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PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE -- A NATIONWIDE federation of socio-civic orga-nizations yesterday called for an all-out investigation of all senators accused or suspected of wrongdoing even before they were elected to prove the chamber’s impartiality in the pursuit of truth.

The 50,000-strong Crusade for a Better Philippines em-phasized that if there are to be no limits on the probe against Sen. Manny Villar, then the same should apply to other senators.

Crusade Chairman Michael Say cited as an example Sen-ate Ethics Committee Chair Panfilo Lacson who has been accused of heinous crimes even before he was elected as a senator.

Say noted that Lacson is accused, among others, of being the brains behind the Dacer-Corbito double murder case.

Say said the accusations were made by no less than Lacson’s trusted former mili-tary aide Cesar Mancao and members of the Dacer Family.

“There is also the suspi-cious transfer of 300,000 shares of the controversial

Group urges probe into Lacson early wrongdoings

The clas-sic beauty and singing talents of the Divas4 are making a big splash during their singing tour of America from Houston, Texas to Los Angeles and places in between, and in San Diego come Saturday then on to San Francisco. They managed to capture the at-tention of their adoring and now growing fans especially

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The Divas from left ot right: Regine Velasquez, Kuh Ledesma, Pops Fernandez and Zsa-Zsa Padilla.

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beauties who are already very successful in their own style of music


Time maga-zine, in its recent issue, hailed the Filipinos’ favorite roasted suckling pig or lechon as the “Best Pig” in Asia. While TV chef Anthony Bourdain declared in his program that he had found the “best pig ever,” in the Phil-

Time & TV Chef hail Lechon as Best Pig ever

Lechon

ippines.In an article written by

Lara Day entitled “Pork Art,” she said it was the review of TV chef Anthony Bourdain, “whose love of all things porcine is famous,” of the lechon that helped it gain international limelight.

Bourdain, with his show No Reservations, visited Cebu and declared that he had found the “best pig ever.”

In his blog, Bourdain said that of all the pigs he tasted all over the world, “the slow

roasted lechon he had on Cebu was the best.” This puts the standings in the Hi-erarchy of Pork as follows:

1. Philippines 2. Bali 3. Puerto Rico

In the article, Time wrote on how the lechon is pre-pared and how it has become the country’s most beloved dish and a source of fanatical adulation.

Ego would quietly work in that corner all day, producing realistic illustrations for original

stories or articles of such well known Filipino writers like Nick Joaquin, Federico Licsi

Espino, Carlos Quirino, Max Soliven, among others. It was there where he would produce his regular

editorial cartoon, “Ego Trip” which had elicited raves

from thousands of Sunburst Magazine readers all over the

world.

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Karylle gets to do her first primetime teleserye since she moved to ABS-CBN in “Nasaan Ka Maruja”. She plays Helen, the half sister of Kristine Hermosa, who plays Cristy in the present time. She’s the first one who meets

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At the age of 97 years and 4 months, Shigeaki Hinohara is one of the world’s longest-serv-ing physicians and educators. Hinohara’s magic touch is leg-endary: Since 1941 he has been healing patients at St.Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo and teaching at St. Luke’s Col-lege of Nursing . After World War II, he envisioned a world-class hospital and college spring-ing from the ruins of Tokyo ; thanks to his pioneering spirit and business savvy, the doctor turned these institutions into the nation’s top medical facility and nursing school.

Today he serves as chairman of the board of trustees at both organizations. Always willing to try new things, he has published around 150 books since his 75th birthday, including one “Living Long, Living Good” that has sold more than 1.2 million copies. As the founder of the New Elderly Movement, Hinohara encourages others to live a long and happy life, a quest in which no role model is better than the doctor himself.

Doctor Shigeaki Hinohara

(interview by JUDIT KAWAGUCHI)

Energy comes from feeling good, not from eating well or sleeping a lot. We all remember how as children, when we were having fun, we often forgot to eat or sleep. I believe that we can keep that attitude as adults, too.

An interview with a 97 year old Japanese Doctor on Longevity

It’s best not to tire the body with too many rules such as lunchtime and bedtime.

All people who live long re-gardless of nationality, race or gender share one thing in com-mon: None are overweight.. . For breakfast I drink coffee, a glass of milk and some orange juice with a tablespoon of olive oil in it. Olive oil is great for the arter-ies and keeps my skin healthy.

Lunch is milk and a few cookies, or nothing when I am too busy to eat. I never get hungry because I focus on my work.. Dinner is veggies, a bit of fish and rice, and, twice a week, 100 grams of lean meat.

Always plan ahead. My sched-ule book is already full until 2014, with lectures and my usual hospital work. In 2016 I’ll have some fun,though: I plan to attend the Tokyo Olympics!

There is no need to ever retire, but if one must, it should be a lot later than 65. The current retirement age was set at 65 half

a century ago, when the average life-expectancy in Japan was 68 years and only 125 Japanese were over 100 years old. To-day, Japanese women live to be around 86 and men 80, and we have 36,000 centenarians in our country. In 20 years we will have about 50,000 people over the age of 100...

Share what you know. I give 150 lectures a year, some for 100 elementary-school children, oth-ers for 4,500 business people.. I usually speak for 60 to 90 min-utes, standing, to stay strong.

When a doctor recommends you take a test or have some surgery, ask whether the doctor would suggest that his or her spouse or children go through such a procedure. Contrary to popular belief, doctors can’t

cure everyone. So why cause unnecessary pain with surgery I

think music and animal therapy can help more than most doctors imagine.

To stay healthy, always take the stairs and carry your own stuff. I take two stairs at a time, to get my muscles moving.

My inspiration is Robert Brown-ing’s poem “Abt Vogler.” My father used to read it to me. It encourages us to make big art, not small scribbles. It says to try to draw a circle so huge that there is no way we

can finish it while we are alive. All we see is an arch; the rest is beyond our vision but it is there in the distance.

Pain is mysterious, and having fun is the best way to forget it. If a child has a toothache, and you start playing a game together, he or she immediately forgets the pain. Hospitals must cater to the basic need of patients: We all want to have fun. At St. Luke’s we have music and animal thera-pies, and art classes.

Don’t be crazy about amassing material things. Remember: You don’t know when your number

is up, and you can’t take it with you to the next place.

Hospitals must be designed and prepared for major disasters, and they must accept every patient who appears at their doors. We designed St. Luke’s so we can operate anywhere: in the base-ment, in the corridors, in the chapel. Most people thought I was crazy to prepare for a catastrophe, but on March 20, 1995, I was unfortunately proven right when members of the Aum Shinrikyu religious cult launched a terrorist attack in the Tokyo subway.

We accepted 740 victims and in two hours figured out that it was sarin gas that had hit them. Sadly we lost one person, but we saved 739 lives.

Science alone can’t cure or help people. Science lumps us all together,but illness is individ-ual. Each person is unique, and diseases are connected to their hearts. To know the illness and help people, we need liberal and visual arts, not just medical ones.

Life is filled with incidents. On March 31, 1970, when I was 59 years old, I boarded the Yodogo,

BW shares to Sen. Lacson when he was still with the PNP, and the source of his wealth despite his being a modestly-paid military man all his life.

“But not one senator has called for the probe of Mr. Lacson, even though double murder is a capital crime and the possibility of plunder is present,” Say said.

Say said as Ethics C ommittee chair, it is Lacson who should first submit himself to a probe to prove that he has the moral as-cendancy to investigate possible wrongdoing of his peers.

“If they want a no-limits probe, then there should be no excep-tion, not even Mr. Lacson as Eth-ics Committee chair,” Say added.

Group urges probe into

Lacson early wrongdoings

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a flight from Tokyo to Fukuoka . It was a beautiful sunny morn-ing, and as Mount Fuji came into sight, the plane was hijacked by the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction. I spent the next four days hand-cuffed to my seat in 40-degree heat. As a doctor, I looked at it all as an experiment and was amazed at how the body slowed down in a crisis.

Find a role model and aim to achieve even more than they could ever do. My father went to the United States in 1900 to study at Duke University in North Carolina. He was a pioneer and one of my heroes. Later I found a few more life guides, and when I am stuck, I ask myself how they would deal with the problem.

It’s wonderful to live long. Un-til one is 60 years old, it is easy to work for one’s family and to achieve one’s goals. But in our later years, we should strive to contribute to society. Since the age of 65, I have worked as a volunteer. I still put in 18 hours seven days a week and love every minute of it.

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pino Olympian Mansueto “On-yok” Velasco Jr. joined the Team Pacquiao as guest during “The Battle of the East and West” in Las Vegas, Nevada for two weeks but his presence hardly made any impact compared 13 years ago when he was the toast of Philippine sports for bringing home the silver medal in boxing in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics after 32 years.

“Parang nakalimutan na si Onyok at ang karangalan na

Pacquiao dwarfs Onyok Velasco’s Olympic stardom

Filipino Olympian Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco Jr.

Manny Pacquiao

ibinigay niya sa bansa (It seems they have forgotten Onyok and the glory he has brought to the country),” observed another former Filipino Olympian who is now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Vancouver-based former Olympian said he sensed that nobody was interested to even say hello to the diminutive Ve-lasco who was seen most of the time wandering in the casino hall alone in Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino where Team Pac-quiao was billeted from April 27 until May 3.

