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OPINION: 100% Banyagang kapital, Bagsak ang mga mag-aaral

Photo credit: Anna Gabrielle Dalet

“The 1987 Constitution was not written for the globalized world,” iyan ang pangunahing rason ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. para sa economic charter change (Cha-Cha) ng Pambansang Konstitusyon ng 1987 na ipinapanukala ngayon ng parehong kapulungan ng Kongreso.

Upang makamit ang globalized world na ito, nais pahintulutan ng administrasyon ang 100% foreign ownership sa mga institusyon ng edukasyon, advertisement firms, at public utilities ng Pilipinas. Ayon sa mga tagasuporta ng Cha-Cha, sa ganitong paraan makakahabol ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas na matagal nang nahuhuli sa pandaigdigang merkado.

Idinadahilan nila ang kakulangan ng Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) sa Pilipinas bilang rason kung bakit naghihirap ang bansa. Ayon sa kanila, kung ikukumpara sa mga kalapit nating bansa katulad ng Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia at Vietnam, mababa ang ating FDI; at dahil doon, lugmok ang ating ekonomiya.

Ngunit kontra rito, mas mataas pa rin ang ating FDI kaysa sa pinagsama-samang FDI ng Cambodia, Myanmar at Lao PDR. Kamakailan lang, inulat din ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) na 27.8% ang itinaas ng FDI noong Nobyembre 2023 kumpara noong Nobyembre 2022. Kung kaya’t ang tanong: bakit isinusulong pa ang economic charter change?

Sa ganitong punto, makikita ang pagkukulang ng Cha-Cha at ng mga nagsusulong nito. Bukod sa mga kontradiksyon sa kanilang argumento, naghihirap pa rin ang sambayanang Pilipino kahit nagkakaroon ng upward trend ang FDI natin. Ayon sa ulat ng IBON, 75% o tinatayang 20.6 milyong pamilyang Pilipino ang lubog sa kahirapan.

Maliban pa rito, hindi rin angkop na gamitin ang FDI bilang sukatan ng kaunlaran dahil ang ipinapakita lang nito ay ang dami ng foreign investments. Malinaw na hindi ito nangangahulugang maayos na ang ating mga pampublikong serbisyo o walang paghihirap na nararanasan ang pangkaraniwang Pilipino.

Kailangan alalahanin na sa panghihikayat ng mga foreign investors na mamuhunan sa Pilipinas, ang potensyal para sa kita at expansion ang nagsisilbing pangunahing pakay. Kapalit nito ang pangako ng inobasyon at pagsasaayos ng ating mga industriya at ekonomiya. Ngunit dahil nagsisilbing itong investment, ang prayoridad ng mga investors ay kumita. Sa kabila ng kanilang pangako ng kaunlaran, ang kanilang pagpapakahulugan sa “pag-unlad” ay nakaangkla sa kanilang mga layunin at karanasan, hindi sa kalagayan ng bayan.

Sa usapan ng kasalakuyang Cha-Cha, malinaw na malaking kontradiksyon ang lente ng pagnenegosyo na ito sa pampublikong serbisyo at institusyon ng edukasyon na ang pangunahing layunin ay magsilbi sa sambayanang Pilipino. Kung ilalagay natin sa kamay ng mga banyaga ang ating mga paaralan, ang iiral sa silid-aralan ay ang pagpaparami ng kapital sa pandaigdigang merkado kaysa sa ating sariling kasaysayan at bayan. Ang tanging makikinabang dito ay ang mga dayuhang kapitalista at muling mapag-iiwanan ang masang Pilipino.

Noong Disyembre 14, anim na buwan mula noong naluklok bilang pangulo si Marcos Jr., inanunsyo ng House Committee on Constitutional Amendments ang plano nitong talakayin ang charter change pagkatapos ng holiday break ng Kongreso. Naganap ang unang pagpupulong para sa Cha-Cha ng administrasyon noong Enero 26, 2023. Sa loob ng 16 buwan, mangilan-ngilang bersyon at hearings na rin ang isinagawa upang itaguyod ang pagsasabatas nito. Ngunit, sa kabila ng lahat ng panahon at pakikipagtalastasan, isinasawalang-bahala ng pamahalaan ang taong bayan sa usapan ng pagbabago ng Saligang Batas. Ayon sa isang sarbey ng Pulse Asia noong Marso 27, three-fourths ng mga respondents ang umaamin na sila ay may “little to no knowledge about the 1987 Constitution.” Kasama na rito ang kung paano isinasagawa ang charter change.

