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P-Noy’s lack of support stalls proposed FOI bill - coalition By Jess Diaz Champ wages fi ght versus poverty Philippine Star Pacquiao to Wear Yellow Box- A MOTHER’S DAY STORY ing Gloves to Symbolize Unity MANILA, Philippines - and Fight to End Poverty Lack of support by President Aquino has stalled the pro- By Abac Cordero, The posed Freedom of Information Philippine Star | LAS VEGAS, Love at First Sight (FOI) bill in Congress, the May 06, 2011 – Manny Pac- When I fi rst saw my grandson, I knew immediately what my friends who had Right to Know, Right Now quiao came to Wednesday’s become grandparents themselves were talking about. I will love this stranger, Coalition said yesterday. fi nal press conference dressed “We believe that a key like a politician. For the fi rst this little bundle of joy, the rest of my life. In addition to my wife and children, he has become another person I will be willing to give up my life for. reason for the lack of progress time in many occasions, he on the FOI bill in Congress also came on time. is perceived lack of decisive By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. He is now a politician, a Manny Pacquiao and Shane support from the executive newly elected congressman in Mosley pose for photos after their Publisher & Editor branch, in particular from the the Philippines. At the Hol- fi nal news conference in Las Ve- Asian Journal San Diego President,” the coalition said lywood Theater of the MGM gas. Mosley will challenge Pac- The Original and First Asian Journal In America in an open letter to the Chief Grand, he showed that he’s more quiao for his WBO welterweight Executive. title on Saturday (Sunday in Ma- It distributed copies of (Continued on page 2) nila). AP May 6, 2011 the letter to media as it re- San Diego, California energized its campaign for the passage of the bill that would n my home country, the Philippines, it is often said a grandchild is “tubo give citizens access to impor- ConGen Aragon – Grand Marshall sa puhunan (earnings from the capital).” This means one’s child is his tant documents in government for PhilFaire Festival of Festivals capital while his grandchild is his profi t. The responsibility of raising agencies, including Malaca- one’s grandchild belongs to the child’s parents. All the grandparent has ñang. By Ardee Lee I The coalition is composed to do is to enjoy him; hence, the child is con- of 155 media and civil society “Consul General Mary Jo sidered the “profi t.” groups, including the infl u- Bernardo Aragon will again Last week, I became a grandparent myself. ential Makati Business Club, be the Grand Marshall at Many of my friends of my age were grandpar- Philippine Center for Inves- San Diego’s Philippine In- ents themselves, and they were unanimous in tigative Journalism (PCIJ), dependence Day Parade this assuring me that being one is far more enjoyable National Union of Journalists 2011”. This was announced than being a parent. I took their comments with a of the Philippines, Center for by Merly Ferrer, president Media Freedom and Respon- grain of salt, attributing them to their over-enthusi- sibility, Ateneo School of of the Council of Philippine asm. They were just caught by the excitement of the American Organizations – Government, Freedom from San Diego (COPAO). To be moment, I told myself. That is, until I met my Debt Coalition, and the party- held on May 28, the celebra- grandson. list group Citizens Battle tion parade, dubbed Phil- Consul General Mary Jo Elliot Rios was born just a few Against Corruption. ippine Faire, will kick off Bernardo Aragon hours before, swaddled In its letter to the Presi- dent, the coalition said it has from Walmart by Highland in a white, printed Festival of Festivals like the written the Chief Executive and end up at Kimball Park cloth, with the glossy thrice since he assumed offi ce in National City. Featuring (Continued on page 23) antibiotic ointment still in June last year about the swabbed on his eyelids. FOI Bill but that it failed to receive “substantial positive He was asleep and seemed Elliot in the arms of his paternal great grandma. content and happy, as he feedback” from him or his Megaworld Open House a Success Palace offi cials. was cradled in the loving arms of his mother, my eldest daughter. Perhaps he “Please rest assured, Mr. was assured there were President, that we continue to many people who loved keep faith in your appreciation him, even though he of the value of an FOI Act in seemed to have come promoting good governance, from nowhere. How transparency, accountability, can one love a person and responsive delivery of public services,” it said. he has seen for the fi rst “These are precisely the time? Anybody who has bedrock principles – and become a parent and promises – on which you have grandparent would agree built your ‘social contract that “love at fi rst sight” with the Filipino people,’ and is possible upon see- for which you have won the adulation, respect and vote of ing one’s own progeny. our people,” it said. San Diego North Team at the April 30 Megaworld International Perhaps it is parental However, the coalition Open House in San Diego. Standing on Left: Rosethony Gonzales (MM), instinct that emotion, not pointed out that without clear Marivic Acosta, Sales Managing Director from the Philippines, Priscilla logic, can only explain. I remember a sister-in-law who saw her grandson for and public support from the Garrovillas (MM), Myra Lopez (MA). Center: Lawrence Lazaga (MM), President, the FOI measure Katrina Gaffud Benfer (San Diego North Satellite Manager). Standing the fi rst time two years after he was born. Before their meeting, she was not on Right: Nelson Aruta (MA), June Olsen-Barwick (MA), Marissa Aci- would remain in limbo in erto (MM). Not in Photo: Genevieve Silverio, Zeny Ply, and Tess Dela (Continued on page 10) Congress. Pena. -- MM-Marketing Manager, MA - Marketing Associate Page 2 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.com May 6-12, 2011 conduct an investigation through its anti-fraud unit. Legal Buzz The requirement of joint filing Pinagtitibay ng Taiwan ang Estadong to remove conditions may be by Atty. Aurora Vega-Buzon Esq. waived only under 3 situations: Panglikasan sa Flora at Nature Expos Law Offices of Chua Tinsay & Vega the marriage was in good faith www.ctvattys.com but has been terminated through LOS ANGELES, CA. April 28, masabong na halamanin, fauna at na katubigan, isang creek park divorce or annulment; you or 2011 – Kilala sa buong-mundo mga natural landscapes. ang itinayo upang ipakita ang Read Atty. Aurora Vega’s previous articles by visiting our website at www.asianjournalusa.com your child was abused or bat- sa kanyang kasaganahan sa hala- Samantala, sa kapaligirang isla, life cycle ng isda. Ang event, tered, even if the marriage has man at kahanga-hangang eco-di- ang kampanyang “Go Green” ng na unang binuksan noon Marso not been terminated; and imme- versity, ang Taiwan ay nagkamit Taiwan ay tuloy sa taunang Yi- 2011, ay magaganap hanggang diate family members will suffer ng international recognition na Land Green Expo, kasalukuyang Mayo 15. Para sa kargadagang extreme hardship if you (the con- isa sa pinaka importanteng horti- sa ika-12 taon. Binibigyang diin impormasyon, dumalaw sa Conditional Residence ditional resident) are removed or cultural destinations. ang sariling bersyon ng temang http://igreen2011.e-land.gov.tw/ deported from the United States. Abril 25, 2011 ang simula ng “Pagbabalik sa Kalikasan,” and index_e.php Through Marriage (Part I) In October 2009, USCIS is- anim na buwang-habang Taipei mahalagang kaganapang ito ay Alinsunod sa pandaigdigang sued a Memorandum known International Flora Expo at ang nagbibigay ng oportunidad sa kalakaran tungo sa konserbasyon If you acquired permanent resi- birth of a child, or deployment of as the Neufeld Memorandum mga organizers ay naghayag ng mga bisita na maranasan ang ng enerhiya at sustainability, ang dent status through a marriage a family member who is in the providing rules and procedures intensyon na panatilihin ang 14 praktikal na kabuhayan ng kan- Taiwan Tourism Bureau ng Los of less than 2 years, you are a military. If you do not submit a for adjudicating petitions where pavilion sites para sa natitirang ayunang buhay sa pamamagitan Angeles ay regular na itinata- conditional permanent resident. written and documented explana- the conditional resident filed taon bilang tahanan ng sining at ng masaya at pang-edukasyong guyod and internasyonal na ex- You and your spouse must file a tion for your late filing, the joint an unexcused late petition or cultural performances, binibig- paraan. Nagtataglay ito ng 12 pos para sa mga manlalakbay na joint Petition to Remove Condi- petition will be denied and will multiple petitions, or where the yang diin din ang kahalaga- nature-specific na eksibisyon, gustong alamin ang tungkol sa tions within 90 days before the result in the issuance of a Notice conditional resident is already han ng natural world. Mula ng mula sa safe animal zone na nag- kampanya tungo sa green living. 2nd year anniversary of the date to Appear in immigration court, in removal proceedings or has pagbukas noong fall, ang expo papakita ng higit sa 14 na iba’t Si Trust Lin, Director ng of your adjustment or when you for your deportation or removal. a final order of removal. The ay nagpahiwatig ng yaman ng ibang uri ng hayop, hangang sa Taiwan Tourism Bureau ng were admitted, as a conditional The joint petition should Memorandum directs USCIS kakaibang floral arrangements pinakatanyag na farmer’s market Los Angeles, ay nagsabi, “Ang resident. Failure to do so may include supporting evidence that field officers to treat unexcused at pagtanggap sa mahigit na 8 na umaakit ng sabik na mga ma- ating taunang green expos Yi- result in harsh consequences your marriage is real, and not for late filings or multiple filings as milyong bisita, nagpapahiwatig mimili ng iba’t ibang sariwang Land county ay isang malaking resulting not only in the termi- the purpose of getting a green red flags for possible fraud, and lamang kung gaano pinahahala- tubo na gawang lokal. oportunidad upang i-explore ng nation of your resident status card or evading the immigration should be thoroughly checked gahan ng mga tao ang natural Para sa mga hortikultural mga internasyonal na manla- but also in your deportation or laws of the United States. Sup- and investigated. world. na mga bisita na intersado sa lakbay, hindi lamang ang pang removal from the United States. porting evidence should include Waiver situations and burden Kaya ngayon, ang Taiwan ay pinakabagong paraan at konsepto ekolohiyang yaman ng Taiwan, Same rules apply to any of joint ownership of property, of proof will be discussed in Part kilala sa internasyonal horticul- ng pagbawas ng carbon-dioxide, kundi pati ang nakakabighaning your dependent child(ren) who proof of joint residence, bank ac- II of this article. tural stage -- hindi nakakagulat, isang “green tunnel” ang na-i- geological features at makahar- acquired conditional residence counts, birth certificates of chil- na ito ay kilala bilang “the beau- design para ipakita ang life cycle ing tanawin ng mga bundok. together with you or immedi- dren born of the marriage, life Atty. Aurora Vega-Buzon is a tiful island” dahil sa kanyang ng mga puno at gulay. Sa malapit ately thereafter. insurance, and other documents partner in Chua Tinsay & Vega, The joint petition must be showing the marital relationship A Professional Legal Corpora- are united, if we are together,” said filed with the USCIS Service between you and your spouse. tion (CTV) - a full service law Pacquiao, who just the other day Center either in California or USCIS will review the joint firm with offices in San Francis- Champ wages fight versus poverty was named the richest congressman A mild applause greeted him. He Vermont , depending on your petition and supporting evidence, co, San Diego and Philippines. (Continued from page 1) in the Philippines. sent his message across. residence. If USCIS accepts and you and your spouse may The information presented in this Pacquiao is a giver, and on any than just a boxer. Yellow is considered the national your joint petition as properly be scheduled for an interview. article is for general information given day he can spend hundreds “All my life I had to fight as a color of the Philippines, where the filed, your conditional resident USCIS may waive the interview only and is not, nor intended to of thousands of pesos on doleouts, child. I had to fight just to eat,” unfortunate survive on a meager status is automatically extended if you have established by clear be, formal legal advice nor the that once, his mother warned him Pacquiao said, facing the members income of $2 a day, or even less, or until USCIS makes a decision. and convincing evidence that formation of an attorney-client to leave some for himself, his fam- of the boxing media, all here like none at all. If the joint petition is filed after your marriage is bona fide and relationship. Call or e-mail ily. there’s an ongoing convention. “Yellow is a symbol of unity. the 2nd year anniversary, USCIS was not for the purpose of evad- CTV for an in-person or phone “When you die, you can’t take “But now when I fight Filipinos That’s the color of our President,” will consider it only if you can ing the immigration laws. How- consultation to discuss your your money to heaven with you. call me bayani or hero. I believe said Pacquiao of President Aquino, demonstrate good cause and/or ever, if USCIS is not satisfied, particular situation and/or how I’m already satisfied with what I this world needs more heroes,” said son of the slain martyr, Benigno extenuating circumstances for the joint petition will be forward- their services may be retained at have. I thank God for what he gives the boxer, at 32 being hailed as the “Ninoy” Aquino, and the former the late filing. Examples of good ed to a USCIS District Office for (415) 495-8088; (619) 955-6277; us every day,” he said. best ever to grace the sport. President, Corazon “Cory” Aquino. cause include but are not limited interview and/or adjudication. [email protected] He sends children to school even He came in a dark business suit, When Ninoy was felled by an to: long term illness, hospitaliza- Upon receipt of the joint petition, if they’re not his own, and provides and had a prepared speech on hand. assassin’s bullet in 1983, the wife, tion, death in the family, recent the local District Office may also for beds in provincial hospitals. “The biggest fight of my life is Cory, used the color yellow as the When this fight is over, up next is not in boxing,” he said. “The big- symbol of the fight for democracy. the groundbreaking of the hospital gest fight of my life is how to end Pacquiao knows his nation’s his- he’s building in his province of poverty in my country. On Satur- tory. He, and Mosley perhaps, will Sarangani. day, I will wear yellow gloves as a wear yellow gloves on fight night. sign of unity.” “We can help the poor more if we

