Mamang Adung

I am trying to catch up on the volumes of email sent here "mamye" condolences and Prayers kang Mamang Adung Baluyut Family. I know some of you may not know him. I considered him as my close Bapa. Perhaps people there should simply remember him as they knew him - as for me, as Mamang Adong used to say often ... "Ay ing Abe Ko".

First and foremost, Mamang Adung was a Father a good Father. He had a natural instinct for being a friend uling mayan ya lub at maka-ayli yang mak-ayli. Anyang High School ku pag dinatang ne ing Huwebes bengi ikami nang miyayabe daretsu na kami king Gua-Gua at karin miya saganan y Mother from Manila uilng ing school supplies akutan mi. Nung Apat mung oras misasabi kami at nung nanu nanu ing apippagkwentuhan mi. He will appriciate you uli sigurong mikasundo kami keng biro at keng paningin. At kabang maka parada kami king Gua-Gua, durin that time and age, pag miras na ing alas nueve ala nang Jeep papunta florida. So, more often than not akit dakami uling ing dadalan ming Jeep atin yang Florida-Guauga-Basa. Ing gawan mi kanita malakwan ku at isake nala angga Poblacion florida bilang saup.
Once again, it is a testament to this man that he was a wonderful father to his Family.

Meko ku PIlipinas, yang menatad kanaku. 11years after, minuli ku at yamu rin ing dinakit kanaku we aged a little pero ya pa murin masaya ya at mapagbigay. How wonderful it was to see the smile return to his face.

"Ma" (as i always call him) some of the best days as we shared lots of joys and discussions together as a family.

Mamang Adung, you can finally rest now. And rest assured that you've lived an honorable, loving life, worth living. Everyone love you very much and now we bid you adieu. As we say, "you did good!"

Escape from Saudi Arabia

Another potential sad chapter in Philippine history. Wa Ricky tutu ya ing sinabi mu na sana atin yang gawan ing Gubyernu tamu to Filipino people na magobra kareng aliwang bansa to help build those countries. And I think that the Philippine government should concentrate on building its own country with its own people rather and find some other source of revenue! ay saguli! :) I think that is an illusion hi hi hi. Although Overseas Filipino Workers doing what I just said. Manakut lang pera that help the Philippine Economy (not the country)

Reminder: (from my previous opinion "My THoughts) That Poverty is the Real Enemy

kagaya na ning asabi ku nandin Rick ketang pinos ku about "My Thoughts" I admire the fact that you we are patriotic and all but the Oveseas Filipino Workers are the bread winner of the Philippines and that simply is not realistic. sure there might be jobs for them waiting back in The Philippines and I do understand that those people have dreams too. this is something that they want to do not because they like to live abroad, but because they want their families to live a better life, a lifestyle that they truly deserve.

I agree. I don't think an incident like this should prevent Filipinos who wish to work overseas for higher pay, from working overseas. Wa, mabagal pin siguro ing processing keng makanyan uling legalities. O pota naman akakit tamung mabagal uling misane tamu ketang atin tamung lalapitan para milis ing proseso? Oini ing pilit kung i advocate. Keni dakal naku dindam a Filipino at oini ing karelang statements "Corrupt la deng Filipino at sane la keng lagay lagay". Siguradu kung malikwas at sabyan ku kaya menasakit ku keng sinabi na uling aku Filipino ku. Agad kulang kutnan nung miglagay la anyang kukwa lang passport Filipinas. Era na man i-deny wa kanu ara... They are bunch of Hipocrytes aren't they?

Here is another Opinion of Mine and ala kung paturan kenini nung wari bibye ku mung benefit of the doubts; Why is it that we automatically assume that any Filipino/Filipina convicted of a crime and sentenced to jail or death in a foreign country is innocent? What if they did commit some crime? Should they then be excempt from the laws of the land they are in? Should foreigners who commit crimes in the Philippines be excempt to the laws of the Philippines? No.

Kultura Kultura Kultura My Thoughts

Kareng Indian/Hindus a akaluguran ku, ing pamakyasawa is one of their most sacred culture. This culture also may turns into violence and most of them happily(kuno) ever after. It is known around the world that Middle eastern and Oriental marriages were arranged. Wa tutu ing ela makipag Girlfriend/Boyfriend because they have a strong priciples in life. They can say "NO" nung ere buri ing i-arrange da karela and they were not forced to (culturaly). Nung atin mang antita because of the will of the Parents not the children(aliwa ing kultura da ita). Wa, mamye la ping "DOWRY" which most of it, it is their culture/trdition. And every once in awhile makaramdam tamung gagawan da mu deng aliwang lalaki for conviniences (no love). Lalu na karetang mangakwaltang babai. Atin ku pang dindam meko la keng bansa ra at anyang megisan no reng pera na ning babai, bye bye ing milyari. Just because ating divorce ketang bansang pintalan da. Atin mu namang milayari na ela sapat deng dowry silaban de ing Babai. Then again itang mesilab a babai ena buring sabyan antita ngan ing malilyari no, no no. and I wouldn't say "Deng Indian nung kulang la dowry panasakitan dala deng babai, Deng inidian ala lang choice kareng asawa da. These would be wrong statements. So, it is safe to make judgement to their cultue is "it is a arrange marriage, yes! woman will give the "dowry" and you can say No".

