If the Costumer is Wrong, Go F@<{ #1

     

o yeah1

      ..It was in the 16^th century when a young duke named Edward John, fix a local dispute in his small town on northern old England. From he’s famous word the “costumer is almost right”, where a rich aristocrat demanded respect from a local baker when he himself had given only foul words. Yet the said aristocrat shouted back “the customer is always right”, hence this was the start of the prejudice slogan.

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Bokipedia.org

     

      Pero syempre, katarantaduhan ko lang to. Sa imahinasyon ko lang nangyari yan.

      Then here come the “rules”…

      Rule #1 – the customer is always right.

      Rule #2 – if the customer is wrong, go back to number 1.

      Parang mahirap naman sundin ang nasabing batas, paano kung harapan kang sabihan ng “magnanakaw”? papayag ka nalang ba sa nasabing paratang, kung susundin natin ang rule #2, ibig sabihin ba nito kahit anong gawin at sabihin nila sayu ay wala ka nang magagawa. Binigyan nanatin sila ng karapatan na alimurain tyu.

    

      Hindi ba masyado namang bias at unlawful ang ganitong rule. Kung sabihan ka ng “pugay kamay” ayos pa siguro yun, murahin mo nalang din, pero pano kung mga akusasyon, mananahimik ka nalang ba? Ang mga batas paminsanminsan binabaluktot natin para humulma ng mas tama, maganda, hindi naman ibig sabihin nito ay bbaliin muna. Kung mga mas nakakataas mismo ang nagsasabi sa cuctomer na alimurain ka. Mabuti pa siguro eto na ang sabihin mo “mam/sir will you pls assault me”, o kaya na “you can humiliate for free!” paksyet wala na naman siguro sa Philippine constitution ang pedeng alimurain ang mga blue collar, o baka walang blue collar ditto, kundi mga black collar.

      Ang totoo sobrang arte ng mga taga probinsya, kung sino pa tyung mga nasa rural tayu pa yung kung umasta eh parang nabuhay na sa isang mundo na sya ang namumuno. Lahat ng pedeng iutos iuutos sayu, naiitindihan ko naman na kasama sa trabaho naming ang pagmamalasakit, kaya nga may salitang “customer care”. Pero hindi ba masyadong ng naabuso ang salitang to, ika nga “gas-gas”. Sa pailan-ilan na pagpunta ko sa manila, napapansin ko na ang tao ang kusang kumukuha ng kailngan nila, condiments, tubig, at kung ano ano pa. samantalang diito, tinuturuan nating maging tamad ang mga tao. Tamad.

     

      An insipid scene from my fraud memory: to make things short I had a dispute with an egocentric “fraud dilg” customer. A worthless fight that led to a legal matter, hence I am now enjoying a 5days suspension “though I was hoping for a longer one”. Sadly I just protected my company’s image, yet I was the one who suffered the consequences. To hell with them! Here's a funny thing, i was accused of being an accessory to Carnap he's motorcycle and that i was an NPA, fuck yeah. i am a leftist...but not an activist. You see, accusation without evidence is like riding an stationary bike, we're getting nowhere...fast.  Right now, whenever I see customer that assault or litter, vandal our company, pretension is alI can do. Pretending that I didn't even see them. You see, what’s the sense of protecting your company when in the end, you’ll be left standing on your own facing the waves of rage and anger. a moral lesson.

fight!

      Habang nagtatrabaho sa kumpanya ko ngayun, sinubukan ko din mag-apply sa iba, natangap, nag trabaho mg isang araw. Saying lang ang baba na-offer sakin. Pero sa trabaho ayus talaga. Ang manager bumubuhat ng binubuhat mo. Pero ang pinaka malupit ay yung poster nila sa front. Eto ang sabi “our employess deserve the respect we in return give to you” hanepasyet. Kudos sa management nila. Ilang kumpanya kaya ang kayang ipagtangol ang taohan nila sa mga abusadong kliente nila.

      Rule #2, kung sino mang tarantado naka isip nito, mabuhay sana sya ng matagal sa ialalim ng lupa.

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September 20, 2012

The 234 management:

M’ Susana G. Ramiro

Restaurant Manager

      A pleasant day in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

      Five years strong that I had been part of 234 family. I’d been working with a held head-up-high attitude. It is my major source of income for my family. 5 years of trusting and believing in my capabilities and giving all I can. 5yrs of fun and laughter, joy and sometimes sorrow, for this are inevitable things. 5yrs of training, learning and always adapting to our ever-changing humid. I, for one would always be a proud part of this family.

      Working here at McDonalds 234 had exposed me to too many profitable things that had enhanced my skills, perception and knowledge not only in food related things, but, also a vast field of stuffs that I had benefited since day one.

