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Pinoy a major success in California’s Silcon Valley



Just as there are naturally gifted athletes and artists, there are also natural engineers, which the country certainly needs more to attain prog-ress.

This as-sertion stems from one of the most renowned and

respected Filipino en-gineers, Dr. Diosdado Banatao.

His impressive accomplishments give credence to his state-ments that there are

individuals born with talent for engineering.

Dr. Banatao keeps in touch with his alma mater, Mapúa


As soon as Bobby had left, Mercedes, Danny’s for-mer Mexican girlfriend asked the latter that they get out of Applebee’s and go to the food court of the

mall instead. This way, Danny and his daughter could talk in private, while Mercedes walked around.

“She was always asking about you,” Mercedes told Danny.

The girl was just staring at Danny, as she could not speak English. Using his broken Spanish, Danny tried his best to communicate. He was able to do so with his other Mexican girlfriends before, and was even able to impregnate at least two of them. His broken Spanish, he found out, was enough to be able to establish an amoral

relationship, enough that they earned their trust and shared a com-mon affection with them. The language of sex and love, he knew, is universal.

Throughout their broken Spanish/English conversation, the father and daughter held tightly each other’s hands, as if they did not want to let go of each other. Danny was charming enough that he knew his daughter Blanca was not disap-pointed in seeing him.

Although he wanted to build strong relations with many women he met for the fi rst time, it was with this girl, his own daughter, that he wanted it most to have.

He explained to her why he had to leave for the Philippines. He lied a little bit; telling her there was no way for him to come back to the U.S. at that time for there was a problem with his visa. Moreover, upon his return, he said he didn’t know where to fi nd her.

He sensed Blanca knew he was lying, but for her, there was no explanation neces-sary. Finally, she could tell her friends that indeed, she has a father. And she had met him. Even before, Blanca had researched about her Filipino culture. She knew about the race she was partly a part of and wished she would be able to meet some of her Filipino relatives. Danny promised to take her to them one day. In the meantime, they had to catch up with each other. There were a lot of gaps to fi ll out, a lot of questions to be answered.

Danny took out from his pocket some faded photos he kept all those years, his only connection with the little girl from Tijuana the whole time. There was a photo taken during Blanca’s baptism with the altar of the chapel in Tijuana as a background.

“That’s your godmother,” Danny pointed at his sister, Marlene, in the photo, who was standing beside him while he was holding the baby Blanca. “She’s also your ‘Tia” and you’re going to meet her one of these days.”

The girl was pleased and impressed, seeing one of her Filipino kins.“Here you are when we took you to the San Diego Zoo,” he said showing her a

that they earned their that they earned their trust and shared a com-trust and shared a com-mon affection with mon affection with them. The language of them. The language of sex and love, he knew, sex and love, he knew, is universal.is universal.

broken Spanish/English broken Spanish/English conversation, the father conversation, the father and daughter held and daughter held tightly each other’s tightly each other’s hands, as if they did hands, as if they did not want to let go of not want to let go of each other. Danny was each other. Danny was charming enough that charming enough that he knew his daughter he knew his daughter Blanca was not disap-Blanca was not disap-pointed in seeing him. pointed in seeing him.

By Jose Katigbak STAR Washington bureau (The Philippine Star) Updated June 24, 2011 12:00 AM | WASH-INGTON – He lifted himself up by his bootstraps, created a good life and lived the Ameri-can dream, but as Filipino reporter Jose Antonio Vargas,

a Pulitzer Prize winner recalls it, “the more I achieved, the more scared and depressed I became.”

Why? Because he is an un-documented immigrant living a different kind of reality.

“It means going about my day in fear of being found out. It means rarely trusting people, even those closest to me, with who I really am. It means keeping my family photos in a shoebox rather than displaying them on shelves in my home, so friends don’t ask about them. It means reluctantly, even pain-fully, doing things I know are wrong and unlawful,” he wrote in an exposé in Wednesday’s online edition of The New York Times.

In the article entitled “My life as an undocumented im-migrant” Vargas said in 1993 when he was 12 his mother handed him to a man at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport who put him on a fl ight to San Francisco.

“My mother wanted to give me a better life, so she sent me thousands of miles away to live with her parents in America - my grandfather and grandmoth-er,” he said.

He later found out the man was a coyote, paid by his lolo $4,500 to smuggle him to the US under a fake name and a fake passport.

“After I arrived in America, lolo obtained a new fake Fili-pino passport, in my real name this time, adorned with a fake student visa, in addition to the fraudulent green card,” he said.

On turning 16, Vargas said he tried to get a driver’s license but was told by a clerk who ex-amined his green card as proof of US residency that the card was a fake.

Commentary By Sito Serate | He pledged alle-giance to honor and serve his country not just one time but more than three times – every time he was present during school fl ag raising ceremonies, when he started law practice, when he en-tered government service, when he was inducted into the military, when he was installed as president twice, etc. etc.

The good effect of the evil he has done far out-weighed the bad as shown

Marcos was a traitor to his country

by the international scale of justice.

“The greatest good to the greatest number” he applied in reverse to favor his family and cronies, and the “Ilocano Nation.”

Whether he was already given military honors or not is out of the question. A TRAITOR DOES NOT DESERVE ANY HONOR WHATSOEVER. He deserves to be shot right on the spot. Angelo Reyes did just that. His heart deserted him, so being a military guy he shot his

By Jeremaiah M. Opiniano, OFW Journalism Consortium | MANILA, 7/1/2011 –ONE hundred million pesos, 5,000 enterprises, 10,000 jobs —all in rural areas.

These numbers sum up the resources the non-government group Unlad Kabayan pooled from overseas Filipino workers over the last 15 years.

The pooled capital and enterprises and jobs generated were through Unlad Kabayan’s Migrant Savings and Alternative Investment (MSAI) program, says executive director Maria

NGO pools P100M over 15 years from OFWs for rural

enterprises

Unlad Kabayan is an entre-preneurial NGO that builds and generates assets for the socio-economic upliftment of the poor.

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January 2011 Visa Bulletin: the Great Ret-rogression for Family-Based Categories

Sara •JUN 24 • I agree totally to the previous comment. Save your mon-

ey guys because it will take years to even get to america and when you do get there you will not get a job and you will be unhappy so it doesn’t make any sense. Get a good education in your own country and work hard and you will make it America isn’t the only place you can make it, as long as you work hard and want something badly enough you can make it happen. So good luck everyone. STOP fi ling petitions to go the the USA.

SYLVIA L. BELTRAN •JAN 17 • I was interviewed last Dec. 2, 2010 submitted and com-

pleted all documents, our priority date is 2001. when can we get our visa ?

Junie •JAN 09 • Why are we still forcing ourselves to go there in the fi rst

place? The US economy is going down anyway. So I suggest people to cancel their applications and prove to them that we are not that desperate. This is the right time to do this and keep your money in the Philippines. Because while Asia is where economic boom is hap-pening, the US is in decline. Look at them, they’re also leaving their own countries to fi nd better opportunities outside. And even if they recover, it’s not like what it use to be. Its time to stand proud.

fl or purganan •JUN 26 • I’ve also read this part only, but great writing, I say. It is

as if I am part of the scene. Thanks.

Pusoy: The Card Game

katherine •JUN 23 • hindi naman siguro totoo ng nagsungit si justin bieber

dahil lamang ay may nararamdamang siyang karamdaman kaya nag-kaganoon si justin Siguro mabait naman siya at saka wag muna kayo magsasabi kong hindi nyo pa alam ang tunay nyang pagkatao OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEACE FOR JUSTIN BIEBER

Justin Bieber Nagsungit Bago Umalis ng Pilipinas !!!

JL •JUN 16 • She is active in our church in Victorville, The Holy In-

nocents Churchsoulfulfi l •APR 19 • That was a beautifully written article. I briefl y dated

her son and was priviledged enough to spend quality time with ms. Oteyza..so resillient and graceful..she was a business saavy...I was able to accompany her with some of charity work..bless her heart..she’s truly a good human being..with lots of advice to share..not to mention very spiritual.

Lani Oteyza: The Story of a Cinderella

By Dennis E. Chua, Esq.

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which was enacted by the Federal Government on September 21, 1996 defi nes marriage as a legal union be-tween one man and one woman. Under DOMA, no state (for example Texas) may be required to recognize as a marriage a same sex relationship considered a marriage in another state (New York for example which just passed a law allowing same sex marriages.)

Since same sex marriages are not recognized by the Federal Government under DOMA, married same sex couples cannot petition their spouses for them to either stay in the country le-gally or immigrate to the United States.

Recently, in a major policy re-versal, the Obama administration issued a statement declaring that its administration will no longer defend the constitutionality of DOMA banning recognition of same sex marriage.

Despite this policy reversal, the Obama administration continues to enforce the deportation of

married same sex partners. The Obama administration has con-tinued to deny visa petitions fi led by same sex partners for their loved ones.

The constitutionality of DOMA has been challenged in several Federal District Courts and some

Federal Judges have already de-clared DOMA unconstitutional. In the US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Califor-nia, in Los Angeles, declared that DOMA unconstitutionally limits same sex married couples from fi ling bankruptcy petitions jointly.

Several US lawmakers led by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) have written the Attorney Gener-al and the Department of Home-land Security (DHS) to suspend the deportation of married same sex couples and to defer reject-ing visa petitions for same sex couples until the Courts have fi nally resolve the constitutional-ity of DOMA. In response, the DHS said that it would exercise discretion in individual cases but it would continue to enforce the law, which remains in full force and effect.

Until the law has been declared as unconstitutional, the govern-ment will continue to remove spouses of married same sex couples and to reject visa peti-tions fi led by spouses of married same sex couples. If you believe that DOMA unjustly restricts the rights and liberties of same sex couples, you may help by writing your respective congress-man calling for the repeal of this legislation.

About Atty. Dennis E. Chua

Atty. Dennis E. Chua is a partner in The Law Firm of Chua Tinsay and Vega (CTV) - a full service law fi rm with offi ces in San Francisco, San Diego and Manila. The information presented in this article is for general information only and is not, nor intended to be formal legal advice nor the formation of an attorney-client relation-ship. The CTV attorneys will be holding its regular free legal clinic at the Max’s Restaurant in Vallejo, California on July 25, 2011. Call or e-mail CTV for an in-person or phone consultation to discuss your particular situ-ation and/or how their services may be retained at (415) 495-8088; (619) 955-6277; [email protected]

Immigration Benefi ts For Same Sex Couples

Still In Limbo

heart point blank.It is very critical for the coun-

try’s survival, as the “Spratlys volcano” is gathering steam in the background, to have lead-ers with backbones, not jellyfi sh lidders lifting the lid off the country’s treasures. Marcos was such a leader at the start but at the core he was a jellyfi sh lidder with backbones.

The Marcos family reneged on their promise.

For many years they kept the body of the dictator open to the public that effectively made him the de facto dictator to continue dividing the country into region-al “nations.”

Now the lawmakers, and even the VP, is holding the country hostage to the demands of the frozen body of the “dictator above ground.” That is the sec-ondary reason not to bury Mar-cos with honors, and NEVER at the LNB. Doing so would only make the Philippines a country without honor.

The country can allow the PSG to give the courtesy to Marcos by sending a contingency of security guards to take his body from Batac to the USS Carl Vinson and bury him in the sea to join OBL.

The destruction FEM(Chua) has done to the Philippines is worse than OBL has done to the US.

And it does not even look like the country can recover from it, not in the fl oors of the current Philippine Congress.

Marcos, a traitor ..

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A new generation of Filipino Americans celebrates Filipino Independence Day in New York

By Liz Goodwin

Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas reveals in The New York Times Magazine that he’s lived in the United States for nearly 20 years as an illegal immigrant.

Vargas writes that his Filipino mother sent him to live with his grandparents--who were legally living in the Bay Area--when he was only 12 years old. He was placed on a plane with a man who he was told was his uncle--in actuality, a “coyote,” ie., a person who helps marshal illegal immigrants across the U.S. border--and has never seen his mother since.

When he was 16, Vargas writes, he applied for a driver’s license and discovered that his green card was fake. He spent the next 15 years hid-ing his secret from friends, class-mates, and employers, hoping that

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist comes out as illegal immigrantsome form of immigration reform would pass in the meantime and al-low him to live openly in the country.

“This deceit never got easier,” he writes. “The more I did it, the more I felt like an impostor, the more guilt I carried — and the more I worried that I would get caught. But I kept doing it. I needed to live and survive on my own, and I decided this was the way.”

Now, Vargas is starting a cam-paign called Defi ne American, where he’s spotlighting immigrants’ stories.

***

My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant

By JOSE ANTONIO VARGASPublished: June 22, 2011One August morning nearly two

decades ago, my mother woke me and put me in a cab. She handed me a jacket. “Baka malamig doon” were among the few words she said. (“It might be cold there.”) When I arrived at the Philippines’ Ninoy Aquino International Airport with her, my aunt and a family

friend, I was introduced to a man I’d never seen. They told me he was my uncle. He held my hand

as I boarded an airplane

for the fi rst

time. It was 1993, and I was 12.Staying Papers The documentation

that Vargas obtained over the years — a fake green card, a fake passport, a driver’s license — allowed him to remain in the U.S. In Oregon, a friend provided a mailing address.

My mother wanted to give me a better life, so she sent me thousands of miles away to live with her par-ents in America — my grandfather (Lolo in Tagalog) and grandmother (Lola). After I arrived in Mountain View, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area, I entered sixth grade and quickly grew to love my new home, family and culture. I discovered a passion for language, though it was hard to learn the difference between formal English and American slang. One of my early memories is of a

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Lucila Dypiangco of Los Angeles shows off her Filipino American pride in this photo taken by her son Stephen Dypiangco for a docu-mentary named Home Unknown (www.homeunknown.com). Stephen chronicles his attempt to reconnect with his roots by traveling with his parents to their homeland, the Philippines.

Latest Census Survey Shows 38% Growth in Filipinos in U.S.

Washington, DC., 6/28/2011 – According to the National Ass, recently-released U.S. Census fi gures indicate that there are 2,555,923 Filipinos in the United States today. The more than 2.5 million is a 38 per cent increase from the 1.8 million counted 10 years ago.

These fi gures, however, only represent counts of “Filipino Alone” responses to the 2010 census survey. Based on Cen-sus 2000 and 2008 Population Estimates, it is projected that the total will increase by 20 per cent when the count for “Mixed-Race Filipinos” is added by the end of the summer. If these estimates hold, the total number could top 3.5 million.

As expected, the largest popu-lation is in California , where 1,195,580 Filipinos constitute 3.2 percent of all the people in the

state. Hawaii comes second with 197,497, followed by Illinois , 114,724; New Jersey , 110,650; New York , 104,287; Texas , 103,074; Nevada , 98,351; Wash-ington , 91,367; Florida , 90,223; Virginia , 66,963; Maryland , 43,923; and Arizona , 35,013.

Latest 10-Year 2010 American Communities Survey based on “Filipino Only” respondents at 2.5 M; Actual Num-bers Higher and Could Top 3.5M


Asian Journal San Diego Writers (L-R) Ogie Cruz (ShowBiz Watcher), Simeon G. Silverio, Jr, Asian Journal Publisher, and veter-an radio announcer Joe Son (Lifestyle) try their hand at community radio broadcasting on AM 1450, a local station based in Carlsbad. The show airs Monday - Friday from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Rudy Liporada, author and columnist, who is not in the photo anchors his own show on Thursdays called Baliktaktakang FilKanoy. The broad-cast segments are available as podcasts from AM 1450.

Filipino Movie Star Ramona Revilla (center) with her fi ance (right) were the guests on ShowBiz Watcher hosted by Ogie Cruz on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. The couple plans to marry in the Philippines this fall. Standing next to Ramona (on left) is Simeon G. Silverio, Jr., Publisher & Editor in Chief of Asian Journal San Diego. The weekday variety show offers Original Pinoy Music (OPM) from pop to traditional folk music, Pinoy jokes and poetry, local profi les and interviews, and community and entertainment news.

Philippine Radio AM 1450 Debuts in San Diego and Temecula

(Continued on page 18)Jose Antonio Vargas



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by Rudy D. Liporada

A PeasantPusoy (A Russian Poker), Chapter 3

Asians17.3 million

The estimated number of U.S. residents of Asian descent, accord-ing to the 2010 Census. This group comprised 5.6 percent of the total population. This count includes those who said they were both Asian alone (14.7 million) and Asian in combination with one or more ad-ditional races (2.6 million).Source: 2010 Census Brief — Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin <http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf>

5.6 millionThe Asian alone or in combina-

tion population in California; the state had the largest Asian popula-tion in the 2010 Census, followed by New York (1.6 million). In Hawaii, Asians made up the highest proportion of the total population (57 percent). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Custom Table 3, <http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/redis-tricting.html>

May 2011 U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Asians46%

Percentage growth of the Asian alone or in combination popula-tion between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, which was more than any other major race group. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Custom Table 3, <http://2010.census.gov/news/re-leases/operations/cb11-cn123.html>

3.8 millionNumber of Asians of Chinese

descent in the U.S. in 2009. Chinese-Americans were the largest Asian group, followed by Filipinos (3.2 million), Asian Indians (2.8 million), Vietnamese (1.7 million), Koreans (1.6 million) and Japanese (1.3 mil-lion). These estimates represent the number of people who reported a specific Asian group alone, and peo-ple who reported that Asian group in combination with one or more other Asian groups or races. Source: 2009 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>


Income, Poverty and Health Insurance

$68,780Median household income for

single-race Asians in 2009. Source: 2009 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

Median household income differed greatly by Asian group. For Asian Indians, for example, the median income in 2009 was $90,429; for Bangladeshi, it was $46,657. (These figures represent the single-race population.) Source: 2009 American Community Survey <http://factfind-er.census.gov>

12.5%The poverty rate for single-race

Asians in 2009, not statistically dif-ferent from the 2008 poverty rate. Between 2008 and 2009, the poverty rate increased for non-Hispanic whites (from 8.6 percent to 9.4 per-cent), for blacks (from 24.7 percent to 25.8 percent) and for Hispanics (from 23.2 percent to 25.3 percent).

Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 <http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html>

17.2%Percentage of single-race Asians

without health insurance coverage in 2009, not statistically different from 2008. Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 <http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html>

Education50%

The percentage of single-race Asians 25 and older who had a bachelor’s degree or higher level of education. This compared with 28 percent for all Americans 25 and older. Source: 2009 American Com-munity Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

85%The percentage of single-race

Asians 25 and older who had at least a high school diploma. This is not statistically different from the percentage for the total population or

the percentage of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander alone, 85 and 86 percent respectively. Source: 2009 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

20%The percentage of single-race

Asians 25 and older who had a graduate (e.g., master’s or doctor-ate) or professional degree. This compared with 10 percent for all Americans 25 and older. Source: 2009 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

Voting589,000

How many more single-race Asians voted in the 2008 presidential election than in the 2004 election. All in all, 48 percent of Asians turned out to vote in 2008 — up 4 percentage points from 2004. A total of 3.4 million Asians voted.Source: Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008 <http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/voting/cb09-110.html>

BusinessesSource for the statements ref-

erenced in this section, unless otherwise indicated: 2007 Survey of Business Owners via American FactFinder <http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en>

1.5 millionNumber of businesses owned by

Asian-Americans in 2007, an in-crease of 40.4 percent from 2002.

$507.6 billionTotal receipts of businesses owned

by Asian-Americans, up 55.4 percent from 2002. In 2007, 44.7 percent of Asian-owned businesses were in repair and maintenance; personal and laundry services; professional, scientific and technical services; and retail trade.

47.2%Percentage of businesses in Hawaii

owned by people of Asian descent. It was 14.9 percent in California and 10.1 percent in New York.

510,000California had the most Asian-

owned firms at 509,097 (32.9 per-

Pusoy (A Russian Poker) By Rudy D. Liporada --

Planting Rice is never fun Bend from morn till the set of sun

Cannot stand nor cannot sitCannot rest for a little bit.Like the sing-song driving

song Hi-ho…bottle of rum, the peasant song drove me, a city dweller, in a mantra state, repeating the song over and over again like in a choir of dissonant

voices when I was in grade I with my teacher in the Catholic school as the chorister. It was fun just singing the song for I never felt the bending of peasants till the set of sun.

I realized later that there was more to just bending and not sit-ting to the set of sun. And it was never really fun.

At seven, I had the chance to be brought to a country side of Pangasinan in the Philippines.

Uncle Leoncio, a peasant, would wake up ahead of the crowing roosters to harness one of his two carabaos unto a bamboo fashioned pasagad sled while Aunty Dayang prepares what would be for lunch of adobo and rice.

“Drink your salabat first.” Aunty Dayang would offer a cup

of ginger brewed ale to Uncle Leoncio.

He would gulp the ale as fast as he could tolerate its hotness. “We have to hurry. The sun would soon be up.”

I did not know then what they had to be hurrying about. I con-tented myself that I was on break from school in the city and I was riding on a bamboo sled pulled by a carabao. Its tail flapped off flies from its behind which waggled from side to side as the carabao clip-clopped on the morning dampened dust. Com-pared to death defying roller-coaster rides, the pasagad rumble would be on slow mo in an iota of an inch per hour. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the novelty of the ride, given the snorting of the carabao as an added sound byte to the chirps of gregarious crickets. The critters still dared to evoke their mating tweets within the bushes under the waning dark-ness that is losing its battle to the invading light.

After savoring the morning mist’s fragrance of dales and glens amidst the steady jolts on humps and bumps, we would reach a nipa covered shed where I and Aunty Dayang would alight. Uncle Leoncio would then go farther to where I did not know where. Later on, when I got older but still go back to the country side during school breaks, I learned that Uncle Leoncio would go farther where he would have no fun planting rice, breaking his back, under the scorching sun.

With his tattered shirts and pants worthy only as dust wipers on furniture and kitchen sink in the city, Uncle Leoncio would immerse himself in the muddy paddies to plant rice which was never fun. He always came out of the paddies, however, appear-ing happy that he survived an-other scorching sun. By then, his feet would again be caked with mud that, over the years, have

transformed his feet to span like thick fans with his toes crooked shaped like ginger and with his toenails like hardened cement incongruously pegged unto his toes.

Uncle Leoncio had to wake up before the roosters crow to break his back planting rice under the scorching sun because their only fun with Aunty Dayang was sending their daughter to col-lege in the city so she could be a teacher. Manang Carol, their only daughter had to finish col-lege as she would be their only hope for a passage from their misery as mere peasants.

As Manang Carol was finish-ing college, Uncle Leoncio also had to break his back so they could pay my mother for Manang Carol’s board and care in the city. Such was one of my mother’s business with eight more Manangs from other country sides who were studying in the city so their parents could later on escape from the misery of breaking their backs planting rice under the scorching sun that was never fun.

So, Uncle Leoncio and Aunty Dayang were not really my uncle and aunty. They were only so by familiarity and in the absence of any other address with which I could show my respect for them. Manang Carol was then not really my elder sister but that is how one could only address an elder woman of the Filipino spe-

cie. Besides, as she was the only daughter of Uncle and Aunty, I was sort of an adopted son from the city who was eager to go down to the lowland country side every school break. I was a respectable adopted son as I was from the city and they were mere peasants from the lowlands.

Things would change.Manang Carol graduated and

became a teacher. I was still a respectable son as I was from the city but Uncle and Aunty were no longer mere peasants from the lowlands. They now have a Carol who is a teacher and made them respectable among other peasants who did not have a daughter or a son who was a teacher or anything close.

Manang Carol now also became a qualified wife of a Filipino US Navy who was on furlough seeking for a wife but would not settle for a peasant; a teacher would do. Although Manong Nardo just finished high


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Washington Street Station to close temporarily on July 2

Construction is underway to replace Trolley station platforms in down-town San Diego, paving the way for new, low-floor light rail vehicles, improved accessibility and new ame-nities for riders of the Metropolitan Transit System. During this project, construction will require boarding zone relocations at existing sta-tions, temporary station relocations, and some full station closures for a limited time. Work at any one station will last up to eight weeks.

Work is already underway at the 12th & Imperial Bayside Station, requiring a temporary relocation of the boarding platform to just east of the existing platform.

Beginning July 2, the Washington Street Station will be closed for up to six weeks. People wanting access to Washington Street should take MTS Bus Route 10 from the Old Town Transit Center. People traveling from the south will need to ride the Trolley through the Washington Street Station to Old Town to board the Route 10.

MTS recommends that riders allow for increased travel time if using an affected station. To stay up to date on construction activity, use the new MTS texting subscription service. To subscribe, users can text the word

MTS Starts Downtown Trol-ley Station Reconstruction

STATIONS to GOMTS (46687). Standard texting rates may apply. MTS will send out important updates and how riders can reach closed sta-tion platform.

Riders can also get information at:• Signs posted at stations. Look

for update signs in the kiosks next to trolley timetables. • Trolley Renewal Hotline: (619) 557-4533

• Web: http://www.sdmts.com/trol-leyrenewal.asp

• Twitter: @sdmts• Facebook: SDMTSThis construction is part of the five-

year Trolley Renewal that is rejuve-nating the rails in San Diego. MTS plans to improve all stations from Old Town to 12th & Imperial Transit Center by 2012, and the remainder of the Blue and Orange Lines by 2014. Improvements will include new shel-ters, more convenient locations for Compass Card validators, next arrival signs and more.

Raised station platforms will enable low-floor cars to operate throughout the system. The S-70 light low-floor cars allow for almost level boarding, increasing accessibility for all riders.

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System transports more than 80 million riders a year on over 80 bus routes and 53 miles of rail. For further information on fares, routes, and schedules, or to plan a trip, visit www.sdmts.com or call 511.

Conservation and Demand-Response Pro-grams Still Key

SAN DIEGO, June 28, 2011 – San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) today announced it has secured adequate electricity supplies and required reserves to meet customers’ expected energy needs this summer, barring extreme weather conditions.

The California Independent Systems Op-erator (Cal-ISO), the agency responsible for managing the statewide power grid, has is-sued its 2011 Summer Assessment confirm-ing adequate supplies to meet the projected

SDG&E Expects To Meet Sum-mer Power Supply Demand

electricity demand across the state – even if hotter-than-average temperatures occur.

“This year forecasters are predicting a warmer summer compared to last year when San Diego experienced unusu-ally cool temperatures during the summer months, said David L. Geier, vice president of electric operations for SDG&E. “Even though our resources are ample, we want to remind our customers that conservation is important especially when unexpected conditions like a heat wave or transmission


Mayor Jerry Sanders at the Center for Sustainable Energy

Angela Villalba.Among the successful enterprises Un-

lad Kabayan assisted was a rice mill in Matinao, Surigao del Sur that’s run by a former overseas worker and invested at by overseas Filipino savers and in-vestors from countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Netherlands.

Business development services for OFWs over the years “has never been easy,” Villalba said, “especially given existing business environments in rural areas”.

MSAI was envisioned as an alterna-tive for overseas labor migration, and as an option for returning OFWs especially from less-skilled occupations.

Abroad, Unlad its partner NGOs and Filipino organbizations form migrant savings groups and their pooled savings will be invested in enterprises Unlad Kabayan identified. Unlad Kabayan was then a project of the Hong Kong-based Asian Migrant Center (AMC) in 1996 until it spun off into a Philippine-head-quartered nonprofit to operationalize MSAI. Unlad celebrated its 15th year reflecting the lessons of MSAI during a two-day confrerence on migrant sav-ings and investment funded by the Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) program of the European Com-mission and the United Nations Devel-opment Programme.

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2011 BIG BAY BOOM FIRE-WORKS SHOW

When: 07/04/2011Time: 09:00 pm - 09:30 pmLocation: San Diego BayThe Big Bay Boom July 4th Fire-

works Show is back for its eleventh year, promising another spectacular display over San Diego Bay. Fire-works will be discharged simultane-ously from barges placed strategical-ly around the Bay off Shelter Island, Harbor Island, Embarcadero North, Seaport Village, Embarcadero South Marina Park, Coronado Ferry Land-ing and Imperial Beach.*

It all starts at 9 p.m. on Monday, July 4. Listen to the simulcast on 105.7 The Walrus FM radio. The im-peccably choreographed display will last approximately 17 minutes.

More than 850,000 people are ex-pected to come to the waterfront to watch the show and the Port of San Diego strongly encourages carpool-ing or taking the San Diego Trolley. Stay tuned for more information about free shuttle and parking loca-tions.

4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION ON THE USS MIDWAY

When: 07/04/2011Online ticket sales at midway.org

start at 9am PST. Midway ticket booth sales, 10am-4pm daily

$15 Adults, $10 Youth, $10 Mu-seum Member. Website: http://www.midway.org

Phone: (619) 544-9600Coolers will be limited to the

28-quart size, and must be hand-car-ried carried up Brow 1 to the flight deck (approx. 3 flights of stairs). For safety reasons, our passenger eleva-tors will be available only for guests who need physical assistance. No alcohol, or glass containers are per-mitted. Beverages must be in factory-sealed containers (reusable contain-ers such as sports water bottles and “sippy cups” cannot contain beverag-es). For your convenience, food and beverage concessions will be avail-able throughout the celebration.

FOURTH OF JULY FUN ON SAN DIEGO BAY

When: 07/04/2011Location: Maritime Museum1492 North Harbor DriveSan Diego, CaPhone: 619-234-9153 ext. 101The best place to celebrate the

Fourth of July will be at the Maritime Museum again this year. The obser-vation deck of the museum’s historic 1898 steam ferry Berkeley provides a spectacular view of the fireworks show over San Diego Bay. Fireworks viewing are included with museum admission and guests are welcome to watch fireworks from several ships as well as the new mooring platform located directly behind the Berkeley. Fireworks begin at 9:00 p.m.

For those looking for a more ex-

San Diego 2011 Independence Day Fireworks Schedule

hilarating experience, the museum is offering a fireworks cruise on board the schooner Californian. The cruise will leave the museum at 6:30 p.m. and return after the fireworks show is over. Passengers on board will ex-perience the awesome power of Cali-fornian’s six-pound deck guns as she joins the fireworks presentation with a rousing broadside. A full bar will be on board for those 21 and over wish-ing to purchase alcoholic beverages. Tickets for the fireworks cruise are $65 each. Guests can also ride on the 1914 Pilot boat from 7:30-9:30pm for just $25 and enjoy the fireworks from the water. For just $10 extra guests can tour the new art exhibit Cook, Melville and Gauguin; Three Voyag-es to Paradise with original works by Paul Gauguin. Food and beverages will be available for purchase at our coffee cart.

RED, WHITE AND BOOM! ROCKS LEGOLAND

When: 07/04/2011Time: 05:30 pm - N/ALocation: LEGOLAND, One

LEGOLAND Drive Carlsbad 92008LEGOLAND® California kicks off

summer with a star-spangled Fourth of July celebration, “Red, White and BOOM!” The awe-inspiring fire-works show begins at 8:30 pm and blends patriotic music with dazzling pyrotechnics. Throughout the day, kids of all ages can participate in all-American family picnic games like water-balloon tosses, burlap sack races and paper airplane contests.

The celebration also includes live musical performances at 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm by some of the hottest chil-dren’s entertainment groups in the nation.

INDEPENDENCE DAY IN OLD TOWN SAN DIEGO

When: 07/02/2011 - 07/04/2011Time: 11:00 am - 04:00 pmLocation: Old Town State Histori-

cal ParkOn Sunday, July 3, guests of the

park will get to enjoy free concerts featuring patriotic music from Dixie Jazz Katz at 2 p.m. and the Navy Band Southwest at 4:30 p.m. The Di-xie Jazz Katz will play many patriot-ic songs including “You\\\’re a Grand Old Flag,” “Yankee Doodle Boy” and “When the Saints Go Marching In” with a New Orleans-style twist. The Navy Band Southwest will be enter-taining the crowd with some of its fa-mous patriotic tunes such as “Amer-ica the Beautiful” and “God Bless America” until 6 p.m. On Monday, July 4, Old Town State Historic Park is hosting an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration. Guests will be able to come and relive the excitement of an old-fashioned 1800s Indepen-dence Day celebration. Townsfolk in period attire will be conducting chil-dren’s games, demonstrations, activi-ties, contests and more.


We’re home! The trip is over, the mo-tor home has been

returned, and the laundry is in the washing machine. But now that we’re back, I’m hav-ing a bit of post-vacation let-

down. Not the blues exactly, just a twinge of sadness that the family summer vacation is over.

So, never one to let a good theme end, I checked with

Travelocity to where others are going on their vacations - with or without a motor home.

Travelocity’s top 10 destina-tions

The top 10 travel destinations for the Fourth of July, accord-ing to Travelocity and based on bookings, “reveals where travel-ers will head to barbeque, watch fi reworks, sunbathe and celebrate our nation’s independence over the holiday weekend in 2011.

1. Orlando. Summer’s number-one family destination has plenty of places to view fi reworks, including shows at Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld. For a break from the parks, pack your picnic basket and head instead to the free fi reworks show at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando.

Average daily rate at Orlando hotels: $120

2. New York City. What would Independence Day be without hot dogs? Watch the champs chow down at Nathan’s Interna-tional Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island by day, then head to Manhattan’s West Side for another beloved tradition -- the Macy’s 4th of July fi reworks in the evening.

Average daily rate at New York hotels: $203

3. Los Angeles. If you’ve been working hard on your bikini tan, head to Venice Beach on the Fourth for the Mr. & Mrs. Muscle Beach pageant to see how you stack up. For all-American evening entertainment, check out the Dodgers vs. Mets game, which will be followed by a fi reworks show.

Average daily rate at Los Ange-les hotels: $145

4. Las Vegas. Summer’s number-one singles destination is both literally and fi guratively hot over July 4th weekend, but luckily plenty of hotels will be hosting pool parties to cool things off all weekend long.

Average daily rate at Las Vegas hotels: $105

5. South Florida. It’s all about the beaches in South Florida,

even in the evening hours. If Miami is your destination, the Fourth of July fi reworks festivi-ties and fi reworks viewing are taking place on the beach at 8th Street and Ocean Drive in Miami Beach.