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Matsui awarded New York, NY – May 2, 2011 the Asian Academy Hall of Fame. $25,000 each for creating programs to increase and diversify the health workforce – A history of achievement, drive In 2009, she delivered the Asian Macy’s on State Street – Chi- and excellence will be celebrated Pacific American Heritage Month cago, IL – Wednesday, May 4th @ this May at Macy’s locations na- Keynote Address at the Library of 5:30pm Los Angeles (CA) – Develop- have advanced model programs and supports foreign-trained tionwide in honor of contributions Congress. Committed to giving Macy’s Sugar Land First Colony ing programs to address chal- and policies based in higher health professionals to reach the made by Asian-Pacific Americans. back to her local and worldwide – Houston, TX – Saturday, May 7th lenges found through their own education settings that support gold standards for licensure in To showcase and celebrate the community, Kim has donated over @ 2pm personal experiences, three students on a path toward health the United States,” Fernández- unique influence of Asian-Pacific 180 hours in eighteen months to Macy’s Union Square – San extraordinary higher educa- professions.” Peña said. “We strive to connect Americans, Macy’s will host a the Calvary Women’s Services in Francisco, CA – Thursday, May tion leaders will be honored as them with communities where series of events in seven markets Chinatown in Washington, D.C. 12th @ 6pm the 2011 Champions of Health Charles J. Alexander, Ph.D. they’re sorely needed.” across the country geared towards Additionally, she volunteers at Macy’s Westfield Santa Anita – Professions Diversity by The highlighting historic accomplish- the Office of Presidential Corre- Arcadia, CA – Saturday, May 14th California Wellness Foundation A pioneer of pipeline programs John T. Matsui, Ph.D. ments, empowering participants spondence in the White House and @ 2pm (TCWF). Charles Alexander of designed to increase diver- and sharing success stories. serves as advisor to many Asian- Macy’s Irvine Spectrum – Santa the University of California, Los sity in the health professions, For nearly two decades, John Macy’s Asian Pacific Heritage Pacific Business and women’s Ana, CA – Sunday, May 15th @ Angeles, directed programs that Charles Alexander is currently Matsui has advocated for in- month events will consist of spe- organizations. With participants 2pm keep low-income, first-genera- the director of the Academic creasing access to higher edu- cial celebratory discussions, beau- at Macy’s Asian-Pacific Heritage Macy’s Metro Center – Washing- tion students on track in health Advancement Program (AAP) cation among all individuals, ty and fashion incentives and will events, Svetlana will aim to share ton, DC – Thursday, May 19th @ and science. José Ramón Fernán- at University of California, Los particularly those from un- feature local renowned cultural her secrets to success that will em- 5:30pm dez-Peña, at City College of San Angeles (UCLA). AAP supports derserved, underrepresented performance groups. The informal power guests to reach new heights. Macy’s Flushing- Queens, NY- Francisco and San Francisco students from educationally groups who historically have not conversations focused on history “Asian-Pacific Americans have Saturday, May 21st @ 3pm State University, recognized the disadvantaged backgrounds, participated. He co-founded and and success stories will be moder- had a tremendous impact on our For complete details on Macy’s potential of having immigrant including first-generation col- serves as director of the Biol- ated by author, entrepreneur and nation and we are proud to cel- Asian-Pacific American Heritage health professionals work in lege students and students ogy Scholars Program (BSP) community leader Svetlana Kim. ebrate these achievements with our Month Events, please visit www. underserved communities. John from low-income families and at the University of California, Ms. Kim will share the chronicles Asian-Pacific American Heritage macys.com/celebrate. Matsui of the University of Cali- underrepresented populations. Berkeley (UC Berkeley). BSP is of her unique journey which began month events nationwide,” said fornia, Berkeley, confronted the Alexander also serves as the as- a national model for supporting as a Russian-Korean immigrant. Corliss Fong, Macy’s vice-presi- About Macy’s obstacles facing disadvantaged sociate vice provost for student low-income and first-generation The author of White Pearl and I: dent of Diversity Strategies. “We health and science students who diversity in UCLA’s Division of students in science and health ca- A Memoir of a Political Refugee, are also thrilled to welcome back Macy’s, the largest retail brand are often overlooked and lost in Undergraduate Education and as reers. Matsui is also the assistant in which Svetlana chronicles her author, entrepreneur and com- of Macy’s, Inc., delivers fashion an associate adjunct professor in dean for biological sciences at journey to the United States, where munity leader, Svetlana Kim to and affordable luxury to customers the system. the Division of Public Health, she arrived with only one dollar Macy’s, as she helps us empower at more than 800 locations in 45 On June 1, 2011, TCWF will UC Berkeley. in her pocket and a few words our valued guests with her stories states, the District of Columbia, honor these three leaders at its School of Dentistry. “My students are destined to of English at her disposal; today, of success and achievement.” Puerto Rico and Guam. Macy’s ninth annual “Champions of “While 80 percent of our go back to their communities,” she is a leader among her peers in Empowering participants stores and macys.com offer dis- Health Professions Diversity freshmen declare a major in a Matsui said. “For them, profes- the business world, and has been through their choice of wardrobe tinctive assortments including the Award” ceremony in Los Ange- science area, in four or five years sional is personal. As health care honored with numerous awards and presentation is part of the fab- most desired family of exclusive les. In recognition of their efforts that number drops to almost 20 providers, they will provide the citing her commitment, skill, and ric of Macy’s inspirational Asian- and fashion brands for him, her to reach out, mentor and support percent,” Alexander said. “We’re type of care that comes from the integrity. Her road to success Pacific Heritage month events. and home. Macy’s is known for disadvantaged students preparing losing students somewhere along heart.” included a stint as a makeup sales After the enriching conversation, such epic events as Macy’s 4th of for health careers, the honorees that pathway.” representative at Macy’s Union guests are welcomed to shop the July Fireworks® and the Macy’s will each receive a cash award of The California Wellness Foun- Square in San Francisco that put latest trends with a special 15% off Thanksgiving Day Parade®, as $25,000. José Ramón Fernández-Peña, dation is a private independent her on the path to achievement, up one-day community discount and well as spectacular fashion shows, Increasing California’s M.D., M.P.A. foundation created in 1992 with the executive ranks in the beauty to learn about the latest makeup culinary events, flower shows and health workforce and its di- a mission to improve the health industry. As her influence grew, tips from Shiseido, who will have celebrity appearances. Building on versity is crucial to improving After José Ramón Fernández- of the people of California by Ms. Kim took on roles within the representatives on hand for tutori- a 150-year tradition, Macy’s helps the health of Californians. The Peña immigrated to the United making grants for health promo- community to serve as a leader als and one-on-one consultations. strengthen communities by sup- state’s population continues to States, he discovered how tion, wellness education and dis- and provide inspiration to others. porting local and national charities grow and, by 2020, it will be complicated it is to relicense as ease prevention. The Foundation Among her accomplishments, in Macy’s Asian-Pacific Heritage that make a difference in the lives older and far more ethnically a physician here. About 10 years prioritizes eight issues for fund- 2008 Svetlana was inducted into Month Event Locations of our customers. and racially diverse. Already later, Fernández-Peña founded ing: diversity in the health pro- there are shortages of work- the Welcome Back Initiative fessions, environmental health, ers in nearly all sectors of the (WBI) to assist foreign-trained healthy aging, mental health, health workforce. A workforce health professionals overcome teenage pregnancy prevention, that reflects the racial and barriers to licensure and employ- violence prevention, women’s ethnic diversity of California ment in the U.S. health sector. health, and work and health. It will provide the cultural com- He is currently the executive also responds to timely issues petence and language profi- director of WBI, an associate and special projects outside the ciency necessary to provide professor of health education at funding priorities. high-quality health care for all San Francisco State University Since its founding in 1992, Californians. (SFSU), and co-director of TCWF has awarded 6,213 “The changing demographics Community Health Works of San grants totaling more than $780 of our state and the current short- Francisco, a partnership program million. Please visit TCWF’s age of health workers underscore of City College of San Francisco website at www.calwellness.org the need to prioritize efforts that and SFSU. Fernández-Peña is for more information, including enable young people and for- also a senior fellow at the Center a newsroom section devoted to eign-trained health professionals for the Health Professions at the the Champions of Health Profes- to obtain careers in health care,” University of California, San sions Diversity Award and the said Gary L. Yates, TCWF presi- Francisco (UCSF). three honorees. High-resolution dent and CEO. “These leaders “Our program guides, assists photos are also available.

Outstanding Filipino Educator receives Alliant International University Award DR. ESTELA C. MATRIA- April 26, 2011. to her outstanding qualities and NO, Professor of Cross Cultural This Award is for Dr. Ma- achievements. A few of her many Studies and Executive Director triano’s dedicated and significant awards similar to this one she re- of the World Council for Curric- contributions to the Campus ceived recently are: Outstanding ulum and Instruction (WCCI) at IMERIT Committee to fostering Alumni of the University of the Alliant International University a diverse, multiculturally and Philippines Association of Amer- in San Diego received the first internationally engaged campus ica; Distinguished JUST Com- IMERIT (International and Mul- community. This award signi- munity Award from the Univer- ticultural Education, Research, fies Dr. Matriano’s mission in sity of Cincinnati; the prestigious Intervention and Training) Award life personally and professionally University of Cincinnati George in a university convocation on which is an additional testimony B. Barbour Award for Faculty- Students’ Relations. She also received numerous awards from WCCI for her 40-year service to a world organization. The Filipino American com- munity of San Diego share this pride and honor of one of its own outstanding leaders in education.

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N1040003B.indd 1 4/21/11 9:10:28 AM Page 6 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.com May 6-12, 2011 ing those hard times in Manila, Contemporary Asian when we couldn’t afford to hire a maid, I helped Mamang cleaned our house by waxing the fl oor American Issues & scrubbing w/ bunot (coconut by Dr. Ofelia Dirige husk.) We believed that cleanli- Founder, President & CEO Kalusugan ness is next to Godliness. Al- Community Services. www.fi lamwellness.org though we lived in a small house in Manila, it was neat & clean. When we immigrated to the U.S. 50th anniversary painting our houses got bigger and beauti- surpass. fully decorated but still being She was also very optimistic & orderly and clean. Memories of our mother looked at the bright side of life. During countless family get- By Evelyne Dirige Resella us in some profound, meaningful Despite many fi nancial prob- togethers & parties, our mother & permanent way. A mother is lems in the past and challenging was always an organized plan- “A mother is the truest friend one person in our lives who has illnesses, she was a winner. She ner. Cooking was her passion in we have, when trials heavy done more for us than anyone carried her cross & faced her Dirige Family taken during the 50th anniversary life. She had the natural ability and sudden, fall upon us; when else. toughest challenges w/ great to plan exceptional and delicious adversity takes the place of Photo below (Boracay 2010- optimism. one thinks that their particular Strong. banquet menu. She prepared and prosperity; when friends who IMG-3224) was taken at Bora- U-Unique- We are all unique mother is the best one, and they L-Lovely, Loving & Loyal- executed from scratch, all the rejoice with us in our sunshine cay, Aklan (Philippines). During and so is our mother. As a unique cite lots of reasons. It is undoubt- Lourdes was a lovely woman & home cooked gourmet Filipino desert us; when trouble thickens our sentimental journey to the individual she stood among her edly true that there are many mother. She had the fairest skin dishes and desserts w/ perfec- around us, still will she cling to Philippines on February 2010, peers & relatives. She’s unique wonderful mothers out there, among her dark skinned sisters. tion. No wonder it was always us, and endeavor by her kind my husband & I wandered by in many practical ways & less and they are all very important She’s not the simple type. She over or beyond successful. We precepts and counsels to dis- this lovely landmark called in theories/academics. But it to the people that love and care preferred wearing makeup, lip- admired & raved about her cook- sipate the clouds of darkness, Villa Lourdes Resort. This place for them. Even though I believe stick and jewelries. She dressed ing which no one of us could and cause peace to return to our suddenly reminded me of our that our mother is the best, I up very well & had a queenly (Continued on page 8) hearts. “~Washington Irving mother whose name was Lourdes never mean to imply that she is bearing despite of limited ward- Villa Dirige. At 76 years old our better than other mothers. She robe budget. As long as I can re- Every year there is one spe- mother passed away in April 4, is, however, better for me & my member, our mother has always Afraid that the property cial day put aside for mothers. 1991 after she had bout w/ bone siblings. been there for us. She was a What else could it be called but cancer. Although it had been 20 The relationship & memories loving mother & loved being full “Mother’s Day.” On this day we years ago since her passing, I that I had with my mother as I time housewife. you plan to buy in the remember our mother who mat- vividly remember her. got older was actually more im- Compared to my father who tered to us and have also affected It seems that almost every- portant to me & the most remem- was also dark, it was like coffee Philippines may not be bered. One of my greatest joys & cream joined together. She in life is my mother’s approval was also a very loyal wife. The built? of my becoming an artist. Often long and stable marriage of our Check out times she bragged to friends & parents was an inspiration to all The Ridge at Canyon Woods relatives that she had a daughter the children, grandchildren & who is an artist. Describing my relatives. It gave me a security in mother in such a short space is my emotional life. They celebrat- Risk-free condo units that are virtually impossible. It’s diffi cult ed their 50th wedding anniversary already built, no need & unfair to write about just one which was one of the memorable to wait to occupy the positive personality traits. As events in our family history. We place. an artist I’d like to sketch her in are blessed to have parents who A 10% down pay- seven strong strokes. I am sure had an enduring marriage. able in easy monthly install- that’s the way our mother wanted O-Orderly,Organized & Opti- ment moves you in and enables you to be portrayed. I like to use her mistic- Our mother is actually to use and enjoy your place. name LOURDES to paint her as an ordinary woman but her tiny Ownership automatically makes you a member of its golf best as I could. physique was sculpted with an course club, no initial fee to pay! LOURDES was Lovely/Loyal, orderly, organized & optimistic Orderly/Optimistic, Unique, soul & heart. Lourdes liked an Resourceful, Expressive, and orderly & clean house. Dur- Call (619) 746-3416 for more information. Evelyn in Boracay May 6-12, 2011 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.com Page 7 Blue Line Closed from Bayfront/E Street to 12th & Imperial Transit Center on Weekends

Beginning Friday, May 6, at station platforms, 9 p.m. and continuing until the passenger shelters, start of service Monday,* there new low-fl oor trol- will be no Trolley service leys, next arrival between the Bayfront/E Street information and more. The construc- tion schedule for the next three weekends is: May 6-8: Blue Line closed be- tween E Street and 12th & Imperial pect delays and give themselves May 13-15: Blue Line extra time when traveling. closed between E Street and Riders can fi nd out more in- 12th & Imperial formation online at www.sdmts. May 20-22: Blue Line com/TrolleyRenewal.asp or by Trolley Station and the 12th & closed between 8th Street and 12th calling the bilingual hotline at Imperial Transit Center. & Imperial 619.557.4533. During weekend May 27-29: No stations closed closures, station ambassadors Two bus services will be avail- MTS encourages riders to ex- will be at the closed stations to able for riders: direct and help riders. • Trolley Shuttles will serve the Bayfront/E Street, 24th Street, 8th Street, Pacifi c Fleet, Harborside, Barrio Tourism department brings Logan and 12th & Impe- rial Trolley stations. This country’s beauty to malls shuttle will run in both There are over 23 million taken all the stops to enhance in- directions. potential travelers in the Philip- formation dissemination and this • Trolley Express will pines as reported by the Depart- time we are reaching out to the operate non-stop between ment of Tourism (DoT) and mall-going market to intensify Bayfront/E Street Trolley the National Statistics Offi ce. tourism awareness locally. Station and 12th & Impe- Most of these travelers, like any Recently, the Department of rial Transit Center in both typical Filipino, are mall-goers. Tourism (DOT) and Robinsons directions. Which is why putting up tour- Land Corporation (RLC) signed The bus services run ev- ism information kiosks in malls a Memorandum of Agreement ery 8-15 minutes during normal is a surefi re way to entice more (MOA) to help the agency in its Trolley service hours. Regular advocacy to promote domestic Trolley service will resume in tourism. The DoT was repre- time for the start of service on sented by Undersecretary Atty. Monday. Trolley service may Ma. Victoria Jasmin while Senior resume earlier if construction is Vice President and General fi nished. Listen for train an- Manager Ms. Arlene Magtibay nouncements on Sunday eve- represented RLC. nings. Under the agreement that was Trolley tickets, day passes, or signed at Robinsons Place in monthly passes are required to Ermita, Manila, RLC will be board the Trolley Shuttle and providing tourism information Trolley Express bus services. No stands in 17 select Robinsons tickets are sold on board these people to go out and travel. Malls all over the country where buses. “From these 23 million travelers, destination promotional materials 7.8 million travelled for pleasure and tourism event schedules may When complete, the Blue Line or vacation. This shows that the be displayed. This will continue will be transformed with new potential market for domestic for a period of three years. tourism is huge. The DoT has

