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Today, in the history of a Gregorian calendar, November 11, 2011 happened. So what? As some people may say, but it just matters to me… it’s a once in a lifetime a person may witness it, and today I live the it should… this an ordinary day to spent yet cherish the moment that this date happen in my years of existence.

This day also marks my 555th tweet on my twitter @PlanetMD and its:

555th

… which I hopefully believe  happen.

Cool right? I just made my own record in the timeline of my netizen life. Gureat?!

As for the month of November and the Philippines is adapting the western’s Halloween tradition, Trick or Treating and costume parties. I got hooked on this idea of dressing up scary or weird characters. So, I came up on the idea of Photoshopping my pictures just to follow the spooky trend. Ending up so inspired by the vampire roles on Twilight, I decided make fun and play around my pictures as I turned myself into a ‘world’s most dangerous predator’ the photo manipulation way.

Sobriety Vampire

Check out my other vampire stuffs here.

Happy November?!

The Hopes of a Cop wannabe…

Today, the wildest thing I did in my entire existence was never expected to happen… this is the down fall of my life that I’m trying to get away and recover from that mistake. The questions: ‘where the heck I was there?’, ‘what I am thinking?’, and ‘why the heck I did that thing?’ that pop up in my preoccupied mind just answers the same things… I’m doing this for ‘my career’, ‘my family’, and ‘myself’, bottom line… STABILTY.

The heartbreak… coming from the failure in my neuro-psychiatric exam, and while that reality was sinking inside my mind, I got so disappointed on the investment of time spent for that career venture. I was able to build my track to pursue my career as an RN and this cop thing came into picture. In a tactful way, I really don’t want to be a police… REALLY?! So ‘where the heck I was there?’, ‘what I am thinking?’, and ‘why the heck I did this thing?’, aside from the given answer, another reason is the opportunity to help my countrymen which was also I was doing as an RN, and be the instrument of God to change the public’s stigma against law enforcers by protecting and serving my country. But sadly, that ‘hoppertunity’ turned me down and I need to escape to that bad experience for my own recovery and to the sake of starting a new beginning. =/

What if I become a police? How do I look in this uniform?

The letdown… the thought of becoming part of the crime squad will make doors open for ‘my career’ in the RN field in the hopes of continuing this art and science of caring at least in the police community. The aim of helping ‘my family’ (my mom, dad and brother) to live through the comforts of life, that help also extends to my distant relative like my sick grandmother, dependent uncles and aunts and my cousins (sustain financial means for them to study in college in the near future) by means of sharing high salary that I could get for this ‘hopefully’ crime busting job. And for ‘myself’, if I got the job, I would buy a digital camera, the likes of DLSR, from my earned salary and enroll in postgraduate course (the responsibility of every RN for continued education). After all, I can say for myself that I am not a big spender as I was raised by my parents to become a ‘kuripot’ (a Filipino value saving money and control the urge of spending beyond their means.). But sadly, these will be just my broken dream, sorry to say, it’s the end of the road for me. =/

Reality bites as they say… harsh but it’s the one thing people get screwed after a realization at the end of the day. Sometimes, things doesn’t go the way what is expected. Acceptance could be hard, but it’s one way of handling this to move on in life. Probably, the experience applying as a Philippine cop teaches me to get to know my personality first… maybe if I really know what I want for my life, I might not end up taking an RN course, passed my application as a police or possibly never apply for PNP.

Lighten up… Tomorrow is another day. Who knows what will happen? I still hold on to my aspiration that one day, my moment will come. ‘Go! Go! Go!’, an expression of inspired people has to cheer to boost up the ego… which I perhaps do the same to uplift my spirit. It’s never too late for me, after all, ‘if there is still life, there is hope’ as what the Filipino saying goes.

To survive in this life until the end that’s my main objective. For in my life… ‘what doesn’t kill me make me stronger’.

Volunteerism is Philanthropy.

Be Hands On!