Average daily rate at South Florida hotels: $154

6. Denver. Denver is the place to be for fi reworks enthusiasts, with four straight nights for viewing. Coors Field has fi re-works after the Rockies games on July 1st and 2nd; the Civic Center Park has a free concert and fi reworks show on July 3rd and the 4th brings the sparkly stuff at Mile High Stadium after the Colorado Rapids game.

Average daily rate at Denver hotels: $112

7. Chicago. Spend the day on the beach on the shores of Lake Michigan and the evening watch-ing fi reworks at Navy Pier. There are two opportunities to see the sparkly stuff over the holiday weekend, once on Saturday July 2 and again on Monday July 4th.

Average daily rate at Chicago hotels: $165

8. Washington, D.C. There’s only one place to be on the Fourth of July in our nation’s capital, and that’s on the Nation-al Mall. The all-day celebration begins with a parade and culmi-nates with music and a fi reworks show over the Washington Monument.

Average daily rate at Washing-ton, D.C. hotels: $145

9. Seattle. Seattle is well-known for microbrews. Get in on the fun July 1-3 at the Seattle International Beerfest. July 4th brings the annual – and mov-ing – naturalization of hundreds of new citizens at Seattle Center. Celebrate your own citizenship that evening with fi reworks and family friendly fun at Gas Works Park on Lake Union.

Average daily rate at Seattle hotels: $154

10. San Francisco. It’s fi tting that the City by the Bay hosts San Francisco’s largest fi reworks display over the bay. Head to Pier 39 for the evening show, or spend the whole day there danc-

ing away to the live music. Average daily rate at San Fran-

cisco hotels: $162 So the question now is,

are you going to be one of the maddening crowd or go your own way? You don’t have to go to one of those destinations, after all. You can choose to go some-where else. The point is, you

should choose to go and then go. Get out of town for awhile and rest, relax, unwind, and breathe different air. Get your mind of the job, the house, the car pay-ments, and anything else that involves a bank.

Info from travelocity.com

Top 10 destinations for the 4th of July weekend

Travelers headed to theme parks, cities and beaches for the upcoming holiday weekend

ASIAN JOURNALThe fi rst Asian-Filipino weekly in Southern California

An award-winning newspaper, it is San Diego’s most widely circulated Asian-Filipino newspaper!

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In Pursuit of ExcellenceEugenio “Ego” Osin, (1946 - 1994)

Joe Cabrera, (1924 - 1996)Soledad Bautista, (1917-2009)

Dr. Rizalino “Riz” Oades, (1935-2009)

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Miles BeauchampAssociate Editor

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At Large...

Miles is Assistant to the Dean and Assistant Professor in the Shirley Hufstedler School of Education at Alliant International University where he teaches new media and diverse writing courses. He has been with the Asian Journal since the 1990’s.

by Miles Beauchamp

Perspectives

by Dr. Ofelia Dirige Founder, President & CEO Kalusugan

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Contemporary Asian American Issues

Second of a Series on Youth Entertainment

Music is EverywhereGuest Writer: Athena Panganiban

edgar ubalde •DEC 13 • i got caught by lani oteyza’s charm in prinsesa naranja!

grabe ang ganda nya at ung talent nya sa pag-arte is really something noteworthy. salamat sa article mo. why? because i’ve searching the internet to know what happened to her after a string of movies. buti at natagpuan ko ung site mo! thank you very much! to think that she already qualifi es to be my mom. but her’s was a beauty that tran-scends her era! sana mabigyan ako ng chance na makita ko sya in person! thanks again! and more power to you!

Dana McCullough •OCT 01 • Loved Romy Protacio’s update on Lani Oteyza. Seems

much is to be admired there in her life story. Hope we can hear more about her.

Quintin R. Ramil, Jr. •SEP 28 • Thank you for the article on Lani Oyteza. I believe we

are of the same vintage. I personally met Lani in San Diego in the early 70’s. Al and Lanie were friends of my cousin, Manuel Biglang-awa and Lani was even the maid of honor in the wedding of Roger Biglang-awa and Tessie Galang in Vallejo.


Letters to the Editor

danny benavente •JUN 07 • You are a harbinger of exciting facts & truths. You just

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Heroes Ilocanos can be proud of

e.p. agbayani •MAY 14 • Marcos is already dead, history will judge him and will

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Marcos Fake Medals Redux (Part III)

Raynato Tuazon • [email protected] 09 • My only question to you Mr. Maynigo is about the poli-

cy or the Batas sa pilipinas tungkol sa libingan ng mga bayani. Di ba ang mga qualifi cation ay 1. Honorably dischrged from the military 2. Former presidents or current president. 3.Gov’t dignitaries 4. chief of staffs in the philippine armed military and many others. Kung op-pose ka kay marcos d ba DISCRIMINATION yan.

Letter to Binay

Prologue:I requested my students in

Asian Studies 460, “Contempo-rary Issues in Filipino American Communities“to write about their favorite entertainment. Thirty four out of 37 students responded to write about it. It was very interesting to see what the young people are en-gaged in and its effect on them. The top entertainments are the following from top to bottom: sports (9), music (8), movies (6), art (4), reading (4), video games and computer (2), and cooking (1). The previous issue by Nuineb Ziaweet was on, “What mu-sic means to me.” This article and the following one will also be on the role of music in the student’s lives. Other forms of entertainment will be published subsequently. -- Dr. Ofelia Dirige

Music is food for the ears. It is the one thing I cannot live without.

I would be sad if I lost my sense to hear because there is so much sound that goes around me that I would not want to miss out on.

Music brings people closer together and that is my wish that I can be a part of putting a smile on some-one’s face with the talent that was given to me.

Whenever I am alone, I like to turn on the radio because it gives me company and keeps me occupied. I can always fi nd a song that will match my mood or describe a situ-ation, almost to the point, of what I am currently going through. There are so many different types of music out in the world that I cannot even pick a favorite. There are rock, pop, alternative, metal, hip hop, country, R&B (rhythm and blues), jazz, and many more. The music in other countries also has their own interest-ing music, style and genres that I enjoy. I can’t really say I have a fa-vorite genre of music because I like them all. Music is a growing form of entertainment that can be found not only in the radio, but in television shows, commercial advertisements, and movies. Music is everywhere.

I often listen to music. Some of my friends say I listen to too much music, but I disagree. In my opinion you can never listen to too much music. I always have a song stuck in my head and end up getting them stuck in other people’s head. Whatever I’m doing, I always have music on, whether while it is tak-ing a shower, exercising, driving in the car, or cleaning the house. I like to have a song to sing along

with while I do chores because it makes the time go by faster. It does not matter who I am with, they will listen to music with me. Sometimes my friends and family will introduce me to new songs or new artists and sometimes I will introduce them to something new. My cousin introduces me to R&B music, my friend gives me some hip hop, my dad brings in the old school rock, my brother has the classical, my mom plays Filipino artists, and another cousin has me listening to rap. I think that is why I’m such an eclectic listener because everyone has gotten me to listen to everything. And in my opinion, that is the best part about music because it is always changing, evolving, and integrat-ing. Discovering new sounds is like fi nding unburied treasure. I listen to music because it makes me feel better. Whether I am in a good mood or bad, it can always brighten up my day.

I have listened to music all my life. I would always sing along to songs

on the radio while in the car or to any of the old Disney mov-ies while growing up in my toddler years. I may have not known what I was singing about, but regard-less, I would join in the song. I started to take piano lessons late in elementary school years and some in middle school. I did not master playing the piano and have not really played in years, but I still come back to the bench and sit in front of the piano when I can to release some stress. During my high school years, my

family was known to have a karaoke set to my friends. They would always come over to my house to hang out and sing. We would do it for hours. I also attempted to pick up the guitar. Both my parents played decently so I wanted to be like them and learn the guitar as well. But I think the piano will be my fi rst love in instruments. Today, I enjoy and appreciate music even more. Even though I was not a child prodigy, I’m still glad to know that I can un-derstand music well enough to read it and follow it through.

Music will be with me forever. I wish I had a better ear in music so that I can play all, or at least most, of the instruments in the world well. But, I think I can settle for listening to music and enjoying the talents that some people are willing to share. I like other forms of enter-tainment, as well, such as theatre, movies, and sports. They are all interesting and fun to watch. I try to make myself well-rounded in all

aspects of entertainment, but I think music has got me hooked the most. It is so alluring and can be found on every corner.

Most every person these days owns an iPod or an MP3 device and carries music with them on a daily basis. Music has become a lifestyle that not only me, but everyone else would enjoy. My dreams of enter-taining myself would be able to share the talents I wish I have with the rest of world. It is not that I want to become famous, but through music, artists can share their feelings and emotions with the rest of the world. More often than not, every-one goes through the same situation and to hear them in songs helps them to realize that they are not alone and another person in the world feels the exact same way they feel. Music brings people closer together and that is my wish that I can be a part of putting a smile on someone’s face with the talent that was given to me.

About Athena Panganiban

Athena is a senior student from San Diego State University majoring in Public Administration. She was a student of Dr. Dirige in AS 460, “Contemporary Issues in Filipino American Communities”.

Perspective & Viewpoint

I really enjoyed being a celeb-rity at the Fiesta Filipiniana event to commemorate the Philippine Independence Day and birthday of Dr. Jose Rizal at the SD Philippine Library & Museum at Gaslamp on June 18, 2011. I was crowned “Hermana Mayora 2011-2012” or “Little Mayor” for the fi esta. I enjoyed the regality of it all, having a crown, being given a sash, scepter, bouquet and an award plaque. I truly enjoyed the carriage ride around town especially with my sister Evelyn, Rhod, my brother–in- law, and Jay Montenegro. I have been a celebrity all my life (as a scholar getting awards) but not in this way. This is a different kind of celebri-

ty—one that only the beauties enjoy. I didn’t think I would qualify for any title because I am past the age of being a Miss Filipiniana, and surely not a Mrs. Filipiniana. But now I can be a “Little Mayor” able to repre-sent the FilAms in a signifi cant way and meet other people in a differ-ent capacity. People have asked me whether I would consider running for political offi ce—I did consider it once but not at this time of my life.

SO MANY THANKS TO DR. EDWIN & BARBARA YOROBE and the Board of the SD Humanitar-ian Foundation for choosing me and making my dream come true. So next year, if Bibsy approaches you, say yes to be the Hermana Mayora as it is surely an experience you will thoroughly enjoy. You will become famous too!!!!!!!!!!!.

Ofelia D.

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IMMIGRATION 911 by Atty. Susan V. Perez. | SAN DIEGO, 7/1/2011 -- On June 23, 2011, the Board of Immigration of Appeals (BIA) issued a deci-sion stating “A derivative child of a nonimmigrant fiancé(e) visa holder is not ineligible for adjustment of status simply by virtue of hav-ing turned 21 after admission to the United States on a K-2 nonimmigrant visa”. This should change the policy of USCIS in adjudicating adjustment of status applica-tions of K-2 holders who had turned 21 before the application is adjudi-cated. Currently, the San Diego field office’s policy is to deny applications for adjustment of status when the K-2 visa holder had turned 21 before the date of the interview. USCIS should follow the BIA’s interpretation of the statute.

In the latest BIA case, Lee was born on March 23, 1985, in Viet-nam. His mother, also a native and citizen of Vietnam, became engaged to a United States citi-zen (USC) who filed a petition for fiancée visa. The petition was approved and the mother was issued a K-1 nonimmigrant fiancée visa. Lee, who was then 19 years old, was issued a K-2 nonimmigrant visa as the minor child who was accompanying his mother. On December 27, 2004, Lee and his mother were admit-ted to the United States on their K visas, when Lee was still 19 years old. Within one week from arrival, Lee’s mother married her USC fiancé. Two months later or on February 24, 2005, Lee and his mother filed applications for adjustment of status with the USCIS. Lee’s mother was given a green card, but Lee’s applica-tion was denied. The USCIS found that Lee could not qualify as the “stepchild” of the USC petition because he had reached 18 at the time of his mother’s marriage. Lee was subsequently placed in removal proceedings in March 2006. The Immigration Judge disagreed with the deci-sion of USCIS, but ordered Lee removed for a different reason. The Immigration Judge said that Lee could no longer adjust be-cause he had since turned 21 and could not qualify as a “child”. Lee appealed to the BIA. The issue on appeal was whether a fiancé(e) derivative child who

accompanied or followed to join his alien fiancé(e) parent to the United States remains eligible to adjust status, if after satisfying the other statutory requirements, he attains the age of 21.

The K visa allows the nonciti-zen fiance(e) to enter the U.S. in order to marry the U.S. citizen

within 90 days of admission. A minor child of the fiance(e) who is ac-companying or following to join his or her parent is also eligible for a K visa. The non-immigrant designa-

tion for a fiance(e) is “K-1” and the designation for the child of the fiance(e) is “K-2”. The K-1 nonimmigrant classification was created in 1970 as a means for a fiancé or fiancée to bypass the lengthy wait for a nonprefer-ence immigrant classification and enter the United States as a nonimmigrant despite an intent to stay in the United States. The sole purpose of this visa is to enter into a marriage with the United States citizen petitioner. The K-1 classification allowed the minor child who was accom-panying or following to join a K-1 nonimmigrant to enter and adjust status with the K-1. The adjustment of status was auto-matic upon the occurrence of the marriage. In 1986, Congress eliminated the automatic ad-justment, required the filing of adjustment of status petition, and imposed a two-year condition on the status as a legal permanent resident (LPR). The condition applies to both the fiancé or fiancée and the son or daughter of the alien spouse. The amend-ment also restricted the K visa holders from separately adjusting to LPR under the general adjust-ment provision of the Immigra-tion Nationality Act. The K statues were silent whether K-2 applicants need to be under the age of twenty-one at the time of adjustment to LPR.

The BIA found that a K-2 derivative child of a fiancé(e) visa holder must establish visa eligibility and availability in satisfaction of the statute at the time of his or her admission to the United States. The BIA reiterated that visa eligibility and availability are best estab-lished by the date of admission. A minor child is defined in our immigration laws as an unmar-

Good News For K-2 Visa Holders Re Eligibility To

Adjust After They Turned 21

ried person under 21 years of age. The BIA also found that a fiancé(e) derivative child need not qualify as the “stepchild” of the fiancé(e) petitioner but, rather, must only show that he or she is the “child” of the alien fiancé(e) parent who he or she is accompanying or follow to join. The BIA noted that Lee was 19 years old at the time he was admitted to the United States. He therefore satisfied the definition of a minor child of his alien mother. Lee’s mother married her USC fiancé in a time manner and there was no indication the marriage was not bona fide. Accordingly, the BIA sustained Lee’s appeal and found Lee was entitled to renew his application for adjustment of status before the Immigra-tion Judge.

We welcome your feedback. If you have any immigration questions, please feel wel-come to email me at [email protected] or call 619 819 -8648 to arrange for a telephone consultation.


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America claimed its independence from England 235 years

ago (July 4, 1776) giving birth to this beautiful country that I love and call home. Happy Birthday, America!

Like most immigrants, I love

what America stands for – free-

The “Golden Door” Happy Birthday,

America!dom! America has always been a beacon of hope to the world. People from all nations leave their homelands every day to come here – the “land of the free and the home of the brave.”

The freedoms that Ameri-cans enjoy, and sometimes take for granted, could not usually be found in countries where im-migrants come from. That was

true with my home country, the Philippines, when I left. The Philippines is a paradise!

But during the martial law years under President Marcos, greedy and corrupt politicians made the lives of people hell. I was already with the media at that time. I started as a reporter with my hometown paper, the Naga Times, when I was just in my fourth year in high school at the University of Nueva Caceres.

In my freshman year in college, I also became a correspondent for the Philippine News Service (PNS).

As a reporter with the Naga Times, I had the crime and politics beat and I frequented the Police Department, City Hall, and Governor’s Offi ce. As a PNS correspondent, I had a gen-eral assignment, which included covering and writing about the

most powerful couple in the land – President Marcos and his beau-teous wife Imelda – whenever they came to the Bicol region.

I enjoyed attending corre-spondents’ meetings and Na-tional Press Club (NPC) events at our offi ce at the NPC Bldg. in Manila. Our manager at that time was Romeo Abundo (who also left the Philippines during the martial law years and came

to America). I got to travel to other regions and provinces in the Philippines as well. It was a fun time, a great time to be with the media. Or so I thought!

But in September 21, 1972, everything changed! For me and my beautiful Philip-pines! Marcos declared martial law, claiming that Communists


A young Zena Babao was on the Marcos beat as a Philippine News Service correspondent


Commentary Of The Jose Antonio Vargas Coming Out Story As An “Undocumented”

Fil-Am ImmigrantThe hot button, somewhat sensa-

tionalized coming out story of an “undocumented “ Filipino American immigrant, Jose Antonio Vargas this week, cause an uproar in the media not only in the USA but other coun-tries as well. Millions of Americans, including the estimated 11,000,000 “undocumented aliens” in the United States were glued to the news, TV and radio. His story that carries many legal, social, humanitarian, po-litical and ethical issues have been scratched again to the surface. His personal problem is so complex that a simple aspirin-type solution can-not cure. The need to survive is para-mount to every human being regard-less what the present laws says.