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Bagac Road, Bataan, Philippines was untrue. Expectedly, no U.S. on 17 February 1942.” He also Congressional Medal of Honor noted that the order was issued was ever awarded. less than a month after the per- As John Faust, son of outstand- formance. ing Rotarians Jun and Acel Turla, Another example mentioned looks for a HERO to emulate, by Gillego is the case of our ace who should we recommend, Captain Jesus Villamor (after MARCOS or MURPHY? whom the Villamor Air Base was (Author: I will discuss Marcos’ named). He received his Distin- Wartime activities in the other guish Service Cross Medal per two periods in my next columns) G.O. No. 48, USAFFE Head- quarters, dated 21 December 1942 for engaging Japanese zero Left: John Faust Turla with 25 authentic, verifi able and genuine fi ghters in aerial combat on the Marcos fake medals medals in Academics; Center: Ferdinand Marcos with 33 unverifi - 10th and 12th of December 1941. able and questionable War Medals; Right: Audie Murphy with 27 It was General MacArthur him- Memories redux (Part II) genuine War Medals including U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor. self who pinned the DSC Medal FEE, SWAP, AFWESPAC, etc; on Villamor. Marcos’s wartime activities thur. granted by US military authori- Marcos allegedly received a of our ties. Any of the former involving and general orders that contain during World War II can be the details of the citation. letter from Major J.A. Marshall, divided into the following: The Alleged Heroic Exploits World War II is kept in the US Assistant Adjutant General, military archives. All documents When asked about the absence mother in Bataan while MacArthur of any authentic documentation, USFIP acknowledging the valid- 1. Alleged Heroic Exploits in was still around. and fi les supporting any claim ity of his claim. To verify the (Continued from page 6) or award are stored in pre-des- then Marcos’ Minister of Infor- Bataan (Period Covering mation Cendana came up with assertion in the letter, Sharkey doesn’t mean she’s not smart. January – April, 1942); It was in Bataan where he al- ignated archives. Decisions on requested the Department of the any application for reparations or a very convenient excuse; “the She had what Filipinos called 2. Non-Heroic Exploits legedly earned his fi rst medals. fi re that burned a portion of the Army for confi rmation. The re- “ma-abilidad.” Her greatest joys around the Philippines As his drumbeaters led by his recognition for back pay ben- ply to Sharkey was that “search efi ts are also found in the same military archives in St. Louis, in life was her wonderful fam- (Period Covering May, hagiographer Hartzell Spence Missouri.” of USFIP special and general ily & the academic successes of 1942-December, 1944); wrote, “Marcos single-handedly archives. orders has found nothing con- The reporters of the Wash- Colonel Boni Gillego who also her seven children. She was not and delayed the Fall of Bataan tem- did extensive research on the veying an award to Marcos.” a perfect woman. She had many 3. Alleged Heroic Exploits porarily”. In another instance, it ington Post and the New York As Sharkey was doing his re- Times, researchers and historians issue came up with this response positive traits as well as nega- in Kiangan, Mt. Province was proclaimed that “Marcos de- to Cendana’s lame excuse; “It search, he also found two offi cial tive characteristics. But what I (Period covering January – layed the Fall of Bataan by three have scoured and meticulously lists of some 120 Americans and examined the Philippine War seems that this fi re was so selec- remembered most was that she April, 1945). months”. Later on, the apologists tive and discriminating as to de- Filipinos who were awarded the was a praying & Godly woman. declared that he “considerably” records. They found no docu- DSC during the Bataan cam- mentary evidence supporting any stroy only the documents among She spent lots of time praying Notice that the fi rst period cov- delayed it, and during his 1982 others that would substantiate paign. One list was transmitted for her children, grandchildren, ers only about four months; the US State Visit, his Ministry of of the awards allegedly given to the War Department in Wash- to Marcos. John Sharkey of the Marcos’ claims. Actually, most relatives & friends. She also last one covers also four months Information settled on the delay of the documents in the St. Louis ington, D.C. by General Jona- practiced what she preached. while the middle period where as “weeks”. Washington Post interviewed than M. Wainwright on April Philippine and American survi- archives had been previously When she immigrated to the U.S. no heroic exploits or no medals It was also alleged that MacAr- duplicated and dispersed to other 12 shortly before his surrender. she was active w/ the women’s awarded to Marcos covers about thur called him a one-man Army. vors of the war and looked into The other, “List of Recipients the personal fi les of Marcos at archives. In effect, it is not dif- fellowship at church & liked to two and a half years which is He allegedly received among fi cult to reconstruct a veteran’s of Awards and Decorations is- do mission work too. most of the wartime period. others not only a Distinguished the U.S. military records center sued between December 7, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri. He found record once certain details such R-Resourceful-Lourdes was Analyzing the events, if you Service Cross, a Silver Star and as date of birth and serial num- through June 30, 1945,” was a very resourceful & creative center on MacArthur’s presence, a Purple Heart but he was also no evidence to substantiate compiled by General Douglas the claims of Marcos. He also ber are furnished.” mother. This was her ability the wartime activities of Marcos recommended for a US Congres- Gillego went further by cit- MacArthur’s headquarters in & talent that I deeply believed can also be divided into the fol- sional Medal of Honor. could not fi nd “any independent, Tokyo after the end of the war. outside corroboration” to but- ing some examples. One is the I inherited mostly from her. I lowing: When World War II broke case of Sgt. Ambrosio Lappay of The name of Ambrosio Lappay remember when I was a young out, the Philippines was still a tress the claim that Marcos was appears in both lists. The name recommended for the Congres- Angadena, Isabela - an unsung girl, my mother sewed many of 1. Alleged Heroic Exploits colony of the United States. The but genuine, not counterfeit, of Ferdinand E. Marcos does not. my pretty dresses. She browsed while MacArthur was Philippine Army and the fi ght- sional Medal of Honor. Strange! According to US Army rules war hero. There exists on record on beautiful children’s shops around; ing guerillas were all under the G.O., dated March 13, 1942, Marcos’ Foreign Affairs to get ideas & would copy 2. Non-Heroic Exploits in the command of the United States and as recorded in the fi les, Secretary Carlos P. Romulo awardees usually receive a letter issued by USAFFE Headquarters them at home. When I went to absence of MacArthur; and Military. Awards, decorations, awarding him for “extraordinary authored the books, “I Saw the school & Sunday school my 3. Alleged Heroic Exploits back pay benefi ts, reparation and from the GHQ of the appropriate Fall of the Philippines” (Garden command such as USIP, USAF- heroism in action in the vicin- friends would raved about my after the return of MacAr- other claims are reviewed and ity of Trail No. 7 and the Pilar- City, Double Day, 1946) and dresses. My mother couldn’t “I Walked With Heroes” (Holt, paint well like me but she had Rinehart and Winston of Canada, “2moro” many creative ideas. She was 1961). There was no mention of resourceful and not wasteful. She Vocabulary today• becomes 2day or 2da Marcos in either of the books. for• for• or fore becomes 4, so: had a champagne taste on a beer The heroes that Romulo walked budget. A wonderful trait to live At Large... Single letters can replace words • from becomes 4m with did not include Marcos. before• before• becomes (combin- a good life w/out having a huge In Romulo’s broadcast, “The inheritance. • be becomes b ing both of the above) b4 Voice of Freedom”, the exploits by Miles Beauchamp see• or sea becomes c • therefore becomes thr4 E-Expressive – She had a life of heroes in Corregidor and engulfed w/ kindly soul & heart. okay• okay• becomes k or kk forget• becomes 4get Bataan were told. Survivors said are• are• becomes r • once becomes 1ce She expressed her love, generos- Miles is Assistant to the Dean and Assistant Professor in the Marcos was never mentioned. ity and kindness by her willing- Shirley Hufstedler School of Education at Alliant International you• becomes u &• becomes &, nd,”n” Yet this man was depicted by w hy• why• becomes y have• becomes hv ness to help everyone’s misery University where he teaches new media and diverse writing courses. his hagiographers as one who though she did not have much. He has been with the Asian Journal since the 1990’s. • oh becomes o singlehandedly delayed the fall w e• we• becomes v Combinations of the above When we were in the Philip- of Bataan by three months. pines, I saw countless of rela- • the becomes d or da can shorten a single or mul- William Manchester, author • at becomes @ tiple words tives, lived w/ us while pursuing of “American Caesar: Douglas their education in Manila. We The evolution of language MacArthur, 1880-1964 (New didn’t have a big house but some Single digits can replace Your• & You’re become ur” York: Dell Publishing Co., 1978) or u wont belev wats ahed bby words • wonderful becomes 1drfl relatives had no place to stay and never mentioned Marcos despite so she let them lived w/ us, free • someone becomes sum1 citing Romulo as one of his • ate becomes 8 • no one becomes no1 of charge. Ur prbly awar, nless u liv nder 4 ever. sources. for• for• becomes 4 any one• become ne1 She’s also very hospitable. a brdge, that language s chngng. 2 quote Wikipedia on the topic: Paraphrasing Boni Gillego; to, • to, see you• becomes c u When we brought home many Alot. “The objective of SMS lan- “To borrow Churchill’s felici- for you• for you• becomes 4u church friends from our youth Many peple arent hapy about guage is to use the least number tous phrase, Marcos’ award for easy• easy• becomes ez group, she always cooked for it o course, but ther u go. Wat do of characters needed to convey his Bataan exploits is a mystery en-• en-• them. She never thought about u thnk about it? If ur over 35 u a comprehensible message, also wrapped in an enigma.” joy be- the expenses as long as everyone prbly hate it. If ur under 35 u as many telecommunication Regarding the alleged state- comes njoy enjoyed. That’s her happiness & prbly like it, & if ur under 20 ur companies have an SMS charac- ment of MacArthur that “Marcos she was doing it for the Lord. wondering wat the big deal is. ter limit, another benefi t of SMS was a one man Army”, no con- So wats S-Strong- Her strong charac- But this s mor than a genera- language is to reduce the char- fi rmation could be found in the ur opinion ter encouraged & inspired me tional thng. Its an entir social acter count of a message, hence, General’s own “Reminiscences” abot it? I no, to overcome hardships later in revo/evolution that will chnge & punctuation, grammar, & capital- (New York: McGraw Hill, 1964). u prbly hate life. She was the kind of woman shape the way we communicate. ization are largely ignored. Lastly, Marcos claimed that it. Buy y? w/ strong will power to face he was recommended for a U.S. the toughest challenges in life. Doesn’t Congressional Medal of Honor ASIAN JOURNAL it mak Growing up in the Philippines ala Sergeant York of World War I with less money was tough. I The fi rst Asian-Filipino weekly in Southern California it and Audie Murphy of World War An award-winning newspaper, it is San Diego’s most vividly remember the misfortune easi- II. General Wainwright alleg- widely circulated Asian-Filipino newspaper! poured down our family when too or two be- er? edly gave instructions by phone comes 2 Eas- our father lost his job for many Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. Genevieve Silverio to General Capinpin to write the years. We had to sell our land, Publisher & Editor Managing Editor won• or one becomes 1 ier 2 writ? letter of recommendation. The Easier 2 spel? car, jewelries and began from Santi Silverio Miles Beauchamp letter was supposedly lost dur- A single letter or digit can Easier 2 lern? Mny nglish zero. In fi nancial poverty our Associate Publisher Associate Editor ing the confusing transfer from mother demonstrated fortitude, replace a syllable techers want 2 thro thmselvs off Bataan to Corregidor. Ashley Silverio brdges rite now, o course, but no perseverance & determination Assistant Editor Like the others no authentic to go on by having faith in God. ate becomes 8, so: wat? They’re wrng. Ths s gr8t document supporting the claim great• great• becomes gr8 4 language. Jst imagin n a few With six daughters in our family In Pursuit of Excellence could be found. Marcos had the late• late• becomes l8 yers tim, how mch fstr & ezier it the women are the “Speakers Eugenio “Ego” Osin, (1946 - 1994) chance to confi rm the instruc- of the House.” Our late father Joe Cabrera, (1924 - 1996) mate• becomes m8 wil b. tions and recommendation from w ait• wait• becomes w8 Yes, ul hav 2 lern a nu way o & only brother are the silent Soledad Bautista, (1917-2009) General Wainwright and General minorities. Dr. Rizalino “Riz” Oades, (1935-2009) • hate becomes h8 writin but u had 2 lern the 1 u Capinpin, respectively when they • date becomes d8 use now didnt u? Wel, so whats were still alive. As Gillego as- The Asian Journal is published weekly and distributed in all fate• becomes f8 the bg deal? & if it was taut n serted, it was not done because it Asian communties in San Diego County. Publication date is ev- • gate becomes g8 skul kds wuld hav it in 1 week. ery Friday of the month. 