My Sinulog 2012 Week

Procession
One of the most anticipated event during sinulog week is the procession, where-in the replica of the holy child Jesus statue is sent out to church for a walk. The sinulog organizers are responsible for the route of the procession. The procession will start with a set of different group of devotees or religious group and the last one will be the holy child Jesus statue being carried on a truck. Most tourist and other people who are not part of the procession wait the holy child Jesus statue to pass by on the route. People watching the procession waves their hands as the holy child Jesus pass by and join the procession behind the child Jesus.

It was my first time to follow the holy child Jesus statue, we (my girl, sister and mother) started walking at LandBank near University of San Carlos Main up to the bag-ong dan road. We didn’t finish the procession and we headed straight home. It was a tiring but satisfying day for me and a blessed disguise as a good exercise for me.

SRA 17
It is an underground gig for hardcore, punk and metal core music genres. It happens every third Saturday of January. After attending the procession, me and my girl went to watch my friend (Weigner) performing on SRA 17, there were new crowd faces and new bands attending to the event. I didn’t realize that its been 17th years the underground group existed. That time when I met Weigner as a colleague it was only the 8th year of SRA. For the past years, I’ve met and know new friends in Weigner’s SRA circle.

Sinulog day
I got bored watching street dancing and over the years it become too commercialized. The thing I enjoy most during the sinulog day is the street party and watching the float trucks. Usually, I walk from our house up to the uptown, but last Sunday I bring the car and park it in Ayala mall. It took 45 minutes to park the car. Ayala mall was also a blast, a lot of people are inside the mall just for AC not for shopping. Others quench their thirst and do chit-chat with their friends. In our end with my girl, we walk to uptown to watch sinulog and when we got bored we go to one of my friend’s house somewhere in Baseline. Baseline has always been a trademark for sinulog street party, where locals drinks and dance in the street. It was my girl first time to witness at my friend’s house where people just party drink and dance. It was fun and it was good to see old friends get drunk and party.

Welcome 2012

Last year 2011 was a lazy one for me, no major updates in terms of career, business and self improvement. The last productive year I had was 2007, after that I loose sight into my plans that I wanted to achieve. Consistent blogging was one of the plans that I loose, loosing weight was another one and the list goes on. This year again, I will make a promise to myself to be more productive and not to loose sight on the plans I wanted to achieve.

I hope I will not be dismay on my plans that I will be setting for this year. Below are my general plans:

• Stability - full restart or shall we say start from scratch
• Physical fitness - be reminded on the cause and effect and self-discipline
• Spiritual aspect - to be consistent on my beliefs and faith
• Career - stay away from politics and think positive always
• Relationship - consistent to have time to the people I care and love
• Entrepreneurship - don’t loose hope, always find something to achieve with
• Skill set development - find ways to learn new things in my field

I hope this year will be a different one, I look forward to a fruitful year in work, relationship, spiritual worship, knowledge skills and more adventures to come. Happy new year to everyone reading my blog and to all people in the world.

05102010

May 10, 2010 will be a big day in the Philippines not only because we are voting for a new president and vice president but also it would be the first time we will be using an automated counting machine. Many people feared that there will be a failure of election for some reasons the automated counting machine may have glitches on the election day. There were request from the different parties to have a parallel count, to make sure that the machines are correct. I saw in the newspaper last week that the PCOS machines failed and they fixed it on the same week, however there will be a delayed on the deliveries of CF cards in some regions. Some people think that there will be a failure of election and they’re afraid there will be another martial law or the current president still holds her seat right now. 

So the question, is it really the right time that we implement automated counting in this coming election? Let’s set aside first the cheating factor and glitches on the PCOS machines. Yes, its the right time that we implement automated counting machines during election, it will be efficient and the results will be much faster compared to manual counting. For the cheating factor, if there is, I believe it will be on the side on who configured the counting machines. So let’s just pray that the COMELEC have it control or have a security protocol so that there is no cheating done in configuring the PCOS machines.

In the case of glitches, COMELEC may say that they fully tested the CF cards and ready to go. So what if there is a new glitch in PCOS machine during election? Shall we say a voter shaded his candidates then the result isn’t correct. What will they do? Will they disqualify the vote of the voter? These things weren’t clear, we all listen to the radio a song on how to shade the circles in the ballot. But I never heard what are the outcomes if there is an error in the shading part. Before, during the manual system when we are voting 12 senators, voters have the option to vote for 6 only and the remaining 6 entries will be marked as lines so that it can’t be filled up. With the automated system, how will the machine interpret it? For now, I hope COMELEC has a plan on these things that I thought if it happens.

