Fate Reversal

A story i came upon in yahoo.ph explains it all. (see below)

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A California man is in custody after being accused of biting a python in what police said was apparently an unprovoked attack on the pet snake of an acquaintance.

The suspect, David Senk, 54, was arrested on Thursday evening on suspicion of unlawfully maiming or mutilating a reptile, Sacramento police Sergeant Andrew Pettit said on Friday. The badly injured snake underwent surgery.

In a jailhouse interview aired on KOVR-TV in Sacramento, Senk said he had no recollection of the incident after having blacked out from drinking but felt “horrible as hell about it.”

Asked why he might have bitten the snake, Senk replied: “I get drunk, I get crazy. I don’t know. I’ve been an alcoholic for a long time.”

Senk was taken into custody after police, responding to a report of an assault, found him lying on the ground with blood on his face. Officers were then approached by another man and a woman who told them Senk had just taken two large bites out of their python when they let him hold the snake, Pettit said.

“There was nothing to indicate that the snake provoked him at all. He (Senk) just out of the blue took a bite,” the police spokesman said. “From what I understand, he didn’t say anything. He was pretty incoherent.”

The beige- and brown-colored snake, measuring 3 to 4 feet in length, was reported to be recovering after a veterinarian stitched up the reptile, Pettit said.

Senk said in the interview he was “not too fond of snakes (but) I try not to bite them.”

“It’s the other way around usually,” he added. They bite me.”

(Writing by Steve Gorman; Additional reporting by Jan Ferris Heenan; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Peter Cooney)

 

It has been said countless times that animals of whatever kind from the cutest to the nastiest, from loving and cuddly to those that just scare the shit out of you are the one’s  really afraid of people. True that as it may, it still is hard to believe for most especially for those who are not informed.

As it has always been the case, people tend to wreak  havoc out of being afraid especially when drunk. (HAIST!)

 

A leaping year

Its August 25, exactly 21 days before my birthday,again.

The whole year of my age right now is really coming to end soon. Sooner I’ll add 1 to my current age.

Looking back, I may had the roughest and biggest times yet.

I had those nerve cracking headaches one could ever imagine at both personal and work. I had disappointments that made me cringe at life. I had those small achievements that made me say I’m lucky to be living.

Those experiences made me what I am this day. Without those, ME, would not be complete.

I know its still a month before I should make this kind of whatever you may want to call it but I am. I am saying this now for I may never have the chance to say this ever again. What happened, happened. Be it good or bad, right or wrong, happy or lonely, silly or just plain retarded I needed those to be me.

Life does not end and soon after a year I’ll be writing another one of this again. But this day I say, I am looking forward to another year.

Another leaping year.

Infomercials: A thought on Phillipine Politics

Philippine Presidential election will not be until May 2010 but nowadays we are bombarded of countless infomercials of those aspiring to be president by 2010.

Heading the list is Manuel Villar. A senator of the republic who was accused of double insertions on the construction of C5 extension road in Paranaque-Las Pinas area. With the infomercials starting from showing the roots of Manuel Villar as a used to be vendor whose family sayed in a rented starting to break down house that sips in rain on rainy days. A popular personality, Boy Abunda was also in this infomercial.

Jejomar Binay, mayor of Makati city started his infomercials with those showing how makati is doing today under his leadership and that he hopes that it would be copied to the entire nation under his leadership.

Then there is Mar Roxas, also a senator of the Republic. As if his coming wedding with another popular TV personality Korina Sanchez is not enough to create a buzz has his own “Padyak” infomercials.

Lets also not forget those cabinet secretaries and or members having their own infomercials about their respective agencies doing this and that. It would be stupid not to think that they have done this to let the people know that they have their service to the public and may server even more when elected in office. As if.

I am a taxpayer and like every taxpayers I know have these questions for them:

1. Where are they getting the money to pay for their infomercials?
2. Why boast of what you have done (if its really true) when it is your job, and we are all paying your salaries to do those things?

Are Filipino voters still that dumb to go for this trickery?

I sure hope not.

Miss Venezuela: Miss Universe; Miss Philippines: Miss it

Philippines bet on the recently concluded Miss Universe Pageant held at Nassau, Bahamas failed to make it on the top 15.

Bianca Manalo whos said to have ample of support from the pageant official may have been a victim of press sensationalism. ABSCBN who covered the Miss Universe Pageant along with Dyann Castillejo as the primary reporter have been reporting in the philippines via its News and Current Affairs Programs, that Miss Philippines was a favorite and “shoe in” to make it to the top 15 if not the finals itself. But then again, reality check. Miss Philippines failed to even qualify to the top 15.