Some Philippine politicians who came to watch Manny Pac-quiao shoot for Ricky Hatton’s International Boxing Organiza-tion (IBO) light welterweight on May 2 at the MGM Grand re-portedly ignored Velasco deliber-ately as they were all enmeshed

on Pacquiao.“Thirteen years ago, they were

the same politicians who were in mad scramble to have souvenir photos with Onyok when Onyok was invited to the House of Representatives,” former House chief of staff Florentino Escud-ero said . “They are now afraid to come near Onyok probably because they made promises that we re never fulfilled.”

Some of the alleged unfulfilled promises of politicians who were mostly legislators were a life-time pension and a house and lot for the Bago City-native Velas-co, now 35, who narrowly lost to Bulgarian Daniel Petrov Bojilov in the light flyweight finals.

Velasco for this part admit-ted his popularity has waned now that Pacquiao has become

a global sports icon. Only his former coach, 1976 Montreal Olympics quarterfinalist Reynal-do Fortaleza, gave him special attention during the Pacquiao-Hatton 12-round fisticuff.

Fortaleza said Velasco was among the best amateur box-ers ever produced by the Ama-teur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) under the tutel age of the Lopez father son, Gemeliano and Manny, who both served as presidents, respec-tively.

Velasco, whose elder brother Roel earlier copped the bronze medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, was treated as na-tional hero as many government and sports officials in the country believed he was cheated of the gold medal in losing a controver-sial 19-6 decision.

Due to his frustration over the politicians’ empty promises, Velasco rejected an offer to turn professional and became a TV sitcom comedian.

His Olympic batchmate, Floyd Mayweather Jr. of the United States also lost a controversial decision in the featherweight finals to another Bulgarian Serafim T eodorov. Mayweather turned professional and became a world welterweight champion.

PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE -- A bomb attack outside the provincial capitol at 1:30 p .m. yesterday left unscathed Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan but injured five of his security escorts, po-lice said.

A separate Army report said Mayor Hatta Berto of Pandami was also hurt.

“The governor was unhurt in the incident,” said Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police Regional Office director Chief Supt. Bensali Jabarani.

Jabarani said the wounded include three policemen and two Army soldiers securing the top Sulu official. The injured escorts, whose names were not immedi-

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ately released, were taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Jabarani said they were looking into reports that an explosive-laden motorcycle was used in the attack by suspects who detonated the bomb by remote control about 70 meters away from the Sulu provincial capitol.

However, he said bomb dis-posal experts are also looking at the possibility that the bomb was thrown at one of the governor’s service vehicles by unidenti-fied suspects who escaped on board a motorcycle.

In a radio interview, Tan said they were on their way to his office when the bomb went off. Shrapnel slightly damaged his vehicle.

Jabarani said the motive and identities of the suspects

as well as the type of bomb used are still being established by Sulu police investigators.

Tan, a staunch ally of Presi-dent Macapagal-Arroyo, earlier declared a massive campaign against the Abu Sayyaf shortly after the extremists kidnapped three International Committee of the Red Cross workers last January 15. The bandits are still holding on to sick Italian hostage Eugenio Vagni.


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Tourists and “alternative trav-elers” are continuously flocking to the Philippines despite the worldwide recession and threat of swine flu.

The De-partment of Tourism cited the growing impact of European and Japanese alterna-tive travel markets who have become discriminating and demanding for historical destinations, cul-tural and eco-tourism sites.

“We are now seeing a more significant number of high-spending tourists looking for places of raw and rustic charm without the trappings of mass tourism.” the DOT said.

For most of the European and Japanese travellers, the Banaue Rice Terraces stood out as a one-of-a-kind heritage site they haven’t encountered anywhere in the world. The caves, hills, and hanging coffins of Sagada were also cited for their distinc-tive and idyllic appeal even for seasoned travelers.

The Japanese are looking forward to ‘travel with a twist’ among our more than 7,107 islands,”

DOT Undersecretary Eduardo Jarque, Jr., said the country has managed to build a continu-ing relationship with Europe’s tourism industry through its participation in major travel mis-sions, aggressive marketing of European-based tourism offices, concessions with local partners and strong presence in foreign media.

He also said “the Philippines’ exposure in Japanese media as an ‘alternative destination’ indeed made a significant differ-ence in intensifying the country’s position as an important histori-cal destination.”

“This is not an overnight suc-cess, but rather a long journey of negotiations, promotions, and

Alternative tourists flocking to the Philippines

Japanese tourist

involvement, complemented with the unyielding support of our partner hotels, resorts, transportation firms, and travel operators,” Jarque said.

The country is likewise a year-round destination, another desirable rarity for Europeans, explained Venus Tan, DOT

Director for Western, Central and Eastern Europe.

Dorie Tan, handler of DOT’s Europe promotion team, for her

part, said: “They (Europeans) are interested in unique culture so they plan their visits at different times of the year. They want to experience a country’s diversity also through festivals and cel-ebrations.”

“We see an emergence of niche travelers within the Japan market; those who are enticed by the extraordinary. They travel to discover and explore not only

sites, but stories of people,” Director Benito Bengzon Jr., Marketing Team head for Japan, said.

Sedat Tatli, direc-tor, Division for Asia of Meier’s Weltre-isen, pointed out that @a factor that draws tourists to the Philip-pines is that its easy to hop around the is-lands because almost

everybody speaks English.”Eric Roufs, travel retailer for

Dutch operator Paul Crombag, said “some of my clients will ask me to buy them a ticket to the Philippines then they go on their own to book flights and accommodations to the other islands. Accessible language and transportation allow them to add spontaneity to their holidays.”

“Though varieties differ region-ally – stuffing can include any combination of lemongrass, tama-rind, star anise, garlic, green onions and chili leaves, while condiments range from a light vinegary dipping sauce to a thick liver-based gravy – the basic concept remains the same.

A pig is roasted for hours over a fire of open coals, slowly rotated on a bamboo spit, lovingly basted and meticulously supervised until its flesh is so tender, moist and suc-culent that it can be sliced with the edge of a plate, and its skin so crisp it can be punctured with the tap of a finger,” Time said.

Even Time couldn’t help but gush on the lechon.

Time & TV Chef hail Lechon as Best Pig ever


Anthony Bourdain

“It was just a matter of time before the world found out. You could call it the Platonic idea of a pig, but it’s doubtful if Plato, or even an entire faculty of phi-losophers, could have imagined anything so exquisite,” Time wrote in its glowing review.


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DEAR, DEAR SUN Cocks lustily crowing To the sun reminding It’s time to be rising and start helping The world that’s waking Shine over fields, pastures, forest, Hills, rivers, lakes and streams Turn baby buds to flowers and fruits To attract birds, bees and butterflies Turn grapes into raisins Plums into prunes Sea water into salt Dry fish and meat for future use Keep bones and teeth strong with Vitamin D Thanks for nurturing the earth with solar energyNow also tapped for fuel Thanks for shining over Adam and Eve down to the present Faithfully appearing to nurture the earth For the benefit of all mankind Most of all- thanks, praise, glory, and adoration to the Great Father behind it all.

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Heard anything inter-esting lately? That is an old line, cer-

tainly, but one that has a bit of significance; think about how many sounds there are in the world. In among all those millions of sounds are ones that appear – and disappear daily. There are things you can hear today that your grandparents nev-er dreamed of when they were kids. For example,

Changing soundsAs new sounds come, many familiar ones leave

* Cell phone ring tones * The clarity of music on CDs * The incessant dings, beeps,

buzzers, tweets and more of all the electronics that surround us

* Cars that speak* Computer sounds: Windows

and other operating system sounds, mail box sounds, saving, deleting, and recover sounds… well, you see where I’m going with this one. I could write three columns on my computer and its various operating systems’ sounds (or noises depending on

your point of view, I suppose)* The sound of a baby’s cry

through a monitor* The sound of wind blowing

on Mars* Watches that speak* That unique ring…from the

front door…of a doll house* The sound of a news broad-

cast from a phone* The sound of a hundred

different kinds of music from a phone

* The sound of a TV show or movie from, yep, a phone

Disappearing sounds

Just as importantly as new sounds is the fact that there are also many sounds that are disappearing or are disappearing as live sounds. We may have re-cordings of some of them but the lives sounds are flitting away:

Consider just a few of these disappearing sounds:

* The scratch and hiss of records being played on a record player

* The jingle of coins being fed into a pay phone

* The unique sound of a por-table Byrd respirator as it helped someone breathe

* The bells inside of an old black phone with a dial

* The sound of an engine in an electric car or motorcycle

* The unique and irreplaceable sounds from animals that disap-pear from earth as those animals become extinct. Speaking of dis-appearing and no longer existent animal sounds here are just three quick info bits:

A) “7,725 animals of all types (including) over 190 species of birds have become extinct, and this rate of extinction seems to be increasing”

independent.co.uk

B) “Human beings are cur-rently causing the greatest mass extinction of species since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. If present trends continue one half of all species of life on earth will be extinct in less than 100 years, as a result of habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species, and climate

change.” David Ulansey is Profes-sor of Philosophy and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco

C) “The Yangtze river dolphin, until recently one of the most en-dangered species on the planet, has been declared officially extinct following an intensive survey of its natural habitat.

The freshwater marine mam-mal, which could grow to eight feet long and weigh up to a quarter of a ton, is the first large vertebrate forced to extinction by human activity in 50 years, and only the fourth time an entire evolutionary line of mammals has vanished from the face of the Earth since the year 1500.” guardian.co.uk

Wouldn’t it have been lonely to be the last Yangtze River dol-phin? You would probably keep searching for a mate, a familiar sound, a something but nothing would ever vocalize back.