Nakakaalarma ito dahil dapat pinagtutuunan ng pansin ang Konstitusyon at kung ano mang rebisyon ang nais gawin dito lalo na sa konteksto ng ating kasaysayan. Maaaring samantalahin ang kakulangan sa impormasyong ito upang basta-bastang baguhin ang Saligang Batas ayon sa interes ng iilan.

Ang Cha-Chang nais isabatas ngayon ng administrasyong Marcos ay isang amendment sa Konstitusyon. Nilalayon nilang dagdagan ang Artikulo 12, 14, at 16 ng “unless otherwise provided by law.” Sa pamamagitan ng pagdaragdag ng sugnay na ito, mabibigyan ng kapangyarihan ang mga mambabatas na piliin ang mga institusyong maaaring maging 100% foreign-owned. Dito pa lang ay malinaw na maaari itong abusuhin at maging breeding ground ng korapsyon.

Dagdag dito, sadyang mahal ang economic charter change. Sa katotohana’y binigyan na ng Kongreso ang Commission on Elections (COMELEC) ng badyet na PHP 14 bilyon upang isagawa ang eleksyong plebisito, ngunit naniniwala sila na hindi pa ito sapat. Nangangailangan pa ng karagdagang PHP 12 bilyon hanggang PHP 13 bilyon upang maisagawa ito. “The COMELEC will have a financial crisis just in case a national plebiscite materializes this year,” sabi ng executive director na si Teopisto Elnas Jr.

Suhestiyon naman ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na kung magkakaroon ng eleksyong plebisito, mas mainam ang dual vote na magaganap sa Mayo 12 sa susunod na taon, kasabay ng eleksyon sa 2024. “Dahil kung paghihiwalayin natin ‘yang election saka ‘yung plebiscite, parang dalawang eleksyon ‘yun e, napakamahal,” amin ng presidente. Ngunit, hindi pa rin nito isinasaalang-alang ang dagdag na materyales, kawani, at makinarya na kinakailangan—sumabay man ito sa isa pang eleksyon o hindi.

Bukod dito, nagkakaroon din ng imbestigasyon patungkol sa posibleng panunuhol sa pagsasagawa ng People’s Initiative. Sa unang bahagi ng Enero, ang mga nilagdaang dokumentong sumasang-ayon sa pag-amyenda sa Konstitusyon ay nagsimula nang kumalat. Ayon kay Albay 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman, mayroong ilang mga mayor na nakatanggap ng mobilization funds na nanggaling sa Ako Bicol partylist coordinators upang makakuha ng suporta sa petisyon. “Voters who would sign the petition or people’s initiative will be given PHP 100 each,” ani ni Lagman. Ito’y tinanggi ng Ako Bicol Representative na si Jil Bongalon at ng presidente ng League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Albay Chapter na si Raymond Adrian Salceda.

Hindi lamang umano sa Albay naganap ang sinasabing vote-buying. Ayon sa Kabataan Partylist, mayroong “template form” na ginagamit upang mangolekta ng mga lagda para sa People’s Initiative. Sabi pa ni Imee Marcos, “PHP 20 million total kada distrito ang inaalok, meron pa akong narining ‘nung malaking siyudad na pinangakuan din ng ganoon at ang sabi magproduce kayo ng 20,000 signatures by January 13.”

Mayroon ding nadagdag na PHP 26.7 bilyon na pondo sa naaprubahang 2024 badyet ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) na dapat para sa Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), na ayon kay Sen. Imee Marcos ay ginamit din na panuhol para sa People’s Initiative. Ang lalong nakababahala ay tila sorpresa ang ilang bilyon na ito, hindi lang sa Senado na nag-apruba ng badyet, kundi pati na rin sa DSWD. Ayon nga kay DSWD Undersecretary Fatima Aliah Dimaporo, ang PHP 26.7 bilyon ay isang “happy surprise.”