Maybe its time to stick to reporting the truth not those make believe stories just to sell the news.

Miss Venezuela won the title with Miss Dominican Republic as first runner-up. Those who made it to the top 5 includes: Miss Kosovo, Miss Australia and Miss Puerto Rico.

There are only two Filipinos who where crowned Miss Universe so far. Gloria Diaz won the 1969 Miss Universe pageant in Florida, US, at 18 years old, while Margie Moran-Floirendo topped the 1973 competition in Athens, Greece, at 19 years old.

Ninoy Aquino’s Alleged undelivered speech

(This is the entire statement as it appears (all-caps, italicized quote, and all) in “A Testimony by Ninoy,” a pamphlet published on September 1, 1983 by the Human Development Research and Documentation office of the La Ignaciana Apostolic Center as Human Society No. 21)

 

I have returned on my free will to join the ranks of those struggling to restore our rights and freedoms through nonviolence.

I seek no confrontation. I only pray and will strive for a genuine national reconciliation founded on justice.

I am prepared for the worst, and have decided against the advice of my mother, my spiritual adviser, many of my tested friends and a few of my most valued political mentors.

A death sentence awaits me. Two more subversion charges, both calling for death penalties, have been filed since I left three years ago and are now pending with the courts.

I could have opted to seek political asylum in America, but I feel it is my duty, as it is the duty of every Filipino, to suffer with his people especially in time of crisis.

I never sought nor have I been given assurances or promise of leniency by the regime. I return voluntarily armed only with a clear conscience and fortified in the faith that in the end justice will emerge triumphant.

According to Gandhi, the WILLING sacrifice of the innocent is the most powerful answer to insolent tyranny that has yet been conceived by God and man.

Three years ago when I left for an emergency heart bypass operation, I hoped and prayed that the rights and freedoms of our people would soon be restored, that living conditions would improve and that blood-letting would stop.

Rather than move forward, we have moved backward. The killings have increased, the economy has taken a turn for the worse and the human rights situation has deteriorated.

During the martial law period, the Supreme Court heard petitions for Habeas Corpus. It is most ironic, after martial law has allegedly been lifted, that the Supreme Court last April ruled it can no longer entertain petitions for Habeas Corpus for persons detained under a Presidential Commitment Order, which covers all so-called national security cases and which under present circumstances can cover almost anything.

The country is far advanced in her times of trouble. Economic, social and political problems bedevil the Filipino. These problems may be surmounted if we are united. But we can be united only if all the rights and freedoms enjoyed before September 21, 1972 are fully restored.

The Filipino asks for nothing more, but will surely accept nothing less, than all the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the 1935 Constitution — the most sacred legacies from the Founding Fathers.

Yes, the Filipino is patient, but there is a limit to his patience. Must we wait until that patience snaps?

The nation-wide rebellion is escalating and threatens to explode into a bloody revolution. There is a growing cadre of young Filipinos who have finally come to realize that freedom is never granted, it is taken. Must we relive the agonies and the blood-letting of the past that brought forth our Republic or can we sit down as brothers and sisters and discuss our differences with reason and goodwill?

I have often wondered how many disputes could have been settled easily had the disputants only dared to define their terms.

So as to leave no room for misunderstanding, I shall define my terms:

1. Six years ago, I was sentenced to die before a firing squad by a Military Tribunal whose jurisdiction I steadfastly refused to recognize. It is now time for the regime to decide. Order my IMMEDIATE EXECUTION OR SET ME FREE.

I was sentenced to die for allegedly being the leading communist leader. I am not a communist, never was and never will be.

2. National reconciliation and unity can be achieved but only with justice, including justice for our Muslim and Ifugao brothers. There can be no deal with a Dictator. No compromise with Dictatorship.

3. In a revolution there can really be no victors, only victims. We do not have to destroy in order to build.

4. Subversion stems from economic, social and political causes and will not be solved by purely military solutions; it can be curbed not with ever increasing repression but with a more equitable distribution of wealth, more democracy and more freedom, and

5. For the economy to get going once again, the workingman must be given his just and rightful share of his labor, and to the owners and managers must be restored the hope where there is so much uncertainty if not despair.