The wonderful sounds

So what is the best sound do you suppose? I imagine that it all depends on the listener and circumstances. One universal “good” sound seems to be the laughter of children. But there are many people out there who would disagree with that and who think that the best sound is the sound of one hand clapping. Humph! They’re wrong.

The pure, clear, uninhibited sound of a child laughing does seem to be a near-universal joy-ful sound. It cuts across cultures, races, languages, ethnicities, religions, place and time. That particular laughter is infectious, can bring smiles out, can make us forget - if only for a moment – some of the darkest pain.

Here in no particular order, are a few other really great sounds Popcorn popping

Ice cold Pepsi being poured over ice

Something frying in a skilletSnow fallingA stormWaves gently lapping up on

shoreA baby sleepingThe ding of an ovenPeople screaming, laughing,

talking at a fair

The school dismissal bellAn engine starting on a very

cold, wintery morningSomeone saying “I love you”The crinkle of the small wrap-

per underneath a piece of See’s candy

And with that I’ll leave you with the sound of good night.

Rosel Aquino Zobel’s senior year of high school came to a

close in 1953, so was the much-awaited graduation ceremony at the Rizal Coli-seum where he graduated as Salutatorian. For many high-school students, it is hard to imagine what the long term benefits of a col-lege education might be. It can be intimidating and the work seems formidable.

The four college years are big piece of a lifetime. These years, we want to believe, should be filled with a special kind of hap-piness and fulfillment. But it is not likely to turn out this way – and you would not want it to.

Like all undergraduates, you will have many new problems that you will be able to solve alone or with the help of your classmates. Others may require more experienced head. No stu-dent is ever fully prepared for all eventualities.

The problems and challenges

Transition10th of a Series

In search of the good life:Going to College -- My Unrevealed

Thoughts & Work ExperienceEducation was compatible with my flexible schedule.

What a huge benefit to those of us who are working full time –finally our dreams of attaining a college degree can come true.

Sample incoming freshmen on campus.

that you encounter and solve are the “yeast and spice” of life. These are the ingredients that turn adolescents into ma-ture, thoughtful and responsible adults.

Growing up is not a matter of avoiding the hard choices, but of making them for the right rea-sons, not without regret perhaps,

but with firm belief as to what one is about.

The whole point of going to college is to learn and begin to take charge of your life by mak-ing your own choices, so Rosel expected to spend most of his time doing that. But this is not to rule out having fun because he knew it is part of college life.

The fact that you will be build-ing a career for the rest of your life is reason enough to make time for a college education. College gave Rosel an oppor-tunity to develop his particular talents, a chance to grow in awareness of himself and the world around him.

In those college years, Rosel tried to discover and develop his aptitudes and interests; and iden-tified survival skills that could be utilized on-and-off campus. He continued to explore the impor-

tance of family support and its relationship to his academic suc-cess. He also early on explored the many jobs on campus to sustain his academic career.

First Real Job There are things incoming

freshmen need to do not only to

Sample photo of an office interview.

survive the first year of college, but to thrive in a university set-ting as the case of Rosel. The first few weeks on campus are extremely critical for all new stu-dents. “It is during this time that you make critical decisions that will have an effect on the rest of your life,” writes R. S. Hansen.

Rosel had learned that his mother was closely related to several FEU stockholders, three of them sit on the Board of Trustees, including Nicanor Reyes Jr., son of the university founder.

Included in the board was Carlos Palanca and “Etoy” del Rosario, no relations, but who later became good friends and benefactors of Rosel. Other personalities he got to know and interacted were the Mendozas, the Roceses, De Leons, Alfon-sos, and Alvendias. In some ways, he would be “co-opted” by these influential people.

It started when, relates Rosel, “With resolve, I made an ap-pointment with Dr. Lauro Pan-ganiban, dean of the College of Medicine and the FEU treasurer simultaneously. I introduced my-self in a way that would impress him. I wanted to be positive and up-beat. I started the dialogue along these lines:

I’m a poor nephew of your wife, Tia Charing, the first cousin of my mother Beatriz. I’m a bright college student, a freshman, here and I need a job

desperately.” The doctor reacted amusedly

with a corner half smile while continually signing a stack of papers on his cluttered desk and puffing out smokes with his British brand Benson & Hedges cigarette. This consumer item would later prove valuable to our close relationship.

While in Hong Kong (on a later study abroad), Rosel would periodically ship a few pack-ages, plus some toilette goods for his family use. He sent his remittances through a Chinese company in Manila with HK connection, or reimbursed Rosel through his mother for the cost.

At that time, there existed a dollar control by the Philip-pine Government. This dollar restric-tion later gave Rosel an idea to play the currency market of commodity future. The British pound has remained his favorite currency to this day, along with the Euro.

At some point of Far Eastern University Administration Build-

ing at Morayta St. (Now Nicanor Reyes St.).

the interview, Dr. Panganiban inquired, “The university train-ing hospital will open soon, what you know anything about hospital work?”

I sheepishly replied, “Absolute-ly nothing Sir. But I have very good ability for learning, and am willing to be trained by experts of your choice.”

He looked at Rosel intently; and appeared thinking deeply about something, or perhaps trying to assess his character and skill.

By this time, Rosel thought

he already caught the doctor’s interest, prompting him to push his luck further by breaking the silence.”

“Doc, I want to succeed in life. I work hard. Given an opportu-nity, I’ll do well. Trust me, all I need is a chance to prove my worth, but please don’t start me at the bottom, a middle manage-ment position will do for now.”

The doctor struck his right fist on the desk that scared me. He then stood up, walked towards the door, and called the secretary. “Patay (“Dead”), I must have disgusted him,” I said to myself.

“Yes, indeed, friends and critics have described me as ‘eccentric’, ‘odd’, ‘aggressive’, and ‘arro-gant’ for my own good. I always thought that I was refreshingly spontaneous, natural, and asser-tive enough that would make an impression on somebody who has studied in America. That was my nature, and I didn’t intend to change my character.”

Rosel felt he must have dis-pleased the doctor with his honesty and frankness. “Did he mistake an opened approach for brashness?” asked Rosel. “It’s too bad that we Filipinos are so oversensitive and damned

old-fashioned. We haven’t much tolerance for individualism. Hell, I must have blown it, and I was ready to leave his office.”

Then Dr. Panganiban called on his secretary and instructed her to contact the administrators of St. Luke Hospital (a certain administrator, named Montoya) and UST Hospital Director (a certain Dr. Antonio).

“I learned later that I would receive some crash instruction and training on hospital admin-istration, including statistics and

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On page 6 of the San Diego Asian Journal, you may

have noticed the three names listed in our edito-rial box: Eugenio “Ego” Osin (1946 – 1994); Joe Cabrera )1924 – 1996); and Soledad Bautista (1917 - 2009).

These are the names of the people who had helped make our newspaper a success. They had passed on, but not after they had devoted the last few years of their lifetime sharing their talents with our readers: Eugenio “Ego” Osin was a cartoonist and illustra-tor. Joe Cabrera was a writer and humorist who wrote a collection of jokes in Taga-log poetry. Finally Soledad Bautista was an English poet. Sol Bautista passed away only two months ago. Our manag-ing editor, Genevieve Silverio, has just written a tribute to her. During the time of their deaths, I wrote tributes to my good friends Ego and Joe. It’s been years since the tribute had been published. Ego’s was fifteen years ago, while Joe’s was thirteen years ago. I decided to reprint them in these series of two articles, not only to remind our read-ers of their contributions, but also to help perpetuate their memory.

Tributes to our fallen colleagues

Remembering my good friend,

EgoBy Simeon G. Silverio Jr.

Publisher and EditorThe San Diego Asian JournalReprinted from the San Diego

Asian JournalFebruary, 1994 issue

At the Sunburst Magazine editorial office in Makati, Philippines during the late 1970’s, Ego’s drawing board and art paraphernalia sat in a corner amidst a number of editors and writers’ desks.

Ego would quietly work in that corner all day, producing realistic illustrations for origi-nal stories or articles of such well known Filipino writers like Nick Joaquin, Federico Licsi Espino, Carlos Quirino, Max Soliven, among others. It was there where he would produce his regular editorial cartoon, “Ego Trip”, which elicited raves from thousands of Sunburst Magazine read-ers all over the world.

He was a sight to behold. His long, kinky hair spreaded out like a pair of wings. With his rounded dark glasses, he looked more like a Beatnik of the sixties than a Hippie of the seventies. It was not easy to break ice with him at

first, for he belonged in his own private world, produc-ing cartoons and illustration in that art corner all day. But when he did an illustration for a humorous article I wrote about my frustrations with my Beetle car, a bond of kinship suddenly emerged between us. It turned out that he shared the same experience with his own car, which, as fate would have it, was also a Volkswagen Beetle.

I found Ego to be a talented and gifted artist. His cartoons had a style that could be ap-preciated in any part of the world.

However, he had a heavy price to pay for his genius. He suffered from hemophilia, a hereditary disease that prevented blood clotting. His life, therefore, was always in danger whenever he suf-fered from minor injuries. He was lucky, he often told his friends, to be able to reach adulthood.