Atin ku namang kaluguran a Pakistani, Iranian/Muslim (they don't wanna be called indian he! he! it is really funny eyu namu sasabyan na asabi ku ita neh) also is a different story. Wa, deng lalaki pwede lang makyasawang "dakal" "Provided,! na ing first wife bisa ya at agyu da financially if not, ela pwede. It is not in the Curan though. Pwede dalang ayasawa deng karelang first cousins. Eh ya pwede ing next of kin i.e your brother or your sister. Must first cousins be forbidden to marry? In the Bible, and in many parts of the world, the answer is no. But the answer is yes in much of church law. An unrelated couple generally has a 3 percent to 4 percent risk of having a child with such problems, while marriages of close cousins add 1.7 percent to 2.8 percent to the risk. Ela maniwala kening studies a ini, uli kanung malagad mu kanung tutu ing antitang problema. Genetic problems are considerably higher with the forms of close inbreeding that the Bible forbids and secular Culture abhors as "incest."
This "Levitical law" is found in Leviticus 18:6-18, supplemented by Leviticus 20:17-21 and Deuteronomy 27:20- 23. Among the forbidden couples are parent-child, sister- brother, grandparent-grandchild, uncle-niece, aunt- nephew, and between half-siblings and certain close in-

Isn't Ironic, that is true in very many cultural practices involving women: that in Islam circumcision of females (is
not an Islamic requirement though) Chinese foot-binding, Indian suttee, Burnese neck rings ... It's usually the mothers and other women in the family that perpetuate it.

People have different culture around the world. Para kanaku datang ing panahon manaliwa ngan yan because of human rights and western influences. Give you an example, anyang anak la deng Mother at Ah-pu tamu ing malan da sasayad keng gabun ing katwiran da kanita, it is a dignified thing to do. At ngeni ing katwiran da, I have the rights to wear this and be comfortable with (eku naman buring sabyan pakakuyad na that will effects others).
Make the difference but don't change the culture you/we don't understand.

Overseas Filipino Workers Rights

Correct me here if I am really wrong. Ating kung abasa kanita na more than one-quarter of Saudi Arabia's foreign work force is non-Muslim: Indian Hindus, Buddhists from Thailand and Nepal, and Christians from countries such as India, the Philippines and Eritrea. At pinakamarakal la ata deng Inidan. And it is about $3,000, equivalent to many workers' annual wage -- must be paid by Saudi employers, some of whom try to shirk the responsibility. At sabi da it is common kareng immigrant remains to be held in Said Arabia for as long as six months while the government processes the exit visa on the dead worker's passport, and the employers come up with the money.

Saudi Arabia a country that have their own laws, majority of it approved by the citizens of that country. And Philippines or other countries have a relative freedom of religion and that doesn't mean there is a global rights to such freedom. Each and every one of us must obey the laws of a country that we visit. Nothing wrong with disagreeing with a country's laws, but if you value your own life and freedom, behave when in that country or don't go there. At eku naman sasabyan na dapat ela munta karin deng kapwa tamu.

Balu ku ating organization or group (Government) that help Overseas Filipino Workers in this kind of predicament. And "We Should" let them do all the the bloated bureaucracy and red tapes.

Disobeying any nation's laws could have serious consequences. Pero I admire The Filipino people keng karelang tapang uli na ning kakalulwan tamu manyuluk tamu nung nokarin ya man itang ayapag tamung pamangan keng lamesa na ning kekatamung pamilya. At mas dakal la deng tatakut kareng kapwa tamu for what they did. Anya asabi ku mu naman Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW)are the unsung HERO of The Philippines... i'm so proud of them. While in many ways, the OFWs deserves the recognition yet, sometimes they feel betrayed lalu na ing makanyan malilyari ketang kaluguran nang Mhy. And Here they are the hardworking OFWs filipinos who work like slave we call them heroes because they are the bankrupt government. Pero pakiramdam tamu as an individual the government doesnt give a damn. The continued dollar remittances of OFWs and (68% of it from U.S.) Filipinos to their relatives in the country.

There are approximately 6.97 million Filipinos abroad. Of this total, 2.04 million are on overseas employment contracts. Over 2 million of these are landbased while the rest are seas-based. There are also 2.15 million Filipinos, or of Filipino lineage, who are permanently residing in various countries; about 1.88 million are undocumented. Whew! some statistics ha? don't worry too much on this.


