Overpass Pedestrian To Rise In Balanga - Kumusta na kaya?

It was a dream come true to all the people of Balanga especially for those who are working and studying at Bataan National High School when Congressman Abet S. Garcia and Mayor Joet Garcia announce the ground breaking of the new city project that will help people especially those pregnant and partly disabled pedestrians to cross the road with ease.

A 27 meters overpass bridge are planned to be erected at the Roman Super Hi-way connecting bridge to help students, teachers and other pedestrians crossing the delinquent road.


I still remember what Congressman Abet Garcia quoted during the ground breaking ceremony that day.

“With the pedestrian overpass, students and other pedestrians will have a safe passage without the need of traversing direct to the wide highway,” 

After few months after the ground breaking held last May this year, and i'm just wondering what are the progress now? Actually the bridge are targeted to finish by August this year.

Accident to that road is not new to all the people of the city of Balanga due to its wide and slope road pedestrians are having difficulty traversing to other road. But with the help of the new overpass people are expected to have a safe and peaceful journey.

To the city government of Balanga, thank you so much! We are looking forward for new face of the city.

Oppa "Balanga City" Style

Yes, the title says it all! Oppa "Balanga City" Style. As the new sensation dance music is making history not just in Korea but even in Hollywood.

Magpapahuli ba naman ang City of Balanga dyan? Of course not! Kanina, while i'm searching for Oppa Gangnam Style video on Youtube.com i found this version of World Sensation "Oppa Gangnam Style ng Balanga City.

Watch and Enjoy!

4 Years - And the sadness still killing me!

If you gonna asked yourself, what would be the perfect gift you would give to someone you love?

1. Material? Hmmnn...Pwede.... admit it or not, most of us are into materials, and once we have a celebration or any gathering; material gift is always on the top list.
2. Money? Good idea huh? But is it worth giving money to someone who don't even know how and where to spend it?
3. Love and Affection? That's what i'm talkin' about! To me as a person, love and affection is a kind of gift that no amount of money can buy. Yes sometimes we misuse it, but hell yeah this gift is extremely worth giving to someone you love. For sure some of you  will laugh at me or maybe smiling right now and at the back of your mind you'll probably say "This guy is too corny" yes i am! Call me "corny", call me "kill joy", call me anything you want. But for me love and affection is the only gift that i can give to someone i love...

Tomorrow 28 October is my son's 4th Birthday and as usual, he will celebrate it without me on his side. Saddest part? I don't even have a chance to celebrate his birthday even once! Cool isn't it? Yeah i know it's not cool! But what can i do? I am thousand miles away from him, distance that separate us, distance that causes so much pain in me especially right now!

If i would be given a chance, i will fly off to the Philippines not to celebrate, but to tell him how much his papa loves him, and how happy i am that even we're thousand miles away from each other he "as my son" knows that i love him so much, but ofcourse not just him but his siblings as well.

So, daanin ko na lang ulit sa blog ang message ko :)

... Micron anak... alam ko kulang ang birthday mo, dahil bukod sa kakagaling mo lang sa hospital, wala pa akong magawa para umuwi at makasama ka sa birthday mo. Alam ko naiintindihan mo ang sitwasyon ni papa, at alam ko na kahit na bata ka pa malawak na ang pang unawa mo. Maaaring sa ngayon di mo to mababasa at maiitindihan pero pag dating ng panahon sigurado ako maiintindihan mo rin to.

Micron anak... alam ko na nasa stage ka pa ng paglalaro at ineenjoy ang pagiging bata. Sige lang anak, i enjoy mo ang buhay bata, na minsan kong hinangad sa buhay ko. Maswerte ka anak kasi naranasan mo maging bata, naranasan mo magkaroon ng mga laruan na gusto mo na minsan ko ring pinangarap para sa sarili ko nung bata pa ako.

Anak lagi mo sana tatandaan na mahal na mahal ka ng papa, at ginagawa ko ang lahat para sa'yo at sa mga kapatid mo. Isa lang ang gusto ng papa, ang lumaki kayo na may pag galang sa magulang, may paniniwala sa Diyos at lumaki kayo ng hindi huli sa lahat ng bagay sa mundo.

4 years old ka na anak, and this coming school year papasok ka na sa eskwela. Gusto ko sana sa unang araw ng pag pasok mo sa eskwela ako ang maghahatid sayo, kagaya ng ginagawa sa akin ng tatay ko nung bata pa ako.

I love you so much anak.... Ipabasa mo kay mama mo ang message ko para sayo..  o di kaya naman mag Skype tayo at ako ang babasa para sayo. Parang story telling lang na lagi natin ginagawa tuwing umuuwi ako ng pilipinas.

Lagi mo tandaan that PAPA LOVES YOU SO MUCH!

Chance of a lifetime!

