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Election Campaign: Why not just get rid of this system?

Posted by: Jonathan Tabianan | January 28, 2010 | No Comment |

This particular post is just a product of randomness of my thoughts. I just thought that I must post it here as soon as I can. I don’t know if any of you guys has thought about it before or currently.

I just thought that Political Campaign is not helping the people at all in choosing who to vote as a government official that will decide its future. What I’m trying to say here is that, “Do political campaigns really help our country, or just the politician, to get what he/she wants?”

I have enumerated you my thoughts about this topic on the spot, so I hope you guys give it a chance to be analyzed…
First, this is a waste of money and caused more corruption especially those who are currently in the position.

Second, this can be used to mislead people.

Third, only the millionaires can campaign which renders politics only for those who have the money.

My solution would be:

Let the COMELEC (only) do research and investigation about the things candidates have done for the country and post it for public reference. No waste of money, no misleading (because we will be dealing with real data here) and even if you are not a millionaire, if you have your integrity and sincerity intact, then you have a big chance to win the people’s heart.

Just a random thought…

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It’s been a little long time since I made an entry to this blog. I’m not a writer but I write when something’s telling me to, or something in my brain was triggered by something.. And so I’m writing again… Perhaps it is normal for a person to find it’s exhaust to release things that mus be released.

Anyway, as the title connotes, it has a direct connection with my previous entry entitled The Sring. This time, I would be enumerating semi-abstract facts and events that we, normal people, experiences in our life. Do others actions really has an effect to other people? I think you already know the answer to this question… Logic is not needed here, just an open mind and common sense.

There are “bad people”, whether we like it or not, and fortunately, there are also “good people” also. Basic thing, the principle of balance and duality or nature. Others might say, good or bad is relative to a person perception, I say, when something harms others, it is a bad thing however its magnitude. There are things that requires sacrificing others for the whole. This is where “good decision” must be considered to be included in the formula of making decisions. There is what we call short term and long term effect. My point is, when a bad person do bad things, bad people benefit and good people suffer, and when good people do good things, bad people suffer.

Many times we experiences a time in our life where we thought all our problems is coming to an end soon, but we will just be surprised, there is another incoming problem. The *fuc**ng” thing is that other people created it for you, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it but sacrifice something or neutralize it. In the end, you will regret why you sacrificed it for the sake of bad people’s egoistic intentions.

We are all part of the string and if there are bad people, bad things will happen; If there are bad things that happens, new bad people will exist; If there are good people, good things will happen. If there are good things that happens, new good people will exist. Where do you think you belong?

If you don’t have a problem, other people will create it for you…

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The String

Posted by: Jonathan Tabianan | June 7, 2009 | 2 Comments |

I’ve been wondering so many times about how a person’s life was being written in time. As he progresses in his lifetime until the last drop of his breath. His breath as his ink and his actions as his pen. The earth is his paper where he draws his legacy.

I’ve been through a lot of debates whether a person’s life was being dictated by destiny or a choice, where the author can write whatever and however he wants. This could be difficult to answer for others and easy for some, but if you woul ask me where I stand, I don’t really know. Maybe one of them is right and the other is wrong. Or they could be both wrong. It must be a combination of both…

There’s only one thing I’m sure of. That we are all part of a string in this universe. One thing or person affects the other in a very complex way. Our decisions and actions are influenced by so many factors. It could be a person, thing, event, etc.  All of them are interconnected in one infinitely long string. Could be in a web-like interconnection, where a movement in one point, creates a wave of events and influences where everything connected has no choice but to go with it.

How a person will write his life in time must be only dictated by the forces from the string. We have choices, of course, but those choices are only being offered by the mysterious string, the string of life…

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I had a discussion about the topic in a forum (TDP) and the totality of the discussion (slight debate) as I can see it concludes that Bloggers should conform to a certain rules but not with in a level being applied to Journalism, although there are some who views Blogging as an Art which as he thinks do not conform to any form of rules or ethics. Well, even art conforms to a certain ratings which is I think is a form of regulation…

Here’s my last stand regarding the topic, taken verbatim from the forum:

So, the totality of the discussion concludes that bloggers should conform to a “certain rule in blogging” (if you don’t wanna call it ethics). It must be regulated whether we like it or not but not in a level of standard used in Journalism because Journalism is too professional and every profession has it’s own regulation.

Writing, in any form is dangerous if not used properly, therefore it must be regulated.

Freedom of expression is a natural right.

Every right and freedom has its limitation.

Blogging is a form of freedom of expression and right.

Therefore it must have its limitation.

But not the limitation being applied to Journalism because Blogging is too informal to be considered a Journalism…

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AKO MISMO

Posted by: Jonathan Tabianan | May 17, 2009 | No Comment |


“Simulan mo ang pagkilos tungo sa muling pagbangon ng Pilipinas. Maliit man o malaki, ikaw mismo ang magsasabi kung ano ang gagawin mo.”

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For The Readers And The Not Readers

Posted by: Jonathan Tabianan | May 9, 2009 | 2 Comments |

A man’s personhood was being shaped mostly by his experiences in life. From the day he was born until he aged and eventually died. The process is continuous throughout his lifetime and maybe until after his physical limit of existence has been reached. Who knows…

Learning is one of the most fascinating thing nature has endowed us but can also be the most horrible one. Initially, we have no choice but to absorb everything  (which we will probably carry for the rest of our life)being fed to us by our parents or any person whose responsible for our survival during babyhood until we developed intellectual independence during adulthood. This is the time where we make our own choices and decisions. The time of restlessness and youthfulness.
The time of success and failures. The time of endless struggle and search for identity. The time of finding your place in this world and many times struggle from gaining acceptance of who we are.

I’m not good in writing… But I write anyway for the sake of expression because I’m not good at vocal method of expression even more. In fact, I consider myself at below average when it comes to vocal expression, I don’t know why… Maybe my brain is too fast so my mouth is having difficulty coping up or maybe my brain is commanding my mouth to shut up because when I speak-up, I have the tendency to be blind and careless, so my brain learned how to keep my mouth shut for my own good. But nature prevails anyway. Nature always has it’s own way to win over and my mouth redirected itself through my hands… And so I write… and I blog… Whatever you read on this blog was really meant to be expressed regardless of whatever your reactions against it are. We have freedom of expression anyway. I created this blog not to impress but to express.

Everything written on this blog expressed who I really am and those things about me, my physical aspect of personhood failed to manifest and probably will continuously fail to manifest. God knows how long it will hide inside me and what will trigger for its eventual rise. Maybe when the time has come when I finally found where someone like me belongs…

Time to sleep…

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Hyperwage Theory by Thads Bentulan

Posted by: Jonathan Tabianan | April 8, 2009 | No Comment |

Good day to all!

I just wanna share a link to a fascinating theory about “wage” (sahod o sweldo)… And why should our minimum salary must be increased by Php 125.00. I haven’t read about it a lot yet but I will surely read it and buy this book… Extremely interesting idea!

Here’s an excerpt:

The Strategy of Poverty

When the country welcomes foreign investors with the promise of low labor cost, unconsciously it is prostituting the great talents of our highly educated workforce at decadent low wages. In promising so, the state sells out the souls of the country’s labor workforce by perpetuating low wages. The state effectively says, come to us because it is our policy to keep the people poor by maintaining low wages.

For those who wanted their minds opened up for a new reality, this theory is a must read!

Here’s a link for the blog: http://streetstrategist.weblogs.us/hyperwage-theory/hyper-theory-part-1/

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