chipped Wednesday, Mar 26 2008

Recently i have been tagged by a fellow wordpress blogger. Not that I am into Tagging or Linking but the issue seems critical.

Daren Fonda, last2005, wrote an article  on Times Magazine about the phenomenon of Bio chipping.

“If someone proposed injecting a computer chip in your arm and said it could save                     your life, would you do it”?

It was in the year 2000 when I first heard of this “666 thing” of identifying people. I could still remember the rants of people that the world’s gonna crash. Right now, I know it is 2008  and  earth;s still part of the sun system.

The issue  had never affected the Philippines, not since this National ID System was proposed by the National Government.

740 million for Unified ID system?

The government seems not to learn from the lesson that ZTE scandal has brought them. Why invest in such programs when people don’t even know how to write their names and don’t care what these micro chips are?

Are we heading for another corrupt program from the administration?

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timed Saturday, Feb 16 2008

You are the moment when the last bell rings and school lets out for the day. You are resistant to schedules and obligations, so you love feeling like you’re in control of your life again. You are the very moment when the second hand hits the 12, and the halls fill with noise and motion. Even if your after-school time is packed with activities, lessons, or a job, somehow, you just feel freer in the late afternoon than you do earlier in the day. Maybe it’s all that blue sky and afternoon sunshine? Nah — even on rainy days, 3:15 is always a beautiful time.

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moderate greed Friday, Feb 15 2008

On mondays and thursdays, I spend my afternoon at Learning Links Katipunan to finish 30 hours of public service required for CWTS2. You know the typical community sponsored(and government sponsored during elections) day care centers having lazy students do the tutoring. Well, I am not assigned to teach, rather to do the “materials”. Cool? That means cleaning up mess and arranging dusty books.

The latest I have to do is to stack up all the new donated books by the Lucio Tan Foundation.But actually, I spent more time reading the books rather than doing an inventory. Imagine Austen’s Sense and Sensibility in a kid-friendly edition and Stevenson’s Treasure Island in summary. Funny how LTF gives this kind of books to kids who can’t even read straight tagalog. How i wish someone would be willing to buy me every books i want.No, I am not greedy. But I’ll try to be moderate.

On my way back to UP, I took the jeepney since it’s still early for my next class and I am currently broke. As much as possible, I sit next to the driver after the hold-up experience I had weeks ago. So there I was at the front sit, waiting for the jeep to go.

But greedy people are really so nice. My butt started to feel numb but the jeep was till stuck in front of Miriam College because of this MMDA men negotiating with the jeepney driver.

To you Mr. Abalos(I saw his plate name) of MMDA police, please be informed that Katipunan is one of the less violence-prone area in UP area and people in UAve and CP Garcia needs your help more. Secondly, I already experienced being issued a “ticket” and I know that it doesn’t take an hour to do that if the policeman is honest and not waiting for bribe. Third thing I noticed and would never forget, please be reminded that the flag of the Philippines is in your uniform and supposed to live with it. Lastly, please, moderate your greed.

Come to think of it, how do you recognize the line between moderate greed and just plain greed. Or am I right if I assume that levels of greediness are only existing in the government? Maybe Lozada or Neri have better answers.

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