      I will always be thankful to my 234 family, not only for those good times, but also to those down times, where they’ve pushed me hard to surface from our own life muddles. Grateful I am for all those times we’ve shared.

      Easily said, I know that I am an ill-tempered guy. And it’s the main reason of my recent dispute with a costumer, where I have violated one of ur major rules and policies. It’s with this kind attitude that I have offended an ill-mannered man, yet, still, he’s our costumer and I must step down and give way to his ego trip blasphemies, which, regretfully I have not done and exchange fiery words which led to a legal matter. Words are not enough to express how sorry I am, yet still, thankful I am, that forgiveness was at hand and he was more than willing to settle our argument.

      Though, the wave is over, I know there will always be a consequence to my dim-witted action. Like an echo that would always bite-back each time we shout. But still, I’m hoping deep inside that favour will be at my side and be given another chance. Whatever the outcome might be, allow me to say thank you and sorry for all those unnecessary confrontations.

Yours,

John Edward D. Malahito

234 Maintenance

nyahaha...eto ang malupit na stationary bike!

      Pag nabasa mo resignation letter ko, baka mag nosebleed ka na…

Speak No Evil, Post No Evil, Share No Evil, Like No Evil

stand up and fight!

     

      Higit pa sa kayang unawain natin, ang cyber world ay isang napakalaking lugar kung san pedeng magkasya lahat ng maisipan mo, naisin mo at katangahan ng mga politico. Nakakatawang isipin na pilit nilang sinusugpo ang crimen ditto, kaysa unahin ang mga mas mga importanteng bagay. Maraming nagugutom at walang bahay sa pilipinas, mga tambay na walang trabaho, mga nanay na kuba na kakapasuso sa isang dosena nyang anak at isang asawang kuneho, bakit hindi muna progreso at pag asenso ang unahin kaysa ang pagbusal sating mga netizen.

      Ako mismo kung makikita ng mga kapatid ni escariote “may ilan ng nakabasa, wala palang offer sina caipas at annas kaya hindi pa ako binebenta”, eh malamang sandamukal na cyber libel na ang kaso ko, pede ko naman burahin to, kaso kung gagawin ko yun, para ko nadin sinabi kay sen. Tito sotto na tama ang ginawa nya, dapat na kaming busalan.

      Pero bakit nga ba humantong sa ganitong kalokohan ang batas na to, at ngayun ay sinasabi ng mga gumawa mismo ng batas na aamyendahan nila ito at mukhang sila ay nagkamali. Ayos, aamin lang ng katangahan hindi pa inamin ng tuluyan. Yun tipong, “ mali kami ng nagawang batas” o kaya “teka, ulit katangahan ata ang nagawa namin” o kaya “ikulong nyo kami dahil mali ang pinasa namin na batas”, pero hindi, “mukhang” nagkamali lang daw sila, yun tipong hindi pa sila sigurado na mali, medyo pa-humble pa. ayos! Walang enateng nagyarre, walang public hearing, basta pinirmahan. Ayus sa olrayt. Kung hindi pa umalma ang milyong-milyo na netizen at hindi mabilang na anonymous Philippines “insert applause here”, eh malamang nabubuhay na tayu sa isang cyber martial law kung san ang pede mo lang sabihin ay, pugay kamay ang galing mo TITO SOTTO, mabuhay ka P-NOY. Pero hindi, ang dapat ay ipako ang 13 Hudas na gumawa ng batas na ito, at itapon sa kawa ng dagat-dagatang apoy si P-NOY.

      Medyo mali ata? Nakakatawang isipin na gumawa sila ng batas na hindi sigurado ang magiging outcome. Paano kung tungkol sa public safety at tipong maraming namatay na mamayan, anong sasabihin nila, aamyendahan muna nila at tipong nagkamali sila? Wala tong pinagkaiba sa batas ng tangang si BONG revilla kung san pinipilit magsuot ng helmet ang mga tao ng orginal na helmet at huhulihin pag walang ICC sticker, eh lahat ng pumapasok ditto sa bansa ay may ICC sticker, higit pa s aka engotan, imbis na may suot ang hulihin, yung nagbebenta ang dapat sugpuuin, at wala ito sa topic ko ngayun.

no more witty, kick in your ass post, 

no kudos to who's behind the cyber-crime act of 2012 where, 

even us online blogger would be liable to anything and everything we say,

 i mean, we really are,

 but where's freedom now?

