asian journal may 11-17, 2012 edition

Soar on Wings Like Eagles p 20

A Motherrsquos Love Is Virtually Analogous to

His Love p 11

ING Bank Philippines seen to draw investors with open walletsUP Concert Chorus Celebrates 50th

Anniversary With a Concert in San Diego

Jessica Sanchez Will huge YouTube following make her

the next American Idol

Philippines is the worldrsquos best country in business English

Zena BabaoMsgr Gutierrez Ofelia DirigeHard Work The Anti-

dote To ldquoGet-Rich-Quick Schemesrdquo p 6

May 11-17 2012

ldquoOne of the Best Worldrsquos Choirsrdquo

Felisa Tuliao Doria beloved mother of com-munity leader Manny Doria passes away

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This year the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) will celebrate its 50th Anniversary As part of its Golden Anniversary celebration UPCC left the Philippines on April 12 2012 to start its 2012 World Concert Tour The fi rst stop was in Seattle Washington The concert tour will continue for seven months with various stops in Europe UK Asia and Australia

A veteran of 19 world con-cert tours UPCC (also fondly called now as ldquoKorusrdquo) has con-tributed immensely to promoting Filipino culture and heritage UPCC holds the distinction of being chosen as ldquoone of the worldrsquos best choirsrdquo at the 4th Lincoln Center International Choral Festival in New York City It also holds the singular honor of being invited 11 times to the prestigious Aberdeen International Youth Festival in Scotland and four times for command per-formances for Queen Elizabeth II

Brief HistoryUPCC started in 1962 when Ramon Tapales fi rst Dean of

the UP College of Music together with then UP President Carlos P Romulo established the foundations of the UP Mixed Chorus (UPMC) The primary function of the UPMC was to entertain for university functions Together with his assistant conductor Johnny Ramos (1962-1965) they accepted members from all the colleges in the university After Ramosrsquo term in 1965 Larry Santos became the Assistant Conductor during the term of Tapales The UPCM members were granted academic scholarship Tapales led the UPMC group to what they are now The UP Mixed Chorus changed its name to UP Mixed Concert Chorus (UPMCC) In 1969 the choral group fi nally became the Uni-versity of the Philippines Concert Chorus a name which has become synonymous with zestful entertainment

In 1967 Flora Rivera took the reign as the choral conductor up to 1969 It was Rivera who started the auditions for the fi rst members of the UP Mixed Chorus in 1962 which eventually she led the group as the conductor (1967-1969) when the Assistant Conductor Ramon Santos left for the United States in 1967

Well people will now have to think twice before mocking Pinoysrsquo use of the English language

The Philippines was named the worldrsquos best country in business English profi ciency even beating the United States according to a recent study by GlobalEnglish Corporation

GlobalEnglish has released early this month the results of its annual Business English Index (BEI) the only index that measures business English profi ciency in the workplace

For 2012 results showed that from 76 represented countries worldwide only the Philippines attained a score above 70 ldquoa BEI level within range of a high profi ciency that indicates an ability

to take an active role in business discussions and perform relatively complex tasksrdquo

ldquoThis is particularly interesting be-cause the Philippines a country with

By David Pilling Fi-nancial Times | MANILA 552012 --

How much money does the Philippines that peren-nial economic laggard owe the International Mon-etary Fund The answer is nothing After years of being in hock Manila is now an IMF creditor Thus the people of the Philippines impoverished though many remain are doing their bit to help Europeans maintain the living standards they doubt-less deserve

For years the Philippines

has been a bit of a laugh-ing stock in south-east Asia Gross domestic product of $2200 per capita puts it in the same league as Bolivia a poor Andean country Thai-land with a GDP per capita of $5400 is out its league

A running joke ndash ad-mittedly not a very funny one ndash is that the Philip-pines accidentally swapped places with Chile the Latin American economy that most resembles a fast-paced Asian tiger That makes the Philippines more like a llama trudging dolefully along a dirt trackWhisper it if you will but

the Philippines may at last be getting its act together These are early days But there are defi nite signs that the coun-try ndash with its young popula-

Philippines Southeast Asiarsquos llama breaks into a trot

Felisa Tuliao Doria mother of Manny Doria a long-time Filipino American community leader and Special Assistant to US Congressman Bob Filner of the 51st District of California passeacuted away peace-fully last May 5 2012 at the age of 86 in National City California

She was born on May 18 1925 in Dagupan City Philip-pines to Emilio Tuliao and Quintina Adajar She immi-

grated to the United States of America in the early 80s and

eventually be-came a naturalized American citizen She was preceded in death by her husband Liborio Ocampo Doria and her infant child Mario Doria

She is survived by her brothers Ricardo Tuliao and Jaime Tuliao and her 9 children Marita Manny

Good News Pilipinas | MANILA 572012 -- The Philippine growth story has attracted the attention of the global community and soon fresh investments in key sec-tors like power infrastructure tourism and business process outsourcing may go the coun-tryrsquos way according to Dutch fi nancial giant ING Bank

Offi cials of the fi nance fi rm told the Inquirer that while large funds were fl owing to emerging markets in general investors had begun to take notice of the Philippines pay-ing close attention to its rosier macroeconomic fundamentals as well as progress in weeding out corruption and the im-provement in the investment climate

ING Bank delegates are in town for the Asian Develop-ment Bank annual meetings

ldquoMoney needs to fi nd its way to safer havens but I think fundamentally the country is doing everything right and I can see why the market is really boomingrdquo said Bart Schmeetz ING managing director and global head of emerging markets business ldquoWhat investors want is predictability They donrsquot like volatility And of course they have to buy into the growth storyrdquo

According to Manuel Salak III ING managing director for clients and corporate fi nance in Asia ldquogood governance is not the single most successful formulardquo in attracting inves-tors but it is essential

Salak a Filipino now based in Singapore said foreign in-vestors would like to put their capital in countries with clear policies where they know they need not offer bribes to get their papers approved and where they could withdraw their funds any time

ldquoFor the longest time we havenrsquot seen an economic team so dedicated to mak-ing the bureaucracy less pronounced and processing much more effi cientrdquo Salak said ldquoThat will go a long wayrdquo

ING a major player in

Jessica Sanchez is the American Idol contestant with the biggest YouTube and Twitter follow-ing ndash by far Are these good indicators that Jessica Sanchez will win American Idol Season 11

By Molly Driscoll Contributor The Christian Science Monitor | LOS ANGELESlt May 10 2012 -- On ldquoAmerican Idolrdquo

contestants have always relied on numbers of votes from the public to stay on the show

And in the past decade of its existence as the No 1 TV show in America various meth-ods and websites ndash with varying degrees of so-phistication ndash have been spawned to try to predict

Join us at Eastlake Tavern amp Bowl Chula Vista for the Jessica Sanchez American Idol Voting Party on Wednesday May 16 2012 700 PM

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Even with the recent announce-ment by some economists that the US recession has ended a lot of people still donrsquot feel that the reces-sion is really over This is because we still hear news of companies continuing to lay off its employees the unemployed having diffi culty to get back to work credit card holders struggling to pay off their debts and homeowners losing their homes to foreclosure

To add to the stress of onersquos eco-nomic diffi culties it is compounded by the continuous phone calls of creditors and their collection agen-cies made not only at the debtorsrsquo home but also at their place of work To get out of this fi nancial mess that they are in many have opted to fi le for bankruptcy so that they could get rid of their debts

For individual debtors who would like to fi le for bankruptcy they can choose between fi ling a bankruptcy petition under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13

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Whatever type of bankruptcy peti-tion a debtor may eventually choose his fi ling would help him get back on track by giving him a fresh start - a life free of debts Filing bank-ruptcy may thus be a way out for someone who is now buried in debts

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tion of nearly 100m people the worldrsquos 12th largest ndash has turned a corner There are three reasons to be hopeful if not yet exactly cheerful

First the external position has improved dramatically The Philip-pines after years of indebtedness is a net creditor Overseas remittances from the roughly 8m Filipinos work-ing abroad have steadily added to foreign exchange reserves At nearly $80bn these are higher than the external debt

Since 2004 remittances have grown from $7bn-$8bn to $20bn nearly 10 per cent of GDP The fact that so many people need to work abroad is a sign of the economyrsquos in-ability to generate enough jobs But remittances are serving a purpose and have held up well since the fi nancial crisis The Philippines is emerging as a solution to the labour shortages of mature economies the world overrdquo

Some jobs go the other way Philippine call-centres have grown exponentially trumping those in India Revenues from back offi ce businesses have quintupled over six years from $2bn to $11bn

Second the country is getting its fi scal house in order The defi cit has narrowed from a worrying 5-6 per cent a decade ago to a manageable 2 per cent The tax net was widened under the previous administration though the tax take remains at a lowly 135 per cent of GDP Spend-ing has been kept in check Subsi-dies on fuel and power the bane of many Asian fi nance ministers were scrapped several years ago

Third the political situation is vastly improved Benigno ldquoNoynoyrdquo Aquino elected president in 2010 has made a creditable start For one his government has sent out a strong message that it will not tolerate cor-ruption (a distinct change from past governments which actively encour-

aged it) Mr Aquino has instructed tax offi cials to go after evaders A few big scalps appear to be doing the trick The tax take has edged up even without necessary tax reform

The supreme court this week ruled that the huge sugar plantation be-longing to Mr Aquinorsquos family must be redistributed among tenant farm-ers That brings to a close decades of wrangling over one of the countryrsquos biggest estates The fact that a sitting president can be stripped of land is a hopeful sign that the separation of powers enshrined in the constitution is being honoured

The Aquino government has also taken steps to restore rice self-suffi ciency after the country was forced to import a fi fth of its needs in 2008 It has established public-private partnerships to build the roads railways and power stations that have failed to keep pace with an exploding population Progress has been slow but the legal regime is considered solid Many economists

are predicting a private investment boom predicated on favourable demographics ndash half of Filipinos are under 25 ndash and the healthiest bank-ing system in south-east Asia

Reputations are hard to shake For many the Philippines remains a basket case But that view lags behind reality In 2010 the economy grew at 76 per cent ndash faster than Indonesia Asiarsquos investment dar-ling Growth has slowed but it has cleared 4-5 per cent every year since 2006 apart from in post-Lehman 2009

Markets have not been oblivi-ous Last year the Philippines stock market was the worldrsquos seventh-best performing In the year to date the Philippine exchange is up more than 20 per cent among the worldrsquos top 10 performers

The Philippines may still be the llama of south-east Asia But for the moment at least the llama has broken into a trot

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BusinessPhl-made calamansi concoction bags silver in World Marmalade Title

From a One-Man Show to Run-ning One of the Fastest Growing

Firms in the United StatesSAN DIEGO CA (May 9 2012) ndash

Sullivan Solar Power today announced that Daniel Sullivan is a semi-fi nalist for the Ernst amp Young Entrepreneur Of The Yearreg 2012 Award in San Diego The award recognizes outstand-ing entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation fi nancial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities Daniel completed the interview process with judges on Tuesday evening

ldquoThe Ernst amp Young Entrepreneur of the Year is the worldrsquos most prestigious business award for Entrepreneurs mak-ing this nomination my greatest honor to daterdquo said Sullivan

Daniel Sullivan a master electrician by trade has a story is a classic Ameri-can tale of entrepreneurial spirit Sul-livan inspired by the birth of his son and the potential solar power presented to his hometown of San Diego set out to create a company that would make the world a better place by reducing the regionrsquos consumption of imported fos-sil fuels With only $2500 to start the endeavor Daniel Sullivan was working and living out of the garage of a cus-tomerrsquos home that he was rehabilitating in 2004 As a one-man shop he acted as the executive the fi eld installation team the accountant and the sales-man From these modest beginnings his company has grown to more than 60 employees annual revenues greater than $17 million and has been ranked as one of the fastest growing fi rms in the nation by Inc Magazine for two consecutive years

Ask any local in the clean-tech industry and they will tell you that Daniel Sullivan is the go-to expert for all things solar - whether it be policy technology fi nancials or aesthetics He has been a progressive leader in sus-tainability for the region on the Board of Directors for both CleanTECH San Diego and California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA) San Diego chapter

While Sullivan modestly credits all of his companyrsquos success to his employees his employees attribute Sullivan Solar Powerrsquos level of attain-ment to his visionary leadership and principles ldquoDan is the most passionate intelligent dedicated and hard-working person I have ever metrdquo said Tara Kelly a community developer at the fi rm ldquoHe truly deserves this presti-gious awardrdquo

Now in its 26th year the Ernst amp Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program has honored the inspirational leadership of such entrepreneurs as Jeff Bezos of Amazoncom Michael Dell

of Dell Inc Herb Kelleher of South-west Airlines Fred Smith of FedEx Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google Richard Schulze of Best Buy Andrew Mason of Groupon Mindy Grossman of HSN Inc Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn and many more

ldquoThe entire process is somewhat daunting in that all of the semifi nalists are incredibly intelligent and success-ful peoplerdquo said Sullivan ldquoIt has been a humbling experience to be put in the same category as these esteemed busi-ness leadersrdquo

Finalists will be named in the coming weeks with awards being presented at a special gala on June 13 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Aventine in La Jolla CA

About Sullivan Solar Power

Sullivan Solar Power is a turnkey solar system provider that delivers solar electric projects from concept to completion The company has installed over 9000000 watts of solar power ranging from small-scale residential

Sullivan Solar Power Founder Named An Ernst amp Young Entrepreneur Of The Yearreg 2012 Semi-Finalist

to large-scale commercial and munici-pal systems Sullivan Solar Power is headquartered in San Diego CA and owned and operated by Dan Sullivan Sullivan Solar Power has a longstand-ing A-plus rating with the Better Busi-ness Bureau with no complaints fi led since the business began The fi rm has been named one of the fastest growing energy companies in the nation by Inc Magazine and services all of Southern California Regardless of project size and scope Sullivan is committed to de-livering the best products and the most qualifi ed professionals to its customers Visit sullivansolarpowercom for more information

About Ernst amp Young Entrepreneur Of The Yearreg Ernst amp Young Entre-preneur of the Year is the worldrsquos most prestigious business award for entre-preneurs The unique award makes a difference through the way it encour-ages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision leadership and achievement As the fi rst and only truly global award of its kind Entrepreneur of the Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful grow-ing and dynamic businesses recogniz-ing them through regional national and global awards programs in more than 140 cities in more than 50 countries

About Ernst amp Young

Ernst amp Young is a global leader in assurance tax transaction and advisory services Worldwide 152000 people are united by the organizationrsquos shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality Ernst amp Young refers to the global organization of member fi rms of Ernst amp Young Global Limited each of which is a separate legal entity Ernst amp Young Global Limited a UK company limited by guarantee does not provide services to clients For more informa-tion about the organization please visit wwweycom

Good News Pilipinas | MADRID 422012 -- Madrid-based Business Initiative Directions (BID) gave the Century International Quality Era (CQE) Gold Award to meat processing company Mekeni Food Corp during its 14th convention in Geneva Switzer-land

Prudencio Garcia Mekeni president shared the news last week in a letter to Levy Laus chairman of the Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PamCham)

ldquoWe would like to share with you and our PamCham members the good news that once again Mekeni Food Corp had scored another fi rst in the Philippinesrsquo food industry by being awarded the Century International Quality Era-Gold Awardrdquo Garcia said

The award he said put Mekeni in the league of top global corporations that have been recognized for quality

In a statement Laus lauded Mekeni

Good News Pilipinas | MA-NILA 3292012 -- A locally-made marmalade bested over 1700 other entries and won a silver medal for the Philippines in the international category at the 2012 World Marma-lade Championships held recently in England

The calamansi marmalade with brandy was made by British chef and Bacolod resident Robert Harland This is the fi rst time the Philippines has been represented at the champi-onships now in its seventh year

Harlandrsquos citrusy concoction scored 19 points out of a maximum of 20 He was edged out only by Singaporean Sharon Lee Puay Ming who won the gold medal

ldquoI had heard that one can make a very decent marmalade using calamansi so I decided to have a go I liked the taste as did friends so when I heard about the champion-ships I thought why not give it a go But I knew that competition would be fi erce with so many entries com-ing in from around the worldrdquo said Harland

Calamansi is not very well-known

Pampanga meat processing fi rm bags Intrsquol award in Switzerlandsaying it now serves as a model to Ka-pampangan and Filipino businessmen in terms of product quality and corporate excellence

BID a private organization selects the winners through the principles of a quality model being implemented by companies in more than 100 countries

Criteria include customer satisfaction communication strategies benchmark-ing information and data analysis leadership planning and decision making human resources processes and production fi nancial outcome and business results

The awards are divided into the gold platinum and diamond categories Votes from winners came from the BID council previous winners and online polling

Garcia said the award was another testimony to Mekenirsquos continuing ad-herence to the highest standards of food quality and safety

Robert Harland recently presented Negros Governor Alfredo Marantildeon with the fi rst jar of the locally-made Calamansi marmalade with brandy

Felix Garcia and his wife Medicia Santos both public school teachers began Mekeni in 1986 as a home-based enterprise making chicharon (crack-lings) and tocino (sweetened meat)

They processed the meat from the poultry and piggery in Barangay (vil-lage) Balubad in Porac town that they helped manage

The company was devastated by the eruption of Mt Pinatubo in 1991 prompting Felix to ask his sons to return from well-paying jobs abroad to rebuild the company and help their town rise again

When Mekeni got back again on its feet 10 years after the disaster it put up a modern plant using a loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines

Since then it has aimed to be world-class earning quality and food safety accreditation as well as the loyalty of its customers

in Europe and the judges noted the marmaladersquos unusual taste but they enjoyed the fl avor Harland said he intends to enter the competition again next year but perhaps with a slightly modifi ed recipe using whisky rather than brandy

The organizers received over 1700 entries from all corners of the world

a 30 percent increase over 2011 clearly showing that marmalade is as popular as ever

The championships were part of a weekend-long marmalade festival held at the historic Dalemain Estate in Englandrsquos Lake District Over 70000 British pounds (P47 million) was raised for various charities



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CommunityMiss Kathy Lynn

Datuin to be crowned Miss

Pangasinan 2012 San Diego CA ndash The Pangasinan

Association of San Diego County (ldquoPASDCrdquo) founded in 1967 is host-ing its Annual Miss PASDC Coronation on Saturday May 19 2012 at 700pm at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in San Diego CA

Who The PASDC will crown Miss Kathy Lynn

Datuin a 25-year-old senior at San Diego State University Majoring in Public Health The parents of the incoming queen are Teddy and Sonia Datuin originally from Mapandan Pangasinan Teddy is the current President of the Mapandenians of San Diego

What The PASDC holds the Annual Miss PASDC Coronation to crown the new queen Miss PASDC will represent the PASDC at all major Pangasinan town association events and will represent the PASDC during all Filipino American com-munity events

When Saturday May 19 2012 networking at 530 PM and dinner at 700 PM The Coronation begins at 930 PM

Where Holiday Inn by the Bay 1355 North Harbor Drive San Di-ego CA 92101

For more information please call Julio de Guzman (858)354-5055 or Ely Toctocan (619) 271-9920

Feature At this yearrsquos Crowning of Kathy Datuin San Diego City Council Member Carl DeMaio will crown the queen and US Con-gressman Bob Filner will present Community Service Certifi cates to Filipino American community lead-ers Also attending the networking portion of the Coronation are US Congressman Duncan Hunter San Diego Supervisor Greg Cox and State Assembly Candidate Brian Maienschein Attending the dinner are Judge Candidates David Berry and Terri Roberts for Seat 24 and George Schaefer for seat 25 and San Diego Community College District Candidate Bernie Rhinerson

