Agree.

Parang yung reading kahapon sa Hebrews 10:24,’We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works.’

At sabi nga ng isang reflection e,kapag nililingon niya yung buhay niya at yung mga kay-gaganda at mga tutuong pakikipag- kaibigan na dumating sa kanya.At ang mga pinaka at lasting e yung mga naki-share o kasama o kaisa sa paniniwala kay Kristo at sa kanyang faith.Yung hindi lang mga bystanders and onlookers,kundi yung mismong nakibahagi sa kanyang paglago.

At kaya nga pala e kahit gustuhin nating mamuhay sa ating pananampalataya ng ‘personal o private’,e Christ calls us to no such thing.Sabi pa e ,He calls us to a communal Christianity in which we worship,celebrate and grieve together.We are not called into competition with one another for the best seat at the banquet and a seat at Jesus’ right hand,but instead to friendships filled with encouragement,mutual love and shared moments of charity.He calls us to be Church.

Pagnakababasa ako ng mga ganito at eto na-iibahagi ko rin,lalong lumalakas ang aking paniniwala na may pag-asa talaga tayo at ang bayan.
Sa mga fiesta, prusisyon,at mga kay-rami ng mga pagdiriwang na isinasagawa sa ating mga bayan,parokya e,tutuo na maiisip natin na ‘malapit naman talaga tayo sa “KANYA ah!’ O KULANG PA!!!’

mag-muni tayo…at sana magamit natin sa mga mahahalagang desisyon tulad ng sa pagpili ng mga tutuo,mahusay at matapat,at kasama at kaisa sa pagsamba,pagdiriwang at dalamhati at sa hirap din na mga PINUNO.

Salamat Jesus,sa mga kababayan at mga kabataang kaisa natin na patuloy na nagsusulong ng pagsasa-ayos pa ng lipunan.

recently, the young voters of america placed Obama at the whitehouse. the young changed the national mindset of the country. they listened through the years to their parents, and even those older. but they watched the facts, and studied parties, candidates, and history. the influence of the older generation over how the young made choices slowly and gradually thinned, and the independence of the youth became stronger - accelerated likewise by disappointments of the past administration and the results of the choices of previous voting generations. the shifts in voting attitudes became more apparent when Bush won by a slim margin, after some controversy. that should have warned the republicans of an inevitable turning point. the rest is history.
the youth in our country matters a lot in how the elections will turn out. there are some credits due to the current and past administrations - basically for the fact than we are still alive, standing up and not buried somewhere in likes of economies like Iceland , or places ruled by a mugabe or a putin. but there is more to savor from the potentials of our country.
it will be the young voters who can prepare their future for themselves by laying the correct foundations today. this is your chance. listen less to the older politicians and the rich who have eloquent oratory that convince the mass, the rich who want more, the powerful who want even more, the corporations who want bigger shares at any costs like falsehoods or unrightesousness and corrupt practices….
if the young voters aline with those who have the money and power today, then they can be assured of one thing : their own future will be the same (or worse) as what they can complain about today.
so, fear not. let the same “change” campaign of Barrack be your motivation. learn from their young voters.

kinda like the obama phenomenon…

hey karla, i’m inviting you to join http://www.filipinofirst.org, a website dedicated to the 2010 elections and what we could do to make sure Filipinos vote for the right person come 2010. your valuable inputs would really help.

thanks and more power

If you have a guy like Obama, do you think he will be foolish enough to run for election knowing that he be robbed of it by generals in the military by “helloing” Garci?Come on guys, do you honestly believe that we have the same situation as America’s non-political military?Being the president in the Philippines is like a revolving door where you can be replaced anytime by your generals on just one condition: gather one million prostesters at EDSA.( Why don’t you ask Angie Reyes, Ramos and Enrile?).Frustrating is it not? I know because I am.

I agree with taga samplaloc. Your memories are short. You have forgotten what happened to Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago during 1992 presidential elections. Youth power mobilized during that time but what happened? Because of the electoral fraud, she lost the Presidency. Pls. lang we are not America…Philippine politics still dirty for the next 100 years and beyond!

