Pinoy Pasaway Series #2

Kwento nang isang teen-ager na nagnakaw nang motorsiklo:

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Bike thief makes series of mistakes…
…until finally arrested by police
By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer

For committing one blunder after another, an 18-year-old was arrested by Quezon City policemen on Saturday.

The unlucky man was identified as Ramon Igay, a resident of P. Basilio Street in Pasay City.

According to the police, Igay’s first mistake was stealing a motorcycle that had been left in front of his house.

While driving the vehicle on his way to Novaliches, the teenager committed his second mistake: He ignored a group of policemen who tried to flag him down on North Avenue.

In his haste to escape from the pursuing lawmen, Igay made yet another mistake: He turned right into the North Luzon Expressway where motorcycles are banned.

Insp Angelo Nicolas of the Quezon City Police District’s anticar theft unit said it was only after they caught up with Igay that they discovered he had stolen the blue Honda Wave motorcycle with license plate 4360 DP.

Nicolas said his men flagged down the teenager because his motorcycle did not have a registration sticker from the Land Transportation Office.
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Nakakalungkot. Isipin mong isang 18 years old na bata ay natututo nang magnakaw at maging pasakit sa lipunang ginagalawan. Kung susuriin nga naman, sino ang dapat maging responsable sa mga ganitong pangyayari? Ang mga magulang? Ang gobyerno? O ang mismong taong nagkasala sa pagnanakaw?

Anu't anupaman, ang mga ganitong kaganapan ay patuloy na nangyayari sa iba't ibang dako nang Pilipinas.

Nakakalungkot.

Pinoy Pasaway Series #1

Kung minsan, hindi na kailangan nang mahabang eksplanasyon para maipaliwanag ang pagiging pasaway ng mga Pilipino.




Madalas, ang karakter na ito ay nagkalat sa ating paligid. Tahimik na bumubungad sa mga mata natin ngunit hindi natin napapansin dahil nga "nakagawian na" o nasanay na tayo sa mga ganitong pangitain.

Pinoy Pasaway Series

Ang Introduksiyon

Ilang beses ko ring pinag-isipan kung dapat ko bang umpisahan itong series na ito sa aking blog. May posibilidad kasing maging tampulan nang pagkamuhi mula sa mga kapwa-pinoy kapag nakita o nabasa nilang inilalathala pa ang mga kahinaan ng Pinoy.

Subalit naghuhumiyaw ang katotohanan na tunay ngang napakaraming kahinaan ng pinoy.

Ang sabi nang ilan ay kailangan mong kilalanin ang iyong kaaway upang ikaw ay magwagi laban sa kanya. Sa ganitong kaliwanagan, pipilitin kong mangalap nang mga artikulo, kwento, sanaysay at balita na magpapakita nang pagiging pasaway ng mga Pilipino. At sa pamamagitan nito, nawa'y makita natin kung paano natin mapagtatagumpayan ang kahinaang ito.

Tara! Umpisahan natin ang pagdiskubre sa ating mga sarili.

Pinoy, pasaway ka bang talaga?

One Day

Two In A Row

So that makes it two in a row.


Here's Mr. J's belated treat for Ms. J's bday.

(Syempre lahat kami kasali sa libre)



Thanks, Mr. J!

Pleasant Treat

Happy Birthday Ms. J!

Salamat sa treat.

2009 Holidays

Proclamation 1699, signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on December 2008, enumerates the Holiday Schedule for the Year 2009:

Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) on April 9 (Thursday) was moved to the nearest Monday which is April 6.

Easter holidays from April 9 (Maundy Thursday) until April 12 (Easter Sunday).


The other regular holidays are:

Labor Day-May 1(Friday)
Independence Day- June 12 (Friday)
National Heroes Day- August 31 (Monday)
Bonifacio Day - November 30 (Monday)
Christmas Day- December 25 (Friday)
Rizal Day- December 30 (Wednesday)


Arroyo declared the following as Special Non-Working Days:

Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21 (Friday)
All Saints Day - November 1 (Sunday)
All Soul’s Day - November 2 (Monday)
Christmas Eve - December 24 (Thursday)
New Year’s Eve - December 31 (Thursday).