Who is your Rizal?

Harpst, John Victor F. SS014 1st term SY 09-10 2009180059

Ideas on Rizal’s Relevance to us Filipinos

Rizal was the first to recognize our multi-faceted origins. He understood early on and defined for us who we really are as a people. He was a trailblazer who explored for us our history and tracing our origin of an enlightened culture that existed before Spain conquered our islands. For centuries, the Spaniards made the Indios to forget their true identity, which they really are and what their true worth was. Rizal opened up their eyes through his writings and made them believe that indeed, in their blood flowed a proud race, a glorious and triumphant race that once lived in relative harmony and peace, having their own culture and traditions, government, system of writing, etc.

In addition, we also learned that our blood was infused with a rich Spanish legacy that spanned three centuries. Ours was the distinction of being the only country in South East Asia with influences from many European countries along with Chinese, Malayo-Polynesian and most significantly, American culture when we came under US rule for almost fifty years. All of these are part of who we are today, a unique blending of Eastern and Western cultures.

Back then; the concept of a nation didn't exist because our ancestors lived in tribes and colonies ruled by a datu or chieftain. National consciousness did not exist until Rizal came along and began to fight for the rights of the natives. Because of Rizal, the Tagalogs, Kapampangans, Ilocanos, Bicolanos, Warays, and other regional tribes banded together for one cause -- FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE.

In order to know Rizal fully, one has to read his works. Before we can judge him for what he really contributed to our country or to just dismiss him as no longer relevant in our present day and age, we need to take some time to study his excellent writings that transcend time and generations. By no means are his works infallible or should they be placed in a pedestal beside the Bible for a man only wrote them -- albeit a Renaissance man. Scholars who can make applications of his thoughts into practical daily living today can study their significance.

In his famous article, “A Letter to the Women of Malolos”, Jose Rizal called out to the young Bulaqueña ladies who were demanding the rights of gender equity for education. He challenged them to face the adverse circumstances and continued to fight for changes; not to limit their roles as housewives but to continue fighting for what is right. These messages that Rizal left for these women are also messages for every woman in general. Every individual Filipino can learn from Rizal and come closer to his level.

All of us have the potential to be a hero in these modern times. First of all, one has to be “PROACTIVE”. Rizal’s accomplishments in spite of his exile exhibited this habit of being proactive. Being “proactive” says that you are the creator, the person in charge. Then, the fulfillment is the execution of one’s mental creation. Jose Rizal was well focused to his mission or so-called “right end”. It seems that he had a timetable in his mind when to do the “right act”. He did not let himself become influenced by the urgings of the Katipuneros who wanted to launch a physical revolt against the Spaniards. He said the Filipinos were not yet ready.

Secondly, one has to “BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND.” This means to start with a clear understanding of one’s destination. Rizal was focused on his love for the Philippines – independent of the Spanish rule was his mission statement and his works were consistently towards this end. Jose Rizal defined the right end for himself. He possessed this habit of beginning with the end in mind.

Jose Rizal was a great man. He was of slight stature and had almond eyes, a wide nose and brown skin. Once he wrote, referring to the virtues of justice, law and reason, that "it is useless to answer certain objections of some fine writers regarding the rather brown skins and faces with somewhat wide nostrils ... Law has no skin nor Reason, nostrils." Let us honor him by remembering his fine example and taking with pride our rightful place in the world, knowing that we are a gifted and beautiful people

You see Rizal is like religion; sometimes you have to find your own truth by yourself and not from the mouths of so-called history gurus.

Rizal will remain as Rizal but Rizal as an idea is an ever evolving one, because not only does it make you ask questions about the veracity of your past or his past or the taking into context the power of his conviction, or his complete contradiction to what he writes.

Perhaps that’s the problem why we don’t want to study Rizal or why people find it difficult to associate with him, it is because in every little way we see a part of ourselves in his characters and his person. That it is a very difficult task to categorize his ideas while not looking at the prism that he holds in front of a mirror that is our nation.

Most often students feels that Rizal course is an additional burden to their studies because it is a minor subject. The person had been studied was already dead. Students further said that what’s the use of Rizal course where in fact they could not use the name Rizal as one of their references when they apply for a job nor Rizal could back up them if they need help…Well of course! A dead person cannot do anything about the life of the living but the thoughts, ideals, dreams, principles or convictions that he left might be very influential to people’s life as a basis of getting strength in their day-to-day existence. And that’s where the relevance of Rizal subject came in.