      Wala naman daw talaga sa panukalang batas ang nasabing section 19 na yan. Kung san binubusalan tayu ng mga trapong hinayupak. Eh, wala naman daw talaga ito sa mga nakasaad na krimen. May isang matalinong senador lang ang nag kaisip na isama to. Tipong, “syet, gisang gisa na ako sa mga hinayupak na netizens, gawan ko kaya sila ng busal para tigilan na nila ako.” At jan nabuo ang section19 ng CYBER CRIME LAW of 2012 o ang CYBER LIBEL. Kung san pede kang makulong na higit pa sa taon ng pangkaraniwang libel, at ang mas malupit. Mas mababa ang hatol ng mga rapist at mamatay tao. 12yrs, syet mangrarape nalang ako, 8 taon lang.

      Ang cyber libel ay ang “killer move” ni sen tito sotto para sugpuin ang mga may utak “ dahil binabasa mo to, isa ka dun” o mga critic nya na ayaw tumigil sa panlilibak ng kanyang pansososoto “see WOTL SUMOSOTTO”. Bawal ka mag-like, share o post ng kahit anong laban sa gobyerno at mga nagppatakbo nito, libel kagad ang kaso mo. Ang malupit ditto, pede ka nilang hulihin kahit walang warrant of arrest, at pede nilang kumpiskahin ang gamit mo sa oras na may Makita silang labag sa batas, prima facie, pede ka ng hulihin basta Makita ang post mo. Kahit yung mga luma mong post bago pa nagawa ang batas na to, basta na trace, wala ng hearing, shoot ka kagad sa balde.

cyber crime law 101: pag may nabasa ka na post tungkol sa gobyerno, 

o kahit anong paninira sa politiko, wag mo ng i like o share, 

murahin mo na mismo, ganun din yon, parehas lang ang kaso.

      Nakakalungkot lang isipin na ang dating Sen. Benigno “ninoy” Aquino Jr. ay lumaban para sa malayang pamamahayag, at ito rin mismo ang isa sa dahilan ng kanyang kamatayan, at sa anak pa nya mismo tayu makakaranas ng opresyon. Di ko malaman kung may after shock ba si Penoy o gusto nya lang maranasan din natin ang dinanas nila noong martial law.

judas13 and the bald demon

      Sa trabaho napagusapan nadin ang batas nato, kasali tong mismong blog ko. Yari na daw ako, pero di ibig sabihin na to mananahimik nga ako. I am liable to each and everthing that I say in here, and no dickhead can stop me from saying what I think is worth saying. I would rather end up in jail than die every day of mumbling things that I wish I have shouted out. Kung kakasuhan ako, go! Pero tulad nga ng sinabi ng isa 13hudas na si sen. Angara “if what you are saying is true then you have a good defense”. Ayos, may magnanakaw ba na umamin sa ninakaw nya? It’s more fun in the phillipines! Kapit ko bayag ko “not literally”, sue me, pero di ko buburahin lahat ng nakapost ditto. Nek-nek nyo, lets see if they have the balls too.

...we are not that free after all. think of this, they are not that dim-witted as all of you are saying, 

they are braniacs who managed to gag our mind and leash our hands.

 sayonara to those witty kick in your ass post. no more blogs,

 no more bloggers,

 only malnourished readers who only reads KRIS AQUINO'S story. 

i mean, no one can shut her mouth, not even. P-NOY.

      Nakakatuwang isipin na saglit na pamamayagpag sa internet ng ilang kumokontra sa batas ay lumobo ang bilang ng mga pinoy na umalma sa batas na kung saan walang mamayang pinoy ang tunay na makikinabag “kung meron man, eh mga politico lang”. matindi pa sa edsa 1,2,3,3.5, at 3. Almost 4 na. yun tipong a single matchstick can burn million trees. Maraming umaklas, maraming kumalaban. Kudos sa bawat pinoy na lumaban, nakaka lunkot lang isipin na may yung iba hindi na lumaban, ginawa pang korni ang ginagawa naming na pag laban. Hindi ako ng palit ng BLACK Profile Picture, dahil silhouette na mismo image ko. Nakaka-ungas lang yung iba na nagpalit nga, blue, yellow, pink o violet, tangna, ano yun undecided kayu? Or, partial, sa gitna lang, o balik harap? Pare, di naman biruan yung pinaglalaban naming, kalayaan mo, ko at ng sususnod sayo. Sa oras na hindi natin mabago ang takbo ng panahon, patuloy lang tayong tatangong para mga baka sa gusto ng gobyerno. Sasangayon kahit na ikaw na mismo ay ginagago, sa huli, magsisi tayo at idadaan naman sa edsa ang lahat. Diba mas maganda kung habang maaga pa ay putulin na natin ang sungay. Mahirap pag dating ng araw, matigas pa sa adobe ang sungay ng mga hinayupak na yan.

