Best Way to Promote Peace

The quest for peace and search for solutions to resolve conflicts like Christian-Muslim relationship is still a long way and it has to be strategic. We have no time for a competitive approach or “win-lose” strategy. Strategies itself must be peaceful like formal dialogues, negotiations, and an active participation of civil society of the Philippines.

But how can we do this if most of the time we don’t care for peace?

I believe it is through Peace Education. Understanding peace is very important. Awareness is the key and it is the beginning. Being aware of the importance of peace is a process of acquiring the right values, skills and behaviors in resolving interpersonal and intra-personal disputes through techniques of negotiations. There are various ways to teach peace and the other elements attached to it like culture, importance of communication, prejudice, discrimination, human dignity, stereotypes and resolving of conflicts to a wider population including all walks of life.

How to educate people about Peace is the next challenge. We can promote peace by:

1. Walking the talk. Be a role model to others.

2. Consciously influencing others through Social Media – Tweet about peace, Read about peace talks and inform to other people, post articles in facebook other social networks.

3. Starting peace within yourself, family, and neighbors.

4. Lastly, if you have time, be involved with peace projects in educating people about peace. I am sharing my own personal way in spreading peace when I joined PeaceTech Workshop and we created a puppet show for kids, entitled: Doray the PeaceMaker. Here is the documentary of our puppet show.

There a lot of ways to promote peace, think of your own way as long as it will educate the people

Salamat elrick.

Eto senti na naman kasi magstart na ng new year. Same day last year ganito din ako. Blog-blog ganyan.. Pero malungkot nga lang lashyir at ang daming issues sa buhay.

So sorry kung expressive na naman sa social media. I know kasi na ikaw ay very private person. Mababasa mo lang to pag sinabi ko
Mas mauuna pa yung ibang tao.

Well i am just so thankful na dumating ka sa 2011 ko. Hindi man natin ineexpect yan. Sobrang pasabog naman.

Nagstart kami as barkada na hanggang ngayon ay very apparent sa amin. sobrang friendship lang. di ka maghihinala na mapupunta sa romantic level.

Pero si elrick ay napakamaintindihin, masaya kasama, totoo, cute, makulit, kupal, masarap kausap, matalino.. Siya ‘yung tipo ng tao na papakinggan ka at hindi ka huhusgahan. Kung may mali sa’yo, sasabihin niya ‘yun abruptly, straightforwardly, blatantly. Which is a very important trait for me. Wala ako panahon sa plastikan kasi.

Basta salamat pards, love, bes, at ang tinuturing kong future partner. (*gagawan ng paraan yan*)

mahal kita. cheers for 2012.

Once in A While

See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you,and once in a while people may even take your breath away.”
-Meredith Grey

Yes, I was able to experience this. This once in a while occurred in my 26th birthday. And yes, it’s you who took my breath away.

Keywords: Balloons, Bouquet of Flowers, Cake inside the Car, Big Bday Card placed on my laptop signed by my friends in NGA, Church, Dinner in A Veneto and Fashionable Bag by Mango.

I can’t explain how surprised I was, and how fantastic these gifts are. All I did was to pause for a while, internalize, then I found reasons to smile and be happy. Elrick, thank you for being so sneaky and amazing. Thank you for planning these things to make me feel special on my day. Every woman who came before me was a fool to let you slip away. I love you very much. My hair is so long.

I feel as if I’m walking over clouds after the birthday surprises. You’ve made my birthday complete. I swear. I know you’ve said that you cannot give the moon and the sky and that I should not expect. But you know what? With all the efforts behind those surprises, it seems like you gave the entire universe and I wouldn’t mind being elated and feeling like I’m living in a surreal life. I know the words are too much, unrealistic, so much “in love” but that’s how I feel about it. I love you so much and I know more that you love me too.

I know that others looking into our relationship might think that I’m saying too many foolish things right now, but these are all my feelings. There’s nothing foolish about the things I am telling you, I mean every word I said.

Elrick, I am so certain of my love for you. I am certain of us. This is something really really momentous.

You have totally changed my outlook in life. I never thought that someone could love me like you do, but guess what? I love you that much too. Loving you makes my life worth living.