Bilyong-bilyong pera ang ginagastos para sa paglelehitimo ng charter change na dapat ilaan na lamang sa mga sektor na “nilalayon nitong paunlarin” tulad na lamang ng sektor ng edukasyon. Malinaw sa lahat ng pondong winaldas na sinasayang lang ng Cha-Cha ang oras at pera ng bayan at ang kinabukasan ng milyon-milyong kabataang Pilipino.

Lugmok na lugmok ang estado ng ating sistema ng edukasyon dahil sa pagsasawalambahala ng gobyerno. Hindi rin maikokonsidera ang 100% foreign ownership bilang solusyon dahil sa mahabang kasaysayan ng dayuhang impluwensiya sa ating edukasyon na nagdulot ng negatibong epekto sa kalagayan ng karaniwang mamamayang Pilipino.

“90% of Filipino children aged 10 struggle to read or understand simple text,” ayon kay Prop. Portia Padilla ng UP College of Education. Ngunit hindi lamang mga kabataan ang mababa ang reading comprehension. Ayon sa parehong pag-aaral, 200 na guro mula sa Bangsamoro Region na kasali sa programa para sa pagbabasa ng Department of Education (DepEd) ang nakakuha ng gradong “below 50% in reading comprehension.”

Maraming rasong makapagpapaliwanag sa mababang reading comprehension ng mga Pilipino. Maaari nating isipin ito bilang siklo kung saan ang mga guro at mag-aaral ay kapwa kulang ng kinakailangang kasanayan. Subalit, ang pinakamalaking salik ay ang pagpapahalaga ng ating gobyerno at mga paaralan sa wikang Ingles. Sa unang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Marcos Jr., binanggit nito ang importansya ng marketability natin bilang isang “English-speaking people” sa pandaigdigang merkado. Bunsod nito, nais ng pangulo isulong ang Ingles bilang midyum ng pagtuturo.

Matagal nang mahigpit ang hawak ng wikang Ingles sa edukasyong Pilipino. Simula pa noong pananakop ng mga Amerikano, ginagawang simbolo ng “karunungan” at ng pagiging “maabilidad” ang pagkabihasa sa Ingles. Dahil dito, naisasantabi ang iba pang wika sa Pilipians. Ayon kay Leila Areola, Director IV ng Curriculum and Instruction sa DepEd Bureau of Learning Delivery, na 78,872 lamang sa target na 305,099 na guro ang trained sa paggamit ng mother tongue bilang midyum ng instruksyon.

Kapalit ng paggamit ng wikang hindi atin para sa pandaigdigang merkado, nawawala sa pagsasalin ang ganap na pag-unawa at pagpapalalim ng mga konseptong dapat nakalapat sa karanasang Pilipino. Masasabing kapareho nito ng ideolohiya ang Cha-Cha kung saan nauuna ang marketability at napag-iiwanan ang ipinapangakong pag-unlad.

Dahil dito, hindi maipagkakailang maapektuhan din ng 100% foreign ownership ang karunungan ng mga mag-aaral na magbasa at magsulat sa sarili nilang wika. Sa mas matinding presensya ng mga dayuhan sa ating mga paaralan, lalong maisasantabi ang Filipino. Mananatiling midyum ng instruksyon ang wika ng mga banyagang nagmamay-ari ng ating mga paaralan. Kahit manatili mang asignatura ang Filipino, hindi sila bihasa sa ating wika at kasaysayan kaya’t sinong makakapagsabi na mabibigyan nila ng hustisya ito?

Ganito rin ang alalahanin sa magiging epekto ng dayuhang presensya sa kasalukuyang kurikulum. Wala pa nga sa kanilang kamay ang ating mga paaralan ay matagal nang binabastardo ang ating mga aralin upang iangat ang naratibo ng mga korap at abusado. Halimbawa nito ang baliktad na kwento at kulang-kulang na impormasyon na tinuturo sa mga estudyante patungkol sa mga pang-aabuso sa ilalim ng diktadurya ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Bunsod ng isang memorandum ng Bureau of Curriculum Development (BCD) ng DepEd, ginawang “Diktadura” imbis na “Diktaduryang Marcos” ang pangalan sa yugto ng Batas Militar.