      Ang mga batas ay ginawa para sa kapakanan ng mamayan, hindi ng mga politikko na wumawaldas ng pera n gating bayan. Mamayan ang pundasyon ng lahat, kung lilimitahan mo ang kanyang karapatan, tangalin na natin ang salitang demokrasya ditto sa ating bansa. Itapon na  natin sa dagat lahat ng imahe, idealism ni NINOy na buong yabang na ipinagmamalaki ni PENOY. Sa huli, maiisip ng bawat isa na kaysa maki alam ka sa mga ganitong bagay, mabuti pang manuod ka nalng ng youporn at magbabalbal, kaso pare sa CYBER LAW, bawal na ang site na ito.

THIS IS WORTH READING!

Hindi ako nakikiuso or what but I'm really against this law.

So. eto na pala ang last day ng Freedom of speech nating mga Pilipino. Nakakatakot mang isipin pero maipapasa na ang batas na supposedly magpoprotekta sa mga karahasan na nangyayari over the net.

Kawawa naman ang magiging bagong generation, bawal na sila maging pranka, bawal na magsabi ng nararamdaman. In short

magiging plastic tayo samantalang pinagbabawal na ang pag gamit ng plastic. Nakakainis isipin na marami ang nakahilata sa mga kalsada, marami ang naghihirap, nagugutom, namamatay pero ano ang inuuna? yung pagpapasa ng Anti Cybercrime law na yan. Akala ko ba Democratic Country ang Pilipinas, Akala ko ba kami ang Boss mo. Pero bakit ganun? Bakit naman tinatanggalan mo kami ng kapangyarihan. Eto na nga lang ang bagay na nagagawa ng mga Juan dela Cruz sa panahon ngayon tas aalisin mo na rin?

So dati haters gonna hate lang pero ngayon, haters go to prison na. WOW. Bongga diba? and besides Pinoy tayo, masyado tayong opinionated, papaano nyo kami mapipigilan magreact sa mga bagay bagay.

Natatawa ako habang tinatype ko to kasi naisip ko. Magkikita kayo ng kaibigan mo sa kulungan. "Pare ano kaso mo?" "Ako? Ni like ko lang yung picture tas nag comment ako ng hehe" Pucha pwede tayo umabot ng 12 years dito samantalang yung mga nahulihan ng droga, yung mga nakasuhan ng homicide of frustrated murder aabutin lang sila ng 5- 9 years sa kulungan. Astig diba? Its a shame that Rapist would be stuck in prison for 8 years. Edi mas ok pa pala mang rape kaysa sa magpost, maglike, magcomment, mag share, mag blog, mag favorite at mag tweet.

Tama pa bang sabihin na its more fun in the Philippines? tuwang tuwa na siguro ang mga politicians because they could sue us for our blog posts. No more tumblr rants narin siguro no? Dapat ipaglaban natin ang ating karapatan, ipaglaban natin ang boses natin. Si Dr. Jose Rizal, nakulong pero hindi nanahimik. Lumaban at naging bayani. Siguro hindi pa huli ang lahat para tayo ay magtulungan at maging isang Dr. Jose Rizal.

Magugulat ka nalang na NOTIFICATIONS: You have one (1) new warrant of arrest and two (2) inmates just followed you. Ang cool isipin diba? :) We are now entering a cyber martial law, Please fasten your seatbelts, zip your mouths because its gonna be one hell of a ride. Biruin mo, kada pilipino na gumagamit ng internet, nasa kulungan. Parang isang masayang Grand Eyeball ng isang fanpage sa facebook. :)

Simula bukas. Bawal na ang downloads, bawal na din ang mga live streaming ng NBA games. Laban ni Pacquiao at kung ano ano pa na sa pay per view mo lang makikita. Diba mas mura ang 20 pesos na pang computer kesa sa 400 pesos na tickets sa sinehan or 999 pesos na pagsusubscribe sa pay per view channel. Kawawa naman ang kababayan natin, Eh patay tayo dyan, eleksyon na. So ano? Change of heart na naman? Haay buhay.

hell yeah!

Papaano na kaming mga Journalists, bloggers at writers. Bawal na rin kami mag exist dahil sa batas na to? Bawal na naming gawin yung bagay na mahal namin dahil sa batas na to? Grabe para kaming mga elepante na pinipilit nyong tanggalan ng Ivory tusks.

