The Yakan tribe of Muslim Mindanao is the Filipino Muslim majority in Riyadh.
The voices of the majority asks for peace in Mindanao, not only during this Ramadan... but all the days of their life.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Ramadhan para sa mga Yakan
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
The Filipino Mind
I got this from my yahoo group and I feel it is worth sharing in this blog, talking about the Filipino Mind."
"The mind.
The peculiar mind.
The peculiar Filipino mind. What is wrong with it?
The peculiar Filipino mind needs what? Renewed thinking?
What truly does the Filipino mind need? A transformation? Re-engineering?
Many think it needs an overhaul. Why? Because of the perceived acts that it manifests. What kinds of acts? Inferior acts that yield little to improve his lot.
TI says we came from slaves, so what do you expect? Slave mentality he says, what else? And slave mentality is counterproductive.
So we are slaves. Are we the best slaves? The better slaves?
Kit agrees that we have a slave mindset. Do we really? It appears to be generally true.
Many say culture made us to have that mindset. TI seems to agree. Bert says, "Noo... it's the need of the imperialists that caused it. The imperialists caused the slave culture that makes the Filipinos tick as they do.
TI says historically we were mostly slaves before the colonizers came. Only few of us were of royal blood. Even the royal blood became subjects of the Imperialists; in reality, managers and/partners of the imperialists that were compensated better that the pure slaves that most of our parents and us are.
We continue to be slaves and continue to survive as slaves. Aside from the wealthy local imperialist managers, some of us have better "slaving" luck outside the country. They are paid more for being imported slaves of employing foreign countries. They are the new hero slaves.
We don't want to be slaves anymore, don't we, like Bonifacio and Aguinaldo wanted themselves to be free and not beholden anymore to a foreign power? Or, just to be better slaves like Rizal wanted us to be?
Is it possible for us to cease to be slaves? Yes, via a mindset change that will make us self sufficient. But how many can society accommodate of the self sufficient? Won't these lucky ones need to employ slaves to make themselves self-sufficient? There will still be servants won't there?.
The servants are poor. The poor will be with us forever. It's like in any insect colony or animal kingdom. There are always the privileged and the servants to provide services to the privileged.
Who are the privileged? Those who are earning well. How are they earning well? What sets them apart form the many servants around them? Can we all be privileged?
What makes the privileged and the poor? Their cultured mindset? Luck? Degree of education? Traditional endowments? Hand me down assets and businesses? Amount of capital available - landed and moneyed? Different minds that come from genes? Family culture? In/conducivity of environment? Corruption? Criminal activity? Religion? Mafia? Imperatives for survival? Trapoism? Foresight? Courage and discipline?
Many chose the cultured mindset. So if the poor wants to improve its lot it needs a renewed thinking. Is this fair and correct?
Nelson says the mindset can change only if the Filipinos want it changed. Do the Filipinos know enough to understand that they need to change his mindset so they can progress? What could help them be motivated to look into their minds, examined it, look for solutions, and apply the solution. A happy and good vision helps adds Nelson. Are Filipinos capable of these mental activities for change with their present mind set?
What created the Filipino mind? Language, traditional and "forced" culture? His environment? Resources or lack of it? Circumstances? Parents and family? Teachers, clerics and trapos? Foreigners? Genes? Education and Experience? Observation and events? Forced designed or product of evolution?
Food for thought: "It takes a village to create a prostitute." If we destroy the enabling factors that make a prostitute would society still be plagued with prostitutes?
What were the enabling factors that made the present mindset of the Filipinos? Is the operative village still in existence? Everybody seems to agree.
Ogie"
"The mind.
The peculiar mind.
The peculiar Filipino mind. What is wrong with it?
The peculiar Filipino mind needs what? Renewed thinking?
What truly does the Filipino mind need? A transformation? Re-engineering?
Many think it needs an overhaul. Why? Because of the perceived acts that it manifests. What kinds of acts? Inferior acts that yield little to improve his lot.
TI says we came from slaves, so what do you expect? Slave mentality he says, what else? And slave mentality is counterproductive.
So we are slaves. Are we the best slaves? The better slaves?
Kit agrees that we have a slave mindset. Do we really? It appears to be generally true.
Many say culture made us to have that mindset. TI seems to agree. Bert says, "Noo... it's the need of the imperialists that caused it. The imperialists caused the slave culture that makes the Filipinos tick as they do.
TI says historically we were mostly slaves before the colonizers came. Only few of us were of royal blood. Even the royal blood became subjects of the Imperialists; in reality, managers and/partners of the imperialists that were compensated better that the pure slaves that most of our parents and us are.
We continue to be slaves and continue to survive as slaves. Aside from the wealthy local imperialist managers, some of us have better "slaving" luck outside the country. They are paid more for being imported slaves of employing foreign countries. They are the new hero slaves.
We don't want to be slaves anymore, don't we, like Bonifacio and Aguinaldo wanted themselves to be free and not beholden anymore to a foreign power? Or, just to be better slaves like Rizal wanted us to be?
