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02:03
31 mar 09

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noknok_dei
Update sa buhay ko ulit
May badge na ako ng Mabuhay Guides.

At sa NOVALICHES na ako nakatira.

Dalawin niyo ako.
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00:08
25 mar 09

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noknok_dei
Sa mga naghahanap ng update sa buhay ko
(Kung hindi ka naghahanap, wag mo nang basahin ito - sungit)

Tapos na ang training ko sa Mabuhay Guides.  Isa na akong Mabuhay Guide (malamang), tour guide na internationally accredited.  Haha.  As if.  Susan Calo-Medina told us that we will be deployed starting Easter Week, and we will be sent to be guides to DOT guests who are considered VIPs.  And since they are VIPs, we will be sent to the best destinations in the country on what can be considered as paid vacations.  We have yet to talk about terms of compensation and benefits.
I just remembered that when I was in high school, I saw Travel Time and I mentioned to Ronald that I want Susan's job.  It turns out Susan is giving me precisely that.  Haha.

I will be returning to UST next semester.  I have already prepared the letter.

Χριστος ανεστη!  Αληθος ανεστη!

I would like to express my intent to teach in this prestigious university for the first semester of academic year 2009-2010.  I have taught Thy 1, Phl 5 and Scl 9 during the first semester of academic year 2008-2009 as a substitute instructor and I am hoping that in the future, I would become one of the distinguished members of the faculty of the Institute of Religion.

I am finishing my Master of Arts degree in Liturgy at San Beda College Graduate School of Liturgy, writing my thesis, <<The Classical Roman Liturgy>> under the direction of the very Rev. Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB, the former rector of San Beda and the Pontificio Istituto Liturgico and presently the director of Paul VI Institute of Liturgy.  I am involved in the Diocesan Ministry for Liturgical Affairs of the Diocese of Cubao, the National Meeting of Diocesan Directors of Liturgy of the Episcopal Commission on Liturgy-CBCP and the Department of Tourism of the Republic of the Philippines. 

I am hoping for an affirmative response.  Thank you.

May isa pang raket.  Pero saka na yun.  Hahaha.

Naeexcite na akong magHoly Week at magboracay after Holy Week.  (After Holy Week para wala na kayong lahat dun)

Binubuo ko pa rin ang contacts list ko na kasama ng cellphone kong kinuha ng holdaper.  Kaya utang na loob kung di nyo pa ginagawa, itext niyo ako ng pangalan niyo para masave ko number niyo.
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08:41
8 mar 09

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Yes, Father, I am working on it.
from Anscar Chupungco
to jeff velasco <jeffreyvelasco@gmail.com>
date Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:53 PM
subject Re: Thank you Jeff.
mailed-by gmail.com
hide details 3:53 PM (4 hours ago)


Wow, that's an interesting job. I hope though that you'll have time to finish your thesis. I should like to think that you're a liturgist over and above being a tourist guide. Let's move. I know you can make it. See you next Liturgy Conference.
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21:17
6 mar 09

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Mabuhay! I Had Been Mugged
Last night, I was mugged along P. Burgos Drive on the connecting road on top of the Lagusnilad underpass just as the jeep was approaching the Manila City Hall.  The jeep was not moving because of the red light when a man who is around my age just popped out of nowhere by the window and threatened me with a folding knife and another man who looked older boarded the jeep to get my phone.  We just finished training at DOT and I was on my way home to begin working on Sunday's liturgy.  I was already tired.  I did not give a fight.  They took my phone.  I saw them walking slowly and they were joined by a woman who I saw was hitting the older man with her hand as if reprimanding him.

I quickly reported the incident to the police inside the City Hall.  I had to walk around the City Hall to find the entrance to the building.  The police at the desk looked disinterested, probably from having heard the same story for eternity. They showed me some pictures but honestly, I couldn't identify the two anymore.  I was tired.  I did not catch their face.  All I know is that they have the thin gaunt dark-skinned look.  They probably haunt that part of the city and hopefully, the police would be able to get hold of them.  I had asked the mobile company to disconnect the sim card for the meantime.  I will report the lost phone to NTC.  

It was until I got home that I realized that my phone is not important.  But the thing hanging from it was.  It's the key to my hard drive.  And now I cannot open my hard drive anymore, everything in it is sealed until I get support from the manufacturer.  I hope I can still retrieve my files from the drive.  But this remains unclear.  There are too many things in the drive and it would be hard for me to get going again - my thesis, Fr. Nelson's book, my teaching materials, my artworks, my pictures, my writings.