PASDC has a long history of sup-porting candidates dating back to the early 1992 In 1992 many of our members including then president Manny Doria supported candidate Bob Filner for Congress After the election Congressman Filner hired Manny Doria as his staff special assistant In 2000 many members supported candidate Dick Murphy for Mayor In 2002 during the visit of Philippine Gloria Arroyo to San Diego Mayor Murphy gave her the key to the City and said in front of an audience of over 800 people ldquoIf it was not for the Pangasinan Association I would not be mayor todayrdquo In 2004 members helped candidate Joe Braningan become a judge and in the same year Congres-sional candidate Mike Giorgino said on the Roget Hedgecock Show that he was a member of the Pangasi-nan Association In 2005 members helped elect mayoral candidate Jerry Sanders and after the election this association hosted a victory party for the new Mayor at the St Ritarsquos Catholic Church In that same year members of this association success-fully supported Tony Young for City Council

This organization is led by Julio

de Guzman who is serving his 4th two-year term as president Julio was originally elected president in 2001 and serve until 2006 How-ever Julio was elected again in 2011 for a term of two years Julio was previously the president of the Malasiquinians Association of San Diego County

About the Pangasinan Association of SDC The PASDC is one of the largest Filipino American organiza-tions in the county founded in 1967 by members who were originally from the Philippine Province of Pangasinan PASDC mission is to promote the quality of life of the Pangasinenses in San Diego County their families and itrsquos children

Charice To Be Judge-Mentor

In ldquoThe X Factor Philippinesrdquo

Catch Charice with Martin Nievera Bamboo Xian Lim

amp Kim Chiu at ABS-CBN Foundationrsquos world-class

fundraising concert

PARA SA INYO KAPAMILYA on May 26 at Home Depot Center in Carson CA

Visit wwwhomedepotcentercom to get tickets at $40 general admis-sion $75 fl oor seats

International singing sensation Charice Pempengo returns to the Philippines to be one of the judge-mentors of the biggest singing-reality competition ldquoThe X Factor Philippinesrdquo

Charice joins the Concert King Martin Nievera and Mr Pure En-ergy Gary Valenciano in searching and training the next singing su-perstar to hit the local music scene The 19-year-old singer came a long way from being a runner-up in ABS-CBNrsquos 2005 singing competi-tion ldquoLittle Big Starrdquo Her YouTube video viewed by more than one mil-lion netizens worldwide catapulted her to international stardom which paved way for her to guest in hit US talk shows Oprah Ellen and Good Morning America and share a duet with world-renowned music icons Celine Dion Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban She also made her fi rst acting stint on US television via hit musical-drama ldquoGleerdquo Charice was also part of the David Foster and Friends concert tour by her mentor David Foster and just recently she performed in various countries with her Infi nity world tour

With her experience as a certifi ed international music artist Cha-rice will fi nd another Pinoy talent that can be the next big star in the music industry ldquoThe X Factorrdquo is a world-renowned musical franchise by Simon Cowell that started in the UK ABS-CBN bagged the exclusive rights to localize the program with KC Concepcion as host The show will also give away the biggest prize for a talent search in the history of Philippine TV Who is the last judge-mentor to complete the panel join-ing Gary Martin and Charice in the show Find out in the next few days as ABS-CBN reveals the last big name in the music industry who will be on the lookout for the next big thing in Philippine singing-reality competition Watch out for biggest musical event of the year ldquoThe X Factor Philippinesrdquo airing soon on ABS-CBN amp TFC worldwide soon (Kane Errol Choa ABS-CBN Cor-porate Affairs amp PR Director )

UCSD Students Just Say No to

the DEA

Young Americans for Liberty Collects Signatures to Pro-

test Drug War Violence San Diego CAmdashYoung Ameri-

cans for Liberty (YAL) at UCSD

recently pushed a resolution through the student government denouncing the Drug Enforcement Administra-tion for the detention of UCSD student Daniel Chong Now they are asking fellow students to sign the



Jessica Sanchez

ASIAN JOURNALThe fi rst Asian-Filipino weekly in Southern California

An award-winning newspaper amp San Diegorsquos most widely circulated Asian-Filipino newspaper

Ashley SilverioAssistant Editor

Regina Galang ReyesBook Editor

In Pursuit of ExcellenceEugenio ldquoEgordquo Osin (1946 - 1994)

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

Dr Rizalino ldquoRizrdquo Oades (1935-2009)

The Asian Journal is published weekly and distributed in all Asian communties in San Diego County Publication date is every Friday of the month Advertising deadline is Thursday prior to publication date at 5 pm For ad-vertising rates rate cards or information call (619) 474-0588 Subscription by mail is available for $50 per year (56 issues) The Asian Journal is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts and photographs but welcomes submissions Entire content is copy 2012 copyrighted mate-rial by Asian Journal Materials in this publication may not be reproduced without specific permission from the publisher

Genevieve SilverioManaging Editor

Simeon G Silverio JrPublisher amp Editor

Miles BeauchampAssociate Editor

Santi SilverioAssociate Publisher

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 1990rsquos

by Miles Beauchamp PhD

by Dr Ofelia Dirige Founder President amp CEO Kalusugan

Community Services wwwfi lamwellnessorg

Contemporary Asian American Issues

Perspectives


Asian Journal Read the

digital edition onwwwasianjournalusacom

digital

The frivolous mundane and yes boring

According to my kids most things in life are frivolous mundane or boring Especially boring

Last week I decided to write down everything they said was boring Here is the partial (yes partial) list

1 School2 Washing our dog Max 3 Their motherrsquos car 4 Dinner last night

5 Dinner the night before6 Dinner every night this week7 All dinners that arenrsquot eaten at

Corvette Diner do not include pizza or might remotely be considered healthy

8 The kitchen9 Her bedroom color10 Her bedroom carpet11 Her bedroom blinds12 Her bedroom13 His phone14 Homework15 Homework

16 Homework17 Homework18 Homework19 TV because there isnrsquot any-

thing on thatrsquos good

20 Any music she he didnrsquot choose

21 My shoes22 My shirts23 My watch24 My haircut25 Me26 Their mother27 The lawnmower28 Using the lawnmower29 The lawn30 Flowers31 Gas stations32 Putting gas in the car33 Getting a haircut (him but not

her ndash she loves it)34 Putting dishes in the dish-

washer35 Cooking dinner36 Cleaning up the Kitchen Patio Living room Dining room Bathroom Their room The garage A window ndash any window

Did I mention that my kids do not much care for cleaning things Irsquom sure they believe that cleaning is a magical thing that happens automati-cally Irsquom not sure why they think this ndash other than perhaps its he-reditary Irsquom sure I thought the same

thing at their age In fact everyone I know thought the same thing until they moved into their own home for the fi rst time Talk about an eye-opening experience

Itrsquos not just the cleaning that was so jarring We all in the depths of our minds knew things needed to be clean No the jarring aspect of moving into our fi rst place was shopping for cleaning supplies

Do you remember shopping for cleaning supplies by yourself for yourself for the very fi rst time That was both liberating and slightly scary You think ldquoWill I have enough money Will I get the right thingsrdquo

And as you shop thinking those things you also have running through your head ldquoIrsquom an adult This is so no big deal Irsquom good Oh yeah Irsquom goodrdquo But whether you remember it or not you also gave a slight ldquoWhewrdquo when you put the items in the car You made it and you didnrsquot embarrass yourself too hor-ribly Unless of course you did (and you lived though it anyway)

After getting home you put every-thing away and looked around your little apartment and thought ldquoOkay now I really do need to something about this messrdquo And you started cleaning All the things you learned as a kid started to pay off You more or less got the bathroom clean the kitchen bearable the rest of the house at least non-toxic And you were proud And that was cool

That was the fi rst time you cleaned your own place Every single time since then has been what Yes boring

You were rightYep you were right all those years

ago when as a kid you said how boring it was to clean the house You were right and now you have the proof

Unfortunately now comes the big ldquoso whatrdquo Yep you were right It was boring and it is boring But the place still needs to be cleaned And you are the one who is going to have to do it Well unless you go to col-lege and get a degree in a growing fi eld and can get a job that pays well enough to hire someone to clean the place for you

School still boring PS Happy 57th sis We miss you

ldquoThis is just so boringrdquo

Third of series by Dr Ofelia Dirige

I have been so interested in learning about money after the workshop that

was conducted by the Nation-al Asian American Coalition (NAAC) on ldquoFinancial Lit-eracyrdquo especially on the topic ldquoManaging Your Moneyrdquo Like many of the rest of us money has become a concern since the economic recession began With the loss of in-come or jobs some are slowly learning how to manage the small or meager amount of money they have to make both ends meet I am also starting to learn how to spend less reduce my credit card use save a little and look for ways to earn more money

In my Quiet Time (daily Bible meditations) many weeks ago I studied two chapters on ldquoPerspec-tives on Moneyrdquo in the workbook ldquoWisdom that Counts Studies in the Book of Proverbsrdquo I learned so much about how to manage money so I can gain fi nancial freedom and since then I tried to improve my fi nancial attitudes and practices

towards money More recently I enrolled in a ldquoMoney Studyrdquo class for fi ve weeks at Eastlake Commu-nity Church which I attend regularly We are working on the book ldquoYour Money Maprdquo by Howard Dayton It not just a fi nancial course but also teaches you spiritual principles or Godrsquos perspectives on money It in-cludes many fi nancial forms that you can use to monitor how you earn spend and invest I will surely learn more about this topic that I will be able to share with you

I already have written two attitudes on money during the last two issues of the Asian Journal The fi rst one was on ldquoContentment The antidote to Compulsive Extravagancerdquo and ldquoGenerosity and Philanthropy Anti-dote to Greedrdquo This is the third of a series on Money

Another attitude and habit that we have about money is called the ldquoget-rich-schemerdquo or the desire to get money by winning in the lottery going to the casino to hit a jackpot investing in stocks buying real estate at high prime and selling it at a later date at a high price or indulg-ing in dishonest business practices Instead of working hard or diligently to earn money some of us practice ldquoget-rich-schemesrdquo that gives us easy money that disappears fast as soon as we get it and leads into all kinds of trouble

Did you know that the Bible

contains 2350 verses dealing with money and possessions ldquoExcept for the kingdom of God Jesus ad-dressed the issue of money more than any other because money is the power that seeks to dominate people on all economic level His teachings applied to rich and poor He said more about money than any other thing because money is of fi rst importance when it comes to a per-sonrsquos real character How we handle money is simply an outside indicator of onersquos internal spiritual condition If a person gets his attitude toward money straight it will straighten out almost every other area of his liferdquo (Wisdom that Counts Studies from the Book of Proverbs and H Dayton The Money Map)

I am sure many people would like to win the lottery and the jackpot in the casinos It is good to win to be able to pay your debts or buy some of your wants and dreams However some of those people interviewed

who won mega-bucks or other get-rich schemes stated that the money they won did not last very long and did not give them satisfaction or lasting joy Greedy investments such as the buying spree of houses at their greatest prime in 2000 with the intent of selling them later at a very high price lead to may foreclosures and bankruptcies of owners when the bubble burst and price of houses went way way down You also have

heard reports about businessmenwomen who indulged in dishonest business schemes such as bribery only to be found out later and pros-ecuted for their wrong doings We are also aware of drug dealers who peddle these useless and dangerous elements destroying lives and kill-ing people and their deadly end in jail or death

The Book of Proverbs states that money disappears fast and dishon-esty leads to being in jail or loss of life

Prove 24 4-5 ldquoDo not wear your-

self out to get rich do not trust your own cleverness Cast but a glance at riches and they are gone for they will surely sprout wings and fl y off to the sky like an eaglerdquo

Prove 2819-20- ldquoThose who work

their land will have abundant food but those who chase fantasies will have their fi ll of poverty A faithful

person will be richly blessed but eager to get rich will not go unpun-ishedrdquo

HARD WORK DILIGENCE PATIENCE amp HONESTY THE ALTERNATIVE TO GET- RICH- SCHEMES

Impatience leads many people to resort to dishonest gains God re-quires us to be honest even in small

things If we are dishonest with very little things we will also be dishonest with much The Book of Proverbs states

Prov 1311 b dishonest money dwindles away but whoever gathers money little by little

makes it grow Prov 1423 All hard

work brings profi t but mere talk leads only to poverty

Prov 119 hellip Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain it takes away the life of those who get it

Prov 2017 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel

Prov 20 5-6 The plans of the diligent lead to profi t as surely as haste leads to poverty A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fl eeting vapor and a deadly snare

CONCLUSION It is good to

dream and wish for many material things but let it be acquired by put-ting God fi rst in our fi nancial lives and letting Him control us in doing it through hard work diligence patience and honest gain This way we will have contentment joy pros-perity in this life and true riches in heaven that are lasting and will not disappear

ANNOUNCEMENTSAKCS will be involved in the fol-

lowing cultural events and so look out for their booth that will have free handouts cookbooks for different ethnic groups reading materials freebies and items for sale such as T-shirts Global Filipino Cuisine Beyond the Mask and Others

Asian Cultural Festival- May 12 Saturday 11 AM to 6 PM

NTC Park Liberty StationCOPAOs Philippine Faire- May

19 Saturday 9 AM to 5 PMSouth Bay Recreation Center-

1885 Coronado Ave 92154Mabuhay FilAm- June 9 Satur-

day 9 AM to 5 PM Kimball Park National City

B Other Coming Activities- Dates to be announced

1 June 7- Thursday 530-830 PM- API Culinary Fusion- Spon-sored by Operation Samahan

Tickets are $30person Call Dr Dirige (619) 477-3392

2 July - Workshop on ldquoBreast Cancer Early Detectionrdquo- Spon-sored by Cancer Detection Prog

KCS Garage Sale 3 August- Community Forum

on ldquoThe Health Care Reformrdquo- API Health Coalition

4 September- Workshop on Mental Health

5 FilAmFest- October 6 Satur-day 11 AM to 6 PM

6 KCS Anniversary- November 10 Saturday 11 AM to 2 PM

Hard Work The Antidote To ldquoGet-Rich-Quick Schemesrdquo

Money Matters

the American Idol winnerAre Twitter and YouTube good

prognosticators for American Idol winners

If so Jessica Sanchez will be crowned the next American Idol on May 24

Jessica Sanchez currently a Top 4 fi nalist on American Idol now tops her competitors with the most video views on YouTube ndash by far ndash with her solo perfor-mance video views from the competition now tallying more than 17 million And the 16-year old has the most fans on Twit-ter 296866 followers

On YouTube the other American Idol contestants trail far behind on video views Take the most recent performanc-es for example Fellow Top 4 contestant Phillip Phillips attracted 3660 YouTube views for his performance of ldquoVolcanordquo on Wednesday nightrsquos show Hollie Cavanagh got 3704 views for her video of the song ldquoFaithfullyrdquo from Wednesday night while Joshua Ledet drew 5101 for ldquoItrsquos a Manrsquos Manrsquos Worldrdquo

By contrast Sanchez has already scored 19242 views for her performance of ldquoAnd I Am Telling You Irsquom Not Goingrdquo

The Chula Vista Calif-born singer of Filipino-Mexican decent has seen her other Idol performance videos score similarly boffo numbers Her video of the performance of Joe Cockerrsquos ldquoYou Are So Beautifulrdquo totals 21968 views (so far) and the Luther Vandross ldquoDance With My Fatherrdquo has had 1219714 watchers

Her American Idol competitors arenrsquot quite as far behind on Twitter followers Of the four contestants still on ldquoIdolrdquo Phillips comes in second for Twitter fol-lowers after Sanchez with 267464 while Cavanagh has 95023 and the American Idol judgesrsquo favorite Ledet has 89926

But if Twitter were a good leading indi-cator why is Colton Dixon the contestant with the second-most Twitter followers after Sanchez Colton Dixon was voted off the show on April 19

What about some of the other American Idol soothsaying sites

DialIdol for example predicts that Jessica is safe in this round But Hollie Cavanagh who judges and the Monitorrsquos own Idol critic say performed the least best Wednesday night is ranked in the No 2 spot by DialIdol Joshua Ledet gets the least amount of points according to DialIdol

DialIdol offers a free speed dial software for Idol voters In exchange it tracks the number of votes and busy signals It uses the ratio of busy signals to votes it says to predict whorsquos going home

ldquoHistorically Dialidol is quite accurate during the Top 4 However the service has occasionally shown some blind spots and this seems to be one of them The model says Joshua has almost twice the chance of going home as Jessica Thatrsquos nuts It would be shocking if Hollie was not sent back to TexasLiverpool rdquo says the website Idol Analytics which is run by a physicist and a English major ana-lyzes data from a variety of Idol trackers

But DialIdol has some company in its 1-2 ranking of Sanchez and Cavanagh The website VoteFair which conducted a poll on votersrsquo favorite Idol contestant and released the results Thursday morn-ing says Sanchez was the most popular contestant and Cavanagh is the second most popular Joshua Ledet is third and Phil Phillips is fourth according to VoteFair


by Atty Susan V Perez

Immigration 911

Read Atty Susan Perezrsquos previous articles by visiting our website at wwwasianjournalusacom

Work VisasGreen Cards thru Employmentbull Family Visasbull Student Trainee Tourist Investors Visas bull Reinstatement of Petition bull Deportation Defensebull International Adoptionbull Appeals Motions to ReopenReconsiderbull BatteredAbused Spousebull I-601 Waivers (Hardship)bull Consular Support in Manilabull

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The Law Offi ces of SUSAN V PEREZ offer the following services

We also handle ALL PHILIPPINE cases and have an offi ce in Manila to service your needs there

Susan Perez is a licensed attorney both in the State of California and the Philippines She has eighteen (18) years of combined experience in both jurisdictions in the areas of Immigration Family Appellate Juvenile Dependency Civil Criminal Labor Contracts Tax and Business Law She is also admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit of the Court of Appeals and the District Courts of Southern California and Central District of California

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By Appointment only from 900 to 530 Monday thru Friday

San Diego Office Manila Office625 Broadway Suite 1015 Suite 2502-A East TowerSan Diego CA 92101 Philippine Stock Exchange CentreTel No (619) 819-8648 Exchange Road Ortigas Center Pasig CityFax No (619) 923-9555 Tel Nos (632) 687-2565 687-9851 Email svplawaolcom Fax No (632) 687-2565

Atty Susan V Perez

Visit our website wwwlaw-usimmigrationcom

Se Habla Espanol

IMMIGRATION 911 by Atty Susan V Perez

A couple came to my of-fi ce a couple of weeks ago asking if I could

represent them at their sec-ond interview for the wifersquos adjustment of status based on marriage

According to the couple they presented documents to prove they are living together and have com-mingled their funds and properties such as joint bank account joint contract of lease joint car insurance joint utility bills and pictures

The adjudication offi cer (AO) however did not even look at those documents The AO focused his interview on the previous relation-ship of the US citizen husband which was a same-sex relationship Apparently the US citizen husband fi led documents with the county or federal agency stating that he was in a same-sex domestic relationship and the AO was able to get hold of those documents

There is no magic formula to determine what and how much evidence is necessary to prove a bona fi de marriage Some AOs are not much interested in documenta-tion and instead rely on questioning ---usually about how the couple met and how the relationship developed ndash to reach a judgment about the mar-riage In the example given how would they prove that the marriage is bona fi de considering the husband was in a previous same-sex domestic relationship The couple has every document to prove they are living together and have commingled their funds and properties I personally know people from my hometown who were gays and lesbians during their younger years but are now happily married to the opposite sexes and have children The chal-lenge is how to convince the AO that a gay or lesbian can decide later in life to be ldquostraightrdquo

Unconventional or nontraditional marriage will typically raise the suspicion of the AO The USCIS Adjudicatorrsquos Field Manual lists ten red fl ags that the offi cer should look for to wit large disparity of age in-ability of petitioner and benefi ciary to speak each otherrsquos language vast difference in cultural and ethnic backgrounds family andor friends unaware of the marriage marriage arranged by a third party marriage

contracted immediately follow-ing the benefi ciaryrsquos apprehension or receipt of notifi cation to depart the United States discrepancies in answers to questions of which a hus-band and wife should have common knowledge no cohabitation since marriage benefi ciary is a friend of the family and petitioner has fi led previous petitions on behalf of aliens especially prior foreign spouses