For voters, let’s cast our vote on who we think we wanted to be our new president, vice-president, senators, mayor and vice-mayors and etc. Its quite ironic for some people try to convince other people to vote a candidate where-in they can’t vote because they aren’t register for some reason.

I hope and pray tomorrow will not be the worst election day, I’m still positive on the automated counting machines that it will work as what it is expected. To my fellow countrymen, let us vote wisely tomorrow. 

Mother’s Day

It is time once again to greet our beloved mother happy mother’s day. I’m grateful that I have a mother that still scold me when I go home early morning, if I wake up late even I don’t have work and many more things. At the time when I was still studying, I said it to myself, I’ll study hard so that my beloved mama wouldn’t scold me if I go night out with friends and anything I do for the reason I did what she wanted and wished for, that I must be able to finish college. After I graduated college, I quickly look for a job so that she would be impress to me and also I wanted to earn for myself so that I can spent it hanging out with my friends.

But I was wrong, she continued to scold me that I go home late especially Friday and Saturday nights. She continued everything that she was doing. Sometimes, I said it to myself, isn’t it enough to have a degree in college and I already have a job. But I never opened it up to her and told her my thoughts fearing it will hurt her and I don’t want her to be emotional. As I grow old, I’ve realized that my mama was just simply being a mother, she continued to care for me and my siblings, she continued her duty as a mother even we are old enough to make our decisions. I’m glad for 32 years of my existence she’s still looking out for me. Parents always think what’s the best for their sons and daughter. That’s why no matter how annoyed I am listening her scolding at me, I just don’t mind it much cause she’s just showing she cares and loves me.

For my mama, and my friends mother, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, wishing you all the best in life. For those friends whose mother had past away, don’t be sad just try to feel your heart and remember the days you spent time with them.

January 2010

IN MY NATIVE LANGUAGE (BISLISH – Bisaya sagol Iniglis)

Nanimba mi sa Cathedral anticipated mass para January 01, 2010. Tugnaw ang panahon kay nag ulan2x, samtang naminaw ko sa wali sa pare nag duka2x pud ko. Akong attention na get caught pag nag wali ang pari about sa history sa January na gi derived sa roman mythology Janus na naay duha ka hulagway, ang usa nag tanaw patalikod ang usa nag tanaw pa-atubang. Og pag human sa misa, sa akong pagka koryoso nag plano ko na ako e research si Janus. Paghuman sa sipang pabuto, ni lingkod ko sa akong computer og nag patabang ko ni uncle google na tagaan ko niya og impormasyon about ni Janus og na tagaan pud ko og result na nag directa nako sa Wikipedia.

Sa akong nasabtan kung mawala ko masayop, ang hulagway na nag tanaw pabalik mao diay kini ang simbolo na nagpakita na nag lantaw sa kaagi/kagahapon og ang hulagway na nag tanaw pa-atubang mao diay kini ang simobolo nanagpakita na nag lantaw sa mo abotay na panahon.

Sigurado kani natudlo ni sa pag-skwela nako pag High School World History na subject. Pero nalimtan nalang kay napulihan og mga leksyon og experyensa. Lekyson na magamit sa akong matag-adlaw pagdala sa kinabuhi. Experyensa na magamit sa akong matag-adlaw na trabaho.

Apan akong namatngon, na dapat gyud diay ang tao once in a while kailangan mag recall gyud sa iyang nahibaw-an para dili matay-an. Daghan pa-agi pag retain sa atong na learn. Ang pina ka common is mag take ta og notes. Naa ra nato kung unsaon nato ang notes dili malabay or mahimo og scratch paper.

Malipayong bag-o na tuig ninyong tanan. Hinaot unta na nindot na tuig karon, ang akong personal wish kay good health og world peace.

 

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

We went to Cathedral church to attend anticipated mass for January 01, 2010. It was raining and the weather is cold, as i was listening to the homily of the priest I was sleepy. My attention get caught when the priest mention about the history of January that it was derived from the roman mythology that represents two faces. A face that is looking backing and the other one was looking forward. After the mass, out of curiosity I planned to do a quick research about Janus. After all the firecrackers booms, I sat down in my computer and asked help for uncle google to give me information about Janus and I get result which directed me into Wikipedia.