And now I am beyond depressed.  But I am coping.
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09:04
3 mar 09

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Pabasa Schedule
Holy Monday (6 April 2009)
Basketball Court

Oras Zone Ministry Organization
12 mn – 2 am 10 Greeters and Collectors
2 am – 4 am 1 CFC
4 am – 6 am 3 SSDM Livelihood ME
6 am – 8 am 8 MBG, Lectors
8 am – 10 am 2 Catechists, Altar Servers CWL
10 am – 12 n 4 and 7 Visual Aid DMI/KofC/AP/Familia
12 n – 2 pm 6 and 10 SSDM Health, EMHC
2 pm – 4 pm 9 SSDM Tulay Buhay Confraternity
4 pm – 6 pm 5 PYM Legion of Mary / Holy Face
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08:59
3 mar 09

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OLPH Proj 8 - Lent 2009
LENT
1. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS
Layunin: Ihanda ang mga nais maging kaanib ng Simbahang Katoliko na ipagdiwang at tanggapin ang mga sakramento ng pag-anib sa Sambayanang Kristiyano
Description: Binubuo ang prosesong ito ng mga ritual ng pag-anib, katekesis at paghuhubog ng diwa na naghahanda sa mga katekumeno na tanggapin ang mga sakramento ng binyag, kumpil at eukaristiya.
Kalahok: Catechetical Ministry at Worship Coordinator
Mga gagamitin: Catechetical modules at Ordo Initiationis Christianae Adultorum
Araw at Oras: Mula Enero hanggang Abril (on-going)

2. AREA MASSES AND STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Layunin: 1. Misa - Ihanda ang nasa bawat area para sa pagdiriwang ng Triduo ng Paskuwa
2. Daan ng Krus – Pagkakataon para sa higit na pananalangin at sa pagbuo ng pamayanan sa pamamagitan ng pagdarasal at pakikiisa sa paglalakbay ni Hesus sa kalbaryo
Description: Misa sa Area at Daan ng Krus sa mga kalyeng sakop sa nasabing area
Kalahok: Servers, Lectors, EMHCs, Greeters, Music Kalahok must schedule ministers for each Mass
Servers carrying the cross and 2 torches
BEC zone coordinators must assign houses
Zone residents lead the prayers
Mga gagamitin: Mass Kit, Via Crucis Prayer Guides, Cross and Torches
Araw at Oras: Scheduled by Zone Coordinators (refer to schedule)

 
3. STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN THE CHURCH
Layunin: Para ang mga nagsimba sa simbahan ay magkaroon din ng pagkakataong makapag-Daan ng Krus
Description: Daan ng Krus sa loob ng Simbahan
Kalahok: Servers 
Lectors or Volunteers to lead the praying of the Stations
Mga gagamitin: Via Crucis Prayer Guides
Araw at Oras: Every Friday (after the Mass)

4. PENITENTIAL SERVICES (KUMPISALANG BAYAN)
Layunin: Pagkakataon upang magkaroon ng mas makahulugang pagdiriwang ng pakikipagkasundo
Description: Pagdiriwang ng Salita ng Diyos na may pagninilay at pagsusuri ng budhi
Mga gagamitin: Rite

a. PENITENTIAL SERVICE FOR CHILDREN
Kalahok: Servers
Catechists
Confessor
Araw at Oras: March 31 | 3 pm
Lugar: Formation Room

b. PENITENTIAL SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Kalahok: Volunteers from UST
PYM
Confessor
Araw at Oras: March 14 | 7:30 pm
Lugar: Formation Room

c. PARISHIONERS 
Kalahok: Confessors
Lectors (2)
Worship Coordinator
Araw at Oras: March 28 | 5 pm
Lugar: Simbahan

d. PARISHIONERS
Kalahok: Confessors
Lectors (2)
Worship Coordinator
Araw at Oras: April 8 | 7:00 pm
Lugar: Simbahan

 
5. FORMATION ON HOLY WEEK AND THE EASTER TRIDUUM
Layunin: Ihanda ang mga lingkod (Kalahok) at mga parokyano para sa pagdiriwang ng Mahal na Araw at Triduo ng Paskuwa sa pamamagitan sa pamamagitan ng paghuhubog upang higit na maintindihan ng mga tao ang mga pagdiriwang
Description: Isang talk ukol sa Holy Week at Easter Triduum
Kalahok: Worship Ministries, Parishioners
Mga gagamitin: Laptop, LCD Projector
Araw at Oras: March 28 | 7:30 pm 

HOLY WEEK
6. HOLY WEEK AND TRIDUUM PRACTICES
Description: Pagsasanay sa mga gagawin at magaganap para sa Huwebes Santo hanggang Sabado de Gloria
Kalahok: Lahat ng Worship Ministries, Ministers assigned
Mga gagamitin: Lahat ng gagamitin para sa mga pagdiriwang
Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo | 11 am
Biyernes Santo | 10 am
Sabado de Gloria | 3 pm

7. PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION
Description: Paggunita at pagdiriwang ng pagpapakasakit at kamatayan ng Panginoon pati ang kanyang maringal na pagpasok sa Jerusalem
Kalahok: Lahat ng Worship Ministries
Mga gagamitin: Palaspas at lahat ng kailangan sa Misa
Araw at Oras: April 5 | Sunday Schedule