Regarding large disparity of age Irsquove noticed that itrsquos more accept-able when itrsquos the man who is much older Irsquove seen cases that were approved when the man was ten to twenty years older than the woman But many cases were disapproved when itrsquos the other way around Same is true with physical appear-ance Itrsquos acceptable when the man is much taller than the woman but not the other way around

Additional factors not listed about that may raise red fl ags are divorces and marriages done in Las Vegas Unless one of the parties in the divorce proceedings can prove that he or she actually lived and worked in Las Vegas before the divorce was fi led the AO is most likely to deny the adjustment of status based on a fi nding that the marriage was not valid because the divorce in Las Ve-gas was not valid When the couple is called back for a second interview it is highly likely that they will undergo a marriage fraud interview It is important they prepare thor-oughly before the interview If the AO asked something that was not taken during the preparation do not be nervous Answer the questions truthfully It is better to answer ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo or ldquoI donrsquot rememberrdquo than to guess or fabricate an answer Pay attention to activities and events the weekend and days before the interview Refrain from talking about or proving details beyond what is asked Also try to avoid making it appear that the marriage is perfect The AO expects the couple to remember important events and dates such as wedding date date of proposal and where and how the proposal was done how did the cou-ple celebrate Christmas birthdays New Yearrsquos day Thanksgiving etc The AO asks about work schedule The couple is expected to know each otherrsquos work schedule salary and other details of the job such as name of employer location and nature The key to a successful interview is preparation But no matter how hard you prepare if yoursquore lying about something it will likely come up

How To Avoid A Finding Of Sham Or Fraudulent Marriage

We welcome your feedback If you have any immigration questions please feel welcome to email me at susanlaw-usimmigrationcom or call 619 819 -8648 to arrange for a telephone consultation


6197463416

MANILA Philippines ndash An of-fi cial of the Department of Agricul-ture (DA) reiterated on Saturday that beef products sold in the Philippines are safe to consume despite recent reports of ldquomad cowrdquo disease in the United States Dave Catbagan Assistant Secretary for Livestock of the Bureau of Animal Industry told dzMM that imported beef products from the US will not be banned ldquoWalang basis para i-ban ang ating importation ng beef mula Estados

Unidosrdquo he said Catbagan stressed that the cows tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or ldquomad cowrdquo was removed from the food chain Other cows that may have been in contact with the disease have also been quarantined said Catbagan ldquoKung may kaduda-dudang simptomas ay hinahatak at nilalayo na kaagad lsquoyunrdquo he said The offi cial also allayed fears that beef products from the US are contaminated saying that US as

lsquoBeef in PH safe to eatrsquowell as Canada are ldquocontrolled risk countriesrdquo ldquoAng pinanggagalingan ng sakit na mad cow ay matatagpuan sa spinal column at nerve tissue Ito ay mandatory na inaalis sa slaugh-terhouse regardless sa edad ng baka at hindi na isinasama sa food chainrdquo he said US offi cials said the recent case of mad cow disease was the fi rst in its country in 6 years US is second to Australia as the largest source of beef of the Philippines




In the News

Kris Babao (fi rst on the left front row Mohawk-style hair) young-est son of Asian Journal columnist Zena Sultana Babao was one of the featured dancers for the MIB 3 movie premier promo ldquoA Time to Dancerdquo is the name of the group of male dancers and they appeared on Channel 6 early Monday morning

Kris Babao in MiB 3 movie premier dance promo on Ch 6

connect with fellow kababayans in other provinces and with family and friends back in the Philippines Our news program aligns with TFCrsquos commitment to serve the Filipi-nos wherever they may be Providing news that is mean-ingful to them is a strong component of that commit-mentrdquo

Balitang Canada host Marieton Pacheco joined the commu-nity launch and presented the programrsquos new segments that include Im-migration 101 Pasyalan sa Canada

Local leaders hail newly launched news program dedi-cated to Filipinos in Canada

Toronto Canada May 9 2012- In separate press conferences held recently in Toronto and Vancouver TFC Canada formally launched Bal-itang Canada making it the fourth news program produced by TFC in-region It follows in the footsteps of TFCrsquos international news family that includes Balitang America (on which Balitang Canada started as a weekly segment before spinning off as a standalone weekly news program) Balitang Middle East and Balitang Europe

ldquoBalitang Canada is part of TFCrsquos continuing service to the fast-growing Filipino community all over Canadardquo said TFC Canada Manag-ing Director Marco Amoranto ldquoIt aims to provide them with timely and relevant news and features This new program will also help Filipinos

TFC reaches out to Filipino community through ldquoBalitang Canadardquoand Kamustahan among others

ldquoNo one knows the Filipinos more than Filipinos themselvesrdquo said ABS-CBN Global COO Raffy

Lopez ldquoThe global Filipino com-munity will continue to reach for information and outlets that address their unique interests As they do

so TFC being in the service of the Filipino worldwide will provide as many overseas Filipinos as possible not only relevant content through news and entertainment but also access to these on various platforms The launch of Balitang Canada is

a concrete manifesta-tion of this missionrdquo

COM-MUNITY REACTION

Mean-while local leaders from the Filipino community in Canada expressed their support

for Balitang Canada

From

Eastern Canada Francis Remen-tilla of Gawad Kalinga Canada fi nds a commonality between the news program and his organization Balitang Canada aims to unite the Filipino communities in Canada with news and information within Canada and the Philippines Gawad Kalinga Canada shares the same vision of a united citizenry with love for country and for the poor in an unwavering goal to leave no one behind (walang iwanan)rdquo

Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre President Mama Ch-ing Quejas feels like the distance between Canada and the home-land is narrowed with the help of programs such as Balitang Canada Congratulations and thanks to ABS-CBN because with Balitang Canada Filipino-Canadians will feel closer to each other and enjoy watching news like were in the Philippinesrdquo

TFCs Balitang Canadas East and West Coasts launches (LEFT) Members of the press and community lead-ers in Toronto watch the teaser of Balitang Canada (RIGHT) TFC Canada Team poses with British Columbia Correspondents from left Rizza Flores Marco Amoranto Rosary Escano Marieton Pacheco Rowena Papasin Elizabeth Reymundo Israel Cando Mario Marasigan Cecile and Hector Docto (ABS-CBN Canada)

0 May 11-17 2012Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at httpwwwasianjournalusacom

UCSD Students


Translated by my barber in Tagalog ldquoKatotohanan sa Corona ni Gloria Ninanais

o Katapusanrdquo

The Defense panel representing Chief Justice Renato Corona just announced that he would testify to defend himself in the impeachment trial

As lead defense counsel Serafin Cuevas said ldquoItrsquos the only rem-edy leftrdquo This is despite his initial objection The assessment is that Chief Justice Corona has to appear and personally answer the charges against him most especially his foreign currency deposits which allegedly totals about $10-million and the discrepancies in his SALNs Otherwise he will likely get con-victed

PRIMA FACIE CASE

Despite the charges of incompe-tence against the prosecution which for me was very unfair the latter certainly built and presented a prima facie case which if not effectively rebutted by the defense guarantees conviction

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile implied it I am sure most of the Senators agree with him

Former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban in his column ldquoWith Due Respectrdquo expressly stated ldquothe prosecution had proven a prima facie case on at least one (Article II) that the respondent culpably violated the Constitution and betrayed pub-lic trust by his repeated failure to include some of his properties in his statements of assets liabilities and net worth (SALNs)rdquo

No other person could better shed light on all the bank deposits (peso and foreign currencies) in his name as well as his undeclared or mis-declared real properties

BISHOPS

Some Bishops have expressed their views on the Chief Justicersquos decision to testify

Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said ldquoit was good that the embattled chief justice was finally testifying so that people can now hear his side of the story from himrdquo

Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes told reporters ldquoThat is a very good development so that he can explain his ill-gotten wealth and can be cross-examinedrdquo He also followed it up by saying ldquoWe will become suspicious if he backs outrdquo

Marbel Bishop Dinualdo Gutierr-ez also said that it was good because itrsquos the right of the accused to be heardrdquo

Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Intildeeguez also chimed in ldquoPersonally I welcome that decisionrdquo

THE OMBUDSMAN

Before the announcement re Corona appearance the defense first asked the Impeachment Court to issue subpoena duces testificandum to Ombudsman Carpio-Morales and the corruption complainants such as Congressman Walden Bello former Congresswoman Risa Hontiveros Harvey Keh and a couple of others against Corona at the Sandigang Bayan Correspondingly a subpoena duces tecum on the records in their possession most specifically the dol-lar and euro deposits

Chief Justice Corona had indicated earlier that he would appear and ex-plain everything that he declared in his SALNs His alleged undeclared foreign currency deposits are of great interest to the Senator Judges and to the public

He might as well find out what pieces of evidence that the Ombuds-man and the complainants have prior to his appearance After all conviction in the impeachment case would only mean removal from of-fice while conviction of corruption charges at the Sandigan as pursued by the Ombudsman and the com-plainants could mean imprisonment plus forfeiture of his wealth

SENATOR KOKO PIMENTELNot given much publicity is the

change of heart by Senator Koko Pimentel regarding the Senatersquos decision to respect the TRO (Tempo-rary Restraining Order) re opening of the foreign currency accounts of Cj Renato Corona He says that when it is revisited by the Senators in a caucus he would now vote to allow the opening of the foreign currency deposits thus-upholding the Senatersquos sole and exclusive impeachment power including the issuance of subpoena duces tecum on any document in the exercise of that power

The original vote on the matter was 13-10 in favor of respecting the TRO with the reservation to defend the Senatersquos power on the merits and most importantly that it did not abuse its discretion tantamounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction when it issued the subpoena

The hearing and decision on the merits was supposed to be within a reasonable period as scheduled But the Supreme Court for whatever reason postponed it to a later date so that any decision would not affect the impeachment trial to the detri-ment of the courtrsquos and the peoplersquos desire to unearth the truth Per

schedule the trial would have been finished by the time the Supreme Court decides on the matter While the Senate initially respected a co-equal branch of the government it deserves no less from the Supreme Court

With Senator Koko Pimentelrsquos decision the vote count now is 12-11 still in favor But if one more Senator follows the formerrsquos correct path it would reverse the original decision

CHECK AND BALANCE

I prefer that the current leadership in the Senate (any or all) would lead in asserting its role in checking and balancing the powers of the other branches of government I am partic-ularly referring to Senate President Enrile Senate President Pro tempore Estrada and Majority Leader Sotto History should not judge them for weakening the institution They have already shown respect to the Supreme Court The Senate as an institution deserves a similar respect for the sake of the future genera-tion of Senators After all the effect is only on a very few impeachable officials All other foreign currency depositors will not be affected

It is not enough that the Chief Justice testifies He could still refuse to reveal ALL because of the protection We do not know how far the Ombudsman has gone in her investigation and how complete was the record of deposits provided by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC)

The Philippine Constitution in very specific and clear terms pro-vides that all public officials under oath should declare their assets liabilities and net worth

There are no distinctions no qualifications no exemptions and no excuses JUST DO IT

All statutes public institutions and public officials are subordinated and therefore expected to comply

TRUTH AS CROWNING GLORY An END or The END

Congressman Filner Celebrates AsianPacific American Heritage Month Washington DC ndash Congress-

man Bob Filner proudly announced his co-sponsorship of H Res 621 which recognizes the significance of AsianPacific American Heritage Month in May as an important time to celebrate the significant contribu-tions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to our history

ldquoI am proud to stand with my fel-low members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus in celebrating our diversity and the many contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islandersrdquo said Congressman Filner ldquoAsian American and Pacific Islander com-munities enhance the rich diversity of the United States and strengthen our nation I will continue to work with my colleagues to ensure they have the representation they deserve at all levels of governmentrdquo

The bill urges Americans to celebrate AsianPacific American Heritage Month as an opportunity to recognize the achievements con-tributions history and address the challenges faced by Asian Ameri-cans and Pacific Islanders


ldquoDARE Pledgerdquo a play on the DARE to Say No the Drugs cam-paign to show their opposition to the DEArsquos destructive policies

ldquoThe DEArsquos treatment of Daniel Chong was abhorrent and inexcus-ablerdquo said Alexsandra McMahan Director of Discourse for UCSD YAL ldquoWe will be raising aware-ness about this and other damaging effects of the War on Drugs We feel that the average person is unaware of exactly how much damage that our nationrsquos War on Drugs causes both at home and in other countriesrdquo

Students will be asked to sign the ldquoDARE Pledgerdquo which stands for

DEA Abuse Resistance Education on Library Walk today Wednesday May 9 from 11 am to 2 pm when they will also be able to engage members of YAL armed with facts about the negative effects of the War on Drugs The text of the pledge is

ldquorsquoI have taken a stance against the Drug Enforcement Administration I will not force my opinions about drugs on others I will not be pres-sured in to unreasonable searches or seizures of my property I DARE to own my body I DARE to be free and I DARE to say NO to the DEArdquo

Signatures will be submitted to policy makers to encourage them to take action against the DEArsquos abuses

Members of the media are invited to interview and interact with stu-dents at the event YAL UCSDrsquos involvement with the Daniel Chong case has already been covered by the

LA Times and Station 893 KPCC Contact Chase Donnally at yalsandi-egogmailcom or 9256996609 if you would like to schedule an interview

This event will be spearheading a statewide campaign by Young Americans for Liberty against the DEA

Drug War facts

The Mexican government esti-mates that more than 12900 people were killed in drug-related violence in the first nine months of 2011 Alcohol and FDA-approved drugs routinely cause more deaths than illicit drugs The number of people in state pris-ons for drug offenses has increase 550 over the last 20 years

(Speech delivered by Mercy Cor-rales to the Graduates of Mapua Institute of Technology)

Dr Reynaldo Vea President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mapua Institute of Technology Engr Eliseo Santiago member of the Board of Trustees Officers and members of the Mapua Aca-demic community proud parents of the graduates my fellow alumni members of the graduating class of 2011 ladies and gentlemen Good afternoon

Several decades ago Dr Reynaldo Vea and I were two idealistic college editors working late nights to beat editorial deadlines at Liwayway press Little did we know that forty years later we would be at the PICC together for a Mapua Tech com-mencement program with me as the nervous guest speaker and he the schoolrsquos visionary and dynamic President silently and tirelessly transforming Mapua into a world-class Institution

Congratulations Dr Vea for every-thing you and your team have done and continue to do to elevate our school and thank you for inviting me to be part of this very special day It means a lot to me For personal reasons I was not able to attend my own graduation ceremony in 1972 so today is also my graduation day

I feel honoured that you would ask a non-techie to speak to some of the most tech savvy graduating students in the country today I found it more challenging to prepare a speech for this occasion than for my annual shareholdersrsquo meetings in Tokyo And I find it more daunting to face you graduates than the security analysts or international press people that I used to deal with in my previ-

ous lifeWhat can one say to a generation

that can access any information with one click of the mouse or tap of a fingerWhat words of wisdom can one impart to a group of young people who is lsquofearlessrsquorsquo never says neverrsquo and think lsquotheyrsquore amazing just the way they arersquo ndash to borrow words from Taylor Swift Justin Bie-ber and Bruno Mars You see I may not understand your techno speak but I do listen to your music

If you could hold off sending thosersquo OMG shersquos so old schoolrsquo text messages and listen to what I have to share you may hear a few lessons worth a lsquosaversquo instead of a lsquodeletersquo But first please accept my heartfelt congratulations This is your day and your proud moment I share your joy excitement and sense of achievement All the years of hard work sleepless and caffeine filled nights as you crammed for exams the nerve-wracking moment right before a team project came together ndash were all worth it

I am fully aware that all you want to do right now is to get your diploma have your glorious pictures taken then take off for your celebra-tion dinner with family and friends I will try to talk for less than 30 minutes Letrsquos start by thanking the people who helped you get to this moment Foremost of them are your parents who made tremendous sacrifices and provided unwaver-ing support to give you this gift of a lifetime your professors and instruc-tors who rain or shine showed up at your class to impart knowledge inspire challenge and keep you grounded your friends and class-mates on whose shoulders you cried in bad times and with whom you shared many Starbucks moments

(every graduation season Starbucks receives many thank you messages from parents and students for the use of our coffee shops as extended libraries)

I believe it is also fitting that you recognize and thank the Mapua alumni the trail blazers whose out-standing performance and achieve-ment in their chosen fields built and established credibility for the Mapua brand paving the way and open-ing doors for the next generation of graduates like you

When I was growing up my father worked with an earlier genera-tion of Mapua engineers whom he generously described as lsquomagagal-ing matitinik masipag matiyaga at hindi madaldal mareklamo or mayabangrdquo He called them lsquosilent achieversrsquo Coming from my father who is not an easy man to impress that meant a lot

I was fifteen years old when I made three major life decisions ndash that I would study at Mapua Tech become an engineer and marry a MapuanTwo of those came true ndash I graduated from Mapua in 1972 and I married a Mapuan but I did not become an engineer By the second semester it became clear to me that I was not cut out to be one I can do Math but had neither patience nor interest for the precision required for engineering drawing and I could not memorize the chemical symbols

So I shifted to the only non-engi-neering course available at the time ndash Business Administration ndash and ma-jored in Management not knowing what to do once I graduated since I had no ambition of ever manag-ing a business I have to give credit

Filipinos should commit to a Life of Excellence


Spiritual Life

Read Monsignorrsquos previous articles by visit-ing our website at wwwasianjournalusacom

by Msgr Fernando G Gutierrez

Lower Your Nets

BalintatawRead Virginia Ferrerrsquos previous articles by visiting our website

at wwwasianjournalusacom

by Virginia H Ferrer

copy2012 Virginia H Ferrer All rights reserved

About the Author Virginia H Ferrer is a Retired Filipino Language Teacher at Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista

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May 13 7th Sun of Easter Joke of the Week Two women

came before wise King Solomon dragging between them a young man ldquoThis young man agreed to marry my daughterrdquo said one ldquoNo He agreed to marry my daughterrdquo said the other And so they began arguing until the King called for silence ldquoBring me my biggest swordrdquo said Solomon ldquoand I shall hew the young man in half Each of you shall receive a halfrdquo ldquoSounds good to merdquo said the fi rst lady But the other woman said ldquoOh sir do not spill innocent blood Let the other womanrsquos daughter marry himrdquo The wise king did not hesitate a moment ldquoThe man must marry the fi rst womanrsquos daughterrdquo he proclaimed ldquoBut she was willing to hew him in twordquo exclaimed the kingrsquos court ldquoIndeedrdquo said wise King Solomon ldquoThat shows she is the TRUE mother-in-lawrdquo

Scriptures First Reading Acts 10 25-26 34-35 44-48 Peter seems to be struggling within himself between two seemingly contradic-tory messages On the one hand he is aware of Jesusrsquo demands to respect the prohibition of the Torah of Moses regarding unclean animals On the other hand Peter dreamt of God giving him various clean and unclean animals with the command ldquoNow Peter kill and eat What God has made kosher (clean) you have no right to call profanerdquo To Peter and his companionsrsquo surprise while the apostle was preaching about Jesus of Nazareth the Holy Spirit descended upon Cornelius a Gentile and his household Exegists call this event ldquothe Pentecost of the non-Hebrewrdquo The event demonstrates that the Holy Spirit wants the apostles to take a bold leap that leads them beyond where an exclusive community of disciples fears to go the Gentilesrsquo community Second Reading 1 John 4 7-10 Most likely a larger part of the Johannine community of Gnostic background considered Jesus only as divine and therefore his human-ity does not matter That teaching would mean that Jesusrsquo life on earth and eventually that of this disciples carry no weight for redemption To

refute this false teaching the author has insisted that the only person who loves others is the one who ldquoknowsrdquo God (a rebuttal of the Gnosticsrsquo claim that knowledge of God is the only way to salvation)

