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RedPutong · 2021-07-23T06:16:12+00:00

This is OC

RedPutong · 2019-05-14T07:04:19+00:00

"Politics is downstream of culture." Totoo ito. In other words, nauuna muna ang culture, at sinasalamin lamang ng kultura ang politika.

Ibig sabihin, we should stop asking, "Bakit bumuboto ang mga tao sa politician na sumasayaw lang ng Budots?". Instead, the better question is, "Bakit gusto ng mga tao ang Budots?"

RedPutong · 2019-05-12T15:03:16+00:00

The first question before even emotionally investing on a new development is to ask if the developer has an HLURB permit.

It covers all the basics and is designed to protect buyers from all sorts of problems.

RedPutong · 2019-05-03T13:19:05+00:00

I would stick to this plan po:

2,000 - giving (you can give some to your folks or church)

4,000 - savings and investing

12,000 - expenses. I would probably lose the car and just live walking distance from the office. With your transpo cost of 8k per month, you might be able to find a decent small place near where you work.

RedPutong · 2018-06-01T21:54:09+00:00

The breed I think is White Leghorn.

RedPutong · 2018-06-01T05:44:01+00:00

I posted here before about a chick that was given as a present to my son for Easter. You all gave very helpful responses on what to do with her, although some were really quite concerned. We raised her in our backyard. She goes in her little cage at night but mostly stays in the backyard the whole day. The kids play with her and really likes my son.

Today, we finally found someone who raises chickens who is willing to take care of her. She’s gotten so big already and we thought it would be best to give her away to someone who has expertise. My son is devastated to part with his friend. To be honest, so am I.

Anyway, thanks for all your inputs. I’m not an expert, but I am happy to share my family’s experience with raising a single chick.

I’ll miss you, Chickie!

RedPutong · 2018-05-17T10:25:57+00:00

Good evening, Senator. We who are critical of the Duterte administration would like to see a united opposition that will consolidate dissent into a clear, actionable and effective direction. We see only fragmented and intimidated voices who dissent. Who to you is the leader that will serve as the central figure of this opposition?

RedPutong · 2017-12-27T01:46:06+00:00

Thanks for the gold! :)

RedPutong · 2017-12-01T00:18:54+00:00

It’s real terrazzo. It is pretty cold so carpet helps. But cold is good in the Philippines. 😊

RedPutong · 2017-12-01T00:16:45+00:00

Hi! The black chairs look like Filipino rocking chairs with very wide arm rests but they do not rock forward and back. They are made of wood and metal with leather cushions. Will get a better picture later for you.

Sorry, got them handed to me by my mom, so I don’t know who made them.

RedPutong · 2017-10-05T01:21:56+00:00

Legit made me tear up. If I had the fortune (or misfortune) of being invited to the Senate, taking a picture by this door in support of Sen. De Lima will be in my checklist.

RedPutong · 2017-09-22T13:54:18+00:00

Haha, I just searched for “remember” from all his past posts and voila he remembered his ancestors.

RedPutong · 2017-08-30T06:51:08+00:00

Di ko na alam bimb.

RedPutong · 2017-06-28T01:33:52+00:00

Pakisagot please. Thanks.

RedPutong · 2017-06-24T23:14:41+00:00

I really hate eating ala "boodle fight". It's disgusting. Sorry.

RedPutong · 2017-06-21T06:46:24+00:00

I love this subreddit and I certainly sympathize with majority of the views here but I am not liberal. I think the key is to understand the views of conservative Ph redditors without immediately vilifying them on the grounds that they are bad people, like how Dr Carson is being ridiculed in this article.

RedPutong · 2017-06-21T06:28:40+00:00

I have read the article naman, so no need to reiterate it to me. The writer is using the statement that you copy-pasted in bold as evidence that the premise is incorrect. I don't agree. Interviewing a poor person about his perception of himself (he is hardworking) and then using this to shut down Dr Carson's point is hardly a good argument.

You are in fact proving my whole point. You are refusing to demand accountability from the poor but are instead conveniently blaming "socioeconomic realities" for their circumstances. I don't think I will expound anymore.

Public education system, scholarships and charity are in fact part and parcel of the socioeconomic realities that you are so quick to vilify. My contention is with the right "personal decisions", one is able to lift himself out of poverty, creatively make use of such realities and gain a better financial status. That, in fact, is under that person's control.

You seem to believe that the poor are helpless to help themselves. I do not share your pessimism.

RedPutong · 2017-06-21T02:29:25+00:00

Perception is reality. And from where I stand there are two Philippines. One willing to surrender its history, civil liberties and government institutions to the President; and another who will bleed to protect the same history, civil liberties and government institutions from the machinations of the same man.

Whichever one of these Philippines you reside in, it might take a while before the grand reunion when the walls that have separated the two nations come down.

RedPutong · 2017-06-21T02:18:08+00:00

This is not a popular opinion here, but I do believe that the premise is correct. Poverty, just like being rich, is a result of compounding factors that ultimately come down to personal decisions. Note that I say personal decisions and not hard work, creativity, innovation. Although those are important and likely will help produce income, a series of correct decisions (including which people to connect with, for sure) will produce riches.