* Principal Mass: 8 am (Solemn Procession) 
8:30 am (Mass)
Kalahok: Mga batang aawit ng Hosanna
Mga maghahanda ng 3 kubol
Mga apostoles 
Lahat ng Worship Ministries

8. PABASA
Description: Pagdarasal ng Pasyon
Kalahok: Zones, Ministries, CBO, Lahat ng Parokyano - may schedule
Mga gagamitin: Kopya ng Pasyon, Lugar ng Pagbasa, Pakain
Araw at Oras: Lunes Santo
Lugar: Basketball court

9. CHRISM MASS
Description: Pagdiriwang ng Misa kung saan gagawing banal ang mga langis na ginagamit sa mga sakramento, at kung saan nagsasariwa ng mga pangako ng ordinasyon ang kaparian ng Diosesis
Kalahok: Diocese of Cubao
Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo | 7 am

 
EASTER TRIDUUM
Ang Easter Triduum ang pinakamahalaga at pinaka-solemn na pagdiriwang sa buong liturgical year.  Pinagdiriwang dito ang misteryo ng ating kaligtasan – ang Paschal Mystery (Passion, Death and Resurrection).  Dapat makibahagi ang lahat sa lahat ng gagawin sa mga araw na ito dahil dito nagaganap ang kaligtasan.

10.  EVENING MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Description: Pagsisimula ng Triduo; pagdiriwang na kung saan ginugunita ang pagtatatag ng Eukaristiya at Banal na Orden, at ang pagbibigay ng dakilang utos ng pag-ibig; dito nagaganap ang ritwal na paghuhugas ng paa; susundan ito ng Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Kalahok: Lahat
Note: Pakikinabangan ang Katawan at Dugo ni Kristo
Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo | 6 pm (hindi 5pm para madilim na kasi nga hapunan)
Lugar: Basketball Court

11. VIGIL BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Description: Pagdarasal sa harap ng Banal na Sakramento hanggang 12 mn
Kalahok: Mga grupong i-aassign o mag-vo-volunteer (sumangguni sa schedule)
Mga gagamitin: Prayer Guides
Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo 8 pm – 12 mn 
Lugar: Simbahan

12. SUPPER 
Description: Kakain ang mga pari at mga apostoles ng simpleng hapunan
Kalahok: Mga Pari, mga apostoles at mga naglingkod sa Misa
Mga gagamitin: Pahapunan c/o Fr. Nelson (hehe)
Araw at Oras: Huwebes Santo | 8 pm

13. GOOD FRIDAY MORNING PRAYER
Description: Panalangin ng Kristiyano sa Umaga (Liturgy of the Hours – Lauds)
Kalahok: Lahat 
Paring Tagapamuno
Servers para sa Solemn Celebration
Mga gagamitin: Prayer Guides
Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | 7 am
Lugar: General Hospital

14. WAY OF THE CROSS
Kalahok: Lahat; Servers na mamumuno sa prusisyon; mga apostoles na mamumuno sa pagdarasal ng Daan ng Krus; mga mamumuno ng pag-awit sa daan; mga maghahanda ng mga estasyon; mga magbubuhay ng krus
Mga gagamitin: Mga estasyon, mga gabay, krus na malaki na papasanin ng mga tao
Araw at Oras: Bieyrnes Santo (pagkatapos ng Panalangin sa Umaga)
a. Route: chapel papuntang simbahan;
mas  malalayo dapat ang estasyon
mula sa isa’t isa at hindi dapat
paikot-ikot sa isang lugar; dapat tumagal ang Daan ng Krus ng 1½ oras
b. Drama: c/o Youth
c. Prayer: c/o Apostoles at resident

 
15. SEVEN LAST WORDS
Description: Pagninilay sa mga huling salita ng Panginoon bago siya matepok
Kalahok: Mga magvovolunteer o mapakikiusapang magbigay ng pagninilay
pagpili c/o Fr. Nelson 
Mga gagamitin: Sound system
Araw at Oras: Good Friday | 12 n
Lugar: Simbahan

16.  CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S PASSION
Description: Pagdiriwang ng Pagpapakasakit at Kamatayan ni Kristo, paggunita sa paghihirap at pag-aalay ni Hesus ng buhay; babasahin ang Passion Narrative na parang drama; Panalanging Pangkalahatan; Pagpaparangal sa Krus na Banal; Pakikinabang; hindi Misa PERO kadugtong ng Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper kaya dapat umattend ang mga tao; ang karugtong nito ay ang Easter Vigil
Kalahok: Worship Ministries (may schedule)
Apostoles na magpapahalik sa krus
Mga gagamitin: May listahan, dun na lang i-check
Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | 3 pm
Lugar: Basketball Court