In my own understanding and I hope I’m not wrong, the face that is looking backward symbolize that it can see the past years and the other face that is looking forward symbolize that it can see the future.

I’m pretty much sure this was teach during my High school days on World History subject. Overtime knowledge that were learn in school are replace by lessons and experiences. Lessons that are used in my day to day life. Experiences that are used for my day to day work.

I came to realized that once in a while a person should refresh/recall on what he/she learns so that it will not be forgotten. There a lot of ways to retain on what we learned from the post. Most common way is through taking notes. It depends on us on how we kept our notes so that it wouldn’t be put to trash or used as a scratch paper.

Happy new year to all. I hope that this year will be great. My personal wish is good health and world peace.

My thoughts on 24 and its upcoming Episode 10

Speculations for the next upcoming episodes

1. Given the 1st gentlemen will survived the 5 hours surgery we will not be seeing him up to Episode 16
2. Dubako will be able to escape the country and he will bring Mirika with her. Mr. Burnett and his people can't kill Dubako at this stage for the reason they will be exposed. Given Jack and Renee captures Dubako he will be able to escape through Hillenger
3. Janis/Erica will be frame up by Hillenger about the warrant that is issued for Jack and Renee
4. If Dubako leaves U.S. soil, Jack and the FBI wouldn't have information on who the people are working with him in the government. However, Chloe will be able to trackdown that the mole was Hillenger
5. Olivia might get into trouble later if Mr. Burnett will use her as a leverage against the president

Favorite scene: Jack makes a point to Renee that they have one job is to get Dubako outside of that she shouldn't get involved.

Synopsis

Renee calls ambulance and tell the paramedics to keep the situation of quiet because its the first gentlemen. Jacks calls the president to update the status of the first gentlemen situation and Dubako's progress. Bill offers his service to accompany president Taylor in the hospital, but Ethan told Bill that he is already out of the service. Bill makes a point to the president that without Dubako she can't trust anyone and he brought up the conspiracy and he hopes he earned it. Bill requested to the president that his government clearance will be reinstated also with Chloe O Brian, Ethan continues to argue to Bill that Chloe clearance was also revoked when CTU was decommission. Bill explained that there is a mole in FBI and Larry Moss needs tactical support and Chloe is best fit for that job. Ethan argues to the president not to go to the hospital, but the president makes a point to Ethan that the priority is searching Dubako. Bill prepares to accompany the president to the hospital.

Dubako rush to Mirika and convinced her to go with him in his country. Dubako called Burnett his American allies for his passport to leave the country for the reason he doesn't have leverage anymore. Renee and Jack continues to find evidence in the shoot out to search for Dubako. Renee and Moss argued about the complained of Vossler's wife. Jack finds a bank account transactions were made in the PDA and told Renee to trace it through Larry Moss.

Morris send off Chloe to the FBI headquarters. Moss escorted Chloe to the conference room. Moss questions the relationship between Chloe and Bauer. Chloe make a point to Moss that Bauer is a good friend and the most trustworthy and honorable men that she knew and he should worry less about him and more on the mole in the Bureau that is working with Dubako. Dubako meets w/ Burnett to get the passport and flight details. Dubako make a point to Burnett if he is killed or assignation attempt, he will reveal the people involved and sent it to justice department.The bank account transactions from the PDA leads to Mirika Donoso the girlfriend of Ike Dubako. Jack and Renee went to Mirika apartment and starts to question Mirika, but she doesn't know who is Dubako. Jack questions Mirika and give Mirika and her a sister a brief profile on who Dubako is.

President arrives to the hospital and the doctor informs her that it needs 5 hours for the operation. President asked Bill to bring her daughter Olivia. Bill sends Aaron Pierce to get her daughter. Olivia doesn't want to go with Aaron without telling first what's going on. Aaron had no choice but to tell the truth about his father that was shot and its in critical condition. Jack asked favor to Mirika to pursue the plan to go with Dubako and they will follow them one mile by tracing the cellfone of Mirika.

Meanwhile, Janis got insecure cause her job might be replaced with Chloe. She borrowed Hillenger access key through the server room and check what Chloe was up to. Since there was another personnel went to the server room, Janis got rattled and removed directly the access key causing Chloe's monitor to shut-off a couple of seconds, which Chloe was able to noticed it and she was suspecting that someone was watching what she was doing. Moss told her if she can trace it back, Chloe runs diagnostics to get the source.