This same ailment, however, became his ticket to America. He got a United States visa for humanitarian reasons. He needed to avail of the ad-vanced medical technology in the U.S., enabling him to become a U.S. resident in the late 1980s. In the Philippines, he could not even have his tooth pulled, lest he bleed to death. His teeth were already decaying. The American consul in Manila took note of them and approved his visa. His nephews, who had the same death sentence as the disease is only passed on the males in the family, learned to live with it by simply inject-ing themselves with medica-tion stored in their family’s refrigerator every time they bled due to a minor accident. Not every son in a family is affected. Ego was the only one among his brothers who had the ailment, although his sister, a carrier, passed it on to her sons. In a cruel stroke of fate, one of Ego’s broth-

ers, who was healthy enough to live a full life, committed suicide when he was heartbro-ken after falling in love with a married woman.

In the U.S., Ego worked for a while with a Filipino-Ameri-can newspaper in Los Angeles until he found out that I have my own newspaper in San Diego. I invited him to come over, and he rented a room in downtown San Diego, where he enjoyed the beauty of America’s Finest City.

With this sword of Damo-cles hanging over his head, Ego could not plan for his fu-ture. He was expecting death anytime. However it did not prevent him from making the most of his life. He squeezed his creative juices each day, feeling visibly exhausted after producing one masterpiece after another. Sometimes, he would beg off, and set aside a project until his mind is clear enough. One time, he saw a small aquarium with a few fish in a store while on his way to the racetrack.

“I’ll just go, get my money and buy this aquarium to-night,” he told the sales girl.

With his own formula in winning in the racetrack, he won that day, and picked up the aquarium that evening. He would watch the fish swim to relax his mind. It was an inexpensive way of psyching himself out to meet the chal-lenges that he had to face the next day, despite his over-whelming handicap.

He insisted that he had devised a way of increasing his chances in winning in the racetrack. He must have been right. Otherwise, how could one explain his constant winnings during his weekend sojourns, a passion which to him was more of a business investment than a vice? Just a few weeks before he died, he won $2,000 which he used to buy a car, a used Hyundai. Although he was expecting death to come anytime, he

may have bet wrong this time and not have expected it to come that soon, as he was looking forward to driving his Hyundai for quite a while.

Forever an optimist, Ego remained unfazed by ob-stacles that came his way. His colleagues had no inkling that he was near death when he excused himself to check in the hospital for the last time. The last time we talked, he indicated that he would not last long, and he asked me to publish his book of cartoons, one of the many legacies he planned to leave behind. He even had a positive “spin” on his life-threatening ailment: “I have a royal blood,” he would say, referring to the fact that the royal family Russia, that of Czar Nicholas II, had the same blood ailment.

“Only a few of us in this world were given the honor to have it,” he would say with a sarcastic smile.

People can certainly learn a lesson or two from my good friend, Ego, on how to live a

good life. He brushed aside the ill effects of his inborn disease and went on doing his job, applying his creative genius in his work and in the process made this world of ours a much better place to live when he left. Ego may be gone, but the inspiring lesson he taught us on how to overcome one’s handicap and make the most of life, will live on. - AJ

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Considered as the window to the island of Mindanao, Davao City is home to various national prides. The alluring orchid called the wal-ing-waling and the intriguing en-dangered Philippine Eagle, whose sanctuary is at the foot of Mt. Apo, the country’s highest mountain, are among the tourist attractions in this bounteous province. No wonder my friends and I opted for an ad-venture trip to Davao City, one of the world’s largest cities.

Davao City is located in Davao del Sur, Mindanao. It is accessible by land, air, and sea from major points in the country. This well-known tourist destination is only 90 minutes away from Manila by

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plane. We arrived at the modern Davao International Airport around 6:30 a.m. Bambie, our tour guide, gladly welcomed us to this bustling city.

Our fi rst taste of Davao’s gastro-nomic delights was at Dencia’s. This popular restaurant, just across the JSGaisano mall side entrance, serves breakfast bestsellers like lugaw (congee) and tokwa’t baboy (tofu and pork meat).

After our yummy breakfast, we stopped over at the lovely and well-maintained People’s Park. This four-hectare park has a 425-square meter visitors’ center built with a durian dome design and an open plaza with a walk-through rainbow drive featuring some collections of potted palms. What I found fascinating were the lumad sculptures of Mindanaoan artist Kublai Millan. Wide-eyed, big-cheeked sculptures of natives are portrayed in different scenes like farming, harvesting, play-

ing, and sweeping. An estimated 1,101 species of plants and trees from rainforests worldwide can also be found here. Not surprisingly, it has become a city landmark where city dwellers enjoy hanging around.

Natural attractions abound in this city. The Crocodile Park and Butterfl y House are both situated in the Riverfront Complex in

visitors to have close encounters with various animals. It was quite an experience wrapping an albino python around my neck. Just a stone’s throw away is the lush Butterfl y House that is home to beautiful and colorful butterfl ies. It is a must-see attraction.

To recharge ourselves after a hectic morning, we headed to our hotel, Waterfront Insular.

This fi rst-class busi-ness resort hotel has cozy open-air corridors perfect for sightseeing. The rooms are tastefully furnished with neat bathrooms providing us a comfortable stay.

Food tripping was one of the highlights of our trip. We sampled different dishes like chorizo, chop-suey, sizzling sisig, sizzling bone-less bangus, and tuna belly at the scenic River Walk Grill. We were

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Ma-a. We fi rst explored the Croco-dile Park that houses the country’s biggest crocodile named Pangil. There is also a mini-zoo that allows

Davao at night

even tempted to try the exotic crocodile meat. It would have been an extraordinary dining ex-perience, but it was out of stock that time. Of course, we didn’t miss the chance to taste the mouthwatering durian shake and mango fl oat.

After lunch, we heard mass at the nearby St. Joseph the Worker Parish. From there, we strolled around Gaisano Mall, the biggest mall

in Mindanao, along J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada. We then took our dinner at Gerry’s Grill.

For a night of fun and entertain-ment, we checked out a comedy bar, Joke Hall. The performers kept us laughing until the wee hours. My friends even had the chance to

belt out some songs onstage.It was a drizzly Sunday morning,

but we still explored the hotel’s amenities. The swimming pool and adjacent beach offer a sooth-ing atmosphere to guests. We had a delectable breakfast buffet at Café Uno. The restaurant serves mostly international cuisine that will surely satisfy your appetite.

We boarded a van, and after an hour’s drive, we arrived at the idyl-lic and sprawling Malagos Garden Resort. This 12-hectare art and nature theme park is a top-notch tourist spot. Known for its wildlife farm hosting butterfl ies, indigenous birds, and other wildlife species, and famed orchids, tropical plants, and fruit trees, this attraction is both educational and entertain-ing. Though we didn’t catch the much-talked about bird show, we had the opportunity to interact with the birds and other animals. Af-terwards, we had a leisurely walk through the verdant Waling-Waling Forest. It was a breath of fresh air from city life’s hurly-burly.

After our nature adventure, our guide took us to Golden Egg Ihaw-Ihaw. It is a roadside resto

near Mintal. Our Davao food trip wouldn’t be complete without trying the hito (catfi sh), a popu-lar delicacy. Aside from that, we ordered other home-cooked meals like tilapia, native chicken, adobo, and tinola. Adding fun was the videoke right in front of us. Eat-ing combined with singing was extremely enjoyable!

We had a quick stopover at one of the fruit stands to buy suha (pomelo) for pasalubong. We then visited the famous Lola Abon’s Durian Candy factory. It is a small house that sells high-quality durian candies. It was a treat choosing from a wide range of products like mangosteen stick bag, langka yema, durian ice cream, langka candy, and durian choco. We all left the store with bagfuls of good-ies.

It is true that one simply does not get bored in Davao City. A 10-min-ute boat ride will allow you to bask in nature’s splendor at Paradise Is-land Park and Beach Resort, one of the most visited resorts on Samal Island. The resort teems with ro-bust talisay trees, white sand, clear waters, and scenic mountains.

We rented four cottages for our overnight stay. The air-conditioned cottages have native thatched roof, amakan walls, and private veran-das. I really adored the room’s indigenous interiors. The resort offers various activities like island hopping, swimming, kayaking, and trekking for fun-loving guests.

In the evening, we dined al fresco while savoring the cool sea breeze and romantic music by the serenad-ers. The food was good, but the service was slow. So, better order ahead of time.

The following day, we went swimming and snorkeling at the beach. I found it totally refreshing to just do things at our own pace. Indeed, it was a great opportunity to pamper ourselves amid lovely surroundings.

From the resort, we embarked on another road trip to Malagos water-shed. This is one of the city’s main watersheds managed by Davao City Water District. Various groups have been actively involved in protecting and preserving the wa-tershed as part of the government’s nationwide campaign to conserve and protect the environment. We walked around the vast and well-kept forest for some photo ops.

For adventure seekers like me, don’t just imagine, make it happen. Escape to Davao’s best-kept secrets and experience a rejuvenating holi-day getaway. – From Good News Philippines

By Lia Manalac

In a country where more than half of the population can’t live a day without texting, and thousands more are Facebook addicts- fi nding books in the dustbin of Filipino households will surely come as no surprise.

Of course, it will be easy to just give up on encouraging kids to read, when books are not as accessible as the more costly television sets, celphones and internet.

But for retired banker Nina Patawaran, there just can never be any excuse for kids not to read and learn.

The latter part of 2007 signi-fi ed the onset of America’s fi nancial crisis. Nina was laid off from her banking job in New York.

But it was amidst this very bad news that Nina found a ray of hope to come back home to the Philippines and start up a project she wanted so long to do.

