have regrets but I don’t dwell on it. Do I regret being a Filipino? Do I regret my father choosing to be a Filipino? Can I do that? There’s no time for that. I meet with my staff and I tell them, “Quit na tayo. Gusto ko mag-quit eh.†I’m just saying that because sometimes I’m perplexed. This country wants change and yet kapag nag-survey ang mga iboboto nila yung mga bobo! And am not saying that because I’m not rating but because I don’t know if these are real surveys. How can you trust that?
Ano regret ko? Na wala akong pera? Can I blame my parents? We’ve had enough. Should I tell myself, “Sorry, hindi ka kasi nagpa-smuggling eh.†And I tell you this, I don’t think I should spend my own money to campaign. Magnanakaw lang ako eh.
SCB: So what are your dreams for the country?
RG: I have many dreams for this country.
First of all, I want every Filipino to be assured that when they work someday, they have enough to send their kids to school, they have enough for their insurance, they have enough to retire on. That’s a dream, a real dream, an aspiration and it will take time.
I want this country to be proud of itself. I want this country to stand tall, be respected because we have earned it. That’s my dream, enable, enoble, yung hindi tayo pala-hingi, hindi pala-asa. For the country, you have to be a stakeholder. How can I best make the Pasig clean? If I show them that there is a nice walkway and there are businesses out there that they can earn income from. And they will say “Dapat pangalagaan natin huwag nating bastusin.†And that’s how to build a country.
There will always be pain in this life and you have to alleviate human suffering, that’s a Red Cross motto. Uplift human dignity… You cannot give that unless they know I have dignity and I have earned that.
Look at this place(referring to his office), everywhere you look, Knights of the Round Table – there’s a higher goal, a lofty goal, use might for right, hindi might is right, but might for right. Don Quixote De La Mancha – a book and a sword, a dreamer because he thinks of the way how it should be. That’s me, that’s what I want your children to be. Because without that aspiration, you are not a human being. You are created by the Lord to be better than what you think you are.
Aim high, you have the power. Bawal ang Tamad. Lalong bawal ang Tanga. You should have a sense of duty, don’t be waited on. Duty first. You have to have dignity, you have to have determination. Those are my slogans. Self-help, self-reliance.
So do you expect me to give them money? No, because if I give you money, I have power over you. But if you earn it, you have dignity.
cocoy826
Very relevant topic!
It is nice to have something to read and comment on this Father’s Day making it special because it showcase Senator Richard Gordon whom we recognized, in our own perception as the leading candidate for president based on experience and qualification. Many items touched in the interview are interesting revelation on Sen. Gordon as a person.
I have been reading the pronouncements of the presidentiables and I find this statement of Sen. Gordon on education very realistic and doable approach.
“We see a real link between poverty and the level of education and literacy of our people. Almost all of the problems our countrymen face are rooted in poverty. We are poor, not because of a lack of money but because we lack choices and the ability to create choices for ourselves. Education and literacy are preeminently vital to helping our countrymen create choices for themselves…”
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All I could say Gordon is a no nonsense fellow. I am sure kapag nanalo siyang presidente babalik na sa Pinas si tito Cocoy para kumandidato bilang kinatawan ng kanilang distrito sa Zambales o kaya bilang isang Gobernador na kanilang probinsiya. Pero kung magumpisa siya bilang mayor magaling din at para sa pagkagobernador na ang susunod. Huwag po sana kayong magalit, wish ko lang po ito.
Okay naman si Dick kaya lang mas bagay na Bise muna. Mabibigat ang mga kapwa presidentiables niya.
Tulad ni Mayor Binay na laging ipinagmamalaki ang Makati, ang binabandera naman palagi ni Dick ang Olongapo. Dapat nilang malaman na iba ang local election at national election. Si Binay mananalo kahit ilan beses siya tumakbo sa Makati. Ganoon din si Dick sa Olongapo. Pero kapag buong bansa, hindi sila nakakasiguro.
Buti pa si Binay may matatag na UNO partido at endorso ng kampo ni Erap. Si Dick eh mahina ang makinarya. Di malaman kung sa administration o opposition siya. Kung gaano niya ipinagtanggol si Pandak noon, puro batikos naman ngayon sa administration. Isa pa, bad shot iyan kay Erap. Wala siyang maaasahan sa kampo ni Erap. At kung sina Erap ang babanggitin, kasama na din ang mga tagahanga ni FPJ na halos lahat ay tagahanga din ni Erap.
Saan lalagay si Dick? Magaling magsalita pero kasing bilis at daldal ng typewriter. Ganoon man kagaling magsalita ang isang tao, nakakainis din kung hindi marunong magpreno. Wika nga sa English: One should be a good listener. Hindi puro one way na lang. Siya at siya na lang at wala nang pagkakataon makasingit ang kausap. Kung si Dick ang maging Presidente, baka araw-araw ay SONA sa Kongreso.
Mer,
Matutupad ang iyong kahilingan.
Bilang genieng nakasampay sa batok ng iyong Tito Cocoy, ako ang magsisilbing guiding spirit niya, sa ayaw niya at sa gusto
Bwahahahahah! Mwahhhaaahahahahahhh!
Ahhh! Sarap ng pakiramdam paminsanminsang sandaling nakakalaya sa trabaho.
Sige, balik na uli ako sa trabaho.
He he he heeh!
Okey, okey….bilib na ako kay Dick!
Actually, ang gusto ko sa kanya ay ang pagiging Red Cross chief niya. He feels the pain and suffering of humanity, pinoy in particular.
Masyadong emotional lang si Dick. Iyakin.
Unang sabak ni Dick sa pulitika ay noong 1971,kumandidato siya ng Con-Con delegate sa Zambales.Junior ako sa high school noon at isa ako sa naging lider niya sa kabataan na mangumpanya kahit hindi pa ako bumuboto,marami kaming nahikayat na bumuto, nanalo siya.Siya yata ang youngest Con-Con delegate.