Gospel John 15 9-17 The second reading as-serts that we know God is love only because he sent us his Beloved Son Jesus This love of God is precisely and just that a gift To be loved by God does not confer on a person a privileged possession (Godrsquos love) but a mission to share the Good News beyond the limits of onersquos community The disciples are primarily the friends of Jesus and because of that they are friends to one another As the Father loves Jesus and vice versa so must the disciples love one and all

Refl ections Fr Henri Nouwen said that love which leaves us more often doubtful angry and frustrated is what we receive from our fellow human beings parents spouses and friends It is true to say that when you are in love prepare to get hurt Also we hurt those whom we love most Experience tells us that behind this kind of love there is always a chance of being painfully rejected violently hurt and traumatically punished Be-neath the faccedilade of a happy and good life there exists the shadow of those dark nights of abandonment anger and betrayal We see these contradic-tory phenomena in the movies we notice them present in our communi-ties and we experience them in our own families We hear how children are abandoned or aborted marriage vows are broken and loyalty to a country is betrayed all done in the name of false love

The good news is that beneath the deceiving hurting cheating and punishing love is present Godrsquos true love for Jesus and for us This love normally goes unnoticed God in

loving Jesus has sent his Son on a mission of love The Son in lov-ing his Father obeyed him even to death on the cross The love between the Father and the Son is one that gives only love and receives love in response It is a love that does not give up hope in times of trials and sufferings a love that endures everything and a love that forgives heals and understands The task of those who are in love with God with Jesus and with the Spirit is to realize this love in the world that is torn by brokenness frustrations hatred and divisions ldquoLove one another as I have loved yourdquo The foundation for truly loving one another is not fame money and power but the love of God in Jesus and Jesusrsquo love for us

God loves us since the begin-ning of time ldquoWe love because He

fi rst loved usrdquo (1John 419) Everything

else is possible because God loves us fi rst Also in every form of love there are always three persons involved one who loves the one loved and the unify-ing love In God this is called the communion of Persons of the Father who loves the Son who is loved and the Holy Spirit the Love that Bond between the Father and the Son (This love is evident in marriage life the husband the wife and the child) This Trinitarian love is the most perfect form of love the world has ever known and culminates in the suffer-ing and death of Jesus a manifesta-tion of Godrsquos love in humanity

This Sunday is Motherrsquos Day God couldnrsquot be everywhere so He made mothers Of course we know God is everywhere and with us at all times A mother is Godrsquos gifts to us She is His arms feet and extended pres-ence so that with His help we would be reminded always to have faith in Him As His incarnate presence mothers wipe away our tears of sad-ness rejoice and laugh with us when wersquore happy but most of all just as God does remain always by our side silently even if we feel we donrsquot

need them Why Because we are loved God loves us tenderly as our mothers do

Herersquos another story of an hon-est and pure motherrsquos love Malcolm Muggeridge and a TV crew were making a documentary on Mother Teresa They wanted to fi lm her and her sisters in the actual place where they worked with the dying They had a problem It was quite dark and it would seem natural to expect that there was insuffi cient light for fi lming They had no proper artifi cial light so they decided to proceed any-how dark and all as it was To their surprise the fi lm was just beautiful the lighting just perfect It was a sort of mysterious warm glow that was re-ally really bright Muggeridge who was not Christian at the time was ab-solutely convinced that the light came from the love that was everywhere in the home He wrote ldquoThis love is luminous like the haloes artists

have seen and made around the heads of saintsrdquo

A famine was on in the land A

beggar on a street corner

reached out to the famous Russian writer Tolstoy who was passing by Tolstoy stopped searched for a coin but found none With real sorrow he said ldquoDonrsquot be an-

gry with me my brother I have nothing with merdquo The beggarrsquos face lighted up as he replied ldquoBut you called me lsquobrotherrsquo ndash that is a great gift That shows you care and loverdquo

Quotation of the Week ldquoLove needs time But most of all love needs you For without you there is no time for loverdquo The Christophers

A Motherrsquos Love Is Virtually Analogous to His Love

Kung Ako Lang Sana (3)Kung ako lang sana ay isang matamis na awitin

bilang isang simponia lagi kitang aaliwin

tatagos sa kaluluwa mo aking mga tugtugin

at tinitiyak kong sadya mong lsquotong hahanap-hanapin

Kung ako lang sana ay naging isang ala-ala

ako na siguro sa lahat ang pinakamasaya

mga sandaling sa isipan morsquoy hindi mabubura

bagkus hanggang sa lsquoyong pagtanda ako pa rin ang bida

Kung ako lang sana ay isang pangkaraniwang hiling

ako na yata marahil ang srsquoyang pinakamalambing

at kung mayroon pa man na nais mong dinggin

natitiyak kong ibibigay sa lsquoyo lsquoyan ay darating

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Read Ogie Cruzrsquos previous articles by visiting our website at wwwasianjournalusacom

by Ogie Cruz

TEMECULA Pinoy Pride will be overflowing on June 9th (Saturday) when the Pala Casino showcases two Filipino events in their Infinity Show-room turning Filipino Independence into an all-day (and night) celebra-tion

First at 2PM the Queen of Jazzipino Ms Char-maine Clamor will give an uplifting concert

a designated driver or a local hotel room to enjoy the all-day celebration responsibly

At the 2PM ldquoLayardquo concert Charmaine Clamor who was recently named a ldquoFilipino Championrdquo by TFCrsquos ldquoBalitang Americardquo will be joined by members of the famed folk-loric dance troupe Kayamanan Ng Lahi and the Rondalla Club of LA The groups collaborated with Ms Clamor at the recent sold-out Getty Museum production of ldquoAgosrdquo

ldquoIrsquom so excited to share some of the Filipino pageantry from my collabo-rators on the Getty shows especially since many fans had to be turned away in March You can bet that on

Manny Pacquiao Fight and Charmaine Clamor Concert with One Ticket at Pala Casinoentitled ldquoLayardquo celebrating Filipino Independence Then at the conclusion of the show the Infinity will be transformed into an exclusive viewing party for the Manny Pacquiao vsTim Brad-ley world champion-ship boxing match The closed-circuit broadcast from Las Vegas begins at 5PM

One ticket entitles patrons to admission

to both events Tickets for the Clamor concert and Pacquiao fight start at only $25 VIP-level is a reasonable $40

Tickets are on sale now at the Pala Casino box office and from StarTickets at httpstarticketscomeventphpevent=2987

Only 700 seats are available and Filipi-nos are expected from all over the Southland Management encour-ages groups to have

June 9th at Pala Irsquoll sing plenty of songs in Tagalogrdquo promised Clamor ldquoAnd cheering for my countrymanrdquo

More ticket information for ldquoMan-ny amp Musicrdquo 800-585-3737

Details on ldquoLayardquo and all of Char-maine Clamorrsquos appearances can be found at her official Website Char-maineClamorcom

By Ogie Cruz

Last Sunday naudlot ang usapan tungkol sa pagkapanalo ni May Weather kay Cotto instead mas pinag-usapan ang bubugan blues nina Raymart Santiago Claudine at Mon Tulfo

Parang bagyo ito na naging trend-

ing sa lahat ng social networking sa internet pati yung pagdidimanda ni Amalia Fuentes kay Ruffa Gutierrez ay hindi gaanong kinagat to think isa ito sa pinakahihintay

Mas kinagat at naging trending lalo na sa Twitter at Facebook kung saan kasangkot ang tatlong pangunahing tauhanSari-sari pictures sa facebook

ang naglabasan at take note nasali pa ang pangalan ni Sen Miriam Santiago dahil Santiago rin itoLumabas ang isang ad na kung saan pamilya Tulfo VS pamilya Santiago siempre sina RaffyErwin Ben at Mon ang magkakasama ang mukha sa isang corner samantalang sa kabilang banda naman magkakasama sina Randy Rowell at Raymart pero ang nakakapagtataka naisama rin ang mukha ni Sen Santiago na may question mark ang name niya

Sabi nga naminits more fun in the Philippines pagkakakita namin sa ad na yun Siguro nakarating na rin sa kaalamanan ng Sanadora na pinagpiyepiyestahan ng mga tao ang naturang ad sa internet na may name na ldquoThrilla in NAIArdquo

Ang alam namin hindi naman kamag-anak nina Raymart ang Senadora dahil sa Santiago rin ito kinatuwaan na rin na isali ang natur-ang personalidad

Basta ang alam naming nag-com-ment na rin ang naturang Senadora

tungkol sa bugbugan blues na ito na ikinatuwa naman nina Raymart at ClaudinerdquoAyusin ang gusot wala ng urunganrdquo sabi raw ni Sen Miriam

Anu kaya ang ibig sabihin ng Senadora rito mukhang makahulugan ang litanya Palaban din ba siya kontra sa mga Tulfo

Marami pang nakakatu-wang picture na naglabasan sa internetisa pa yung mag-kayakap sina Mon at Raymart na tipong bati na silaAng mga pinoy talaga ang imahinasyon masyadong malawak at nagpapatawaMay gu-mawa pa nga ng isang short scene na naka-video naman reaction naman ni Hitler tungkol sa mga nangyari

Basta ang alam namin tinabunan

ang lahat ng issue ang naturang awayan nina Raymart at Mon sa ka-tunayan nagsampa na sina Claudine at Raymart ng Physical Injuries at

Child Abuse na kaso kay Mon Tulfo sa Pasay City Prosecutorrsquos Office matapos naunang magdimanda si Mon

Malayo pa ang mararating ng banggaan nitopati yung mga kapatid ni Mon na sina BenErwin at Raffy

na suspended sa show hanggang biyernes dahil sa pagbabanta nito sa pamilya ni Claudine BarrettoKaya si Mon muna ang magiging host sa

T3 habang suspended ang tatloSamantalang sina Raymart at Claudine nagkaroon na rin ng sariling bodyguards at humingi na rin ng tulong sa sinumang nakakakita sa kanila sa anumang lugar na kung

sakaling may titira sa kanilaMalayo pa ang mararating ang banggaan ito ng Santiago at Tulfo

ASIONG SALONGA VS DIRTY HARRY Nagpasya na ang dating presidente na si Joseph Estrada na lumaban bilang Mayor ng Maynila sa

Pati si Sen Miriam Santiago Dawit Sa Awayang Raymart at

Mon Tulfo

2013 laban sa partido ni Pnoy na si Mayor Lim

Ipinanganak pala sa Tundo si ex-pres Jo-seph noong 1937 kaya malapit sa puso niya ang Maynila kalilipat lang niya sa Sta Mesa Manila na malapit sa Altura para magkaroon siya ng isang taon na


By Palma Hooper

2012 is an important election year Not only it is a Presidential

election but it is the fi rst election applying the new redistricting maps

which were approved last year The lines have changed for most all voting districts some more signifi cant than others For example the City of San Diego has created a new council district District 9

The public needs to educate them-selves about what districts they are now in and who the candidates are in those districts Candidates forums

offer an opportunity to learn about the new districts and candidates and attending is participating in the election process The Southwest Center For Asian Pacifi c American Law (SCAPAL) and Council of Philippine American Organizations

(COPAO) collaborating with 16 other nonprofi t API organizations is organizing a nonpartisan Candidates Meet amp Greet on May 22nd from 530 pm to 830 pm at the Ma-jorca Room Casa del Prado in

Balboa Park The new district maps for these districts will be on display at this event Candidates from selected U S Congressional State Senate State Assembly and the City of San Diego City Council and Mayor races have been invited to speak to the API community about who they are and what they stand for

One way to participate in the elec-tion process is to volunteer to be a

poll worker or bilingual poll worker if you speak Spanish Chinese Filipino or Vietnamese on Election Day The San Diego County Registrar of Voters still has a

Numerous Ways To Participate In This Yearrsquos Electoral Processneed to hire more Chinese Filipino and Vietnamese speaking voters as poll workers which are paid posi-tions Poll worker training will be conducted by the Registrar of Votersrsquo offi ce in May It is important to contact the Registrar of Voters at 8585655800 as soon as possible or go to their website wwwsdvotecom for more information

SCAPAL will be monitoring key precincts requiring voter language

assistance in Chinese Filipino and Vietnamese on Election Day June 5th to see whether the Registrar of Voters is complying with the Voters Rights Act SCAPAL is recruiting individuals who are bilingual in Chinese Filipino and Vietnamese to serve as independent watchdogs on Election Day

SCAPAL will be holding a training session on Tuesday May 29th from

Trends

Tech ITfrom My Barber

by Benjamin Maynigo

Science and Technology News

A Medical Tourism App

ROV Toll Free1-800-696-0136

Mga Importanteng Petsa Mayo 7 2012 - Unang araw na makukuha ang mga balotang pangko-reo Unang araw ng maagang pagboto sa RoV Ang RoV ay bukas mula ika-8 ng umaga hanggang ika-5 ng hapon Lunes hanggang Biyernes

Mayo 15 2012 - Umpisa ng pagproseso ng balotang pangkoreo (pagtsetsek ng pirma)Para mag-obserba tumawag sa (858) 694-3403

Mayo 21 2012 - Huling araw upang magparehistro para makaboto

Mayo 25 2012 ndash Pagbubukas at paghahanda ng mga balotang pang-koreo para sa tabulasyon ng kompyuter

Mayo 28 2012 - Umpisa ng pagproseso ng pag-scan ng balotang pangkoreo (sa kompyuter)Para mag-obserba tumawag sa (858) 694-3403

Mayo 29 2012 - Huling Araw upang humiling ng Balotang Pangkoreo Dapat matanggap ng RoV bago lumampas ang ika-5 ng hapon)Hunyo 5 2012 - Araw ng Eleksiyon Bukas ang mga Lugar ng Botohan mula ika-7 ng umaga hanggang ika-8 ng gabi Bukas ang opisina ng RoV para sa pagboto mula ika-7 ng umaga hanggang ika-8 ng gabi

Huwag kalimutan magparehistro at bumoto saPAMPANGULUHANG PRIMARYANG ELEKSIYON

Work in the areas of need for Filipino-English Bilingual Poll Workers We need your help in Oceanside 4S Ranch Del Dios Rancho Penasquitos Pomerado Poway Mira Mesa University City El Cajon Ocean Beach Encanto

BonitaChula Vista Eastlake Otay Mesa Otay Ranch Nestor Lakeside Imperial Beach and Southbay

Presidential Primary ElectionTuesday June 5 2012

Juanito R Amor Jr 8586942497Christine Ancheta 8586942662Rachelle Bermio 8586942623

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KOREO

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530 pm to 800 pm at California Western School of Law Another way to participate in the elec-tion process is to volunteer as an independent poll monitor to protect the rights of Asian American voters to voter language assistance at the polls For more information on the poll monitor training contact Pam Hooper President of SCAPAL at infoscapalorg

Of course the most important way to participate in the electoral process

is to vote The last day to register to vote is May 21st If you have

moved since the last election you must re-register to vote You can also vote by mail The last day to request a vote by mail ballot is May 29th

Contact the Registrar of Voters at 858565-5800 for more informa-tion

Tech IT From My Barber by Benjam Maynigo

The joint venture that was recently announced by both Microsoft and Barnes amp Noble sounds interesting

The agreement involves an invest-ment by Microsoft of $300-M to Barnes amp Noblersquos eBook business

It means that the NOOK Tablet of Barnes amp Noble will have the powerful Windows 8 Operating system

This further means that it would have a combination of contents (a substantial number of books publica-tions and other digital materials) and a distribution network of over a thousand stores as provided by Barnes amp Noble and the Windows 8 Tablet that could readily compete with other tablets including the Android led by the Amazon Kindle Fire and the IPADs

This is aside from their online presence

The MicrosoftWindows stores and those of B amp N would be utilized to service NOOK owners

Windows 8 NOOK Tablet could be oper-ated like any desktop laptop or ultra book It could therefore have all the

applications used in these hardware de-vices But itrsquos portability and mobility and powerful applications would also be attractive in the enterprise

The most important application is the offl ine search engine Barnes amp Noble has the distinct advantage of published books and other contents The fact that they can also be stored and are retrievable searchable bookmarkable and even editable offl ine would be attractive to those who create their own libraries of books documents music audio and video fi les

This is true for those who do not want their contents uploaded

online for security and convenience

I canrsquot wait to see it and experience it

hands on

Microsoft-Barnes amp Noble Joint Venture

NEW ORLEANS MAY 8 2012 ndash International CTIA WIRE-LESSreg 2012 today announced that Broadsoft Missing Link and Tip Solutions were the winners of its second annual BIG Idea Contest which recognizes the mobile industryrsquos newest and most innovative concepts dedicated to improving the way we live work and play International CTIA WIRELESS takes place May 8-10 2012 at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center in New Orleans

More than 500 mobile profes-sionals voted in a four-minute time pe-riod to select these BIG Idea winners

First Place BroadsoftSecond Place Missing LinkThird Place Tip SolutionsFive BIG Idea fi nalists presented

their ideas visions and concepts to a live voting audience from the Exhibit Innovations Stage The top three submissions with the most votes were named the winners of the CTIA WIRELESS BIG Idea Contest

ldquoThe BIG Idea Contest is a testa-ment to CTIArsquos commitment to driv-ing innovationrdquo said Robert Mesirow vice president and show director for CTIA ldquoThis yearrsquos winners represent the most entrepreneurial minds in the mobile industry and we congratulate them for creating next-generation technologies that embody the true transformative power and life-chang-ing potential of wirelessrdquo

DDR4 memory is coming soon mdash maybe too soon

May 9 2012DDR4 module (credit Samsung)Memory manufacturers are shipping

samples of DDR4 memory chips the next generation of computer memory technology and preparing to produce them en masse

That means that memory modules based on the faster more power-

effi cient memory technology could start shipping on servers (where its benefi ts are in the greatest demand) by 2013

DDR4 memory will operate at a less-energy-demanding maximum of

12 volts (20 percent less voltage than current DDR3 memory) and achieve data transfer rates of 32 billion trans-fers per second (double that of the top-end speed of DDR3s memory bus) DDR4 also reduces overall power requirements

Theoretically since Micronrsquos initial memory units are ldquox8 (having 8-bit storage areas) the memory will have a throughput of 24 gigabits per second

But the gating factor for DDR adoption will be how quickly CPU manufacturers adopt the technology and integrate it into CPU memory controllers Intelrsquos latest statements indicate the company doesnrsquot have DDR4 on the roadmap for its pro-cessors until the Xeon Haswell-EX processor mdash in 2014

Desktop and notebook users may have a bit longer to wait And the timeframe for a low-power version of DDR4 for mobile devices hasnrsquot even been set

Google+ Hangouts On Air broad-cast your conversation to the world -- May 9 2012

Google launched Hangouts On Air to Google+ users worldwide Tues-day May 9

So if you have something to say you can now go live in front of a global audience With just a few

clicks yoursquoll be able toBroadcast publicly By checking

ldquoEnable Hangouts On Airrdquo you can broadcast your live hangout mdash from the Google+ stream your YouTube channel or your website mdash to the

entire worldSee how many view-

ers yoursquove got During your broadcast you can look inside the hangout to see how many people are watching live

Record and re-share Once yoursquore off the air wersquoll upload a public

recording to your YouTube channel and to your original Google+ post

This way itrsquos easy to share and discuss your broadcast after itrsquos over

Of course launching millions of live stations takes some doing so Googler is rolling out Hangouts On Air gradu-ally over the next few weeks

Get Your Bicycle Ready For Bike

To Work DayAt Saturdayrsquos Tune-Up Time In Balboa Park WHEN Saturday May 129 am to 2 pmWHERE Balboa Park ndash Corner of

6th Avenue and Laurel StreetWHAT With Bike to Work Day

just around the corner (Friday May 18) bicyclists of all ages are invited to rally to ride this Saturday at Tune-Up Time a family-friendly event featuring free bike maintenance checks plenty of snacks and freebies a childrenrsquos bike obstacle course and much more iCommute will hand out Bike to Work Day t-shirts to those who register to ride on May 18 (while supplies last)