Indeed, Republic Act 1425 otherwise known as Rizal law was approved in June of 1956 made it clear that Rizal subject is a compulsory to all students who are enrolled in different colleges and universities. Obviously, a student cannot graduate in his course without taking and passing Rizal subject. Therefore, Rizal subject is equally important to all other subjects.

Moreover, Rizal subject would have meaning if the teacher who taught the subject would not just focus her/his discussion to life of Rizal per see but rather made the life of Rizal as a springboard of discussing the culture of the Filipinos, its political, economic and social affairs in the past and relate it at present situation of the people. In that way, student critical thinking would be developed more. As a result students would take an active part not only in the classroom setting but also in participating outside activities for the betterment of the Philippine society in general.

More importantly, the value of being a religious person, a loving and obedient son to his parents/family, a responsible student, a strong willed individual who stands for his convictions, the one who loves and serves the country are some of the virtues of Rizal that must and should be emphasized in the whole duration of the coarse. And that’s where the relevance of Rizal and the Rizal subject lie.

He is our greatest hero because, as a towering figure in the Propaganda Campaign, he took an “admirable part” in that movement which roughly covered the period from 1882 to 1896. No Filipino has yet been born who could equal or surpass Rizal as “a person of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering. Because he is a “man honored after death by public worship, because of exceptional service to mankind.” No single person or groups of persons were responsible for making the Greatest Malayan the Number One Hero of his people. Rizal himself, his own people, & the foreigners all together contributed to make him the greatest hero & martyr of his people.

Turning Shelves Empty Part 2

Testing, Testing...


Let's try to get to this.

The things you always pass by, do you still see them?
The trees, houses, walls, streets, stores that you come across everyday.
These all seem as blurs, or just basically "the same damn thing all over again".
That shows how limited we are on what we see.

Try to see what is not shown to you, or maybe is shown to you but you just are not looking.
The Caballero Tree, in months of rain, is a sad looking tree, with gloomy and dark green leaves.
But as Spring/Summer comes, it burns in flowers of bright orange, blocking the sky with a view of joy and hope for new beginnings.

How much we value things is sometimes just as we want to see more of that person/object/experience.

What you think becomes what you do, what you do becomes who you are.

don't think of doing more. Think of doing the MOST!


*the sky is crying*




i miss my girl. can't wait to be with her again.. :)


IV XX

Turning Shelves Empty part 1

Thursday nanaman, walang kwentang subject ulit. Long Quiz ba tawag mo dun? tsss.....
Buti may nakatrip papunta ditong Tagaytay, tamang tawanan, kwentuhan, Food trip, Soy Iced Strawberry Mocha, The Union at Ice Cream... sarap...


*Act like they know, but know that they don't*

that's what you do when doing something you're not supposed to.. :)

kung pwedeng magkamali, magkakamali... walang perpekto eh. pero buti na yung handa ka sa consequences, kung di ka ready dun, wag mo na gawin yan..

matanda na tayo eh, dapat alam mo na yung mali.. wag mong gawin un. gawin mo yung mali pag alam mong tama yung maling ginagawa mo, kelangan mo lang ng morals... la naman siguro nasasaktan sa ginagawa mong mali kundi sarili mo lang. lets say makalusot ka ngayon, walang nalaman ang ibang tao tungkol sa ginawa mong mali, sinong mukhang engot? sila ba? alam mo na siguro sagot jan.


*ich bin, wer ich bin*
(I am who I am)

what's the deal about judging people?
we all just have our ups and downs, pros and cons, smarts and stupidities..

mahaba-habang usapan yan ah, mag san mig light muna...

tssss, taenang san mig light yan.. tubeg! strong ice, super dry, pale at red horse lang dapat. any weaker shit is shit. lol.


eat to live... how many deserve to eat? sino ba yung "Living"... a lot of people exist, but that's all they're doing.

"we've added years to life but not life to years"
open your eyes. how much do you see?



hind lahat ng natalo talo talaga. minsan kelangan mo matalo para manalo. pano mo mararamdaman yung sarap ng pagkapanalo kung di mo naranasan ang hirap ng pagkatalo.


dami kong pagkukulang... sakin at sa mundo. ano nga ba ang nabigay ko na?