May tama ka, PareCoy! Dick Gordon was 24 when he became a Con-con delegate and the youngest at that. It’s the reason why he will never accede to the con-ass shenaotherwise, he might be tagged as na con-asswang.
Pasingit lang nito dahil may hangover pa naman ng Father’s Day celebration:
Oops, naputol yung, ‘he will never accede to the con-ass shenanigan…
Isa sa lakas ng awareness ng mga senador kung saan isa si Dick Gordon ay ang darating na SONA. Baka doon mangyari ang hindi inaasahan na biglang isulong ang Con-ass. Pero bago maging seryoso ang usapan, mag aliw-aliw muna tayo:
T: Ano ang pagkakapareho ng fairy tale at SONA?
S: Pareho silang magandang pakinggan pero hindi totoo.
T: Eh ano naman ang pagkakaiba ng dalawa?
S: Ang fairy tale, may kuwento na may duwende. Ang SONA, may duwende na nagkukuwento.
Ang Sasalubong sa SONA ni madam Arroyo (Gloria) ay ang malahiganteng protesta ng Bayan.
Mas matindi ngayon at dumadagundong. Kung dati mangilan-ngilan lang kulog at kidlat ang kanyang nararanasan tuwing SONA ngayon ay isang thunder storm na ang kanyang mararanasan. At dito niya masusubokan ngayon ang poot ng mamayan laban sa chacha at Con Ass na ipinasa ng kanyang mga kaalyado sa Kongreso.
Magiingay ang buong bansa nang di nila pangahasang supilin ang karapatan ng mga mamamayan na bomoto para sa 2010 elections.
Iyan naman ang palaging sinasabi tuwing SONA…malaking rally. Siyam na taon na natin naririnig iyan. Darating at lilipas ang SONA nandiyan pa rin si Pandak.
Puwedi ho bang haranahin si kuya Cocoy para lubos na siyang gumaling? Ito ho pakinggan ninyong lahat.
Para sa idol ng CD….
Yung first video nakatulog kaagad ako. Second video is quite corny, kaya nagkakalukoluko ang buhay sa Pinas with songs like these, wink! wink!
True blue namimiss mo siguro iyong mga kanta nina Carmen Rosales at Rogelio dela Rosa. Kung lampas sisenta na tayo ngayon ay inabot pa rin natin ang Manila Sounds. Palagay ko katulad din kitang mahilig kumanta noong araw ng Devil Woman at saka Bakya mo Neneng. Kapanahonan natin iyon.
Wala sa kanta ang pagkaluko-luko ng bansa, nasa taong namumuno iyan at mga taong walang disiplina.
Mabuti nasa America ka kaya hindi ka nakakaranas magtapon ng basura sa kalye. Kapit bahay ko na lang na walang disiplina madalas kaming nagkakasagutan at kung minsan ay nauuwi sa hamonan ng tagaan.
Mga awit at tula naglalarawan lang iyan kung ano ang mga nangyayari sa kapaligiran, kung anong mentalidad ang mayroon ang mga tao, at kung anong umiiral na kultora ang nariyan sa kasalukoyan.
Pasingit lang po tungkol sa first death from swine flu na isang kawani ng House of Representatives. From Abante –
Solons itinurong salarin
Naniniwala naman si South Cotabato Rep. Arthur Pingoy na may posibilidad na ang source ng A(H1N1) virus na nakahawa sa ilang empleyado ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso ay mula umano sa mga mambabatas na nanggaling sa biyahe sa labas ng bansa.
“Ang virus naman ay hindi dito nag-ugat sa Pilipinas kundi sa ibang bansa. So malaki ang possibility na ang mga kapwa ko lawmakers ang nagdala nito sa Pilipinas hanggang sa mahawa rin ilang employees ng Kamara,” pahayag ni Pingoy sa panayam kahapon.
Biyaherong solons sinisi sa H1NI death
(Bernard Taguinod, Abante Tonite)
Hindi na ikinagulat ng ilang kongresista na nagkaroon ng kaso ng influenza A H1N1 virus sa Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso kung saan isang 49-anyos na committee secretariat employee ang namatay dahil marami umanong mambabatas ang umaalis sa bansa at hindi nagpapa-quarantine pagbalik.
Ito ang reaksyon ni Kabataan party-list Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino hinggil sa kauna-unahang casualty ng H1N1 sa Kamara kung saan dalawa pa umanong empleyado ang nagpositibo sa virus.
“High risk talaga ang House (of Representatives) dahil maraming kasamahan natin ang nagpupunta sa ibang bansa at pagbalik, hindi nagpapa-quarantine. Marami din ang mga foreigners na pumupunta diyan at mga balikbayan nating kababayan,” ani Palatino.
Simula aniya nang nagkaroon ng H1N1, hindi naglabas ng panuntunan ang liderato ng Kamara para sa mga mambabatas at mga empleyado ng kapulungan na nangingibang bansa.
“Sa mga eskuwelahan nga, kapag may galing sa ibang bansa, mayroon silang sinusunod na guidelines bago papasukin pero sa House wala,” ani Palatino na iginiit na obligahin ang mga mambabatas na kasama sa entourage ni Arroyo sa Japan at Brazil na sumailalim sa quarantine.
Kapit bahay ko na lang na walang disiplina madalas kaming nagkakasagutan at kung minsan ay nauuwi sa hamonan ng tagaan – Captain Lightning.
Abah eh, kung kapitbahay ko rin rin ang kumao na yan, tatagain ko nga! Pero, para naman hindi masyado madugo, eh mag arm-wrestling na lang.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – from the time a human is born, it’s either the path to good or bad behavior, and I firmly believe on that. May mga tao talaga na kahit tumatanda na eh, baluktot pa rin ang ugali. I see them everywhere, I saw one today – driving 40mhp in a freeway where you can wing your speed to 75mhp.