The event will feature nearly 20 vendor booths Experts from the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition will offer safety and maintenance demon-strations in English and Spanish Radio station 91X will provide music There will be free valet parking for bicycles

(SANDAG has organized Tune-Up Time and Bike to Work 2012 with the support of numerous annual partners including Suki Day Spa SuperShuttle San Diego Zoo car2go eLiveLifecom Clif Bar Tri-City Wellness Center the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition the Metropolitan Transit System North County Transit District San Diego Business Journal and U-T San DiegoEnlace)

Looking for top medical doctors at leading international hospitals around the world

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This app is ideal for patients expatriates business and leisure travelers and medi-cal tourists who need help fi nding qualifi ed doctors in a wide range of specialties like cardiology internal medicine orthopedics plastic surgery etc

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Chemicals in Hoses Leach into Water Study Finds

Results Released Today at Healthy Stufforg

High amounts of lead phthalates and the toxic chemical BPA were all found in the water of a new hose after sitting outside in the sun for just a few days according to research-ers at the Ann Arbor-based Ecology Center who just completed a large study of toxic chemicals in gardening products

Nearly 200 hoses gloves kneel-ing pads and tools were tested for lead cadmium bromine (associated with brominated fl ame retardants) chlorine (indicating the presence of polyvinyl chloride or PVC) phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA) Such chemicals have been linked to birth defects impaired learning liver toxicity premature births and early puberty in laboratory animals among other serious health problems Results were released today at wwwHealthyStufforg

ldquoEven if you are an organic gardener doing everything you can to avoid pesticides and fertil-izers you still may be introducing hazardous substances into your soil by using these productsrdquo said Jeff Gearhart Research Director at the Ecology Center ldquoThe good news is that healthier choices are out there Polyurethane or natural rubber water hoses and non-PVC tools and work gloves are all better choicesrdquo

Highlights of Findingsmiddot HealthyStufforg screened

179 common garden products including garden hoses (90) garden gloves (53) kneeling pads (13) and garden tools (23) Two-thirds (704) of these products had chemical levels of ldquohigh concernrdquo

middot 30 of all products con-tained over 100 ppm lead in one or more component 100 ppm is the Consumer Product Safety Commis-sion Standard (CPSC) for lead in childrenrsquos products

middot 100 of the garden hoses sampled for phthalates contained four phthalate plasticizers which are currently banned in childrenrsquos products

middot Two water hoses contained the hazardous fl ame retardant 2345-tetrabromo-bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (TBPH)

What Was Found in the Water middot Water sampled from one

hose contained 0280 mgl (ppm) lead This is 18-times higher than the federal drinking water standard of 0015 mgl

middot BPA levels of 23 ppm was found in the hose water This level is 20-times higher than the 0100 ppm safe drinking water level used by NSF to verify that consumers are not being exposed to levels of a chemical that exceed regulated levels

middot The phthalate DEHP was found at 0025 ppm in the hose wa-ter This level is 4-times higher than federal drinking water standards EPA and FDA regulate DEHP in water at 0006 mgl (ppm)

What You Can Domiddot Read the labels Avoid hoses

with a California Prop 65 warn-ing that says ldquothis product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects and other reproductive harmrdquo Buy hoses that are ldquodrinking water saferdquo and ldquolead-freerdquo

middot Let it run Always let your hose run for a few seconds before using since the water thats been sitting in the hose will have the high-est levels of chemicals

middot Avoid the sun Store your hose in the shade The heat from the sun can increase the leaching of chemicals from the PVC into the water

middot Donrsquot drink water from a hose Unless you know for sure that your hose is drinking water safe dont drink from it Even low levels of lead may cause health problems

middot Buy a PVC-free hose Polyurethane or natural rubber hoses are better choices Visit wwwHealthyStufforg for sample prod-ucts

ldquoGardening products including water hoses are completely unregu-lated and often fail to meet drinking water standards that apply to other products yet again demonstrating the complete failure of our federal chemicals regulatory systemrdquo said Gearhart ldquoOur children will never be safe until we reform our laws to ensure products are safe before they arrive on store shelvesrdquo

For more details on what the Ecology Center researchers found and what you can do to avoid toxic chemicals this gardening season visit wwwHealthyStufforg

Since 2007 researchers at the Ecology Center have performed over 20000 tests for toxic chemicals on over 7000 consumer products including pet products vehicles womenrsquos handbags jewelry back-to-school products childrenrsquos toys building products and childrenrsquos car seats All of this information can be found at wwwHealthyStufforg

New Study Finds Lead Cadmium BPA Phthalates amp Hazardous Flame Retardants in Gardening Products

by Dr Happy Araneta PhD

UCSD is recruiting participants for our new study ldquoZumba Fitness among Adults with the Metabolic Syndrome a randomized pilot trialrdquo Please consider sharing the attached fl yer and information below with your colleagues friends family and patients

Physical activity offers myriad benefi ts to reduce the risk of obe-sity diabetes and cardiovascular disease but exercise has to be fun (and sometimes culturally relevant) for optimal adherence UCSDs Department of Family and Preven-

AND high blood pressure (diag-nosed by a physician)

AND are sedentary (lt 150 minutes of exercise per week)

Exclusionary criteriaThose who are pregnant have

coronary heart disease respiratory disease (including exercise induced asthma) chronic hip knee or foot pain in the past 6 months regular Zumba other dance or walking within the past 6 months use of diabetes weight loss and chemother-apeutic medications and mobility impairment are not eligible

Participants will be screened by telephone for eligibility and if

eligible will be evaluated at our La Jolla Clinic to obtain consent complete dietary and lifestyle ques-tionnaires and to have blood drawn to measure glucose triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol levels Participants will be randomized to either the Zumba Fitness or pedometer guided walking group and will be required

UCSD Zumba Fitness clinical studyto practice these exercise forms for 3 months Zumba classes will be held on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 7pm in the ClairemontLinda Vista vicinity Participants will return to the La Jolla Clinic at the end of the study for another blood draw to assess changes in components of the metabolic syn-drome Participants will not be paid however they will receive either FREE Zumba classes or a pedometer and guided walking suggestions and free clinical assessments to mea-sure components of the metabolic syndrome

We are thrilled to conduct the fi rst clinical trial of Zumba Fitness

Please share this information with interested parties and ask them to call our clinic coordinator Daniah Tanori at (858) 534-8113

Version 02-22-02

for a research study on Zumba Fitness or Walking for

the Metabolic Syndrome

Study Participants Wanted

Researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) are conducting a pilot study to see whether Zumba Fitness or walking improves components of the metabolic syndrome including blood pressure glucose cholesterol and abdominal fat You may qualify for the study if you are Between 21 - 65 years old Overweight and Underactive Have not participated in Zumba dance or walking

programs in the past 6 months If you qualify for the study you will have Zumba classes OR a pedometer and walking

guidelines for 3 months Blood tests

Zumba Fitness or Walking for the Metabolic Syndrome If you are interested please contact (858) 534-8113

Approved

Initial Approval 01192012 Current Approval 01192012

Project 111834

tive Medicine is recruiting participants for a 12 week pilot study to 1) compare adherence to Zumba Fitness versus pedometer assisted walking and 2) determine if 12 weeks of Zumba Fitness reduces waist circumference blood pressure fasting glucose triglycerides and improves HDL-cholesterol (attached fl yer)

Adults (ages 21-65 years) are

eligible if theyhave at least 2 components of the

metabolic syndrome includinga waistline gt=315 inches (women)

or 37 inches (among men)

With just 80 calories per cup and virtually no fat blueberries offer many noteworthy nutritional ben-efi ts Herersquos the skinny on blueberry nutrition

Blueberries are packed with vitamin C

In just one serving you can get 14 mg of Vitamin C ndash almost 25 percent of your daily requirement Vitamin C aids the formation of collagen and helps maintain healthy gums and capillaries It also promotes iron absorption and a healthy immune system

Blueberries are dynamos of dietary fi ber

Research has shown that most of us donrsquot get enough fi ber in our diets Eating foods high in fi ber will help keep you regular your heart healthy and your cholesterol in check A handful of blueberries can help you meet your daily fi ber requirement What a tasty way to eliminate this worry from your day

Blueberries are an excellent source of manganese

Manganese plays an important role in bone development and in convert-ing the proteins carbohydrates and fats in food into to energy ndash a perfect job for blueberries

Blueberries are leaders in anti-oxidant activity

According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) blueber-ries are near the top when it comes to antioxidant activity per serving (ORAC values) Antioxidants work to neutralize free radicals mdash unsta-ble molecules linked to the develop-ment of cancer cardiovascular dis-ease and other age-related conditions such as Alzheimerrsquos Substances in blueberries called polyphenols spe-cifi cally the anthocyanins that give the fruit its blue hue are the major contributors to antioxidant antioxi-

Health Benefi ts of Blueberriesdant activity

Link httprefreshingnews99blogspotin201205health-benefi ts-of-blueberrieshtml Posted by pooja at 156 AM



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to the excellent instructors I had in BA because when I ended up in the corporate world everything I learned from them came back and proved to be really helpful

I was active in many extracur-ricular activities I became editor-in- chief of the school paper then Vice President of the Central Student Council Those were the years of student activism and youthful ideal-ism when we truly believed that we could change the course of Philip-pine history and help create a more just and humane society My aca-demic performance suffered but if I were to live my life all over again I would still do the same Those years of activism were not wasted They taught me a lot about the real world made me more socially and politi-cally aware and a better person with a lot of empathy for others They taught me that leadership is gender neutral

My father thought differently He thought I derailed and he gave up on his simple dream ndash that one day I would head a division in the same company where he worked just like those Mapua engineers that he thought so highly of Unfortunately he did not live long enough to see me achieve bigger things ndash become President of a much bigger divi-sionndash the Asia Pacific Division of Starbucks Corporation I donrsquot think he would even have thought it was possible

For who would think that a shy asthmatic girl who was born and raised in a small town in Northern Philippines would someday end up in the Boardrooms of major corpora-tions in some of the most advanced countries in the world The odds are so low no one would have bet on it

Jack Welch of GE once wrote ldquoAll careers no matter how scripted they appear are shaped by elements of pure chancerdquo

He was so right Mine was cer-tainly helped by pure chance I had no script no roadmap and no clear goals I did not even know what I wanted to be But I had a burning desire to prove to my parents that I can get back on the track of excel-lence and make something out of myself In 1974 I was a struggling 24-year old with a young daughter and my credentials did not impress the companies who interviewed me for jobs until I applied for an entry level job at Levi Strauss Philippines that included setting up the company newsletter something I knew how to do

The Director of Human Resources at that time was a young woman who (I discovered later when I was already working for her) was a bril-liant and sensitive social psycholo-gist with a generous heart I think she was intrigued that someone from a technical school read Ayn Randrsquos Fountainhead St Exuperyrsquos lsquoThe Little Princersquo and Richard Bachrsquos Jonathan Livingston Seagull ndash clas-sical stories of courage excellence and heart During the interview we also discovered that we were kindred spirits women ahead of our time who refused to fit any stereotypes Anyway she took a chance and hired me

That lady who threw me my lifeline is here as my special guest today She left a successful corporate career and joined the academe She is none other than Dr Edna Bo-peep Franco Vice President for Planning and Administration of the Ateneo de Manila University and an associate professor at its Department of Psy-chology I cannot thank her enough

I took the job like my life de-pended on it I worked really hard I accepted any assignment that was given to me without question I made sure that I did a much better job than the one who did it before me No job was too small or incon-sequential If it was I expanded it and made it meaningful

From the HR Dept I moved to operations and ran warehouses and distribution centres I turned them into clean wholesome and fun work environment with piped in disco music Productivity and morale soared I analysed all information about production inventories sales trends customer feedback and customer profile even when no one asked me to do it because I wanted to learn more about the business Before long many departments were turning to us for information Every 18 months after that I was given a new assignment in a different de-partment with progressively bigger responsibility and I learned more not just about the business but also about leading and motivating people

At 32 I was Marketing Director for the Philippines and 3 years after I was sent to Hong Kong to become Far East Regional Marketing and Licensing Director This kicked-off my International career

Throughout my career a lot of people took a chance in me They looked beyond my ethnicity gender and the color of my skin and gave me stretch and challenging assign-ments that opened up even bigger opportunities Along with these came financial rewards and security

Why were people willing to take a risk with me Why would two major corporations of 2 global iconic brands risk sending a Filipino wom-an to run their biggest international units in Japan the most complex and challenging consumer market in the world and a country where it is extremely rare to find women in ex-ecutive positions let alone corporate boards Why would they send me to address problems in the other side of the world ndash in Brazil and Argentina and develop revive or grow busi-nesses in Asia

Why Because I earned their trust I earned their trust because I established a track record of deliver-ing results that beat expectations all the time I delivered consistently outstanding results because I was committed to excellence I commit-ted to excellence because I was on a mission I wanted the corporations I worked for the people I worked with and the customers I served in the many countries where I was assigned to remember that there was a Filipino woman who made a dif-ference ndash so that next time they meet another Filipino ndash man or woman they would treat him or her with dignity and respect

The support and encouragement of many people ndash my husband my family my mentors and friends the people I worked with but most of all the Lordrsquos guiding hands ndash made all these possible

You heard me mention Excellence several times now I know it sounds very lofty and pompous It is not Excellence is what our parents and high school teachers taught us early on in our lives when they asked us to be the best we can be in whatever circumstance we are in To be the best there are no short cuts

Ask any man or woman who has achieved something noteworthy in his or her life Ask those who had been given an excellence award recognized for outstanding achieve-ment or crowned a champion They will tell you that a life of excellence is not an easy life

It requires hard work and personal sacrifices resilience and the ability to rise above difficulties and bounce back from failures and mistakes It requires self awareness ndash knowing who you are and what you value understanding your strengths and limitations and what you need to improve on It is about integrity honesty in all your dealings keep-ing your promises living up to your commitments and in corporate speak lsquowalking the talkrsquo It demands courage and risk taking a lsquocan do attitudersquo to take on projects with no certainty of success It calls for cre-ativity and imagination to make the most out of scarce resources A life of excellence requires continuous learning and an intellectual curiosity about the world and the flexibility to adapt to a fast changing environ-ment Most importantly a life of ex-cellence answers to a higher purpose bigger than onersquos self

Graduates I only have one advice and I will give it to you in a 4 character tweetable acronym in the hope that you will remember it after todayndash C2LX Commit to a life of excellence Whatever you choose to do wherever life may lead you let it be the password that will open doors and take you to places you never dreamed possible But remember that excellence is not a destination It is a way of life If you commit to a life of excellence you will have to delete permanently the words lsquopwede narsquo from your vocabulary because lsquopwede narsquo is mediocrity You will have to define lsquomaabilidadrsquo very differently from the way some politicians government officials and get-rich-quick crooks define it Your Filipino icon will not be Juan lsquoTamadrsquo but Juan lsquomasipag mati-yaga at magaling and all the adjec-tives my father described an earlier generation of Mapuans C2LX It is a highly Darwinian environment out there and only the excellent will surviveIt is no longer optional It is an imperative And no one can af-ford to rest on his or her laurel With globalization and technology what is excellent at this moment becomes average in a few seconds because somebody somewhere in the world has just raised the bar and re-defined

Sa Araw Ng Mga InaNi Audele

Sa dakilang araw na itorsquoy parsquono pararangalan

Ngayong ikaw ay wala na at nasa kabilang buhay

Ikaw ba ay masaya sa iyong kinasasadlakan

Sa pedestal ng Bathala na hari ng sanlibutan

Ngayon ang kaarawan nang ang mundo ay iyong lisan

Magagandang ala-ala ang aming binabalikan

Naulila nga kami at malabis pang nagdaramdam

Ay maligaya na rin sa iyong kinaroroonan

Gaano man kasakit ay natututunang tanggapin

Ang katotohanang mundo morsquoy kakaiba sa amin

Subalirsquot buo ang pag-asang muling makakapiling

Sa oras na itatadhana ng may lalang sa atin

Noong ikaw ay naririto pa at nakakasama

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Felisa Tuliao Doria


ING Bank PH


Street Poetry

Read about Michaelrsquos upcoming book of poems ldquoCrushed Violetsrdquo by visiting our website at wwwasianjournalusacom

by Michael R Tagudin

copy2012 Michael R Tagudin All rights reserved About the Author Michael R Tagudin Educated as an engineer in the Philippines the City of Los Angeles employee hopes his legacy of poems will provoke a dialogue about the human condition He is donating the proceeds from the book ldquoCrushed Violetsrdquo to the ldquoCoalition to Abolish Slavery amp Trafficking (CAST)rdquo a non-profit that provides public awareness and advocacy efforts against human trafficking in the City of Angels To learn more visit wwwcastlaorg To help call the CAST 24 hour hotline 888KEY2FRE(EDOM) or 8885392373 Contact asianjournal3aolcom for more information about ordering the book ldquoCrushed Violetsrdquo

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Attorney is available daily on regular business days at the San Diego Office

Member California State BarLicensed to practice before the US Federal District CourtSouthern California and California Supreme Court

AuthorrdquoHow to Apply for the US Tourist Visardquo as listed by worldwide bookseller Amazoncom Bookstores

Former San Diego Regional Coordinator for US Immi-gration Amnesty for Catholic Community Services Catholic Diocese of San Diego

Legal Advisor Los Chabacanos of Cavite CityAssociation Inc San Diego California

Juris Doctor law degree University of San Diego (1985)Diploma Oxford Institute on International and Comparative Law (USD) Oxford England (1984)Bachelor Degree University of Southern California (1983)Montgomery High School San Diego (1979)

Born in the Philippines (Cavite)

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YOU ARE INVITED to Join Michael R Tagudin at the Asian Journal booth on May 12 the Saturday before Motherrsquos Day during the 3rd Asian Cultural Festival at Liberty Station San Diego CA Visit Mi-chael from 100 pm to 400 pm at the Asian Journal booth The Asian Journal is currently taking names and email addresses for an interest list pending the final release of the updated version of the book of poetry later in June 2012 The updated version is expanded and will contain more than 100 poems The San Diego coordinator of California Against Slavery (CASE) will also be taking signatures for the petition to put the CASE Act a crucial anti-trafficking initiative in the November ballot

Commit to a Life(Continued from page 16)

Lifestyle

Read Joe Sonrsquos past articles on wwwasianjournalusacom

by Joe Son the standards with a new discovery a new process a new product or a new technology

Donrsquot think for a moment that with graduation you can stop worrying about grades ratings or rankings On the contrary you will have to be more aware that whatever path you choose for your future ndash whether you become an entrepreneur a scientist an inventor an artist an educator a social worker or a corpo-rate person like me ndash your perfor-mance will continue to be judged by your customers clients product end-users superiors subordinates and co-workers on a 4 or 5 point effectiveness rating scale ndash very bad bad acceptable very good excel-lent Your success or failure will depend on how far down or high you rate on this scale

Even corporations are beginning to find out and sometimes belatedly that excellence in product people service ndash has become the minimum requirement to stay in business and the minimum cost of entry to global markets

I have managed a global workforce and I can tell you that in the global marketplace of talents unless you have a track record of excellence in the attributes I described earlier you donrsquot stand a chance On the other hand if your organization believes in meritocracy a consistent perfor-mance rating of excellent on those same attributes maximizes your bo-nus salary adjustments and chances of promotion

Yes it demands a lot But if a life committed to excellence can bring about only good things what is there not to like about it

C2LX Commit to a life of excel-lence

I look at you and I can envision our countryrsquos future Sociologists describe young people of your age as a generation of multi-taskers pas-sionate about technology and highly networked But the more encourag-ing observation is that you are aware of and have a strong desire to get involved in solving the worldrsquos most pressing problems We have our fair share of those in our own country