Hanging Up My Gi

When can you say that you have truly failed at anything?
Is it when you lose your will to continue fighting?
Are you a failure when you lose capability to make into reality this "change"?
Is failing being a dead fish flowing with the current?


Success is also a very strange commodity.
What are the standards for success?
A poor man, at his weak, dirty, hungry, dumb and shadowed state, would see success in the simpler things. Unlike a CEO, earning more than he needs to feed his family til his great grand child's generation, having more cars than he can drive in a day, a house that can fit hundreds of HIGH-CLASS people in special gatherings of joy and of sorrow, won't see all the blessings that success has given to him, can we say that he has not failed?

It sometimes just sets our standards to live up to.
A very successful man, is FULL of success because he knows all the goals or standards for success that he has complied to. Confidence and satisfaction oozes from his aura. He may not really be as awesome as he really is, but, the fact that he is that enlightened to look at the world in a extremely positive productive and well managed state.
A WORLD WHERE EVERY ACTION THAT HAPPENS, IT MAY BE DONE BY A PERSON INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY, WOULD BE RESOLVED IN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF WAYS, MAKING ALL THE PEOPLE ALL HAVE THIS AURA OF HOPE, LOVE, PEACE, COMPETENCE AND INCREASED JOY, FOR EVERYONE'S SMILE WOULD BE AVAILABLE EVEN TO THE MOST HURT OF SOULS.
ecstatic.



i've been through quite a lot of shit lately, i have to admit, i aint no angel from above. i may have dug up a few bones from those i have buried in the past, bones that i have long wanted to forget.

time has a way of catching up to you. parang naluma ka na.
tangina, dati pakiramdam ako freshest, juiciest hardware and software around. doing all my shit without giving a fuck because i was just freakin awesome. i had many friends. great friends that i would jump a bullet for.
ngayon sino ka na ba pipoy?
hmm? grades: pasado, delikado sa drawing.
love: totally in love
physical stress/fatigue: low (leading to increased body insulation)
emotional stress/BAD VIBES: extremes of high to low. (also leading to increased mass of being)
drive/will: i love waking up in the morning... that's a good start.. :)
success: Hardly, potentially handicaped
failure: i see these as bloopers. or even "alay" nalang for the "gods". ahaha :))
as i tell my mistakes, i see my problems, the more problems i solve, the clearer i can see. i think.
i think til the voice in my head starts to sound as if i'm screaming. not knowing the difference between my toughts and the words i utter, for both sound as one. I can tell you what i have tought of in a way that you won't have to think about it, but it opens a window in your mind that gets you unknowingly thinking.

para sayo ang laban na to.




*image: a sword, left in it's holster and idle, will degrade, rust, lose value and virtually be garbage. iron well used shines bright.*



now, what am i to face now and in the near future? would i see these challenges as a standard for my personal success in the event of my completion of such course? yes, i always do. it clears my head to what i got to do. the smallest reason for such things to bring me to greatness would leave a pretty medal for me to have "increased in value".



the day i hang up my gi, is the day i believe i can no longer do anything to see this change that i can make happen. that day that even lady luck would turn her head away from me, and my grave has been dug. to take that much shit that you'll need to flood tagaytay with crap til it comes shooting out our roof. i tell you, you'll need a LOT OF SHIT to get me here... lol..


we are all special, see how you are, and be special to other people, make the world more euphoric. babylon...




haille selasie




IV-XX

Boracay Shoot'em Up Poker

parang holdem lang to, 2 cards each player, 5 cards dealt face up.

extras na kelangan:
1. Maraming Boracay na alak na nakatimpla
2. Maraming Shot Glass na lalagyan ng alak
3. Sikmurang Pandigma
4. Mga kalaro na ready makipag-patayan ng alak.

how to play:
1. lahat bibigyan ng 5 shotglass sa harap nila, bale yan ang maximum bet.
2. deal ang baraha, place ng 1 shot glass lahat ng maglalaro, blinds to bale.
3. pustahan na pag may blinds na lahat.
4. tuloy ang deal
5. pusta ulit ng shots, gang ma-all in na/umabot na sa river card
6. ang iinom ng lahat ng shots ay ang taong pinaka-talo sa lahat
7. ang pag-fold ay may halagang shot ka-kurespundi ng nataya mo na. eg. post blinds, payt, tapos flop, wala kang pag-asa, may napusta ka na na 2 shots, ngayon shot mo lahat ng tinaya mo, tapos balik mo sa gitna ang baso.
8. every hand, pag nainom na ng talo yung alak, babalik nya sa mga kalaro yung shot glasses na siya naman ay pupunuin ulit. (eg. bale 3 shot glasses ang napusta ng bawat kalahok, 15 total shot glasses sa gitna, kaw ang talo, inumin mo yung 15 na shot, tapos bgay mo sakanila tig-3 nila shot glass para lagyan nila ulit ng laman at ibabalik sa kanilang harapan)

*COPYRIGHT*
2009, Pipoy and Andrew's Stoned out trips.