JoeSeg: Those solons who went to Vegas mingled with some Mexicans who apparently came from their country to watch the fight. I remember Pakyaw at that time whining why his return to RP was stalled and needed to be quarantined and somehow got his wish to go home early.
In a country where lawlessness is rampant, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit when there will be more cases of the swine flu lingering amongst those who returned from the good ol yu is eh!!!
Belated Cheers to all the Fathers out there.
Takot ako ki Dick sa malapitan kung nag e-espits. I have to be in the very back row to be safe from his rapid projectiles, hehe…..
Bakit, tumatalsik ang Dick?
Sa tutoo lang, oks na oks si Dick. Matampuhin at sobrang emotional lang. Mahirap sa isang pinuno ng bayan ang sobrang nag-eemote dahil hindi makapag pasiya ng tama. Pero talagang maraming alam. Ano man paksa ay kaya niyang makipagsabayan at debatehan. Isa pa, medyo malinis din naman ang background. Kung meroon man katiwalian ngayon o noon, pino lang at hindi kasing grabe tulad ng mga kampo ni Pandak.
Your blog is very nice. I passby twice but did not comment. But Now that I come back I decided to write something.
I am new in blog and new also about the computer. For the information of the public I am a retired janitor who is now working as carpenter and painter sometimes. I go around the neighborhood to fix their houses for example the electricity connection and the water systems.
I know there are many very high education people here to write comments and I like you ideas.
So sir if you like may I also participate to you. Thank you so much nice people over here.
Sino na naman itong si haydeenkoi? Kumusta na si Kati-na?
Bagitong senador sinapawan
ng daldalerong kasamahan
(Boyet Jadulco)
Naging kaawa-awa ang kalagayan ng isang miyembro ng Upper House matapos na masapawan ang kanyang sariling press conference ng kanyang kabaro sa kapulungan.
Sa impormasyong nakuha ng TONITE, magsasagawa na raw ng pulong balitaan kamakailan ang isang bagitong senador nang biglang sumawsaw ang isang beteranong senador at nakiusap na makapagsalita siya ng kaunti sa isang importanteng isyu.
Nangatwiran pa raw ang beteranong senador na maikli lang ang kanyang sasabihin dahil may importante pa siyang lakad ng oras ding iyon.
Pinagbigyan naman daw ito ng bagitong senador kaya’t ang nanapaw na senador ang siya pang nagbigay ng opening statement sa press conference sana ng bagitong senador.
Akala ng iba ay maikli lang ang sasabihin ng beteranong senador dahil sa umabot pa ito ng ilang minuto, pero pinapasingit naman niya ng ilang segundo ang bagitong senador para magbigay ng reaksyon sa kanyang sinabi.
Subalit noong may mga nagtanong na sa beteranong senador, ginanahan na ito sa pagsasalita para lamang alalayan ang isang korporasyon na nakakuha ng malaking kontrata sa gobyerno.
Hindi naman halata ang pag-alalay nito dahil kahit paano ay pumipitik-pitik pa rin ito sa ahensiyang nagkaloob ng kontrata.
Sa haba ng press conference ng nanapaw na senador, tahimik lamang sa tabi nito ang bagitong senador kung saan pinagdikit nito ang kanyang mga palad na parang nagdarasal sa kahihintay sa pagtatapos ng pananalita ng beteranong senador.
Nagmistula tuloy si Santino ang bagitong senador, na nananalangin ng himala na sana’y gumaling na ang wisyo ng beteranong senador sa kapuputak, dahil hindi naman kanya ang inihandang press conference.
Nakalimutan na nga raw ng beteranong senador ang kanyang pangako na sandali lamang magsasalita dahil siya pa ang mismong nagsara ng press conference sana ng bagitong senador.
Clue: Ang senador na nanapaw sa press conference ng bagitong senador ay bihirang lumabas sa kalye lalo na kapag umuulan. Hindi muna natin babanggitin ang palayaw nito dahil baka magalit ang MTRCB.
***Sigurado kong si Dick Gordon ang tinutukoy. Gaya ng nasabi ko, okay na leader si Dick kaya lang sobrang daldal.
Maraming inis sa kanya ng kasamahan at media.
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Mr. artsee I am a new suki of yours here. Mr. cocoy allow me to comment so thank you for him very much.
I did not have education in college. I graduated high school only so please forgive my carabao english.
But I like your personality. If you are a chinese I have many chinese friends. I used to buy floor wax from a chinese store. Chinese are also very hot with girls speciallys the beautiful ones. You are very brave and intelligent person. I Like personality like you.
That senator you said is really very good to talk. In the past I love the comics in the newspaper. I follow the story of Flash Gordon.
Very funny I remember. In the province where I make pastol of our carabao, I always bring comics to read under the mango tree. One time I have call of nature. When I finish I remove one page of the comics to wipe my puwet. I did not realize that was the first page of Flash Gordon. I was very angry at me because I using that page for my toilet needs.
Gameskillz please be good person now. Killers go to jail and our father in the church tell us to follow the ten commandments.
I only know PS I love you. PS 3 is too much already. Do you mean to say you have three of girlfriends to say this?
Talk about the issue of politics not computer games because this is not the place. I am just suggesting this thing because what you is saying does not make improvement of our country situation.
Biro ko lang iyan. Welcome ka dito. Salamat sa magaganda mong mga sinabi. Gusto mo ang perasonality ko? Marami akong pera. May caracter din ako…maraming kotse.
May naligaw na bata na mahilig sa computer games. Siguro isa sa maraming inaanak ni Pareng Cocoy na pinagtataguan niya.
