VIDEO and TRANSCRIPT OF THE VICE GANDA JESSICA SOHO JOKE VERSION

I've never watched Vice Ganda shows but his concert comment/joke regarding Jessica Soho is mean and ugly and its not funny. Where is our decency? We cannot make a cruel joke at the expense of fat people, rape victims and referencing to words like "bold star" or "gang rape". What comes out of our mouth is surely what we have in mind.

TRANSCRIPT OF THE JESSICA SOHO JOKE VERSION

“Imagine-in n’yo kung pa’no kaya kung nag-bold na rin si Jessica Soho. Ang launching n’yang pelikula ay ‘Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Sobra.’ Napanaginipan ko nga rin ‘yan si ano e, si Jessica Soho nagpapatimbang. Nakakatawa nung nagpatimbang kami umakyat si Jessica Soho sa weighing scale. Pag-akyat ni Jessica Soho tumunog ang weighing scale: ‘One at a time. One at a time. One at a time.’ So bumaba ulit si Jessica Soho, nagalit.”

“Umakyat ulit ng weighing scale si Jessica Soho. Tumunog ang weighing scale: ‘Please don’t play with the machine. Don’t play with the machine. One at a time. I told you one at a time. Don’t play with the machine.’ Nagalit si Jessica Soho.”

“Last try na talaga. So umakyat ulit si Jessica Soho sa weighing scale. Tumunog ang weighing scale: ‘You weight 180 per kilo.’ So ayaw na n’yang magpatimbang ulit.”

“Ang hirap nga lang kung si Jessica Soho magbu-bold. Kailangan gang rape lagi. Sasabihin nung rapist: ‘Ipasok ang lechon!’ Ssabihin naman ni Jessica: E, nasa’n ang apple?’”

“Nakakatawa nga ‘yan, e. Mero’n daw boyfriend dati si Jessica. Narinig ko lang naman sa mga hindi mapagkakatiwalaan. Ninakaw daw nung boyfriend yung PANTY ni Jessica. Tapos pinalabahan. Nung dinala sa laundry ang tsinekan: COMFORTER”

In a statement sent to GMA News Online on Tuesday, Soho said: "Rape is not a joke and should never be material for a comedy concert."

She added: "I thank all those who shared my hurt and expressed their support, but this should not be about me but about rape victims who suffer tremendously from this terrible crime. The horrors they go through are unspeakable and should never be taken lightly, especially by way of a cruel joke."

©2013 THOUGHTSKOTO

To the Ladies and to the Girls

I've talked to a lovely lady, a good friend of me and Mrs. Thoughtskoto. She told me about a guy she loved dearly and faithfully until she found out he has loved another girl. She was in despair, devastated, and heartbroken. Sad to say we've known several stories related to this, and often, most often, the one left wallowing in self pity, and sometimes, even remorse, are the girls and women who gave almost all to the guys they loved.

When we went home, Mrs. Thoughtskoto and I were talking about the scarcity of men that women can rely and depend on, that women can trust and love, and offer the best that they've got and who will love them, faithfully and truthfully. This prompted me to comment and counsel, Mhel and William, bachelor friend of ours, who are riding with us on the way home, "to be good and be responsible, for they are "endangered men". Kung meron man words na ganyan. J

I am not a perfect husband and partner, but I am trying my best to make my wife and family happy. I love my wife, and though I fail so many times, I am trying my best to show that love in word and deed. 

I am thinking about my sister, our single friends out there, single classmates and acquaintances here in Facebook. I know most of them, they are beautiful ladies, most of them are trying to be the best that they can be, and yes, all of them are waiting for that 'knight in shining armor'. Desperately hoping that one day they will find that love, they can have a family of their own, and they can live happily ever after. Though love stories and marriages are far from the fairytales and movies we watched, the reality is a combination of bitter and sweet part of learning experiences, growing love, and progressing relationship.

Below are some of the random thoughts I have right now while sitting in my desk at the laboratory with regards to choosing the man to love, to marry and to spend the rest of your life, even forever, in a perspective of a man who was once looking for a princess, and gratefully found and now, proudly bound with. 