Janis went back and give back the access key to Hillenger and told him bout what she found that Chloe is supporting Walker and Renee in finding Dubako. A few minutes while Jack and Renee while following Erika's car, they got caught by DC metro local police for the reason FBI reported a warrant for them. Chloe double checks it and found out that the warrant was authentic and it came from FBI. Moss contacts DC metro to revoke the warrant, but due to procedures and protocols to be followed, jack and Renee where arrested.

Hillenger calls to Burnett and informed that he already pinned down jack and Renee. He explains that it took time to access the fone of Moss to trackdown its activities. He also told Burnett that Moss and Chloe are using Mirika cell fone to track her. He asked Burnett why Dubako wasn't killed yet, Burnett explained that Dubako will be exposing them as his leverage if there is an attempt of assignation. Burnett informed Dubako about Mirika was trackdown by the FBI through her cellfone.

My thoughts on 24 and its upcoming Episode 09

Will the 1st gentlemen Henry Taylor survive the gunshot?

For me it wouldn't matter, but I guess he will die.

Will Dubako get caught?

If the next episode will be dragging about Dubako then he wouldn't get caught that easily. I guess Jack and his team will track down Dubako through Rosa or her girlfriend. We will be expecting new threats and reveling some of the government officials that are against the administration in the next episode. Hillenger continues to be one of the suspicious character, I think he is using Erica to get some details from the Homeland and feed it up to Dubako's people

Favorite line: When president ask Jack where his loyalty he simply answered "with all your respect madam president, ask around"

Interesting script: When Renee went to Vossler's wife and child, she said the following line: "shut up, do what I tell you and there is a chance that you will live through this". This was almost the same line when Jack told Renee before shooting her.

Dubako has the first gentlemen as leverage to stop the invasion of U.S. troop in sangala. Bill, Jack and Renee entered the white-house through underground entrance. Ethan told the president that he personally hand pick the agents that he trusted to accompany Bill and his team towards the white-house. President Taylor finally meet Prime Minister Ule Motubo, the president asked an explanation on whats going on to Bill and his team. Jack explained that the administration has been compromise that's why they need to work as an undercover. He also told the president that finding Dubako, will be the key to identify the names of the government officials working against the president. Bill also told the president he doesn't know whom who he can trust that's why he form a small group with Tony Almeida and then to Jack. The president find it hard to believed, but Renee Walker explained to the president that she is the witness on what Jack and Bill were telling is true.

President receives a call from Dubako having the 1st gentlemen as a leverage to his request to hold the U.S. troops in sangala. Ethan confirms that the accusations of Jack and Bill were true that the administration has been compromise through Samantha's Roth and Agent Gedge death. Ethan explains that Agent Gedge is believe to be an accomplish in kidnapping of the first gentlemen through the paralytic drug that he had. The president still didn't give in the demands of Dubako, Jack offer to help retrieved the first gentlemen.

The president gives Jack and his team a go signal. Jack asked Ethan for the profile of Agent Gedge, Renee told Jack that the only person she can trust was Larry Moss. Larry was shocked when Walker called, he told Renee she's willing to help but they should meet personally first. Jack and Renee meet up with Moss, Moss and Renee talk each other, Jack asked for the details of Agent Vossler. Moss gives to Renee and she scans it. Moss give a short details to Jack that before Vossler was a secret agent he works in special forces and served in Sangala for 2 years. Jack asked Renee if Vossler has a family, Moss and Renee had an idea already where is Jack going. Both Renee and Moss, argued with Jack not to use Vossler family as a leverage for the reason it is innocent. After Jack made his point, Renee follows Jack order. Agent Moss told Jack, that he won't allow Renee to be like him. Jack asked the car keys of Agent Moss and has no choice but to give it to Jack.

Hillenger seems to be suspecting that the FBI is out of loop. Janis noticed that there is something going on between Erica and Hillenger. Janis called up Hillenger about that matter not to make it obvious. Dubako girlfriend called to confirmed about their dinner. Samuel is the alias of Dubako that he uses for her girlfriend. Moss helps Jack track Vossler vehicle and Renee goes to Vossler family. Renee enters the house of Vossler and scare Vossler family while waiting Jack's call. Jack caught Vossler in a nick of time and interrogate Vossler to tell where he delivered the 1st gentlemen. Vossler didn't give in at 1st but when he heard her wife was crying and was scared he gave the location to Jack. However, Vossler manage to kick the gun of Jack and managed to fight him which results to his death.