PA-SUKAN na to!!! WOOT :)

Bakit ba ang kulet pag nakita mo na ang katotohanan?

Truth

1 aarchaic : fidelity, constancy b: sincerity in action, character, and utterance2 a (1): the state of being the case : fact (2): the body of real things, events, and facts : actuality (3)often capitalized : a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b: a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true <truths of thermodynamics> c: the body of true statements and propositions3 a: the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality bchiefly British : true 2 c: fidelity to an original or to a standard

Synonymsfactuality, verity

Related Wordsaccuracy, actuality, authenticity, correctness; credibility, honesty, trustworthiness, truthfulness, veracity; dependability, reliability

Near Antonymserroneousness, fallaciousness, fallacy; falsehood, fiction, inaccuracy, incorrectness; deceit, dishonesty, mendacity, untruthfulness

Antonymsfalseness, falsity, untruth

-http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truth



Ang dami talagang hindi parin nakakakita sa katotohanan
Daming nakapikit pa
Daming nasa harap na, pero hindi parin nakikita

Dami rin naman nakita na, ayaw lang pagmasdan
meron naman nagmasid, hindi naman pinagnilay-nilayan

Meron din mga pinag-nilay-nilayan na ang katotohanan.
Madami sa kanila, parang walang magawa
marami ang nakatanggap nalang sa katotohanan

dami rin naman, laging nagmamasid sa katotohanan...
Pinapanood ito magdala sa kanila sa kung san man ang patutunguhan.
eto yung mga tipong sobrang "steady" na na tao, mahirap bad3pin ang ganitong tao.

meron din naman, dahil buhay na niya ang katotohanan, sawang-sawa na sila dito.
gusto nila labanan ang katotohanan, hindi dahil hindi ito totoo, ngunit dahil hindi ito mabuti,
isa itong masamang katotohanan...
Papalag ka malamang, pero malamang rin, na talunin ka ng sistema. dahil yang sistema na yan? totoo rin yan eh!? hanggat meron kahit 1 o kahit kalahating hindi katotohanan sayo, hindi ka makakaapekto sa pagbabago sa katotohanan.

dapat pag nakita mo na ang katotohanan, malaman mo rin na dapat maging 100% totoo ka!
para wala na mapalag mga ibang tao o sitwasyon na hindi naman totoo.

mali man o tama ka, basta "TRUTH" ang iyong basis, kalaban mo nalang jan ay ang 1st law of physics. FOR EVERY ACTION THERE'S AN OPPOSITE AND EQUAL REACTION.
minsan positive ang reaction, minsan negative.. basta ikaw totoo, may epekto ka sa mundo. may tama ka sa sosayidad..


Ako ay tagamasid sa katotohanan, totoo sa sarili. pinapanood ko ang katotohanan sa harap ko araw-araw... pinapagmasdan ito, at pinagnininay-ninayan.
Minsan nakadadala ito sakin ng kalungkutan
Minsan naman nabibigyan ako neto ng kaligayahan


Isa akong tagasubaybay sa kung ano man ang mangyayari,
kadalasan, nakikita ko ang pinaka-nakakatawang bagay mula sa isang simpleng totoong pangyayari na hindi nakikita ng iba.


Eto ang rason ko para maging masaya, maging makulet, maging maboka, maging bisyado, maging bolero, maging loko, maging musikero, maging tagakinig, maging manginginom, maging tao. ang sarap ng pakiramdam maging isang totoong tao...

Fear

Fear, I learned to live the day I forgot how to fear. Being Fearless made me live like i've never been before. Like Freedom!, Freedom which all of us deserves.

Those successful in life surely were afraid at one time in their lives, but they had courage, courage to overcome their fears, fear of falling, fear of getting hurt, fear of being ashamed of yourself. Not everybody may not always succeed in the attempt to conquer your fear, but there is one other thing that we should have in order to live prosperously.