Haydeenkoi,
I welcoming you with my open heart surgery.Like you, I am only high school education graduate, I don’t talk many more because my tongue is crooked.My mother make me eating piggy pikpik so that i can be talking straight line.
I am no embarrasing to talk english to american people and the negro because they always saying they are very happy to hear me talking.Sometimes they no understanding,so last christmas i giving everyone and everybody english-tagalog dictionary that i buying at national book store.They understanding my english now.
We have classmate here also sitting down at row-4.His name is Kutsara,in english spoon.Mr.Spoon also telegraming his spokening english.We can be friend and we can have a company of drinking beer.
Me.introduce myself to you.I am kumander Pipi from Pangasinan,they call my province Pangisinan because plenty salt,in tagalog Asin.Don’t you knowing that asin come from Pangasinan,when it rain it pour.In Manila when raining plenty flooding because Pasig river is complete with thrasing.
Thank you very much Mr. artsee. This is my first time to communicate with very nice and very rich business people like you. I am very happy also sir because for this opportunity to communicate ideas to intelligent people with good manners and right conduct like you many of you here are.
I agree with you too sir when you said that Mr. Cocoy have plenty of inaanak. He is very popular and approachable person kasi and very mabait pa. It follows di ba?
By the way sir is Mr. Cocoy a lawyer? Is he a grand father already like me.
Again my greetings to all the very good and nice peple here. My prayers for your healthy life and happy living always. Thank you.
Kumander pipi sir my pleasure to hear your welcome to me. I am looking forward ahead of the future to make communication with mr. kutsara. Thank you so much too sir when you tell me that I can become your friend after this communication.
Yes kumander let us drink the beer to make the communication here always to be happy. I know we can share many stories.
You are from Pangasinan kumander, I come from Ilocos Norte too the children of the farmer and fish seller in the Market of Laoag in the past about twently years ago. Yes I know you have production of asin and bagoong in Lingayen. My father bring me there already when I was a boy. And we go also to Dagupan city to buy bangus and pasayan. Ther kumander I buy bukayo and bukarilyo to eat with my sisters and brothers.
Nagrigat ket ti aginglisen apo, my ilong is already dinugdugo. But not all kasi understand ilokano. You can understand ilokano kumander? Thank you again.
Malungkot naman ang mga anecdotes ni Haydeenkoi. My wife’s father is also from Ilocos Norte (Tano family).
Here’s an Ilocano joke which I recently heard, real funny!
First time the Ilocano went to Manila with zero tagalog in his vocabulary but he quickly learned three sentences by listening to sidewalk conversations such as:
1. wala akong pera
2. ako lang mag-isa
3. mas mabuti
While walking, he saw a man got shot infront of him.
When police arrived, he was asked why he killed the man, his response; “wala akong pera!”
He was asked “sinong kasama mo!” his answer was, “ako lang mag-isa!”
So, the police said, dadalhin ka namin sa presinto and my Ilokano friend said, “mas mabuti!” wink! wink!
Another Ilokano joke. Itong si manang Biday daw ay naging katulong ng isang mayaman na taga Ilocos ngunit naninirahan na sa Maynila. Sanay tumawad talaga si manang dahil tinuroan sila na maging matipid at maging barat din daw. One time pinabili siya ng manok sa talipapa ng kanyang among doktora. Binigyan siya ng isang daan para bumili ng dalawang kilong manok.
Manang: (kausap ang tindero) Magkaano po ang isang kilo ti manok.
Tindero: Ninety pesos lang …
Manang: Ay mahal naman, puwedi ba isang daan na lang para sa dalawang kilo.
Tindero: (Natawa tuloy) Nagpapatawa ka ba.
Manang: Sige na, patawarin mo na ako, please… patawad naman o…
Tindero: Bakit ano ba ang kasalanan mo sa kin, parang bumibili ka lang naman ng manok a…
Mukhang kakandidato itong si professor Randy David ng UP sa pagkakongresista ng second district of Pampanga. Mukhang David laban sa Goliath yata ang klase ng labanan, hehe.
Haydeenkoi, di mo ba kilala si Cocoy? Bago mo nagalaw si Katina, dumaan na sa mga maiinit na palad ni Cocoy ang babae mo. Noong di pa uso ang video, mahilig nang manood ng FF mula sa projector na silent movie si Cocoy. May puting pader o pinto lang puwede nang panoorin. Sige, papakyawin ko lang sa lahat ng tindahan ang mga CD ni Michael Jackson at baka maubusan ako. Bye.
Katrina Halili is a Cabalen actually.
Kaya pala makati si Katina Halili.
Nang nabasa ko ang headline “MJ is Dead”, akala ko si dating Congressman Mark Jimenez.
In my opinion ang mga pinakamagandang dialect/language sa pinas ay Cagayano/Ibanag at Kapampangan kasi natural na malambot ang dila nila.
Masarap ba’ng magluto si Katrina Halili since she has a cabalen background?
Haydeenkoi,
Baka mahilig ka sa mga burong talangka. Ganon din ba ang amoy at halimuyak ng hiyas ng iyong KH hehehe.
By the way puwedi bang malaman kung naging kaklase mo rin sa high school noong araw si Jimmy Santos.
I am amused kasi kuya the way you spokening in English. Ituloy lang po ninyo ang mahalaga tayo’y nagkakaintindihan.
Ay em beri plisd dat mister haydeenkoi keym en istablis himselp as a tru pipol bikos nowan hes di koreyds tu admit tu ebriwan wat hi is rili.
Layk kapteyn ispark sey, ay olso welkam yu mr. haydeenkoi.
Ay was oldredi piling aslip but bikeym interested in mister haydeenkoi.
