First Day Blues

First Day..

first day ko sa export division..
wala pa akong alam..
di ako marunong gumawa ng preforma invoice...
di ko pa natitikman lahat ng flavors ng 2-in-1 rice sticks ng White King
di ko pa nakukuha yung username ko sa computer..

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Nway, my Lola is currently confined sa ICU ng Phil. Heart Center. She's suffering from pneumonia - at nagkakaroon ng complications. Nahihirapan siya huminga - yun yung problema. Umuwi na nga yung Tito ko from Canada just to be with her.

Sabi nga ni Scott, tell Lola to "Fight, fight, fight."

A Few Good Men - Dr. M Bautista -my BET

http://mbautistamd. blogspot. com/

Greetings!

I am Martin D. Bautista
and I am running for the Philippine Senate. I graduated with an
undergraduate degree in Zoology from the University of the Philippines
- Diliman in 1984 and went on to the UP College of Medicine , finishing
in 1989. I completed my Internship, Residency in Internal Medicine,
Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the State University of New York, in Brooklyn
from 1990-1996. I certified in the American Board of Internal Medicine
in 1994. From 1996 to 2006, my wife (who is a pulmonologist) and I
practiced in rural Oklahoma. We have 4 daughters.

The odds are indeed long and the political situation in our country appears to be irredeemably corrupted.

For
too long however, well-meaning citizens who lead comfortable, secure
and private lives have been scared off by the immorality, filth and
danger of a system that has always zealously protected the interests of
our traditional politicians, meaning those dynasties that treat
politics as a family livelihood project and see politics as a way to
make a comfortable living. This would be fine if we lived in say, the
US, where corruption likewise exists but where there is general access
to toilets and potable water (28% of Filipinos do not); there is access
to anti-hypertensives and diabetes medicines; access to food (yes many,
many Filipinos still go hungry involuntarily) ...you are well aware of
the terrible realities but when confronted with the idea that people
continue to die every single day because of this poisoned political
situation you will be moved to do something.

For
too long, we have defaulted on our political responsibilities to family
dynasties. We have allowed them to speak for us and we have allowed
them to shape public policies that have resulted in the conditions we
now face today. Small wonder then if you realize that the family agenda
takes precedence over the common good, but this is part of human
nature. I do not claim to be more moral than anybody nor do I claim to
be without sin, all that I am claiming is that I am prepared to offer
whatever talents I may have in order to promote the common good.

Leadership is mostly about problem solving. An ordinary citizen in the Philippines does not have access to pertinent information and data that are necessary to arrive at enlightened decisions.
This is one reason why I am running for the Senate.

Leadership
is about inspiring other people to unite towards common goals. Not
having come from a prominent and wealthy family, I had to leave our
country in order to become financially independent. During the course
of 17 years in the US , I learned many lessons, took care of my family
and I prepared for my return. I am convinced that the best education
will not be found in Harvard but rather in having to live alone in a
foreign land and being left to sink or swim on your own wits. I want
our countrymen to appreciate and to gain inspiration from the countless
sacrifices that millions of law-abiding, diligent, honest, hard working
and patriotic Filipinos all over the world do every single day to keep
our country afloat (2007 budget: PhP 1.1 trillion; 2006 Remittances
through banks PhP 650 billion).

I know that each one of us
strives to help our country and we all continually look for other ways
with which to help out. I just feel that politics, notwithstanding all
the lethal corruption, remains the most effective path to promote the
common good.

If
you look at the choices for the May elections, you will not see any
difference between those who present themselves as "administration" or
"opposition" . Same names, same historical self-serving agendas Where
have all these names and experiences brought us? We were the second
best in Asia 50 years ago, now we are the second to the last.

I joined Ang Kapatiran because I agree with its priorities:
ü moral principles over political expediency
ü preferential option for the poor and vulnerable
ü common good over the demands of special interests
ü culture of life and peace over death and violence

Permanent
reform will require a profound moral change in our national character.
I invite all of you to join me. I am personally willing to bet
everything
material that I possess that if we ordinary
citizens were to become aware that the power to change our country lies in each of us, then we can all work
together in redeeming our Philippines
. All the political dynasties with their innumerable guns, armies of
goons, unlimited gold, COMELEC will not stop an idea whose time has
come.


Martin D. Bautista

www.angkapatiran. org