Imagine a Philippines

Imagine a Philippines where there is no hunger and malnutrition. Imagine a Philippines where everyone has access to health care and education. Imagine an economically advanced Philippines where everyone can work to forge a better life for himself and his family. Imagine a Philippines with properly designed communities as habitat for its people instead of slums and shanty towns like Payatas and Smokey Mountain. Imagine a Philippines……
I can go on typing all day for my wish list of what I dream for my country. Those who will read this will probably laugh at me as hopeless dreamer and worst perhaps mock me as a mental asylum outpatient. But I have to tell you that I am perfectly sane. I believed in what I said. I have faith in my country the Philippines. I have faith in our people just like Ninoy Aquino who said “The Filipino is worth dying for.”
The famous author Napoleon Hill said in his book Think and Grow Rich that: “Dreams are the seedlings of reality.” Base on this premise, my dreams for my country could be therefore be a reality. The gazillion peso question is HOW because as all traditional politicians think, everything can only be achieved with money. I have to diverge from this point. While money is important there are other things far more powerful than money. Talk about faith and intense love of country or patriotism. With faith the impossible can be possible, the unreachable dream can be a reality.
This is what all Filipinos need. The belief that together we can achieve these dreams for our country. Let us be united in this dream. Let us transform these dreams into burning desires until it takes the shape of reality.
The tasks ahead will not be easy. It needs national unity and determination. We cannot achieve anything if our attitudes remain the same as today. We must have definite plan of actions to achieve our dreams for our beloved country. To do these we need to change.
If we look back in the past, almost all presidents had promised changes just like any other politicians. What happened? Did they succeed or failed? I don’t want to judge anyone. Just look around you and you will see the answer. Look at the abject poverty. See the hungry who scavenge the garbage dumps for food. Look at the homeless and the sick. But all these things are past. Let us not dwell on it. Let’s look to the future and what can be done.
I am sure many will say that if these big politicians failed how we, ordinary people, will succeed. As I said before, the key is faith. With faith nothing is impossible. If we believe we can then consider it done.
In my next post I shall outline the needs for social, economic and political reforms and how these will lead to the realization of our national dreams.

Pinoy teen tops International Benchmark Test in English

At a time when the Philippines performance in achievement test for English is on the decline, Rod Kevin Ybardolaza, a fourteen year old Grade 9 or Third Year high school student from the Sacred Heart School of Bahrain showed that with hard work and proper training Filipinos are still capable of outstanding achievements. Rod Kevin obtained 100% percentile rank in the school, regional and international category for the International Benchmark Test in English given by the Australian Council for Educational Research. He was given an ” Award of Excellence”, a Certificate of Honor and a cash prize of 50 Bahrain Dinar.

This early he is already preparing and looking forward to next year’s test which will be his last before graduating in high school. He is planning to study college at UP or Ateneo in the Philippines. 

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