If you were in his place or in the shoes of his “informal network” that helped him him survive and suc-ceed his harsh reality, what would you have done? It may be likened to someone, who is not an American citizen nor a legal immigrant, who is naked and hungry, left by someone, knocking on your door as he is total-ly helpless . The minor’s parents or guardians might even be “criminals” in the eyes of the law, but to do the right thing at the moment is indepen-dent and irrelevant to the “legalities” that may prop out later on!

Jose Antonio Vargas’ saga touches the core values of America, a nation of immigrants that was founded on Judeo Christian values of compas-sion, hard work and freedom to im-prove himself and his family. Many of the estimated 11 million undocu-mented immigrants in America right now have their own parallel stories to tell; Mr. Vargas has portrayed a very clear picture of what it is liked to be an undocumented immigrant in this freedom loving country. His beauti-fully written essay forces the mind to think, the soul to empathize and the

emotions come raw.As a torres…errr tourist to America

in the 1970’s, I too have my own colorful story to write --- from the U.S. Embassy applying for that tour-ist visa to a working visa to a green card to that U.S. Citizen passport --- (but that is another series of columns, maybe) I admire the guts and cour-age of Mr. Vargas. He probably has reached a very stressful emotional cul-de-sac and must now cross his own Rubicon once and for all. Cul-turally difficult may be, but I predict that his decision and his bold story will be the defining moment of his personal and professional life. His calculated gambit will pay off, I can see in my “crystal ball” that his forth-coming book will be a best seller (imagine a fraction of the 11,000, 000 plus those in other countries wanting to come to America plus those who are socially and politically oriented readers like me buying it!) His cou-rageous disclosure that he is also a gay person will add more spice to his life that Hollywood desires to make a movie out of his book!

Don’t worry Mr. Vargas, your pen is still mightier than the steel hand-cuffs of any Immigration Officer or any Homeland Security bureaucrat! I bet a $1,000 that you will not be

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the apples of our eyes. They meant so much to us and we would do almost anything to make them happy. We never meant to spoil them but, unknowingly we did. We became parents who were so overprotective. Most of us forgot to let them make mistakes and discover that the world is not perfect. We planned their future and even their careers. Most of them never learned the value of hard earned money while they were still young.

As immigrant parents, we became

good providers. We could not deny our kids any opportunity to be happy. Some of us forgot to disci-pline our kids properly that they now have bad manners and terrible be-havior. How often do you see young Filipino kids ignore their parents scolding? At social functions, you can witness these kids who lacked good discipline and parents who didn’t care to intervene.

Good parenting skills can always be learned. We can love our children unconditionally but, not to a point where they controlled us. Have you ever wondered about your own children? Did you ever ask yourself if you have done the right thing in raising them?

Children of Immigrants

Most of the immigrants’ children are good and smart. They made their parents very proud and happy with various achievements in education. A few will never use the college de-grees they earned which the parents wanted them to have. The kids tend to be idealistic and the parents were practical and realistic when it comes to the selection of occupations.

Some Filipino kids grew up with no marketable skills. Did we become too soft to let them learn and survive on their own? How did you ended up as their bank, the bailout person or the never ending provider? They ignored your question “How will you survive without us, your parents?” Maybe they assumed that

you’ll never let them starve anyway and you will live forever.

Some parents still wonder why their grown up kids never left home. Why would they when they got it made? They have free rent, free food, a chef and a good housekeeper. Some even brought their girlfriends or boyfriends at home to stay for free. So now, who is the boss in your household? Blame the Filipino culture or blame yourself but enough is enough.

Where do we draw the line as good parents? Haven’t we done more than enough for our children? We came to this country and worked hard to have a better future and yet

some of these children ignore these facts. They could never understand how you grew up in the Philippines so, better quit telling them your sad stories. They could never be like you who tackled a job, be a wife or husband and raised the children at the same time.

What happened to your kids who got married and have their own children? With all their degrees and smartness, they seemed to be helpless. They kept running back to Mom and Dad for help.

Did you become the reliable and free babysitter? Yes, you love the grandchildren but, what about your retirement plan? Don’t you have things to do and many places to go?

Turn of the Century Photo. Immigrant children of various nation-alities pledge allegiance to the flag (Photo from blogspot mrdsneigh-borhood.com)

cent of all such firms), with receipts of $181.9 billion (35.8 percent of all Asian-owned firm receipts). New York was second with 196,852 Asian-owned firms or 12.7 percent, with receipts of $50.6 billion or 10.0 percent. Texas was third in number of Asian-owned firms with 114,336 or 7.4 percent, with receipts of $40.2 billion or 7.9 percent. New Jersey accounted for 4.4 percent of all Asian-owned firms and 5.9 percent of receipts, while Florida accounted for 4.2 percent of all Asian-owned firms and 3.4 percent of receipts.

Languages2.6 million

The number of people 5 and older who spoke Chinese at home in 2009. After Spanish, Chinese was the most widely spoken non-English language in the country. Tagalog, Vietnamese and Korean were each spoken at home by more than 1 million people. Source: 2009 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

Serving Our Nation258,183

The number of single-race Asian military veterans. About one in three veterans was 65 years and older. Source: 2009 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

Jobs49%

The proportion of civilian em-ployed single-race Asians 16 and older who worked in management, professional and related occupations, such as financial managers, engi-neers, teachers and registered nurses. Additionally, 17 percent worked in service occupations, 22 percent in sales and office occupations and 10 percent in production, transportation and material moving occupations. Source: 2009 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

U.S. Census Bureau Facts



Metamorphosis

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Pinoy, a major success ...


Catching UpComplicated Affairs

Institute of Technology (MIT) and its faculty and students.

And in one of his visiting lectures, he said that “being a natural at some-thing equates to loving what you do. “Most people who are successful at something, love what they do. It is in the loving part that you derive success. Fearless and not afraid of taking risks.”

Landmark innovations

This natural talent and risk-taking led him to produce landmark innova-tions in the semiconductor field.

He is most known for introducing the first system logic chip set for PC-XT and PC-AT that made computers much more powerful, compact and affordable.

In 1989, he pioneered the local bus concept for PC and in 1990 came up with the first Windows graphics ac-celerator chip, among many others.

“Dado,” as he is more popularly known, is considered a Silicon Val-ley visionary. He is an investor, co-founder of several start-up firms, and managing partner of Tallwood Ven-ture Capital, where he employs his keen sense of trends and opportuni-ties in technology solutions – both on the engineering and entrepre-neurial sides – to finance innovative ideas and build companies.

The way he rose from his humble beginnings was just as impressive. Born in 1946 to a rice farmer and housekeeper, he grew up in a little farming town in Cagayan Valley, and used to walk along dirt roads to school.

“I came from almost nothing,” he said. “I was fortunate that my parents worked really hard to get us educated in some of the best schools.”

“Ever since I could remember, I was already inclined towards science and mathematics, but I supplement-ed this talent with sheer hard work,” he continued.

“It is a great advantage to be natural, but I really believe that ef-fort and hard work matter more than pure brilliance.”

Mapua alumnus

Dado often keeps in touch with Mapua to help the school attract and develop more young natural engi-neers among the students. The recent accreditation of the school’s three engineering programs by ABET, a leading recognized accreditor of en-gineering and computing programs in the USA, earned his nod.

“Mapua should continue to attract the best minds, both on the manage-ment side, the faculty side, and the raw material side, which are the students,” he said. “It’s good for the students going to Mapua right now to get the benefits of ABET accredi-

tation.”He also works with various local

government agencies to share his ideas on how the Philippines can become more globally competitive, especially in Science and engineer-ing fields.

“The world’s most advanced econ-omies have gone beyond agriculture by developing and employing the best technologies,” he said.

“For the Philippines to advance economically, the country must be capable of creating a lot of glob-ally competitive technologies and products.”

“This can only be achieved by emphasizing more science and engi-neering education. “The government must emphasize better education in math and sciences, and must engage in a lot of risk-taking or investments in technology,” he stressed.

“We have to create the opportuni-ties for real, natural engineers to develop and flourish. We may have a long way to go, but we will not stop until we have more than enough pool of technologists who create products and innovations of the future.”

Start-up veteran

Dado is a well-known Filipino se-rial entrepreneur and engineer work-ing in high-tech industry in the US.

A three-time start-up veteran, Dado co-founded Mostron (PC Motherboards), Chips and Tech-nologies (PC Chip Sets) which was eventually acquired by Intel.

He also co-founded S3 Graphics, originally 2D graphics chips and later renamed to SonicBLUE). It is a Silicon Valley folklore that he chose the company name S3 to mean “Start-up number 3.”

Dado had worked on several tech-nologies as have several hundred other engineers and does not claim having invented or innovated any of the following technologies:

-First single-chip, 16-bit micro-processor-based calculator (while at Commodore in 1976. Note: The first single-chip 16-bit microprocessor was the 1976 TMS 9900 by Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments also came up with the first pocket calcu-lator in 1972.

-First 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and trans-receiver chip; got 3Com into the Ethernet PC add-in card business while at Seeq in early 1980s.

-First system logic chip set for the PC-XT and the PC-AT while at Mostron in 1984 and Chips and Technologies in 1985.

– First enhanced graphics adapter chip set while at Chips and Tech-nologies in 1985.

– Pioneered local bus concept for PC (while at S3 in 1989) and first Windows Graphics accelerator chip (while at S3 in 1990).

Prior to Tallwood, he was a venture partner with the Mayfield Fund. He has served on the board of


Philippine Stories

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photo. “Do you remember that?”

The girl shook her head. She was about four years old then, just a few months before Danny left for the Philippines. Blanca took out the cop-ies of the same photos from her bag. It turned out the father and daughter had been dearly holding on to the same images of themselves, despite the fact they were thousands of miles apart through all those years.

Danny told her some things about his life, Blanca’s half sisters and brothers, his parents and his siblings. He left out some unsavory details he was not proud of.

Danny knew he could not make up for the lost years and moments with his daughter. He never witnessed her first day in school, her many

birthdays, the school activities she was involved in, her graduations and other significant moments in her life. But it was too late to feel sorry for them. What he could do was to make up for what the father and daughter had lost. He had no money to give and didn’t want to mesh up with the generous financial arrange-ments with her grandfather. He was thinking of things he could afford to give her aside from his love and affection. Then it dawned on him. He could get U.S. Citizenship for her since he is a naturalized Ameri-can Citizen. Blanca liked the idea. It would enable her to avail of all the opportunities America, the Land of Milk and Honey, could offer. Al-though they just live across the bor-der in Mexico, they had few means to stay permanently in the U.S. Her own relatives had been longing for such an opportunity, with no suc-cess. Thus, they had to contend with

the hard life in Tijuana.“You have three citizenships,” he

told her. “You are a Mexican citizen, an American citizen, and a Filipino citizen!”

The girl smiled.Two hours went by without the

two noticing it. Clearly, they were not enough for them to catch up. Mercedes walked towards them and told her daughter it was time to go. By then, Mercedes’ bitterness had eased. She noticed how affection-ate and loving Danny could be to his daughter, the same qualities that endeared her to him before.

“No mentira, Danilo, ha (No lies, Danilo, ha)?” she sternly warned Danny. She didn’t want her daughter to suffer the same broken heart she had before with the man she loved.

Danny vowed not to do so to his own daughter. He was relieved Mercedes didn’t ask for financial support. But before they parted ways, Danny handed his daughter the one hundred dollar bill his friend Bobby gave him. Finally, Blanca got something from her own father, aside from the love and affection the two had just shared with each other.

THE NEXT DAY, DANNY RE-CEIVED a text message in his cell phone from his daughter Blanca. It was in Spanish, but he could under-stand it. She was very happy they met and was looking forward to a permanent relationship with her dad. The text messages became a daily routine, which pleased Danny very much.

“How are you Dad?” she would text in Spanish. “What did you do today?”

Danny never got tired of answer-ing the messages, even if he had to lie to paint a good image of him in his daughter’s mind. Eventually, he became truthful to her, telling her exactly how miserable his life had

been going, his problems with his wife, girlfriends and money.

“Your messages make my day,” he would text Blanca. “Whenever I get them, I forget about my worries.”

Blanca was pleased.

BEFORE THANKSGIVING DAY, Danny told his son JR about Blanca.

“Invite them to my house on Thanksgiving, Dad,” JR told his father.

Definitely, JR was not a chip of the old block. He turned up to be a very responsible family man, the one who was gluing together the rest of the family. He tried to understand his father’s situation.

Danny was pleased with his son’s invitation. When he told Blanca about it, she was ecstatic. She had been longing to meet her father’s side of the family. Thanksgiving Day would be a great opportunity.

BUT THE EXPECTED RE-UNION did not sit well with Danny’s wife Mindy. This despite the fact Blanca was born way before Mindy had met Danny and had a relationship with him.

“Baka patulan mo na naman ang Mexicanang nanay niyon (You might have a relationship again with her Mexican mother),” she told Danny. Clearly, she was still a jealous wife, despite the fact that she had almost given him up. For almost a year, she had not been amorous to Danny, and was always belligerent whenever she talked him. Yet, Danny was her only source of financial support. She never worked and refused to do so to support herself. She thought she was entitled to be pampered since she bore him a child. She never realized that if she could not accept the fact that Danny had been unfaithful to her, her best move was to work, be independent and move on. Otherwise, she would

be nagging at him the rest of their miserable lives. Mindy could also not forget that her husband had a daughter with another girl while they were still married. She didn’t real-ize that such a combatitive attitude was precisely the reason that drove Danny away from her and into the understanding arms of another girl.

“How can that be?” Danny asked his estranged wife. “She is mad at me for abandoning her, why would she want to reconcile with me?”

But Mindy was not satisfied with Danny’s reply. She knew Danny had such a charm with women that despite his irresponsible ways, he snared a lot and had children with them. – AJ

To be continued(Editor’s note: To read the weekly

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Pinoy, a major success ...


On August 3, 1988, the Family Code of the Philippines took

effect under the presidency of Cory Aquino. The most salient and revolutionary fea-ture of this law is Article 36 which allows marriages to be declared void based on psy-chological incapacity.

Art. 36. A marriage contracted by any party who, at the time of the celebration, was psycho-logically incapacitated to comply with the essential marital obliga-tions of marriage, shall likewise be void even if such incapacity becomes manifest only after its solemnization. (As amended by Executive Order 227)

At fi rst glance, one would consider it ironic that it took a convent-educated and devout Catholic president to fi nally pass a divorce law in the Philippines. Many sectors had clamored for Congress to pass a divorce law but those efforts were always blocked by the Catholic Church. In truth, however, Article 36 was a victory for the Church because it is based on Canon law which states:

Can. 1095. The following are incapable of contracting mar-riage:

those who lack suffi cient use of reason;

2. those who suffer from a grave lack of discretionary judg-ment concerning the essential

Divorce, Philippine Style

matrimonial rights and obliga-tions to be mutually given and accepted;

those who, because of causes of a psychological nature, are unable to assume the essential obligations of marriage.

We should however clarify that even if you get an annulment from the Court, if you were pre-viously married in church, you can remarry but only in a civil wedding. If you want to bring your next spouse to the altar, you should still go to the Ecclesiasti-cal Court of the Roman Catholic Church.

We should also explain that although Art. 36 has been re-ferred to as “de facto divorce”, it is very different from divorce as we know it here in America. Because it is based on Canon law, strict requirements have been imposed on Art. 36. For instance, “serious irreconcilable differences” alone is not enough. Neither is infi delity, alcohol-ism, gambling, abandonment, physical abuse, nor irresponsi-bility. Instead, according to the

Supreme Court, “psychological incapacity” should refer to no less than a mental (not physical) incapacity that causes a party to be truly incognitive of the basic marital covenants that con-comitantly must be assumed and discharged by the parties to the marriage which, as so expressed in Article 68 of the Family Code, include their mutual obligations to live together, observe love, re-spect and fi delity and render help and support.” (Santos v. Court of Appeals, 310 SCRA 1)

In our experience, some trial court judges appear to be more lenient in granting annulments. But, be wary. Sometimes, the Of-fi ce of the Solicitor General steps in and appeals your case all the way to the Supreme Court. Sta-tistics would show that a major-ity of the decisions are reversed by the Supreme Court. Beyond anything else, this is due to poor presentation of the case in the trial court. Your case may qualify for psychological incapacity, but since the trial court was inclined to grant it, and the public prose-cutor was very cooperative, your attorney may have made a token effort in presenting your case. To your shock, the OSG intervened and appealed your case all the way to the Supreme Court.

According to the Supreme Court in Republic vs. CA and Molina, 268 SCRA 198, the root cause of the psychological inca-pacity must be psychologically or medically identifi ed, must be alleged in your petition, and must be proven by experts, and must be explained in the deci-sion of the court. This strongly suggests that you should get an expert clinical psychologist. The incapacity must be psycho-logical, not physical, must have existed even before the marriage, must be permanent or incurable, and must relate to the failure to perform marital obligations.

It is therefore important that you present your case properly. Get a lawyer who is not only experienced but is also thorough in both the preparation of your petition and in presenting your case before the court. Get a repu-table clinical psychologist who

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directors and as chairman of several emerging companies, including Marvell Technology Group, SiRF (acquired by CSR Plc), NewPort Communications (acquired by Broadcom), and Cyras Systems (ac-quired by Ciena Corporation).

Banatao holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engi-neering from Mapua Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University.