Thank you very much sir MRivera for the accomodation of my being. I am very please even if I am already better late than never in blogging. You see sir every people now in our country feel the hardship of life. I am one of them also. But I do not keep the matter of fact in my heart. I will get sick if I will do that sir. Now I am very interest to speak of politics for others to know also what a janitor and low abiding people of this country is also thinking the abuse and corruption of the tulisan in the government. I speak English so that people of the world will have the understand of what my heart is feeling about our country situation in the Philippines.
You know just this morning I reading the news on the oust of Honduras President Manuel Zelaya by the military before elections in his country.
Ay Apo, if that will happen in the Philippines I do not know already. How come that is the Honduras people of the country can kick out the president with abuse in his authority. Is that not we can do in the Philippines?
But you see many people are expect something already for the election. Now the constitution has the limitation the term of the president to six years and no continuity that is. To chacha now to the accomodation of the plan of action of the president for house extension, she is hoping to become a representative that is below already her capacity.
What I mean if president Arroyo will ambiton to be president once more the people can object her plan of action to sit down her once more. You expect military action that is to stop the ambition. I don’t know how capable are they if ever. Thank you.
Sa Honduras, binitbit ng mga sundalo ang kanilang Pangulo. Dito sa atin, isang tao lang kaya nang bitbitin si Pandak.
Sa nangyari sa Honduras, hinihimas na ngayon ni Pandak ang mga Heneral. Balak nilang sipain si Gen. Ibrado na kontra sa Con-Ass at ipalit si Gen. Pangit.
Halos pareho ang kalagayan ng Honduras at Pilipinas. Tungkol sa pagbabago ng constitution ang dahilan. Ang pagkaiba lang ay kung doon ay ayaw ng Kongreso nila, dito sa atin ay tinutulak ng mga tuta ni Pandak sa Kongreso.
Sa bigla naman pagpunta ni Pandak sa Hongkong bago Manila, ang balita ay doon daw nagdiriwang ng kaarawan ni FG kasama ang mga 70 Kongresista kasama ang kanilang mga asawa at alalay. Hindi tutoong inimbita ng mga OFWs si Pandak doon. Hindi nga alam ng mga grupo ng mga OFWs doon na dadaan siya.
Maganda ang mungkahi ni Archbishop Cruz na tumakbo na lang si Mike Baboy sa pagka-pangulo sa 2010. Tutal daw, llamado sila…nasa kanila ang makinarya at pera.
Oks din dahil parang hindi din bumaba sa puwesto si Pandak. Ang tanong eh mananalo ba si Baboy kung malinis at patas ang laban?
Ano ba iyan, naghihirap ng nga ang bayan puro pasarap pa sila. Kung ang perang gagastahin nila diyan ay ibigay na lang sa mga nasalanta ng bagyong nagdaan ay nakakatulong pa sana sila sa mga kapatid nating kapos palad. May gana pa ba silang magsaya sa likuran ng lahat ng mga kahirapan ng bansa.
OMG hindi lag bagyo ang tatama sa ating bansa niyan kuya artsee, lindol, tsunami, at tornado pa kapag mananalo bilang presidente si FG.
Hindi lang political dynasty na ito, magmimistulang mga alipin na lang ang mga tao niyan if ever… Baka matulad pa tayo sa North Korea niyan.
Etong gagong Mikey Arroyo eto ang sagot nang minsan ma-interview ng reporter tungkol sa plano niya: “Kung tatakbo ng Kongresista ang mommy ko, sa Gobernador na lang ako”. Tangna mga iyan parang namimili lang ng ulam na akala mo sa kanila ang buong Pampanga.
@haydeenkoi
welcome to CD. just keep on blogging and sharing your ideas… have fun :-)
haydenkoi,
Allow me also to welcome you with open arms and kiss lips to lips. I find you funny and lovable and your speaking is cute.
Maybe we are classmaytes in college, the only problem is we do not continue our school, so i hope here in CD, we can have our masters degree in bachelor of science and I’m sure if you are not the valedictorian, I will be the one because we are only two classmates.
He he heeh!
Mr. Haydenkoi,
I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to you for loving me because you know before, I am afraid to write here English because all people here are higher schooling and education and I am ashamed they will laughing for me when I go along writing American. But when you enter the dragon, I know I have the strong inside now.
By the way of the clown, you are Ilocano? I’m glad I know you here in CD. I now happy because I have a kababayan here because I am Pilipino.
Thank you!
I got this from Mr. Nestor Mata’s column:
POLITI-Joke…From the Internet: “One moment without Gloria in the Palace is like being in Gloria.
“Without God, our week would be: Sinday, Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday, Fightday, and Shatterday!”
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun29/edmata.htm
Tatay Haydeen,
Sana po hanggang pagbablog na lang po kayo with your English language of happiness. Baka matutuhan pa ninyong mag-upload ng video delikado hehehe.
Maganda po ang mga ideyas ninyo. Talo pa nga po ninyo ang mga ibang college students diyan sa paghimay ng mga isyu. Siguro kung nakatapos lang kayo ng kolehiyo ay baka naging dean pa kayo.
More power to you as in National Power Corporation hehehe.
Akien basta sarita Tagarog. Hinde akien alam Iengles kasi ako laki Pilipinas. Akien tatay galing Amoy at nanay galing Fukien…kaya akien Amoy Fukien.
Ang lahat ng mga tao ay sa butas nanggaling, sa butas ding nabubuhay, at sa butas din siya dadan sa kanyang huling hantungan.
Kaya lang lahat tayo ay dapat mag-ingat sa mga butas. Sa mga babae ay dapat pinapangalagaan nila ang kanilang butas, sa mga lalaki naman ay huwag pasak ng pasak sa mga butas.
Kung ikaw ay nagmamaneho ng sasakyan kailangang mag-ingat ka sa mga butas. Kung iba naman ang iyong sinasakyan at minamaneho, magingat ka rin baka makabuo ka ng isang tao at dagdag na naman sa suliranin ng mundo kung hindi mo siya kayang buhayin at pag-aralin.