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To my relief living with me to maintain her be aware that there are changes much stronger now, I think I can A MOTHER’S DAY STORY and with the grace of God, my permanent resident status, filed YOU need to make in YOUR handle it from here.” Why do daughter emerged unscathed, a petition for my migration, life. you think you are feeling stron- much wiser and knowledgeable and was pregnant with our first These changes need to be com- ger now? about the ways of the world. child. After Michelle was born, pleted in order that I may fulfill It’s simple. Love at First Sight BARELY THREE WEEKS AF- my wife called me right away My promises to you to grant you You gave Me your burdens and TER SHE RETURNED, she and and sent a photo of my baby. I peace, joy and happiness in this I’m taking care of them. her. remember looking at the photo (Continued from page 1) This was a conversation be- her husband invited me to a din- life. I also renew your strength and ner in an Italian restaurant. My every time; if doing so were to After all that I am doing, this cover you in my peace. Don’t aware he existed, for she tween an old-fashioned father cause it to fade, it would have and a modern and opinionated wife was in the Philippines then, seems very little to ask of you. you know that if I give you these did not know her son had turned completely white just a Please, follow these 10 guide- problems back, you will be right impregnated his girl- few weeks later. lines back where you started? friend. When the boy was The birth of my grandson 1. QUIT WORRYING: Leave them with Me and for- included modern-day technology. brought to my sister-in- Life has dealt you a blow and get about them. My son-in-law posted a blow- all you do is sit and worry. Have Just let Me do my job. law, she knew right away by-blow account of the birth on you forgotten that I am here to 5. TALK TO ME: he was her own flesh and Facebook, enabling many of our take all your burdens and carry I want you to forget a lot of blood. relatives and friends to share the them for you? things. moment. When the baby arrived, Or do you just enjoy fretting Forget what was making you “Lukso ng dugo (Jolt a low jack type of device was at- of the blood),” was how over every little thing that comes crazy.. tached to his leg. It would make your way? Forget the worry and the fret- she described the feeling. a noise if someone took him far 2. PUT IT ON THE LIST: ting because you know She did not need a DNA test to away from his parents, who had Something needs done or taken I’m in control.. But there’s one convince her the baby was her the same type of device attached care of. Put it on the list. No, thing I pray you never forget. grandson – just natural instinct. to their wrists. He stayed in the not YOUR list. Put it on MY Please, don’t forget to talk to Me And it was enough. When I first room with his mother, not in to-do-list. Let ME be the one to -OFTEN! saw my grandson, I knew imme- a nursery as was the practice take care of the problem. I can’t I love YOU! diately what my friends who had before, thereby preventing his help you until you turn it over to I want to hear your voice. I become grandparents themselves being switched or stolen. Grandma Genny and Grandpa Sim adore Elliot Me. And although My to-do-list want you to include Me in on the were talking about. I will love Like my elementary school is long, things going on in your life. this stranger, this little bundle of attending to the affairs of her classmates Hildegarde Dizon I am after all... God. I can take I want to hear you talk about daughter. I believed I was unable Paraiso of Los Angeles and Alma joy, the rest of my life. In addi- to bring my point across; how- father; my other two daughters care of anything you put into My your friends and family. Prayer tion to my wife and children, he were living in New York working Estavillo Gutierrez of Chicago, hands. In fact, if the truth were is simply you having a conversa- ever, I was wrong. My daughter I will be embarking on my own has become another person I will was in complete control after all. and Washington, D.C. for gradu- ever really known, I take care of tion with Me. be willing to give up my life for. ate courses, respectively. “apostolate”. No, not the reli- a lot of things for you that you I want to be your dearest Sometime last year, she an- gious type but the one grandpar- nounced she would travel “We are pregnant!” Michelle never even realize. friend. MY ELDEST announced after the waiter had ents undergo--that is, taking care 3. TRUST ME: 6. HAVE FAITH: alone around Indo- of one’s grandchildren. This type DAUGHTER MI- china, covering such taken our order. I was over- Once you’ve given your bur- I see a lot of things from up CHELLE and her whelmed. I did not expect it, of “apostolate” is derived from dens to Me, quit trying to take here that you can’t see from previously the root word “apo,” the Pilipino husband Ryan took a war-torn thinking we were just having one them back. Trust in Me. where you are. while before bearing of our regular family dinners. term for “grandchild.” Have the faith that I will take Have faith in Me that I know countries On Sunday, “Mother’s Day,” I a child: seven years. like Viet- After completing her pre-mother- care of all your needs, your what I’m doing. Like many profes- hood adventures, she was ready will be buying two bouquets of problems and your trials. Trust Me; you wouldn’t want nam, Laos, a dozen red roses: one for my sional and modern Cambodia to become a mother and raise a Problems with the kids? Put the view from My eyes. couples, they took family. wife, the mother of my children, them on My list. I will continue to care for you, and Thai- and the other for my daughter, their time, enjoy- land. She My daughter took to mother- Problem with finances? Put it watch over you, and meet your ing themselves as hood like a fish to water. She the mother of my grandson. This on My list. needs. had travelled is important to me, for it will be partners although extensively asked her mother many ques- Problems with your emotional You only have to trust Me. they had been tions, read books, and watched the first time my daughter will be roller coaster? Although I have a much bigger around Europe, honored as a mother. together since high Japan and the Philip- videos on the matter. She was For My sake, put it on My list. task than you, it seems as if you school. They finished confident and well-prepared, Happy Mother’s Day to all! I want to help you. All you have so much trouble just doing pines with us, her fam- Is there a “Grandfather’s Day”? their graduate studies, ily. Although she was excited to enter the next stage of have to do is ask. your simple part. How hard can settled in stable jobs, her life. Two months before the I am asking because this is a 4. LEAVE IT ALONE: trust be? the eldest among my new gig for me. - AJ and travelled together. three daughters, she was expected date, she dragged my Don’t wake up one morn- 7. SHARE: On her fourth year of mar- the only one who did not avail wife and me to one of her preg- You were taught to share when riage, my daughter suffered from of her school’s “Study Abroad nancy classes; there we learned you were only two years old. ectopic pregnancy. I was made to Program.” And she regretted - at least my wife learned - how When did you forget? believe it would be difficult for it. Her younger sisters spent a to conduct CPR using a baby doll That rule still applies. Share her to bear a child. My concern year in Spain during their junior model. with those who are less fortunate at that time, however, was not years in college. Michelle felt IT TURNED OUT THAT than you.. Share your joy with my desire to be a grandparent but the need to get the thought out MICHELLE WAS GOING TO those who need encouragement. rather her safety. I prayed for her of her system. With her husband GIVE BIRTH at the Kaiser Hos- Share your laughter with those well-being, dismissing the selfish busy with work and unable to pital on Zion Street in San Diego, who haven’t heard any in hope of enjoying a biological join her, she embarked on a one- the same hospital where my wife such a long time. Share your grandchild. month journey herself. It was a gave birth to her. Unfortunately, I tears with those who have for- Even before, my daughter was month of agony and anxiety for was not able to share the impor- gotten how to cry. Share your already toying with the idea of me. As a concerned and loving tant moment with my wife, for I faith with those who have none. adopting a baby instead of bear- father, I feared for the worst. She was still in the Philippines. 8. BE PATIENT: ing one. travelled by bus, if not rickety My wife’s mother was born I managed to fix it so in just “There are so many orphans train, in these countries, staying in San Francisco from a Fili- one lifetime you could have so around the world,” she once said. in hostels and unsafe accom- pino immigrant couple. When many diverse experiences. “I feel I must share the responsi- modations. But that was what the Great Depression came, she You grow from a child to an bility of adopting one.” she liked. At one point, she met was brought to the Philippines. adult, have children, change jobs “But it is different if you raise and stayed with a girl she had When Martial Law was declared many times, learn many trades, your own flesh and blood,” I told travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experi- ence so much. How can you be so impatient then when it takes Me a little longer than you expect to handle something on My to-do-list? Trust in My timing, for My timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush. 9. BE KIND: Be kind to others, for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do, but I still love you all. Please try to get along, for My sake. I created each of you different in some way. It would be too boring if you were all identical. Please, know I love each of your differences. 10. LOVE YOURSELF: As much as I love you, how can you not love yourself? You were created by me for one reason only -- to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God of Love. Love Me. Love your neighbors. But also love yourself. It makes My heart ache when I see you so angry with yourself when things go wrong. You are very precious to me. Don’t ever forget...... May 6-12, 2011 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.com Page 11 born. For example, if your friend was make paper copies of everything born in Manila, then she will go to the in your wallet. Keep these du- Phil - Am local civil registrar inside the Manila Insurance plicates in a strongbox or other City Hall along Taft Avenue. Now, safe spot at home so you can if she was born in a faraway place, reference your driver’s license Law 101 say Cagayan de Oro, then she can Matters and credit card numbers if you by Atty. Rogelio Karagdag, Jr. either go there or just go to the local ever lose your wallet or have it Member, State Bar of California & civil registrar in Manila since she is a by Jerry Salcedo stolen. Make sure to photocopy Manila resident. There is a filing fee Integrated Bar of the Philippines Read Jerry Salcedo’s Insurance Matters series by bookmarking the backs of your credit cards but the local civil registrar can waive the link www.asianjournalusa.com/insurancematters too, which contain the customer Read previous articles by visiting our website at www.asianjo- the fee if your friend can prove that urnalusa.com service phone numbers to call she is an indigent. However, she will to deactivate the cards. Having be required to publish her petition and these numbers handy will get this is where she will have to spend your cards suspended quickly What Name Should I Use? some money. She can file the petition Identity Thieves: and cut down the amount of time Dear Atty. Karagdag, travel abroad. without need of a lawyer. In most the thief can access your ac- You mentioned that Donna is cases, the local civil registrars courte- counts. Good Day. We are very grateful to financially challenged. Actually, the ously assist RA 9048 petitioners. They Play, You Pay If you discover or suspect that see your email address in the website. solution to her problem may not be On the other hand, if your friend your identity has been compro- I am sending you this email in behalf that costly, depending on what she chooses to retain her birth name It’s hard to tell exactly how tion at your expense. While these mised, call the local authorities of my friend Donna because he has wants to do. The first question she Donita and decides to correct her they do it. Maybe you threw damages can be repaired, it will after you have deactivated your no access to the internet. She plans should ask herself is this – what name children’s birth certificate, RA 9048 away some papers with your cost you plenty of headaches and cards. Filing a police report to apply for Social Security System does she want to officially use? Donna will not apply. She will have to file a account number on them, potentially thousands of dollars. legitimizes your claim and opens and Philhealth membership here in or Donita? The answer to this question petition in court. Needless to say, it somebody watched you put in The threat of identity theft is an investigation to find and stop Manila. However, we noticed that her will determine the legal step she will will be costly in terms of time, money your PIN number, or maybe you ever present, but there are some the thief. Also, make a report name in her children’s birth certificate have to take and the legal costs it will and effort. She may, however, avail fell victim to an email phishing things you can do to keep your with the fraud department at the show only her nickname Donna while entail. the services of the public attorney’s scam. Identity thieves don’t care credit protected. The first thing Federal Trade Commission and her real name in her birth certificate If she chooses to use Donna, it office and ask the court to exempt her where they get your informa- you should do is prevent yourself the Social Security Administra- is Donita. She will appreciate get- will mean that she will amend her from paying the filing fees. tion, they are just out take your from revealing personal informa- tion. To stop further attacks to ting advice what to do. She does not birth certificate so that her name will money and ruin your credit in tion over the phone and on the your credit, alert the three credit know if she will correct her own birth appear as Donna in lieu of her birth Sincerely, the process. Because there are so Internet. If you do not under- reporting bureaus to block the certificate so her name will read as name Donita. Fortunately, this will be Atty. Karagdag many different ways for identity stand why a business would need use of your social security num- Donna, or to correct the birth certifi- relatively easy and inexpensive to do. theft to occur, it is important to your social security number or ber and name on any new credit cate of her three children to indicate The Philippines has a law, Republic know how to protect yourself similar information, then do not applications. her name as Donita. Donna is just a Act 9048, which allows your friend Atty. Rogelio Karagdag , Jr. is and your assets. Fortunately, give it out. Junk mail and credit Insurance companies offer house helper so she does not have the to amend her birth certificate with- licensed to practice law in both many insurance companies offer card offers are also potential identity theft policies to indi- means to get the services of a private out going to court. RA 9048 allows California and the Philippines. He some type of identity theft cover- threats and should always go viduals who want added protec- lawyer. Can she avail of the services correction of clerical errors or change practices immigration law in San age which can be added to your through a paper shredder before tion. These policies can cover the of the public attorney? Your reply will of first name in the birth certificate. Diego and has continuously been a home insurance. being thrown out. costs of unauthorized purchases be of great help. Your friend’s case does not involve trial and appellate attorney in the Identity thieves are criminals Bank receipts and discarded and restoring your credit. Some- a clerical error, but a change of first Philippines since 1989. He travels who prey on other people’s deposit slips are a goldmine times identity theft protection Thank you. name. RA 9048 allows this in three between San Diego and Manila. His personal information, for in- for thieves and should never is included with homeowner’s situations, namely (1) the first name office address is located at 10717 stance their social security get tossed in a public trash bin. insurance or it can be added as Cyd appears to be ridiculous, tainted with Camino Ruiz, Suite 131, San Diego, number, credit card information, When ordering new checks, an endorsement to a renter’s or dishonor or extremely difficult to CA 92126. He also has an office in the bank account information, and request to have your first initial homeowner’s policy. Dear Cyd, write or pronounce (2) the new first Philippines at 1240 Apacible Street, online account log-in informa- printed in the corner instead of Nearly 100,000 people each name has been habitually and continu- Paco, Manila, Philippines 1007, with tion. Thieves even want to know your full name, to make it harder year have their identity stolen, First of all, I congratulate you for ously used and the person has been telephone numbers (632)522-1199 and your pet’s name or mother’s for forgeries to occur. Checks according to Federal Trade Com- helping out a friend in need. Although publicly known by that first name in (632)526-0326. Please call (858)348- maiden name to help them steal should never be printed with mission statistics. Just one bank her problem may seem trivial to some, the community (3) the change will 7475/(858)536-4292 or email him at passwords. Using this critical your social security number on slip or piece of mail can lead it actually has serious effects on her avoid confusion. The way I see it, [email protected]. He information, thieves are able to them. to having your credit destroyed ability to live a normal life, like what your friend’s case falls under numbers speaks Tagalog fluently. Articles writ- make unauthorized transactions In your free by an identity crook. By mak- she’s having right now. Other com- 2 and 3. ten in this column are not legal advice and transfer funds behind time, take a ing only a few changes to your plications may come her way in the Under RA 9048, your friend does but are hypotheticals intended as gen- your back. Before you ever trip to the lifestyle, you can keep your future, such as getting a passport and not need to go to court. Instead, she eral, non-specific legal information. find out, an identity thief library or identity from being targeted by applying for visa when good fortune will just have to go to the local civil Readers must seek legal consultation could be enjoying a use your crafty thieves. Call me for more comes her way and allows her to registrar of the place where she was before taking any legal steps. Caribbean office information on how you could vaca- copier to add identity theft to your cover- age at 877-260-7104.