17. BURIAL PROCESSION
Description: Prusisyon ng bangkay ni Hesus
Kalahok: Lahat ng Tao
Mga gagamitin: Imahe ng Santo Entierro at ng Mater Dolorosa na nakasakay sa carosa
mga Kandila
Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | pagkatapos ng Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Route: Mula basketball court, iikot sa teritoryo ng parokya; dapat 1 oras hanggang 1 ½ oras lang ang prusisyon

18. VIGIL BEFORE THE IMAGE OF CHRIST’S CORPSE
Description: Lamay
Kalahok: Lahat
Mga nakatokang mamuno sa panalangin sa bawat oras
Mga gagamitin: Lahat ng gagamitin para sa mga pagdiriwang
Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | pagkatapos ng prusisyon
Lugar: Simbahan

19. TENEBRAE
Description: Lumang kaugalian na pagdiriwang ng Panalangin ng Kristiyano sa gabi
Kalahok: Nakatoka sa oras na ito at Worship Coordinator
Mga gagamitin: 9 kandila, Prayer Guide
Araw at Oras: Biyernes Santo | 9 pm
Lugar: Simbahan

 
20. HOLY SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER
Description: Panalangin ng Kristiyano sa Umaga (Liturgy of the Hours – Lauds)
Kalahok: Lahat 
Paring Tagapamuno
Servers para sa Solemn Celebration
Mga gagamitin: Prayer Guides
Araw at Oras: Sabado de Gloria | 8 am
Lugar: Sitio Militar Chapel/Santo Cristo Chapel

21. RCIA FINAL PREPARATIONS
Description: Paghahanda sa mga bibinyagan
Kalahok: Catechetical Ministry
Worship Coordinator
Fr. Raul
Mga Bibinyagan
Mga Ninong at Ninang
Mga gagamitin: Rite; Oil of Catechumens
Araw at Oras: Sabado de Gloria | 9 am

22.  EASTER VIGIL
Description: Magdamagang Pagdiriwang ng Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoong Hesukristo; karugtong ng Celebration of the Lord’s Passion; service of light; liturgy of the Word (9 readings); liturgy of Baptism; liturgy of the Eucharist; concluding rite
Kalahok: Worship Ministries
Apostoles
Catechetical Ministry
Mga Bibinyagan
Mga gagamitin: May listahan, dun na lang i-check
Araw at Oras: Sabado de Gloria | 9 pm

23. SALUBONG
Description: Prusisyon ng imahe ng Pagkabuhay at ng BVM, na may pagbati (Regina Caeli)
Kalahok: Lahat
Mga batang nakagayak na anghel
Mga taga-awit
Mga magpapaputok
Paring magbibigay ng basbas
Mga gagamitin: Imahe ng Pagkabuhay at ng BVM na nakasakay sa carosa
Mga paputok
Araw at Oras: Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay
pagkatapos ng Easter Vigil

24. EASTER SUNDAY
Description: Pagdiriwang ng muling pagkabuhay ng Panginoon; sa misa may sequence at pagsasariwa ng binyag
Kalahok: Worship Ministries
Mga gagamitin: Karaniwang ginagamit sa Misa
Araw at Oras: Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay
Sunday Schedule

EASTER  (TSAKA NA TATALAKAYIN)
1. Mystagogical Catechesis
2. Liturgy Conference 2009
3. Recruitment for Lay Liturgical Ministries
4. Formation for Lay Liturgical Ministries
5. Pentecost Vigil
6. Pentecost Sunday
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20:23
26 fév 09

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Pang-JS po ba?
I was looking for a yellow long-sleeved button-down shirt yesterday at Landmark for Mabuhay Guides training.  I approached the attendant and asked if they had a yellow long-sleeved button-down shirt.

And then he goes: "Pang-JS po ba?"

JS?!  WATDA?
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20:36
24 fév 09

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Ash Wednesday reflection and Amiel's story
Remember, man, you are dust and to dust you will return.

At about 4:20 pm yesterday, a Grade 4 student and his nanny were crossing the street in front of Henry Lee Irwin Theater in the vicinity of the Ateneo Grade School when a van driven by a mother who was fetching her son struck them.  Amiel was crushed between the van and a CRV.  He died.  He was ten years old.

Today is Ash Wednesday, it marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day preparation to celebrate Easter Triduum and the Easter Season.  Today we put ash on our heads, a reminder of the fact that like Amiel, we will die, we will return to dust, and so we must pursue things that would merit us a life after this one.  The ash in cross form reminds us that our salvation, eternal life, is only given to us through the cross of Christ, who died and rose again for us, who calls us to leave our sins and believe and live in him.  Thus, ash also signifies our commitment to change our lives for the better and to live according to the Gospel. 

