Friday, January 8, 2010

First Post for the New Year

Due to some unavoidable circumstances, no new posts were made in this blogsite. Yet I do not wish to close it for no reason at all. I just hope this new year is really new - with lots of free time to spare infront of the monitor.

The year 2009 was not really very memorable for me personally. For the country, 2009 saw the death of former President Corazon C. Aquino. Perhaps the greatest impact of her demise is the rise of her only son, Noynoy Aquino, to political stardom. According to the latest surveys, he is the frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election. There are of course other notable personalities who passed away in 2009. 

It can also be said that 2009 was a year of calamities. Most notable of them were the destruction brought about by Typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng. It is good Mayon Volcano did not make a powerful eruption or else the communities surrounding it would have suffered enormously.

And then there was the Maguindanao Massacre which catapulted the Philippines to its infamous ranking as the most dangerous place for journalist. Although this brutal incident happened due to many reasons, I am most aghast at the thought that the national government through its armed forces failed to prevent such earnage to happen.

Yet 2009 is also a year of rejoicing, courtesy of some individuals who made us Filipinos very proud of our country. Let the tribes of Manny Pacquiao, Efren Penaflorida, Charice Pempengco, Arnel Pineda, Wesley So and other Filipinos whose star shone brightest in 2009 increase a hundred or thousand fold!

So, what to expect in 2010? It is an election year. Let us hope there will be fewer political violence but above all, let us pray for a peaceful turn over of power come noon of June 30, 2010.

5 comments:

  1. Yup! pero kahit di man ganun kaganda ang nangyari sa karamihan sa taong 2009 at least buhay pa rin naman tayo...(naghihikahos lang... jowk! jijijijiji) and we still look forward to a brighter and better 2010!

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  2. Best Wishes to you this year 2010!

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  3. Happy New Year po sa inyo ^_^

    Nawa'y pagpalain tayong lahat ni Bro sa taong 2010!!!

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  4. Ano pa ang ating magagawa kundi ipagpasalamat na tayo ay humihinga pa sa kasalukuyan sapagka't wala sa ating kapangyarihan ang makaalam ng bukas.

    Prov 27:1 Huwag mong ipaghambong ang kinabukasan; Sapagka't hindi mo nalalaman kung ano ang ilalabas ng ibang araw.

    Kung hindi nga natin alam ang mangyayari bukas ay para lang tayong singaw na sa sangdaling panahon ay lumilitaw at kapagdaka'y napapawi.

    Kaya eto ako, lumilitaw at biglang aalis. Babu!

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  5. We passed by this post while blog hopping..
    ...and this made us realize that a lot of bloggers are now "hibernating" or thinking of slacking in a way. Sana tuloy tuloy lng.. kami nga na walang sense tuloy lang din.. Just express whatever is on your mind and the hell what others say/comment or think about it.

    Blog to express yourself first and you'll surely make time for it dahil gusto mo and not dahil matagal nang walang post. Daan kami ulit next time.. Sana sabihin nyo din sa iba na just keep posting WHATEVER they want

    Apir!

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