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And Good tional Calling Plan to the Philippines known as San Benito Farms in trade caffeine would jolt one out of Luck on your new career move to and the US. According to Patricia, Batangas, which is about 5,000 it. But it is not a beverage served in Los Angeles! – Gen Silverio, Asian she will be using VONAGE to stay miles from San Diego, during one’s the ayurvedic tradition. Journal in touch with relatives in Olongapo, For a Mother’s Day treat, travels on a quest to Asia’s leading You wonder why you have to *** Bataan where she is from. health and wellness destinations. move as time comes to a standstill. try a day at the spa But I digress. Quattra Via pushes And yet you must. As you leave, Many moons ago over lunch a vorite, takes one back to the exotic the spa experience as an adventure there are a few items you can friend from the local press club scents and flavors of Morocco. in cultural immersion. It draws check out as well. Quattra Via uses Why are millions across the globe invited me to experience a relax- My guide was Aimee, an aestheti- upon the convergence of East all-organic, earth-friendly prod- ing afternoon at an upscale spa and cian and a beauty artist. One imme- and West by an assimilation of ucts from Aveyda. A Quattra Via inspired by a message of hope? ayurvedic center in the heart of diately notices the energy she radi- the knowledge of your own body aesthetician will be able to tell you Find out When Joel and Victoria Osteen hold “A Night of Hope” Carlsbad, CA. ates when she describes what she through the senses, taking the which products will complement Friday, May 13 at Valley View Center Quattra Via as it turned out is a does for a living, a rare trait few can flavors and practices of the Orient your skin type. church and one of the most diverse wonderful place to escape to for boast of these days. Aimee patiently down to an elemental level where Not too many people are aware Tens of thousands fill arenas and - the 40,000 strong Lakewood working women. The getaway and graciously explained the rituals one can touch, taste, and feel, and that Aveyda is the company based stadiums across America to hear a Church in Houston, Texas. Joel presents a pleasant and surprising of ayurvedic therapy and why one then know. out of Colorado that has given the message of hope and God’s love was recently determined one of the leap in what total relaxation might full body treatment regimen works It was Aimee who explained that celebration of Earth Day a head- from Joel and Victoria Osteen. most influential people on Twitter evoke from the senses and what for my skin type instead of another. the spa was named after the four start. Aveyda is also the company Now, the pastors of the largest in the New York Times. spas, makeovers, and total body I was also told what to expect in the elements from the ayurvedic tradi- behind Quattra Via. church in America are coming to “A Night of Hope” with Joel and massages might conjure up in one’s next hour -- the total immersion of tion. Quattra, the female form of But I don’t want to spoil the sur- San Diego to hold “A Night of Victoria Osteen is an exciting time mind. the senses, which may seem strange quattro via (or the four ways), gives prise for anyone else by providing Hope” at Valley View Center on of praise and worship where lives Perhaps the reason why others at first but enfolds you like a co- the spa a deliberately feminine too much information. Friday, May 13 at 7:30 pm. are changed, hope is restored and like me may not have heard about it coon, in the pulses, rhythms, scents, allure. As I found out, Quattra Via Instead I would suggest that you Joel Osteen reaches one of the thousands come to know Christ. is understandable. The spa appears and sights of the elements of nature proved to be an oasis in the bustling try it yourself and perhaps take largest audiences in the U.S. and Attendees will hear an inspirational to be one of the town’s best kept that would accompany the massage. and sophisticated North County another with you to share it with. It across the globe. Millions of peo- message of hope and God’s love secrets, like a jealously guarded Aimee was quick to point out the enclave better known for its blazing certainly would be a novel way to ple worldwide are inspired through along with the electrifying music indulgence only a close circle interplay of ambient light and what flower fields of rununculus, that treat moms for Mother’s Day. his weekly television broadcasts, of Dove Award winning Cindy of friends would willingly share the encompassing theme symbol- magical place called Legoland Park, Although I certainly didn’t know New York Times bestselling Cruse Ratcliff, Da’dra Greathouse, amongst themselves but not read- ized. When I visited in February, and yes, the iconic landmark known what to expect when I walked books, worship events, and popular Steve Crawford and the Lakewood ily with others; making the secret the theme was “air” an element as the Museum of Making Music. into Quattra Via, I must say that weekly podcast. He and Victoria Band. hideaway another low-key destina- represented in the life forces of na- During the treatment, it was easy I was pleasantly enlightened and are the pastors of America’s largest tion that has shaped Carlsbad into ture. At Quattra Via, these elements to imagine how one can travel out invigorated. At the same time, I felt the enclave that it is today. are expressed in air, water, fire and of one’s body and out of Carlsbad a little disappointed in myself for But thanks to a friend in media, I earth, which are then loosely trans- to another country without leav- not knowing enough about East- was invited to Quattra Via Salon | lated into a form for the senses to ing the couch, as one’s tension ern practices let alone ayurvedic WANTED IMMEDIATELY Spa | Inner Beauty Gallery to ex- absorb according to the four ways gives way to relaxation, tea cup in therapy. perience the benefits of health and of ayurveda. hand and feet propped up. But it In hindsight, if there is a list of the Support Staff for Day beauty treatments that meld Eastern Being a westernized Filipina, the is just then that a guest is handed top ten things to do in San Diego, healing practices and Western a piece of technol- this is one of the places you should Activity Program for the aesthetic regimens. The introduc- ogy in the form go to if you are a mom or a working tion also allows me to speak about of an iPad while woman seeking a break from the it and invite others to experience it an app explains usual routine. developmentally disabled first-hand. the principles of It’s one of a kind and the experi- The adventure begins as one ayurveda. The iPad ence is certainly something you and seniors, Escondido area. walks through the glass doors of the was a clever way to your friends can talk about doing spa. A hostess provides one with a keep one engaged in when you need to get away for an Program hours from choice of wine, mineral water, or the present and a fun afternoon. green tea with a twist of mint over way to remind your Quattra Via is located in the 9am - 2pm. Teaching ice. The last choice, which is my fa- body that its still in Forum, 1905 Calle Barcelona, Carlsbad. Suite 204, Carlsbad, CA 92009, experience preferred. Contact: Liz (858) 748-8018

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its first part, the Liturgy of the share in the Eucharistic meal de- Word, where readings from mand a response through Chris- Lower Your the Old and New Testaments tian living. The written words precede the Gospel proclama- of the Scripture and sacraments Balintataw tion and amplification of these make possible the presence of Nets readings through the homily. The the risen Christ not only within by Msgr. Fernando G. Gutierrez Liturgy of the Eucharist fol- the community but also in the by Virginia H. Ferrer Read Monsignor’s previous articles by visit- lows suit, from Offertory to the world! Read Virginia Ferrer’s previous articles by visiting our website ing our website at www.asianjournalusa.com final blessing and dismissal. On Today is Mother’s Day. This at www.asianjournalusa.com the one hand, the Liturgy of the secular festivity should in no Word prepares the community way diminish the primary focus for the Liturgy of the Eucharist of this Sunday as the celebration and points to the anticipated of the paschal mystery. However, Sampung Tanong ng Diyos (1) Journey in Faith on participation in the Eucharistic in order to give due recogni- meal; on the other hand, the tion to this observance, parishes Hindi kailanman itatanong ng Diyos sa iyo Liturgy of the Eucharist fulfills may bless mothers at liturgical kung ilan bang lahat ang mga naging kaibigan mo Mother’s Day what the Liturgy of the Word celebration. ang mahalaga sa Kanya ay kung ilan sa kanila proclaims: the saving deeds of Quotation of the week: “The ang nagturing na ikaw ay kaibigang kang talaga. Joke of the week: A psychia- wicked men seem to be more God in Jesus, the Bread of Life. life of faith is a continually trist was making his rounds in fortunate while the good are One cannot exist without the renewed victory over doubt, and Hindi itatanong ng Diyos ang iyong naging kotse a mental hospital and stopped suffering? These good Christians other. The importance of both continually renewed grasp of at kung paano mo nakaya na ito ay mabili in a room with two patients. He seem to be saying that not only aspects of the liturgy is not only meaning in the midst of mean- ang nanaisin niyang malaman ay ilang bang tao asked the fellow near the door, life, but even God is unfair! for worship but also for Christian ingless.” Leslie Newbign. na walang pamasaheng 'yong naisakay sa kotse mo. “What is your name?” “Napo- Those who believed in Jesus living. To hear God’s word and leon Bonaparte,” replied the fel- as the Messiah followed him Hindi itatanong ng Diyos ang laki ang 'yong bahay low briskly. “Who said you are and listened to him. But they kung gaano ito kaganda at gaano katibay Napoleon?” demanded the doc- and others who knew him were ang mahalaga sa Kanya ay ilan ba sa kanila tor. “God,” replied the patient. shaken in their faith and shocked Beatification Date Emphasizes ang iyong pinatuloy ng buong pagpapahalaga. From the patient in the other bed to find out that he was crucified came the shouted denial, “I did as a criminal. How is it pos- John Paul II’s Legacy Hindi itatanong ng Diyos kung ilan ang damit mo not!” sible that their all their hopes By Jesús Colina who at an early age had lost his at kung saan-saan mo isinuot ang mga ito Scripture: First Reading: Acts were dashed to pieces? “Is God own mother, loved his divine ang Kanyang itatanong sa 'yo pagdating ng panahon 2: 14: 22-33. The impact of unfair?” they asked. ROME, MAY 1, 2011 (Zenit. mother all the more. He heard ilan nga ba sa kanila ang dinamitan mo nuon. Peter’s sermon had on its hear- Faith does not remove all org).- Benedict XVI’s choice of the words of the crucified Lord ers provides the texts for this doubts, but rather transforms May 1 for the beatification of as addressed personally to him: Hindi itatanong ng Diyos ang laki ng 'yong sahod reading from Acts. The resur- them. If faith persists amidst his predecessor is itself one of ‘Behold your Mother.’ And so he kung gaano kataas na ang puwesto mong naabot rection clearly shows what is one’s doubts, if doubts don’t the richest symbols in today’s did as the beloved disciple did: ang gusto Niyang malaman ay ang iyong katapatan true of the cross: a victory over close off completely the possibil- celebrations. ‘he took her into his own home’ sa mga kasamahan at sa kompanyang pinasukan. death, a consequence of man’s ity of a solution, the same faith This year’s feast of Divine (eis ta idia: Jn 19:27) – Totus sinful rebellion against God. By becomes the means to one’s en- Mercy -- coinciding with the end tuus. And from the mother he (may karugtong) submitting himself in complete lightenment. The story of the two of the Easter Octave -- lands to- learned to conform himself to obedience to his Father’s will disciples on the way to Emmaus day, since Easter was so late this Christ.” ©2010 Virginia H. Ferrer. All rights reserved. which no other human being is a beautiful example of the year. And thus the feast falls on The mystery of evil has ever done Jesus triumphed transforming grace and power the first day of Mary’s month. Karol Wojtya suffered the two About the Author: Virginia H. Ferrer is a Filipino Language Teacher at over this alienation from God. of faith. The disciples were On various occasions, Cardi- totalitarian regimes of the 20th Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista. Second Reading: 1 Peter 1: disappointed in learning about nal Joseph Ratzinger proposed century, Communism and Na- 17-21. The author teaches the the death of their Master. At the that the fundamental element of zism, and asked how God could Polish mystic, St. Faustina Kow- throne asked himself: What can members of the Christian com- same time, they believe what the Pope John Paul II’s legacy in the permit such terrible atrocities. alska (1905-1938). limit evil so that it doesn’t have munities in Asia Minor that their other disciples had been telling Church is his understanding of But while many would point to St. Augustine explains that God the last word? alienation has been overcome everyone that the Lord rose from Divine Mercy as the factor limit- these evils to deny God’s exis- never causes evil, but permits John Paul II understood that by the death and resurrection of the dead. Because their faith, ing human evil. tence or negate his goodness, it. In creating man with liberty, Divine Mercy is this limit to evil. Jesus. Though Christians already though a little bit shaken persist- Celebrating the Polish Pope’s John Paul II used them to reflect God accepted the existence of His mercy does not imply that participate in the resurrection of ed, the disciples were privileged funeral, Cardinal Ratzinger on what God teaches by permit- evil. Would it have been better everyone is saved automatically, Jesus, yet its final accomplish- to have their eyes opened and reflected that the Holy Father ting man’s free will to bring for God not to create man? Or to thereby negating sin, but rather ment will happen in the future. see the risen Lord himself. Their “interpreted for us the paschal about tragedy. And he found create him without liberty? No. that God pardons every sinner Therefore everyone should not story, however, did not end with mystery as a mystery of divine an answer in Divine Mercy, as But then, the Polish youth who who allows himself to be par- lose hope for future glory in their personal encounter of the mercy. In his last book, he wrote: presented in the writings of the would one day take St. Peter’s (Continued on page 23) spite of the persecutions and tri- Lord. They heard his refresher The limit imposed upon evil ‘is als of the present. Gospel: Luke course on Scripture about him- ultimately Divine Mercy’ (Mem- 24: 13-35. Luke’s account of the self and they also experienced ory and Identity, pp. 60-61). 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Nagsasalita kami ng Tagalog Page 16 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.com May 6-12, 2011 it comes to the taste of their go down. A flavored spray porters of his opponents. ferent things going on in my life medicine really makes a dif- such as Pill Glide helps medi- “They said Margarito was go- including the divorce. But I just Tips for Treating a Sick Child ference. The flavoring service cations, vitamins and supple- ing to kill me. People said they listened to myself and came out (Family Features) Once the some fevers can be treated with is available at 40,000 major ments go down without giving were scared for my health and all with the victory,” he concluded. winter months set in, it seems pain relievers such as acetamino- chain pharmacies across the kids a stuck-in-the-throat that crap. I had about three dif- there’s always some sort of phen or ibuprofen. Be sure you country. Go to www.flavorx. feeling. It is available in grape “bug” going around school. Be- give the correct dose according com/locator to find one near and strawberry flavors and tween colds, flu, strep and other to his or her age and weight. you. can be found in several na- common illnesses, kids are lucky Cough and cold medicines are If your child is prescribed tional chain pharmacies. Find Pacquiao ‘excited’ to to escape this season without not recommended for children, medication in pill form, there out more about both products coming down with something. especially those younger than are ways to help the medicine at www.flavorx.com. But if they do get sick, what two. knock out Mosley should you do? These tips will Make sure your child rests and By Alex P. Vidal/ PNS despite his reach and height advan- help parents and caregivers see drinks plenty of fluids. tage. kids through the illness and get A humidifier can help moisten LOS ANGELES, California – them back on the way to health. the air in your child’s bedroom ‘Give me Pacquiao or give Manny Pacquiao admitted he and DENOMINATOR Treating a Fever. Not every and will help with nasal conges- his coaching staff composed of fever needs treatment. Fevers tion. me retirement benefits’ trainer Freddie Roach and condi- Margarito lost to both Mosley are part of how Medicat- tioning adviser Alex Ariza “are not (TKO8) and Pacquiao (12 UD) the body fights ing Children. By Alex P. Vidal/ PNS Filipino lefty who is fresh from really focused on the knockout” but and is the common denominator in off infection. When a doctor a 12-round unanimous decision admitted that “I would be excited analyses of oddsmakers who pre- The American does prescribe LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Fight- win against Margarito in Arling- about the knockout if it comes.” dicted a bloody brawl between two Academy of an antibiotic or ing Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, ton, Texas. “We have prepared ourselves hard-hitting welterweights on May Pediatricians antiviral medi- 38 KOs) is the ultimate goal of On May 7, Mosley, who first to fight 12 rounds,” said Pac- 7 at the MGM Grand. (AAP) says that cation, there are Sugar Shane Mosley before he hit paydirt by dethroning IBF quiao, who packed up for a trip Pacquiao took a time out from his if your child several impor- concludes his fistic career that lightweight champion Philip to Las Vegas, Nevada May 2 for training camp in Wild Card Gym is eating and tant things to be romped off 18 years ago with Holiday by 12-round unanimous his 12-round WBO 147-lb joust over the weekend by promoting his sleeping well, aware of. The a 5th round knockout win over decision on August 2, 1997, with Sugar Shane Mosley on May cologne, “MP8 Scent of The Cham- and has periods AAP recom- Greg Puente on February 11, vowed to make history when 7. “We work hard and if it (KO) pion”, in a big mall here. of playfulness, mends finishing 1993 in Hollywood, California. he goes for this fourth world comes, it comes.” He had also guested at Jimmy he or she prob- all prescribed “My ultimate goal is to fight title against the heavily