Back Cover

For the nth time, I make a visit in this famous bookstore in a mall to kill time while waiting for mom. At the same bookshelf I used to drop by, I saw this book about volunteerism… I get hooked upon that ‘volunteerism’ word and find myself picking and reading the back cover of it. To my surprise, I saw the name of one of the people I look up to. Well, I am not surprise since that person had been engage on many advocacies and outreach programs.

Reading upon that person’s part on the book, it began to awe me

Chris Tiu's thoughts about Volunteerism.

about the learnings caught upon the experiences this person shared. We have the same thoughts that through volunteerism, we tend to give and share our God given talents to the needing, and in the end of the day, we realize that we are so blessed and reminded that we have to be more grateful for what we have and where we are right now.

But we’re different in some ways though, this person gives beyond best. How I wish I’m like this person named Chris Tiu.

I admire what he said about on the teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, that ‘to give one’s life for another is the greatest gift one could give’. That explains the offering of myself for 9 months (well 10 months actually, the 10th month was not counted. Drat!) and 3 months, that’s technically more than a year, right?

"to give one's life for another is the greatest gift one could give"

The idea of volunteerism had become the ‘holy grail’ of my RN career. I learn to patiently do my work beyond those paid staffs, a shock absorber of the ones I handled and keep in mind the teachings of the new knowledge acquired.

To be honest, I must be accepting a minimum wage for that noble work?! Maybe it’s still not the time for that. So I always end-up consider volunteering as an act of charity work, but in a professional and respectful term, a philanthropist. HaHa! That keeps me from doing the job close to perfection… an ego booster if you ask me.

Well, that’s for now… hope and pray that a big break comes in my way.

Happy 3rd Blogging Anniversary to my WordPress Account.

The month of August means to me as way back 2008, 4th day of that month, I was back in the world of blogging. Technically, I’ve been blogging since 2002 (as far as I remember, if I’m right from counting my blog history backwards?), the era of G-blogs and the rest is history.

As a treat to my readers (was somebody reads me? HaHa.), and before the month of August comes to an end, this is the video I finished this month in celebration of my blog anniversary. Hope you like it.

Happy 3rd Anniversary to my WordPress Blog.

Dreamland for the People of Pangarap.

Pangarap … the land of dreams (for most at least) belongs to the people, by the people and for the people, especially to those residing there. That’s what I believe and think as far as I know. That factual hearsay was proved to be 100 percent true after recently educated about an article and ‘for the record’ the law clearly states that it is part of the ‘Leper Colony’ as mandated on the Commonwealth Act 161 and if you don’t mind check out this link for you to be informed.

On the 28th of April of the 2011, three people were killed by a group of men who was claiming to be under the service of well known family of aristocrats… and the worries started to came out. I remember I think it was in the era of my elementary years, I used to stare Pangrap (the main entrance part, sort of like a gateway of barangay) from the window of my school service and realized, it’s going to be like on the warzone if demolition will push through. I didn’t get why people are protesting in the main gate of Pangarap, I’m so naive that time.

As I become more aware of the things around me, I was wowed on the fact that aristocrat claimants not just argued that Pangarap was their property but also it extends to at least a part of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. JUST IMAGINE THAT? WHOOOH?! WAY TOO MUCH!!!

Since then, as time goes by, peace was restored but it just ends on that recent unexpected tragic moment.

The Pangarap people get furious about what happen to those civilians that leads to some of the youth to fight back in a non-violent way and I’m for it and going to be one of them, at least in my own little way… at my own means, I tweeted a person I used to listened way back Rocked Radio days by the name of Gang Badoy-Capati. She was tagged as an activist but I don’t think she’s like that. I look up to her as one of the people I admire the most. She was one of those who influences me to be more conscious about Pilipinas Kong Mahal as what she once told, from tagline of her co-founded NGO Rocked Philippines, NO MORE EXCUSES PHILIPPINES!

Tweet to abandoned shet

I want to end this post in a positive view…

that some of my unconscious compatriot (including me, at least a bit seeing the light. Haha.) be enlighten and selfless for the welfare of the Philippines and that our country become a beautiful place to live in.

