The Cliff walk

I finished one of the books that I read today. This book told me the story of the author who belong to a middle class family in America. He was a professor in English, married with three children and currently his wife was pregnant when he received his pink slip. It was really a great blow to him because as a father, he was expected to provide the needs of his family. Unfortunately, due to the economic recession in America, he couldnt find any job which was the same with the previous one. As a result, he was depressed and his confidence hit the bottom. The story ended when he became a construction worker yet he was happy of it because he found the grace and dignity of that job.

When I finished this book, I began to relate it to the plight of workers in the Philippines. According to the new statistics there were 13.8 million people who are jobless. Today, some college graduates cannot find a job. I really wonder if the K+12 education system is applicable nowadays. Majority of the parents send their children to school to study so that someday they can find a job to support their living. But with this situation, is it important to extend the number of years just to study in a school?

I hope that our government made a good decision with this law.

Madarin tea garden

My friend and I used to dine a lot of restaurants such as Mandarin Tea Garden. Well, I am not an avid fan of Chinese cuisine nowadays because of the recent escalation in Scarborough shoal. I think the incident is an insult to Philippine sovereignty.

However, my friend has a Chinese blood and he loves to eat noodles so we went in that Chinese restaurant. I was really shocked because there was a change in the physical appearance of the menu.Furthermore, the prices became more expensive than the old one. Before, I would feel satisfied if I ate P32 of siopao. But now, that kind of food was abolished replacing a much smaller siopao with a cheaper price. I also ordered chicken mami because I already tasted all the noodles in the menu but I felt gross when I ate it. As usual, I felt like vomiting inside the mall. I realized that siomai and ravioli were the most important ingredients of noodles soup.

Friday the 13th

Thirteen is consider as unlucky number by many people especially when it falls on Friday. It is often called Friday the 13th. According to some Christians, Judas, the one who betrayed Jesus, sat on the thirteenth table. Because of this, many people are not allowed to travel, propose or even open a business. The effects can either be accidents or failures.

However, a good news happened yesterday. The rocket launched by the North Korea headed by it's leader was crashed after one minute of take off. This was a good news for the Filipinos because there were many speculations that the second part of the rocket would fall into the Philippines.

Maybe, prayers of my countrymen were answered.

Eiga Sai

Today, Davao is celebrating the Philippine-Japan friendship day. As a part of celebration, Japan has been showing some of their movies which depicts their culture.

This Japanese film festival named "Eigai Sai" which again I dont know the meaning features one of their most famous movies entitled as "Departures" that won not only national awards but also international awards such as Winner of Academy Award/Best Foreign Language Film, Winner of Grand Prix des Amerique at the 32nd Montreal World Film festival and many more. Unfortunately, I didnt see this movie because I didnt know that the venue would be in Cinema 4 at Gaisano Grand Citimall. Hahahha..

The good news of these movies is that they have english subtitles with free admission but the seats are first come and first serve basis. Moreover, here are the list of the movies:

July 22 (Friday)
Your Friend (125mins) 4:00pm
Departures (131 mins) 6:30pm

July 23 (Saturday)
One Million Yen Girl (121 mins) 11:00am
The Chef of South Polar (125mins) 1:30pm
The Summit: A chonicle of Stones (139mins) 4:00pm
Climber's High (145mins) 7:00pm

July 24 (Sunday)
Yunaga City, Sakura Country (118mins) 11:00am
Summer Days with Coo (1:38mins) 1:30pm
Feel the Wind (133mins) 4:30pm
Villon's Wife (114mins) 7:15pm

Well, I hope I can budget my time this night so that I can watch even one of their movies.

Civil Service Passer

Several weeks ago, I was attending a ceremony because I passed the Civil Service Board Exam Professional. For me, it was just an ordinary day. I never special anything about it. In fact, I dont know what address did I used. Hahaha... I just received a message from my cousins telling me that we all passed to the so called licensure.

Nevertheless, I didnt know the significance of this licensure except of course when I had a talk with my friend. Like me, she is a also a Civil Service Professional Passer and their office would now become a department. Thus, there would be regularization of the employees. Since most of her colleagues are not passers even though they are working for a longer period of time than her, they could not be called regular employee. Regularization is very important because it would entitle you to more benefits such as higher wage and the so called security of tenure which are the main goals of all workers both in private and public offices.

Furthermore, here is the results of the last exam. Just choose and select in which region and what type of exam did you take. Maybe, you have your friends and relatives in it. Check this site: http://excell.csc.gov.ph/cscweb/exam_results.html

New P20 bill

Several months ago, when I was riding in a jeepney, a passenger paid his fare to the driver. The driver immediately did not accept the money because he thought it was fake. Soon, the passengers told the driver that was the image of the P20 bill of the Philippines.

Since it was my first time to see the new P20 bill, I asked the driver if I could change my old P20 bill to the new bill. Moreover, I got the new bill and wondered why government officials made a new bill. For me, it was just a waste of money and I had been looking if there was a face of government official because some people would create ways in order for them to be recognized since they are in the working in the government.



Furthermore, when looking at the new bill, I noticed some changes. At the front of the new P20bill is a younger version of the late President Manuel Quezon, Malacanang Palace and the Declaration of Filipino as National Language last 1935. It was like all the features of the old bill was put in one side of new P20bill. Furthermore, at the back side of the new P20 bill are the pictures of Banaue Rice Terraces, Palm Civet and the Philippines map.



When I began to think the features at the back side of the new bill, my perception changed. Maybe, this is a way or means to promote our tourism sector which can help in boosting our economy.

Piracy

Days ago, I watched the "Illicit the Dark Trade" by the National Geographic Channel. In my country, the Philippines, piracy can be related to Dark Trade. Piracy is the copying of any videos such as movies and selling them in the public for monetary purposes without asking permission from the author or the owner. Before, they were just selling CD's and DVD's at the sidewalk but now they are renting a stall in a commercial building. I really dont know if the government are against them or they permit such activity because it is unlawful.

Well, I am not writing here to judge or fight for them. What I only believe is that as long as poverty exists in my country, piracy will continue. People will continue to buy and sell pirated movies.