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Bullying in multiple widespread forms dates back during the fascist movement of Italy under Benito Mussolini and the time of Hitler and the Nazis sometime in 1930s Bully-ing is a form of aggressive behav-iour manifested by the use of force or coercion to affect others particu-larly when the behaviour is habitual and involves an imbalance of power It can include verbal harassment physical assault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards a par-ticular victims perhaps on ground of race gender sexuality or ability

According to researchers there are different types of bullying school bullying workplace bullying bullying in academia bullying in information technology bullying in medicine bullying in nursing bully-ing in teaching cyber-bullying gay bullying bullying of the disabled bullying in prisons bullying in the military and bullying in other areas

In School Bullying it was alarm-ing that just last week a long time school teacher was in hot water who was recorded by a student bully warning him to stop bullying in his class and in the school or he will take action against him The parents of this bully student is suing this teacher right now Though this is a remote case of grave School Bullying because most cases some students are just making fun of other students but no one get hurts

How about Bullying in some areas As the verb to bully is defined as simply ldquoforcing onersquos way ag-gressively or by intimidationrdquo the term may generally apply to any life experience where one is motivated primarily by intimidation instead of by more positive goals such as mu-tually shared interests and benefits As such any figure of authority or power which may use intimidation as a primary means of motivating

others should be contained with the full force of the law

In the advent of a high-tech era

Bullying in Information Technol-ogy and Cyber-Bullying are more transparent and devastating in terms of direct impact between the ldquobullyrdquo and the ldquotargetrdquo A culture of bully-ing is common in information tech-nology (IT) leading to high sickness rates low morale poor productiv-ity and high staff turnover while Cyber-Bullying is any bullying done through the use of technology This form of bullying can easily go unde-tected Bullies can pose as someone else it is the most anonymous form of bullying Cyber-bullying includes but is not limited to abuse using e-mail instant messaging text mes-saging websites social networking sites etc

The Philippines and China are now having a Cyber-War which should be given a stop by the authorities of both countries to avoid armed con-flict which might trigger to another world war The Philippines is trying to elevate this conflict to the Interna-tional Law of the Sea while China is adamant but showing some coercive stands in the Scarborough Shoal If not America who will be the referee of this gruelling conflict could it be the United Nations Shame on you BULLY

Joe CSonbigdadsd619yahoocomSan Diego CA

Shame on you Bullies got freedomheyyeah younobody around you but you RIGHTso stop looking aroundjust wanted to talk to youone more timegot a questionreally bothers me this muchmy question iswhat do you really mean by FREEDOMfreedom from whofreedom from whatbut i tell you whatthere is another FREEDOMthis freedom is this freedom of movementour movement within this space and time consortiumto move from point A to B without hinderanceit is all in uswe are the creatures of movementdisplaying the freedom of movement to move to and froour heritage in this three dimensional world we live inwithin the coordinates of XYZsynonymous to lengthwidthand heightparameters of space thus all in allincluding the time it takes to moveit bothers me cause reallyit is all ingrained in usthis freedom of movementhow it irritates the heck out of meencountering rush hour trafficright here in our streetsin our freewayshow we explode in road ragewhen our freedom of movement is impedebut really bad news do really do get your attentionsome where around the globe third world drama unfolds

explodessixteen soldierstwo civilians ambushed impeding their

movementmovement of freedom to moveto and frofrom point A and Bthe protocols of travel deniedwithin this road built upon sweat of ordinary peoplelike youlike meto promulgate this freedom of movementdenied by this cohorts of a similar forceoperating within our gate ways and door stepswell within our said boundariesdenying us access of movementimpeding us our rights of freedom to movewithin to and froprotocols of ambushprotocols of denial to moveto have control of the sea routeswithin this passage between two oceansthis is the legacy of these cohortsexiled government else wheregetting orders from some master forceoutside within our boundaries of territorieshow can you deny freedomeven the lowest of creatures know what freedom of move-

ment isi have seen too many moviesbut one thing i learnedthere is movement in SPEEDand in SPEED you dont BRAKE for OBSTACLESmetal to the pedalstep on the gasFULL BLASTfull throttle aheadlet the engines SCREAMOBSTACLES ARE MADE TO BE SMASHEDLET GO OF THE BRAKESFREEDOM

date april 30th 2012

Mapua education ndash one of the best there is Make your parents your mentors and our Alma Mater proud Use everything you learned and your passion for technology to help solve our countryrsquos pressing problems Commit to a life of excellenceDo it for yourself your families and the millions of young Filipinos who un-like you have very limited opportu-nities and may never see a better life unless you help them

Thank you congratulations once again and may you all have a rich and fruitful life ndash a life committed to excellence

(Mercy Corrales earned her BA in Management from Mapua Tech and her MBA from the Fuqua School of Business as Duke University She is currently an independent director of Fraser and Neave Ltd a Singapore based conglomerate a management consultant and executive coach She rose from the ranks and moved on to become President of Starbucks Asia Pacific CEOCOORepresentative Director of Starbucks Coffee Japan Vice President for Levi Strauss North Asia President and Represen-tative Director of Levi Strauss Japan KK Executive Director for LS Brazil and Argentina She has achieved many firsts in her career including being the first non Japanese woman to be voted Business Stateswoman of the Year by the Harvard Business School Club of Japan)

Gildo Ursula Victor Myrna Albert Emily and Nick She is also survived by her 32 grandchildren 24 great-grandchildren and her children-in-laws Romeo Rosario Leonida Tamondong Gloria Urbano Joe Carandang Normita Bernal Alice Dela Cruz Dick Delos Reyes and Racquel Uelong

The visitation was yesterday May 10 at the Glen Abbeyrsquos Chapel of the Roses and the funeral service will be on Saturday May 12 from 2 pm to 3 pm at the Glen Abbeyrsquos Main Chapel The Glen Abbey Park amp Mortuary is located at 3838 Bonita Road Bonita CA 91902

wholesale banking in the Philippines said this surge in confidence on the country had translated into new invest-ments from foreign and local groups

The finance firm helped ar-range big merger and acquisi-tion deals among which was the $24-billion acquisition by Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co of Digital Tele-communications Inc

Game changer

It also engineered Integrated Micro-Economicrsquos acquisition of selected assets in Europe the set-ting up of a joint venture between Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Develop-ment Corp and Ayala Corp for the operation of a 150-megawatt thermal power plant and Sky Cable Corprsquos sale of a 40-percent interest in STT Communications of Singapore

The Dutch bank likewise helped arrange the fund-raising efforts of top-tier Philippine corporations like Rizal Commercial Banking Corp Development Bank of the Philip-pines Philippine Savings Bank SM Prime Holdings Petron Corp En-ergy Development Corp Philippine National Bank and Ayala Corp

Transactions also include ldquofinan-cial institutionsrsquo deals [to] assist top Philippine banks in raising much-needed capital and liquidity further reinforcing the countryrsquos banking systemrdquo Salak said

As for the PLDT-Digitel deal Salak described it to be a ldquotrue game changerrdquo for the telecommunications industry while IMIrsquos acquisition of various assets in Europe and Mexico was a ldquomajor cross border deal for the Ayala-IMI grouprdquo

ING is also hopeful that more public-private partnerships (PPP) projects will be auctioned off this year After the Daang Hari toll road project investors are awaiting the bid for the Light Railway Transit 1 extension from Baclaran to Cavite

ldquoWersquove sat down with economic



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What is a Grandparent

Pinoy Pride Celebration In

Las VegasItrsquos So Nice To Be In America

By CESAR D CANDARI MD FCAP EMERITUS

Henderson NV

The recent May 5th to 6th 2012 PINOY PRIDE CELEBRA-TION was a huge success- an outdoor Philippine socio-cultural Heritage Fair at the Town Square in Las Vegas It was organized to be the Biggest Filipino Celebration in Nevada in honor of Asian Pacifi c Heritage Month Darna Produc-tions presented the biggest Filipino celebration as a demonstration of the great gifts of Asian Pacifi c culture ldquoThe mission is to showcase the best local and mainstream Filipino talents through art music television fi lm and dance Portion of the proceeds from this event will benefi t Three Square Food Bank This is a non-profi t organization that offers food amp nutrition services to children amp seniors in Las Vegasrdquo according to Darna Productions

More than 20000 Filipino Americans young and old and Pan-Asians and others came with their families There were fun rides retail food booths contest bands Kundi-man songs and dancing By far it was the ultimate celebration ever

Creation of activities in the Fil-Am community in the Clark County is a great move that will undoubtedly produce more con-sciousness about Fil-Am community in Las Vegas and improve its image visibility and leadership The com-munityrsquos relationship with State country and local government and quasi governmental entities will be enhanced As a socio-economic-cultural undertaking PINOY PRIDE will indeed boost the Filipino Ameri-can unity and harmony stature pride recognition and visibleness in the community vis-a-vis its culture and tradition It is a ldquoPinoyrdquo arousal to rally on to get involved to be active in our community organiza-tions in politics and in mainstream America

This has been a product of the in-

creasing number of Filipino- Ameri-cans residing in this city Currently roughly one hundred thousand Filipino-Americans (no reliable census) in Las Vegas representing the majority of Pan-Asian popula-tion We are also looking forward to the FIESTA FILIPINO festivities on June 3 2012 to be sponsored by NaFFAA Nevadandash a celebration of the Philippine Independence Day Community Fil-Am organization like the latter is now in the doorsill of most Filipino-Americans homes in the Clark county

All these bespeak of Fil-Am awareness of community proactive projects that will boost its positive visibility in mainstream Nevada We are getting away from that uncertain-ty to defi ne who and what we are

Celebration like PRIDE OF PINOY is a Filipino arousal that get the ball rolling by openly expressing who we are our talents values our pride and our culture In an event like this one is fundamentally sig-nifi cant in that it will be a revelation to the American born Filipinos

Politically the Filipino organi-zations in Las Vegas created impact in the eyes of politicians formally recognizing the difference they make in their community and nationally

As Fil-Am community grows in number they also become active in matters that impact the lives of the people What a great CHANGE and improvement in our quest to be recognized by state county and city government Filipino empowerments are in our dreams goals and aspira-tions

In the early years Filipinos were called the ldquoforgotten Asian Ameri-cansrdquo The history of how they came to the US was never kept alive among the Filipino-Americans of today What appears to some to be underlying confusion underscores the fact that so little is known about the history of Filipinos in America Ergo so much research still remains to be done before the multi-faceted and long history of Filipinos in America can fully unfold for Fili-pino students and everyone else to learn

Years ago back to the 60s amp 70s Filipinos in America were described in an amusing way by Northern California Pilipino American Students organization stated ldquoWe are hidden in the shadows of our Pacifi c Islander brothers and sisters If possible we would like to be able to tell our friends and neighbors that there is more to being a Filipino than just lumpia (egg-roll) and pancit (rice noodle) We want to be able to tell our friends and family that we have a unique Asian Pacifi c Islander heritage - a heritage that refl ects our being Filipino A heritage that goes deep into the hearts of all Pinoys whether we speak English or Taga-log whether we were born in Amer-ica or in the Philippines or whether we eat ldquokare-karerdquo(ox-tail dish with peanuts) and ldquopinakbetrdquo(Ilocano

vegetable dish) or hamburgers and french fries We want to be able to tell our friends that our history is no mysteryrdquo

It had changed since then We Filipinos in America have

successfully established societies of social cultural scientifi c profes-sional and humanitarian organiza-tions Hundreds of Filipino Ameri-can Communities amp Organizations are in every large cities of America Certainly one of the ringing chal-lenges that the modern-day society faces is to foster harmony among its members without it it would be impossible to achieve anything for the common good

Now it is a fact that Filipi-nos have been in America for quite some time Filipinos are now the second most populous Asian group in America next to the Chinese Yet one might persistently ask ldquoWho are the Filipino Americans What makes them appear different yet one and the samerdquo They will know it at the PINOY PRIDE CELEBRATION

Are we still seeing American-born young Filipinos who do not see themselves in the American main-stream or in the Filipino community because of incongruity or perhaps the ldquoinvisibilityrdquo They do not understand our dialect Not to slight anyone They lack a certain voice reminding them that they too are Filipinos This may be one of the reasons they act more Americans than Filipinos

There are over 34 million people of Filipino descent residing in the United States today according to the 2010 United States Census Filipino Americans make up about 11 of the countryrsquos population and mak-ing them the second largest Asian American subgroup The census also found out that about 80 of Filipino-American communities are United States citizens The Philippines is also one of the major sources of immigration into the United States As such do we expect to have more Filipinos to live in this country Yes it will come to pass

Filipino immigrants who reach their destination in America will fi nd out fi rst-hand about realities of Life in America Filipino-Americans are now learning to adapt to life in the United States and fi nd an identity that enables them to fi t in to society while staying true to their cultural roots The celebration of Asian-Pacifi c Heritage Month is a welcome exposition The ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo is very much alive It is important to understand that basically we are an ethnic minority We must there-fore use our skills experience and expertise to promote our heritage improve our Filipino Diaspora in the community and our place in Ameri-can Society ldquoDiasporardquo is usually associated with the Jewish people Like the Jews we are now practi-cally in every corner of the world managing not only to survive but even becoming successful in various professions and businesses mdash espe-cially for those who went to the US

Many Filipinos in the Philip-pines have the belief that life in the United States is perfect that money wealth and happiness is readily available to anyone However those who do make the journey to America fi nd that there is trouble in paradise Now we face times of economic uncertainty especially the fi nancial crisis brings a sad story to millions of people in this country There are infl ation recession and energy cri-sis foreclosures of homes and home equity destroyed We fervently hope change will come

As we work toward our common goal of progress and advancement in the community our unity and numbers should lead us to greater political and economic power EMPOWERMENT Our people reside in our pride love passion and compassion for one another These are the bonds that hold us together our strength of purpose and love of family We are the ultimate and su-preme arbiters of our fate Filipinos are passionate people and history has shown that they have the capacity to channel their emotional and physical energy toward defi ned objectives And this reality shall long endure with the passing of time The future is ours to channel in the direction we want to go

ITrsquoS SO NICE TO BE IN AMERICA- THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY THE LAND OF THE BRAVE AND THE FREE

If you are not a grandparent you will still love this If you are it shows how precious the babies are and what we mean to themnotdagger

WHAT IS A GRANDPARENTnotdagger(Taken from papers written by

a class of 8-year-olds)notdagger

Grand-parents are a lady and a man who have no little children of their own They like other peoplersquosnotdagger

A grand-father is a man amp a grandmother is a ladynotdagger

Grandparents donrsquot have to do anything except be there when we come to see them They are so old they shouldnrsquot play hard or run It is good if they drive us to the shops and give us moneynotdagger

When they take us for walks they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillarsnotdagger

They show us and talk to us about the colors of the fl owers and also why we shouldnrsquot step on lsquocracksrsquonotdagger

They donrsquot say lsquoHurry uprsquonotdagger

Usually grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoesnotdagger

They wear glasses and funny un-derwearnotdagger

They can take their teeth and gums outnotdagger

Grandparents donrsquot have to be smartnotdagger

They have to answer questions like lsquoWhy isnrsquot God marriedrsquo and lsquoHow come dogs chase catsrsquonotdagger

When they read to us they donrsquot skip They donrsquot mind if we ask for the same story over againnotdagger

Ev-erybody should try to have a grand-mother especially if you donrsquot have television because they are the only grownups who like to spend

time with usnotdagger

They know we should have snack time before bed time and they say prayers with us and kiss us even when wersquove acted badnotdagger

A 6-YEAR-OLD WAS ASKED WHERE HIS GRANDMA

LIVEDnotdaggerrsquo

rsquoOHrsquorsquo HE SAID lsquorsquoSHE LIVES AT THE AIRPORT AND WHEN WE WANT HER WE JUST GO GET HER THEN WHEN WErsquoRE DONE HAVING HER VISIT WE TAKE HER BACK TO THE AIRPORTrsquorsquonotdagger

GRANDPA IS THE SMARTEST MAN ON EARTH HE TEACHES ME GOOD THINGS BUT I DONrsquoT GET TO SEE HIM ENOUGH TO GET AS SMART AS HIMnotdagger

Itrsquo funny when they bend over you hear gas leaks and they blame their dognotdagger

Send this to other grandparents al-most grandparents or heck send it to everyone It will make their daynotdagger

Lolos and Lolas galore A reunion of grand-parents at Adriano Tagudinrsquos 90th bday

ldquoOn behalf of the Board of Direc-tors and Council of Leaders of PIDC and the Mabuhay Festival and Trade Show I congratulate ABS-CBN TFC for the successful launch of Balitang Canada I applaud your venture for reaching out to our rapidly growing population of Canadian- Filipinos Thank you for setting the pace in creating and delivering quality news to us Mabuhay ang Balitang Cana-dardquo said Norma Carpio President Philippine Independence Day

Council (PIDC) There was jubilation also from

the Filipino community in Western Canada Pinoy Pride Vancouver Co-Chairs Santi Pelaez and Stella Reyes said ldquoWe at Pinoy Pride Vancouver congratulate TFC and the Balitang Canada team for the successful launch of a 30-minute weekly news program The show cements TFCrsquos commitment to bridge the gap and be of service to Filipinos worldwide We will continue to work closely with your team to strengthen our relationship further and we look forward to the newsworthy and ex-citing segments from your talented correspondentsrdquo

Media personalities like Irene Yatco editor-in-chief and publisher of Philippine Journal is happy with the launch of the fi rst on-air news program dedicated to Filipinos in Canada ldquoBalitang Canada will be the link of Filipino Canadians to Pinoys all over the world through TFC With the dynamic team led by Marieton Pacheco the show is ex-pected to reach new heights in bring-ing news in Canada to the rest of the world Thanks also to ABS-CBN for its vision of making Balitang Canada the voice of Filipino Canadians that can be heard globallyrdquo

Balitang Canada airs in Canada and the US every Sunday at 515pm after TV Patrol on cable satellite TFC IPTV and online about 2 hours after it airs on TV For interested parties please contact your nearest dealer or visit wwwabs-cbnglobalcom

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ldquoThe souls that say this chaplet will be embraced by My mercy during their lifetime and especially at the hour of their death (754)rdquo -- Words of Jesus in the Diary of St Faustinaespecially at the hour of their death (754)rdquo -- Words of Jesus in the Diary of St Faustina

CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCYUsing the rosary beads recite one Our Father one Hail Mary and one I Believe in God

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Eternal Father I oer You the Body and Blood Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world

On the Hail Mary beads say

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world

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Holy God Holy Mighty One Holy Immortal One have mercy on us and on the whole world

The Hour of Great Mercy

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virtue of My Passion (Diary 1320) -- Divine Mercy in My Soul Diary of Saint Faustina

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You expired O Jesus but the source of life gushed forth for souls and an ocean of mercy

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by Father Shay Cullen

(Fr Shayrsquos columns are published in The Manila Times in publications in Ireland the UK Hong Kong and on-line)

It was a blistering hot day in November 2009 when I went to the protest picket line outside the Philip-pine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)There were about forty people on hunger strike in tents led by father Edwin Gariguez He is a servant-leader dedicated to empowering the Mang-yan indigenous people of Mindoro to organize and protect their rights and lands from the onslaught of the mas-sive open-pit mining project of the Intex Resources

Intex is a Norwegian based mining corporation that had somehow got a permit from the DENR offi cials to gouge open a huge open pit nickel mine on the ancestral lands of the Mangyan Powerful local business men and military offi cials supported the project giving Intex assurances that they would take care of getting rid of the indigenous people their leaders and supporters

The Mangyan are the original in-habitants of the Island They survived in harmony with nature for thousands of years Such a mining project would have ripped out their mango trees polluted their streams and rivers and driven them away from their ancestral lands forever The only benefi ciaries of this destructive mining operation would be the international share hold-ers and investment banks in nations thousands of miles away

The protest leaders I talked to on that hunger strike were determined that this would never happen They were called agitators communists When they held protests in the capitol of Mindoro Island they were set upon by gun toting goons who did not shrink from beating them up and even shooting dead one campaigner Father Edu as he is popularly called received death threats