Ang butas bow. hehehe.
Dalawang langaw nagtatapang-tapangan at gustong pasukin ang isang mabahong kuweba.
Langaw A: Kaya kung pasukin ang kuwebang iyan kahit mabaho.
Langaw B: Aba mas kaya ko, kahit matulog pa ako ng isang linggo sa loob.
Dahil kapwa magagaling sabay silang pumasok sa kuweba.
Langaw A: Aba hindi lang mabaho sa loob ng kuwebang ito, madulas-dulas pa.
Langaw B: (May nakitang korten talong, sili at okra na pasok-labas sa loob ng kuweba.) Labas na tayo pare may nakakapoteng pasok ng pasok dito.
Langaw A: Gago ka ba mga nagluluto lang iyan ng pinakbet. Hayaan mo lang silang matapos nang makakain naman tayo. O eto, uminom ka na lang ng gatas galing sa isang talong na di nakakapote na labas-pasok kanina.
Dear Mr. Habib,
I open write this letter for you specially to express my happiness for your comments to welcome me home. I am very happy because all the people here are very good to me that’s why I am very respectful to all of you.
Sir my mind is in the heaven of happiness when said we may be classmates in college. But sir the highest education I could reach is one month vocational education in electricity. Shall we be classmates in college education, I know I am only second to you. To be first you have no more step to go, to be second you can still climb on the ladder of life in the making.
Mr. Habib I learn this philosophy in life that when people smile at you you also smile at them so that when they laugh at you you can also laugh yourself at them. When people have reaction to us it means they care. So Mr. Habib sir, don’t worry if somebody will laugh at our excellent english in the making. Just practice it to make perfect. Perhaps who knows they will soon speak similar like us?
Learning is contageous, you can contaminate many with your ideas great and small. When you cover what you know because there is coward in your heart you fail to make everyone know and understand. That is what they call responsibility of failure, aren’t you?
Like I said in the other blog, life is wonderful. Even in marriage, if you have good management activity of it everyday you can make it works smoothly. And marriage is not like oral entry then exit later. It is no return and no exchange situation. Everything you do in life is enter at your own risk.
Sometimes whe have to send outside of the body the clown inside us. It is only when we know how to laugh at ourselves that we can be accepted of what we are. The courage to live is to know thyselves now and forever.
Sincerely yours,
HaydeenKoi
Ano kayo usap usap akien hinde intinde. Ano klase Ingles…kalabaw Ingles.
Galing ito mula sa isang kaibigan:
This is an oldie but worth reading again. Enjoy.
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW YOU’RE AT A FILIPINO PARTY?
You’re an hour late and there’s still nobody there!
There’s enough food to feed the Philippines .
You can’t even get through the door because there’s a pile of 50 pairs of shoes blocking the way.
You see a huge fork and spoon on the wall, a framed picture of the Last Supper, a huge Santo Nino, and a barrel man.
They’ re singing “Peelings” on karaoke.
There’s a piano in the living room for decoration.
You are greeted by a Tita Baby and/or a Tito Boy.
The older men are in the garage playing posoy-dos, or poker or 31, the women are in the kitchen gossiping, or are playing mahjong,the other people are in the entertainment room singing karaoke, and the kids are outside the streets running around unsupervised.
There’s goat ‘pulutan’ beeing cooked.
There’s a crazy woman with a camera going around the room snapping away and yelling, “Uy peeeek-chuuur! Kodakan muna tayo”
You enter a family party and you “Mano” to half the old crowd and when you leave you have to say goodbye to EVERYONE that’s related to you as a sign of respect. You end up saying hello and goodbye for a total of 30-40 minutes.
You know you’re at a Filipino party when you hear a male’s voice on the karaoke trying to emulate Frank Sinatra’s “My Wi”.
Women are still doing the line dance to “todo todo “..
When there’s at least one or more with the name : JP,JJ, JT,TJ,DJ,AJ, RJ,LJ, Lingling, Bingbing, Tingting, Dingding, Wengweng, Bongbong, Dongdong etc.
All the old aunties and guests are already wrapping up food to take home.
You have the Pacquiao fight on the illegal cable boxes on the 70″ LCD in the movie room,
The 10 yr old 50″ CRT in the living room,
The 15 yr old 30″ tube in the breakfast nook,
The 20 yr old 15″ tube in the kitchen,
The 30 yr old 13″ tube in the garage
And the Little portable by the BBQ grill,
Because TVs are NEVER retired in a Filipino household, they merely get demoted to whichever room doesn’t have a TV yet (hahaha), then it ends up in the balikbayan box to be sent to a relative back home, and it ends up being the main TV at the house again.
The aunties & guests are showing off their “designer” Louis Vuitton and Coach bags that they secretly bought at a swap-meet.
Someone is always in the kitchen constantly cleaning up, and you’re not sure if she’s the maid or a relative, so you greet and kiss them on the cheek anyway.
Relatives/friends will ask you where you work and if it’s a retail job or if you work at an amusement park, they’ll ask if you can get them a discount.
The lumpia is gone in 5 minutes and they are frying up another batch.
They play achy-breaky heart over and over again.
I like how the religious gatherings at the house turn into an illegal gambling set up by the end of the night !!
OH DI BA?
Pinaguusapan dito kung matutuloy bang kakandidato sa 2010 presidential elections itong si Sen. Gordon. May katanongan ngayon, after na nag-split iyong Smartmatic at TIM na siyang nanalo sa bidding ng COMELEC for the automation of 2010 presidential elections. Kung maaantala ang automation, baka babalik na naman tayo sa mano-manong bilangan. Dito natutuwa ang mga ganid na operators ng dagdag-bawas sa bilangan ng mga boto. The highest bidder and siyang madadagdagan at mababawasan naman iyong walang pondong pandaya, hehehe.