Patuloy na umuulit ang kamalian ng ating kasaysayan noon dahil itinatanggi at binabaluktot ito ng sistema. Mula pagkabata, tinuturuan ang mga Pilipino ng mali at kulang-kulang na impormasyon tungkol sa diktadura ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Sr.. Parehong-pareho lang ito sa mga paaralan at konserbatoryong itinayo ng mga banyaga noon na nagtuturo ng “malinis na bersyon” ng paghahari. Kaya hanggang ngayon, inaaral pa rin ng mga bata ang mga “kabutihang dala” ng pananakop ng mga Espanyol, Amerikano, at Hapon. Sinong makapagsasabi na hindi ito gagawin ng mga foreign investors, lalo na’t sila na ang nagmamay-ari ng ating mga eskwelahan?

Ngunit, ang pinakamalaking sala ng ating sistema ng edukasyon ay ang pilosopiya ng ating pamahalaan na “Basta nakakapasok ang estudyante.” Halimbawa nito ang No-Fail Policy na umiral noong kasagsagan ng Covid-19. Nais pa rin ng DepEd at CHEd na ituloy noon ang akademikong taon sa harap ng pandemya at ito ang nagsisilbing “solusyon.” Sa halip na tugunan ang krisis sa mental health ng kabataan, binigyan na lang nila ito ng band-aid solution sa pangakong hindi sila babagsak basta’t pumasok sila. Mayroon namang mga batang natulungan ng polisiya: basta’t tapusin lang nila ang kanilang mga gawaing pampaaralan, matiwasay na silang makakaakyat sa susunod na baitang. Ngunit, ipinapakita nitong iba ang prayoridad ng gobyerno patungkol sa ating edukasyon. Malinaw na sinisigurado lang ng ating sistema ng edukasyon ang regular na pagpasok ng mga mag-aaral at ang kanilang pagtapos sa pag-aaral sa lalong madaling panahon. Ang kurikulum natin ay nagsisilbi na lang checklist kaysa sa gabay sa pagtuturo. Dahil dito mas umaangat ang pagsasaulo ng impormasyon kaysa sa pagpapalalim ng pag-uunawa. Ayon kay Cynthia Bautista, EDCOM 2 adviser at dating dean ng UP Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP), ang ganitong pag-uugali ang bumubuo sa reputasyon ng ating mga paaralan bilang mga diploma mills. Bunsod nito, ang maakit din natin na paaralan mula sa mga dayuhang kapitalista ay kapwa diploma mills rin. Sa madaling salita, ang sisiguraduhin lang ng mga foreign investors ay ang bare minimum dahil ito ang nakikita nila mula sa ating pamahalaan. Dagdag dito, di hamak na mas maliit ang kinakailangang puhunan para sa mga paaralang bare minimum. Kahit ano man ang kalidad ng edukasyon, hanggang may mga mag-aaral na pumasok at makapagtapos, kikita sila.

Isa pang problema na kinakaharap sa ating institusyong pang-edukasyon ay ang mababang sahod ng mga guro. “The current salary level of teachers and other workers in government is not livable,” sinabi ni Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Partylist Chairperson Vladimir Quetua. Ang sahod ng mga guro sa mga pampublikong paaralan ay PHP 36,000 lamang, habang ang mga guro naman sa mga pribadong paaralan ay sumasahod nang mas mababa sa halagang PHP 27,000. Sa patuloy na lumalalang “inflation, hindi ito sasapat sa lahat ng mga gastusin, lalo na ng mga may sari-sariling pamilyang binubuhay. At kung hindi sapat ang pagpapasahod ng mga pribadong paaralan natin ngayong investors pa lang ang mga dayuhan, paano pa kaya kung kanila na ang buong pagmamay-ari sa mga ito?

Ang lalo pang nakapanghihinayang ay mayroon nang mga panukalang batas ukol sa pagtaas ng sahod ng mga guro na hindi lang binibigyang-pansin ng gobyerno, tulad ng Senate Bill No. 4 at Senate Bill No. 1164. Ang Senate Bill No. 1610 naman ay ukol sa pagbibigay-daan sa mataas na kalidad ng pagtuturo sa state universities at ibang mga kolehiyo sa pamamagitan ng pagbigay ng libreng tuition. Dagdag dito, kung ikukumpara sa ating mga kapitbahay, kakarampot lang na pondo ang nilalaan natin sa edukasyon kada taon. Inilaan ng gobyerno ang 3.6% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) sa edukasyon mula 2014 hanggang 2022. Noong 2017 naitala ang pinakamataas na budget na umabot sa 3.9% GDP. Subalit, maliit ito kumpara sa Vietnam at Malaysia na naglaan ng 4.2% ng GDP at sa Singapore na naglaan ng 25.8% ng GDP noong 2018. Dahil dito, makikita natin na ang pag-amyenda sa 1987 Konstitusyon ang kanilang pangunahing layunin, hindi ang pagpapaunlad ng kalagayang pang-edukasyon ng ating bansa.