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Current P.C. trend

In computing, Dado says the per-sonal computer (PC) will continue to be the tool of choice for applications and content production.

High-performance computing system architectures will evolve into two confi gurations. Internet services, for example, Google, Facebook, etc. will have an “array” confi guration composed of standard servers with attached high performance attached storage.

Dado says this architecture lends itself to millions of users running applications at the same time.

On the other hand, applications that require signifi cant amount of data and large mathematical algo-rithms need architectures that are made up of parallel ultra high speed processing engines and large amount of high-speed multi-level storage hierarchy.

Clients or “PCs” will continue to very mobile and always linked to the network through wired or wireless links.

Very mobile “consumer” devices like netbooks, Ipads and smart-phones will continue to be multi-personality with computing and communication capabilities. They are usually served through the web with thousands of applications on the Internet.

When asked how the software ap-plication industry impact on the lives of people, the business consumers and government, Dado says “it will make our lives more comfortable, productive, educated, entertained and more “socially” connected.

In terms of local software develop-ment, Dado says the Philippines is lagging in the creation and market-ing of applications.

“We need to emphasize more computer science and much less of IT degrees. In other words, we need to get deeper into the theory and sci-ence of computing and less emphasis at the university level in applications or IT degrees.”

Technology innovation

When asked what should the Phil-ippines give priority in developing further its IT industry, Dado stressed more on science and engineering with focus in technology innovation.

“Application knowledge is rela-tively easy and can be developed quickly after real science and engi-neering,” he adds.

A highly successful entrepreneur and engineer in the US, Dado re-trained himself by going to graduate school in engineering and computer science at Stanford.

Dado went to industry and started as an individual contributor in design of semiconductor integrated

circuits (ICs) such as microproces-sors, application specifi c chips and system software.

He rose through the ranks to man-agement, started a few companies that became very successful through leading technologies and now a venture capitalist mostly funding semiconductor start-ups.

“Key to all phases of my career is hard work and taking risks,” says Dado.

Success

Dado attributed his success by understanding market needs, coming up with unique and dif-ferentiable technology solutions to market needs, assembling a team of extremely capable engineers and managers, practical execution plan and adequate funding.

His strengths are above average in-telligence, intense focus, understand market trends and technologies, know-how to manage incredibly bright engineers and managers.

Dado’s weaknesses include not much social life, few close and very close friends – social and business. “Success in what I do is building a lasting company,” he adds.

When asked on his plan for retire-ment years, Dado says:“I don’t yet know when I will retire but I will know when I am not able to add value anymore.”

“The most I know about what I will do when I slow down is put in more fl ying hours. I would love to be able to be in the cockpit at least twice a week but that is not possible right now given my workload. I will spend equal amount of time in the US and in the Philippines.

He advised the young and budding professionals to be the best in their fi eld or at least be considered an expert.

“Practice what you learned and don’t ever do shortcuts. Take risks, not afraid to make mistakes,” Dado stressed.

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My parents were both elemen-tary school teachers; my father became a District Supervisor and my mother became a school Principal. They were both very proud of their roles in providing the young the initial, fundamen-tal, or elementary skills neces-sary to obtain an education either from others or by themselves.

Indeed, learning the skills of Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic are the necessary tools to obtain data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. Master the 3 Rs and nothing can stop you from obtaining as much content be they general or specialized at any level. With patience, industry, time and a conscientious effort, the sky is the limit for those who desire knowledge and wisdom.

My barber and I share and love to quote this Ilocano proverb: “Awan kas iti sursuro a sani-kua, ta dayta awan makatakaw kenka.” It is translated in English as: “Knowledge is the wealth that cannot be stolen from you.”

Aristotle said, “All men by na-ture desire to know” while Josh Billings declared, “Knowledge is like money, the more he gets, the more he craves.”

The belief that education is the best inheritance that parents could bequeath to their children also reaffi rms the similar belief that knowledge is power and the best defense against the on-slaught of oppressive tyrants.

A thirst and hunger for knowl-edge is as much a thirst and hunger for drink, food, wealth and even glory. We go to school to satisfy such yearning.

GOVERNMENT and GRAD-UATE WORK

When I fi rst came to Washing-ton, D.C. as a young student, I always thought that it was the best place to study, graduate and work. This was before the popu-larity of the internet, the search engines and the digital gadgets. Searching for data, information, intelligence and knowledge for any fi eld of discipline and for any geographic location in the United States, in the world and even in the universe, the place to be was in the Washington, D.C. area. The Library of Congress has almost all the books, news-papers, magazines and other publications published in the world. The National Archives has historical fi les and docu-ments about any important event in the U.S. and world history. Both the State and Commerce departments have country desks dealing with each country where

Search: Google, Gadgets, Graduate Work, Government, God (Super 5G)

tremendous data and information about such country are stored and made accessible and avail-able to research students and / or to the public. Add the declas-sifi ed documents and fi les at the Central Intelligence Agency, and anyone curious, thirsty and hun-gry for knowledge would have an almost unlimited source.

None of the arguments in favor of Yale, Harvard, and Stanford even with their large endowments could convince me that the resources of the said universities could match the institutions, resources and the convenience that a university such as American University, George Washington U and/or Georgetown U which are located in D.C. offer. The best of experts in all fi elds working for the U.S. Federal Government are avail-able for consultation and some-times for part-time teaching. Internships and eventual employ-ment would be easier to fi nd.

Then came what we now call the digital age which brought fi rst the computers, then the internet which connects every-one worldwide, then electronic organizers, eBook readers and mobile devices. Web sites, eBooks, eLibraries, and multi-media contents such as video and audio fi les have been made available in the web. Fortunately, my favorite search engine named Google also came into play.

The truth is, the Net and Google changed my outlook. The contents which were originally hard copies and made available only physically, are now made available digitally and in the in-ternet. Also, my daughter, Traci Maynigo went to Yale Univer-sity, wrote her fi rst book with a funding grant while at Yale and got her fi rst job as an Editor with the help of a Yale alumna. You cannot underestimate the value of networking between and among Yale Alumnae. Only re-cently, an updated version of her Yale book, “A Girl’s Guide to College: Making the Most of the Best Four Years of Your Life”, was the No. 1 Best Selling Book for the young adult at Amazon.com.

GOOGLE

Now, over 67% of internet users utilize Google. If you are searching for data and informa-tion, Google proves to be a good assistant. Bing/Yahoo search engines are also quite effective so nobody is stopped from using

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Internet Use80%

Percentage of Asians living in a household with Internet use — the highest rate among race and ethnic groups. Source: Reported Internet Usage for Households, by selected Householder Characteristics; Current Population Survey: 2009 <http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer/2009.html>

Counties1.4 million

The number of Asians (self-iden-tifi ed as Asian alone or in combina-tion with one or more other races) in Los Angeles County, Calif., in 2009, which topped the nation’s counties. Source: Population estimates <http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html>

17,000Gain in Santa Clara County,

Calif.’s Asian population (self-iden-tifi ed as Asian alone or in combina-tion with one or more other races) from 2008 to 2009, the largest in the nation. Source: Population estimates <http://www.census.gov/popest/esti-mates.html>

57%Percent of the population of Hono-

lulu County, Hawaii, that was Asian (self-identifi ed as Asian alone or in combination with one or more other races) in 2009, which led the coun-try. Honolulu was the only majority-Asian county in the nation. Source: Population estimates <http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html>

Age Distribution35.3

Median age of the single-race Asian population in 2009. The cor-

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23.6%Percent of the single-race Asian

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The Future40.6 million

The projected number of U.S. residents in 2050 who will identify themselves as Asian or Asian in combination with one or more other races. They would comprise 9 per-cent of the total population by that year. Source: Population projections <http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb08-123.html>

161%The projected percentage increase

between 2008 and 2050 in the population of people who identify themselves as Asian or Asian in combination with one or more other races. This compares with a 44 per-cent increase in the population as a whole over the same period of time. Source: 2008 Population projections <http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb08-123.html>

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were to blame. Under martial law, Marcos suspended the writ of habeas corpus and assumed extraordinary powers.

The Philippine Armed Forces became the strong arm of the regime. All oppositions – politicians, journalists, and ordinary citizens – were arrested and thrown into jail, or imprisoned inside the military camps. Most were arrested without inves-tigation and without cause. No charges were fi led, be-cause under a dictatorial regime, respect for human rights was non-existent.

Freedom disappeared. Corruption was rampant. The economy stagnated. People suf-fered. Many were tortured and jailed indefi nitely. Many more just disappeared and were never heard of again.

I could not just close my eyes to what was happening. So I became an anti-government journalist, writing for justice and freedom. I have fi nished col-lege at that time, and aside from working with the Naga Times and PNS, I started another job – as one of the four and only lady talk show host for Apat na Tagu-lipdan (The Four Invisibles), a hard-hitting, award-winning nightly commentary program with Radio Station DZDR in Naga City.

As if three jobs were not enough, I also became a faculty member at my alma mater, the University of Nueva Caceres, teaching English, Literature and Political Science. Despite my love for work and being with my loving parents and siblings, I feared for my life and safety. So I had to come to America!

With a tourist visa, I landed in the city of San Fran-cisco. Later, my husband Narrie and I moved to the beautiful city of San Diego, where we started

raising a growing family of three boys: Narrison, Jack and Kris. I met my husband in a karate event in Naga City, where he and his parents where living at that time, and he became my fi rst and only boyfriend years before he joined the U.S. Navy.

I became an American citizen fi ve years after my arrival in this beautiful coun-try. I consider that day as the day I formally entered Amer-ica’s “Golden Door.” As I pledged al-legiance to the American fl ag, and to my new country, my

heart was fi lled with emotion.There were over a thousand of

us, immigrants from sixty-two countries, who became American citizens that day. I came look-ing for freedom and I found it! After our guest speaker, Senator H.I. Hayakawa of Hawaii, gave his speech, he recited a favorite poem of mine, The New Colos-sus.

This poem touches my heart because it expresses faith in America as a refuge for the oppressed. Its warm words of invitation and welcome have inspired countless people from distant shores to come to this country, to seek fortune and fame, and most of all – freedom.

THE LAST LINES OF THE POEM THE NEW COLOSSUS are engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, together with the date July 4, 1776, Amer-ica’s Independence Day. Lady Liberty stands on Ellis Island at the New York Harbor, at a tower-ing height of 302 feet. On her right hand she holds a torch, and on her left hand a book, signify-ing freedom.

EVERY TIME INDEPEN-DENCE DAY COMES, I THANK THE LORD for letting me enter America’s “Golden Door.” The last lines of Emma Lazarus’ poem are also engraved in my heart and in my memory.



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them too. Of course, if you want your contents available to be searched by most of the internet users, plan it so that they would be so. I chose my blogs (ben-maynigo.blogspot.com) to be published by Google’s blogspot for that purpose. Because about half of the issues I discuss are about the Philippines, I also selected Asian Journal to publish my articles because the paper is distributed in Southern Califor-nia where most of the Filipinos in the United States are. Its digi-tal edition is also online. My Fa-cebook friends and their friends if they repost, and my Twitter followers also have access to the same articles.

Through Google, you will find that the Philippines is known for being the Text Capital, Facebook Capital and Twitter Capital of the world. Just recently, the country has also become the Call Center Capital of the world. Yet, only about 29% of the total popula-tion has internet access. I will let you figure out why.

GADGETS

I attended the first conferences that started the development of eBooks, eLibraries and eBook Readers. My company obtained the license to manufacture the eBookMan which was the predecessor of Kindle. We also produced the first electronic libraries for lawyers, doctors and other fields of discipline in Asia. “Library in your Pocket, Knowledge at your Fingertips” and “You can now take the law into your own hands” were catch phrases we used to promote our contents.

Now it has become a battle among the handheld gadgets. For the smart phones, the com-petition is among IPHONES, Android phones and Windows 7/Symbian phones. For the tablets, IPADS currently dominate the browsing usage market with 92% share while the Samsung Galaxy, Motorola Xoom and Blackberry Playboy capture the balance.

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nouncement taken from a Church bulletin: “Don’t let worry kill you. Let the Church help.”

Scriptures: First reading: Zecha-riah 9:9-10: The prophet breaks forth into a joyful representation of the coming of the Messiah, of whom the ancient Jews explained this prophecy. He took the charac-ter of their King, when he entered Jerusalem amidst the hosannas of the multitude. Second Read-ing: Romans 8:9, 11-13: If the Spirit be in us, Christ is in us. He dwells in the heart by faith. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has begun its holy happiness which shall endure for ever. Gospel: Mat-thew 11: 25-30. All genuine seekers of true wisdom are invited to come to Jesus who is God’s own wisdom. The relationship between God and Jesus is that of a father and His son. Only Jesus, the only begotten Son

of God, can pass on to the disciples the real knowledge of who God is: a loving and forgiving God who is always present with and for his people. The personified wisdom in the Old Testament made it easier for

the early Christians to comprehend the theology of the Incarnation. The Son of God in assuming our weak human nature joined us in our mis-ery and suffering.

Reflections: Stress, according to Time magazine issue of June 6, 1983, was The Epidemic of the Eighties and the nation’s leading health problem. Various surveys show that adult Americans are more

stressful today than a decade or so ago.

Stress, positively considered, is an innate reaction over which one has no control and is originally intended to be beneficial to our survival. For example, when stress occurs, our heart rate and blood pressure go up to increase the flow of blood to the brain as an aid for decision-making. Likewise, when a person comes face to face with a life-threatening danger, such as a ferocious tiger or venomous cobra, blood is diverted to the large muscles of the arms and legs to enable that individual to fight back or run away from the peril. However, a repetitious occurrence of the same stressful situations and events contributes to hypertension,

heart attacks, stress-related psychological disorders, and ulcers, among other things.

It is believed that 75–9 percent of visits to primary care physicians are due to stress-related illness. Though working adults are on the top of job-stress sufferers, yet more and more children, teenagers, college students and senior

citizens are also subjected to stress because of crime, violence, drugs, alcoholism, physi-cal and mental fatigue, and loss of strong social support due to family breakups and divorce. But what have these statistics to do with today’s Gospel?

Stress and anxiety are part of everyday life, and we’re always on the lookout for ways to reduce them. When people are stressed out, the world’s solution is to offer them material possessions, strength in power, medications, addictive drugs, and alcoholic drinks. Our experience attests to the fact that these things if acquired for a wrong purpose and misguided intention lead to unhappi-ness and further stress.

Hêctor Gonzáles Martínez, the archbishop of Durango, Mexico said that people who suffer from illness due to stress are seeking a cure through human remedies. People, he said, should rather consider the total alleviation of suffering and ills of the soul from the Gospel. When society, the archbishop explained, turns itself from the Word of God it begins to live in chaos. “Catholics are fright-ened when other Christians say that the world will end soon and society begins to live in stress, in chaos, with no peace, not only because of the end of the world, but because

of trivial things.” He called on the faithful not to torment themselves with stress and to remember that the believer will live in peace with himself and with others “if he lives with spiritual tranquility and follow-ing the teaching of the Gospel.” The faithful should strive, he continued, to build a better world today and not to get bogged down with the future, so that they can make the Kingdom of God visible ever day in their life.

Quotation of the week:

“Stress: The confusion created when one’s mind overrides the body’s basic desire to choke the living day-lights out of some jerk who desper-ately deserves it.” Unknown

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Sa ‘sang di-kalayuang ospital sa labas ng lungsodmay dalawang lalaking pasyente duo’y nakabukodkapwa matanda’t mahina na kanilang mga tuhodkontento na silang dalawa at walang pagkabagot.

Ang isa ay hinahayaan na maupo sa kamang isang oras sa hapon para makapagpahingaat tuloy makaunat sa maghapong pagkakahigapara tumulo ang tubig na mula sa kanyang baga.

Malapit ang kama niya sa nag-iisang bintana ng kanilang kuwartong di-mapagkakailang lumaang isang lalaki naman ay lagi lang nakahigaat hindi na nakakatayo at talagang malubha.

Maraming napag-uusapan ang dalawang pasyentesa maghapong singkad mula umaga hanggang gabitungkol sa asawa’t mga anak, masaya’t mabutimayroon din namang malungkot na ayaw nang masa-bi.

Napag-uusapan din nila kanilang kabataanang kanilang trabaho, madestino kung saan-saanang kanilang bakasyon, mga maliligayang araw‘di mapigilan ang maluha sa pagkukuwentuhan.

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With the desktops, laptops and the handheld gadgets, download-ing contents from the web, elec-tronic libraries are now available offline as well as online and searchable also via Google Desk-top. Of course, with data plans or through WI FI, the gadgets can always search the web.

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The ultimate goal is to obtain Wisdom. Google is not limited to the search for data and infor-mation which usually answers what Russell Ackoff, a systems theorist and professor of organi-zational change calls, the Who, What, Where and When. It is also about search for the applica-tion of such data and informa-tion. It answers the How and for that it becomes knowledge. But knowledge has to be understood. By understanding it, it becomes not only cognitive but analytical as well. The process allows you to synthesize new knowledge from the previously held knowl-

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Year ay si Timothy Chan (Here Comes The Bride),Toni Gonzaga ay ang tinanghal na Female Star of the Night samantalang sa Male Star of the Night si Rich-ard Gomez naman.ER Ejercito ang Darling of the Press,Si Christopher De Leon naman ang Ulirang Artista Lifetime Achievement, at si Mother Lily Monteverde ay ang Ulirang Alagad ng Pelikula sa Likod ng Kamera.