Imbis na comment mo, ganito na ang lalabas ████████████████. [ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛ ʙʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ.] (ʀᴀ ɴᴏ. 10175)

Ansaya saya diba? :) Oh no, I liked a comment/post or status. I might go to jail :(( Hahaha. Pwedeng pwede na tayong insultuhin, lokohin at maliitin ng mga taga ibang bansa at wala tayong karapatan para magreply o ipaglaban ang ating sarili dahil baka makulong tayo. LOL Baka susunod may Cyber Kotong narin :)))

Ano susunod dito? Communist Government na? Kahit ano mang gawin nyo. Makakahanap at makakahanap kami ng paraan para gumawa ng panibagong NOLI ME TANGERE AT EL FILIBUSTERISMO. Siguro dapat nalang nating antayin na ideliver sa mga bahay natin yung military uniform tas magiging Democratic People's republic of the Philippines.

Cyber bullying, Cyber sex, Hacking, Internet scamming, Internet fraud. yan dapat ang mga bagay na sakop ng cybercrime law na yan.

Ayon sa ARTICLE 3, SECTION 4: “No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression.

Lumaban tayo sa Opresyon ng mga Kastila, Tinalo natin ang pananakop ng mga hapon, Nagkapit bisig tayo sa panahon ng Martial Law. Masyado nating pinaghirapan ang Freedom of Speech natin tapos kukunin lang sa atin ng basta basta.

KARAPATAN NAMING MAGLAHAD NG AMING NARARAMDAMAN, KARAPATAN NAMING IPARINIG ANG AMING BOSES SA LIPUNAN.

Goodbye Freedom of Speech. Mamimiss ka ng milyong - milyon na netizens.

~Eunice

sayonara

You Just Lost Your Freedom Of Speech

Numbers Don't Lie

By ANDREW JAMES MASIGAN

September 30, 2012, 3:48pm

MANILA, Philippines — For 25 years, we’ve seen how our neighbors surged economically under what Prime Minister Mohammed Mahathir describes as “controlled democracy.” We, on the other hand, marched on towards rebuilding our democratic institutions, even if it meant slower growth. Deep in our hearts, we knew that democracy was worth the sacrifice.

The world sang the praises of countries like Malaysia for their spectacular growth, while in the same breath, undermined the Philippines for being an underachiever. It stung, I can tell you that first hand. But many of us managed to keep our morale high by telling ourselves that despite all the ills that absolute democracy brings, at least we Filipinos have genuine liberty, not the least of which is our freedom of speech and expression.

Last September 12, with hardly any debate in the legislature or consultation with private sector groups like the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines or the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, and under the public’s radar, that freedom was taken away from us.

President Aquino signed into law the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, which, apart from banning cybersex, child pornography, illegal access, identity theft, password theft and computer forgery, also extends libel (as defined by Article 355 of the Revised Penal Code) on whatever is said or written on the Internet.

To us, this means we can no longer speak our minds and make our voices heard on the only platform accessible to us—the Internet. It means we can no longer “like” a comment deemed libelous, re-tweet a link of what could be construed as defamatory material, or even e-mail articles that some people may consider slanderous. All these are now counted as crimes…crimes that may cost us a jail term of six to 12 years. (Note that the law on cyber libel calls for a punishment “one-step higher” than ordinary libel, where jail terms could range from only six to 50 months.)

In addition, one can be criminally liable even if the libelous material was written outside the Philippines. For as long as it affects a natural or judicial person who is in the country, that writer can be thrown into jail.

So in one fell swoop, the government gagged the public from expressing its criticisms, discontent and outrage. It choked the free trade of ideas, which allows us all to fiscalize the truth on our own. It limits the flow of information to only what is force-fed to us by government. Even worse, it frees incompetent and corrupt politicians from public censure, which we often do through the Internet.

In short, the Cybercrime Prevention Act holds a libel case over the head of every Filipino, preventing him from expressing what’s on his mind.

No More Check And Balance

Through social media, we’ve been able to dislodge the crony-run administration of Erap via EDSA Dos. We’ve exposed the many corrupt dealings of GMA. We’ve bared to full public view the serial plagiarism of Tito Sotto. We’ve even condemned the bullying of citizen Blair Carabuena and called for him to publicly apologize to traffic enforcer Saturnino Fabros. All these will no longer be possible as imprisonment threatens anyone who speaks freely about people and issues.

It’s a shame because the Internet is the best thing that happened to Philippine politics. In many ways, it serves as a check and balance to ensure that politicians stay in the straight and narrow. It also serves as a quality control mechanism that forces public officials to do their jobs with competence and integrity.

Senator Sotto was quoted saying, “Once the Cybercrime Bill is enacted into law, they (the public) will be accountable for what they say or write.” The senator was referring to the people who lambasted him over his repeated plagiarism, something he belligerently refuses to own up to. A well-placed source said that it was Sotto who convinced Senator Angara (the senate’s sponsor of the Cybercrime bill) to extend the proviso of libel to things written on the Internet, something Senator Angara acceded to.

