Filipinos always find reasons to celebrate things. Christmas and New Year Celebrations are not merely traditions that changed lives but these actually resulted into serious matters as to the development of new values embraced by many.
It is a fact that these merriment could mean: family reunion, truce or cease fire, shopping time, business opportunities for those who make decors and others. It is actually a fever signaling a cancer in which its real essence has been blurred by parties, concerts, crimes, families torn apart and other social sicknesses.
These events rationalized as the celebration for the birth of a King is in reality taken for granted by business tycoons, religious fanatics, politicians, etc.
Political Scene
It was January when it marked a so-called restoration of Philippine Democracy against a government that seems to be following a coarse of this Nation’s dark history. But what the heck? This is just one of the events that blinded the youth for them to believe that they have indeed the power to restore something for the future of a torn nation- The Philippines. We could recall the many “mahihirap” who went on rallying not because they have to fight for their principles. These people went there because “they were paid by politicians” who had their own political motives. Others were there for exposure to Media or let their names be written in the History. Let us face this overused scenario, Idealism seems to have no face anymore and if it does, it is not that pure and honest because that Idealism was paid by power-hungry Elites! To Ninong and Ninang: “Diyay pascuak tapnu ibutos kaytu manen.!”
The Family that Prays together, stays together
We salute the Filipinos for their spirituality. We salute the people who maintain the holy traditions like the Misa de Gallo, after which enjoying the aroma of a cup of coffee and puto-bumbong. Hail to all the families who maintain a yearly tradition of having their get together party and have a new version of feuds regarding on their inheritance… This is the new version of the “matibay ang bigkis ng pamilya”.
But there are families that remained happy in the cold streets. There are children who knock at the car doors selling sampaguita or singing a rough tune of Christmas carols for a penny. There are children maltreated for not bringing anything for their gambling and drunkard parents. How happy thou art fighting in front of the lechon and a bountiful banquet!
Good Luck and Mega Sales
Estrada has been removed from office! Who took the jueteng presidency? Hmmm, jueteng is IN again. “I even saw the collectors near a popular institution when I went home to Lingsat (tsk!tsk!tsk! definitely not Lorma!)”. According to a reliable source, it is only in La Union where these illegal gambling is revived!
“Nagbukas ang popular na shopping mall sa bayan. Guess what? Their security guard is so… as in binukitkitan pa ang bag ko and attempting to open pa my wallet! (Di ba Jen?) Heck, see how scrupulous people are. I was even in my uniform that day enjoying a window shopping.” Says one student.
Mall owners wont be putting security precautions like that if shoplifters are not… Christmas sale is greatly driving people crazy! The sale sign actually is an effective stimuli in luring passersby. Unluckily, one student was mistaken as a shoplifter!
Game shows are truly hitting the ratings and paving a new craze for “sugadors” who make use of their telephones, internet and celfones (high-tech gambling!). I hear the famous lines: “sure ka na ba?” “You’re the weakest link, goodbye!” “Is that your final answer?”. Is there any way to earn money through actual hard work and not relying on that so-called luck?
Teaching Strategeezzz?
What’s wrong with the lecture method in exchange of handouts photocopied by…? Despite of this recent scenario that we have the technology like that of the “Online ED.”, many instructors are still up to the tradition of “employing dictation, board, projector, etc.” Suddenly, there is an emergence of that so-called handouts! Popular ba? Whew! Call it an advantage because students don’t have to develop “kalyo” in their fingers while they let their Panda danced on their beautiful
I’m not against handouts or any improvements in teaching strategeezz. However, if these topics are explained well by instructors then there is no question on its emergence.(Mabilis nga naman ang discussion di ba? Kaya nga malaking tulong para hindi na magmake-up class during the night?) At least kahit gumasto ang student, may malaking benefit ang pagpapa-photocopy ng handout. It is even cheaper than buying books and help save time when you research in the library because it is actually an outcome of many references. According to a boardpasser, it helped him a lot during his review kasi naka-simplify na ang reading material? Kaya lang, it’s up to the student to really scrutinize kung ang handout ay merely copied, recycled, wrong grammar, etc. in order to find out kung updated pa ang material at may mataas na significance sa pag-aaral.
We are observing Christmas and New Year celebrations annually and yet the transformation that we are actually aiming is too ambitious but like a turtle! We crave for many things like progress in terms of economy and uniting our family but have not started from the basic that is within our selves. The Filipinos are known to be “Maka-Dios”, a very important value. Very few are living with this, it is something so difficult to maintain. Yet, if we have the will power to stop anything detrimental to our being, then good, for it will not only benefit ourselves but the others as well. Let us not wait for another New Year to come with new list of new years resolutions turned out to be unresolved. Let us remember the very reason why these celebrations exist and became a part of our culture.
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