Star studded ang naturang event, samantalang naging hosts naman sina Boy Abunda Aiai Delas Alas, Jericho Rosales at Toni Gonzaga.Halos kaibigan namin ang mga miembro ng Philippine Movie Press Club at kasamahan naming sa showbiz writing.Congratulation sa mga winners at sa PMPC.

MARIAN RIVERA AT HEART EVANGELISTA UMIINIT ANG IRINGAN ! Sa last presscon ng movie ng dalawa,naging emotional si Mar-ian Rivera tungkol sa panghihiya raw ng mother ni Heart Evange-lista sa kanya sa isang Airport.

Kesyo ganito raw ang nang-yari sa Airport, dahil akala ni Marian ok na sila ni Heart at nagkabati na nga sila siempre nang makita niya ito para batiin ay pumagitna raw ang mother ni Heart at nagsalita nang ganito “Don’t come near my daughter”, so napahiya si Ms. Rivera.So sa presscon sinabi ni Marian ang kanyang sama ng loob sa sinabi ng Mother ni Ms. Evangelista sa kanya.Nakarating naman ito sa information ni Heart na nasa Brazil sa ngayon habang kasag-sagan ng promo ng movie nila, at nag-tweet ito ng “ I may not be on the same page with mom 90% of the time but she is my mother so stop bashing her.If any is lie is said with your info displayed the you will get what you deserve.Sobra na po talaga, totally not fair anymore.This will be the last time I will tweet about this nega-tive vibe,”.

Isang pagbabanta ito ni Heart para kay Marian, kaso ang ipinagtataka namin parang um-uurong na manok si Ms. Rivera, may takot ba ito kay Heart? Alam naman natin si Marian, palaban ito tulad ni Rosanna Roces na hindi uurungan kahit sino pero bakit parang pigil na pigil sa pagsabog at hindi niya maibulaslas ang kanyang galit o sama ng loob ng diretso.

Pwes abangan na lang natin sa mga susunod na araw, kung gaano pa lalala ang banggaang Marian at Heart.

WILLY REVILLAME MAY 32 SEATERS NA JETPLANE ! Last Saturday sa Cebu nagtan-ghal ang show ni Willie Revil-lame , siempre nang dumating si Willie roon ay sinalubong siya ng magarbo at mainit ng mga tao sa roon.Still no. 1 pa rin si Mr. Revilla roon kahit hindi na siya kapamilya network,pag-aari pa rin niya ang naturang lugar.

Pero hindi yun lang ang napuna roon kundi yung ginamit ni Willie nang pumunta siya roon ang 32 seaters ng Jetplane na pag-aari mismo ng naturang host.Ganon na talaga kayaman si Willie, pero isa kinatutuwa niya sa ngayon ay ang pagbabalik ng mga dati niyang sponsors sa na-turang show na nagbabalikan na.

Pero tanong pa rin ng mga tao sa Amerika, kailan nila mapapa-nood ang kanilang idol lalo na dito sa California?

MARLENE AGUILAR MAY SAMA NG LOOB KAY

FREDIE AGUILAR! Kilala ba ninyo si Marlene Aguilar, isa sa naging kontrabersyal na personalidad nung nakaraang taon.Siya ang nanay ni Jason Ivler, na hanggang ngayon ay nakakulong dahil sa isang kaso.Last year nga nag-guest ito sa mga showbiz shows, at habang nasa hospital ang kanyang anak na si Jason Ivler at nabaril ito ng NBI may lakas pa ng loob ito na mag-invite para sa isang show na kasama ito, hanggang sa gayahin siya ni Pokwang dahil sa kan-yang kakaibang eksena.

Kapatid ni Marlene ang sikat na singer na si Fredie Aguilar , pero sabi niya masama ang loob niya sa kapatid dahil ni hindi man lang daw dumalaw ito kay Jason nung nasa hospital pa ito.

Lumabas muli si Marlene sa isang show sa kapatid network last Sunday at siempre pa, agaw eksena na naman ang naturang personalidad.Kakaiba kasi ang kanyang pangagatwiran, sana na nga magtuloy na siyang mag-artista.

PHIL. INDEPENDENCE DAY SA PENECOSTAL CHURCH !!! Last Sunday umaten kami sa South Bay Pentecostal Church sa Chula Vista, para sa huling hirit ng 113th Philippine Indepen-dence Day.

Na-invite kami ni Rev. Ed Obando,para masaksihan namin ang kanilang celebration kasama ang mga amerkano at mexicano, na kapatiran nila.Si Rev. Midoz Sorima ang kanilang naging guest speaker na taga San Pablo Laguna , kasama ni Pastor ang kanyang asawa na si Liza So-rima.Nakita namin kung paano na-inspired hindi lang ang mga Filipino maging Amerkano sa mga ibinihagi na pananalita ni Pastor Sorima.

Kakaiba ang celebration more in God’s Way sa mga naatenan naming independence day cel-ebration. Marami silang Filipino Foods na inihanda para sa kanil-ang kapatiran, nakita rin namin doon si Ms. Patricia Javier na kasama ang kanyang anak.Pero hindi na rin kami nagkaroon ng chance na ma-interview namin siya dahil paalis na rin siya nang magkita kami.

Nasa Picture sina Pastor Arthur Hodges,Rev. George Nobbs,Rev. Devereaux Lloyd,Rev. Ed Obando,Rev. Amado Hiuzar,Rev. Midoz Sorima at Liza Sorima.

PHILIPPINE RADIO IN SAN DIEGO! Wag nyong kalilimutan ang Philippine Radio every-day na madidinig sa 1450 AM band,KFSD,7pm to 8pm.

Para patuloy na showbiz news,every Tuesday ang aming schedule ng “Showbiz Watcher” so wag nyo kalilimutan.Sa ibang araw naman sina Simeon Sil-verio, Joe Son ,Rudy Liporada at Zena Babao ang mga hosts kaya wag na wag kalilimutan.

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Problema, Problema, Suliranin nitong bansa, sugat na ‘di naghihilom,Pagkat lahat ng ahensya nilamon na ng KURAPSYON.‘Di pa yata tayo tao, pagabuso’y nagpatuloy,Patuloy na nagpasasa sa ginhawang nakaw nuon.

Unti-unting lumulutang, ito’y inyong maiino,Balita sa pahayagan kasamaa’y laging bago.Wala namang natatapos sa dami ng mga kaso,Puro palpak na husgaan, daig pa ang mga kuwento.

Kung ang isang nasasakdal o akusado’y laging “big shot”,Laging kapiling ay “cellphone”, panay pa rin yaong tawag.Kahit na nasa KULUNGAN, “in-touch” pa sa mga KUMAG,Nagagawa ring mag-plano, makiugnay kay SATANAS.

Sa dami ng pinapatay, wala daw syang kasalanan.Gayong angkan ng napatay abot langit yaong sigaw.Ngayo’y nais ng MATANDA na payagang maka-BAILOUT,Ang WALANGHIYA’Y may lakas pang, ambunan ng AWA’T HABAG.

Baka naman ang hustisya, may TATOO na yaong UTAK,Igagawad yaong HABAG kung malaki itong KICKBAK.Maghihintay na lang tayo at sundan ang hinaharap,PALPAK rin lang ang hustisya sa bayan kong PILIPINAS.

Paano ba masusugpo, ubusin ang kasamaan?Kahit sabihing SUGOD NA sa tunay na TUWID NA DAAN.Sinagupang mga kuta, ang totoo ay KUBO lang,Na ang UGAT, ga-palasyo’t mga BIG SHOT, nagtaguan.

‘Di ba ninyo napapansin kapag kaso’y napadikit,Sa kilalang mayayaman ang usapi’y iniipit.“Delaying Time” ang paraang palamigin yaong init,Hanggang halos malimot na, patay na ang mga “witness”. Ang PABRIKA nitong DROGA, nasakote ng PDEA,Mga Intsik ang promotor nagmula sa bansang China.Ang pabrika o SHABU LAB, sa KEMIKAL, kumpleto na,At sa libo-libong Pinoy, tiyak ang UTAK, ‘tataranta. Wala namang pakinabang kahit sila’y mahuli na,Katiting mang impormasyon wala silang nakukuha.Takot silang ipaalam, takot na ang lahi nila,Ubusin ng bansang China, pagkat ito ang parusa. Bakit kaya ‘di pa dalhin, sa sarili nilang bansa,“Just pass the buck”, bahala na, sila’y tudasin ng kapwa.Wala tayong “Death Penalty”, ang masama, lumalala,Siksikan na at ang amoy, di na kayang masikmura.

Pilantik ni:Romeo S. NicolasBocaue, Bulacan6/27/2011

Problemasure!go ahead!treat me like trash!throw me out in the streets!cause i am plastic!the cheapest of its kind!made in chinasold by mexicansright hereexit...entrance of freewaysi am...i am plasticrepresenting something reala figment of wild imaginationa blood red rosestained by colors of painthinking that somehow this can bea representationthe madness of it allso i can be run overwith you behind the wheelsto feel the kiss of asphalt on my faceenduring crushing heart breaksbeneath your weightwith you in commandbeing plastic this i have to endure to feelto feel...what is to be real!

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With the average cost for a nursing home care costing $188.00 per day, there is a better way when we get old and too feeble.

I’ve already checked on reserva-tions at the Holiday Inn.

For a combined long term stay discount and senior discount, it’s $59.23 per night.

Breakfast is included, and some have happy hours in the afternoon.

That leaves $128.77 a day for lunch and dinner in any restaurant we want, or room service, laundry, gratuities and spe-cial TV movies.

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school, he was earning dollars. That translates to, apart from them having a Carol as a teacher, Uncle and Aunty striking gold in having a son-in-law who was with the US Navy.

Thus, Uncle and Aunty, although there should really be no comparison, did not need me anymore or they were not excited about me anymore as a considered adopted son. For one thing, I had graduated from elementary school and no longer the wish-one-could-adopt cute boy I was - not even worthy to be a ring bearer when Manang Carol and Manong Nardo got married.

Nonetheless, they still had my mother as ninang godmother during the wedding but no longer as the respectable landlady of Carol but as an equal because Uncle and Aunty were no longer just mere peasants. Actually, they were more equal than my mother now because they had dollars and my mother only still just received pesos from the other Manangs whose parents were still peasants trying to have their daughters finish a teaching

course or anything close.Layers of celebrations fol-

lowed the wedding ceremony. Feasts over feasts over seven days had more than seven times seven courses of food served to relatives and relatives of rela-tives from both sides of Manang Carol’s and Manong Nardo’s sides of relatives; and to those adopted like me and my relatives and friends and their relatives.

The visitors came from as far as the cities and neighboring country sides. Some friends of Manong Nardo came in their cars blowing dusts but respected by those who just came from the dusty nearby roadside friends and relatives of Manang Carol who came barefoot, by carabao drawn pasagads or kariton carts, and horse drawn calesas.

Hooves of carabaos, cows, pigs and goats chopped off from torsos of animals butchered for the feasts, piled up into moun-tains. Chicken and duck feet also chopped off from fowls piled up into other mountains. The hooves and fowl feet were, however, not worthy as garbage. Boiled, salted, and garnished with vegetables they were for the poorer visitors during the wed-ding feast of seven days, worthy residues of dollar spent to fill

the stomachs of those happy that one among them had made it to a terrestrial heaven by virtue of blessings from the almighty US navy.

Amidst the parade of food, the poorer pledged to themselves that they would strive more to plant rice under the scorching sun which is never fun so they could also have a daughter or son become a teacher or anything close so they could have a pas-sage from the misery of plant-ing rice under the scorching sun which is never fun. They also wished to God that their daugh-ters or sons could marry a US Navy who would bring dollars with which they could feast for seven days and serve seven times seven courses with them spared already from just mountains of hooves and fowl feet for a feast.

To be continued…

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An entirely new musical, SHREK THE MUSICAL is based on the story and characters from William Steig’s book Shrek!, as well as the Dream-Works Animation film Shrek, the first chapter of the Shrek movie series.

SHREK THE MUSICAL tells the story of a swamp-dwelling ogre who goes on a life-changing adventure to reclaim the deed to his land. Joined by a wise-cracking donkey, this un-likely hero fights a fearsome dragon, rescues a feisty princess and learns that real friendship and true love aren’t only found in fairy tales.

SHREK THE MUSICAL features a book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize® winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Rab-bit Hole), music by Olivier Award-winner Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Caroline, or Change), and is directed by Tony Award® nominee Jason Moore (Avenue Q) and Tony and Emmy Award-winner Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Promises Promises). SHREK THE MUSICAL has set and costume designs by Tony Award® winner Tim Hatley (Private Lives, Spamalot), lighting design by Olivier Award winner Hugh Vanstone (A Steady Rain), sound design by Peter Hyl-enski (Rock of Ages); choreography by Josh Prince, music supervision by Tim Weil, music direction by Andy Grobengieser, and orchestrations by Danny Troob & John Clancy.

SHREK THE MUSICAL was ini-tiated when Sam Mendes, a big fan of the first Shrek film, suggested the idea of creating a musical to Dream-Works Animation’s Jeffrey Katzen-berg around the time the second film was in production. The musical is produced by DreamWorks Theatri-cals (Bill Damaschke, President of DreamWorks Theatricals and Co-President of Production for Dream-Works Animation) and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. (principals Sam Mendes and Caro Newling).

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SHREK THE MUSICAL tells the story of a swamp-dwelling ogre who goes on a life-changing adventure to reclaim the deed to his land. Joined by a wise-cracking donkey, this un-likely hero fights a fearsome dragon, rescues a feisty princess and learns that real friendship and true love aren’t only found in fairy tales.

An entirely new musical, SHREK THE MUSICAL is based on the story and characters from William Steig’s book Shrek!, as well as the Dream-Works Animation film Shrek, the first chapter of the Shrek movie series.

SHREK THE MUSICAL was ini-tiated when Sam Mendes, a big fan of the first Shrek film, suggested the idea of creating a musical to Dream-Works Animation’s Jeffrey Katzen-berg around the time the second film was in production. The musical is produced by DreamWorks Theatri-cals (Bill Damaschke, President of DreamWorks Theatricals and Co-President of Production for Dream-Works Animation) and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. (principals Sam Mendes and Caro Newling).

The role of everyone’s favorite swamp-dwelling ogre, Shrek will be played by Eric Petersen, who joins the tour from the Broadway production. He recently appeared as the socially challenged Barfee in the National tour of The 25th An-nual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Haven Burton, also from the Broad-way Company, will play the feisty Princess Fiona. Haven previously played Margo the Dog Whisperer on Broadway in Legally Blonde and un-derstudied Elle Woods. Alan Mingo, Jr. is Shrek’s lovably annoying best friend Donkey. He was an original company member of The Little Mer-maid where he played the role of Sebastian, and prior to that played the role of Tom Collins in RENT on Broadway. David F. M. Vaughn plays the vertically challenged villain Lord Farquaad. He too joins the tour from the Broadway Company. He has also appeared in Les Misérables and Saturday Night Fever.

Rounding out the cast of misfit fairy tale characters, the peoples of Duloc and Far, Far Away are: Joe Abraham, Kevin Boseman, Holly Ann But-ler, Carrie Compere, Emily Cramer,

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SHREK THE MUSICAL features a book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize® winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Rab-bit Hole), music by Olivier Award-winner Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Caroline, or Change), and is directed by Tony Award® nominee Jason Moore (Avenue Q) and Tony and Emmy Award-winner Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Promises Promises). SHREK THE MUSICAL has set and costume designs by Tony Award® winner Tim Hatley (Private Lives, Spamalot), lighting design by Olivier Award winner Hugh Vanstone (A Steady Rain), sound design by Peter Hyl-enski (Rock of Ages); choreography by Josh Prince, music supervision by Tim Weil, music direction by Andy Grobengieser, and orchestrations by Danny Troob & John Clancy.

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freckled kid in middle school asking me, “What’s up?” I replied, “The sky,” and he and a couple of other kids laughed. I won the eighth-grade spelling bee by memorizing words I couldn’t properly pronounce. (The winning word was “indefatigable.”)

One day when I was 16, I rode my bike to the nearby D.M.V. office to get my driver’s permit. Some of my friends already had their licenses, so I figured it was time. But when I handed the clerk my green card as proof of U.S. residency, she flipped it around, examining it. “This is fake,” she whispered. “Don’t come back here again.”

Confused and scared, I ped-aled home and confronted Lolo. I remember him sitting in the garage, cutting coupons. I dropped my bike and ran over to him, showing him the green card. “Peke ba ito?” I asked in Tagalog. (“Is this fake?”) My grandparents were naturalized American citizens — he worked as a security guard, she as a food server — and they had begun supporting my mother and me financially when I was 3, after my father’s wandering eye and inability to properly provide for us led to my parents’ separation. Lolo was a proud man, and I saw the shame on his face as he told me he purchased the card, along with other fake documents, for me. “Don’t show it to other people,” he warned.

I decided then that I could never give anyone reason to doubt I was an American. I convinced myself that if I worked enough, if I achieved enough, I would be rewarded with citizenship. I felt I could earn it.