I love you. Today I promise you that I would do anything to take care of what we have. I am not expecting that you would repeat all these. These are enough. We’ve just proven to each other how happy we can be and that I am still capable of loving truthfully.

What an awesome day this is!!!! Everyone needs a birthday surprise like this, once in a while.

to my new love

The thing about you is you have the ability to make me happy with all the efforts you’ve done, and all are taken into account. I never find our simple conversations boring, they are always something i look forward to. Especially the yosi moments in your place. You are always more than enough to put a smile on my face.

Just now, playing that entire few seconds of you being naughty, funny, and ‘kups” and everything all at the same time are enough to make me happy..so much happy. It’s cute though, thinking about someone who can make my life a little lighter after some darkness that went by.

We talk about things, movies, music, politics, your past love, my past love, and everything about life. We could talk about endless topics. I know some of what you like and dislike. I know your love song for me. But right now, I just don’t know
where it would take us. Basta alam ko lang I fell in love..
And I simply cannot restrain myself from saying the 3 words. I fear that my heart will burst if I don’t. So I might as well, articulate it through writing.

I love you.

Yes, I’ll say it again, without shame, inhibition, and I will shout it from the mountain top:

I love you! I have loved before but it feels like it is a new love once again and this love is my first… I want you. Over and over in the waves – I want you. I want you. I want you. (God, I love writing these down!! Words just keep on coming because I am internally motivated to write.)

I want to cry out all these feelings to you. I want to be absolutely me in all my glory. I flourish, and I will continue to do so, and I would like you to be part of this.. Right now, and forever.. right now and tomorrow and the days after that..

Thanks for coming into my life and making me feel in love again. But why do I love you? Could it be because of your exceptional character, kupal but funny? Could it be because of your overall personality? Could it be because you make me happy (in all aspects)?

Yah, maybe. I really don’t know. But those things are not what I’m concerned of and I am not aware that these could be reasons for loving you.

Hmm, let me give another rationale, I love you for one big, beautiful reason — a reason that encompasses a multitude of many wonderful reasons.

I love you because you came in the right time and created a different perception of what I believe and live in.(Although I would like to apologize for being complicated in the last few months.) My life has changed in a simpler but cute kinda way. Haha. I love this feeling!

Last desperate move: Tweet Noynoy. Then, the RIGHT TO STRIKE.

@noynoyaquino Pres., pakinggan mo ang hinaing ng mga kabataan, NO TO EDUC BUDGET CUT!

They warned you of a wide student revolt if the administration does not bend its WILL TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. May we just reiterate that YOU have OBLIGATIONS.

As part of PeaceTech, I want to recommend a peace dialogue between the student and the government, but it seems that the latter is not listening. It won’t work with one way communication. Tirelessly, students urged the lawmakers and the President to lend its ears and heed their demands. But nothing happened. The government was as unrelenting as ever despite the string of protests against the proposed budget, PHP1.39 B cut in education.

That’s why you cannot blame the students. The rehearsals are over. There is no stopping the strike in UP. Although strike is often viewed as a transgression, it is indispensible part of social change; a way in which people assert for their rights. In UP history, the strike of Diliman is often glorified as a monumental display of the university’s tradition of militancy. Through the Diliman Commune, the students are able to engage a government that simply does not listen.

Again we are a state university. Again a State U. Did I say State U? WE reserve the right to strike against state abandonment.

ARTISTS UNITE! WE HAVE A BUDGET CUT TO FIGHT! TULOY TULOY HANGGANG MENDIOLA BUKAS AT SENADO SA DEC 1!

Reference: Philippine Collegian.

Pistek, Kay Ganda: The Baklush Edition

Mga Sistah Go, Sistah Flow Sistahs,

It has been so justin long since the time na chumika ever ako ditey sa aking personal blogsiva. Sobrang plentibelles din ang naganap sa life ever kez. Maraming kyemeng everloo ang nagbago ever. Betchay ko mang ichika ang everything eh parang aabutin yata nang siyam-siyam ang talakan portion kung magkaganon.

Pero bago ang lahat eh betchay ko munang mag-ask ever nang forgiveness dahil medyo may giraffe factor akembang sa pagispluk ngayon in the “bakla” way kasi nainspire ang lola mo sa kabaklabaklang design ng DOT slogan na plagiarized by the way, highway. Pero I will try my best para naman witchekels kayez malukresya ever.