Strength. Being strong means that you can conquer the most difficult fear: The fear of failing again.
Strength will let you get back on your fear, and that no matter if you fail/fall, you will never stop trying.

Many great people that are not very blessed, usually have a lot of courage, but sometimes, their lack of strength is what destroys their bridge to further reaching their goals, may it be short time goals, or long time goals.


knowledge is power, power gives strength. most people with a lot of knowledge with a lot of courage, by commutative property, also have plenty of strength.
Those with knowledge, but no courage don't go very far, they tend to be those who are stuck being the best at their field but has no initiative of going for a higher position because they have a fear of not being capable of more than what they are doing.. eg. Andrew

Friends can give you courage, they are your life boats when you really hit rock bottom and have run out of strength. When you are most tired of failing, they can always put up your spirit to help you accept the sudden change that life brings to you. They help you conquer your fear of being alone, and trying to start things all over again. eg. Sebastian Victor El Ganja


All you need is love, with love gives you the most strength of all, that why we are all the strongest, because we all have gods infinite love, that if we all just learn to accept it, no challenge will ever be too hard for us.



-Pipoy Harpst :)

Across the universe

Kakatapos ko lang mapanood etong pelikulang eto. Tunkol siya sa buhay nung 60's, panahon ng mga revolutionaries/hippies at Vietnam war...
Malupet na napakita dito ang tindi ng buhay nung panahon na iyon, malupet kasi in a modern filming style siya pinresent.

naimagine ko tuloy kung buhay ako nung panahong un, tapos alam ko mga alam ko ngayon... sarap nun chong... sarap talaga... baka ako pa makaimbento nung wi-fi at kung ano2 pang shit.
tapos papatayin ko si yung putanginang presidente na nag-outlaw ng marijuana..

AYAW NYA KASI MAGISIP ANG MGA TAO! ANG MGA MAHILIG MAGISIP NUN, YUNG MGA HIGH PEOPLE, AT NAPANSIN NYA TO, NA ETONG MGA NAKAPAGISIP ANG MGA PUMAPALAG SAKANYA. Kupal diba???


Mga babaguhin ko kung makakabalik ako sa 60's:

1. ako magiging mageembento ng LCD. ang dami pinag-gagamitan nun ngayon eh.. hahahah

2. iimbentohin ko rin ang solar power, para dun palang, sumikat na, para sa future, mura na ang solar.

3. electric motor para sa oto, para dehin mag-global warming

4. papasabugin ko mga oil rig. titigil ang mundo sa pag-gamit ng crudo

5. ilalabas ko ang mga studies ko ukol sa medicinal herbs... :)

6. hindi ko hahayaan matanggal sa pwesto si Marcos

7. bibili ako ng maraming mga hippie outfits, ang cool eh, pati maraming peace medallion.

8. bibilhin ko ang San Miguel

9. Ilalabas ko ang Minute Maid Pulpy Orange. para mas maaga maging masaya ang mga tao

10. Papatay ako ng mga nagbebenta ng shabu habang para akong ninja na naka-costume.
magiging ako si DRUG KILLER NINJA BOY!!! LOL



kasama ko si pareng GIL ngayon, Gilbey's vodka, panalo sa presyo, panalo sa lasa... :)

1st post for hum014 - LITERATURE: what it is, and why is it important?

Literature is like a joint of weed...

It opens your mind to a lot of things that you have never noticed before.
It allows you to venture into a world where you can only dream of being in.
It can give you pleasure, satisfying your hunger for knowledge.
It makes you think, hard. think like you've never thought before.
It lets you hear new sounds in life, as you appreciate more things as you know more about them.
It is able to free you, liberate you from ignorance.
It can kill time, for reading requires time.
It can be enjoyed by a group of people.
It can help you as you face some of your issues.
It makes you want to eat... eat a lot. You'll have an insatiable craving for more food, for the brain and or for the body.
It can make you realize how shitty our society has become and is becoming.


*this post does not in any way mean that the author uses/buys/sells/promotes marijuana

**special thanks to: http://thesaurus.reference.com/

Bilog na Blog

Bakit bilog ang tawag sa bilog? sino ang nagsabi na bilog un? the letters b,i,l,o,g na pinagsasama para itukoy ang isang circular na bagay.. tsktsktsk, parang ang sarap tuloy magimbento ng sariling lengwahe.. :))