Senator Sotto got what he wanted. Now, he can drag anyone to court for expressing their disgust on his plagiarism. Put in another way, he can go on committing plagiarism until he is blue in the face and the public will be scared to a stupor to express their disapproval for fear of being dragged to court.

As I said, the Cybercrime Prevention Act has eliminated check and balance.

A Haphazardly Written Law

As mentioned earlier, the law transplants the Revised Penal Code’s definition of “libel” to things written on the Internet without specifying who is liable. This is problematic.

Our Penal Code states that “any person who shall publish, exhibit or cause the publication or exhibition of any defamation in writing or by similar means” shall be held responsible for libel. In other words, a newspaper publisher can be made legally responsible for libel in as much as the reporter who wrote the libelous piece.

Following this logic, does this mean that Yahoo Philippines can be held legally responsible for libelous statements made in its chat rooms? Will local blog hosts like Blogspot.com be made liable for slanderous blogs made by its subscribers? Clearly, the law was not clearly thought out.

The very nature of social media is that it encourages people to post, “like” or share its contents. Since website owners have no control over what is written in public forums, they are now left wide open to libel cases. The only possible remedy to this is to filter the million of entries in their websites to weed out all libelous content. Since this is next to impossible, website owners will have no recourse but to shut down their sites altogether or preclude its use in the Philippines. This is the consequence of the law.

Our Basic Freedom 

Records show that the United Nations’ (UN) Committee on Human Rights has already called the attention of government for its outdated libel laws (it was written 80 years ago). According to the UN, it curtails freedom of speech and puts it in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for which the Philippines is a signatory. The UN calls for its amendment or repeal.

Instead of heeding the call of the United Nations, our legislators further extended the reach of our libel laws to include cyberspace. Talk about one step forward, two steps back!

One of the authors of the Cybercrime Bill sent me a private message saying that “no freedom is absolute.” Sorry Mr. Congressman, I don’t know where you were in 1986, but most of us risked life and limb to gain true and absolute freedom from the clutches of a despot. I’m not about to give it up all because you think freedom cannot be absolute.

Freedom’s Advocate

Senator Teofisto Guingona is the lone senator who opposed the Cybercrime Bill. He believes that some provisions of the law are unconstitutional in that they restrain the people’s liberties.

Although the good senator was clearly outnumbered, he is still looking to challenge some provisions of the law either by taking it up to the Supreme Court or pushing for an amendment.

It’s going to be a tough road ahead for Senator Guingona. We should all support and fight alongside him if only to protect the freedom we fought so hard for in 1986. Meanwhile, be careful what you write on the Internet.

      

Blinded by Utter Silence, Casually Dressed in Lavish Ignorance

delay..anyone?

     Its 5am and id been wake up by this bothering thought that keeps pounding my head this past days. Like a syncopated drumbeat that keeps blistering my head, and an overdriven guitar that’s screams in my face, I know there angst and rage somewhere between these music lines that I dig in.

      I just find things odd, and seems like everything is somehow related to music and art, yet all I can here is noise, all I can see is an obscure pattern no Da Vinci can cipher. No pastel to separate black from white, not even an equalizer to minimize my disturbing sound. All I can hear is this thin but sharp wah sound that keeps slicing through my head.

      I now nothing on who’s behind echo and delay, but kudos to him I can manipulate some odd time signature using this effects. It can give me hordes of sound over and over again without plucking a string more than once. Pair it with some noise gate, and you can delay your actual sound. Just like in our government, they have managed to perfect using these effects, you see, practice makes perfect.

i want this...

      Let’s use modulation, name whatever that pops inside your brain. From phaser to flanger, and chorus to shifter. Tremolo,panning, bend,lesli rotate, did I forget anything?

      I wish we could soar freely in these sea of waves created by our thoughts, but as I can see, ignorance is for free, and, us humans, feast on 

it.

      You see, our life is like a phaser, we can dwell deep inside this muddle and bounce back and reach for the sky, or remain beyond those deeps and never surface, and the choice will always be yours on how much time you’ll spend on your mud.

      Have you seen those insipid human who boastfully wear band shirts who in fucking reality knows nothing about it? Or those who wear an “asta la victoria” shirt in a manner that he was with Ernesto and Castro fucking Cuba, yet knows nothing about the revolution? I mean, what’s the fuck of saying something when you know nothing on those words that your noxious mouth spill? Come on, don’t be such a hypocrite.