Ang nakakatako dito, manalo man sa bilangan kuwari si Sen. Gordon baka “ma-garci” naman siya sa bilangan wala rin.
Sa isang banda may election ba kayang mangyayari? Totoo kaya na kusang sinasabotahe raw ng mga makapangyarihang tao ang automated election para hindi ito matuloy (Noel) kung hindi man may pagkakataon na naman gumawa ng kalokohan itong mga dagdag-bawas operatos.
Hay buhay alamang ng naman, oo. What is you say Haydeenkoi hahahaha.
Balitang si Dick aanib sa kampo ng administration. Doon didikit si Dick.
Kapitan,
Nangangamoy dugo ‘yang mga haka mo, ah.
Sa palagay ko ay hindi na muling papayag ang taong bayan na mangyari ang naganap noong 2004 at 2007.
Maghahalo ang balat sa laman!
Cocoy, ‘musta na?
Kap,
Wala daw namang kinalaman sa isplitan ng TIM at Smartmatic si FG. Sabi nga nila please don’t bark at the wrong punong kahoy hehehe.
Speaking of punong kahoy, nasa abroad daw ngayon ang aking idol na si DILG Secretary Puno. Pansamantalang humalili sa kanya ang isang retayrd general? Ewan ko kung paniniwalaan ko ang tsismis, may kinalaman ba ito sa pagtakbo niya bilang bise ng 2010 elections? Pero iba naman ang nadining ko sa radyo, nasa abroad daw siya para magpa-tsek ap para sa kanyang kalusogan. Siempre kailangan niyang matiyak na malakas at malusog siya pagsuong sa pangangampanya.
Imported from Ellenville, mainit-init pa!
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Arroyo had breast sillicone implant
I can’t believe this.
But this news item came out in the conservative newspaper Manila Bulletin.
GMA medical checkup OK
by Jonathan M. Hicap, Charissa M. Luci
July 2, 2009, 6:03pm
President Arroyo underwent removal and replacement of breast silicone implants at a hospital in Muntinlupa City, a source told the Manila Bulletin.
Meanwhile, a Palace official announced that President Arroyo has ended her two-day self imposed quarantine “with a clean bill of health,” and is expected to resume public engagements “in a few days.”
The informant, who requested anonymity since the source was not authorized to speak about the matter, said the President was scheduled to undergo augmentation mammoplasty at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Alabang, Muntinlupa.
In addition, a cyst or lump in the groin area was also scheduled to be removed by surgery, said the hospital source.
A biopsy was also done on her breast, the source said. This does not mean that the President was ill. This was part of regular medical procedures, the source added.
The President cancelled the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday in preparation for her quarantine. She checked in at the hospital on Wednesday.
Security measures have been tightened at the hospital during the President’s confinement. All persons, whether visitors or employees, are subjected to intense inspection, a source said.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said Mrs. Arroyo has left Asian Hospital and Medical Center after undergoing self-quarantine following her 13-day visits from influenza-infected countries, including the former British colony of Hong Kong, Brazil, Colombia, United States and Japan.
In an interview shortly after the awarding ceremony of the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines at the Rizal Hall of Malacanang Palace, Ermita said the President will be out of the hospital “within the day.”
Remonde said President Arroyo yesterday checked out of the hospital at around 2 p.m. in the pink of health.
“She underwent certain check ups while on quarantine and all the results were okay. She has returned to Malacañang,” he said in a text message.
He also denied rumors that the President had some silicone removed from her body.
Ermita said President’s nearly three-day stay at the Asian Hospital in Alabang, Muntinlupa has given the President a “breathing space” from her hectic schedules.
But, he was quick to add that Mrs. Arroyo remains in touch with him and fellow cabinet members, citing that she “calls anytime she wishes to.”
“The President is taking advantage of her time na nag-self quarantine siya so mabuti na lang nakakapahinga si Presidente dahil masyadong hectic naman ang kanyang byahe and many, many other out of town trips before those trips abroad so mabuting nakakapahinga si Pangulo,” Ermita said.
The President just returned from her long trip on Monday with baskets of foreign investments and employment opportunities for Filipino workers.
Girls and Boys,
Nagpalaki pala ng dodo at nagpasikip ng ibaba si Gloria in preparation for her appearance at SONA!
Matagal na palang nagparetoke ng dodo si Nunalisa kasi e “underwent removal and replacement of breast silicone implants” ang nasa balita.
Naks, super hot si dirty Mama Gloria!
Masyado na kasing warak ang butas niya dahil kay Nani Perez kaya nagpasikip. Eh magkikita pa naman sila ni Obama…dakota pa naman.
“Naks, super hot si dirty Mama Gloria!” – chi
Kaya nga palaging removal and re-implant ng silicon dahil sobrang hot ang katawan niya. Nalulusaw ‘yung silicon.
Dapat sa kanya ASTM aprroved concrete ang i-implant para hindi matutunaw. Tig-half cubic meter bawat dodo.
Huwag na siyang magpasikip ng kanyang peks, ipatahi na lamang niya at mag-iwan ng ga-nunal na daanan ng wiwi.
Di ba, para siyang bagong silang na sanggol? Ng buwaya.
Huwag ninyong paniwalaan ‘yang si Edong. Puro kalawang na laman ng ulo niyan.
Katulad din ‘yan nina LoreLIE Fajardo at Anthony Galez, parang sungay ng usa ang dila!
“……..In addition, a cyst or lump in the groin area was also scheduled to be removed by surgery, said the hospital source………..”
Naku! Cancerous pala ‘yung nunal niya. Mawawala na ‘yung bangaw sa mukha niya.
Is that really so ma’am Chi? I hear only the president is quarantinization so that she will not hawa-hawa the people. But there is a big problem?