The Philippines Diction-ary Project began with only 2 balikbayan boxes of children’s picture storybooks that Nina

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Kids take a look at their dictionary.

donated to the Siliman Uni-versity Elementary School. Her fi rst donated books were destroyed and pilfered. Nina obviously was disappointed but determined to prove a point.

So coming home in June 2008, Nina went back to Negros Oriental began her advocacy to raise funds for books that would help raise the literacy level of children especially in public schools in the provinces.

It was then that she decided to venture into donating dictionar-ies.

“I have learned several languages over the course of the years. I fi gured that if I couldn’t have learned foreign languages effi ciently without the aid of good dictionaries, the same would be true with public school children whose parents do not have good command of the English language,” Nina shares.

And the journey she thought would be diffi cult, proved to be otherwise. The principal of Sa-grada Elementary School, also


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The inspirational “KAHON” theater play by the children res-cued from jail which drives guests, including judges and court person-nel to tears. The Play shows the children’s’ lives and conditions behind bars.

This week, the hardest days in the life of Max, Kaloy and Buboy was poured out on the fl oor of the Preda center through a moving theatre drama entitled “Kahon”, meaning “The Box”. They were the lead players in a stunning performance before an astonished group of Swiss and Swedish students and researchers at Preda. They had come to study the amaz-ing transformation in the lives of the young people recovering from life behind bars and reforming their lives at Preda therapeutic community through theater and emotional expression therapy. It was an emotional presentation as the stories of the three unfolded, there were teary eyes among the audience.

The story of these three kids from prison form part of the theater piece “KAHON”. Prison is like a small box into which the young boys are crammed with seasoned criminals, rapists, and murderers. The boys live in fear and terror of rape, abuse and prison slavery. They tell how they suffered the humiliation, abuse, hunger and hardship of sleep-ing on concrete fl oors with rats and cockroaches running around and sometimes having to endure brutality by the guards that was tantamount to torture.

The play is a fast moving heart-wrenching drama made up by the boys with the help of the Preda theatre directors. The purpose to is to develop public awareness and advocacy for a change in the policing practice that still impris-ons children in jails despite the law forbidding it. As I was writing this article, I received a long text message from Shiela, our social worker on the rescue team - “Hur-ray!! Freed one more boy in jail, 8 months there, orphan, no birth certifi cate but tooth dating shows he’s about 16. He stole for food. Now free at last, coming home”.

That message summed up the bitter suffering of an abandoned street boy who ached with hunger looking at overfed customers in the fast food joints and not even a left over or a few crumbs was

Life and Salvation “In the box”given to him. Shiela’s text mes-sage had a spark of joy in saving a destitute and abandoned child from the dungeons of despair. His name is Jimboy and when he recovers from skin diseases, malnutrition and loneliness, he will be telling his story of his salvation through acting in “The Box”.

The reenacting of their suffering in jail is healing therapy in itself. The audience is healed too - from apathy and indifference to human suffering. They come to realize that their stereotype image of the “delinquent youth” as a criminal intent on harming and destroying others is generally wrong . The truth is that these kids are just starving for love and food. They have been rejected and abused, castaway, unwanted, unloved by irresponsible parents, abused by adults, the society, authority, church and state and thrown on the garbage heap of discarded people. They are illiterate, homeless, jobless, hopeless and they steal to survive. And now hey are on top of that long harsh prison sentences.

In the Preda Home for “Children in Confl ict with the Law”, all that is abolished. The children stay voluntarily in the open home with no desire to leave. They are trained to discover their own inner value, human dignity and hope. There is no need for beatings, punishment and all that abuse that is so damag-ing and detrimental to children’s well-being. Some parents and authority fi gures who have failed as human beings and parents may quote “spare the rod and spoil the child” and they are utterly wrong. They who believe in that axiom must be devoid of common sense about human love, friendship, understanding and can never bond with their children. They need therapy and to come to terms with their own deprivation of parental love in their childhood. What we need is not more punishment and cruelty but compassion, friendship and affi rming the inherent good-ness in the youth.

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Amidst the global economic crisis that saw plunging revenues of Philippine export products these past months, tuna has emerged as the only commodity among the top ten exports show-ing the strongest annual growth rate.

Tuna products consisting of fresh tuna, frozen tuna, pouched tuna and canned tuna, all racked up total export ship-ments in February this year valued at 31.27 million US dollars, surging 57 percent, according to the Na-tional Statistics Office (NSO).

All other Philippine top 10 export prod-ucts like electronics, copper cathodes, wiring sets, gold, coconut oil, metal compo-nents, garments, furniture, etc, sank ranging from 20, 40 to 60 percent in export revenues dur-ing the same month, buckling under the impact of the global slowdown.

“Tuna as a food commod-ity is highly in demand in the world’s markets specially in the US where most of our country’s tuna products are shipped –it’s a basic necessity even in a global recession,” says Domingo Ang, chief executive officer of Davao Marina Tuna Corporation.

Philippine tuna has been de-clining in the US market since 2005, but last year’s first quarter tuna exports broke the slowing trend with tuna shipments rack-ing up 9.934 metric tons, rising 22 percent over the same period the previous year, according to the website www.atuna.com citing data from the US National Marine Fisheries Services.

Tuna, RP’s strongest export

amidst crisisWorld prices of processed tuna

products had been soaring in foreign markets due to the rising costs of raw tuna catch during the past three years, according to Francisco Buencamino, execu-tive director of the Tuna Canners Association of the Philippines.

However, despite the fewer

tuna catch by Filipino fishermen, tuna caught by Taiwanese, Ko-rean and Russian fishermen had been sustaining the tuna produc-tion output in both fishing ports of Davao and General Santos in the Philippines south.

Volume of tuna unloaded at the two fishing ports dropped 35 percent during the first half of last year due to high fuel prices which forced several Filipino tuna fishing fleets to cut down their fishing expeditions in the high seas of the South Pacific, according to Philippine Fisheries Development Authority regional manager Miguel Lamberte.

The combined unloading of tuna catch by foreign fishing fleets using the two southern fishing ports has boosted tuna volume at around 20 percent dur-ing the first quarter this year.

“This is a good sign that the tuna production volume will re-main robust this year,” Lamberte said. (PNA)

in Negros Oriental, welcomed her initiative with open arms.

“The principal explained that she would like to give up all of the fiction books in exchange for as many children’s English dictionaries as possible,” Nina says.

Nina no longer wast-ed a single second and worked double time to search for donors. Coming back to the US, she immediately tapped Ayala Foundation USA, which linked her to the local foundation here. She got the support of Scholas-

Retired banker spearheads RP Dictionary Project

tic Books,that agreed to publish the Scholastic First Dictionary for her project.

“I was officially the first donor. I then started approach-ing friends to donate. I had one friend from high school who I

thought would do-nate only 10 books; I was shocked when I heard from Aya-la Foun-dation that my friends

check was for 50 dictionar-ies (or an entire school). To be quite candid, I thought that raising funds for 10 schools or 500 dictionaries would have

Nina Patawaran

Student assistants prepare the dictionaries to be given away.

With the Dep, Ed team in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental.

been an amazing feat. The Albanian janitor at my old em-ployer donated $10, enough to sponsor 1 dictionary and some.

covering 28 public schools in all.

Today, other foundations continue to help Nina get more donors for her project. Among those that have continuously supported her are the Ayala Foundation and the PLDT-Smart Foundation. Families and friends have also spread the word about the project.

For a measly amount of only P350 each, one can help raise one more literate child in the Philippines through the Phil-ippines Dictionary Project. Individuals, groups and cor-porations are encouraged to

help in any way, and give any amount they can in support of the cause.

As an added feature, each dic-tionary bears the name of the donor and if the donor wants to specify a personalized inscrip-tion.

To date, the project has al-ready reached other provinces such as Capiz, and will be com-ing in Davao and Palawan in the coming months.

As proof that the project is working, Siliman University reported that all of the schools that received the dictionaries in November last year have reported an increase in their mean percentage scores. One school’s mean percentage score jumped from 39% to 65% after 5 months with a set of 50 dic-tionaries.

“This project has been such an exhilarating experience. I’ve met so many people, Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike who all share the dream of helping the Philippines attain a brighter future. Donors can donate in bite-size pieces, or 1 diction-ary at a time. Donors like the fact that they do not have to be high net-worth individuals to support this cause,” she happily shares.

Nina Patawaran (founder)– [email protected] and [email protected]

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The Cuban superinten-dent of my building do-nated 1 dictionary, too. Mr. Washington SyCip agreed to sponsor one public school, and even encouraged his son to do the same,” Nina recalls.

By November 2008, Nina launched her project in Negros Ori-ental with more than a hundred dictionaries


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All parents love their children, but because each child is special, they treat them differently. The independent child receives less attention while the sweet one gets spoiled. The intelligent son reaps kudos, but the lazy one gets scolded. The older chil-dren do the chores, while the bunso gets to play. As parents themselves are human beings, they have their own personali-ties which may fit into some of their children’s. For instance, an adventurous father tends to be closer to a son who shares the same interest in sports. Think-ing that their parents are playing favorites, some siblings become envious. Remember the bibli-cal story of Joseph the Dreamer, youngest son of Jacob, whose brothers sold him to slave trad-ers? The situation becomes more complicated when the children grow up and start their own families. Prodded by their spous-es, the jealousy becomes more intense, until siblings fight each other and even their parents.