The eleven day hunger strike and the previous international campaign-ing and lobbying by Father Gariguez around Europe developed strong support and fi nally the Government offi cials caved in and cancelled the mining permit of Intex which they should never have approved Why government offi cials are serving the

interests of foreign corporations and not their own people is a mystery that might only be solved by looking into their bank accounts and life styles

Goldman Sacs the big investment bank withdrew its support and money from the US$24 billion Intex project Members of the Intex board resigned and the project closed to the delight of the people and their supporters Father Edwin Gariguez was honored for his solidarity and courage and awarded the prestigious Goldman Environ-mental Prize in San Francisco last 16 April 2012 He risked his life for the sake of the people the environment and the nation

It is great people like him and his team that should be the role models and heroes of the Filipinos but sadly instead the media promotes semi-illiterate emotionally dysfunctional celebrity actors and actresses instead And even help to have them elected to high offi ce to run the nation and lead it into corrupt chaos

The example of Fr Edu and the vic-tory won is giving hope and encour-agement to all in the Anti-destructive mining movement If you could see the beautiful and life giving environ-ment of Mindoro Islands and other places in Mindanao and Palawan that are under threat by mining corpora-tions you would want it be saved forever Then look at a photo of such an excavation as an open pit mine it will truly boggle your mind We are called to challenge and question the policies of government that allow the destructive mining

In Palawan and Mindanao in the southern Philippines similar projects are underway amid protests and cam-paigns to stop them Open pit mining is perhaps the most destructive of all All of us must take a stand and say no to such projects and write to govern-ment offi cials to protest or send them this article

We can ask them if it is necessary to destroy the beauty and life sustain-ing environment of this planet and centuries old communities just to get nickel Imagine these gigantic holes in the earth Some can be excavated so deep that two Eiffel Towers one on top of the other would fi t into it

The utter destruction of the environ-ment by such projects is enormous mountain-sides rivers streams for-ests rice lands are destroyed or dam-aged and made unusable But with the servant -leaders like Father Edwin

Gariguez and thousands of dedicated human rights and environmentalists active today there is great hope that we can hold back this destructive force and win out with the people through non-violent peaceful protest

A Victory Just and Right

managers and feel confi dent that this time itrsquos going to happen This has a hellip multiplier effectrdquo said Consuelo Garcia country manager of ING Philippines ldquoA lot of our clients are preparing for it That will be a major catalyst for growthrdquo

Garcia said foreign investorsrsquo interest on the Philippines as far as foreign direct investment (FDI) was concerned had greatly increased But she noted that local conglomerates awash in cash were giving interested foreign investors a run for their money

In terms of sector she said BPO was among the fi rst to attract inves-tors ldquoIf you look at the amount invested itrsquos not as big but they invested a lot of technology and cre-ated a lot of jobsrdquo Garcia said

The purchase by Dutch dairy giant RFC of a controlling stake in Alaska Milk Garcia said was a big vote of confi dence on the country

ldquoAlso the MNCs [multinational corporations] that have been for a long time like Nestle and Shell are expanding The ones who are here know where the opportunities are They are betting with their walletsrdquo she said

Fertile ground for MampA

Salak said power utilities and infrastructure were going to be ldquovery fertile groundrdquo for mergers and acquisitions (MampAs) involving local and foreign companies

The likes of Ayala and SM groups are now looking beyond their tra-ditional businesses and are getting more into infrastructuremdashgiving the San Miguel and First Pacifi c groups a tough time

Also existing players will under-take more expansion projects such as those in the power sector Salak

Q Did Jesus tell when He is coming so we can prepare

A Jesus said ldquoNow is the time of mercy Now is the time for us to reconcile with the Lord Now is the time for us to reconcile with our family Now is the time for us to recon-cile with everybody ot tomorrow because when tomorrow comes that is today When tomorrow comes that is todayrdquo So why wait for tomorrow Our preparation must not be tomorrow Preparation hould start now because we do not know when our Lord will take us There are times that when people sleep orne of them do not wake up anymore

And the question i are they ready to face the Lord That i why we need to prepare now not tomor-row because we do not know when our Lord will take us

In fact I have a beautiful example about prepara-tion One time I went to Europe My fl ight is Cebu Hong kong Hong kong-London And then between Hong kong and London the airplane wa depressurized and suddenly it nosedived All the passengers were crying shouting Everybody was crying shouting calling the name of the Lord It was only me who was not crying I observed all of them one by one And then seated near me was a priest and a nun They

were also crying calling the name of the Lord Especially the nun she was very nervous and was holding a big rosary She was moving so much that one time our eyes met and and when our eyes met I smiled at

her and when I smiled at her she suddenly got so mad Her face was frowning and looked disfi guredrdquo She was so mad that even her eyes seemed to burst because of anger un-til the airplane was normalized And when the airplane was normalized the nun suddenly stood up removed her seat belt and then walked irritat-

ingly towards me and when she wa in fro nt of me she suddenly shouted at me and said ldquoWhy are you not praying Are you

not afraid to dierdquo So I told her ldquowhy should I I am already ready

rdquo And then I continued ldquoYou know what you are doing That i also written in the Bible rdquo Jesus said ldquoOne day some day so many will be calling my name crying shouting calling my name but I cannot hear them any morerdquo You know why Because you are calling the name of the Lord not because you love Him but because you are afraid to die And she could not answer Slowly she bent her head as if one pail of ice water was being poured on her and she went back to her eat It means she is not yet ready to die And be-cause she shouted at me all the passengers looked at me and when I looked back at them they also bent their heads meaning they too are not yet ready to die What will happen

if you are not ready to die If there are calamities they will cry and shout and call the name of the Lord But if a person is already ready he will welcome the Lord That is why the preparation is not tomorrow The preparation should start now because we do not know when our Lord will take us


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by Zena Sultana Babao

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one-tenth of the population of India recently overtook India as a hub for call centers Over 400000 Filipinos are now employed in call centers roughly 50000 more than in Indiardquo the study said

The Philippines which scored 711 and the lone country in the interme-diate level were joined by Norway (654) Estonia (645) Serbia (638) and Slovenia (619) in the top fi ve

GlobalEnglish noted that a coun-tryrsquos business English capability is an indicator of its economic growth and business success

ldquoIt is not surprising that both the Philippines and Norwaymdashthe only two countries in the top fi ve in both 2011 and 2012mdashare improving their economies based on the latest GDP data from the World Bankrdquo it added

Meanwhile struggling economic powers (Japan Italy and Mexico) and fast-growth emerging markets (Brazil Columbia and Chile) scored below a 40 in business English profi ciency placing them at a disadvantage when competing in a global marketplace the study said

It also pointed out that shifts in global talent have put even English-speaking countries at risk

ldquoSurprisingly the BEI score for global workers in the US declined from 69 to 509 since the original 2011 BEI benchmark which is attrib-uted to a majority of test takers being foreign-born engineers and scientistsrdquo the report said

Rest of the world ranked beginner and basic level

Based on a scale of 1-10 the aver-age 2012 BEI score across 108000 test takers around the world is 415 which is lower than last yearrsquos 446

Nearly four out of 10 (382 percent) global workers from 76 countries were ranked as business English beginners meaning that on average they canrsquot understand or communicate basic information during virtual or in-person meetings read or write professional emails in English or deal with com-plexity and rapid change in a global business environment the study said

Meanwhile the majority of global workers (605 percent) from the represented countries scored between a 40 and 70 below an intermediate level indicating an inability to take an active role in business discussions or perform relatively complex tasks such as presentation development and customer or partner negotiations it added

GlobalEnglish stressed that the 2012 BEI which showed a lack of business English profi ciency is threatening the productivity of companies industries and country-specifi c economies this year

ldquoPoor Business English skills are bad for global businesses and this yearrsquos Business English Index sug-gests that many companies will be hard-pressed to achieve their desired performance goals during 2012rdquo said Tom Kahl GlobalEnglish President

ldquoAddressing English skills gaps and ensuring that employees can imme-diately perform at the necessary pro-fi ciency level should be viewed as a strategic imperative for multinational businesses as Enterprise Fluency the ability to seamlessly communicate and collaborate within global organiza-tions can deliver signifi cant fi nancial upsiderdquo Kahl added

Headquartered in Brisbane Cali-fornia GlobalEnglish works with multinational companies ndash including Cisco Procter and Gamble HSBC Phzer ndash to support performance in business English across the workforce around the world

Herersquos the list of the 10 best and worst countries in the world for busi-ness English profi ciency based on GlobalEnglishrsquos 2012 BEI

10 Best CountriesPhilippinesNorwaySerbiaSloveniaAustraliaMalaysiaIndiaLithuaniaSingaporeCanada10 Worst CountriesArmeniaCote drsquoIvoireTaiwanHondurasColumbiaChileEl SalvadorSaudi ArabiaIsraelBrazil

(Story courtesy of Shielo Mendoza | Yahoo Southeast Asia Newsroom)

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An attractive young woman on a fl ight from Ireland asked the Priest beside her lsquoFather may I ask a favorrsquo

lsquoOf course childrsquo he said What may I do for yoursquo

lsquoWell I bought an expensive wom-anrsquos electronic hair dryer for my Motherrsquos birthday it is unopened but well over the Customs limits and Irsquom afraid theyrsquoll confi scate it Is there any way you could carry it through customs for me under your robes perhapsrsquo

lsquoI would love to help you dear but I must warn you I will not liersquo

lsquoWith your honest face Father no one will question yoursquo

When they got to Customs she let the priest go fi rst The offi cial asked lsquoFather do you have anything to declarersquo

ldquoFrom the top of my head down to my waist I have nothing to declarerdquo

The offi cial thought this answer was strange so he asked lsquoAnd what do you have to declare from your waist to the fl oorrsquo

lsquoI have a marvelous instrument

designed to be used on a woman but which is to date unusedrsquo

Roaring with laughter the offi cial said lsquoGo ahead Father Nextrsquo

A man goes to a shrink and says Doctor my wife is unfaithful to

me Every evening she goes to Larryrsquos Bar and picks up men In fact she sleeps with anybody who asks her I am going crazy What do you think I should do

Relax says the Doctor ldquotake a deep breath and calm down Now tell me exactly where is Larryrsquos Barrdquo

The girlfriend sends the following

message to his boyfriendMy love if yoursquore sleeping send

me your dreams If yoursquore smiling send me your

smileIf yoursquore crying send me your

tearsI love you He repliesI am in the toilet What do I send

Getting a Hairdryer Through Customs

By Zena Sultana Babao

ldquoThose who hope in the Lord will renew their strength They will soar on wings like eagles they will run and not grow weary they will walk and not grow faintrdquo ndash Isaiah 4031

The worst economic storm in a generation has made life miser-able for a lot of people Life and businesses and almost everything else have been adversely affected People are experiencing crisis and a lot of stress Or so most of us think

But personal-achievement experts have said that the tough economic times we are experienc-ing now are not necessarily all bad It all depends on how we look at it The crisis and extreme stress are also not that bad in fact the worst brings the best in people

According to John F Kennedy ldquoThe word crisis when written in Chinese is composed of two charac-ters one represents danger and the other represents opportunityrdquo

Itrsquos how we look at crisis that matters That being the case letrsquos look at crisis the right way ndash and fi nd the opportunities it offers With people imbued with optimism they see opportunity in every crisis After all it has been said that ldquowhen one door closes another door opensrdquo And ldquowhat doesnrsquot kill you makes you strongerrdquo With people who are pessimists itrsquos the other way around Their eyes are closed to any oppor-tunity

Here is what personal-achievement experts say If you really think about it the world has changed but in many ways for the better The crisis and accompany-ing stress makes us stronger more resilient and resourceful It makes us think of the important priorities in our life that we can control And it also makes us think of changes we need to make in our own selves

Anthony Robbins one of the top peak-performance coaches here in America says in an article in Success magazine that crises and extreme stress can be useful for growth learning and determining what really matters to most to us

ldquoSometimes your worst day can be your best day if it produces a changerdquo Robbins explained ldquoThere is something called post-traumatic growth You donrsquot have to have post-traumatic stress You can have growth come out of extreme stressrdquo

In a Success article entitled ldquoWake-up Callrdquo by Sarah Blask-ovich and K Shelby Skrhjak it says ldquoThe economy has prompted many people to reappraise their lives their goals their priorities Many can

take pride in personal victories and comfort in knowing their priorities are in order Others realize their perspectives are skewed and they are making changes Many say they are more aware of their ability to prosper and create their own wealth and are actively seeking more friends and spending more time with familyrdquo

Wayne Dyer author of Ex-cuses Begone agrees that changing your mindset is always possible ldquoWhen you change the way you look at things the things you look at actu-ally begin to change Mental health is about fl exibilityrdquo

Dyer said that our focus upon the present is crucial during these tough economic times ldquoIf you can have the relationship in the now yoursquoll have a great relationship with life Most of us have trained our mind to be anything but right here right nowrdquo he said

ldquoWhen yoursquore on the dance fl oor the purpose of the dance isnrsquot to end up in a different place on the dance fl oorrdquo he continued ldquoThe purpose is to enjoy every noterdquo he says ldquoFind a way to be fulfi lled Life is about feeling goodrdquo

I tend to agree with Dyer The past is over the future is not here yet and we are not even sure of it What we see is now so what matters is now How do we deal with the here and now is therefore crucial We either learn to swim or sink with the tide Itrsquos all up to us

The article ldquoWake-up Callrdquo goes on to mention that international speaker and life coach Amanda Gore says hard times show us how won-derful the ldquolittle thingsrdquo in life are ldquoHardship reminds us to reconnect our heads and our hearts and our hearts with other peoplersquos heartsrdquo she said

That is so beautiful Connect-ing our hearts with other peoplersquos hearts

ldquoFamilies thought happiness came from buying stuff ndash the more we have the happier we would berdquo Gore said ldquoNow we have more time together as a family because we

canrsquot afford to have everyone run-ning around doing different things like eating out or shopping We can focus on the truly important things in life ndash like love connections and contributingrdquo

Gore is right Our focus has to shift from the material things that we crave to the non-material but more uplifting things that we can truly enjoy The shift in our focus will bring us more pleasure and more contentment

Another personal achievement expert mentioned in the article Da-vid Bach author of the best-selling

book Fight for Your Money How to Stop Getting Ripped off and Save a Fortune said ldquoA recession is a great opportunity to build wealth and create your own economic prosper-ity plan What the recession has taught us is that now is the time to get excited because you can use a recession to your advantagerdquo

Bach the article continues said that tough economic times help strengthen our entrepreneurial muscle ldquoStarting your business in a recession is like running against the wind If yoursquore training for a mara-thon by running with the wind what are you going to do when you have to run against the wind You have to run against the wind to learn how to run hard lean and meanrdquo

A lot of companies have proven that they can succeed even in the worst of times Syndicated radio host and fi nancial expert Dave Ramsey said ldquoSometimes we have to get pushed out of the nest in order to fl y There are a lot of eagles out there that hadnrsquot spread their wings in a whilerdquo

ldquoDuring these tough economic timesrdquo Ramsey continued ldquothese eagles are soaring Their creative juices are fl owing again they are smiling again and they are happy again They are the right kind of people that see this recession as an opportunity to improverdquo

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said Interest in renewable energy is likewise building up particularly on geothermal and wind power genera-tion

Oil and gas exploration Garcia said is one area that will require foreign technology

A lot of major global oilgas coun-tries are now focusing on upstream activities (exploration and produc-tion) where margins are higher while selling their downstream busi-nesses like in the case of ExxonMo-bil Salak added

San Miguel Corp through oil refi ning unit Petron Corp recently bought the downstream oil busi-nesses of ExxonMobil in Malaysia and has indicated interest in buying the operations in Thailand as well if these were to be put up for sale

On mining Salak said the Phil-ippines would have to get its act together to be as big as Indonesia in the commodities space

ldquoThe Philippine potential is all too clear for investors to see They know that and theyrsquore ready to come inrdquo he said

Salak believes that more Philip-pine companies must consider overseas opportunities

ldquoThe Philippines has always been an exciting market but we need to get to the next level be more inter-nationally looking outrdquo he said

In 2011 ING divested its asset management business

ldquoThis divestment is consistent with INGrsquos group strategy to concentrate on banking and divesting its insur-ance-asset management business The sale attracted major bids from the countryrsquos top banks which Bank of the Philippine Islands ultimately wonrdquo Salak said

(Story courtesy of Doris C Dumlao of Philippine Daily In-quirer)


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Getting adequate nutrition may be trickier for older adults Because seniors tend to be less active than younger people they need fewer calories Yet research shows that older people may need more of cer-tain key nutrients such as B vitamins and calcium

Unfortunately nutrient defi cien-cies and malnutrition can persist for a long time before they show up in physical signs or symptoms Still there are a few indicators you -- and your doctor -- can be alert to

Unexplained FatigueFatigue is a common side effect

of iron defi ciency which can lead to anemia or low red blood cell levels Anemia can also show up as abnormal pallor But remember Other conditions can cause excessive fatigue as well including serious ill-nesses like heart disease depression or thyroid disease

Itrsquos wise to alert your doctor if you feel abnormally weak or tired Your doctor may prescribe supplements if you have anemia

Brittle and Dry Hair

Hair which is made up mostly of protein serves as a useful diagnostic marker for nutritional defi ciencies

ldquoWhen an older personrsquos hair looks like a fright wig -- brittle dry sparse -- itrsquos often a sign that their diet is inadequaterdquo says Kathleen Niedert RD director of clinical nutrition and dining services for Western Home Communities in Iowa and a leading advisor to the American Dietetic As-sociation

Brittle hair can signal a defi cit of essential fatty acids protein iron and other nutrients Some hair loss is usual with age of course But if hair begins to fall out at an unusual rate nutrient defi ciencies may be the cause Once your doctor identifi es the defi ciencies you can treat them with nutrient-rich foods and supple-ments

Ridged or Spoon-Shaped Nails

Like hair nails serve as an early warning sign of an inadequate diet A spoon-shaped nail in which the nail curves up from the nail bed like a spoon (a condition called koilony-chia) can be an indicator of iron-defi ciency anemia

If you have iron-defi ciency anemia your doctor may recommend iron pills and iron-rich foods such as liver

and shellfi sh like clams oysters and mussels

Mouth ProblemsCracking or infl ammation at the

corners of the mouth (a condition called angular cheilitis) can be a warning sign of either ribofl avin (B2) defi ciency or iron defi ciency An unusually pale or swollen tongue is a warning sign of iron or B-vitamin defi ciency A condition called burn-ing mouth syndrome which contin-ues to puzzle researchers may arise when iron zinc or B-vitamin levels fall below the required level

Again once youve confi rmed your specifi c nutritional defi ciencies they can be treated with nutrient-rich foods and supplements

Diarrhea

Chronic diarrhea can be a sign of malabsorption which means nutrients are not being fully absorbed by the body Malabsorption can be triggered by infection surgery certain drugs heavy alcohol use and digestive disorders such as celiac sprue and Crohnrsquos disease

Itrsquos important to consult your doctor if you experience persistent diarrhea

Apathy or Irritability

Unexplained mood changes espe-cially feeling apathetic or irritable can be symptoms of a serious medi-cal illness like depression but they can also be symptoms that your body isnrsquot getting the energy it needs

If you have persistent low mood or forgetfulness itrsquos important to get checked out by your doctor

Lack of Appetite

With age appetite often dimin-ishes Taste buds lose their sensitiv-ity Because seniors tend to be less active they require fewer calories Medications can also dampen ap-petite

ldquoChronic lack of appetite is a seri-ous warning sign that you may be at risk of nutritional defi cienciesrdquo says Nancy Wellman RD past president of the American Dietetic Association If you fi nd yourself skipping meals because yoursquore not hungry talk to your doctor