So going back sa madaming eventsung sa life kez, Jumoinlalu ako ng PeaceTech. Isa siyang NGO na may objective to promote peace for all the youth around the globe. Inaral namin yung history ng muslim and christian conflict. Grabe, I now realized na hindi natin fault ang mga pag-aaway away. It has johnny deep political, socio-economic, and cultural background. Di ba nga sinakop tayo ng Spanish at ito ang simula ng pagkakawatakwatak ever ng Luzon,Visayas, at Mindanao. Sobrang bet ko ang pagkapanalo ng Mindanao region pero apparently, sila ang naging minority report. Hindi ko naman bet ang pagdeclare ever sa Mindanao na ‘Land of the Promise’. Dahil dun nagkaron ng Jabidah Massacre story. Alam nyo mga sisters, tama yung prof. ko sa UP na ang mga iringan talaga, kahit ng mga purita gonzales at mayayaman ay sa pag-aangkin ng lupa. And until now, sobrang hirap masight ever ang peace between Muslims and Christians.

Kaya naman andito ang PeaceTech para maggivesung ng possible solutions thru the use of technology sa lumalalang:

1. pagkabobo-loo sa mga kaganapan
2. prejudice ann santos
3. discriminationez
4. Violenceggerzie
5. Ka- Purita Kalaw Ledesma

At marami pang iba, witchekelles lang itong mga ito.

Sa simula pa lang I thought na eveready heavy duty na ang jinusok kong NGO and I am very proudlaloo na nag-iisip kami ng community project to promote peace. Kailangan maging responsible ang lahat ng kabataan sa pag-abot ng peace. Natanawan, batangas ko na kulang tayo sa kaalaman kaya we should spread the knowledge power to other students. Walang hindi nadadaan sa mabuting chismaxan.

With Pistek, gaganda ang Buhay. Kaya naman kahit overhyped ngayon ang Pilipinas Kay Ganda DOT Logo, I still decided to use the slogan to Pistek because this is what I really mean as description to this NGO– Kay Ganda! How pure their intentions are and they are very unique toothpaste! Mabuhay ang PeaceTech!

Pero anufangabur, ang pagpili ko sa pagsasalita sa isang baklush na paraan ay isa ng pagkilala at pagsaludo sa sangkabadingan! Pagkapantay-pantay at walang diskriminasyon sa lahat ng klase ng kasarian. Pasabog! Echoz!! Echoz ngunit truelalu!

Betcha Bye!

Gumagalang,
Carlashing Baklush Ever

loser me.

I have decided to write. thinking i was in a meeting.. because I have a lot of things to do. Nagbblog ako ngayon in the middle of everything.

I am not happy with the things around me. I am not happy about myself… where I am, who I’m with, and what I do.

Where does my motivation go? Where did it go? I’m losing it. It loses me. I’m such a loser.

Where are you now? The LSS.

To my [fifth] sixth grade crush Who I thought I really loved || To my ex-bestfriends Don’t know how we grew apart || To my first [girlfriend] boyfriend I thought for sure was the one || To my last [girlfriend] boyfriend Sorry that I screwed it up || To the ones I loved But didn’t show it enough || To the love that left And took a piece of my heart || To the few who’d swear,I’d never go anywhere || Where are you now?

Cinco

Watch Lolo Nick’s Cinco this July. I am so proud of my orgmate from UP REP and friend, Nick Olanka who directed one of the episodes. This is it Kuya Nick, grabe pangarap mo lang ‘to dati.

Cinco is Star Cinema’s Horror Offering. The Movie has Five (Cinco) Episodes. Starring: Maja Salvador, Zanjoe Marudo, Mariel Rodriguez, Rayver Cruz, Aj Perez, Jason Gainza, and Pokwang.

(not)random thoughts

maggots, harajuku lovers, perfume, teriyaki boy, burger king, kfc, heart-shaped shades, pound plus chocolates, text, pink bag, clownie, britney, phoebe, IBM, canada, US, fashion consultant, landline numbers, and.. legally blonde.

that’s all for now. Weeeeeeeeh.