Our hypothetical this week involves the two sisters Cyd and Aneth, and their siblings. Their family owns several lots in Quezon province. Both of them became nurses and were able to immigrate to the United States. After becoming U.S. citizens, they petitioned their parents to join them. Their other siblings stayed behind as it takes a much longer time for them to im-migrate. Instead, their parents petitioned them the moment they set foot in America.

As immigrants, the parents have no choice but to stay long in the United States. Cyd and

“Advance Inheritance”Aneth were kind enough to support all their needs, includ-ing their plane fares during their yearly vacations to the Philip-pines, and even the fees for their siblings’ petitions. The parents felt very grateful and decided to return the favor by deeding some of their Philippine properties to Cyd and Aneth. The parents thought that the other children would not mind. But they were wrong. The other children learned about the transfer soon after their migrated to the United States. Prodded by their spouses, they got hurt and thought that their parents were playing favorites. They expressed their frustration and threatened to sue unless they also get an equal share of the other properties. The parents refused because they will have nothing left for themselves. What does Philippine law say about this?

First, it depends on whether the deed to Cyd and Aneth was a donation or a sale. If it is a sale, then Philippine law says that during their lifetime, the parents are free to dispose of their properties. The legal basis for this rule is Article 777 of the Civil Code which states that “(T)he rights to the succession are transmitted from the moment of the death of the decedent”. This means that during the lifetime of the parents, the children do not have any right over their parents’ properties. Instead, what they have is only an inchoate interest, corresponding to their legitime. We explain this below.

In case of a donation, the rule is a little bit different. While the parents can still freely dispose

of their properties during their lifetime, there is a limitation. “No person may give or receive, by way of donation, more than he may give or receive by will” (Article 752). Thus, the donation must not reduce the legitime of the heirs. Article 886 of the Civil Code defines legitime as “that part of the testator’s property which he cannot dispose of be-cause the law has reserved it for certain heirs who are, therefore, called compulsory heirs.” Not all heirs are compulsory; they are limited to children, parents and widows (Article 887, Civil Code). The amount of legitime depends on how many and which heirs are alive at the time the decedent died. It may be one-half, one-third, one-fourth, or equal to those of the other heirs. Furthermore, “only those who at the time of the donor’s death have a right to the legitime and their heirs and successors in in-terest may ask for the reduction of inofficious donations” (Article 772, Civil Code). Thus, if a son predeceases his parents, he has no legitime, unless he has his own heirs. This relates to Article 777 (above) which says that the right of an heir arises only at the time of the decedent’s death.

We hope we are not confusing you with all these references to various provisions of the Civil Code. Just remember, the rule is that children (or any other heir for that matter) do not have rights until their parents die. The only exception is when their parents donate and that donation affects their legitime. So what happens now? Do we revoke the donation made to Cyd and Aneth?

The answer is no. Amidst this entire hullabaloo, the disadvan-taged children’s recourse is not to invalidate the donation, but to run after the other properties, or to seek reimbursement from the favored children. This, of course, can be done only after their parents’ death. The procedure is outlined in the other provisions of the Civil Code, but we refrain from citing them as they are too confusing or, worse, too boring for the reader.

Atty. Rogelio Karagdag, Jr. is licensed to practice law in both California and the Philippines. He practices immigration law in San Diego and has continu-ously been a trial and appellate attorney in the Philippines since 1989. He travels between San Diego and Manila. His office address is located at 16486 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 228, San Diego, CA 92128. He also holds office in National City inside the S&S Travel Agency at 2409 E. Plaza Blvd. Please call (858)348-7475 & (619) 475-3262 for your free consultation. We also encourage readers to write us questions about both U.S. immigration and Philippine laws to be future topics in this column. Our email is [email protected]. Articles written in this column are not legal advice but are hy-potheticals intended as general, non-specific legal information.


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Gigantic - Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano of Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood) is a 28-year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly par-ents (Ed Asner, Jane Alexander), and the youngest son in a trio of successful brothers, Brian is searching for his place in the world. Unfulfilled by his work he spends a good portion of his day pursu-ing his goal of someday adopting a baby from China. He gets swept up in a romance with the lovely but loopy Harriet Lolly (Zooey Deschanel) when she comes in to his store one day and falls asleep on one of the beds. To win her over, he must contend with her bear of a father, Al Lolly (John Goodman), an art-collecting loudmouth with a bad back and deep pockets. Gigantic is a funny, surreal love story about the anxiety that comes when two people with crazy families collide unexpectedly and fall for each other. www.thegi-ganticmovie.com www.silive.com/entertainment/tvfilm/index.ssf/2009/04/profile_paul_dano.html

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Gutz is a light and incredibly daytime scent, with top notes of Aromatic, Lav-ender, Bergamot, Citrus, middle notes of floral, Jasmine, Rosewood; and base notes of Musk, Cedarwood, and Amber. Glory, with top notes of Bergamot, Tangerine, Apple, Plum, middle notes of Lavender, Cypress, Ginger, Nutmeg and base of notes Patchouli, Cedar Moss and Sandalwood, is richer and more adventurous, and is thus more appropriate for nighttime soirees.

Gutz suggests an active lifestyle while Glory denotes confidence, sen-suality, all of which perfectly embody Richard Gutierrez. Other product which Richard introduced was Slim Tee at the same time demonstrated his fly-ing kicks and amazing stunts, in high power kicks, punches and sidekicks for effect.

The big event was attended by friends of Richard in the industry, sister Ruffa, nieces Venice and Lorin, mom Anna-belle Rama who gives him the much needed moral support .

PNS -- AFTER many ac-tresses portraying Mars Ravelo’s “Darna,” Marian Rivera has been chosen for a new TV series adapting the adventures of the Filipina super hero.

Through the years, the famous outfit simply changed faces.

Some of the actresses who were given the chance to play the role were Vilma Santos, Lorna Tolentino, Rio Locsin, Sharon Cuneta, Nanette Medved, Anja-nette Abayari, Regine Velasquez and Angel Locsin.

Most of these stars have had great success in showbiz.And for her part, Marian, no doubt, is now one of them. But what about a new Darna look? What about Darna with wings this time?

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PNS -- Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo said their I dos before Father Tito Caluag in an out-of-town church wedding (Batangas) at 7 a.m. yesterday. It was witnessed by close relatives from the family of both sides, Megastar Sharon Cuneta and Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid, Suzie and Paolo Abrera who were members of the entourage.

The march started with Sharon, then Juday’s daughter Yo-han, then Juday. On the other line were Juday’s mom, Carol, Ryan’s mom, and Juday’s sister, Jackie.

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Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo

On the other side were Ryan’s dad, Juday’s dad, Ryan’s brother, Dondee and Juday’s brother, Jefrrey.

Regine Velasquez, Ogie Al-casid and Agot Isidro sang at the wedding.

There was a buzz at the press-con for Star Cinema’s Best Friends Forever when Sharon (who stars in the movie with Ai Ai de las Alas) at the Dolphy Theater on ABS-CBN compound rushed to leave when she has not yet been thoroughly interviewed by her friends from the press.

She reasoned out that she had to oversee some preparations for a party at their Wack Wack house that evening.

It was learned that the entou-rage holed up in the church the night before the wedding.

Two days earlier, Judy Ann’s manager Alfie Lorenzo said he

was not attending the wedding as he himself had not been invited. He said he was leaving for the US first week of May and there was no way he could attend it, as it was earlier announced (or leaked) that the wedding will take place on May 2.

Meanwhile, here are the other details of the wedding:

After the church wedding (it is said that Juday’s parents were also wed in the same church), the entourage proceeded to Tama-rindo Resort (also in San Juan, Batangas for the reception).

The couple had planned to go on a Mexican honeymoon, but due to their respective commit-ments (and perhaps, the swine flu scare that’s sweeping Mexico and the US right now), Juday and Ryan will spend it here in-stead, at their new home.

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Joke of the Week: On the fi nal night of the parish mission, at the end of an eloquent homily, the missionary said, “Stand up, those who want to go to heaven.” The whole congregation stood up. When they were once more were seated, he paused and then said, “Now stand up those who want to go to hell.” An elderly man at the back of the church got up, and the missionary said, “Do you really want to go to hell?” “No, padre,” replied the man. “But I didn’t like to see you standing there alone.”

Scriptures: First Reading: Acts 1: 1-11. Like Moses and Elijah, Jesus was presented as a prophet

Ascension Sunday: Mission Possible

who bestowed his Spirit upon his followers as he enjoined them to continue his saving mission. To continue the work that was entrusted to Moses, Joshua shared in his spirit. Likewise, Elisha received a double por-tion of Elijah’s spirit. It is no surprise at all that in this pas-sage Jesus likewise assured his disciples that the Holy Spirit will descend upon them for their guidance. Second Reading: Ephesians 1: 17-23. The author prays to God the Father through the intercession of the risen and ascended Christ for guidance and wisdom from the Holy Spirit. The success of the disciples’ mission depends not so much

on their willingness to carry on the mission of Jesus, but on the gifts and power that come from above. Gospel: Mark 16: 15-20. Mighty deeds, such as driving out demons, healing the sick, immunity from poisonous drink and snakebite, accompanied the mission of the disciples. Yet the focus of the story is not on those marvelous deeds, but about the Gospel that they proclaim.