"Ano ang katangian ng isang taong dapat iniingatan? Ito ay yung taong hindi ka iniiwan kahit napaka hirap mong pakisamahan"

Hindi lang ata isa, dalawa o tatlong beses akong nagkamali sa laro ng aking buhay. May mga pagkakataon pa nga na halos sumuko na ako sa lahat ng mga nangyayari. Kaliwa't kanang problema ang minsan nang sumubok sa aking pagkatao na halos bumago ng aking buhay at karera. Ngunit sa kabila nito, nariyan pa rin ang pag asa na muli akong makaka bangon, haharap sa lahat ng buong tapang at pagtitiwala.


Hindi sa lahat ng oras makakatagpo tayo ng taong aakay at tutulong sa atin sa bawat sandali ng ating buhay. Minsan akala natin kayang ituwid ng pagkakamali ang isang pagkakamali pero ang katotohanan "Walang pagkakamali ang naituwid ng isa pang pagkakamali"

Walang wala sa isip ko  na ang pag-uwi ko pala sa Pilipinas ang isa sa magiging paraan kung paano maiaayos ang buhay ko, buhay na minsan akala ko tuluyan nang mapupunta sa wala. 

It was not good day for me when i fly back to the Philippines and with a different plan in mind, lumipad ako lulan ng Tiger Airways flight DG7793 at kagaya ng nakagawian naka upo ako sa aking paboritong seat 7C, may dahilan ang lahat at alam kong wala tayong magagawa sa itinadhana na sa atin.

To make the story short, hindi natupad kung ano man ang nasa isip ko.

I know that this is a God's will, hindi nya hahayaan na mangyari ang isang bagay kung alam nyang walang maidudulot na mabuti sa ating buhay.

Sa bawat araw na kasama ko ang aking mga krayola, naramdaman ko na iba pala talaga ang pakiramdam pag alam mong kumpleto ka. Sa tulong ng aking mga krayola unti unting ibinalik sa aking alaala ang lahat ng masasaya at nakakatuwang sandali ng aking buhay kasama ang aking asawa.

Pinatibay pa to ng kanyang pag aalaga, pag aasikaso at pagpaparamdam kung sino at ano ba sya sa buhay ko. Maraming tanong sa isip ko ang binigyan nya ng kasagutan, mga tanong na hindi ko nasagot habang kami ay magkalayo at isang bagay lang ang napatunayan ko sa sarili ko "WALANG IBANG MAGMAMAHAL SA AKIN KUNDI SYA LANG" Sya na ibinigay ng Dios sa akin para maging kapareha at kakampi sa bawat hamon ng buhay.

At kung ano man ang mga naging pagkukulang at pagkakamali ko sayo MYLUVS KO hayaan mong palitan ko to ng mas malalim na pagmamahal at habang buhay na kaligayahan. I'm sorry myluvs, i should not hurt you that way. Alam kong maraming di magandang nangyari sa atin pero hindi dahilan yun para masaktan ka ng ganyan.

Sa lahat ng mga makakabasa nito isa lang ang payo ko sa inyo "Magpasalamat tayo kung makakatagpo tayo ng isang taong handang tumanggap sa atin sa kabila ng ating kahinaan at pagkukulang." 

Sabi nga ng aking myluvs "Kung paulit ulit mo man akong saktan, paulit ulit pa rin kitang papatawarin at tatanggapin" Kung isang libong beses mo man akong saktan, isang libo't isang beses kitang uunawain" Kasi mahal kita :)

Lesson learn and wake up call na rin para sa akin. Anyway here's the video na ginawa nya sa akin 10 months ago na ilang beses ko ring iniyakan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpkEoMnXSxM&feature=g-upl

Philippine Earthquake survivors still under search and operation

Rescuers in the Philippines dug through rubble with shovels and their bare hands Tuesday after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed homes and killed dozens of people.

The 6.8-magnitude quake hit a narrow strait between the heavily populated islands of Negros and Cebu around lunchtime Monday with more than 200 aftershocks, some nearly as strong, causing further panic throughout the day.

Local military chiefs said 43 people were confirmed killed, but officials warned the death toll may rise. Dozens of others are feared injured or missing with landslides having blocked roads for rescuers in mountainous areas.

"Heavy equipment we've requested from the provincial government has not arrived yet, because the roads and bridges are impassable," said Senior Inspector Alvin Futalan, police chief of Guihulngan town on Negros that was among the most heavily damaged.

"We are using our hands and shovels to search in the rubble," he told AFP.

Thirty-nine people were reported killed in Guihulngan, a coastal city of 100,000 people flanked by mountains that was close to the quake's epicentre.

The city's public market, court house and private homes in the area had collapsed or were damaged, while landslides buried some houses completely, according to Fatulan.

He said the city's overwhelmed 42-man police rescue squad had been joined by hundreds of army troops and volunteers in clearing debris as they raced against time to find people still believed missing.

"The army (troops) had to walk about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the last stop reachable by vehicle to reach us," Fatulan said.

Guihulngan is about 90 kilometres to the north of Dumaguete, the capital of Negros Oriental province that covers the southeastern edge of Negros where the worst impacts of the quake were felt.

With rescuers still to reach remote hinterland communities, Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo said he feared there could be more unreported casualties.

"Sadly, we expect the death could still rise," Degamo told AFP.