I’ve tried. Over the past 14 years,


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Health & Beauty

If you want healthy skin, you’ve got to eat a healthy diet. That’s all there is to it. There’s a reason why people who follow a strict diet for optimal health and fitness usually end up having the best-looking skin around. Your skin is your largest organ - by far - and what you put into your body has a huge effect on the health and quality of your skin.

Basic Rules of Eating for Healthy Skin

For the most part, to have great skin your diet needs to be based around fresh fruits/veggies, healthy fats, and lean proteins. Also, you need to drink at least 60-70 ounces of pure water every day. Avoid “dead” processed foods - especially those containing white flour, sugar, and trans fats - as

The Healthy Skin Dietmuch as possible. Finally, if you can, buy organic foods in order to avoid putting more toxins in your body (most of us already get more than enough just from the air we breath!).

The “Perfect” Skin DietMany experts believe that a “per-

fect” diet for healthy skin would con-tain all of the following foods:

Raw and lightly steamed organic vegetables

Fresh organic fruitsOrganic, grass-fed beef, bison, and

poultryOily, cold-water ocean fishFlax seeds and flax-seed oilsExtra-virgin olive oil and macada-

mia nut oilRaw, organic nuts (including al-

monds, walnuts, and brazil nuts)

Raw, organic seeds (especially sun-flower seeds)

Small amounts of whole-grain foods

If you ate only the above foods, not only would your skin look and feel fantastic, you’d also enjoy in-credible health. Of course, many of

these foods are not readily available in many parts of the world. But the point is to try to shape your own diet so that it looks as similar to the “per-fect” skin diet as possible!

What to AvoidThere are many bad foods that will

dramatically decrease the health of your skin, especially if you eat them on a regular basis! Basically, you need to avoid all of the following if you want great skin:

Battered and/or fried foodsProcessed, high-fat and/or high-

sodium meatsGreasy snack foodsAll “white” foods, including white

bread, pasta, and baked goodsAll high-sugar junk foods and soft

drinksAlcohol (except for small amounts

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A yet unidentified component of coffee interacts with the beverage’s caffeine, which could be a surprising reason why daily coffee intake protects against Alzheimer’s disease. (Credit: © Subbotina Anna / Fotolia)

823,057 read/asianjournal @asianjournal

ScienceDaily (June 28, 2011) — A yet unidentified component of cof-fee interacts with the beverage’s caffeine, which could be a surpris-ing reason why daily coffee intake protects against Alzheimer’s disease. A new Alzheimer’s mouse study by researchers at the University of South Florida found that this interaction boosts blood lev-els of a critical growth factor that seems to fight off the Alzheimer’s disease process.

The findings ap-pear in the early online version of an article to be published June 28 in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Dis-ease. Using mice bred to develop symptoms mim-icking Alzheimer’s disease, the USF team presents the first evidence that caffeinated coffee offers protection against the memory-robbing disease that is not possible with other caf-feine-containing drinks or decaffein-ated coffee.

Previous observational studies in humans reported that daily coffee/caffeine intake during mid-life and in older age decreases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The USF re-searchers’ earlier studies in Alzheim-er’s mice indicated that caffeine was likely the ingredient in coffee that provides this protection because it decreases brain production of the ab-normal protein beta-amyloid, which

Mystery Ingredient in Coffee Boosts Protection Against

Alzheimer’s Disease, Study Finds

is thought to cause the disease.The new study does not diminish

the importance of caffeine to protect against Alzheimer’s. Rather it shows that caffeinated coffee induces an in-crease in blood levels of a growth fac-tor called GCSF (granulocyte colony stimulating factor). GCSF is a sub-

stance greatly decreased in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and demonstrated to improve memory in Alzheimer’s mice. A just-c o m p l e t e d clinical trial at the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute is inves t iga t -ing GCSF treatment to prevent full-blown Al-zheimer’s in patients with mild cogni-

tive impairment, a condition preced-ing the disease. The results of that trial are currently being evaluated and should be known soon.

“Caffeinated coffee provides a natural increase in blood GCSF lev-els,” said USF neuroscientist Dr. Ch-uanhai Cao, lead author of the study. “The exact way that this occurs is not understood. There is a synergistic in-teraction between caffeine and some mystery component of coffee that provides this beneficial increase in


“Coffee is high in anti-inflammatory compounds that also may provide protective benefits against Alzheim-er’s disease.” -- Dr. Cao


THE LAW THAT MATTERS By Atty. A. Erwin Bautista | SAN DIEGO, 7/1/2011 --

Question: I filed for Bankruptcy and I no longer have unsecured debts. Although I no longer wish to acquire new debts I’m wondering how I can reestablish my credit so we can buy a house in the future. What are the ways if any?

Answer: There are several ways to reestablish your credit after bankrupt-cy. I will enumerate some and discuss them below.

Consequence of Filing Bankruptcy

Filing for bankruptcy will definitely negatively affect your credit. However if it’s the worst that can affect your credit once you are done with it there is no other way for your credit rating but to go up. How soon and how good depends on what you will do in the next year or two.

It’s just a matter of reestablishing your credit. I initially advise my cli-ents after they get a discharge in bank-ruptcy to do the following:

Use the MasterCard or Visa Com-ponent of your debit card on your checking account when paying for merchandise or services because the credit bureaus will consider it as good credit record because it gets paid right away just like when you use your debit card. The creditors don’t know you are actually paying with your debit card, because all they see is a transaction that you used your credit card and it got paid.

Pay your remaining debts such as car payments on time. Your remaining credit or debts such as car payments will continue to create credit history. So pay them on time and it will defi-nitely help reestablish your credit.

Open a secured credit card account. If you are not content in using the MasterCard or Visa feature of your debit card of your checking account you can actually open a secured credit card with a local bank. You just need to ask your bank if they do that. A se-cured credit card means you have to deposit an amount with the financial institution and they issue you a credit card either MasterCard or Visa with a credit limit of the same amount.

Apply for credit with Department Stores first before you apply for Visa or MasterCard or Discover or Ameri-can Express. In at least six months to

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: Life after Bankruptcy

Are there ways to reestablish your credit after filing for Bankruptcy?

even a year after filing for Bankruptcy and you feel confident that your credit card usage with your Debit card or se-cured credit card, apply with the store charge cards such as Macy’s, Target, JC Penny, Best Buy or Sears provided none of these stores are previously included in your Bankruptcy petition. Once you are approved use it wisely. Use only for items you can easily pay in one or two months.

Do not apply for credit cards from creditors you included in Bankruptcy. More than likely you will be denied and it will be a negative entry on your credit. So for example you had Ameri-can Express card and you included it in your Bankruptcy you will not be is-sued another American Express or any of its related financial institution that issues Visa or MasterCard like Cit-iBank. So forget applying to creditors you included in your bankruptcy.

The above are only a few of the steps you can do to reestablish your credit.

What do some of the experts say to reestablish your credit?

In an article written by Jimmy Col-lins a Yahoo! Contributor Network Columnist in the issue dated August 11, 2010 wrote the following which I quote in whole:

1. Pay on Time: This is a no brainer, but really it is also a quick and easy tip to re-establish credit. Paying all of your credit cards and other debts on time will keep your credit score from dropping any further and over time will help to bring it up as well.

2. Don’t Close Accounts: Unless you are being charged a fee to have credit card accounts open, don’t close them after you have paid them off. This will actually hurt your credit score, not help it. The credit bureaus will look at a zero balance on a credit card much more favorably then (sic) an account that has been closed as an open ac-count shows that credit is established and a closed account shows nothing.

3. Get a Savings Account: Getting a savings account shows some financial stability on your part and can be used as collateral on certain types of loans.

4. Pay Down Balances Evenly: While you do eventually want to pay down all of your balances to nothing, you should spread the money that you will use evenly over all of your debts. One low balance on debt and four high balances on other debts are not as favorable to creditors as seeing five balances that are right in the middle of what is owed and what the limit is.

5. Don’t Apply for too Many Ac-counts: Every time you apply for a credit card or a loan of some type, your credit is run. Applying for too many ac-counts over a short period of time can be disastrous to your credit. Instead of trying to establish new credit, work on what you already have and then go for new accounts when your credit score is higher.

It does not take seven years nor is it impossible to reestablish your credit. The 7 years refer to how long your bankruptcy filing will be reflected on your credit history. But even with a bankruptcy on your credit report rees-tablishing your credit in 1 or 2 years will allow you to buy that dream house or another car in the future.

[We invite readers to call the American Legal Center, PC founded by Atty. A. Er-win Bautista to set up their initial con-sultation. Atty. Bautista obtained his law degree from Western State University Col-lege of Law, Fullerton, CA and his Bach-elor of Arts Degree from the University of the Philippines. Atty. Bautista practices Immigration, Bankruptcy, Family, Per-sonal Injury Law and Tax Preparation/Audit Representation. He can be reached at (619) 649 0069 in San Diego at 550 E. 8th St., #11, National City, Ca 91950 and at (213) 365 7690 in Los Angeles at 3435 Wilshire Bl., Ste. 2700, Los Angeles, CA 90010.]

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity” - BIBLE Psalms (ch.CXXXIII, v. 1)

With the advent of cyberspace, the Internet is loaded

with online information about all places in the Philippines, our homeland. The province of Antique is one of them.

An example: “Allow yourself some enchant-

ment and adventure. Visit Antique, historic land of the Binirayan festival, majestic mountains, cascad-ing waterfalls, white beaches, rich fishing grounds and white water kayaking. Antique is a province of the Philippines located in the West-ern Visayas region. Its capital is San Jose and is located at the western portion of Panay Island, bordering Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo to the east. Antique faces the Sulu Sea to the west.”

Iloilo and Aklan are the gateways to Antique by land. It is also accessi-ble from Palawan, Manila, Romblon, and Mindoro by sea. Buses and vans bound for San Jose and Libertad are stationed at the terminal in Molo District, Iloilo City. Transportation time from Iloilo City to the capital San Jose is 3 hours. To obtain more information on Antique visit, please go to http://google.com and search for Antique, Philippines.

Suffice to say, I was amazed and little amused by the fact that some years ago, a few of my friends who are not Visayan still did not know where the province of Antique is, geographically speaking. In one of my speeches, I took advantage of mentioning the historical back-ground of Antique and the special trait of an Antiqueno. They are ambitious, enterprising and hard-working. They are proud of their heritage. A very flexible people, they have adopted gracefully to the various cultural climates to which they have been exposed and have culled and assimilated the best from each of this divergent cultures. They combine the leadership of Datu Puti from Borneo, the courage and wisdom of Marikudo, the system of laws by Sumakwel, the religious fer-vor of the Spaniards, and the sense of fair play and self-sufficiency of the Americans. I am from Pandan, Antique, and I am very proud of it.

BULALAKAW NEWSLETTER The Bulalakaw Newsletter is the

official publication of Pandan An-tique Foundation and Pagtatap Foun-dation Inc. The website is http://www.pandan.ph or www.bulalakaw.net. It is a project that was estab-lished by Sofie Estelloso Hofmann from Pandan, Antique, who now resides in Switzerland. This website is a compilation of all the sites and homepages designed and created by Sofie Hofmann, especially about the town of Pandan. You may use Google and get Bulalakaw online. The name “Bulalakaw” means a me-teor, a shower of meteors, a brilliant shower of ideas and thoughts com-ing from all Pandananons (people from Pandan all over the world). Presently, there are three non-profit public benefit corporations of Pan-dananons as listed above.

If you wish to know more about the Pandan Antique Foundation and Pagtatap Foundation Inc., please visit our website as mentioned above. I am proud to be a contribu-tor to the newsletter.

I must make it crystal clear that the establishment of Pandan Antique Foundation (PAF) was put together by a group of visionar-ies and dreamers for the primary purpose of devotion, care, enduring love, and compassion for our less fortunate kasimanwa (town mates) in our hometown Pandan. It was a unanimous decision of the members of Pagtatap Philippines and Pagtatap USA at a meeting in April 2000 in our hometown. I was elected as chairman of the foundation, and I felt very proud and privileged to be given this stewardship position.

When I got back to San Diego after that meeting in Pandan, I immediately filed the papers of incorporation, completed the PAF constitution and bylaws and finally obtained the proper documents as

described below. PANDAN ANTIQUE FOUNDA-

TION, INC., A Nonprofit, Public Benefit Corporation Registered in California, USA, on July 18, 2000. By February 2001, a 501(c) 3 Cali-fornia Corporation was granted.

Mission:Pandan Antique Foundation

shall undertake various support programs, projects, and activities geared toward helping our beloved hometown PANDAN and designed to bring progress and prosperity in order to improve the quality of life and general well-being of our fellow town mates.

Let me tell you the founding of the Pandan Antique Foundation. In April 2000 a good number of Pandananons went home to attend our town fiesta. Many of them were the so-called ‘KYAPNETS’ (bats in visaya) (Pan-dan townmates in the Internet) from all over the world, who had been interacting with each other through the Pagtatap e-groups Internet with plans for our hometown. The mem-bers of Pagtatap USA and Pagtatap Philippines were among those in attendance at the meeting. One of the primary missions of the group was to improve the general welfare of our kasimanwa. Among the many projects placed on the table were the health problems of the people, es-pecially the poor in our hometown. This was at the top in our list. I vol-unteered to chair the committee on “adopt a hospital concept”, i.e., help the municipal hospital of Pandan, so

that it would become a better place to admit patients and also be a venue for our planned medical missions in the future. In an April meeting, we brainstormed on how to improve the hospital’s facilities. Mrs. Melinda Pechangco Liberman was present at that meeting. To make a long story short, Mrs. Liberman said she would help in this project. Furthermore, the prospect of building a surgery center in Pandan became a strong possibil-ity.

Everybody agreed therefore that we should establish a public benefit corporation and name it as Pandan Antique Foundation, an attractive, recognizable corporate name that would appeal to American donors and benefactors. Dr. Lourdes Aloji-pan Burgos was the number one pro-ponent of this project. PAF would be the fundraising arm of our group that carried two separate organizations, Pagtatap Philippines and Pagtatap USA. We envisioned that the Foun-dation would have stronger capaci-ties and resources. The Foundation would design fundraising strategies by tapping humanitarian organiza-tions and foundations in the US: the Bill Gates Foundation, World Medical Relief, Inc., Direct Aid International, and the like. Thus, our substantial financial support would be from publicly supported organi-zations and from the general public. PAF was to work hand in hand with Pagtatap USA, but both entities would maintain their own autonomy, legal identity, and responsibilities. PAF would also assist Pagtatap

Philippines in implementing these projects in Pandan.

The first fundraising event of PAF was its first anniversary com-memorative souvenir program in April 2001 under the chair of our most energetic member Grace Lynn Gumboc Bravo. The Souvenir maga-zine showed superior journalistic exhibitions with information, which included a list of numerous PAF sup-porters all over the world.

PAF is much active under the chairmanship of Nonita Regala for three years. I remained as the emeritus chairman, an adviser. The bylaws have been amended, a new set of officers is in place. The pres-ent chairman is Ms. Helen Candari of San Diego.

Alex Liberman Surgical Pavilion You will see the developments

that transpired after Thelma Mantac Ramos and I organized PAF through the following articles written. Our dream of having a Surgery Center became a reality when Mrs. Melinda Pechangco Liberman, a native of Pandan and the widow of the late Alex Liberman of New York, is be-nevolence personified kept her word at that April meeting. She fully funds the construction of the multi-million peso surgical unit at the hospital in Pandan. This state-of-the-art edifice was aptly named the “Alex Liber-man Surgical Pavilion.”

Dr. Robert Peter Alojipan, my

cousin and also president of Pag-tatap Foundation Philippines, has been bringing his medical mission to Pandan since the 1980’s. He was actively involved in the planning and design of the surgical building. As PAF chairman of the board, and Daughlet Bautista Ordinario, PAF treasurer, both in San Diego, and Jiji Bautista Exequiel of Manila were in close communication with Mrs. Liberman in New York during the building’s negotiation and finalizing of the building contract.

The groundbreaking ceremony

took place on October 13, 2001, with Antique’s governor Sally Zaldi-var Perez, a native of Pandan, in at-tendance along with other provincial and local dignitaries. Atty. Benja-min Candari, Jr., who is also from Pandan and practicing in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, represented PAF. As chairman of PAF, I had in my possession legal papers, signed by the governor of Antique and me as the DONOR, Hon. Salvacion Z. Perez, governor of Antique, as D0NEE, and Mrs. Melinda Pechang-co Liberman as financier of the one (1) unit two-story building annexed to the Gen. Leandro Locsin Fullon General Hospital in Pandan.

The completion date of the Surgi-

cal Pavilion was set for April 2002 in time for Dr. Alojipan’s medical mission team from the Makati Medi-cal Center and the nurse volunteers from the U.S.