This is not by priority;

1.    Choose a man who loves you so much, that he will do anything good for your happiness and safety.

2.    Choose a man that is responsible and respectful.

3.    A man can be personable without being a head turner, a hunky or a celebrity

4.    Oftentimes, men like and attracted to simple women and girls. Make-up and nail polish, and lipsticks are fine, but sometimes, women are more beautiful without them.

5.    Men like na magpaimpress, and we are often given hope if a woman/girl laugh or smile over our OA or corny na patawa.

6.    The man/guy who may look like nothing now, but with love and inspiration he can be successful and be more handsome than your Mr. Right fantasy.

7.    If you are looking for a good looking or very handsome prince, you might end up an old maid forever, and remember lahat tayo nagkakawrinkles and kukulubot, so balewala pa rin ang kapogian and kagwapuhan. 

8.    Love sometimes is mysterious, kumbaga, kung ukol, bubukol. We keep on loving and loving because as our love grows, our desire is not so much what can make us happy but what can we do to make the one we love more happier.

9. Character is the most important thing in love and life. A man can be good looking and rich, but without character, right values, and correct principles, you will never be happy.

10. Sabi nga sa Desiderata:

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

  

Well, that’s it for now. I have some sample preparation and analysis to do, so I will just post this and will be back to add some of my thoughts later. 

©2012 THOUGHTSKOTO

Words That Are Better Than Gold

My almost two year old daughter and I are playing Starfall online, an educational website for kids when we stumble over this page. Four words that says the possession of them all are better than gold.

Hope.

Joy.

Kind.

Peace.

My wife adds, health but I pointed out, you can't have peace if you don't have good health. I think these are the very things, or gifts our world wanted.

Hope amidst the uncertainties of the future, when there are so much pessimism and prophets and prophetess of doom and gloom. That the sun will not shine again clearer and lighter.

Joy, the very reason we all wanted in life and even in the life beyond. Sometimes the simplest things are those that gives us real and lasting happiness, or joy. It is when we do good, and when we truly share our best without expecting anything.

Kind - thoughts, words and deeds, that is. I love a song that I always sing when I am alone, "Have I done any good in the world today? Have I help anyone in need? Have I cheered up the sad and made someone feel glad. If not, I have failed indeed. Has anyone's burden been lighter today, because I was willing to share..."

Peace. Anyone in this world wanted it. Nations and countries, kingdoms and tribes, clans, families, individual wants a piece of peace. Peace they say cannot be achieved without change.

"May the people on this planet be changed.
Changed from hatred to love,
Changed from greed to giving,
Changed from selfishness to selflessness,
Changed from apathy to action,
Changed from jealousy to joy over someone's accomplishments,
Changed from intolerance to acceptance,
Changed from being destructive to being constructive,
Changed from fighting to peace,
Changed from killing to protecting life,
Changed from censorship to freedom,
Changed from ignorance to education,
Changed from fearing our differences to rejoicing our variety."

For me, another song, "Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me." You've heard this song, don't you? So I guess, we better start singing now, haha.

So there you go, the four words that says to be better than gold. Hope, Joy, Kind, and Peace. May we have all these things as we continue our journey in this life.

©2010 THOUGHTSKOTO

A Return to Virtue

Ang init, iligo mo lang yan...

Courtesy of GMA News

"Now is the time for each of us to arise and unfurl a banner to the world calling for a return to virtue." -Elaine S. Dalton

©2009 THOUGHTSKOTO

Sikat sa Labas, Bulok sa Loob

"What good is the acquisition of proficient riches, knowledge, beauty and skills if the person doesn't have the values that will enable him/her to use these things well?"

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Ako po ay dating technical engineer ng Asia Pacific environmental company sa Metro Manila nuong 2004 bago ako nagdesisyon na mangibang bansa. Isa sa mga ginagawa ko ay ang bumisita sa mga plantang sinusuplayan namin ng mga industrial chemicals and to check and do some testing.

On the way sa Sta. Rosa, Laguna one time ay napapadaan ako sa isang car manufacturing na planta. May mga nagrarally sa labas ng gate ng kumpanya. Isang pagkahaba-habang banner gawa ng sako at pulang tinta ang nakabalandra sa gilid ng kalsada na nagsasabing 

"(insert name of the brand here), sikat sa labas, bulok sa loob!".