      I and a former band-mate used to buy band shirt in our early formative years. We buy those shirts due to a simple explanation, we dig their music it. From oasis to matchbox 20, linkin park to korn, 3^rd eyeblind to the kick-ass led zep’s, you see, we are who we are. We even wore the famous “che”, kudos to zack dela rocha who introduced as to he’s ideals…do you even know them? we don fuck with those boyband shirts, because we now nothing about them, and we hate it.

      “You Filipinos are very so rucky, why? Because your president roves you”

honestly, i wouldn't wear it.

      I was 20 when this sentence didn’t just enter my ears, but hover and stayed inside my head. Such a witty person he was, sadly he was killed even before I could see. A humorous statement that marks in our time, but few of us really knows him well.

      Look how stupid my fellow phonies, they wore the “yellow” shirt, they know he’s ideals, principles and advocacy, but do they follow him? Such a lunatic would wear an ideal he himself cannot stand for. Are you?

I wish i have one like this

      I mean, we criticise those who wear religious shirt, like they were Pharisees from ancient bible times pretending to be. We mock those who wears a shirt with a cross or those who wear a statement shirt about, forgiveness, salvation and eternal life, come on, put down that pitchfork of yours and stop swinging your puny tail, don’t be such a fraud reader. I mean, were all guilty of this, even once. We mock them coz simply of this, we envy their guts. Nothing more, nothing less. 

OPM is not dead, yet. (An answer to Leloy Cladio’s blog)

may you rust in peace.

      Hindi ko alam kung anong klaseng kanta o musika ang pinapakingan nitong tao na ito, at hindi ko rin kilala ang mismong gumawa ng post na nabasa ko, pero hindi naman ibig sabihin nito ay hahayaan ko nalang ang mga mapanirang salita nya laban sa matabang musika ng mga pinoy. Kung ang nagging batayan sa akda nya ay ang hindi paglabas ng bagong Kanta nila ai-ai delas alas, piolo pascual, marian rivera at dingdong dantes, eh hindi ba masyado namang bias para mga musikerong pinoy na gumagawa ng kalidad na musikang maipagmamalaki ng ating lahi. Kung ano man ang nakita nyang problema sa pinoy music scene, malamang tinignyan nya lang ito at hindi pinakingan.

      Wala ako sa music industry na tulad ng iba ay pinagkukuhanan ng kabuhayan, kumbaga taga kinig lang ako, at sapat na ang tenga namin na taga kinig para sabihin sayu sir leloy na mali ka sa nakikita mo, mukhang kay jay Contreras ka nakatingin nung sinabi mong patay na ang OPM, sabagay kahit si jay mismo baka inakalang patay na ang OPM pag nakita nya sarili nya. Pero sana subukan mo muna silang pakingan.

      Sa bagay na sinasabi mo na hindi makatotohan ang pagpapakalat ng musika ng mga indie band gamit ang internet, mali ka ditto sir, madaming banda ang nakikilala dahil ditto, kahit ang dreamtheater manomano pang namimigay dati ng demo tapes nila para makilala, walang taong ng umpisa sa rurok ng tagumpay, maliban siguro sa paborito mong bee gees na mapepera kaya nabili ang kasikatan. Pero teka nga lang, nakikinig ka nga ba ng OPM, o nakikita mo lang sila? Sinubukan mo na bang bumili ng mga indie band self-released/financed/produced cd? O puro maskulados at mocha girls lang ang pinapakingan mo?

      Nauunawaan ko ang pinupunto mo tungkol sa mga walang-kamatayn na revival/rendition ng mga unang kanta para magkapangalan ang nagpupumilit maging musikero, pero napuna mo rin ba na puro artista lang ang gumagawa nito at kung sino mang banda yung nag revive ng kanta ni Michael w. smith, eh sila yung mga sinasabi mong pumapatay sa industriya.

      Oo maraming kanta sa pinas basura, pero siguro mas masasabi kong patay na ang OPM kung patuloy na kakanta si Jericho Rosales at Gabby Conception, idagdag mo pa ang anak nito na si kc, eh malamang patay na talaga ang OPM.

      Madaming magaling na musikerong Pilipino, kahit na pangit ang record deal sa mga recording company kaya napipilitan silang maging independent o’ indie. Sinubukan mo na ba silang paking? Sinubukan mo na bang dumaan sa tower of doom? Ang yosha napakingan mo na ba? Mataba at malusog ang musikang pinoy, bukod kay Rico Blanco, nasubukan mo na ba pakingan si Ebe Dancel? Ang Typecast, VOC, urbandub, wolfgang, o sig glock 9? Ang Tanya markova, slapshock o ang greyhoundz napakingan mo na? O baka si L.A. lopez lang ang nadinig mo? Ah, nakalimutan ko si dennis trillo ang pinapakingan mo. At dapat ko pa bang sabihin sayu ang mga nagawa ng ilan nating kababayan na pinoy sa industriya ng musika sa labs n gating bansa?

