OBAMA: against outsourcing?

I used to read news a lot but then I got tired reading the same scenario over and over again. Who wouldn’t when all you will read about are the same old story….one pulitiko will find something about another…announce it to the whole dung world…people will take notice and it will be the center of attention…that is until another pulitko comes up with another dirty thing about the other…its actually a cycle…a very vicious one at that. Another scenario, we learn something that the first family, GMA or FG has done… again, its BIG news. The next morning, something happens and we forget about the other news. Cover-up? Most likely, YES. So, who wants to read the news?

Anyway, every now and then I get the urge to read…and I was sad to read about this. I am not an Obama fan. I am not a Bill Clinton fan. But, for now I like Hillary. I think she has more balls than her husband ever has. This news gave me more reason not to like Obama….although, there’s not much difference between Obama and Clinton.

Going back to the news I read, it said Obama will act against those companies who outsource jobs. Arggggghhhhh, if he wins then does that mean I will lose my job as well as the rest of those working in all the BPOs around the world? We have a lot of them in the Philippines; the more popular ones are the call centers but there are also medical transcriptionists and many others. Whatchuthink? How will this affect us?

Reminders For My Teenage Son

The other day I had a discussion with my 13 year old son about his blatant disregard for my instructions and the PDRRMC Advisory 2: “Even in the absence of signals from Pagasa and in view of emerging consensus that the rains are likely further accelerate, for the safety and health of our community, we hereby order the EARLY DISMISSAL OF CLASSES in Kinder, Elementary and Highschool, private and public, in the entire province of Albay. School administrators and teachers should advise their students to no longer report in the afternoon. Parents are advised to fetch their children from school. This is an early dismissal, not a suspension, thus classes automatically resume tomorrow without need for lifting. I came home from the office earlier than he did and so I talked to him. He was silent and at first I thought he understood why I was very mad about it. But then when he replied to me with three suggestions including transferring him to the school in our town so he would not be able ...

A Mom's Thoughts on Sports and a Black-eye

For the first time in 13 years I came home to see my son sporting a shiner. And as much as I wanted to fuss, I couldn't...I wouldn't dare insult my son. Just waited for him to show it to me and tell me what really happened. Oh, I so wanted to rush him, to ask him to give me a blow-by-blow account but I kept my lips sealed. I wanted to kiss it and make it well, but I stopped at just a touch at his cheek while asking if it hurts. His teammate was telling him to make excuses for what happened and he answered with: Why should I? My mom knows I play soccer and she has always said this is part and parcel of the sport . I remember seeing Fernando Torres of Liverpool once sporting a black-eye, too. Well yes so I always say that…he plays basketball and soccer, which are both contact team sports albeit limited-contact - meaning there are rules that specifically prevent intentional or unintentional contact between players and penalties can be incurred when...

Remembering 9/11: The Legacy of Marie Rose Abad

The Americans in the US were not the only ones paying tribute to their loved ones who perished in the different events that made up what we call the tragedy that changed the world, Sept 11. Maybe unbeknownst to many Filipinos, there was one American married to a Filipino who died that day. And her legacy lives on in a once squalid and reeking with garbage slum in Manila turned into an orderly village that bears her name with 50 brightly one-storey colored homes built in her memory by her husband. As the world pays tribute to their fellowmen in the US, residents of Marie Rose Abad GK Village offered roses, balloons, and prayers for their benefactor. According to her Philippine-born American husband Rudy, he had it built in her memory in 2004 as a tribute to their 26 years of marriage and her unfulfilled desire to help the poor in the Philippines. This she saw when they first came here in 1989. After having described to her the Philippines as a paradise, they were appalled to see t...

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