favored Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) Kimmel Show in Hollywood where ably doesn’t doses of an (Manny) Pacquiao before I Pacquiao for the WBO 147-lb acknowledged that “Mosley moves he promoted his newly released need any antibiotic, even retire,” declared the 39-year-old bauble at the MGM Grand. fast and has great foot speed and CD album “Sometimes when we treatment. But consult with your if the child starts to feel better veteran of 53 professional fights An 8-1 underdog, the world power also. He throws a lot of touch” and confirmed he person- child’s doctor to find out what’s soon. They also recommend: (46 wins, six losses, one draw lightweight-turn-world wel- punches and that’s good for us to ally invited Pres. Barack Obama best in each case. The AAP has Sticking with the schedule with 39 disposals). terweight champion, quipped: give the fans a good fight.” during his visit to White House last these tips for – don’t skip doses and ask the After disposing of Antonio “People see my power and they The Filipino celebrity said his December to watch his fight against taking care of a child with a doctor what to do if a dose isn’t Margarito in the 9th round last know it will be an exciting fight. championship tussle with Mosley Mosley at ringside. fever: given on time. January 24, 2009, Mosley, who When opponents get past the (46-6-1, 39 KOs) will be “a kind Pacquiao disclosed his Washing- Keep his room and your home Giving the right amount – is three inches taller than Pac- power they think they can win. of fight that’s better than (Antonio) ton visit had been facilitated by comfortably cool, and dress him Never give a child more medi- quiao, announced,”Give me The fans choose to see knock- Margarito”, who was a bit slower Nevada Sen. Harry Reid (D). lightly. cine because you think it might Pacquiao or give me my retire- outs.” Encourage her to drink extra work better or faster. It could do ment benefits.” fluid such as water, diluted fruit more harm than good. Golden Boy, his former pro- RISKY FIGHT juices or commercially prepared Don’t try to hide the medicine moter, gave him Floyd May- oral electrolyte solutions. – If a child hates the taste of the weather Jr. and on May 1, 2010 “This fight is very risky for If the fever is a symptom of a medicine, or tries to spit it out, it the duo created ripples in the Pacquiao to fight someone with highly contagious disease such might be tempting to try to hide ring with a see-saw duel that power in both hands like myself. as chickenpox or the flu, keep it in milk or food. But this could resulted in Mosley’s sixth defeat People want to see who’s going your child away from other affect how well the medicine via 12-round unanimous deci- to get knocked out in this one. children, elderly people, and works, so do not do this unless sion. The unpredictability in the fight people whose immune systems specifically directed by your is what gets a rise out of people are compromised. child’s doctor. JUMP SHIP around the world, anything can Treating Colds and Flu. For liquid prescriptions and happen.” While it’s tempting to seek over-the-counter medications After securing a 12-round Mosley said, “I look at the medicinal treatment for every that your child does hate the split draw against Sergio Mora Margarito fight and he landed the ailment, there is no cure for the taste of, pharmacies can add in Los Angeles, California on most punches ever on Pacquiao cold or flu, and antibiotics don’t Flavorx flavors to improve the September 18, 2010, Mosley, but Margarito couldn’t land work on the viruses that cause taste. There are 15 to 20 fla- who boasts of 72.22 knockout those punches on me. If Marga- colds and flu. The American vors to choose from, including percentage, decided to jump ship rito could hit Pacquiao, then I know that Pacquiao isn’t too fast Academy of Family Physicians bubblegum, grape, strawberry and landed on the lap of Bob Presscon of Bantay Bata with Ms. Tina Monson-Palma and (AAFP) says that headaches, and watermelon. Giving kids Arum’s Top Rank. for me.” He said he never entertained Katrina Gaffud Benfer of Megaworld International held at Gold- muscle aches, sore throats and the power of choice when He finally secured the imprima- ilocks Restaurant in National City last May 4, 2011. tur to challenge the 32-year-old negative comments from sup-

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WANTED PARALEGAL. Will Train. Mail resume and salary requirement to [email protected] May 6-12, 2011 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.com Page 17 sixty binocular microscopes in From Antique to America: the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology.” By then the new building and Mga Tulang Memoirs of a Filipino American Doctor laboratory at Fairview, Quezon City, was about to be completed. Tagalog Dr. de la Rosa quoted that the by Romeo Nicolas Host of Board Meeting Philippine price for each “Norin- By Dr. Cesar D. Candari and talented wife of Dr. Cesar our succeeding four reunions, I co” microscope was 41,000 Read Romeo Nicolas’s previous poems by vis- Jimenez, was the leader in the did the same task of being the pesos; an “Olympus microscope” iting our website at www.asianjournalusa.com I cannot forget when I hosted impromptu ‘line-dancing.’ emcee in the Filipiniana Night was US $1025.00. the regular board of trustees My wife and I were very thank- and the Grand Ball. Sorry, no I was extremely happy to chair meeting in San Diego California ful and honored that nine mem- braggadocio, oops, no bragging; this committee even though there on March 14-15, 1997, at the bers of the board accepted our it was perhaps the way I spoke to were no members. It has given Embassy Suites Hotel in San Di- offer of a two-night accommoda- the audience that captivated their me the inspiration and enthu- Mga Aral Ng Kahapon attention, which kept the event ego Bay. A Continuing Medical tion in our home. siasm to be of service to our ‘Di ko kayang kalimutan yaong araw na nagdaan, moving and made me suitable Education (CME) speaker was In July 1998, I was appointed organization. This was a chal- At ‘di ko rin magagawang basta na lang talikuran. as the chairman of the consti- for this part of the festive occa- a world-renowned physician, lenge, a prestige, and a bigger Malalim ang naging ugat noong kami’y magmahalan, tution and bylaws committee. sion. chance to fortify a dream to help Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Nalanta man yaong dahon, may ugat pang naiiwan. professor and chairman of the Records show that I am still a Going back to the early years, my beloved alma mater. In one department of Family Preventive member of this committee. I in 1986, I am proud to say that of the meetings of the board, I Medicine at the University of worked closely with Dr. Romeo the United Class ’61 donated presented with complete slide Ako’y labis na nagmahal, sa iisa, walang iba, California in San Diego. It was Tabillos, Dr. Noli Guinigundo $20,000.00 for the purchase of a demonstrations of binocular mi- Sa kanya ko natutuhan, ang pag-ibig, mahalaga. at the time when Dr. Daniel Fa- and Dr. Amante Legaspi. Noli blood gas machine for the FEU- croscopes and their prizes. Could Ang lungkot na tinataglay kung kami ay magkasama, bito was the board chairman. He and I rotated the chairmanship NRMF Hospital. While Dr. Chua you imagine the antique-looking Napapawing parang bula kapag laging kapiling sya. was one of the most outstanding over the years and later with was presiding the meeting of the uni-ocular microscopes we used alumni whose leadership ability Dr. Legaspi. With input from class 61, I made a motion to do- when we were in Quezon Blvd./ Paano ko lilimutin yaong araw na kami lang? was beyond reproach. members of the Alumni Founda- nate $1,000 from each attendee. Morayta Medical School? Pangako nya sa sariling… tapusin ang pagaaral. Dr. Josephine C. Reyes, FEU The meeting was well attended tion and members of the board, On May 15, 1999, I wrote a Nais niyang yaong bukas ay maganda at marangal, Chairman of the Board, consid- by the board of trustees. Part of the proposed amendments were memo to Dr. Fabito stating the At sa aming hinaharap, kung sakaling...kapalaran. deliberated upon and ratified. ered it the largest donation from the major agenda was the ground Olympus was a much better Fourteen amendments were pro- any alumni group. We received microscope, and I offered to ne- breaking of the new site for the Pangako ko ay gayun din, na ako ay magsisikap, FEU medical school campus and posed and ratified in that decade personal letters of appreciation gotiate the price. I strongly sug- Sisikaping guminhawa ng para sa hinaharap. hospital from Morayta/Espana that I had been with the com- from Dr. Lilia Luna, our Class gested that each class of alumni to Fairview, Quezon City. The mittee. It is interesting that in ’61 classmate and Director of the be asked to donate $2,000.00 as Ang nais ko’t laging dasal, palad natin, ‘di magwakas, blueprints showed a hospital and every organization I ever served, FEU Hospital. In addition, Dr. early as possible. I exchanged Maging kami sa simula’t sa piling ng mga anak. medical school that would have I was always appointed as the Philip Chua donated 2 Pacemak- letters with Dr. de la Rosa and the distinction of being the only chairman of the constitution and er units in 1987. Chua received a assured him that we were work- O kay ganda ng pangarap, kay kanda ng mga bukas, medical school in the Philippines bylaws committee. letter of thanks and appreciation ing hard to grant his request. Ngunit ito ay nagbago at ang dulot ay pahirap. to have modern and brand-new Our reunions had been enjoy- from Dr. Josephine Reyes. On July 12, 1999, I wrote a ‘Daming tanong ang sumulpot, marami ang nagugulat, facilities. We discussed main- able and memorable festive letter to each class president, Sumariwang pagmamahal, mga dahon,nangalagas. Sixty Microscopes taining and supporting the vital events. Since 1992, I had been from Class ’57 to Class ’89 and needs of the medical school in chosen as the master of ceremo- the jubilarians. This letter was Marahil ay sadyang ito ang tadhanang inilaan, nies (emcee) of the Grand Ball In 1998, during the chairman- the form of funded professional also printed in the Ectopic Mur- Na ‘di tayo ang syang angkop sa tinakdang kapalaran. that highlighted the celebration ship of Dr. Daniel Fabito of the murs FEU-DNRSM newsletter. chairs, funded entrance students Gayon pa man, natanggap kong magpatuloy itong buhay, scholarships, and over $200,000 of Class ’67 Silver Jubilarian. It Alumni Foundation, I was vice Excerpts of my letter were as Gawing aral ang kahapon, kung paano ang magmahal. dollars in undesignated class was Dr. Ramos’ idea to intro- president of the board of trust- follows: funds. duce me into public eye at the ees. Dr. Fabito, a man of superior We also discussed other sup- time when I was a candidate for intelligence, well-known for his “Dear… Maligaya ako ngayon sa piling ng mga supling, port projects for the medical President–elect of the APPA. role of emotions and vision, as Lalo na’t kung aking kabiyak, syang lagi kong nasa piling. school as well as our preparation I will never forget the Silver well as leadership effectiveness Our medical school in the new Patuloy ang aming buhay, sa ligaya’y nagniningning , for the upcoming 18th annual Jubilarian celebration held at the and performance, assigned me facility in Fairview, Quezon City, Na syang dulot ng tadhana, buhat sa Diyos, Ama natin. reunion and scientific convention downtown Marriott Hotel in San to chair an ad-hoc committee to will soon be inaugurateºd. to be held in Dallas, Texas. Francisco that coincided with respond to the letter of Dr. Lib- In the recent board of trustees Pasalamat sa kahapon, na nagsilbing mga aral, erato C. de la Rosa, chairman of After that meeting at the the July 4th Independence Day meeting in Atlantic City on July Marami ring natutuhang, nagpaganda saking buhay. the department of microbiology Embassy Suites, a dinner recep- celebration. Dr. Arsenio Martin, 9, 1999, I presented a request Mga luha’t hinanakit, sagwil na ‘di nagtagumpay, the class president, presented and parasitology, FEU-NRMF, tion was held in our home in from our medical school for Ngayon ako ay masaya, tunay itong pagmamahal. Del Cerro, replete with exquisite a grandiose jubilee celebration Institute of Medicine. sixty brand-new microscopes native foods, wining, dancing under his leadership. Dr. Renato His letter to Dr. Fabito stated: intended for the medical students Tulang likha ni: Romeo S. Nicolas and singing. The late Dr. Romeo Ramos, the chairman of the “We would like to request some in the Department of Microbiol- Abella of Los Angeles was on board, whispered that my emcee help from you in improving our ogy and Parasitology. The board Bocaue, Bulacan the piano all night. Dr. Beth performance is ‘presidential’. I laboratory facilities being used 3/16/2011 Jimenez, the beautiful, friendly, was not sure what he meant. In by our students. We need about (Continued on page 20)

ATTEND A FREE PRESENTATION IN SAN DIEGO AND TEMECULA FROM MAY 30 TO JUNE 7, 2011 FROM 9 A.M. TO 7 P.M. CALL 619-746-3416 Page 18 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.com May 6-12, 2011 “My Son, I think my life has mean the world to me.” been long enough now. And … My world shattered! Then I Light & I won’t visit Seoul anymore, but cried for the person who lived would it be too much to ask if for me …my Mother. Laughing Matter I wanted you to come visit me This story, true or not, brought Read previous articles by visiting our website at www.asian- Shadows once in a while? I miss you so tears to my eyes. If true, how journalusa.com much. And I was so glad when could this son be so cruel and by Zena Sultana Babao I heard you were coming for the unfeeling towards his mother – reunion. But I decided not to go the mother who gave him life Read Zena Babao’s previous articles by visiting our website at to the school … For you … I’m and love? If fictional (kids are www.asianjournalusa.com sorry that I only have one eye, inquisitive even at an early age Holy Humor! and I was an embarrassment for and this ungrateful son could you. have found out early on why his A father was approached by his small You see, when you were very mother had only one eye) … it son who told him proudly, “I know what A Sunday School teacher began her A Mother’s Love little, you got into this accident, still tugged at my heartstrings. the Bible means!” lesson with a question, “Boys and girls, and lost your eye. As a mother, I This Mother’s Day, let us show His father smiled and replied, “What what do we know about God?” couldn’t stand watching you hav- our Moms how much we love A hand shot up in the air. “He is an art- A mother’s love is incompara- do you mean, you ‘know’ what the Bible guess I felt a little bad, but at the ing to grow up with only one eye them, not only once a year, but ist!” said the kindergarten boy. ble, unconditional, and forever! means? same time, it felt good to think … so I gave you mine … I was so every day if possible. For those The son replied, “I do know!” “Really? How do you know?” the There is no love greater than the that I had said what I’d wanted proud of my son that was seeing of us who have elderly mothers “Okay,” said his father. “What does the teacher asked. love of a mother. to say all this time. Maybe it a whole new world for me, in my back home in the Philippines, Bible mean?” “You know - Our Father, who does art We all know this – so every in Heaven... “ was because my mom didn’t pun- place, with that eye. I was never mothers who may not yet have “That’s easy, Daddy...” the young boy second Sunday of May we honor ish me, but I didn’t think that I upset at you for anything you learned email, Facebook, Twit- replied excitedly,” It stands for ‘Basic our mothers. This coming Sun- Information Before Leaving Earth.’ (This ======had hurt her feelings very badly. did. The couple of times that you ter and other ways of web social day (May 8, 2011) we will again one is my favorite) That night, I woke up, and were angry with me, I thought to networking … let’s send them give our Moms the love and trib- A minister waited in line to have his car went to the kitchen to get a glass myself, it’s because he loves me. flowers or an old-fashioned ute that they so richly deserve. ======filled with gas just before a long holiday of water. My mom was crying I miss the times when you were Mother’s Day card. weekend. The attendant worked quickly, We will shower our mothers with there, so quietly, as if she was still young around me. I miss but there were many cars ahead of him. flowers, chocolates, jewelry and There was a very gracious lady who afraid that she might wake me you so much. I love you. You Happy Mother’s Day! was mailing an old family Bible to her Finally, the attendant motioned him other gifts that will show our up. I took a look at her, and then brother in another part of the country. toward a vacant pump. mothers how much we love and turned away. Because of the “Is there anything breakable in here?” “Reverend,” said the young man, “I’m treasure them. thing that I said to her earlier, asked the postal clerk. so sorry about the delay. It seems as if My Mom has passed away! It there was something pinching at An alien whose child has been subjected “Only the Ten Commandments.” everyone waits until the last minute to get pains me so much that I could no me in the corner of my heart. answered the lady. ready for a long trip.” longer see her, talk to her, laugh Even so, I hated my mother to battery by the LPR or USC parent can The minister chuckled, “I know what with her, cry with her, and listen who was crying out of her one ======you mean. It’s the same in my business.” to her words of wisdom. I could apply permanent residence eye. So I told myself that I would ======no longer show her, in person, grow up and become successful, (Continued from page 9) If you have any immigration “Somebody has said there are only two questions, please feel welcome kinds of people in the world. There are how I love and admire her. She because I hated my one-eyed the level of battery or extreme People want the front of the bus, the to email me at susan@law-usim- those who wake up in the morning and was my idol and inspiration, and mom and our desperate poverty. cruelty as required by the statute. back of the church, and the center of migration.com or call 619 819 say, “Good morning, Lord,” and there are will always be! She is alive in Then I studied really hard. I The Immigration Judge said the attention. -8648 to arrange for a telephone those who wake up in the morning and my heart! left my mother and came to Seoul regulation “requires a heightened say, “Good Lord, it’s morning.” consultation. As one anonymous writer said, and studied, and got accepted level of violence that results or ======“Death leaves a heartache no in the Seoul University with all threatens to result in physical ======Sunday after church, a Mom asked her one can heal. Love leaves a the confidence I had. Then I got or mental injury” to constitute memory no one can steal.” married. I bought a house of my A minister parked his car in a no- very young daughter what the lesson was battery or extreme cruelty. The about. Thomas Campbell, a Scottish own. Then I had kids too. Now Board of Immigration of Appeals CBP Officers parking zone in a large city because he poet chiefly remembered for his was short of time and couldn’t find a The daughter answered, “Don’t be I’m living happily as a successful (BIA) affirmed the decision of scared, you’ll get your quilt.” sentimental poetry dealing with man. I like it here because it’s a space with a meter. the Immigration Judge. The BIA at Calexico Then he put a note under the wind- Needless to say, the Mom was human affairs, wrote in 1888: place that doesn’t remind me of added that battery was no longer perplexed. Later in the day, the pastor “To live in the hearts we leave shield wiper that read: “I have circled my mom. an issue as the father does not Port Intercept the block 10 times. If I don’t park here, stopped by for tea and the Mom asked behind is not to die.” This happiness was getting beat the children anymore. Anna I’ll miss my appointment. Forgive us our him what that morning’s Sunday school I came across an inspiring bigger and bigger, when some- appealed to the Ninth Circuit of 49 Pounds of trespasses.” lesson was about. and touching story of a mother’s one unexpected came to see me the Court of Appeals. When he returned, he found a citation He said “Be not afraid, thy comforter love in several blog sites in the ... “What?! Who’s this?” It was The Ninth Circuit disagreed from a police officer along with this note is coming.” internet. Whether this story is my mother … still with her only Cocaine from “I’ve circled this block for 10 years. If I with the Immigration Judge ======fictional or not – it illustrates the one eye. It felt as if the whole and BIA. The Ninth Circuit don’t give you a ticket I’ll lose my job. depth of a mother’s love for her sky was falling apart on me. My Entering the U.S. Lead us not into temptation.” noted that while the statue does The minister was preoccupied with child. Allow me to share this little girl ran away, scared of not define battery, the Agency story with you. CALEXICO, Calif.