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20:15
24 fév 09

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Kuwaresma
Upang maintindihan natin at maging makahulugan para sa atin ang panahon ng Kuwaresma, kailangan makita natin ito bilang panahon ng paghahanda para sa pagdiriwang ng pinakadakilang misteryo ng ating pananampalataya – ang Tatlong Araw na Pagdiriwang ng Pagpapakasakit, Kamatayan at Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoong Hesukristo (Easter Triduum o Paschal Triduum), at ang pagpapalawig dito na panahon ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay (Easter Season).  Nagsisimula ang Kuwaresma sa Miyerkules ng Abo at natatapos sa paglubog ng araw sa Huwebes Santo.  Ang Semana Santa naman ang huling bahagi ng Kuwaresma na nagsisimula sa Linggo ng Palaspas at Pagpapakasakit ng Panginoon at natatapos sa paglubog ng araw ng Huwebes Santo.  Ang gabi ng Huwebes Santo ng Gabi hanggang Linggo ng Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay ay hindi na Kuwaresma kungdi ang pinakatangi at mahalagang mga araw sa buong taon – ang Tatlong Araw na Pagdiriwang ng Pagpapakasakit, Kamatayan at Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoong Hesukristo.

Panahon ang Kuwaresma ng mga huling paghahanda ng mga nais maging kaanib ng sambayanang Kristiyano.  Ayon sa sinaunang kaugalian ng Simbahan, ginaganap ang mga sakramento ng pag-anib sa sambayanang Krisityano (binyag, kumpil at eukaristiya) para sa mga hindi pa Kristiyano sa gabi ng Sabado de Gloria (Holy Saturday) sa Magdamagang Pagdiriwang ng Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoong Hesukristo (Easter Vigil). Bago ito daraan sila sa mahabang panahon ng paghuhubog ng diwa, pagninilay sa Salita ng Diyos, at pag-aaral sa pananampalataya, kung kaya’t pagsapit ng kanilang pag-anib sa Simbahan, tunay na nga nilang tinalikuran ang kanilang dating pamumuhay at mamumuhay sila ayon sa turo ng Panginoong Hesukristo – mga Kristiyano di lamang sa papel kungdi sa salita, gawa, pag-iisip at uri ng pamumuhay

Paghahanda din ito ng mga nabinyagan na ngunit nagkasala at pinagsisisihan ang kanilang mga kasalanan.  Panahon ito ng paglilinis ng ating budhi mula sa mga humahadlang na tuparin natin ang kalooban ng Diyos, una na ang kasalanan.  Bilang mga Kristiyano, tinatawag tayo upang mamuhay ayon sa pamantayan ng Mabuting Balita (Gospel) at kapag hindi natin ito nagagawa, nagkakasala tayo.  Ngunit bukas naman ang Diyos sa ating pagbabalik-loob kung kaya nga’t binibigyan niya tayo ng pagkakataon sa sakramento ng pakikipagkasundo (Reconciliation) at sa panahon ng Kuwaresma upang makabalik sa kanyang tahanan gaya sa kuwento ng alibughang anak.

Para sa lahat ng Kristiyano at mga magiging Kristiyano, panahon ang Kuwaresma ng paglilinis, pagtalikod sa kasalanan at pagtatalaga ng sarili upang mamuhay ayon sa aral ni Kristo.  Sa panahong ito, iminumungkahi para sa atin ang ilang mga gawain upang matulungan tayo sa layuning ito: pinaigting na pagninilay sa Salita ng Diyos, higit na taimtim na pananalangin, pakikipagkasundo sa Diyos at sa kapwa, pag-aayuno at pag-iwas sa ilang uri ng pagkain, at pag-aabuloy.


Pagninilay sa Salita ng Diyos

Makapangyarihan ang Salita ng Diyos – sa pamamagitan ng Salita lumikha ang Diyos at sa pamamagitan ng Salita din niya tayo iniligtas, sa Salitang Nagkatawang-tao – si Hesukristo.  Tandaan natin na si Hesukristo ang Salita ng Diyos na nagkatawang-tao, namuhay dito sa daigdig, ipinako sa krus, namatay at muling nabuhay.  Sa pamamagitan niya tayo ay nalikha at naligtas.  Kung kaya’t mahalaga para sa isang Kristiyano na basahin at namnamin ang Salita ng Diyos na nasa Banal na Kasulatan, sa Karunungan ng Tradisyon at sa Turo ng Simbahan.  Sa panahon ng Kuwaresma, inaanyayahan tayong buklatin ang ating mga Bibliya at magnilay sa Salita ng Diyos araw-araw.  Maaari ring magsimba araw-araw, dahil sa Misa, ipinahahayag ang Salita ng Diyos at nangangaral ang lingkod na pari.  Sa pagninilay natin higit na nakikilala ang Panginoon at higit tayong napapalapit sa kanya habang mas nakikilala natin siya.