This caught my attention and while driving pondered about the meaning.

Actually, that time the car I am driving was exactly the car brand being mentioned.

Pero along the way, and I have shared this relation many times in my write-ups, my blogs, my speeches, my Sunday talks, and lessons, that along the way, mas malalim ang naging meaning.

Merong mga taong kagaya ng isang Boyet Fajardo, sikat na clothes designer na inalipusta daw ang dalawang employee ng Duty Free.

Meron mga taong sikat, iniidolo ng masa, hinahangaan ng mundo, pero walang values, walang modo, walang puso.

Meron mga taong sobrang yaman, pero gahaman. 

Meron mga taong sobrang talino, pero walang respeto. 

Meron mga taong gwapo at gwapa, pero walang asal na maganda.

Meron mga taong magagaling, pero pabaya sa pamilya.

What good is the acquisition of proficient riches, knowledge, beauty and skills if the person doesn't have the values that will enable him/her to use these things well?

Marami akong naging amo, kakilala at kaibigan na maaring maihalintulad ko sa ganyan.

Mabuti pang maging isang simpleng tao, masaya sa pamilya, marunong makisama sa mga kaibigan, tapat at magalang. Mabuti pa ang maging simpleng tao, di man kagandahan o kagwapuhan, basta't marunong makitawa at mag spend ng little time sa pagtotouch ng puso at isipan. Simple lang, pero "rock"...nyehaha!

:)

©2009 THOUGHTSKOTO - Sikat sa labas, simple sa loob...

LET US SEE GOOD IN OTHERS

Merong isang Japanese philosopher  who used to meet the people and teach them nung mga lessons of VIRTUE and Uprightness na nakukuha niya sa pagmamasid ng mga flowers at mga halaman na tumutubo ng abundantly sa Japan.

Isang umaga, pagkatapos ng kanyang lecture, ang matandang philosopher ay sinabihan ng isang workman;

"mamaya po pagbalik niyo galing sa inyong paglalakad, pwede po bang pakidalhan ako ng rose para mapag-aralan ko ang kanyang petals and see the lessons na binigay niyo kagabi?"

"Sige dadalhan kita ng rose", pangako ng Philosopher.

"Pakidalhan na din po ako ng hawthorn twig ng maipagpatuloy ko ang pag-aaral ko sa bagay na yan?" sambit ng pangalawa.

"Sige dadalhan kita ng hawthorn twig", sagot ng Philosopher.

"Ako din po, pakidalhan na rin ako ng lily ng mapag-aralan ko ang lesson about purity" pahabol ng pangatlo. 

"Magdadala ako ng lily" sabi ng Philosopher.

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English Version here

After working, nag-aabang na ang tatlo sa gate para imemeet ang Philosopher.

Eventually yung summary ng story is that yung philosopher binigyan ng rose, hawthorn twig at lily each one according to their request and after nareceive nila, nagcomment kaagad ng mga ganito;

"oh, ito ang thorn sa stem ng aking rose"

"ito ang patay na dahon na nasama sa mga green na dahon ng hawthorn twigs"

"ito ang dirt or lupa sa aking lily"

which lead to the philosopher's act na kunin ang mga thorns sa stem ng rose at binigay sa nagsabi, tinanggal ang dahon na patay at bingay din sa nagsabi, and kinuha ang mga dirt sa roots ng lily at binigay sa nagsabi and concluded.

"Well, each of you has what

attracted him first. I left the thorn on the rose purposely, the dead leaf

on the hawthorn twig, and the dirt on the lily. Each of these attracted you

first. You may keep them now, and I will keep the rose, the twig, and the

lily for the beauty I see in them."

What do we see first to people? What do we see to those whom we meet 

along the way?

Our tendency is to judge people on the way they look, they act,  

or conduct their lives, 

but do we see the reason or the 'big picture' why?

God knows each of us. God has a plan for each, different from each other. 

We all have the same goal - to come back and live with Him. 

But we have different roads to take, purposes to accomplish, 

and in general, life to live.

I cannot compare they way I live with you since we come 

from different backgrounds and circumstances. 

But there is a common thread that binds us together. 

We all have faith in one God, and He loves us.

We all have the ability to make a difference, 

touching other's lives for good.