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to GMA’s advisers…

…and to all those working for the government:
i’ve come across this article that so aptly describes the challenges policy advisers have and the standards that any public servant should strive for when providing advice to government.  Here is the link:  Challenges confronting economic policy advisers.
Learn the message by heart - isapuso, baka sakaling gumanda (kahit konti) ang takbo ng gobyerno.  

over my dead body!

we recently completed building a 30 cubic metre biogas digester on our pig farm.  A biogas digester is a waste management system that will turn our farm waste into reusable energy in the form of methane gas used for lighting and fuel.  i did tons of research on different systems and found this to be more sustainable and more environmentally friendly […]

be self-sustainable!

this growing rice crisis in the philippines has prompted me to write this blog…
the first thing i blurted out when i heard about it was, ‘why do we have to eat rice all the time?’ 
having lived overseas for quite a while now, i learned to

seeing red

Comforted by the knowledge that Canberra is a well-organised, peace-loving city (sometimes touted as boring), I headed to Commonwealth Park this morning to watch the Olympic torch relay. I was greeted by loud shouts of ‘One-China, one-China!’ and a sea of red Chinese flags being waved at the protesters who were also chanting ‘Free Tibet, […]

the circus came to town

Thank God the barangay elections are over!
Having missed the elections for the last ten years, I was gobsmacked at the circus that it became. Hordes of posters and flyers made me think that it was the presidential elections.
For the last two weeks, I woke up to the ear-blasting ‘louie beltran atong botohan, louie beltran3x…sang to […]