 
Pakikipagkasundo sa Diyos at sa Kapwa

Layunin ng Buhay Kristiyano na makaisa ang Diyos at makibahagi sa kanyang buhay.  Nilikha tayo na kaisa niya at nakikibahagi sa kanyang buhay ngunit sinira natin ito dahil sa kasalanan.  Ngunit binibigyan niya tayo ng pagkakataon na maibalik ang nasira ng kasalanan sa pamamagitan ng Sakramento ng Pakikipagkasundo.  Sa sakramentong ito, tinatanggap natin na nagkamali at nagkasala tayo at dumudulog tayo sa kanya upang patawarin tayo.  Sa pamamagitan ng pari, natatanggap natin ang pagpapatawad ng Diyos.  Huwag sana natin itong tingnan bilang pag-amin lang ng kasalanan, isang bahagi lang yun.  Mas mahalaga na makita natin ito bilang kaisa-isang paraan na mababatid natin na pinatatawad tayo ng Diyos.  Hindi naman mangyayari na kapag ibulong natin sa hangin ang kasalanan natin ay may boses na sasagot sa atin mula sa langit na nagsasabing pinapatawad na tayo.  Kailangan natin ng tagapamagitan, kaya nga may pari. Para din mas maging makahulugan ang ating pakikipagkasundo sa Diyos, sana rin magawa nating makipagkasundo sa ating kapwang naka-alitan o nagawan ng kamalian.  Kalooban ng Diyos na mag-ibigan tayo at magiging ganap ang paghilom ng ating relasyon sa Diyos kung mapaghihilom din natin ang ating relasyon sa ating kapwa.


Panalangin

Inaanyayahan din tayo sa panahon ng Kuwaresma para sa higit na pananalangin.  Sa tradisyon ng mga Kristiyano, dalawang paraan ang panalangin – una ay pagdalangin kaisa ng pamayanan (communal) at ang pangalawa ay panalanging mag-isa (personal).  Marami tayong pagkakataon na makasama ang pamayanan sa panalangin, una na ang pagsisimba tuwing Linggo o araw-araw, ang pagsama sa Panalangin ng Kristiyano sa Maghapon (Liturgy of the Hours), mga panata gaya ng Daan ng Krus at Bisita Iglesia, at iba pa.  Maaari rin namang maglaan tayo ng oras sa pagdarasal nang mag-isa.  Maari tayong magrosaryo, dumalaw sa Banal na Sakramento o gawin nang mag-isa ang pamamanata.


Pag-aayuno at Pag-iwas sa ilang uri ng Pagkain

Tinatawag tayo ng panahon ng Kuwaresma upang magsakripisyo para sa kapwa sa pag-aayuno at pag-iwas sa ilang uri ng pagkain.  Kapag nag-aayuno, minsan lang sa isang araw kumakain.  Agahan lang o tanghalian o hapunan.  Sa pag-aayuno, nagkakaroon ng linaw ang ating isipan at naitutuon ito sa panalangin.  Sa Kuwaresma iniiwasan natin ang ilang pagkain gaya ng karne.  Ang punto ay iwasan natin ang mga pagkaing paborito natin bilang sakripisyo.  Puwedeng hindi karne ang iwasan (lalo na kung vegetarian), puwedeng tsokolate, puwedeng caviar, puwedeng isaw – ang punto ay iiwasan natin yung hilig natin.  Puwede din namang ang iwasan natin ay ang ating mga bisyo gaya ng paninigarilyo, pag-inom, pamimili (shopping) o kahit anong luho at kalabisan natin.  Ginagawa natin ang mga ito para makapagtabi ng makatutulong na makakain ang mga nagugutom dahil sa kahirapan.  Isa itong paraan upang ibigin ang kapwang nangangailangan.


Pag-aabuloy

Maraming paraan upang ipakita natin ang pagmamahal natin sa ating kapwa.  Isa na dito ang aktibong pagtulong sa kanila.  Sa kaugalian ng Simbahan, ginagawa ito sa pamamagitan ng paglilimos.  Ngunit ayon sa karanasan sa pangkasalukuyan, hindi kailangan ng mahihirap ng limos – ang kailangan nila dangal.  Walang silbi ang limos kung wala namang katarungang panlipunan.  Di lamang dapat binibigyan ng pangangailangan ang mga maralita, dapat gumagawa din tayo ng paraan upang mawala ang mga bagay na nagpapanatili sa karalitaan gaya ng kamangmangan, katiwalian sa pamahalaan at lipunan, pagtapak sa karapatang pantao, at ang imoral na malaking agwat ng mayaman at mahirap.  Hindi rin ibig sabihin na mayaman ang dapat magbigay sa mahirap, na parang may tagapagbigay at may tagatanggap.  Lahat nagbibigay, lahat tumatanggap.  Ganito ang sinaunang pamayanang Kristiyano sa mga Gawa ng mga Apostol, at ganito pa rin dapat tayo.