– U.S. ======thoughts of how he was going to ask my mom’s eye. And I asked her, regulation defines some conduct the congregation to come up with more “Who are you? I don’t know Customs and Border Protection that qualifies as battery. Our There is the story of a pastor who got money than they were expecting for Mother and Son you!!!” as if I tried to make that immigration regulation states officers at the Calexico downtown repairs to the church building. Therefore, port of entry seized 49 pounds of up one Sunday and announced to his real. that battery “includes, but is not congregation: “I have good news and bad he was annoyed to find that the regular My mom had only one eye. I screamed at her, “How dare limited to, an act of violence cocaine in two separate incidents news. The good news is, we have enough organist was sick and a substitute had I hated her, she was such an you come to my house and scare resulting in injury”. Thus, it is over the last two days. The com- money to pay for our new building pro- been brought in at the last minute. The embarrassment. My Mom ran a my daughter! Get out of here clear that the regulation does bined street value of the seized gram. The bad news is, it’s still out there substitute wanted to know what to play. small shop at a flea market. She now!” And to this my mother narcotics is estimated at $441,000. in your pockets.” “Here’s a copy of the service,” he said not require that the violence be impatiently. “But, you’ll have to think of collected little weeds and such to answered quietly, “Oh, I’m so “heightened” or result in injury, The first incident occurred at sell, anything for the money we sorry! I must have gotten the about 8:00 a.m., on Tuesday, April ======something to play after I make the an- though physically injurious acts nouncement about the finances.” needed. wrong address” and she disap- of violence qualify per se as 26, when a canine alerted to a There was this one day during red 1998 Mercury Villager as the While driving in Pennsylvania, a fam- During the service, the minister paused peared. battery. The Ninth Circuit also and said, “Brothers and Sisters, we are elementary school. I remember Thank goodness … she didn’t driver and passenger waited in line ily caught up to an Amish carriage. The noted the statute used “has been owner of the carriage obviously had a in great difficulty; the roof repairs cost that it was a field day, and my recognize me. I was quite re- battered while residing with the for inspection. Both the vehicle twice as much as we expected and we and occupants were escorted to sense of humor, because attached to the mom came. I was so embar- lieved. I told myself that I wasn’t abuser”. This shows the intent of back of the carriage was a hand printed need $4,000 more. Any of you who can rassed. How could she do this to going to care, or think about this Congress to provide protection secondary for further examination. sign... “Energy efficient vehicle: Runs on pledge $100 or more, please stand up.” me? I threw her a hateful look for the rest of my life. for anyone who has been sub- An intensive examination of the oats and grass. Caution: Do not step in At that moment, the substitute organist and ran out. One day, a letter regarding jected to battery. Anna correctly van led officers to the discovery of exhaust.” played “The Star Spangled Banner.” The next day at school, they our school reunion came to my 17 wrapped packages of cocaine And that is how the substitute became pointed out that in the context the regular organist! taunted me: “Your mother only house. I lied to my wife saying of an abusive relationship, the concealed inside a non-factory ======has one eye?!” that I was going on a business abuser may re-start the abuse metal compartment in the engine I wished that my mom would trip. After the reunion, I went when she once again has that area. The weight of the narcotic ers in the pedestrian processing CBP officers arrested the resi- just disappear from this world so down to the old shack that I used opportunity, for instance, if Anna was 44 pounds with a street value area noticed a 59-year-old male dent of Mexicali, Baja California, I said to my mom, “Mom, why to call my house … just out of is removed from the U.S. and of approximately $396,000. Mexican citizen displaying suspi- for the alleged narcotic smuggling don’t you have the other eye? curiosity. I found my mother the children move in with their CBP officers arrested the driver, cious behavior, and had an unusual attempt. You’re only going to make me a fallen on the cold ground. But I father again. The Ninth Circuit a 27-year-old male, and the pas- bulge on his lower back. In both incidents, CBP seized the laughingstock. Why don’t you did not shed a single tear. She concluded that Anna demonstrat- senger, a 25-year-old female, for During a closer inspection of narcotics and vehicle and turned just die?” had a piece of paper in her hand. ed the children had been battered the alleged narcotic smuggling the traveler, CBP officers found the individuals over to U.S. Im- My mom did not respond. I It was a letter to me. by their legal permanent resident attempt. Both are U.S. citizens two wrapped packages of cocaine migration and Customs Enforce- father and was entitled to the and residents of Mexicali, Baja strapped to his lower back. The ment agents for further processing. relief of cancellation of removal California. cocaine weighed five pounds with They were then transported to the under the special rule for bat- The second incident occurred a street value of approximately Imperial County Jail where they tered spouse or child. today at about 3:30 a.m. when $45,000. currently await arraignment. 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Liporada on furniture and kitchen sink in respectable son as I was from the Read Rudy Liporada’s previous articles by visiting our website the city, Uncle Leoncio would city but Uncle and Aunty were Read about Michael’s upcoming book of poems “Crushed at www.asianjournalusa.com immerse himself in the muddy no longer mere peasants from Violets” by visiting our website at www.asianjournalusa.com paddies to plant rice which was the lowlands. They now have never fun. He always came out a Carol who is a teacher and of the paddies, however, appear- made them respectable among ing happy that he survived an- other peasants who did not have The Peasant and the other scorching sun. By then, his a daughter or a son who was a feet would again be caked with teacher or anything close. In Your Absence mud that, over the years, have Manang Carol now also Navy Savior transformed his feet to span like became a qualified wife of a thick fans with his toes crooked Filipino US Navy who was on In your absence Planting Rice is never fun tented myself that I was on break shaped like ginger and with his furlough seeking for a wife but I never thought Bend from morn till the set of from school in the city and I was toenails like hardened cement would not settle for a peasant; I can feel the cold sun riding on a bamboo sled pulled incongruously pegged unto his a teacher would do. Although The cold of winter Cannot stand nor cannot sit by a carabao. Its tail flapped off toes. Manong Nardo just finished high During the middle Cannot rest for a little bit. flies from its behind which wag- Uncle Leoncio had to wake up school, he was earning dollars. gled from side to side as the ca- before the roosters crow to break That translates to, apart from Of summer Like the sing-song driving song rabao clip-clopped on the morn- his back planting rice under them having a Carol as a teacher, I am freezing Hi-ho…bottle of rum, the peas- ing dampened dust. Compared to the scorching sun because their Uncle and Aunty striking gold In this intense heat ant song drove me, a city dwell- death defying rollercoaster rides, only fun with Aunty Dayang in having a son-in-law who was Hoping for dark days er, in a mantra state, repeating the pasagad rumble would be was sending their daughter to with the US Navy. To take over the song over and over again like on slow mo in an iota of an inch college in the city so she could Thus, Uncle and Aunty, in a choir of dissonant voices per hour. Nonetheless, I enjoyed be a teacher. Manang Carol, although there should really be Instead ofthis brightness when I was in grade I with my the novelty of the ride, given their only daughter had to finish no comparison, did not need I feel so naked teacher in the Catholic college as she would be me anymore or they were not So alone school as the choris- their only hope for a pas- excited about me anymore as In contrast ter. It was fun just sage from their misery as a considered adopted son. For To the blue sky singing the song for I mere peasants. one thing, I had graduated from never felt the bending As Manang Carol was elementary school and no longer Clear days of peasants till the set finishing college, Uncle the wish-one-could-adopt cute It’s so weird of sun. Leoncio also had to boy I was - not even worthy to It should be winter I realized later that break his back so they be a ring bearer when Manang Light up the fire there was more to could pay my mother for Carol and Manong Nardo got Feel the heat just bending and not Manang Carol’s board married. sitting to the set of and care in the city. Such Nonetheless, they still had my But it’s so hot sun. And it was never was one of my mother’s mother as ninang godmother It’s summer! really fun. business with eight during the wedding but no longer At seven, I had the more Manangs from as the respectable landlady of chance to be brought other country sides who Carol but as an equal because ©2011 Michael R. Tagudin to a country side of were studying in the city so their Uncle and Aunty were no longer Pangasinan in the Philippines. the snorting of the carabao as an parents could later on escape just mere peasants. Actually, Uncle Leoncio, a peasant, added sound byte to the chirps from the misery of breaking their they were more equal than my would wake up ahead of the of gregarious crickets. The backs planting rice under the mother now because they had crowing roosters to harness critters still dared to evoke their scorching sun that was never fun. dollars and my mother only still one of his two carabaos unto a mating tweets within the bushes So, Uncle Leoncio and Aunty just received pesos from the bamboo fashioned pasagad sled under the waning darkness that Dayang were not really my uncle other Manangs whose parents while Aunty Dayang prepares is losing its battle to the invading and aunty. They were only so by were still peasants trying to have ©2011 Michael R. Tagudin. All rights reserved. what would be for lunch of light. familiarity and in the absence of their daughters finish a teaching About the Author: Michael R. Tagudin Educated as an engineer in the adobo and rice. After savoring the morning any other address with which I course or anything close. Philippines, the City of Los Angeles employee hopes his legacy of poems “Drink your salabat first.” mist’s fragrance of dales and will provoke a dialogue about the human condition. He is donating the could show my respect for them. Layers of celebrations fol- proceeds from the book “Crushed Violets” to the “Coalition to Abolish Aunty Dayang would offer a cup glens amidst the steady jolts on Manang Carol was then not lowed the wedding ceremony. Slavery & Trafficking (CAST)”, a non-profit that provides public awareness of ginger brewed ale to Uncle humps and bumps, we would really my elder sister but that is Feasts over feasts over seven and advocacy efforts against human trafficking in the City of Angels. To Leoncio. reach a nipa covered shed where how one could only address an days had more than seven times learn more, visit www.castla.org. To help, call the CAST 24 hour hotline 888. 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Medical Center, the undersigned SI KAMATAYAN… With each donation of a mi- would like to acknowledge with of my mom on Mother’s Day! croscope by a graduate class gratitude your donation of: member or group, the name of kaligtasan mo ba? When the month of May where the Flores de Mayo and the donor or the class year will · 1 Unit SL, CSO, 990 comes, I could not help but the Santacruzan started but then be engraved into the microscope. Slit Lamp 2X Mag. Mounted to reminisce the good old days back it became a popular religious Ang matinding pagkabahala at usig ng konsensya The cost of each microscope is Table (Spring Set to Slit Lamp) home, especialy the incessant festival in many towns and cit- Ay kay bigat na dalahin ng sino mang nagkasala $41,000 pesos (approximately smile of my mother seeing her ies in the Philippines. This is a Ang kasalanan sa lipunang sa kapwa’y nagparusa $1,025.00). To make this dona- · 1 Unit TO, DIG, Appla- favorite bouquet of white carna- month long celebration which Aanihing kabayaran ay pagdusta’t pagdurusa. tion campaign a success and to nation Tonometer R900, New tion flowers I always gave with a culminates with a parade of well insure that our medical school bar of dark chocolate, as her gift decorated floats and elaborately Ang bawa’t nilalang ay may kanya-kanyang katapangan will be the most prestigious and These will help us a lot and on Mother’s Day. Though since dressed young dancers, repre- Na sa kabilang dako nama’y katumbas ay karuwagan the best-equipped with state-of- will be utilized in the Depart- last year’s May, I already missed senting various aspects of he Ang gumawa ng mabuti, ang tatak ay kagitingan the-art facilities, we are asking ment of Ophthalmology where her usual smile for my white car- Virgin Mary and other saintly Samantalang sa masasama lampa kung maturingan. for at least one microscope from they are most needed. nation Mother’s Day gift which figures. The festival was first each individual donor or two or Here is hoping that more I presented to her in her final introduced by the Spaniards Ang nangyari sa Heneral na kusang nagpatiwakal more microscopes for each class graces will come your way in resting place when she joined which still continues, and now Ay isa lang halimbawa ng sariling kahinaan donor… days to come. our Creator on September of widely celebrated by Filipinos Ang akala marahil sa sigalot na nasuungan …We thank you for your sup- 2009. This May, I will still give all over the world. Kamatayan ang lunas, maliligtas sa kahihiyan. port, and we know your donation Again we thank you most In most countries, will help create and maintain an sincerely. Mother’s Day is a Nagsimula ang lahat nang tumawag si Kamatayan institution worthy of your dedi- recent observance Anya’y hindi dapat na mabunyag ang katotohanan cation and profession.” Signed: Dr. de Vega derived from the Akuin at itago na lang magpakailan pa man At the winter meeting of the holiday as it has Ang pangamba sa tuwi-tuwina ay hindi maparam. Board in St. Louis, Missouri, in evolved in the March 2000, I presented again U.S. It is now Japan victorious Sa dami ng nakamkam nakapasyal, nakapamili the request for the microscopes widely adopted in Ang kalagayan sa buhay, naparangya’t napabuti and finally, it was unanimously other countries and Kanilang ari-arian ay nahayag sa marami approved. Dr. Emelie Ongcapin, over USA cultures, though it Kung pagbabatayan ang sahod, ay! paano nangyari? the investment & financial co- was given different COLORADO SPRINGS, C.O. – Ja- ordinator, was instructed by Dr. meaings, associ- pan walked away with a shut out over Ngayong siya ay wala na di na makapagtatanggol Dan Fabito to release the funds ated to different the USA Women’s National Team in Sa lahat ng ibinibintang at mga akusasyon for the purchase of CH20 Olym- events wherher the fourth match of a five game series Ang mga naipundar, mga kayamanang nalikom pus microscopes with a quoted religious, historical in Chula Vista, CA this afternoon. This Hahabulin ng pamahalaan sa tamang panahon. price of 28,000 pesos per scope. or legendary, and is Japan’s first win in the series. Finally, Dr. de la Rosa wrote this is celebrated “What is comes down to is Japan Itong si Kamatayan ay patuloy na nagmamanman me a letter on October 30, in different dates. outplayed us,” said Lee Bodimeade, Di mapalagay sa mga nahuhuling kasamahan 2000, stating that forty-two Some countries Head Coach. “We had some different Sinusuring mabuti, sinusukat ang katapatan microscopes (he later corrected already had existing celebrations personnel in there and the good thing May pagdalaw pa kahit dis oras ng madaling araw. it to sixty microscopes) were her three white carnation flower, honoring motherhood, and their about a game like this is that nothing purchased, and expressed his instead of a bouquet as a symbol celebrations have adopted sev- is hidden. Everything gets exposed Ang pagbisita ni Kamataya’y isang pangitain appreciation and thanks to the of my undying and heartfelt love eral external characteristics from and we get to see what we need to Baka ang dinalaw, sa pag-iisip ay di kayanin officers and members of the FEU for her. the U.S. holiday, like giving work on. Japan played very strong to- Talunin ang kalooban tuloy magpakamatay din -DNRSM Alumni