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Vecteezy The 1990s may be over, but there are times I feel like reviewing them. Many times, I feel like the teacher is often the enforcer and the victim of a bad system. You can have a smart teacher, but the same person  is constrained by the work culture of that day. There's this irritating mentality that says, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." mentality. This is like saying insults supposedly have no lasting impact . This reminds me of some incidents growing up. For the privacy of the people, I will not mention their names or the names of the institutions where they took place. In one incident when I was seven years old, a girl taunted me and wagged her tongue at me. I got mad, and I punched her in the eye in front of the whole class. The teacher comforted her and scolded me severely. I said I was insulted and I told the teacher, "Come on, you saw it ." However, the more I look at the work culture of that day, people were ex...

Lechon may look fresh but it's really bad | Credits to: DVMF It's May and Fiesta Months are here too. Fiesta tends to have lechon in mind. I was thinking about the near-inescapable tradition of, "Must have lechon." A recent incident in Cebu City was reported by the Cebu Daily News with this frightening report: In a report, the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) said two lechons weighing 15 kilos and 42 kilos were confiscated in Barangay Apas. The pigs used for the lechons were reportedly slaughtered in the cities of Talisay and Mandaue. The third lechon, weighing 30 kilos, was found being sold in Barangay Lahug. Investigators found that the pig had been slaughtered in the mountain barangay of Bonbon in Cebu City. The DVMF, in coordination with the Cebu City Police Office, conducted the “hot meat” operation on Sunday as part of the city government’s campaign against unregulated slaughtering and the sale of undocumented meat products that may pose p...

DSWD Field Office 7 - Central Visayas It's disheartening to know that after the Bogo earthquake in Cebu last September 30, 2025. Today, an earthquake Davao Oriental this day on October 10, 2025. It's sad to think that today is October 10, which is the Double 10 celebration for Taiwan . Right now, it's effortless for fools on Facebook (which is ironic) giving anti-capitalist, anti-business rants, never mind that even Vietnam is no longer solely dependent on State-Owned Enterprises! Instead, it made me think of the COVID-19 incident all over again, such as how Foodpanda and Grab, both foreign delivery services , have been helpful to Filipino businesses . Some idiots said on Facebook (and as always, I will not mention their names, they're public figures ) that it is the workers who did the work, not the owners, and that the government should provide everything. One crazy comment I got from someone on Facebook was, "Why should there be private enterprises? The DSWD is ...

Perdana Leadership Foundation Last time, I wrote a post on whether Filipinos should listen to (a) Atty. Hilario G. Davide Jr., or (b) former Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad . Both of them know the law, but we can still tell who made a significant difference to the nation. I thought about what Mahathir said, that education is a lifelong process . One can graduate with honors but fail in real life when one stops learning (read here ). It's a far cry from Davide's stubborn attitude, where he refuses to even amend the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, to fit with the times! Mahathir's quote on entrepreneurship explores why some long-time successful businesses either fail in the present or continue to succeed. Nokia could've still remained relevant in the mobile phone market if it had taken such advice to heart . Nokia's lack of vision caused the crash and loss of dominance after decades of success. For businesses, the need to evolve is always there (read ...

Yawn! Annoyed! These fake game ads need to stop . These deceptive ads should be deemed illegal. The most recent super annoying ad that I've been saying lately is Gossip Harbor . If it's too good to be true, don't believe it! The ad promised that it was free, with no ads, and that those who downloaded it would receive a free gift of USD 100.00. Doesn't that sound too good to be true? I decided not to download it, since I was fearful that Gossip Harbor may contain some dangerous malware . The ad, featuring a Caucasian man saying the stuff I just mentioned earlier, was too good to be true .  What might be driving companies to make these super annoying fake game ads?  Yes, they get super annoying . Come on, it's just plain common sense . Why are these game ads always showing someone playing a basic game, and screwing up ? When you download, you get something completely different . The Udonis blog gives this possible reason behind the fake ads: Frustration Bait (a.k.a. ...

We often hear we need to work hard. It reminds me of what I heard back when I was in late elementary, when I hated high school with a passion, and when I actually ended up telling people, "Do you ever wonder why the Philippines doesn't improve?" Of course, if hard work were all there was to it , why are some people stuck in financial difficulty?  Teaching people how not to be too busy to accept improvements I wrote an article that one should never  be too "busy" to accept improvements . We can see that one can work hard without working smart. The two people are introduced to the better round wheel. However, the two aren't thinking that if they had the round wheel , their hard work would pay off better . Changing the wheels from the square tire to the round tire would allow more hard work to be done. How much hard work (that is, delivering rocks) can be accomplished at a faster, more effective rate if they went for the round wheel? Sadly, some people think th...

A few years and some months back, I wrote something about how the Filipino First Policy may have influenced Filipino Time . However, after having a strange dream last night, a part of my high school memory was triggered. I haven't seen either Filipino subject teacher for some time. I was thinking about two books which I wished I still had-- Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo . It reminds me that people tell me that I should follow Jose Rizal's example over Andres Bonifacio, that if Rizal wanted war, he would've made Simoun's deadly plan succeed in El Filibusterismo .  This time, I'm going to talk about the "Filipino Time" double standard. Let me remind you, I believe in Philippine time . I don't want to call tardiness "Filipino Time", call it simply being inconsiderate, rude, dishonest, no word of honor, etc. It's because when you don't show up on time, you're a liar! Calling it Filipino Time may encourage the practice of being...

Cebu Digital News As a non-professional driver, I simply hate driving around South Road Properties, Cebu. Last time, I almost crashed into a car where the driver was texting . Bobby S. Avila of The Freeman (although the article was reshared at the Philippine Star ) gave an opinion piece last 2017. An opinion is a differing view but it must be backed up by facts . It's a view or judgment or what someone thiniks. However, it's not an opinion that so many Filipinos don't deserve a motorist's license. That's why I dare to say that they don't have the right to complain about increasing gas prices, because many of them don't deserve how to drive. I decided to write this article because yesterday, I was driving by Escario, and another motorcycle incident happened. I talked with someone today, and an incident last May 2025 was brought up. I confess that because I'm squeamish about blood, I dropped by dreams to become a medical doctor. Just thinking about one ro...

Here's a quote I found on Facebook. As I look at the Philippine academic calendar plans to resume back to June (but some private schools aren't following it), I think about why I hated school before. A few years ago, I could recall writing about the Boomer Generation's sleep-deprived stressful education  and how the Philippine education system may be automating students . This reminds me that a few years back, my high school classmate who plays the concerned citizen, actually still plays it. Again, to respect his privacy, I'm not going to put out the screenshot. The post talked about the problem of grades over learning education (read my essay  here ). As I look back, I may be wrong to blame the teacher . Instead, teachers may have been required to give homework over the weekends (read here ). Teachers are required to follow rules, putting more of the blame on the education system . It's no wonder that some teachers quit teaching . It's because when students get...