      Sobrang dami ng magaling na musikerong Pilipino, at ilan ba ang kilala mo? O nakuntento ka na sa kakatingin sa litrato nila sa pulp magazine at inakalang kasing dumi ng itsura nila ang tugtugan ng mga bagong banda?

      Oo naiitindihan ko, matindi ang manipulasyon ng media ditto sa bansa, pero hindi lahat nakukuntento sa ganitong pakulo. Tama ka, kahit na puro basura ang napapakingan ng mahihirap na pinoy, hindi lahat ng pinoy ay patuloy na magiging tanga, maganda sa ang gusto mong sabihin, pero nakalimutan mo ang mga numero unong gumagawa ng basurang musika, hindi ba o mga de kalidad na rapper, kadalas mga artista na nagpupumilit ngumawa.

      Ang ganitong manopolyo ay hindi lamang ditto sa pinas, masyado mo naman tyung binabagsak, nasubukan mo na bang bumili ng cd ni Paris Hilton, Russel Crow at marami pang iba.patunay lang na hindi lang ditto nag factory ng basura. Para ka naman wala sa media, kundi mo malalaman ang bulok na sistema, sabi nga na kamikaze sa dati nilang interview sa pulp magazine “I think it was sept 2005 issue” ang gusto ng mga record label ay yung mga dede, wala sa musikero ang problema. Saka bago mo punahin ang musika, bakit hindi mo muna subukan tigan nag mga basurang teleserye ng mga tv station. sabagay, maraming musikero ang papogi nalang ngayun, pero wag mu sanang lahatin.

      Sayang, maganda sana ang sentimyento mo, pero di mo masabi ang ugat ng kamalian, media. Oo, nakuntento na sa pagpapakalat sa mga networking site ng mga bagong banda para ipakalat ang kanila musika, eh kung imbis na nag-post ka ng tungkol sa Kamatayan ng OPM eh, gumawa ka nalang ng makabuluhang article tungkol sa mga pilipinong musikero? Sayang, may bayag ka para magsalita, kaya lang wala kang bayag para tumulong sa mga musikerong nagpapakahirap gumawa ng kalidad na musika. Tama ka, puro basura ang natatangap ng pinoy, tulad ng gawa mo. Basura.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/271491/opinion/blogs/opm-is-dead-so-sue-me

Forever, a battle between good and evil

which side are you on?

      White, forever would be white, and black will always lurk behind the shadow of those who’s right. But what if white forgets who he really was, wouldn’t black be out of the scene, would it be a sin? Would not black become insignificant and hover towards extinction?

ventus and venitas

      Black and white both exists from the beginning of time, to balance the law of nature. In China, they call these “yin and yang”, we musicians call it “ebony and ivory”, religious practitioners call it “good and evil” speed fanatics calls it “the chequered flag” and time itself told me he calls it by the name of “day and night”. But really, what if one forgets the reason of his existence? Would it be not the other one’s job to remind the other of their being?

      White would not be white if black would not exist, so it is even when it’s the other way around. Both of them co-exist due to each other existence. But really, what if white forgets he was white, and believed in a lie that he is blue, or red, or green or maybe pink?

      Think of your friend, big D, he forgot he’s reason for existence; he was the first victim of the 3h syndrome. He’s head bloated by false ego and wicked ambition, he tried to dethrone he’s creator. Where is he now? In the midst of darkness, where he indulges, lurking, frustrated to overthrow the KING of all KINGS. As if…

      If the opposition would not exist, wouldn’t your government do whatever that pleases their ass. Doing those things that are insignificant to our country’s progress, insipid actions, as they are. But I would never be in favour of those pesky rebellions; I for one and always be a leftist, but I don’t deal with those who oppose but offer no solution.

complete balance

   


   If white was attack by my friend amnesia, and act that he was black, wouldn’t it be sad to pretend to somebody you are not? What would we be, now that you’ve taken our place as black? Where would we go, now that we shadows don’t have a light to make us exist?

     




 Sadly, it was us that was not too vigilant to see the real you, we were too naïve to segregate your actions from your foolish punch lines. Blinded, we follow you in this procession of false beliefs. We march towards destruction. We collide with your pride, forever dream and live in a state of dilemma coz by our own ignorance. Welcome to the jungle called religion.

somewhere in this darkness there a light that i can't find...

      The battle with good and evil will continue to exist till the end of time, for where there is light, darkness there, also exist.