Blood tests can indicate if yoursquore defi cient in a number of key nutri-ents By assessing your food intake a registered dietitian can also spot

Nutrition and Aging 7 Signs of Inadequate Nutrition

nutritional defi cienciesldquoThe important thing is to alert

your doctor quickly if your appe-tite changes or you begin skipping mealsrdquo says Wellman That way you can head off nutritional problems before they cause serious trouble

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residensiya na hinihingi ng batas para makatakbo siya bilang Mayor sa naturang lugar

Tatlong taon lang ang gusto niyang serbisyopagkatapos ibibigay na niya ang pagiging Mayor kay Vice Mayor Isko Moreno na tatakbo rin bilang kapartido ni Erap

Kamakailan nga pumarada na ang jeep ni Erap sa kalye ng kamaynilaankasama si IskoJacky at ang kanyang may bahay na si Dr Loi Ejercito Ayon naman sa kampo ni Mayor Lim ay tatapatan naman ito ng kalesa ni Limpantapat sa Jeep ni ErapTiyak magiging mainit ang labanang ito bilang mayor ng kamay-nilaan ldquoHanggang huling hininga ng buhay ko ay dito ako maglilingkodrdquo sabi pa ni Erap

Abangan na lang natin

JESSICA AT JOSHUA ANG PRE-DICTION NG KARAMIHAN SA AMERICAN IDOL Huling punta na namin sa EastlakeTavern amp Bowl para saksihan ang lsquoView and Votesrsquo for Jessica Sanchezlast Wednesday na mas dinagsa ng maraming taoNasa Top 3 na rin si Jessica next agenda raw ay pupunta mismo sa San Diego si Ms Sanchez para i-meet ang kanyang mga supporters Sa malaking gym magkikita ang mga supporters na kung saan mismo si Jessica ang magpapasalamat sa kanila

Isang motorcade sa May 19(kung hindi magbabago ang schedule) din ang inihahanda para libutin ang buong San Diego at tuluyang i-promote si Jessica para iboto para sa last punch ng American Idol Yes isang malaking event ang mangyayri next week para siguraduhin ang panalo ni Jessica bilang American Idol for this year

United ang lahat na Filipino sa buong mundo at nakatutok mismo sa ang lahat sa mangyayari sa San Diego next week kaya huwag kayong mawawala sa big event na itoKahit ang mga movie reporters sa Pilipinas naka-standby sila sa lahat na ipo-post namin sa aming facebook at sa facebook ng Asian Journal para sa fresh news about Jessica Sanchez in San Diego

Labanang Jessica at Joshua ang hinuhulaan na maglalaban sa American Idolrsquos title ayon sa hula ng karamihan pero kami nanini-wala si Jessica ang mananalo at yan prediksyon walang kokontra

CONSULATE OUTREACH SERVICES IN BATON ROUGE Last May 5 nagkaroon ng Consul-ate outreach services ang Philip-pine Consulate General-Chicago sa pangunguna ni Consul General Leo Herrera na ginanap sa Linear Baptist Church Baton Rouge Louisiana

Maraming pinoy ang dumagsa sa naturang lugar para maayos nila ang kanilang passport na hindi na kailan-gan pumunta pa sa ChicagoNakau-sap namin si Mr Silverio Manguerra bago ang nasabing event para sa problema na aming mother na nasa New OrleansMaraming salamat po

Nasa picture sina OWWA Offi cer Val SuicoMairi NunagLuzviminda PadillaEva AdolfoIngrid CruzJojo Nardo at Consul General Leo Her-reraMabuhay ang Consulate General of the Philippines Chicago


The Birth of the Conductors of them All (1969 to 1999)

In 1969 Rey T Paguio was appointed as the UPCCrsquos choral conductor In his 30 years as the UPCC conductor he has been a teacher guide father inspiration and friend to all the members During rehearsals and concerts Paguio has been a disciplinarian wielding his powerful baton imbibing the Korus with his knowledge and commitment to music in every possible ways

Under the baton of Paguio the UPCC branched out into various productions by participating presenting and producing every type of musical form By 1973 the UPCC reached a new level of perfec-tion In 1974 UPCC had the privilege of representing the Philippines in the Fourth Lincoln Center International Choral Fes-tival in New York City It was during this event that the UPCC was chosen as ldquoone of the worldrsquos best choirsrdquo

What followed next would be interna-tional tours after one another UPCC holds the singular honor of being invited 11 times to the prestigious Aberdeen International Youth Festival in Scotland and four times for command performances for Queen Elizabeth II

The AwardsSince 1990 the UPCC has been joining

international competitions and festivals such as the Aberdeen International Youth Festival in Aberdeen Scotland and Tivoli Summer Festival in Copenhagen Denmark In Arezzo Italy UPCC won 1st place in the Folksong Category in 1990 In Llangollen Wales Choral Competition they won 3rd place in Polyphonic and Folksong Category In the 1994 Contoni-gros Spain Choral Competition the Korus won 2nd place in the Folksong Category and 3rd in the Polyphonic Category

The 1990rsquos showered the UPCC with awards which is an affirmation of its commitment and impact on elevating the Filipino genius in the performing arts In 2003 the Korus won 3 gold prizes at the International Choral Competition in Main-hausen Germany the Premios Publico Speziale (Peoplersquos Choice Award) at the Festival Internazionale Canto de Foklorico in Tuscany Italy and Finalist as the 51st Conccorso Polifonico Internazionale ldquoGuido drsquoArrezordquo Italy In 2006 UPCC won the Primo Premio di Excellenza in Canto Corale in Gorizia Italy UPCCrsquos recent accomplishments include the Priz Excellance First Prize Mixed Category and Prix de Public Premier Prize in Montreux Switzerland They were the main feature

of the 60th Sagrada del Vino Festival in Casarsa Italy in April and May 2008

In 2011 the UP Concert Chorus has been given the prestige of being of the ALIW Awards Hall of Fame for bagging the ldquoBest Choral Grouprdquo Award in 2008 and 2009 and being the ldquoBest Cultural Grouprdquo in 1977 1982 and 1985

The Beginning of Circa 2000Paguiorsquos legacy did not end with his

untimely demise in 1999 Janet Sabas-Aracama fondly known as Marsquoam Jai took his place as conductor In 2002 Marsquoam Jai continues the legacy left behind by Paquito when she led the UPCC in its 14th International Tour She herself was a former member of the UP Concert Chorus As a member of the world-renowned UPCC from 1976 to 1986 she traveled six world tours under the leadership of Rey T Paguio Marsquoam Jai made a name for her-self by winning choral competitions here and abroad as an alto soloist and assistant conductor Janet Sabas-Aracama is the Philippines premier mezzo-soprano

The UPCC under the continuing leader-ship of Janet Sabas-Aracama is not just a horde of talented university students --- it is a group with the passion to perform The have indeed one more than showcase ex-ceptional talents in music and dance --- the Korus has created generations of Filipino artists all with the mission to serenade the world with the music they create All of these for the love of the choral arts for the universityrsquos honor and for love of country and most of all for the glory of God

TodayFrom the history of UPCC I quote

ldquoUPCC owes its staying power to its ver-satility and uniqueness Four decades may seem long but the group is not debilitated by age While developing and promoting their exceptional blend of choral sound and choreography in the performing arts scene so do they nurture professionalism Inasmuch as they enhance their cultural and artistic values with their performances so they fortify their spiritualityrdquo

It can be said that the thrust of the group has always been the same excellence in every aspect of life As the UPCC is the official state choir of the University of the Philippines so is their continued effort to become the best as they are the ambassa-dors of the premier State University of the County

The San Diego California ConcertPlease extend to the UP Concert Chorus

your unwavering support to the Korusrsquo endeavor to cultivate appreciation of the Filipino music talents on the world stage continuing to raise a positive image of the country in these uncertain times

The San Diego Concert will be held on Sunday May 20 2012 at the Swiss Park San Diego 2001 Main St Chula Vista CA 91911 Ticket prices StudentsSenior Citizen $1500 General Admissio 2500 VI P 5000 -- by Romy Protacio

UP Concert Chorus


Jessica Sanchez fans tweet post and text their votes as they

await the final showdown on American Idol next week

Local fans bond for the third night out at Eastlake Tavern amp Bowl in Chula Vista and

gear up for the finale


Visit the Asian Journal booth at the 3rd Asian Cultural Festival Liberty Station San Diego on May 12

Arts amp Culture

New York NY ndash May 1 2011 ndash A history of food music and dance will be celebrated this May at select Macyrsquos locations nationwide in honor of contributions made by Asian-Pacific Americans To show-case and celebrate the unique influ-ence of Asian-Pacific Americans Macyrsquos will host a series of events in nine markets across the country geared towards highlighting and sharing the culture through culinary demonstrations and samplings by both local and national chefs as well as through dance and vocal perfor-mances

ldquoAsian-Pacific Americans have a tremendous impact on our nation and we are proud to celebrate these achievements with our nine Asian-Pacific American Heritage month events nationwiderdquo said Dineen Garcia Macyrsquos Vice President of Diversity Strategies ldquoWe are thrilled to be working with our local group to showcase the diversity of Asian-Pacific culture through food cultural performances and historyrdquo

Each city will host local perform-ers chefs and special tastings that speak to a variety of Asian-Pacific American cultures and cuisines Af-ter the enriching performances and culinary demonstrations guests are welcomed to shop the latest trends with a special 15 off one-day community discount and will receive a commemorative Macyrsquos Asian-Pacific American Heritage month apron with any purchase of $50 or more made on the day of the event

Macyrsquos Asian-Pacific Heritage Month Event Locations

Macyrsquos Union Square ndash San Francisco CA ndash Saturday May 5th 1PM

Macyrsquos Metro Center ndash Wash-ington DC ndash Tuesday May 8th 530PM

Macyrsquos Downtown Crossing ndash

Macyrsquos Celebrates Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month

Macyrsquos sets special events programs in honor of Asian-Pa-cific American Heritage Month at 9 locations nationwide

Boston MA ndash Thursday May 10th 5PM

Macyrsquos Dulles Town Center ndash Washington DC ndash Thursday May 10th 530PM

Macyrsquos on State Street ndash Chicago IL ndash Saturday May 12th 12noon

Macyrsquos South Coast Plaza ndash Costa Mesa CA ndash Saturday May 12th 2PM

Macyrsquos Westfield Santa Anita ndash Santa Anita CA ndash Saturday May 12th 2PM

Macyrsquos First Colony ndash Houston TX ndash Saturday May 26th 1PM

Macyrsquos Flushing ndash Queens NY- Saturday May 26th 1PM

For complete details on Macyrsquos Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Events please visit wwwmacyscomcelebrate

About Macyrsquos

Macyrsquos the largest retail brand of Macyrsquos Inc delivers fashion and af-fordable luxury to customers at more than 800 locations in 45 states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and Guam Macyrsquos stores and ma-cyscom offer distinctive assortments including the most desired family of exclusive and fashion brands for him her and home Macyrsquos is known for such epic events as Macyrsquos 4th of July Fireworksreg and the Macyrsquos Thanksgiving Day Paradereg as well as spectacular fashion shows culinary events flower shows and celebrity appearances Building on a 150-year tradition Macyrsquos helps strengthen communities by support-ing local and national charities that make a difference in the lives of our customers

For Macyrsquos media materials im-ages and contacts please visit our online pressroom at wwwmacyscompressroom

When TFCrsquos daily news show Balitang America kicks off its 10th anniversary observance together with ABS-CBN Foundation Inc by launching May as Public Service Month it will hold hands with the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco for the first of its weekly Public Service Fairs This partner-ship will include the registration for overseas absentee voters (OAV) which will be conducted at the ABS-CBN International office on May 5 2012 from 1pm to 4pm at 150 Shoreline Drive Redwood City Visit httpwwwbalitangamericatvredwood-city-ba-event to set an appointment

Filipino citizens or dual citizens of at least 18 years of age are encouraged to register as overseas absentee voters so that they may also exercise their constitutionally pro-tected right of suffrage To register bring a copy of the latest Philippine Passport for Filipino citizens or Oath of Allegiance or Identification Certificate for dual citizens

Consul General Marciano A Paynor Jr thanked ABS-CBN International for this joint activ-ity ldquoIt is important that we remind Kababayans at every opportunity to take part in shaping the future of our country Registering for OAV will give them the capability to exercise their right to vote and help chart the political future of the Philippinesrdquo Consul General Paynor remarked

For more information please visit wwwbalitangamericatv

RP Consulate General In SF Partners With TFCrsquos Bali-tang America To Promote

Overseas Absentee Voting Registration

May 11-17 2012Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at httpwwwasianjournalusacom


PH breaks into a trot

Law Offi ces of Chua Tinsay amp Vegawwwctvattyscom

by Atty Dennis ChuaLegal Buzz

Read Atty Dennis Chuarsquos previous articles by visiting our website at wwwasianjournalusacom

Letters to the EditorRead previous articles by visiting our website at wwwasian-

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Are You Buried With DebtsBy Dennis E Chua Esq

Even with the recent announce-ment by some economists that the US recession has ended a lot of people still donrsquot feel that the reces-sion is really over This is because we still hear news of companies continuing to lay off its employees the unemployed having diffi culty to get back to work credit card holders struggling to pay off their debts and homeowners losing their homes to foreclosure

To add to the stress of onersquos eco-nomic diffi culties it is compounded by the continuous phone calls of creditors and their collection agen-cies made not only at the debtorsrsquo home but also at their place of work To get out of this fi nancial mess that they are in many have opted to fi le for bankruptcy so that they could get rid of their debts

For individual debtors who would like to fi le for bankruptcy they can choose between fi ling a bankruptcy petition under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13

In fi ling for Chapter 7 bankruptcy the debtor is seeking to liquidate all his debts The fi ling of the Chap-ter 7 petition operates in the total discharge of all debts of the debtor However there are some debts which are not dischargeable such as taxes and student loans Once a Chapter 7 petition is fi led the debtor loses control of his assets and all non-exempt assets should be turned over to the bankruptcy court through the bankruptcy trustee The bankruptcy court will then sell the

debtorrsquos non-exempt property to pay off existing creditors

As for a Chapter 13 bankruptcy fi ling the debtors seek to reorganize his fi nancial situation by submitting a payment plan to the bankruptcy court to pay off certain creditors Unlike a bankruptcy petition under Chapter 7 the debtor retains control and possession of all his assets while the proceedings are pending A debtor may choose to fi le under Chapter 13 if he has in his posses-sion non-exempt assets (of value or equity) which are not secured by any debt

Whatever type of bankruptcy peti-tion a debtor may eventually choose his fi ling would help him get back on track by giving him a fresh start - a life free of debts Filing bank-ruptcy may thus be a way out for someone who is now buried in debts

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 Fran-cisco 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 relationship The CTV attorneys will be holding its regular free legal clinic at the Maxrsquos Restaurant in Vallejo California on 28 2012 Call or e-mail CTV for an in-person or phone consultation to discuss your particular situation andor how their services may be retained at (415) 495-8088 (619) 955-6277 (916)509-7280 Dchuactvattyscom

Balik Tanaw Where Are They Now by Romy Protacio

Lani Oteyza The Story of a Cin-derella

Reader OpinionsPT bull SarahjeanxgmailcomMAY 07 bull If you want to see Lani

or Beth just go to San Manuel Bingo and Casino where she enjoys her life now playing bingo She is still cute at her age

Legal Buzz Visa Fraud and False

Claim to United States Citizenship -- by Aurora Vega BuzonReader Opinionspatel mahindra bhai bull schinpa-

tel786gmailcomMAY 06 bull i lives in us 12years

so many time us peoples attack me and all time i survive my self so i want permanent visa so what is the process so now a days i m not safe in country so i want my safety what can i do please give me some such kind of information Evan i also have family who lives in India and i

m responsible person of my family so please give me such kind of detail to live happily thnx regards

ANTI-MINING IN ANTIQUE

PROVINCE PHILIPPINES (part 2)A Scourge and a Travesty -- Dr

Caesar Candari MDReader OpinionsJaime De Juan bull Jaimedjyahoo

comMAY 04 bull Its right to protect our

land especially antiqueno becoz we are the 1st to be affected with kind of mining thing opo maganda pero kung sisirain lang at malalason yung paligid natin at madaming magu-gutom alam nmn pangingisda tyo nabubuhay aanhin natin yung pera makakain ba natin yan sanay tyo sa hirap mahiya kyo sa mga ninuno ninyo respect others right lang po sa tanan nga tiga antique kung ano man bayan kapag ito mining natuloy nako huwag sana tayo magsisi minsan maganda yung maunlad pero kung ikakamatay natin huwag nalang sana

yung mga taong pabor dyan family ninyo huwag sana kayo mandamay siguro kapag nakinabang kyo lipat lang akyo ng lugar dahil sa mga kinita ninyo sa mining nayan paano yung wlang kapasidad hayaan nalng natin sila

Monument in Israel Honors Fili-

pinos (by Volt Contreras Reprinted from PDI)

Reader OpinionsRommel Racimo bull melgyver

gmailcomAPR 27 bull God loves this country

the phillippines so much because of what it did to his chosen people the Jews God bless Israel and the Philippines

tion of nearly 100m people the worldrsquos 12th largest ndash has turned a corner There are three reasons to be hopeful if not yet exactly cheerful

First the external position has improved dramatically The Philip-pines after years of indebtedness is a net creditor Overseas remittances from the roughly 8m Filipinos work-ing abroad have steadily added to foreign exchange reserves At nearly $80bn these are higher than the external debt

Since 2004 remittances have grown from $7bn-$8bn to $20bn nearly 10 per cent of GDP The fact that so many people need to work abroad is a sign of the economyrsquos in-ability to generate enough jobs But remittances are serving a purpose and have held up well since the fi nancial crisis The Philippines is emerging as a solution to the labour shortages of mature economies the world overrdquo

Some jobs go the other way Philippine call-centres have grown exponentially trumping those in India Revenues from back offi ce businesses have quintupled over six years from $2bn to $11bn

Second the country is getting its fi scal house in order The defi cit has narrowed from a worrying 5-6 per cent a decade ago to a manageable 2 per cent The tax net was widened under the previous administration though the tax take remains at a lowly 135 per cent of GDP Spend-ing has been kept in check Subsi-dies on fuel and power the bane of many Asian fi nance ministers were scrapped several years ago

Third the political situation is vastly improved Benigno ldquoNoynoyrdquo Aquino elected president in 2010 has made a creditable start For one his government has sent out a strong message that it will not tolerate cor-ruption (a distinct change from past governments which actively encour-

aged it) Mr Aquino has instructed tax offi cials to go after evaders A few big scalps appear to be doing the trick The tax take has edged up even without necessary tax reform

The supreme court this week ruled that the huge sugar plantation be-longing to Mr Aquinorsquos family must be redistributed among tenant farm-ers That brings to a close decades of wrangling over one of the countryrsquos biggest estates The fact that a sitting president can be stripped of land is a hopeful sign that the separation of powers enshrined in the constitution is being honoured

The Aquino government has also taken steps to restore rice self-suffi ciency after the country was forced to import a fi fth of its needs in 2008 It has established public-private partnerships to build the roads railways and power stations that have failed to keep pace with an exploding population Progress has been slow but the legal regime is considered solid Many economists

are predicting a private investment boom predicated on favourable demographics ndash half of Filipinos are under 25 ndash and the healthiest bank-ing system in south-east Asia

Reputations are hard to shake For many the Philippines remains a basket case But that view lags behind reality In 2010 the economy grew at 76 per cent ndash faster than Indonesia Asiarsquos investment dar-ling Growth has slowed but it has cleared 4-5 per cent every year since 2006 apart from in post-Lehman 2009

Markets have not been oblivi-ous Last year the Philippines stock market was the worldrsquos seventh-best performing In the year to date the Philippine exchange is up more than 20 per cent among the worldrsquos top 10 performers

The Philippines may still be the llama of south-east Asia But for the moment at least the llama has broken into a trot

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