i'll make this quick cause i'm using my phone for this. And it's really hard to use...
i really just want to vent out this awful feeling that i have... from the start, i already felt that the deal i thought i had is not as promising i initially thought it was. i kept it all in but now, .... It has just become unfair and abusive... I'm getting fed up with the fluctuations of fulfillment and severe disappointments... I'm not one to threaten anyone but i'll do a massive injustice to myself if i don't try to look for my happiness.
It's just so unfair and i don't know how much i could still take.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Before Election Day
Galing at Talino! Gibo on Monday!
My inclination to writing has been diminishing lately. I mean, I used to have so many ideas to share but now, my mind is mostly always blank. I kind of panicked yesterday when I could not remember the GDP equation. All I could remember was GNP = GDP + (X-M). Such a shame! I eventually remembered it though while I was driving to work: GDP (Y) = C + I + G.
Anyway, what bothers me about not having many ideas to share is that it might be an implication that my mind is getting rusty. I don’t think I’m becoming dumb. People frequently say, “Nabobobo na ako sa ginagawa ko (Usually bec it is repetitive and mundane).” I have similar sentiments but I think it is not becoming dumb as much as it is simply not being fed new information. A lot of people know a lot of trivia and information but they are not necessarily smart. A lot of people are smart but they might not be knowledgeable on certain areas. This brings me to Sonia Roco’s comment earlier on meeting de avance.
[these are not verbatim but they share the same principle]
“Hindi bobo ang mga Pilipino. Matatalino tayo. Hindi lang tayo natetrain dahil kinukurap iyong pondo para sa education.”
“It is more expensive/ costly to have an uneducated populace than to simply allocate money for education.”
This is something that I would really have to agree with. I would really like to see the Philippine public schools to have better instruction and better curricula. And I hope improvements would be primarily devoted to the technology and engineering sectors. These sectors would bring about the innovations that this economy needs. I just hope that when the government is able to improve on the education, people would not migrate immediately in search of greener pastures. And if they ever go someplace else, I hope they come back and continue working here so they could share the knowledge and expertise they learned outside the country.
I am hopeful that this day will come.
Ok, now. Do not get me started on the whole, “I will end poverty.” statements. Poverty will never end because poverty is relative. Through the world, we have poverty indices that measure the poverty level for different countries. Poverty in the Philippines is defined as those who earn below a dollar a day. For the maids who earn Php 150/day, they are no longer poor. They are actually quite well off. If you live in first world countries, most of our C class citizens are considered poor. It is not a question of eradicating poverty but raising the standard of living. If we improve our economy and our productivity, people will be paid more. When people are paid more, they will again contribute to the economy through their consumption ad taxes, which again expand the economy. But the good thing about here is, they will have more money so their standard of living will increase. Our poverty standards will change. There will still be poor people but they would be better off.
As a final note, whoever wins the election (I really hope it will be Gibo) will not be able to solve all these problems-because 6 years is a short period of time! But I do hope structures will be in place and whoever wins in 2016 would share the same goal rather than go on a different direction. This is the reason why I think former presidents should always be part of a cabinet as long as they are able to work. They could participate in the decision-making so that the structures they have put in place will be continued.
Hindi naman pagbabago ang laging kailangan. I think it's best to continue on a plan than revise it every 6 years. So much for the campaign dogma: "Eto na po ang pagbabago, pagpapaunlad, blah blah!"
My inclination to writing has been diminishing lately. I mean, I used to have so many ideas to share but now, my mind is mostly always blank. I kind of panicked yesterday when I could not remember the GDP equation. All I could remember was GNP = GDP + (X-M). Such a shame! I eventually remembered it though while I was driving to work: GDP (Y) = C + I + G.
Anyway, what bothers me about not having many ideas to share is that it might be an implication that my mind is getting rusty. I don’t think I’m becoming dumb. People frequently say, “Nabobobo na ako sa ginagawa ko (Usually bec it is repetitive and mundane).” I have similar sentiments but I think it is not becoming dumb as much as it is simply not being fed new information. A lot of people know a lot of trivia and information but they are not necessarily smart. A lot of people are smart but they might not be knowledgeable on certain areas. This brings me to Sonia Roco’s comment earlier on meeting de avance.
[these are not verbatim but they share the same principle]
“Hindi bobo ang mga Pilipino. Matatalino tayo. Hindi lang tayo natetrain dahil kinukurap iyong pondo para sa education.”
“It is more expensive/ costly to have an uneducated populace than to simply allocate money for education.”
This is something that I would really have to agree with. I would really like to see the Philippine public schools to have better instruction and better curricula. And I hope improvements would be primarily devoted to the technology and engineering sectors. These sectors would bring about the innovations that this economy needs. I just hope that when the government is able to improve on the education, people would not migrate immediately in search of greener pastures. And if they ever go someplace else, I hope they come back and continue working here so they could share the knowledge and expertise they learned outside the country.
I am hopeful that this day will come.
Ok, now. Do not get me started on the whole, “I will end poverty.” statements. Poverty will never end because poverty is relative. Through the world, we have poverty indices that measure the poverty level for different countries. Poverty in the Philippines is defined as those who earn below a dollar a day. For the maids who earn Php 150/day, they are no longer poor. They are actually quite well off. If you live in first world countries, most of our C class citizens are considered poor. It is not a question of eradicating poverty but raising the standard of living. If we improve our economy and our productivity, people will be paid more. When people are paid more, they will again contribute to the economy through their consumption ad taxes, which again expand the economy. But the good thing about here is, they will have more money so their standard of living will increase. Our poverty standards will change. There will still be poor people but they would be better off.
As a final note, whoever wins the election (I really hope it will be Gibo) will not be able to solve all these problems-because 6 years is a short period of time! But I do hope structures will be in place and whoever wins in 2016 would share the same goal rather than go on a different direction. This is the reason why I think former presidents should always be part of a cabinet as long as they are able to work. They could participate in the decision-making so that the structures they have put in place will be continued.
Hindi naman pagbabago ang laging kailangan. I think it's best to continue on a plan than revise it every 6 years. So much for the campaign dogma: "Eto na po ang pagbabago, pagpapaunlad, blah blah!"
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