Ito ang nais ng Diyos na gawin natin: tigilan ang pag-aalipin at pairalin ang katarungan, palayain ang api at tulungan, pakainin ang nagugutom, patuluyin sa tahanan ang walang matirhan, damitan ang mga hubad, at tulungan ang kapwa (Isaias 58).  Kapag wala tayong pakialam at wala tayong ginagawa para sa mga dukha, walang silbi ang panalangin, pag-aayuno at kung ano pa mang gagawin natin ngayong Kuwaresma.  Kapag tinupad natin ang kaloobang ito ng Diyos, iniibig natin siya sa ating kapwa at sumasaatin siya.

Nawa maging makahulugan, makabuluhan at makatotohanan ang ating pagdiriwang ng Kuwaresma upang marapat nating maipagdiwang ang dakilang misteryo ng ating kaligtasan.
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21:47
16 fév 09

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Career Path ni Noknok
Kapalitan ko ng mensahe ang isa sa mga bagong servers ng OLPH na taga-LSGH.

R: Kuya, punta ka ng Kabihasnan (fair)?
Me: Hindi e. May training kasi ako.
R: San ka nagtetraining?
Me: Sa Department of Tourism, training for tour guides.
R: Who's this?


Hehehehe.  
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11:39
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Training to become a Mabuhay Guide
The Department of Tourism with the able leadership of Sec. Ace Durano is trying out this new program called Mabuhay Guides.  I was able to get in due to some twist of fate and now we are training to become the Department of Tourism's official tour guides.  We will be asked to guide tours of foreign dignitaries, journalists and official guests of the Department.  They picked "the best of the best" to train with experts in many aspects of culture so that we have a lot of things to talk about in tours and with a professional tour guide trainer from London.  The program is handled by Susan Calo Medina, host of Travel Time.

The training is worth 7000 pounds and is supposed to be for six months but they compressed it to six weeks.  Right now the content is culture.  We had lectures from Jun De Leon, Flor Hornedo, Eric Torres, Ramon Santos and Nin Encarnacion-Tan.  The trainer from London is coming by the end of February and will teach us the practicals.  We have training every day except Sunday and it's really intensive.  I mean it's just the second day and we learned a lot already.  Jun de Leon's lectures are really eye-opening.  If we don't finish the training we pay 50000 pesos.  As if that would happen with these brilliant lectures.

I'll be posting some reflections on his lessons in the future.

The experience is so far enjoyable.  I've met new people, very brilliant people, as fellow trainees.  I am seated between Berna and Mel, both Ateneans, who thought that I was from a younger batch.  They were surprised when they learned that I am from batch 2005.  We've met the Secretary of Tourism, Usec Eduardo Jarque and Standards Director Ma. Victoria Jasmin.

At the end of this training, we'll have written and practical exams.  And if we pass, we become official Mabuhay Guides of the DOT and we get a badge, a certificate, several sets of uniform and a year-long contract that would have us on-call (not full-time, we keep our day-jobs).

I wish I could put everything here, but my mind is just full of thoughts and it takes a while to make these ideas sink in and make a coherent entry.  But in any case, I am very happy with Mabuhay Guides training.  I am very excited to do what we are training to do.  
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Just what is it about moobs?

Composite image of men's chests

By Finlo Rohrer 
BBC News Magazine

The number of men having breast reduction operations in the UK is rising dramatically, but is this really the result of the media spotlighting the physical flaws of male celebrities?

This is an era when glossy magazines and tabloids delight in the most minor flaw of the female celebrity.

The actress with bags under her eyes, the singer with an untrimmed armpit, the model with a sweat patch, all are presented blinking in the paparazzo's flashbulb as their imperfections are chronicled.

All are highlighted with red circles and magnification. And the same process has been applied to male celebrities in recent years.

EXCESSIVE MALE BREASTS
Pubertal gynaecomastia, common in boys, sees breast tissue grow due to hormonal imbalance
In most boys it disappears by end of puberty
Breast growth can be side effect of drugs used to suppressprostate cancer
Can be caused by genetic condition like Klinefelter's Syndrome
Other causes include:
Obesity
Anabolic steroid use

When both the then Prime Minister Tony Blair and leader of the opposition David Cameron were pictured enjoying the sun in the summer of 2006, newspapers from tabloid to broadsheet passed comment on their "moobs".

Every man has breast tissue, but some have excessive breasts. This ranges from classical cases of gynaecomastia, prompted by a range of causes, to breasts enlarged entirely by deposits of fat over the pectoral muscles. But whatever the cause British men seem to be increasingly concerned over the state of their chests.

The latest figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps) seem to bear out this obsession.

Surgeons carried out 323 male breast reduction procedures in 2008, up a staggering 44% from 2007.

It would be easy to assume that the UK is a nation where men are rapidly becoming more obese, and they are taking a surgical shortcut to get rid of male breasts that are merely deposits of fat on top of their pectoral muscles.