That just it for now, it’s a long term process of maturity since Tita Gang once told that ‘we are a young nation’. May God bless the Philippines.

Back To School

Look who time flies… reminiscing the days when I was a student with my mom and brother buying school supplies in our upcoming return to school. It’s been years when I graduated from my bachelor’s degree! And now here I am, missing those days inside the classroom having my thinking caps on to stress my brains. HaHa! Overjoyed by the people grabbing school stuffs to purchase, I took a photo of this wonderful scenery.

The mob's demand for school supplies... it's officially Back-to-School Season.

“The Youth is the hope of the Fatherland”, as what The Great Jose Rizal once said, same goes to my belief that I still have high hopes for the Philippines to progress. As long as many people are pursuing their dream for the sake of success and fulfillment through education… all things will follow through proper manipulation of that will power.

May the kids understand the true value of education, and realize that not all are being granted of the opportunity. But still, it’s still up to us and a challenge as well, especially to those unprivileged ones to find a way to finish their studies. “If there’s a will there’s a way” as what others says. One living example of that cliché is my mom. Even if her family, that time, have no means to put her to school, she strived harder to attain the success through hard work, determination and right attitude. Now she’s a high school teacher… a living inspiration to me and to you (reading this post.) as well.

My parents always told to us siblings that the only inheritance that we can have from them is our education. Since I heard this to them until now that I recall it, I strongly agree 100 percent that it is true and accurate. And besides, me and my brother became their living legacy the day we receive our college diplomas.

Just a thought to wrap this up, aside from our past and experience… our education makes us who we are. It’s one of those things that make us more complete. The whole country is the benefactor of our degree in moving towards the advance, as what Edgardo Angara said, “Education is the most effective instrument not only for personal transformation but also for national development.” And for the country’s self pride, to make the Philippines have its own identity, like what our own National Hero Jose P. Rizal said, “I place as a prior condition, the education of the people, so that by means of instruction and industry our country may have a personality of her own and is worthy of her liberties.”

P.S. And oh, by the way… Happy 150th Birthday to the Philippines’ National Hero, JOSE P. RIZAL.

An April Fools Treat

March 31, 2011 an SMS was sent to me to report tomorrow for an afternoon orientation and mind you it just gives me the chills of trick. I can’t believe that I was scheduled for an orientation after I failed my exam and didn’t do well on my interview. It’s the will of faith if you ask me… surprising?!

April Fools, the day of the orientation. 5 of us arrived, 7 where texted for the orientation. What just happen? Then here comes the one conducting the orientation. She seems strict and a bit outgoing. And so the orientation begins in a simple get to know each other ambiance. Afterwards, she told us if we were  dead serious about this volunteer thing and willing to go all through out for the next 3 months, but somebody back out after knowing that he has to report in other healthcare commitments in the field of PDN. The rest of the remaining four was asked again if we are decided to continue and the 4 says yes?! and that marks the first half of the orientation… the initial psyche for the new comers. =/

The Background taken May of 2009

Q&As become the structure of orientation, we kept asking questions and she fearlessly answer them all with some convictions I should say. But I get too disappointed when I read the scope of the program I was in. It was too far from the other institution I was previously trained in. and to sum it up… it SUCKS?! A WASTE OF EFFORT?! MUCH MORE A TIME RUBBISH?! Well, I still don’t have to underestimate it… let’s see what this institution can do to improve my skills and grow as a professional.

We take a tour on the building and I realized it was too small compare to the one in Sta. Maria, Bulacan but it was more organize far from Sta. Maria, and I realized, it’s not bad at all.

So the orientation adjourned reminding the date and time to report to start in our program and we’re done. Having a bit adjusted and culture shocked but I can get through this. After all what matters is the experience I can attain from this charity work. May God give me strength and wisdom for this to carry on and may I be His instrument for this mission… SO HELP ME GOD?!

P.S. Happy April Fools Month?!