Refl ections: The Feast of the Ascension should not, according to Reginald Fuller H. Fuller, be thought of as a historical com-memoration. The Ascension is an integral part of the resurrec-tion that expresses the reality of the fi nal withdrawal of the Lord’s physical presence from the disciples. In order to savor in contemplation the profound meaning of the two aspects of an “indivisible event,” Easter and Ascension are observed separate-ly. These two presentations ac-count for the scriptural differenc-es regarding the time when the ascension really took place. Luke mentioned that it had occurred on Easter Sunday evening; John put it between the appearances to Mary Magdalene and to Thomas; and the Acts of the Apostles narrated that it occurred on the fortieth day (the Church does not liturgically and documentarily make any pronouncement that it actually happened on the fortieth day).

Though the Ascension focuses on the glory of the Lord at his Father’s Kingdom, yet it does not exclude another equally important aspect: the mission of Jesus is now the disciples’ mission. The Lord commanded the disciples to go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to all. The disciples were instructed to be concerned not merely with a particularistic or inward impact of the Gospel in their lives, but also with a universalistic or out-ward proclamation of the Good News.

There are two different ways by which the world can be seen as the object of the Gospel proc-lamation. Either the world is an enemy or threat to the Gospel or it is a partner and means for sal-vation. These views are premised

on the principle that the Church’s infl uence on the world dimin-ishes as the world’s infl uence on the Church increases, and vice versa. As a threat, the world is dangerous, because it has the ability to overpower one’s faith and rob a person of his Christian identity. We are witnesses to this phenomenon. There are people who live as if money, prestige, power, and pleasure are the only ones that matter in life. For these people, God is either dead or does not exist. The values for which they live and would die for are those of the world. As a result, some Christians, who consider the world as threat to their faith, fl ee the world and have recourse to narrow sectari-anism. They consider those who do not subscribe to their beliefs as heathens, outsiders, and damned to eternal punishment. On the other hand, the world can be considered as partner and companion on the road to heaven. According to this view, the world can be challenged and permeated with the spirit of the Gospel. This is the approach of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of the Vatican Council: the Church is not an opposition but a sacrament that relentlessly offers salvation to the world.

The Ascension, wrote Frank Mihalic, “is like a person going on leave after a period of hard work. Now he is taking it easy, resting. He relaxes with friends

and family, and visits around with people who have not seen him in a long time. They, in turn, do him favors, they are proud of his work, they want to help … in a small sense, this is an idea of heaven …”

Quotation of the Week: “When

the missionaries fi rst came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them, the tables had been turned: We had the Bible and they had the land.”

Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa.

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love with. It turns out that Kristine al-ready keeps seeing him in her dreams and they have a connection in the past, with Derek also playing Gabriel, the man who was Kristine’s ill-fated lover when she lived as Maruja in the late 1940s after the Second World War.

Karylle admits she felt starstruck with Kristine when she fi rst saw her. “I was staring at her and I said, ‘Sorry, kasi ang ganda mo.’ I haven’t worked

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What about Derek Ramsay? “First time ko rin to work with him and, based on our talks, he lives a very exciting life kasi adventurous siya. He ventures into different kinds of sports so kung minsan, darating sa set, may bagong sugat. I don’t think I’ve met anyone as active as he is dahil laging wala at nag-diving, nag-whale watching, mga ganun. Naisip ko tuloy, compared to his activities, am I miss-ing something in my life?”

Does she like her role as Helen in “Maruja”? “It’s a big challenge as I’m not like her at all in real life. Kasi, ki-kay siya, outgoing, sosyalera. E, ako, I only open up to the people I’m close with. Hindi ako comfortable being kikay to everyone, but I enjoy playing the role and showing a side of me na hindi kilala ng ibang tao.”

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — (May 12, 2009) — Cancer survivors of all ages will celebrate life on June 14 to show the world that life after a cancer diagnosis is not only possible, but it can be positive, productive and meaningful. From 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in Bloch Cancer Survivors’ Park on Harbor Island, cancer survivors, their families, healthcare professionals and the general public will take part in the 12th Annual Celebra-tion of Life, hosted by Cancer Survivorship: San Diego!

This free local event is one of hundreds of similar activities in communities throughout the United States, Canada and else-where commemorating National Cancer Survivors Day. Last year, more than 3,500 attended San Diego’s event

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Grady, one of the event’s found-ers and a breast cancer survivor. “This year’s theme, ‘Yes we can ... Survive ... Thrive!,’ will also recognize the contributions of healthcare providers and call at-tention to issues of survivorship such as insurance, employment and how cancer affects the whole family.”

San Diego’s Celebration of Life features a large health fair; lec-tures on a wide range of cancer-related topics in both English and Spanish presented by physicians and other healthcare profession-als in small breakout sessions; demonstrations of complementary therapies; free skin and oral can-cer screenings; family activities; opportunities for cancer survivors to talk with other survivors of the same type of cancer; survivor stories and awards presentations; and a fashion show with survivors as models.

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Day Foundation defines a cancer survivor as anyone living with a history of cancer — from the moment of diagnosis through the remainder of life. Approximately 11 million Americans are now liv-ing with and beyond a diagnosis of cancer. In the United States, it is estimated that almost half of all men and one third of all women will be diagnosed with the disease at some point in their lives.

Major advances in cancer prevention, early detection and treatment have resulted in longer survival and, therefore, a growing number of survivors. However, a cancer diagnosis can leave a host of problems in its wake. Physical, financial and emotional hardships often persist long after treatment. Survivors may face many chal-lenges such as hindered access to cancer specialists and promis-ing new treatments, inadequate insurance, financial difficulties, employment problems and psy-chological struggles.

“Despite the adversities they often face, cancer survivors continue to show resilience by living active, productive lives,” says Grady. “They face each day with courage and dignity in their fight against cancer and serve as an inspiration to all those around them.”

Cancer Survivorship: San Diego’s Celebration of Life will be held at Bloch Cancer Survi-vors’ Park, 4100 N. Harbor Drive, across from San Diego Interna-tional Airport. The event, which begins at 10:30 a.m. and runs until 5:00 p.m., is free and open to the public and registration is encour-aged. For more information or to register, visit www.cancersurvi-vorshipSD.com.

This year, members of a San Diego based Filipino organization the Triskelions’ Grand Fraternity/Sorority (TGFS) will help with set-up and breakdown of the tents being used for this event. TGFS members and their families from Los Angeles and Orange County who would want to volunteer to help may call Winslo Rivera at (760)715-4281.

Three major Filipino American organizations, Mabuhay Alliance, the National Federation of Filipino American Associations, and Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, sent a letter to President Obama, Chief of Staff Emanuel and Attorney General Holder, urging the appointment of the first Asian American/Pacific Islander to the U.S. Supreme Court. This person would replace Justice Souter, who announced his retire-ment as of June.

In the 220 year history of the U.S. Supreme Court and the over 110 justices who served, none has ever been Asian American/Pacific Islander and no Asian American/Pacific Islander was nominated or seriously considered for such posi-tion by any president.

Based on the recent statement of U.S. Senator Alan Spector, a top ranking member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee which will be considering the nomination, qualified candidates to the Supreme Court are not restricted to law-yers. The U.S. Constitution allows for any American citizen to be a Supreme Court Justice even if not a lawyer. (However, all prior Supreme Court justices have been lawyers, al-though many were homeschooled.)

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Faith Bautista of Mabuhay Alli-ance stated, “Many are discussing the fact that it is time to have two women on the Supreme Court at the same time. The Asian American community believes that before this is done, we should ensure that the growing Asian American popula-tion is represented by the first Asian

American in the 220 year history of the U.S. Supreme Court. As U.S. Senator Alan Spector has recently stated, we should consider non-lawyers for this position since President Obama has stated that he wants a Supreme Court Justice who understands the needs and the hopes of Main Street Americans.


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How lucky we are to live in America secure in our freedoms due to the ultimate sacrifice of our sol-diers on the battlefield. Even today, our military men and women are still doing the same – dying for the cause of freedom, not only for us Americans, but also for those who live in lands that are not yet free.

“Greater love hath no man than he lay down his life for another,” a verse in the Bible says. And a former senator echoed it by say-ing: “Never in the history of the

Memorial DayTo all that have Served … Thank You

world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier.”

As we gather in our backyards and hold barbeques this Monday, Memorial Day, let us pause and give thanks to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice of all – their lives. Let us keep in mind that there is nothing nobler than to protect the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, especially in the non-selfish way that our mili-

tary men and women have done and are still doing right now.

Hundreds of thousands of our soldiers have fallen so that we may live. And so this Memorial Day it is but fitting that we memorialize them by visiting their graves, laying wreaths, and praying for them. And while we are doing that, let’s pray for our country and our leaders as well. We are on the verge of los-ing our freedoms, not because our soldiers have stopped fighting and dying for it, but because some of our leaders have chosen the wrong path, and are bringing us closer and closer to socialism.

Let us take note of what Ronald Reagan had said about the freedoms that we enjoy today: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on to them to do the same.”

In honor of our fallen heroes, I quote one of the most loved poems about soldiers dying for country and freedom. This poem is “In Flanders Fields” by Lt. Col. John McRae, MD.

“In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,That mark our place, and in the

skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns

below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset

glow,Loved and were loved, and now

we lie In Flanders Fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we

throwThe torch; be yours to hold it

high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders Fields.”“In Flanders Fields” remains to

this day as one of the most memo-rable poems ever written. It is a lasting legacy of the terrible battle in the Ypres Salient in the French-Austrian border in the spring of 1915. One death particularly af-

fected Lt. Col. McRae – that of his young friend and former student, Lt. Alexis Helmer of Ottawa. Helmer was buried later that day in little cemetery filled with poppy flowers, and McRae performed the funeral ceremony in the absence of the chaplain.

