PASALAMAT

Ang araw na ito ay itinakda bilang Araw ng Pasasalamat ng mga kapatid natin sa loob ng Iglesia ni Cristo.
Kung bibilangin nga lang natin ang mga biyayang tinamo, ang buhay at lakas na ipinagkaloob sa atin ng Panginoong Diyos ay totoong napakadakila ng kanyang pangalan.

Purihin natin ang Diyos ngayon at magpakailanman.

The Great Boxer

The clock stop again. All eyes glued to the big screen while watching the dream fight of Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio and “Golden Boy” Oscar de la Hoya.
Pacquiao won again over De La Hoya after eight rounds Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, 1 PM Filipino time.
Pacquiao, dressed in red robe, white and blue of the Philippine flag, went directly to his corner, where he kneeled for several seconds in prayer. He was followed into the ring by Oscar De La Hoya, the only man to win world titles in six weight classes.
The aggressive Pacquiao keep his distance, neutralizing De La Hoya's strength while taking advantage of his own speed and stamina in round one, Pacquiao continued to fight straight ahead.
Pacquiao, just missing with an uppercut about 30 seconds into the bout. Pacquiao wasn't backing down, through, throwing some punches.
Halfway through the round, the two fighters exchange combinations but Pacquiao seemed to get the better of the exchange, and he snaps De La Hoya's head back with a right hand.

Hindi na nga alam ni de la Hoya kung saan nanggagaling ang mga suntok ni Pacquiao.
De La Hoya's counter attacks appear desperate, the heavier, stronger De La Hoya has been no match for him so far. Pacquiao is clearly the better fighter so far that has his foe backing up.
After backing him into a corner, Pacquiao got off another series of punches with De La Hoya. De La Hoya is backed into a corner again where Pacquiao nailed him with a hard left head, then a right to the body and so on and so forth. The cinematic fight I only see in the movie, visual effect on comics.

Pacquiao fighting style reminds me of comics superhero, habang binubugbog at nasasaktan lalong lumalaban.
Technically there is no round nine.
De la Hoya quit.
Pacquiao won the fight.
Congrat's, Manny. The world is watching you.

World AIDS Day

An award-winning novel.
Ang Aking Buhay (Ikaw ang aking Buhay) is a story of great love of husband to his ailing wife. Violy is a faithful wife but in the practice of her profession as medtech she acquired the virus through blood-blood contact.

When I wrote this book, I understand people living with AIDS in a much higher level. The words are given a distinctive human voice, the image are given a distinctive human face.
Intravenous drug users. Recipient of infected blood and organ. Sexual partner with HIV. Infant children of infected mothers. Men who had sex with men. Commercial sex workers. Multiple sex partner.

Each image has a story to tell.

What we learn from them is not death, it is the richness of life, that show strenght of the human spirit, they want to breath their last breath with dignity.
This book was awarded as best novel by AIDS Society of The Philippines and Ford Foundation, USA. I became media delegate in 5th ICAAP held in World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Pigilan Natin Ang Gabi by Randy Valiente also won in novel category.

Based on the number of people living with HIV has risen from around 8 million in 1990 to 33 million today, and is still growing. Around 67% of people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa.
During 2007 more than two and a half million adults and children became infected with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS. By the end of the year, an estimated 33 million people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released their 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic, which indicated, among other things, that new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have declined in recent years. Still, this figure is very alarming.

Everyone is at risk. In the world of AIDS everybody should be responsible. Practice safer sex.

Media should be sensitive and sensible, not sensational about public health crisis.
Correct and accurate information for those at risk is the best line of defense.






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