The question now is, "do we have to feel betrayed" pag ating antiyan malilyare? Or do we have to hate the system?

The true enemy is poverty.

4th of July

Good Afternoon (whatever the case maybe)

Oini Monday afternoon Independence Day keni king America. I know East Coast i.e. New York umpisan da ne ing papa pakbung. sasaganan da ne ing karelang 4th of July. Kening banda mi atmu na katahimikan I am sure panenayan da na ing sumilim para papakbung nala at manyapak la bulsa kanyan kareng karelang firecrackers. Keta kekatamu balamu bayu yang banwa ing panenayan da reng anak para deng karelang Kwitis at lebentador ume dalang papakbungan.

Friends and New member,
Ikwa tayang tataguyud ing saya tamu keni kekatamung grupo agiang makalaut tamu keng kekatamung bansa at barrio. I know this is the best place for us para milako homesickness. I've been telling all along, ala nang masanting a lugal pa nune ing kekatamung akaragulang Bansa. Lalu na ing kekatamung Lugal.

What I have heard, Filipinos working for the Saudis, Bahrain atbp. There's even a place called Filipino Market where bargain shoppers gets a field day. The restaurants were almost the same back home (Philippines) except there's no pork in the menu. Most of them are very happy to make the money that they could never earned back in the Philippines. However, most express feelings of loneliness and being homesick. At ining kekatamung grupo yang metung a pampalunas lungkot kekatamu ngan. I know some of you may not agree whith me, Pero ing panakit ku kareng keraklan masaya la keni at mikit ikit la deng mikakaluguran, ka-barrio, siping bale at kamaganak kapamilatan na nining kekatamung grupo.
Agiang makarayu at malungkot tamu keng kekatmung pipagobran ngeni, I know we (Filipinos) have this ability to smile and laugh, even at the worst of times. Anya siguro dakal tamu Kuwayan keta kekatamu balamu bamboo tamu, they can bend us, but they cannot break us. Filipinos are the best survivors. We do not easily lose hope

Nung ala ya ining kektamung grupo, ing keraklan gagawan tamu kanyan pagtiyagan tala deng kektamung tear-jerker "kikyak at tampalingan" movies. Not that I ever cried at one of those movies...never! I am *macho* dammit! ("anak may pagtatapat ako sa iyo, ikaw ay isang ampon lamang. how digragding these script and showing no respect to our unfortunate children. o kaya ay! h'wag! wag 'mong barilin sya!! waaaaaaaaahh!!! *sniff* *sob*!!!")

Oh kaya pakiramdaman tayang gugulisak y Boy Abunda keng kayang report or Cris Aquino keng kayang ma lemyak a salita keng TFC. At babandera na ing kayang love affair ketang tau king nokarin ya man ita. Lalu na retang teterak a artista keng metung a show talent da kanu ita balamu mag piku la keng karelang terak. And with that, apapaligaya dala rugu detang kalupa kung mababa kaligayahan. (Please don't get me wrong nung wari asasabi ku mu ini as part of us being Filipino agiang rugung makanyan mu apapaligya tala deng kekatamung sarili nokarin taman miras)

One of the show na alben ku itang Wowowee nung deng karelang kontestant, detang magksakit keng bie. Dandaman mo rugu nung magkananu la panakitan keng keralng pamag tinda keng dalan malunus kang hustu sometimes, they were saying manakitan lang 200pesos a day and yet here we are sometimes complaining for what we have on what they don't have.

Makananu ka pang e Ma-Homesick, Deng mung kalugkug da reng Tricycle at deng mag pot-pot neng abak a maranun kalwal mu nung eh Pandesal a manyaman, Puto't Kunsinta la deng asali mu. Oh keni manenaya ka pang alas nueve at mag saken ka pa para saliwan mu la deng pandesal at kutsinta kaibat maka istayroporm la pa rugu melutu la anyang birthday na nitang pangane na ning magtinda.

So, friends, new members keep the thread goin at sana eh yu pagkalungkutan ing pamakyabe yu keni or eko sana ma disasapoynt kening kekatamung grupo. although sometimes our topic may not at your best interest pasensiya na kayu sana kanita. ngeni nung saya naman ing kekatamung abibye keni lalu na karetang kabalen tamung makarayu at maynip, pasalamatan ku ita kekayu. Agiang atin tamung ditak a biru at ating mituturan a mala mamon a puso pisabyan taya.

At nung seriousness ing buri yu fblanca group is the best group to place those thread/topic and i will be happy to talk to you.

At nung kwentuhan, chikahan at nanu pa man pisabyan tamung masalese yan keng sosyalan group. anya ikayu ngan binili da kayu keng sosyalan.

Ay taksipo pota naman mipakaba neng hustu ini keng tutuki naman...