Is it possible for us to cease to be slaves? Yes, via a mindset change that will make us self sufficient. But how many can society accommodate of the self sufficient? Won't these lucky ones need to employ slaves to make themselves self-sufficient? There will still be servants won't there?.
The servants are poor. The poor will be with us forever. It's like in any insect colony or animal kingdom. There are always the privileged and the servants to provide services to the privileged.
Who are the privileged? Those who are earning well. How are they earning well? What sets them apart form the many servants around them? Can we all be privileged?
What makes the privileged and the poor? Their cultured mindset? Luck? Degree of education? Traditional endowments? Hand me down assets and businesses? Amount of capital available - landed and moneyed? Different minds that come from genes? Family culture? In/conducivity of environment? Corruption? Criminal activity? Religion? Mafia? Imperatives for survival? Trapoism? Foresight? Courage and discipline?
Many chose the cultured mindset. So if the poor wants to improve its lot it needs a renewed thinking. Is this fair and correct?
Nelson says the mindset can change only if the Filipinos want it changed. Do the Filipinos know enough to understand that they need to change his mindset so they can progress? What could help them be motivated to look into their minds, examined it, look for solutions, and apply the solution. A happy and good vision helps adds Nelson. Are Filipinos capable of these mental activities for change with their present mind set?
What created the Filipino mind? Language, traditional and "forced" culture? His environment? Resources or lack of it? Circumstances? Parents and family? Teachers, clerics and trapos? Foreigners? Genes? Education and Experience? Observation and events? Forced designed or product of evolution?
Food for thought: "It takes a village to create a prostitute." If we destroy the enabling factors that make a prostitute would society still be plagued with prostitutes?
What were the enabling factors that made the present mindset of the Filipinos? Is the operative village still in existence? Everybody seems to agree.
Ogie"
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Teresita Santos
A story of injustice... the Teresita Santos story.
For 2 years justice was delayed...
Human Rights of Saudi and Patnubay.com was there to help Ms. Santos.
There was no comments obtained from the Philippine Embassy of Jeddah.
This story was posted Dec. 2007.
Bryan Cruz
The story of Bryan Cruz... he had liver problem and Dialysis treatment has costed all their families life long earnings.
This story was posted April 12, 2008.....
Joel Lozada
OFW Joel Lozada in distress..., this news was posted in 2008, 28 March. Joel escaped his first sponsor in 2000. Worked elsewhere in Saudi without an Eqama (Working Permit). He worked in Batha, (Filipino community area) in a bakeshop, but his leg problem worsened and his bakeshop employer won't help him or is not able to help due to his lack of documentation.
The case of Joel epitomizes a common dilemma among Pinoy Workers in Saudi Arabia.
It is already a problem to be employed by the wrong employer, but to escape him can make the problem much worse... not immediately but eventually.
Unless you know where to go to as soon as you can or will escape.
The problem is... 99% of our OFW's do not know where to go as soon as they do escape.
OFW Arnold Torres' Rights
Mr. Arnold Torres, victim of a vehicular accident in 2008 needs justice and help.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
OFW SOS
As a former OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) who had my share of sufferings abroad; but eventually lived to tell the tale; It is my natural call to do this blog as a means to share, spread and create awareness to the general public about the truth and the bigger picture most Filipinos and/or Non-Filipinos are unaware of.
This blog is dedicated to store or compile all stories of sufferings, survival and success of many OFW abroad. May their stories inspire and create a wave of consioussness that may somehow promote veering away from the pitfalls of altruism.
We tend to do self sacrifices for the survival of our family/ies, but little are we aware of - that the price of such self imposed heroism is too much.
There is no amount of money enough to buy lost time and/or fix broken families... these two elements are vital if we are planning to systematically destroy a nation, do we want this to happen???
Thanks to our Media for making Willy R. and the like a hero to the masses... you are the perfect agents to bring this nation as a feedstock for the birds. In other words... a nation of slaves. (Slaves to Idolatry, Greed, False Hopes, Illusions of Grandeur and Global Corporations). We definitely do not want this... but we are left with very little choices... this is what we were programmed to believe.
Join me in this walk towards reality.
This blog is dedicated to store or compile all stories of sufferings, survival and success of many OFW abroad. May their stories inspire and create a wave of consioussness that may somehow promote veering away from the pitfalls of altruism.
We tend to do self sacrifices for the survival of our family/ies, but little are we aware of - that the price of such self imposed heroism is too much.
There is no amount of money enough to buy lost time and/or fix broken families... these two elements are vital if we are planning to systematically destroy a nation, do we want this to happen???
Thanks to our Media for making Willy R. and the like a hero to the masses... you are the perfect agents to bring this nation as a feedstock for the birds. In other words... a nation of slaves. (Slaves to Idolatry, Greed, False Hopes, Illusions of Grandeur and Global Corporations). We definitely do not want this... but we are left with very little choices... this is what we were programmed to believe.
Join me in this walk towards reality.
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