Poets all over the world who had read “In Flanders Fields” wrote poems in reply, and one of them is “America’s Reply” by R. W. Lillard.

“Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead

The fight that ye so bravely ledWe’ve taken up. And we will keepTrue faith with ye who lie asleep,Each with a cross to mark his bed.And poppies blowing overhead,When once his life-blood ran redSo let your rest be sweet and deepIn Flanders Fields. Fear not that ye have died for

naught;The torch ye throw to us we

caught,Ten million hands will hold it

high,

And freedom’s light shall never die!

We’ve learned the lessons that ye taught

In Flanders Fields.” It is my hope that this Memorial

Day will also be a time to remember the joys of life, and a time to create those special moments that we can look back on with fondness. Until next time, God bless you, and may God continue to bless our great country.


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Within a year after incarcerating more than 110,000 West Coast resi-dents of Japanese ancestry during War II, the U.S. government began releasing and relocating those it deemed “loyal” to areas outside the West.

The U.S. War Relocation Author-ity (WRA), which was responsible for the resettlement effort while the war was still going on, encour-aged those who left its camps to avoid “Little Tokyo”-sytle neigh-borhoods, ostensibly to promote their assimilation into mainstream society. Thus, as early as 1943, released internees began build-ing new lives in places like Des Moines, Iowa; Rochester, N.Y.; and Baton Rouge, La.

In “Japanese American Resettle-ment Through the Lens” (Univer-sity Press of Colorado, 2009), Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, a UCLA profes-sor of Asian American studies, and Kenichiro Shimada, a University of Maryland librarian, shed light on the role institutional photography played in promoting this wartime resettlement process.

The authors explain for the first time how the WRA commissioned thousands of photographs across the U.S. to convince Japanese Americans it was safe to rejoin mainstream society. The book painstakingly documents the his-tory, mission and impact of the WRA’s Photographic Section and features more than a hundred im-ages taken as part of this govern-ment public relations effort.

The WRA photos - which ap-peared between 1943 and 1945 in newspapers and magazines, government brochures and posters, books, newsreels, and other sourc-es - show content and gainfully employed Japanese Americans blending seamlessly into the larger society in cities, towns and farms of the Midwest, the Rockies, the South and the East Coast. Women were often shown engaged in cleri-cal or service work and day-to-day tasks like cooking and child care. Men were photographed work-ing in various industries, enjoying

New book by UCLA Professor Lane Hirabayashi looks at

photos used in WWII Japanese American resettlement effort

leisure activities or serving in the U.S. Army.

“The photos also aimed to assuage other Americans’ fears about Japanese Americans leav-ing the WRA camps while the war was still being fought,” said Hirabayashi, UCLA’s George and Sakaye Aratani Professor of the Japanese American Internment, Re-dress and Community. “The larger American public had long harbored suspicions of Asian immigrants and citizens alike, and they feared Japanese Americans who had been deemed dangerous enough to be incarcerated.”

Of the 100-plus WRA photos featured in the book, 80 were taken by Hikaru Carl Iwasaki, the last surviving full-time WRA pho-tographer. A native of San Jose, Calif., who was interned with his family at the WRA’s Heart Moun-tain camp, Iwasaki became the most prolific photographer of the resettlement effort, producing more than 1,300 pictures of Japanese Americans attempting to integrate back into American society.

Hirabayashi says that despite the work of Iwasaki and other WRA photographers, the photos did not assure the majority Japanese Amer-icans that it was safe to leave the camps and join mainstream society before the war’s end. The photos

also had little immediate effect on public opinion toward Japanese Americans. A 1946 National Opin-ion Research Center poll revealed lingering suspicion toward people of Japanese ancestry. Of those surveyed, 66 percent said they believed that first- and second-generation Japanese Americans had acted as spies for the Japanese government.

“In any case,” Hirabayashi noted, “the WRA’s resettlement photographs cannot and should not simply be dismissed as propagan-da.” Those interested in exploring this issue will find much food for thought in terms of the history and technical matrix of these photos, as well as Hirabayashi’s discussion of how they can be put to new and sometimes oppositional uses today.

Counting his monographs and an-thologies, both solo and co-edited, this is Hirabayashi’s ninth book.

Following the war, Iwasaki, now 85 and living in Denver, went on to work for Life, People, Sports Illustrated and Time, photograph-ing such notable figures as Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, Jackie Kennedy and Joe Namath.

“Japanese American Resettle-ment Through the Lens” features a foreword by former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Min-eta. Mineta, who was also the first Asian American to serve as a presi-dential cabinet member, describes living with his family in the Heart Mountain camp. He also recounts the Mineta family’s resettlement story, which resonates with the photos and accounts presented in this path-breaking study.


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Perspective can simply be defined as an appearance in terms of what you see in a distance. Generally, no two individuals have the same outlook on what’s going on in the future, not even a Siamese Twins. Arguably, one may look at rates of behavior and find explanations out-side the individuals who are doing the acting, so much so that we can not understand society unless we understand the meanings that people put on their emotions and beliefs.

While some people have tried to call Feminist sociology a fourth perspective, the practitioners use all three of the historical perspective in their analyses. While there are inequities and inequalities based upon sex, these are similar to those based on age and race. Biological differences in people on age, race and sex are mesmerized by people who make social assumptions about each other.

The sociological perspective helps us to see general social patterns in the behavior of particular indi-viduals and offers insights about the social world that extend far beyond explanations that rely on individual

Perspective on lifepersonalities. Essential to the per-spective concept and imagination are the vivid awareness of the rela-tionship between experience and the social aspect of society in general.

Here is a typical example of a Father and Son relationship, who has a different perspective on life, based on actual experience and sociological assumption in a sense of a particular perspective:

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” The son answered, “It was great, Dad.” “Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked. “Oh yeah,” said the son. “So, tell me, what you learned from the trip?” asked the father.

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Then his son added, “Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.”

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The desire to do, or know, things Rosel is not supposed to was his powerful motivator. Closely related is the desire to do something audacious. I kept my mind open. I had no fi xed plan. And I wasn’t committed to anything in the future, although I was taking general education courses.

“Having recovered my compo-sure, I waited anxiously for the doctor’s next move; and sudden-ly, he came out with what I was hoping for, ‘You’ll start work Monday and train on certain days. Go and see the secretary for processing your employment papers.’”

“I was overwhelmed, the world unexpectedly opened up for me. In disbelief, I remember excit-edly shaking and even kissed his hand saying, ‘Salamat po’. I’ll be a productive employee, and you’ll never regret it po!”

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experts, Rosel quickly developed into a highly skilled and well-respected statistician and hospi-tal records department head. And the motivations to be better than other people at his work were what started his medical record system, the fi rst-of–its-kind in the nation, which was easily applied partly because the FEU hospital was newly built.

“I pride myself that as an 18 years old student, who has a lucrative job at the very campus where I expected to earn a col-lege degree,” marvels Rosel in nostalgia. I don’t have to wait to be an adult. One can take a job at any age and be successful at it.”

In slightly over a year, Rosel established an innovative medi-cal records keeping, based on the International Nomenclature of Diseases and Operation, and a model semi-annual Medical Audit that was well attended by all staffs, doctors, interns, nurses, medical technicians, university personnel, and visitors. It had been a big, well-packed event

twice a year.“The medical records keeping I

set up was perhaps the fi rst in the country, which greatly impressed a team of UN World Health Organization experts that toured Philippine hospitals in early l950s, notes Rosel. Before long, Rosel received a UN fellowship offer to study hospital adminis-tration in New York University, an opportunity to go to the U.S. It took him sometime to pass the offer and the opportunity to travel.

“By then I was about to gradu-ate with an Associate of Arts degree (Pre-law) with Highest Honors, along with Artemio Panganiban, who is now a Senior Justice of the Philippine Su-preme Court,” he said.

Both graduates were pre-dicted to top the Bar Exam upon completion of their law degrees. But it was not meant to be for Rosel Aquino Zobel for reasons that will be covered later.

The university experience gives one an opportunity to meet wonderful people – fel-low students, attractive co-eds, professors, staff or employees, administrators, and members of the Board of Trustees. If pro-fessors have offi ce hours, take advantage of that. You’ll never know that you may get letters of recommendation for admission in other schools, employment and scholarship or fellowship as Rosel did.

“Many high school students are too young to understand fully that an equally important aspect of the college experience is mak-ing connections. Making con-nection means simply creating relationships with people who are further along in their careers than you.

Your professors in college enjoy playing this role and are happy to help you with your journey after college. Strong connections with them give yourself an advantage when beginning graduate school and/or the job-seeking process

Comment. Sometimes, it is stressful to

work as well as study simultane-

ously. Mostly, all college jobs are part time jobs and they help stu-dents to work according to their schedules. Life with a full-time campus job brings great benefi ts to Rosel Aquino Zobel. It gave him self-confi dence, brought him access to health care and participation in leisure activities, more money and greater quality of life, and a more prestigious employment.

My college education built a foundation for my future children – a legacy for them. Research shows that children of college-educated parents perform better academically, and are more likely to attend college themselves than children of those with lower educational attain-ment. All four Zobel’s children are college graduates themselves and are gainfully employed.

“I grew a lot during my college years,” he said. The statement, “The person who comes back home next summer won’t be the same person who leaves home this fall” proved to be true for Rosel. He has grown into a more

mature and confi dent person, ready to face the challenges of life. That is what college is all about. Enjoy it. – Riz

(To be continued)

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