Fire Prevention Month Again
The month of March in the Philippines is considered the start of summer season, we observe March as Fire Prevention Month. I woke up this morning hearing the firetruck sirens again, this time its not in a hurry. I also heard my neighbor who happens to be a fire volunteer… I thought, there’s a fire again within the area. Its a parade of fire fighters on their fire truck and a voice coming from a megaphone announcing that its March again and its Fire Prevention Month.
For me, its the signal for renewing my fire issurance policy. Our house is insured but I do also have a separate fire insurance policy for the content of our house. It didn’t cost that much to secure your house. My father started getting the policy when he was still with us.
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The Okray Award Goes To…
As I woke up, I saw and watch part of the Oscar Awards’ Live Telecast in the Philippines. Although I love watching movies, I’m not really interested with Oscar Awards or any movie awards. Today is the 22th Anniversary of Edsa Revolution and a non working holiday. A good timing for those who want to stay at home and watch the Oscar Awards night in Hollywood.
It just so happen that to commemorate the People Power Revolution, cause oriented groups in Cebu will be having their “Okray” Awards for corrupt Government Officials. “Okray” is a popular Filipino slang word which roughly means to demean or criticize.
The nominees for…
The “Best Corruptor/Corruptress” award – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Former Presidents Joseph Estrada and Fidel Ramos.
The “Best Corrupter” award – former Commission on Election Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr., Maguindanao election officer Lintang Bedol and former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano.
The “Bootlickers” award – House Speaker Prospero Nograles, Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, Philippine National Police Director General Avelino Razon and Presidential Management Staff head Cerge Remonde.
The “Missing Link” special award – former National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and now Commission on Higher Education (Ched) chairman Romulo Neri.
“Star of the Year” awards – ZTE-NBN deal star witness Rodolfo “Noel” Jun Lozada Jr. and “Hello, Garci” controversy witness Vidal Doble.
The award goes to…
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Philippine Peso To China?
A group allegedly composed of Camp Crame police officers and a Metro Manila
Mayor is reportedly raking in millions of pesos by hoarding P1 coins and shipping them to China for conversion into amusement game tokens in casinos and night spots.
Hmnn… here we go again. Disrespectful filipinos of our country. They are not ashamed of what they’re doing. According to the news, they’re giving php 300 for every php 1,000 worth of 1 peso coins they are buying. We don’t have enough law to punish these kind of people for doing such things, if they are caught, the coins are just confiscated. That’s it. The Rules and Regulations on the Reproduction and/or Use of Legal Tender should be revised as soon as possible to stop these people and face the consequences of their violation.
Our “piso” or 1 peso coin is made of Cupro-Nickel composed of 75% copper & 25% nickel. If you compare it a to a regular token, it is slight heavier. As a filipino, the issue made me sad, it made me ashamed that I have “kababayan” like them. How come these disrespectful people get away just because we don’t have enough law to protect our monetary system. 
I doubt that they haven’t taught enough or understand their finance subjact in college. Aren’t they ashamed of Jose Rizal, our national hero who happens to be embossed on our 1 peso coin?
As far as I know, if this is true, China is known for low cost production and our country have existing agreement with them. There are many websites I’ve seen that offers custom made tokens production. It just so happen that I know that there are also local manufacturers here of tokens for video games and videoke machine.
On the contrary, is this for real or just want ZTE Broadband deal witness Jun Lozada issue be forgotten just like the other corruption issues?
Do You Know Your Saint?
Almost all Roman Catholics believe in angels, little children know them as guardian angels. Guardian angel is based on what day we were born so there are 7 guardian angels. When we were in Tierra De Maria in Tagaytay, where the replica of Our Lady Of Manaog, my bestfriend asked me to go to the rooftop to have some picture taking with the beautiful Taal Lake as our background.
As we stepped on the 2nd floor before proceeding to the “roof top”, the images below caught my attention. The hallway, side by side was full of 6 x 6 inch tiles. Every tile has a date, name of the saint and some information about the saint. The image on top is my youngest son’s saint, Saint Joan Of Arc.
Saint Joan Of Arc – Born: January 6, 1412 at Greux Domremy, Lorraine, France. Died: burned alive on May 30, 1431 at Rouen, France. Beatified: April 11, 1905 by Pope Saint Pius. Canonized: May 16, 1920 by Pope Benedict
Lego On Your Wrist
Looking for Christmas gift? Its natural that children asks for gift they want on Christmas. Actually, I always ask my children what they want for Christmas so I can tell Santa Claus.
Anyway, the picture below is Lego watch, inspired by Star Wars for my youngest son. He’s 7 years old. He’s asking for this watch for months, he really want to have this Lego watch. Who doesn’t know Lego? Lego is long time available in the Philippines and always one of my chosen gift for my children. Its only now that I came to know that there are also Lego watches. I love it, if its not awkward I want to have one for myself. hehe… If you’re not yet finish on Christmas shopping, it’s available at
No Curfew Nation, 2nd floor of SM Mall of Asia, cost: php 1,200. Lego is more than building blocks, its another way of enjoying Lego… on our wrist!
Some Lego information:
- The word “Lego” comes from Danish phrase “leg godt,” which translates to “play well.” The name could also be interpreted as “I put together” or “I assemble” in Latin, or more accurately, “I collect,” “I gather,” or “I learn.”
- In Gothenburg, Sweden, there is a building called The Lego House, because it looks as though it is constructed of Lego bricks.
- “Legot” (or “leegot”), plural of lego is used as a Finnish slang term for human teeth, because of the rectangular shape of the teeth.
