http://www.mindanaoblogs.com Blogs written by the best Mindanao writers. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/in-the-midst-of-it-all/ http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/in-the-midst-of-it-all/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:21:49 +0000 mindanaw http://istambay.wordpress.com/?p=1299 http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/in-the-midst-of-it-all/feed/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/more-conversations-with-a-cuttlefish/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/more-conversations-with-a-cuttlefish/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:09:24 +0000 just being... http://saestremera.multiply.com/photos/album/83/more_conversations_with_a_cuttlefish http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/more-conversations-with-a-cuttlefish/feed/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/disturbed-state/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/disturbed-state/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:01:22 +0000 just being... http://saestremera.multiply.com/journal/item/150/Disturbed_state
And there I was, looking at disturbing photos of women and children running, with fear written in their faces, followed by another day with the photo of a woman looking under the debris that was once her house, and beneath the debris was her dog.

For many days, anguish was staring at me, and I rued the fact that out there in Metro Manila, politicians and experts continue to debate about the memorandum of agreement that sparked all these off as if they know what's good for us. I wonder how those who have lost their homes feel. I can never claim knowing how they feel, that will be insulting them. No way will I ever feel the loss they are feeling now, the fear, the frustration. I can't even bear to look long at the brown dog that also had fear written on ...]]>
And there I was, looking at disturbing photos of women and children running, with fear written in their faces, followed by another day with the photo of a woman looking under the debris that was once her house, and beneath the debris was her dog.

For many days, anguish was staring at me, and I rued the fact that out there in Metro Manila, politicians and experts continue to debate about the memorandum of agreement that sparked all these off as if they know what's good for us. I wonder how those who have lost their homes feel. I can never claim knowing how they feel, that will be insulting them. No way will I ever feel the loss they are feeling now, the fear, the frustration. I can't even bear to look long at the brown dog that also had fear written on ...]]> http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/disturbed-state/feed/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/goin-places-persian-fit-for-the-pinoy/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/goin-places-persian-fit-for-the-pinoy/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:00:30 +0000 just being... http://saestremera.multiply.com/journal/item/149/GOIN_PLACES_Persian_fit_for_the_Pinoy
I KNEW I was pushing it, but I wanted to get all article in before Friday since I was off somewhere again by Saturday, thus I was texting Deng even as I was still on my way to the dive shop on a banca at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

"Pwede ka pa 9:30?" I asked. She said yes, and so I was trying to think of any new place that I passed by recently, but couldn't recall any.

By the time I was on land, I knew I was no longer in the best condition to still go out, and thus welcomed Deng's cancellation. The cancellation was providential. Because while I couldn't remember any new place, I passed by one on my way home.

"Alam ko na! May Persian Kabab sa Quimpo," I texted Deng as my taxi zipped by. I didn;t quite get a glimpse of where it exactly was since the taxi I was on was trying to beat the red light a few kantos away. All I remembered was that it was somewhere before Geojoe's if you're coming from downtown and after Geojoe's if you're co...]]>
I KNEW I was pushing it, but I wanted to get all article in before Friday since I was off somewhere again by Saturday, thus I was texting Deng even as I was still on my way to the dive shop on a banca at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

"Pwede ka pa 9:30?" I asked. She said yes, and so I was trying to think of any new place that I passed by recently, but couldn't recall any.

By the time I was on land, I knew I was no longer in the best condition to still go out, and thus welcomed Deng's cancellation. The cancellation was providential. Because while I couldn't remember any new place, I passed by one on my way home.

"Alam ko na! May Persian Kabab sa Quimpo," I texted Deng as my taxi zipped by. I didn;t quite get a glimpse of where it exactly was since the taxi I was on was trying to beat the red light a few kantos away. All I remembered was that it was somewhere before Geojoe's if you're coming from downtown and after Geojoe's if you're co...]]> http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/goin-places-persian-fit-for-the-pinoy/feed/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/please-identify/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/please-identify/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:35:30 +0000 just being... http://saestremera.multiply.com/photos/album/82/please_identify http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/please-identify/feed/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/just-one-reason-why-we-love-paradise/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/just-one-reason-why-we-love-paradise/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:54:01 +0000 just being... http://saestremera.multiply.com/video/item/9/Just_one_reason_why_we_love_Paradise http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/just-one-reason-why-we-love-paradise/feed/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/and-then-they-dance-the-cha-cha/ http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/and-then-they-dance-the-cha-cha/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:43:27 +0000 just being... http://saestremera.multiply.com/journal/item/148/And_then_they_dance_the_cha-cha
EVEN before anyone from government showed any effort to shed light on why the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) was drafted without giving a hint about it to anyone outside the august circle of Mindanao peace experts in the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace negotiations panel, Manila newspapers are screaming, charter change. Like, duh?

Indeed, there are stirrings of that long desire to be free from the Manila government since that bombshell called MOA-AD was leaked out to the public. Moreso after more than a hundred thousand residents were forced to flee as bandits and rebels once more raided their farmlands and torched their houses.

Beyond those stirrings is an even greater but never heard demand to be consulted. But, no, the Manila government and the Manila media are too important for that, anyway, they profess to kn...]]>
EVEN before anyone from government showed any effort to shed light on why the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) was drafted without giving a hint about it to anyone outside the august circle of Mindanao peace experts in the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace negotiations panel, Manila newspapers are screaming, charter change. Like, duh?

Indeed, there are stirrings of that long desire to be free from the Manila government since that bombshell called MOA-AD was leaked out to the public. Moreso after more than a hundred thousand residents were forced to flee as bandits and rebels once more raided their farmlands and torched their houses.

Beyond those stirrings is an even greater but never heard demand to be consulted. But, no, the Manila government and the Manila media are too important for that, anyway, they profess to kn...]]> http://www.mindanaoblogs.com/uncategorized/and-then-they-dance-the-cha-cha/feed/