I am just turning my head (naiiling lan po hehe) to hearing such kagimbal-gimbal na story about the situation of the president of this country.
What will Malacanang says about this? If ever this is true, the life of the president is at risky position. But anyway many of the contrary politicians and people are perhaps very happy about this news.
Perhaps the palace of the Malacanang will also announce a prayer vigil for her excellency if ever the news is true.
As for me I am only observation for the development of this nation now and in the future tense.
By the way madams and sirs of this high caliber blog, my grandsome construction me a blog so I could write my kalokohan. He is helping me also in the correction of my grammar so no problem you can not so much understand my ideas of opinion.
My heartful invitation to all of you to visit me also once and a while.
Thank you so much till we see each other again one way or the other.
This is the linkage to go http://haydeenkoi.wordpress.com
Thank you very many.
Sabi ng Malakanyang hindi nila kinukumpirma o itinatatwa na nagpa-breast enhance muli ang presidente. Pero Kung si Lorelie Fajardo ang tatanungin hindi raw magandang pinaguusapan ito.
“Lorelei Fajardo, deputy presidential spokesperson, said the latest rumor about Mrs. Arroyo is “disrespectful” not only of the President but also of women with health issues.” (ABS-CBN. NEWS)
Para sa akin naman, e ano ang magagawa natin kung iyan ang gusto niya basta hindi lang pera ng bayan ang kanyang ginagasta.
Pero may tanong ang isang cabinet secretary, mukha daw bang nagpaparetoke ang presidente? Oo nga ano, mukha nga ba? A ewan, bahala na sila diyan. Hehehe
Pinagkamalan ko’ng kabalen si Katrina Halili dahil sa apelyidong halili,Mangyan pala siya,kasi hindi totoong apelyido ni Katrina Halili ang Halili.;)
Hmmmm…..
GMA goes to the Alabang Hospital and says to the doctor:
“It hurts when I press here” (pressing her side)
“And when I press here” (pressing the other side)
“And here” (her leg)
“And here, here and here” (her other leg, and both arms)
So the doctor examined him all over and finally discovered what was wrong…
“You’ve got a broken finger!”
Kaya nga palaging removal and re-implant ng silicon dahil sobrang hot ang katawan niya. Nalulusaw ‘yung silicon. -MRivera
Pardon me but I forgot that Gloria’s wankata is the center of hell!
GMA’s hospitalization and underwent procedures,whatever it was, will certainly linger as hot topic and medical jokes will circulate fast and furious like this one:
A mother took her daughter to the doctor and asked him to give her an examination to determine the cause of the daughter’s swollen abdomen.
It only took the doctor about 2 seconds to say, “Gimme a break, lady! Your daughter is pregnant!”
The mother turned red with fury, and she argued with the doctor that *her* daughter was a good girl, and would *never* compromise her reputation by having sex with a boy.
The doctor faced the window and silently watched the horizon.
The mother became enraged and screamed, “Quit looking out the window! Aren’t you paying attention to me?”
“Yes, of course I am paying attention, ma’am. It’s just that the last time this happened, a star appeared in the east, and three wise men came.
I was hoping they’d show up again, and help me figure out who got your daughter pregnant!”
Dat is so, Haydeenkoi. Kararating ko lang buhat sa Coughinghagen kaya sinilip ko lang ang iyong bagong site, hindi pa ako nag-register. Later, after my unpakening.
Girl,
Ikaw naman. Meron bang ginagastos si dirty mama Gloria na hindi pera bayan? But, we can’t do anything, kasama yan sa billing ng health and welfare ni Nunalisa.
Kaya ako, matagal ng nasa civil disobedience mood. Isang katutak na ang interes ng aming property sa Manila pero talagang hindi ko binabayaran. Saka na lang, kung wala na ang unana. Babayaran ko na lang ng isahan at advance ang ilang taon para lumiit.
Hindi magandang pinag-uusapan ang reconstruction ni Gloria, sabi ni Lie Fajardo.
Hindi maganda kung hindi FAKE ang presidente. Gloria is fake, fake, fake kaya maganda at masaya na pag-usapan ang kanyang silicon breast at tightening of the vagina.
Ssshobrah naman ang mga bloggers sa ibang blogs, hindi na naawa sa kanilang Mahal na Panggulo ng Pinas. Hindi naman nagparetoke, nagpabunot lang ng ipin.
Bakit pati groin inayos ni Pandak? Hindi ba lalaki lang ang may groin?
Joeseg, hindi yata nagpabunot ng ngipin dahil hospital ang pinuntahan niya di dental clinic. Baka nagpabunot ng bulbol sa sobrang kapal.
Chi – maganda ba “copingwithhagen”? What can you say and recommend? Hinihila ako ni wifey na maghanimoon don. Am not interested since as usual broke ako but she’ll pay for everything before the year ends. Cheers.
Tru,
Basta hindi jealing-jealing si esmi, “copingwithhagen” is the real thing, hehehe!
We spent several years there, and balik-balik kami coz of hubby’s university konek (he’s also an adopted son of the city). Two of my in-laws spent honeymoons there, palaging kapit-braso ang mga bebots dahil sa nga naked Vikingwomen. Ala, kasi-sexy!
Dehins ako jealous type kaya every summer, I’d ask hubby to jog/run around our fave parks (alam ko kung kelan naka-naked sila na nagpapa-araw). Sumawa sa katitingin, ha!ha!ha!
Tru,
When you’ve decided already, let me know so I can give you the places to go. The city is not only ‘liberated’ but historical and gorgeous.
Do you think Michel Jackson killed himself?
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Chi, thanks for the info. Mid-September we’ll be in London and then to Viking Country.
Just returned from a short vacation and got the flu, at least was able to visit my little Baguio/Argentinian grandaughter.
Still sick but pabasa-basa muna dito at sa kabila and other fav blogs.