Degamo said telephone communications in some parts were also cut off, leaving information from remote regions unobtainable.

He said the public was still in a state of shock and fearful of returning to their homes after dozens of aftershocks.

"We've also had to stop our search efforts from time to time and run to safety because of the aftershocks," he said.

Cebu, the Philippines' second biggest city with 2.3 million residents and a popular tourist destination, was 50 kilometres from the epicentre and shook violently during the initial tremor but no deaths were reported there.

The Philippines sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" -- a belt around the Pacific Ocean where friction between shifting tectonic plates causes frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity.

Balanga eyes P500-M scholarship fund

BALANGA CITY, Bataan — In another laudable step towards boosting its education program for the poor, Mayor Joet S. Garcia has revealed that his administration will raise P500-million for the Balanga City University Foundation.

The new revelation on scholarship program of Mayor Garcia drew applause from the jampacked Lou-is restaurant where the employees of the provincial capitol were celebrating their Christmas program.

This is the first time an education program for poor but deserving students was launched in Balanga and comes at a time when tuition fees and other school expenditures are rising uncontrollably.

An information technology expert and former professor before joining local politics, Garcia pointed out that they will target to raise the P500 million in the next five years even as he appealed to Good Samaritans, business sectors and other individuals to help them raise the amount for the sake of the poor students of Bataan.

The young mayor is a son of Gov. Enrique “Tet” Garcia and younger brother of Bataan 2nd district Rep. Abet S. Garcia who have expressed all-out support for the scholarship program.

So far, Mayor Garcia said Balanga spends at least P12-million yearly for its scholarship program while the provincial government and Representative Garcia also provide P72-million yearly for the program.

Under the scheme, Mayor Garcia pointed out the amount raised for the foundation and the scholarship program will be invested in a trust fund to enable it to earn more for the benefit of more scholars.

“We are expecting that the fund will earn more or less P50 million a year, then the amount borrowed from sponsors will in turn be also returned to them after 10 years,” said Mayor Garcia.

“Maraming generous individual at businessmen na gustong tumulong sa ating scholarship program dahil alam rin nila na para ito sa mga mahihirap na gustong mag-aral na bata,” said Garcia.

Mayor Garcia was also the architect for the successful establishment of the recently opened Galeria Victoria Mall, the biggest commercial establishment put up in Balanga.

The Mall was put up by businessman and construction magnate Jerry Acuzar, a native of this city, through the Public Private Partnership program of the government.

Mayor Garcia said the city spent nothing on the Mall but will earn millions of pesos in rentals.

Meanwhile, when Governor Enrique “Tet” Garcia started initiating various improvements and upgrading efforts in the once neglected Bataan General Hospital (BGH), critics started looking for loopholes in the initiatives.

However, this did not prevent Governor Garcia from pursuing the improvements of BGH in the interest of the public service.

“The problem with our political opponents is that every time I introduced upgrading and other forms of improvement in the BGH in our bid to further serve the patients, our critics will always hit us back simply because this (efforts of mine) will further add to our political stock while their (political foes) will also certainly wane,” said Garcia.

Garcia said he will continue to seek improvements for the BGH in the face of criticism to help the public, particularly badly sick patients.

During a recent meeting between the governor and the personnel of the government-owned BGH, it was agreed that the head of BGH, Dr. Ria Baltazar, is incorruptible and a determined worker when it comes to helping patients, but is severely hampered by the deeply divided politics of its employees.

BGH doctors, nurses, and office staff have all signified to work for unity and the interest of hospital patients and the general public..

“We have to wake up not for our own interest but for the public good,” Garcia told the personnel.

The governor’s remarks came after a doctor was accused of allegedly “pirating” patients here and forcibly bringing them to her own private hospital where she can charge them with exorbitant professional fees, among others.

“Sinasabi nila, politika lang daw pag may nagagawa tayong mabuti. Natural lalakas ang political stock natin, samantalang ang mga kalaban natin ay wala; nasasagasaan at insecured nga sila,” said Garcia whose speech was several times disrupted by applause from the personnel. (Mar T. Supnad)

Couple get laid! Lust or Last?

To witness this kind of scenario over the train is not new to me. Once again, just recently a new eye popping Filipino couple are kissing intimately onboard at SMRT. I was so pissed and being destructed to see people making out in public.

Ok let's give them a break! let say you can't take it anymore but where the heck on earth you can see such things that couple are doing this in public transport. OMG! Asan na ang sinasabing Maria Clara? I believe that they are not couple they are more likely to me a lovers! A lovers that has their own family wayback in the Philippines!

Come'n You are not teenager to do that intimacy in public! For god sake give yourself a damn face...

I have no idea what are on their mind, are they really in love with each other or it is just a leisure and lust!

I don't give any care to what this guys are doing but hello! There are CHILDREN or underage on board, be a role model pls!

It is not good to hear from other races na pinagtatawanan nila ang ibang Pinoy here in abroad, pero paano natin masisisi kung ganyan ang ipinapakita natin in public!

From the way i look at them, they are not couple! What's your POV guys.... wanna share some thoughts?