Foundation. When I was younger, I re- carnations and other presents to day and how we learn from this type Ang payo’y magpakatatag ka! supilin ang damdamin. Dr. Ed Relucio the chairman membered asking mom why she your own mother, The extent of of loss will be important as we move of the Alumni Foundation, was liked white carnation flowers the celebrations varies greatly,. forward. We’re continuing to learn Ika-4 ng Abril, 2011 present during the opening of for Mother’s Day, not just any in some countries, it may be about our team and what is going to the boxes of microscopes in the colored carnation. She could offensive to one’s mother not to make us stronger and better as we go ing forward to game five on Friday, to (Newtown Square, PA) Lauren Cran- Department of Microbiology not really explain but she said, mark Mother’s Day. In others, it from here.” show that we can come back stronger dall (Doylestown, Pa), Lauren Pfeiffer and Parasitology. It was on time “Carnations have come to rep- is a little known festival mainly The first half remained scoreless un- and learn from our losses.” (Mt. Laurel, NJ), Maren Ford (Lewes, for the inauguration of the new resent Mother’s Day since I was celebrated by immigrnats. til the final four minutes. Japan’s two O’Donnell held the intensity for DE), Melanie Brill (Oley, PA), Mi- Medical Complex in Fairview, young, and the custom of giving Mother’s Day in the U.S. was field goals came within one minute of team USA when moral was down chelle Kasold (Chapel Hill, NC), Quezon City. Although it took a flowers in May is practically mostly initiated by women activ- each other. An aggressive Japan took from a 2-0 deficit at the half. Al- Pam Spuehler (Sudbury, MA), Rachel long time, I had accomplished intended to the Blessed Virgin ists and peace loving groups. Re- advantage of miscues by the USA though unable to get on the boards Dawson (Berlin, NJ), Shannon Tay- the service I was asked; this is Mary, So, I chose white because porttedly, it was said, a common backs. Turnovers turned into quick today, USA is looking ahead to Friday lor (Midlothian, VA), Torrie Albini one of my greatest and most it represents virginity or clarity.” early activity was the meeting of attacks with crisp passing and Japan for the chance to comeback in the fi- (Escondido, CA), Melissa Gonzalez memorable accomplishments. Mother’s Day is closely associ- groups of mothers whose sons converted to back to back goals to nal match of series. The match will be (Mohegan Lake, NY), Michelle Vit- During my retirement, I ated with Flores de Mayo (Flow- had fought or died on opposite take the lead 2-0 going into the sec- played at 2:00pm PDT. View of photo tese (Woodbury, NJ), Brianna Davies became the president of the ers of May) and the Santacruzan, sides of the American Civil War. ond half. gallery from the USA vs Japan series (Annville, PA), Paige Selenski (Shav- Paradise Valley Lions Club and where starting in the month of There were several limited ob- USA and Japan battled in the second by clicking here. ertown, PA) later became the Rotary Club of May until December, the Philip- servances in the 1870’s and the half with both teams unable to find the USA Roster: Caroline Nichols (Vir- Japan Roster: Rika Komazawa, Mi- National City, California. This pines celebrates monthly fiestas 1880’s but none achieved widely net until late in the fifty-third minute ginia Beach, VA), Carrie Lingo (Re- yuki Nakagawa, Ai Murakami, Keiko will be covered a little later. According to popular legend, acceptance on the local level. At when a penalty corner was awarded hoboth Beach, DE), Claire Laubach Manabe, Chie Akutsu, Sakiyo Asano, The late Dr. Eduardo Manaig, on May 3, Queen Helena (popu- present, Mother’s Day is now an to Japan. Hayashi Nagisa converted (Centreville, VA), Jackie Kintzer Shiho Sakai, Yukari Yamamoto, Izuki an alumnus of the FEU-DNR larly known as Reyna Elena, the annual observance that recog- the penalty corner into Japan’s third (Robesonia, PA), Katelyn Smither Tanaka, Nagisa Hayashi, Sachimi Medical School and a very active mother of Constantine the Great, nizes mothers, motherhood and goal. In the sixtieth minute, Japan (Suffolk, VA), Katie O’Donnell (Blue Iwoa, Akiko Ota, Misato Katamine, individual in organizing medi- went to Calvary 300 years after maternal bonds in general, and would seal the game and their first win Bell, PA), Kayla Bashore-Smedley Kana Nomura, Masako Sato, Aki Mit- cal missions to the Philippines Christ’s death to search for His their positive contributions to with another field goal by Komazawa (Shoemakersville, PA), Kelly Driscoll suhasi, Shiho Otsuka, Nane Ozawa, and me, appealed to the Lions cross. She found three crosses, society. In the United States, it is Rika. (West Chester, PA), Katie Evans Akane Shibata Club members for donation of one of her servant upon touching celebrated every second Sunday “Obviously we had a tough time ophthalmology equipments to what was believed to be Christ in May, that is May 8, 2011. jelling as a team today and Japan was the FEU medical school. I did cross was cured of his illness. 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NORA AUNOR UUWI NA The visitors came from as far May Star Na Sa RAW NG PILIPINAS BEFORE as the cities and neighboring MAY 21 !!!Tuloy na naman country sides. Some friends of ang balitang uuwi na si Nora Manong Nardo came in their Walk of Fame!!! bago siya mag-birthday sa May cars blowing dusts but respected Kamakailan ay ginawaran ng 21,ofkors sa taong ito. by those who just came from the ng pagkilala si Manny Pacquiao Sabi nga ng iba sana raw totoo dusty nearby roadside friends bilang isang magaling na athlete na itong balitang ito, dahil ilang and relatives of Manang Carol sa buong mundo ng Las Vegas beses na rin nabalita ang natur- who came barefoot, by carabao WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Walk of Fame.Yes, binigyan siya ang superstar tungkol sa kanyang drawn pasagads or kariton carts, ng Star sa Walk of Fame at ma- pag-uwi sa Pilipinas pero lahat and horse drawn calesas. pabilang siya sa prestigious list ay hindi naging totoo, kung baga Hooves of carabaos, cows, of business performers,Athletes, kuryente. pigs and goats chopped off from literary writers and civic human- Sabi nga ni Shalala, may torsos of animals butchered for itarian leaders. problema raw sa pamasahe si the feasts, piled up into moun- Si Pacman ang kaunaunahang Nora Aunor pero sagot naman tains. Chicken and duck feet pinoy na binigyan ng ganitong ni Ms. Cristy Fermin, wala na also chopped off from fowls pagkilala dito sa Amerika, kaya raw ngayon.Siempre raw man- piled up into other mountains. naman saludo ang sambayanan gungutang si Guy ng kanyang The hooves and fowl feet were, sa natamo niyang karangalan na pamasahe, kahit nga daw yung however, not worthy as garbage. hindi puedeng isnabin nino man. inuupahang apartment nito sa Boiled, salted, and garnished SATURDAY, MAY 7 • 6PM Sa local version ng Walk of fame Amerika inutang din para sa with vegetables they were for the LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW • MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA ni Kuya Germs sa Eastwood 3 months na payment.Ganon poorer visitors during the wed- kahirap si Nora Aunor, sigaw ng matagal ng nabigyan si Manny. sa kanilang imbestigasyon sa ding feast of seven days, worthy On Cox Advanced TV Channel 501 isang sawsawera. 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Brown, Spirit Dai- warning that the event of which She further warned that the THE PRESIDENT: Good worked with our friends and take action within Pakistan if ly, 5/6/2011 -- It was Venezuelan she had been speaking was about U.S. should not go to war -- evening. Tonight, I can report allies to capture or kill scores we knew where bin Laden was. mystic Maria Esperanza -- whose to occur -- which, of course, it that this was precisely what the to the American people and to of al Qaeda terrorists, including That is what we’ve done. But cause for sainthood is now under did, less than three weeks later. “small” group wanted. She said the world that the United States several who were a part of the it’s important to note that our investigation by the diocesan The exact date: August 25 at doing so would solve nothing has conducted an operation that 9/11 plot. counterterrorism cooperation tribunal -- who in December of 9:35 p.m. The fax said the event and would squander the sympa- killed Osama bin Laden, the Yet Osama bin Laden avoided with Pakistan helped lead us to 2000 claimed to Spirit Daily that would occur in “three weeks or thy around the world felt toward leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist capture and escaped across the bin Laden and the compound enemies were on American soil three months.” It happened 17 the United States. She urged hu- who’s responsible for the murder Afghan border into Pakistan. where he was hiding. Indeed, -- one of them a “small” enemy days later. mility. At the time, such a notion of thousands of innocent men, Meanwhile, al Qaeda continued bin Laden had declared war -- and planning to strike. was considered almost heresy; women, and children. to operate from along that border against Pakistan as well, and Our headline: “World-known In the frenzied day after 9/11, many devout Catholics had ac- It was nearly 10 years ago and operate through its affiliates ordered attacks against the Paki- mystic Maria Esperanza warns Maria -- who happened to be in cepted the idea that being against that a bright September day was across the world. stani people. U.S. of foreign northern Manhat- war was unpatriotic (and nearly darkened by the worst attack And so shortly after taking Tonight, I called President danger, sees world tan on Septem- anti-Christian). Other mystics on the American people in our office, I directed Leon Panetta, Zardari, and my team has also ‘saddened’ in a ber 11, during a like Josyp Terelya felt war was a history. The images of 9/11 are the director of the CIA, to make spoken with their Pakistani short while, is long stay in the mistake and that instead special seared into our national mem- the killing or capture of bin counterparts. They agree that concerned with U.S.! -- said she forces should be used. ory -- hijacked planes cutting Laden the top priority of our war this is a good and historic day the Mid-East, the saw a “roaring through a cloudless September against al Qaeda, even as we for both of our nations. And Pope, and two lion” behind the John Paul II argued force- sky; the Twin Towers collaps- continued our broader efforts to going forward, it is essential that nations.” She was attacks. This is fully the same. At the vigil for ing to the ground; black smoke disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his Pakistan continue to join us in warning of two before the world his beatification last weekend, billowing up from the Penta- network. the fight against al Qaeda and its foreign “pow- knew of Al Qae- Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the gon; the wreckage of Flight 93 Then, last August, after years affiliates. ers,” one that da. It later turned archbishop of Krakow, who was in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, of painstaking work by our intel- The American people did she described as out that Osama John Paul II’s personal secretary where the actions of heroic citi- ligence community, I was briefed not choose this fight. It came small, the other means “lion.” for more than forty years, re- zens saved even more heartbreak on a possible lead to bin Laden. to our shores, and started with larger, acting in Years before, in vealed the two occasions he saw and destruction. It was far from certain, and it the senseless slaughter of our such a way as to the 1990s, she John Paul II “really angry,” but And yet we know that the took many months to run this citizens. After nearly 10 years of provoke America. had described to with “good reason.” “In Agrigen- worst images are those that were thread to ground. I met repeat- service, struggle, and sacrifice, “The United States pilgrims a vision to [Sicily], he raised his voice unseen to the world. The empty edly with my national security we know well the costs of war. has to be very she had of two against the mafia, and we were seat at the dinner table. Chil- team as we developed more These efforts weigh on me every careful,” she stated. “It has to large towers in New York on fire all a little scared,” he said. “And dren who were forced to grow information about the possibility time I, as Commander-in-Chief, act with a lot of prudence.” As and collapsing. the other occasion was during up without their mother or their that we had located bin Laden have to sign a letter to a family her son-in-law and interpreter Of course, no “serious” people father. Parents who would never hiding within a compound deep that has lost a loved one, or look explained to us at the time (ten took her seriously. It was the know the feeling of their child’s inside of Pakistan. And finally, into the eyes of a service member months before September 11), fringe stuff of Catholics who embrace. Nearly 3,000 citizens last week, I determined that we who’s been gravely wounded. “She feels in her heart that there believe in prophecy. After Sep- taken from us, leaving a gaping had enough intelligence to take So Americans understand the is a certain big thing that is about tember 11, Maria and her family hole in our hearts. action, and authorized an opera- costs of war. Yet as a country, to happen.” He went on to say took time to go to three places in On September 11, 2001, in tion to get Osama bin Laden and we will never tolerate our secu- that a heaviness in her heart New York City -- including St. our time of grief, the Ameri- bring him to justice. rity being threatened, nor stand indicated something was on the Patrick’s Cathedral -- and circle can people came together. We Today, at my direction, the idly by when our people have way. She repeated this warning them with prayer. It later turned offered our neighbors a hand, United States launched a targeted been killed. We will be relent- while in New Jersey that follow- out that churches -- includ- and we offered the wounded our operation against that compound less in defense of our citizens ing March of 2001. It would be ing the Vatican -- were among blood. We reaffirmed our ties in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A and our friends and allies. We something that “will shake the Al Qaeda targets. The terrorist the Angelus, before the Iraq War, to each other, and our love of small team of Americans carried will be true to the values that world.” group appeared to be the “small” when he said with force: no to community and country. On that out the operation with extraor- make us who we are. And on Then, in mid-August of 2001, entity on American soil; the war, war doesn’t resolve any- day, no matter where we came dinary courage and capability. nights like this one, we can say her family sent Spirit Daily a fax second, larger “nation” has not thing. I have seen war. I know from, what God we prayed to, or No Americans were harmed. to those families who have lost yet been discerned, though some what war is.” what race or ethnicity we were, They took care to avoid civilian loved ones to al Qaeda’s terror: may wonder, in light of events, we were united as one American casualties. After a firefight, they Justice has been done. whether it is Afghanistan, Iran, Finally, after two wars that vailed on 9/11. I know that it family. killed Osama bin Laden and took Tonight, we give thanks to or Pakistan. She described the killed hundreds of thousands has, at times, frayed. Yet today’s We were also united in our custody of his body. the countless intelligence and “small” one as “very smart and (including more Americans achievement is a testament to the resolve to protect our nation and For over two decades, bin counterterrorism profession- powerful” and working “inside” than died in September 11) and greatness of our country and the to bring those who committed Laden has been al Qaeda’s leader als who’ve worked tirelessly the United States. “They have turned much of the world against determination of the American this vicious attack to justice. We and symbol, and has continued to achieve this outcome. The people inside already,” she had the U.S., it was special forces people. quickly learned that the 9/11 to plot attacks against our coun- American people do not see their warned us. We all now know, of -- Navy Seals -- who found the The cause of securing our attacks were carried out by al try and our friends and allies. work, nor know their names. But course, that terrorists were inside master terrorist in a Pakistan country is not complete. But to- Qaeda -- an organization headed The death of bin Laden marks tonight, they feel the satisfaction America training. “compound-hideout.” by Osama bin Laden, which the most significant achievement of their work and the result of night, we are once again remind- had openly declared war on the to date in our nation’s effort to their pursuit of justice. ed that America can do whatever United States and was commit- defeat al Qaeda. We give thanks for the men we set our mind to. That is the ted to killing innocents in our Yet his death does not mark who carried out this operation, story of our history, whether country and around the globe. the end of our effort. There’s no for they exemplify the pro- it’s the pursuit of prosperity for And so we went to war against al doubt that al Qaeda will continue fessionalism, patriotism, and our people, or the struggle for Qaeda to protect our citizens, our to pursue attacks against us. We unparalleled courage of those equality for all our citizens; our friends, and our allies. must –- and we will -- remain who serve our country. And they commitment to stand up for our Over the last 10 years, thanks vigilant at home and abroad. are part of a generation that has values abroad, and our sacrifices to the tireless and heroic work As we do, we must also reaf- borne the heaviest share of the to make the world a safer place. of our military and our counter- firm that the United States is not burden since that September day. Let us remember that we can terrorism professionals, we’ve –- and never will be -– at war Finally, let me say to the do these things not just because made great strides in that effort. with Islam. I’ve made clear, just families who lost loved ones on of wealth or power, but because We’ve disrupted terrorist attacks as President Bush did shortly 9/11 that we have never forgot- of who we are: one nation, un- and strengthened our homeland after 9/11, that our war is not ten your loss, nor wavered in der God, indivisible, with liberty defense. In Afghanistan, we re- against Islam. Bin Laden was our commitment to see that we and justice for all. moved the Taliban government, not a Muslim leader; he was do whatever it takes to prevent Thank you. May God bless which had given bin Laden and a mass murderer of Muslims. another attack on our shores. you. And may God bless the al Qaeda safe haven and sup- Indeed, al Qaeda has slaugh- And tonight, let us think back United States of America. port. 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