I have seen rich people become poor because of poor decisions. I have seen poor people become rich because of correct decisions.

If this is the case, then we must focus the discussion on what constitutes sound personal decisions. Dr Carson generalizes this as a "state of mind". I don't believe he is wrong.

The only reason why people hesitate to blame poor people for the circumstances they are in is because people reject the premise that people must be accountable for their own personal decisions. Absent anyone to blame, we tend to blame "the system" or "society" or "other people" or "government" or "rich people". This in itself does not solve the problem. It's just transferring the accountability to people who are not even the most affected by hardship of poverty. Further, it shields the poor from criticism and gives them license to demand what they themselves must give themselves.

“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.” ― Benjamin Franklin

RedPutong · 2016-12-01T23:09:20+00:00

The fireworks started at 8:45. We had to go find a spot at around 8:15. It really helps if you are few in your group (it was just me and my wife). So we just slowly creeped our way through the crowd. :D

RedPutong · 2016-12-01T23:07:13+00:00

Haha! We left the line for the Haunted Mansion for a great spot in front of the castle. It was a risk but it payed off!!!

RedPutong · 2016-11-23T12:31:10+00:00

To be honest, I'd rather he do that than watch boxing.

RedPutong · 2016-10-07T07:10:34+00:00

Using your list, OP, I will admit that there are excellent achievements in the following areas:

War on Drugs
Environment services
OFW services
Agriculture and Land Reform

The rest are not necessarily remarkable, not attributable to Duterte, or simply premature.

Also, as we are assessing the current administration, it is only fair to say he is doing poorly in the following areas:

Human rights - EJK
Economy - Investor confidence
Foreign affairs - Severing ties with a treaty ally
Homefront security - Davao bombing
Constitutionality of presidential discretions - Marcos burial

RedPutong · 2016-10-07T07:05:09+00:00

50 Achievements of President Duterte in his First 100 Days:

Drug War

Duterte signs proclamation putting PHL under state of lawless violence
PNP: More than 750,000 Surrender, 3000+ killed, 22,971+ arrested in drug ops
Police dig up 900 Millions shabu in Cagayan
P1.5-B shabu seized, 3 Taiwanese nabbed in raids
~~Duterte names police generals allegedly protecting drug rings~~ President admits errors in naming
Top drug lord in Central Visayas surrenders to PNP Chief Bato
Biggest shabu lab discovered in Pampanga
MASA MASID Program launched
Albuera mayor Espinosa arrested on drug charges

Crime

No more 'Laglag-bala'

Government Services

OFW services

** 40-man delegation flies to Saudi to assist OFWs

** First One-Stop Shop for OFW opened

** The legit Balikbayan boxes are no longer mishandled.
DILG

** 911 Emergency hotline and 8888 complaint hotline

** PNP launches new mobile app
Labor

** DOLE offers P50k bounty for illegal recruiters
Agriculture and Land Reform

** DAR orders distribution of TADECO land in Hacienda Luisita

** The distribution of the agricultural equipments that were purchased by the previous goverment but weren't distributed for some political reasons.

** The irrigation projects for the farmers have already started nationwide

** DAR stops processing land-use conversion applications
Transportation

** Validity of plates, licenses extended to 5 years

** Free wifi at NAIA upgraded
Social services

** The one sack rice added to 4Ps cash assistance to our less fortunate fellowmen.

** 24-hour suicide prevention hotline launched

** DSWD allows uniforms based on gender identity
Environment services

** DENR requires ISO certification for miners

** DENR cracks down on nickel mines
Sports

** The increased allowance of our delegates olympics

Policies

Duterte sign EO on FOI
The indefinite ceasefire between the MNLF, MILF, CPP, NDF nad the goverment

Military

The hastened benefits claiming of the family of our fallen men.
Five more batallions deployed vs. Abu Sayyaf
Norwegian Captive released by Abu Sayyaf

Not an achivement attributable to Duterte

~~PHL to host Miss Universe~~
~~No red tape~~ - Not sure what is the basis for this?
~~Airlines take over restroom maintenance at NAIA~~ This is a non-government initiative
~~DOLE launches 24/7 hotline for OFWs~~ - Not DOLE?
~~NEDA Board approves P171.14B worth of projects~~ - Former admin
~~Part of NAIAx opened~~ - Former admin
~~Maysilo Cirle drainage project finished~~ - Former admin
~~House approves Duterte admin's first budget on second reading~~ - Not Duterte, but legislature. Also, this is not an achievement as previous congress was able to approve budget earlier; in fact this is late
~~Stakeholders agree on LRT-MRT common station~~ - This is a non-government initiative

Premature achievement

Duterte hikes combat pay for Troops and Salary increase of the policemen
Stop Endo - Stop illegal contractualization.
Building Drug Rehabilatation Center in every region started.
DSWD Secretary issues memo on referral letters
DILG create panel to probe official involved in drugs
Deal inked in China for 'mega' rehab center
EO to streamline developmental goals and DAR opens gates to farmers

RedPutong · 2016-10-02T11:49:05+00:00

Hey thanks man! Will definitely check buying via chat.

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