Renee waits for Jack, Jack called about the whereabouts of Henry Taylor and told her to wait for him. He also told Renee that Vossler was dead through self-defense. Meanwhile in the whitehouse, they managed to send a double for Prime Minister Ule to Dubako's people. Rosa sister of Dubako's girlfriend called up Dubako to let him know that she knows that he is not Samuel and there is no record in the immigration about the said name. Rosa told Dubako to breakup with her sister. Dubako's people called Dubako that Motubo was not hand-in when they asked to bring it out to the vehicle, Dubako ordered to destroy the vehicle letting to agents killed. Jack and Renee arrives to the placed where Vossler gives to save 1st gentlemen. Renee was caught going down to the stairs where they held Henry Taylor and the exchange of gunshots begins. Dubako called his people to kill the 1st gentlemen. Unfortunately, Henry got shot by one of the people of Dubako, when Jack was shooting it. Jack shouts to Renee to get an ambulance, clocks tick down to 15:59:59.

My thoughts on 24 and its upcoming Episode 08

My thoughts on 24 and its upcoming Episode 8 Jack was asking Renee's help to team up in an attempt to get the CIP device and also to rescue the prime minister. They use Renee to get in the building while Jack, Tony and Bill was waiting in the roof top to open the door for them. Renee opens the door, Jack and Renee team up and go to the ventilation system, while Bill and Tony are in position for backup. Chloe sends information to them for the floor plan and where about's of the prime minister.

As they are all set, Nichols found out one of the security camera captures Jack, Tony and Renee going inside the building. Dubako and his people were rattled and he forces to grab the CIP device, Jack and his team assault the control room where Dubako is. While Renee, rescues the prime minister. During the exchange of gunshots, the CIP slip over and was damaged. Dubako was able to escape by setting off a bomb on one of the building staff.

Meanwhile, the white-house was wondering why the threat on ohio was gone. They were wondering why it was stop and the president couldn't believe that Dubako stopped it. In the case of first gentlemen Taylor, yes he did recover in the fall and its temporary paralysis. The agent outside waiting rush over the to Samantha's apartment to finish off the first gentleman, but Taylor made a sense that by killing him it would later be trace. Dubako called the agent and ask him about the first gentlemen, he ordered the agent to bring the first gentlemen to him alive.

We can see after the major threat of the CIP device it wasn't that clear what would be the next threat. Clearly Dubako wanted the first gentlemen alive, he will use it as a leverage to the president against the troops in sangala.

Since the CIP device was no longer a threat, with the prime minister is in good hands. Jack suggested to Bill that its time to contact external agencies to help them, but Bill insisted that the government has dirty agents which they don't know who is working with Dubako and it may blew up their cover. Chloe agrees with Jack because she can't handle it alone and additional resources. Prime Minister Olai, suggested to let the president know because he trusted her. Bill and Tony where quite hesitant at first but they've gave in the idea. Jack told Prime Minister Olai, to tell the president to keep the information in close circle for the reason they don't know who's dirty in the government.

We see here Tony seems not to be totally sold out but lead to no choice. This is for the reason that he is aware if he shows up with the authority he will be convicted on what he did on the past 3 years with Emerson.

President and Prime Minister Olai agreed each other to talk in a secure place on the details of the threats and how he was rescued. President Taylor informs Ethan about it. But before that Ethan was about to inform the president that he can't reach the first gentlemen, the NSA adviser informed Ethan not to tell the adviser for such reason there was no longer a threat. They were supposed to convince the first gentlemen to tell the president to let their troops back-off while the CIP device was on Dubako hands.

In this scene, it seems that the NSA adviser is one of the dirty agents. Not enough proof though, but he needs also to be watch out on the next upcoming episodes.

While Jack and Bill were preparing for the meeting place of the president together with the Prime Minister Olai. Tony told Jack that he can't come for such reason he will be arrested. Jack told Tony that after this crisis he should turn over to the authority and assured that he will support and help him together with Bill. Tony initiate the hand shake and told Jack he has his words.

Tony looks very suspicious, right now we don't know what's in his head? Is he really good / bad? Here are my speculation Tony's suspicious look:

1. He doesn't want to be arrested simple as that 
2. If we based it on the season 7th thriller, they said to the viewers they are going to the personal level. So its a big possibility well turned out bad or whoever that is connected to Jack in the previous seasons

Granting Ethan is one of the mole, for sure there will be problems during the meet up of Prime Minister Olai on or after. It seems Dubako isn't the main antagonist, the others hasn't come out yet.

14:59:59...