Karla Angelica Pastores, what if you run for Mayor baka sakaling umunlad pa ang bayan mo.

we need to have someone to choose to begin with … do we have a good choice among the prospective presidentiables? villar, roxas, de castro, escudero, legarda. they are all trapos. we need to have someone to spark the hope that obama had with the american voters. we need to have a leader whom the people trusts, a person with an impeccable moral background and a concrete vision for the country, and someone who gets things done. someone relatively unknown must come out somewhere. we need to change the face of politics in this country. pero SINO?

I believe that problems in our country either political, economic or social problems would take time to be relieved or solved if not all, that’s because it has rooted deeply in our culture and mental attitude, also because of our ignorance about our duties and responsibilities to our country as a whole. i can’t blame solely the government, because we voted for them, we empowered them to govern us. we are as individuals are to be blamed for choosing those corrupt, incompetent officials. it is our culture that we don’t choose the would be leader because he is the right person for the job but because he is my compadre, a relative or a friend or because of personal interest. We need to re-educate our selves till we learn how to choose the right persons to be our leaders. We need to learn that till we place our general interests above our personal interests we can’t solve our mean problems in our country. We as individuals, we are the government and if we want to change our country we need to change first our mental attitudes. And the good starting point is to start with yourself, then to your family, friends and those who would trust you.

The youth is the hope of the fatherland. Thats according to Dr. Jose Rizal. But the youth of yesterday were the corrupt officials of today. Do you guys think something significant will break this cycle? Since time immemorial, most Filipino’s especially the less educated masa are being used by the famous and powerful. Our society is being run by hypocrites, politically hungry celebrities, and false prophets who aspire for political ambitions under the guise of faith in God. Some of these clowns even enrich themselves through the funds they collected supposedly for religious and spiritual purpose but in reality, they put the funds straight to their pockets. Our media is even worse. What the media put out are all celebrity related articles that has nothing to do do with national development. The problem with most of our people is that they care less about relevant and socially significant issues. But they are more interested in watching boy abunda and kris aquino’s discussion on “tsismis and intriga”. Then we have these reform minded civil society movement, whatever you call it emerging… hopefully this political personalities of your civil society like Pangilinan, Panlilio, Baraquel are honest and sincere till the very end. Im sick and tired of these ambitious political personalities or celebrities that are only after “pogi points” under the guise of movement toward change and reform. Some of these clowns also capitalize on circumstances they themselves created to make some noise and draw attention. Afterwhich, they will run for public office. Good example is Jun Lozada, Trillanes and Querubin. Since time immemorial, people like these are full of promises but in reality, they only want power, popularity and adorationfrom the ignorant “masa”. All politicians are the same. Add up the entertainment people that joined the bandwagon of promising politicians because they too are “full of promises”. I know someone in the senate who used to be an action star whos just sitting there like a decoration. They just want to enrich themselves, raise their arrogant siblings under the limelight of power and popularity in the Philippine society. They wanna call themselves “sosyal”. The less educated masa who adored these clowns must be blamed for the most part. Good example is the case of the Marcoses. Obviously, the wannabes who claimed they aspire for reform capitalize on the sins of Arroyo and company. The problem with these political personalities is that they act as if they are all genuine nationalist and patriots blaming the United Stes for all our troubles. But you can see them in political rallies wearing signature brands of clothes from the US or Europe. Most of these government elected officials even drove around the country with Expeditions and F-150’s and other american or european cars. Not to mention their obvious eagerness to flaunt their credentials and education earned from Ivy league schools from the United States. I couldnt figure out if these people are genuine nationalist or hypocrites. Yes, we have the luxury of always putting the blame on the United States for our sufferings and perceived persecution from the western world but look which embassy has the longest line people trying to secure visa just to get in to that country. If thats so, why dont these patriots and nationalist just once in for all cut off all diplomatic relations with the United States and everybody will be happy. I feel sorry for our country which is fast becoming land of hypocrites. One of the few people I admire in our society is Juan Flavier, Jovito Salonga and Ka Roger of the NPA. Ka Roger especially. Although his ideals is different from the rest of us, he lives in a hut, in the mountains and eat root crops to prove his genuine principles and nationalistic ideals in his own way, unlike these clowns and their siblings thats running our country.

Hi! I am a UP student who needs to do a research study on Citizen Journalism with Karla Angelica Pastores as one of my possible respondents. I will really appreciate your help in providing me a way to contact her even through email.
Thank you very much in advance!

Ms. Delia Oliva-Dalby