From Antique to America: Chapter 58Memoirs of a Filipino American Doctor

Pandan, Antique Foundation, Inc. Emeritus Chairman Of The Board

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Food & Dining Guide

Half of the fat content in coconut oil is a fat rarely found in nature called lauric acid- a “miracle” ingredient because of its unique health promoting properties. Your body converts lauric acid into monolaurin, which has anti-viral, anti-bac-terial and anti-protozoa proper-ties. Lauric acid is a powerful virus and gram-negative bacteria destroyer, and coconut oil con-tains the most lauric acid of any substance on earth! Capric acid, another coconut fatty acid pres-ent in smaller amounts, has also been added to the list of coco-nut’s antimicrobial components. This is one of the key reasons you should consider consuming coconut oil, because there aren’t many sources of monolaurin in our diet. But the health benefits of coconut oil don’t stop there. Many swear by it- a couple of scoops a day provides an excel-lent source of healthy food, good health and beautiful skin and hair. Some take it straight up. Others mix it with balsamic vin-egar and pour it on their salad. Still others massage it on their hair for a good hot oil bath or on their skin to protect it from the ravages of time. This product is amazingly versatile that wonder-fully effective applications just never cease. Talk about versatil-ity in a jar! OK Virgin Coconut Oil is 100% pure, organic and helps provide a livelihood to less-advantaged Filipinos.

And YES, it is definitely

Coconut Oil Helps Fight Diabetes. Your body sends medi-um-chain fatty acids directly to your liver to use as energy. This makes coconut oil a powerful source of instant energy to your body, a function usually served in the diet by simple carbohydrates, but does not produce an insulin spike in your bloodstream. In fact, coconut oil added to the di-ets of diabetics and pre-diabetics has actually been shown to help stabilize weight gain, which can dramatically decrease your like-lihood of getting adult onset type-2 Diabetes.

Coconut Oil’s Secret

exceptional as cooking oil, too! Great for cooking, frying, as food supplement, salad dressing and an excellent replacement for olive oil.

You can find OK Extra Virgin Coconut Oil at any Seafood City Supermarket location or login to www.seafoodcity.com for store locations. If you wish further information or order online, you can do so at www.okusame.com.

Ingredients:6 pcs ripe banana (preferably

pear banana or saba)Ripe jackfruit1 cup OK Coconut Nectar

SugarPack of Lumpia wrapper2 cups OK Extra Virgin Coco-

nut OilFlour dissolved in water

Heat 2 cups OK Extra Virgin

Banana Turon the Healthy WayCoconut Oil in a pan

Cut bananas in halves & put on a plate

Sprinkle bananas with OK Co-conut Nectar Sugar on both sides

Arrange small strips of jack-fruit on banana slices

Wrap banana slices in lumpia wrapper, individually

Apply dissolved flour on both ends of the wrapper to seal edges

Deep-fry in OK Extra Virgin

Do you know that there are almost 6 million Filipinos who have Diabetes and another 6 mil-lion don’t even know they have Diabetes but most likely have it. The Philippines has the 10th highest incidence of diabetes in the world! Certainly, not some-thing to be proud of. And yet, the Philippines is, proudly speaking, the leading supplier of coconut products in the world, including the healthiest sweeteners and ex-tra virgin oil ever.

Coconut OilTurn Turon over while frying

to avoid over-frying and until light brown

Put Turon on wire strainer to drain excess oil

Lace Turon with OK Coconut Syrup

This recipe serves 12 delicious and definitely healthy Turon

All items are available in any Seafood City Supermarket. For location nearest you, login to www.seafoodcity.com. For more information of OK products, please login to www.okusame.com

deported! I wish you all the luck and will pray for you that after 2011, you will reap what you truly deserve in this land of liberty that still attracts the weary and the oppressed of the world!

Last point, I want to make: Is it really “illegal” to provide that com-passionate care to clothe and feed this undocumented person? I am glad that in my church, I am surrounded by my Christian brothers and sisters who believe that the moral (God’s) law to clothe the naked, feed the hungry must supersede the require-ments of man made (unjust) laws. I am certain that many of us followers of Christ can risk going to jail for helping another person from starving to death or preventing the “helpless” from the vultures of society who can exploit them easily into forced labor or even prostitution.

For those who might not know it yet, going to jail in this country has many economic (fringe) benefits: from balance-diet breakfast, lunch and dinner, a comfortable sleeping bed in a room that has no leaking roofs, “time outs” to go out in the sun for physical exercise, and visit-ing hours from your family (includ-ing conjugal visits too?) And if you become sick in prison, or need den-tal work, the jail warden is mandated to bring you to a contracted doctor, dentist or hospital (probably even with a police escort) gratis et amore, spelled FREE of charge! And, if you become obese because the food is not good nutritiously balanced enough for your health, you can call a law-yer to sue the county and/or the state for not providing you the proper food and exercise! To add insult to injury, the smart lawyer may be even paid by the same government (defendant) for his legal services in suing on your behalf the provider of your own food, shelter and clothing, because you don’t have a dime to pay him! No wonder, the prison expenditure is now much higher per prisoner versus the education costs for each student in the state of California! What an opportunity exists in our state and in our country!

The moral of the story: it is not really that bad to go to jail if you break the law while being a good Samaritan, helping an “undocu-mented” resident in the USA. If you happen to land in jail in this scenario, please let us know. As a journalist I will visit and interview you and who knows you will also be in the news like Mr. Vargas! -- Email writer at: [email protected] or [email protected]

For over a couple of decades now, my wife and are often invited

to a some commencement or graduation parties around this time of the year.

It seemed so long ago that people my generation have had our own parties, after graduating from the university. Vividly, I still remember my own graduation so I can easily feel the excitement of the new graduate who will soon embark into another journey of his young life! That’s the reason why gradu-ation is called “commencement” when the graduates start another phase of life’s journey .

Once upon a time, many moons ago we were those twenty some-thing graduates who dreamed BIG dreams after college!

The new graduate now inevitably face lots of real life challenges in his pursuit of happiness or “hap-pyness” (according to the movie starring Will Smith) With the socio-economic, recessionary business climate these days, the average graduate looking for a job might be forced to accept a “lesser”job versus the ideal job he was dreaming of.

That is where the challenge starts

, when the graduate’s expectation meets the reality of the market place. The law of the jungle where the survival of the fittest comes to play, as employers may have hun-dreds or thousands of applicants to fill a position.

An unsolicited advice to the gradu-ates: “In your unending quest for your rightful place in the sun, do not despair, life’s road to success is nev-er finished nor always a cemented freeway like Interstate 5, but many times you have to travel through unchartered paths, full of stones and rocks and even some thorny plants or dead animals along the way.

Like camping in the wilderness, you have to expect the unexpected. That will make your journey more exciting and memorable. And yes, pray a lot as it always connects you to an Infinite Source for inspiration who gives you the energy and cour-age to move on! Good luck and God bless you in your journey!”

After a brief hiatus this summer, the young graduate, unless he is going directly to a graduate school, is expected to find and land a job of his “ dreams” , and be in the real world. Many graduates will tempo-rarily move back home to his family, while taking time to digest or reflect some serious thoughts and asking himself “what now”?

I read that about 5 years ago,

about 67 percent of college graduate moved back home to Dad and Mom. This year, it has climbed to 85%!

The melo-dramatic scenes in the minds of these recent graduates as well as their parents, who for 4 years or more, were used to the non-presence of their grown up children at home, will be a bitter sweet experience dealing with each other once again.

And it may cause some real read-justments for both expectant parents and the returning (adult)child.

A psychologist in Orange County, Dr. Barry Ross said that this situa-tion is “re-igniting the feelings and patterns that were going on earlier in childhood. If the graduate is living at home under his parents’ roof, the child starts to feel what is felt like 5 or l0 years go. He may start to act in younger ways again”. This change my not encourage true independence but in some ways regression.

Dr. Ross has some pragmatic suggestions for parents whose adult children have moved back home after college: “Give the new gradu-ate some floating in the pool with a drink, but 10 weeks or so later, the new graduate needs to get off the raft”. Without progress, Dr. Ross notes, the graduate may become an

Today’s Graduates & Their Pursuit of HappynessJose Antonio Vargas

Dining GuideRestaurant Directory

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(858) 693-3663 Bombay Exotic Cuisine of India 3975 Fifth Avenue, Ste. 100 San Diego CA 92103 (619) 298-3155 Bongiovanni’s Pizza 15244 Old Hwy. 80 El Cajon CA 92026 Brian’s 1451 Washington St. San Diego CA (619) 296-8268 Brian’s American Eatery 7949 Balboa Ave. Kearney Mesa CA (858) 565-4244 Cafe China 12664 Poway Road Poway CA 92064 (858) 486-8228 Cafe La Maze l441 Highland Avenue National City CA 91950 (619) 474-3222 California Club Sushi Bar 5522 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego CA92115 (619) 287-1593 California Thai Cafe 9550 Black Mountain Road San Diego CA 92126 (858) 566-5023 Chang Cuisine of Chine 8670 Genesee Ave. San Diego CA92122 (858) 558-2288 Chef Wok 350 University Avenue San Diego CA 92103 (619) 294-8688 Chef’s Wok 350 University Ave., HIllcrest CA 92103 (619) 294-8688 China Camp 2137 Pacific Highway San Diego CA 92101 (619) 232-1972

Del - Chit RiveraProprietor

289 E. Orange & Melrose Chula Vista, CA 91911

(619) 426-7804(Alongside Seafood City Supermarket)

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tify this yet unknown component so that coffee and other beverages could be enriched with it to provide long-term protection against Alzheimer’s.

In their study, the researchers com-pared the effects of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee to those of caf-feine alone. In both Alzheimer’s mice and normal mice, treatment with caf-feinated coffee greatly increased blood levels of GCSF; neither caf-feine alone or decaffeinated coffee provided this effect. The researchers caution that, since they used only “drip” coffee in their studies, they do not know whether “instant” caffein-ated coffee would provide the same GCSF response.

The boost in GCSF levels is impor-tant, because the researchers also re-ported that long-term treatment with coffee (but not decaffeinated coffee) enhances memory in Alzheimer’s mice. Higher blood GCSF levels due to coffee intake were associated with better memory. The researchers iden-tifi ed three ways that GCSF seems to improve memory performance in the Alzheimer’s mice. First, GCSF recruits stem cells from bone mar-row to enter the brain and remove the harmful beta-amyloid protein that initiates the disease. GCSF also cre-ates new connections between brain cells and increases the birth of new neurons in the brain.

“All three mechanisms could com-plement caffeine’s ability to suppress beta amyloid production in the brain” Dr. Cao said, “Together these actions appear to give coffee an amazing po-tential to protect against Alzheimer’s -- but only if you drink moderate amounts of caffeinated coffee.”

Although the present study was performed in Alzheimer’s mice, the researchers indicated that they’ve gathered clinical evidence of caf-feine/coffee’s ability to protect hu-mans against Alzheimer’s and will soon publish those fi ndings.

Coffee is safe for most Americans to consume in the moderate amounts (4 to 5 cups a day) that appear nec-essary to protect against Alzheimer’s disease. The USF researchers previ-ously reported this level of coffee/caffeine intake was needed to coun-teract the brain pathology and mem-ory impairment in Alzheimer’s mice. The average American drinks 1½ to 2 cups of coffee a day, considerably less than the amount the researchers believe protects against Alzheimer’s.

“No synthetic drugs have yet been developed to treat the underlying Alzheimer’s disease process” said Dr. Gary Arendash, the study’s other lead author. “We see no reason why an inherently natural product such as

coffee cannot be more benefi cial and safer than medications, especially to protect against a disease that takes decades to become apparent after it starts in the brain.”

The researchers believe that moder-ate daily coffee intake starting at least by middle age (30s -- 50s) is optimal for providing protection against Al-zheimer’s disease, although starting even in older age appears protective from their studies. “We are not saying that daily moderate coffee consump-tion will completely protect people from getting Alzheimer’s disease,” Dr. Cao said. “However, we do be-lieve that moderate coffee consump-tion can appreciably reduce your risk of this dreaded disease or delay its onset.”

The researchers conclude that cof-fee is the best source of caffeine to counteract the cognitive decline of Alzheimer’s because its yet unidenti-fi ed component synergizes with caf-feine to increase blood GCSF levels. Other sources of caffeine, such as carbonated drinks, energy drinks, and tea, would not provide the same level of protection against Alzheimer’s as coffee, they said.

Coffee also contains many ingre-dients other than caffeine that poten-tially offer cognitive benefi ts against Alzheimer’s disease. “The average American gets most of their daily antioxidants intake through coffee,” Dr. Cao said. “Coffee is high in anti-infl ammatory compounds that also may provide protective benefi ts against Alzheimer’s disease.”

An increasing body of scientifi c lit-erature indicates that moderate con-sumption of coffee decreases the risk of several diseases of aging, includ-ing Parkinson’s disease, Type II dia-betes and stroke. Just within the last few months, new studies have report-ed that drinking coffee in moderation may also signifi cantly reduce the risk of breast and prostate cancers.

“Now is the time to aggressively pursue the protective benefi ts of cof-fee against Alzheimer’s disease,” Dr. Arendash said. “Hopefully, the coffee industry will soon become an active partner with Alzheimer’s research-ers to fi nd the protective ingredient in coffee and concentrate it in dietary sources.”

New Alzheimer’s diagnostic guide-lines, now encompassing the full con-tinuum of the disease from no overt symptoms to mild impairment to clear cognitive decline, could double the number of Americans with some form of the disease to more than 10 million. With the baby-boomer generation entering older age, these numbers will climb even more un-less an effective preventive measure is identifi ed.

“Because Alzheimer’s starts in the brain several decades before it is diagnosed, any protective therapy would obviously need to be taken for decades,” Dr. Cao said. “We believe moderate daily consumption of caf-

feinated coffee is the best current op-tion for long-term protection against Alzheimer’s memory loss. Coffee is inexpensive, readily available, easily gets into the brain, appears to directly attack the disease process, and has few side-effects for most of us.”

According to the researchers, no other Alzheimer’s therapy being de-veloped comes close to meeting all

these criteria.“Aside from coffee, two other life-

style choices -- physical and cogni-tive activity -- appear to reduce the risk of dementia. Combining regular physical and mental exercise with moderate coffee consumption would seem to be an excellent multi-faceted


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emotional cripple. That may be true to the average WASP culture, but it is probably not true to many Fili-pino American families that I know.

As a working student throughout all his college years, who averaged only about 6 hours of sleep during weekdays, I can easily see clearly the stark difference of my own experiences in college versus the experiences of my own children and their friends here in America.

It takes considerable degree of patience, pragmatism and wisdom not to compare my life (and that of my generation) about 40 years ago in the Philippines versus the life of our children in the USA as the socio-economic, cultural political landscape is like day and night.

For some of us immigrants who experienced some form of hunger and many wants, it may be hard

to reconcile and accept that our children today are living with excess food, different gadgets and toys that are mere dreams of the aver-age person in third world countries. The Millionaires Next Door authors Stanley and Danko described this phenomenon as “the first degree immigrant created the wealth, the second generation enjoyed it and the 3rnd generation finished it!”

Having a son, who is now a work-ing professional, who still lives with us is also a rare blessing as it has many advantages ---- economi-cally, emotionally and culturally. For instance, my wife and I has an in-house computer expert and we can be on an extended vacation for weeks or even months without even worrying what is happening to an “empty” house. Yes, no one is complaining as we consider it a win – win situation for the “adult” child and the aging parents!

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I’ve graduated from high school and college and built a career as a jour-nalist, interviewing some of the most famous people in the country. On the surface, I’ve created a good life. I’ve lived the American dream.

But I am still an undocumented immigrant. And that means living a different kind of reality. It means going about my day in fear of being found out. It means rarely trusting people, even those closest to me, with who I really am. It means keep-ing my family photos in a shoebox rather than displaying them on shelves in my home, so friends don’t ask about them. It means reluctantly, even painfully, doing things I know are wrong and unlawful. And it has meant relying on a sort of 21st-century underground railroad of sup-porters, people who took an interest in my future and took risks for me.

Last year I read about four stu-dents who walked from Miami to Washington to lobby for the Dream Act, a nearly decade-old immigra-tion bill that would provide a path to legal permanent residency for young people who have been educated in this country. At the risk of deporta-tion — the Obama administration has deported almost 800,000 people in the last two years — they are speaking out. Their courage has inspired me.

There are believed to be 11 mil-lion undocumented immigrants in the United States. We’re not always who you think we are. Some pick your strawberries or care for your children. Some are in high school or college. And some, it turns out, write news articles you might read. I grew up here. This is my home. Yet even though I think of myself as an American and consider America my country, my country doesn’t think of me as one of its own.

My first challenge was the lan-guage. Though I learned English in the Philippines, I wanted to lose my accent. During high school, I spent hours at a time watching televi-sion (especially “Frasier,” “Home Improvement” and reruns of “The Golden Girls”) and movies (from “Goodfellas” to “Anne of Green Gables”), pausing the VHS to try to copy how various characters enunciated their words. At the local library, I read magazines, books and newspapers — anything to learn how to write better. Kathy Dewar, my high-school English teacher, introduced me to journalism. From the moment I wrote my first article for the student paper, I convinced myself that having my name in print — writing in English, interviewing Americans — validated my presence here.

The debates over “illegal aliens” intensified my anxieties. In 1994,

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Jose Antonio Vargas is a former reporter for The Washington Post and shared a Pulitzer Prize for cov-erage of the Virginia Tech shootings. He founded Define American, which seeks to change the conversation on immigration reform. Editor: Chris Suellentrop ([email protected])


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