On one of the long corridors of Harvard University are carved in granite the words of Archibald Macleish:

“How shall freedom be defended? By arms when it is attacked by arms; by truth when it is attacked by lies; by democratic faith when it is attacked by authoritarian dogma. Always, and in the final act, by determination and faith.”

I return from exile and to an uncertain future with only determination and faith to offer — faith in our people and faith in God.

Cory Monument at Luneta

As the country comemorates the 26th death anniversary of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., the preseident of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered the construction of a monument for the late President Corazon C. Aquino. President Corazon C. Aquino was the wife of Ninoy. President Cory was well known to be the mother of democracy of the Philippines as she stood up ang led the nation against the dictatorship of then president Ferdinand Marcos.

Cory Aquino died at the age of 76 on August 1, 2009 after a long battle with colon cancer. She was instrumental in the installation of President Gloria Arroyo in power during the 2001 EDSA Revolution that ousted then President Joseph Estrada. A veteran of the first EDSA Revolution (People Power ) where she succesfully with the help of the entire Philippine Nation came to power in what is known to be the bloodless revolution of the philippines.

The monument is aimed at honoring President Cory Aquino. The construction was based on the recommendation of the National Historic Institute which will also oversee the project. It is said to be completed within six months.

Two monuments of well known leaders and advocates of democracy in a bloodless form of acquirement may be seen in Luneta Park by next year. Dr. Jose P. Rizal and President Corazon C. Aquino.

Youth Activism

Yesterday while watching the news I chance upon a report regarding 50 students/activist that were arrested while having their demonstration at Malacanang Palace. The students were comprised of about 200 to 300 in numbers who stormed to the palace to protest the alleged pricey dinner of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her entourage in the United States when they visited early this month.

The students were shouting at the top of their lungs, the alleged corruption of Mrs. Arroyo’s government popularly known to the common tao as the doing of the president’s husband,First Gentleman Mike Arroyo. The protests now were being done in the most recent accusations against the Arroyo government of the luxurious dinner that the President and the whole entourage of her visit to the United States mainly comprised by Senators, Congressman, and Advisers had while the nations grieves the passing of Former President Corazon C. Aquino. The president whom have appeared in ads and interviews regarding how the government should lead by example in being thrifty and conscious about spending in these time of financial crisis seems to have forgotten what she said. As the nation suffers the lingering effect of the Global financial crisis that has affected both those developed and developing countries, there they were enjoying themselves with luxurious foods for the night  that the price equivalent could very well feed thousand of families for two to three weeks in their own country.

The report also noted the arrest of 50 or more students whom the police said were being an annoyance to the peacefulness of the state.  Almost all of those arrested and not sufeered minor to major bruises when the Presidential Security Guards (PSG) used force to disperse the protesting students.

Romancing the idea.

What happens when you have something that you know is a bit of a problem then got an explanation why it happened but still hold the fact to be a problem even after all sides have been given?

There are lot of things one wants, thats a fact but here’s another fact, you cant have ‘em all!

It does not mean that a simple slip out means it will be forever that way. C’mon even the brightest person slips on something sometimes.

So now, if a problem was encountered and you have ruled it out as a real problem what do you do?

You talk and take all side of the situation. You compromise and promise.

What then happens after that?

In a right world, it’ll be made to rest and done believing it wont happen again coz after all thats what you have talked about.

In an right world that is. But romancing the idea that it may happen again doesnt solve anything but:

Pos:

1. Make you cautious – so as not to  (a) be in pain again (b)  cause pain again.

Cons:

1. Make you weave a story tale of things out of it thereby causing more pain.

 

We do not live in an right world but we also live in a upright world. Let bygones be bygones, be cautious but please dont romance the idea.

A Legacy of music made to rest…

The music lives on…

A couple of things:

1. Isnt it weird to have the same scene on your dream coming true in real life? I have a friend who says he always had those kind of situation in real life that he had seen prior in his dreams. Whooah!!! Dreaming you won the grand prize on the lotto is cool, what can be more cooler is winning it the following day.

2. A friend just visited the site. She comments on the ym that it looks and feels like it was done by someone who’s got brains. I told her, I GOT BRAINS!!! for if not I would be dead.

Ok, thats all for now, I still got work to do. Cj, keep dreaming pare. Who knows you might dream you won the lotto and gave half of the prize to me. Afterall were reaaalllly gooooood friends, right? hehehehe. To Joycamille, I have brains alright. Just wait when I see you again. I’ll device a plan to annoy you. hahahaha!!! (with a devilish tone)