Simon Cowell in 2005
Simon Cowell was mercilessly ribbed for his physique, but has since embarked on a fitness regime

But this is not the full picture says consultant plastic surgeon and Baaps member Dalia Nield.

She concedes that anything up to a third of the men seeking breast reductions are simply obese. But she says the rest of the rising numbers of operations are people who are suffering gynaecomastia - excessive breasts - caused by other factors, such as a hormonal imbalance.

Among these, a common type is pubertal gynaecomastia, where boys develop the excessive breast tissue during adolescence.

"Many of those young men if they don't have a very marked gynaecomastia they don't necessarily seek help," says Ms Nield. "But I see many of these pubertal cases later in life when they put on weight and it becomes more obvious."

Genetic disorders like Klinefelter's Syndrome - having an extra "X" chromosome - also account for some cases, and there are a rising number of men suffering from excessive breast tissue as a side effect of drugs prescribed for prostate cancer. Treatment of this type of cancer has improved in recent years, says Mrs Nield, leading to more cases.

But how can one explain the dramatic upwards trajectory for male breast reduction procedures? In 2005, only 22 were performed.

'Tremendous distress'

Mrs Nield suggests that much of the increase may be due to the media publicising the surgery option.

Many of those pieces mocking the imperfections of the middle-aged celebrity also contain a factbox that talks about non-obesity gynaecomastia and explains that surgery is an option.

MOOBS: THE ETYMOLOGY
Portmanteau word of "man" and "boobs"
First reference in UK newspaper in June 2004
Satirical website manboobs.co.uk domain name registered in January 2003
Term assumed to be of US origin

The effect, Mrs Nield suggests, is that men who might have been suffering in silence for years, realise they are not alone and are spurred on to seek out surgery.

"It is a cause of tremendous distress," says the surgeon.

And there is no doubting that the last few years have seen an increasing attention to this particular physical flaw.

A search of the LexisNexis newspaper databases suggests the word made its debut in a British newspaper in June 2004. Since then it has been used 161 times. There have been more than 350 references to "man boobs" over the same period. "Moobs" clocks up 281,000 hits on Google.

Kerri McPherson, a chartered health psychologist at Glasgow Caledonian University and a member of the men's health group, Scotland, is an expert on male body image.

"I would argue that what the media is really discussing is just representing the growing concerns of everyday men. This concern has always been there but they have not been able to articulate it."

And it could be argued that media mockery reinforces the negative body image of the excessive male breast sufferer, it also might free some from isolation and paranoia that they could have been burdened with a decade ago.

McCririck in his swimming trunks
John McCririck was also mocked after appearing on Celebrity Big Brother

The presentation of "moobs" as something suffered by a slew of male celebrities might make life easier for the ordinary bloke sitting in a pub discussing his problem with his mates.

"More and more people are being given a language to talk about concerns about their body," says Dr McPherson.

"Particularly with what is a very feminine [characteristic] if a man was talking about [having] breasts [decades ago] they would have been a source of ridicule."

Paula Singleton, a researcher in the health faculty at Leeds Metropolitan University, is doing a PhD on the attitudes shown by men planning to have breast reduction surgery, entitled "Bruises heal but moobs last forever - men's account of cosmetic surgery for gynaecomastia."

"It seems like you can hardly turn on the telly and open a newspaper without it being mentioned," she says.

SHOWING SOME FRONT
Friends, 1997. Chandler tries to cancel his gym membership
Ross: Whoa-whoa-whoa, hey! Now remember what we talked about, you gotta be strong.
Chandler: Yes. (In a stronger voice) Yes!
Ross: One more time, "Hey, don't you want a washboard stomach and rock hard pecs?"
Chandler: No! I want a flabby gut and saggy man breasts!
Seinfeld, 1995. George is upset after seeing his dad's moobs
Jerry: So what? A lot of older men have that
Kramer: No, not these. These were real hooters.
George: I was throwing up all night. It was like my own personal Crying Game.
Kramer: Well, maybe you're gonna get 'em too, George.
George: Yeah, that's right. What if it's a genetic thing, like father like son?

"[Those planning surgery] described feelings of shame, anxiety and embarrassment. They had suffered everything from being shouted at from a bus to teasing from work colleagues… doctors smirking and laughing at them and saying 'get down the gym'."

Of course, it would be wrong to group men with excessive breasts into justifiable "moobs" - ie a hormonal, chemical or genetic cause - and unjustifiable "moobs" - those caused primarily by obesity.

Both sets of men may be suffering psychologically at a time when the male body is under increasing scrutiny.

In the academic world, most of the theorising about body image has traditionally been about women, but now researchers are starting to look at changing attitudes among men.

"Men are starting to feel those appearance pressures more and more," says Ms Singleton.

And this growing body consciousness could lead to more men making their way through the surgeon's doors.



Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7855763.stm

Published: 2009/01/28 12:46:47 GMT

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