I noticed lately that Facebook is becoming so full of trolls and shit, its getting hard to digest what is real and not, people seem to believe everything that is posted on Facebook however fake the post is. I guess this is the by-product of technology, people with money or no money can do whatever they want as long as they have computers or smartphone. I read in some news ( i think its from Wired Magazine) that Twitter is dying because no one wants to buy it, who wants to buy anything that is full of shit? Twitter is over run by trolls and bots, most of the time legit news or articles are bumped out by trolls and bots it getting hard to make any sense of it at all. Then you get people who just share or comment senseless articles, they don't even bother reading it if its legit or not, sometimes i get this feeling that they knew its fake but they go ahead in posting or sharing it to show their list of friends that they are in the loop or in a pit. i hope Facebook comes up with a tool that can weed out trolls or bots, they are flooding Fb with shit and when you say something sensible you gonna get bashed or bullied. Did technology get this far so we can go back to being barbarians?

i have not seen a signage of any kind that trumpets whats wrong with capitalism, until this. the signage at the hotel caught my attention because of what it says. to the unknowing masses this is just a simple signage that says this hotel is part of a global citizenry that cares for the earth, people and his business. but for an activist like the irony of this signage did not escape me. for a capitalist planet which is the earth is the only source of natural resources that he needs to create something, and before he can create something which he can sell he needs people to make it, the labor of people to create the things he can sell and that turns into profit which he all cares about. earth + people = profit

So its 2015, what will this new year bring me? i hope nothing bad that i can't handle, i just hope i can ride this new year smoothly. the first day of 2015 saw me on the road with my girlfriend, traveling to davao city from bislig city (her hometown) to give her my christmas gift (which i have not given her due to my worry that it might not fit her), spend the our first day of 2015 together looking for my christmas gift for her, she decided to have a pair of shoes she can wear in her office. and i discovered something about ladies shoes while doing it, different shoes brand have different sizing structure, she found one shoes that she really liked and asked for a size 5, but its big for her feet and this made me wonder...how come her feet size does not fit the shoe size she's been wearing for the longest time? since its the smallest size of the shoes that she really wants the saleslady suggested that she looked for size at the childrens section of the store...seriously? i just told my girlfriend that lets take a look at other shoe brands and lucky enough she found a shoe that not only fit her (size 5) but she also loved it, so after two hours of looking she finally got her christmas gift. do ladies shoes brands differ in sizing? i mean does brand A size 5 is different to brand B size 5? are the manufacturers of ladies shoes using different sizing methods or mechanics when it comes to their shoe sizes? i'm just wondering. anyway, she got her shoes and that all that matters for me. and so for 2015 here's for more discovering and traveling!

this is me and melba my girlfriend in a van on our way to davao city.

just got back here in davao...sa airport pa lang wala ng ibang kwento ang mga tao kundi ang devastation na dala ng ulan.

attended the just concluded national power summit...i wish members on the joint congressional power committee of the philippine congress who has familial ties with owners of power industry business in the country should resign from JCPC for conflict of interest.

What GMA don't tell us....

The Philippines perennial dollar top earner is slowly succumbing to the world economic crisis and this is what the government don't tell us, it seems that GMA does not want to show that her main economic savior and employment program is loosing steam.

http://www.rgemonitor.com/asia-monitor/255789/how_far_will_remittances_to_the_philippines_fall_in_2009

Campus Harassment: “Student activists” tear down FBC-Phils. exhibit on Burma

What can i say? this only proves what they really are...i'm sure if this guys won their revolution we will be the next Laos..

MANILA, MARCH 6 -- At 1:30pm today inside the campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Manila, a group of young students claiming to be “genuine activists” forced the members and volunteers of the Free Burma Coalition – Philippines (FBC-Phils) to fold down a photo exhibit on political prisoners in Burma, confiscated their campaign materials, and pushed them out of the campus, threatening physical attack if they do not leave.

The activity is hosted by a class of management students who had applied for, and was granted, a permit to hold the activity by the school administration. The exhibit was about the 8888-faces photo petition campaign calling for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma anchored by the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) and FBC-Philippines.

Members of Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) and FBC-Phils volunteers from the school have just finished setting up the exhibit when the incident happened. A group of students (about 20 of them) claiming to be “genuine activists” from a group called ANAKBAYAN ganged up on them, tore copies of the 8888-faces leaflet in front of the volunteers and commanded them to fold up the exhibit. “You are not allowed to set up the exhibit here, counter-revolutiona ries -- with or without permit from the school administration. You are fake activists.”

Teody Navea, BMP secretary-general and part of the campaign team, tried to negotiate with the students, stressing what the campaign was about and that it is part of an international solidarity effort in support of the people of Burma. The “activists” led by a certain “Jojo Kulot” then started a countdown, further threatening to attack the FBC volunteers if they do not fold up the exhibit.

To avert any further violent confrontation, the FBC team volunteered to fold up the exhibit. But not satisfied, the “activists” from ANAKBAYAN even grabbed the tarpaulin exhibits and the BMP banner and all other materials. Navea tried to calm down everyone and appealed to the activists to return the materials as they are packing up. The “activists” started pushing and shoving FBC-Phils volunteers, slapping one in the head, as they violently escorted them outside the school gate and on to the thoroughfares.

As these things happen, other members of the “activist” group explain to all bystanders and onlookers that “these things will happen to you if you organize activities like these and if you join these and other organizations.”

We condemn, in strongest terms, this barbaric act of “gangster activism.” The issue of Burma’s political prisoners is a legitimate international issue and to prevent any group from holding this kind of campaign in any venue is not just a show of “sheer ignorance” to the issue but also an act only the “military dictators” of Burma can appreciate.

FBC-Phils is a coalition of individuals, trade union workers, NGOs, peoples’ organizations, youth and students, church groups, human rights and women organizations. This campaign of 8888-faces is just one of the many expressions the coalition can contribute in the spirit of international solidarity. It’s ironic and disgustful that this legitimate democratic campaign was attacked in the name of the so-called “revolutionary ideals?”. Where in this world you can see one “activist group” attack the very basic right to freedom of expression?

As activists, we SHOULD hate dictatorship whatever its name, we must abhor undemocracy; we ousted Marcos because of military dictatorship and now Burma is suffering the same kind of rule. Our message to these “activists” is simple: LET US NOT BECOME THE EVIL THAT WE DEPLORE!



Egoy N. Bans
Spokesperson, Free Burma Coalition – Philippines
Burma Program Coordinator – Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID)

based on the incident report filed by Teody Navea in behalf of the FBC-Phils 8888-faces campaign team at PUP campus.