Hindi uunlad at magkakaroon ng matinong edukasyon ang Pilipinas kung patuloy na isusulong ang privatization ng mga paaralan. Ayon sa ulat ng IBON Foundation Setyembre 2023, 13.2 milyong “self-rated” na pamilya o 48% ng pangkalahatang populasyon sa Pilipinas noong ay nagmumula sa mahirap na pamilya. Dagdag pa rito, 18.2 milyon o 67% ng sambahayan ay mababa ang savings sa ikatlong kwarter ng 2023. Mula sa mga nabanggit na datos, masasabi nating ang karamihan sa mga Pilipino ay hindi makatatanggap ng matinong edukasyon hangga’t sila ay mahirap, at ang gobyerno ay patuloy na inaprayoridad ang pagtataguyod ng mga pribadong paaralan.

Ngunit sa kabila ng lahat, kailangan nating alalahanin na ang masang Pilipino ay hindi magpapaloko. Mangilan-ngilang kilos-protesta ang isinagawa laban sa economic charter change linggo-linggo, at araw-araw ring dumarami ang mga grupo, organisasyon, at mga network na nanawagan para sa tuluyan nitong pagbasura. Noong Marso 22 lamang ay nagkaroon ng kilos-protesta sa labas ng Commision on Higher Education (CHEd) ang iba’t ibang mga student organizations laban sa 100% foreign ownership sa mga institusyon ng edukasyon. Malaking bahagi rin ng paggunita ng ika-38 na anibersaryo ng EDSA noong Pebrero 25 ang pagkontra sa Cha-Cha. Nagpahayag din ng pagtutol ang iba’t ibang sektor ng UP sa pamamagitan ng papaskil ng mga poster at tarpauling nagtataglay ng panawagang “No to Cha-Cha!” sa buong campus.

Bukod dito, ilang grupo rin ang nabuo upang kondenahin at labanan ang Cha-Cha. Halimbawa nito ang Teachers, Education Workers, and Academics Against Charter Change (TEACH). Nanawagan ang grupo sa kanilang inilabas na pahayag, “Rather than open up our schools to foreign ownership, the Philippine government should be reminded that improving the quality of Philippine education is a state obligation.”

Hindi malulutas ng foreign ownership ang krisis sa edukasyon sa Pilipinas—maaari pa itong makadagdag sa mga kasalukuyang kakulangan sa ating kurikulum. Sa halip na ang pagtuunan ng pansin ay ang mga kapalpakan sa loob ng sistema ng edukasyon, inuuna pa ng administrasyong buhusan ng pera ang economic charter change na wala namang maipapangakong ganap na pagbabago.

Asahang sa araw na tuluyang maipatutupad ang Cha-Cha, tulad ng mga banyagang mananakop noon, gagawing westernized at for-profit ng mga foreign investors ang ating mga paaralan ngayon.

Dati nang kinontrol ng mga dayuhan ang ating mga institusyon ng edukasyon. Nagpondo at nagtayo sila ng mga paaralan upang turuan tayo kung paano maging mas masunurin bilang kolonya. Ginamit nila ang kanilang wika bilang panturo at itinuring nila ang kanilang kultura bilang nakaaangat sa sariling atin. Malaki ang posibilidad na mangyari ito sa pagsasabatas ng Cha-Cha, lalo na't wala sa mismong amendment ang mga regulasyon na maaaring makapagpatigil sa pang-aabusong tiyak na mangyayari.

Bilang mga mag-aaral, kailangan natin idiin sa mga nanunungkulan ang pagbabasura ng Cha-Cha. Sapagkat ang tunay na kailangan ng mga estudyanteng Pilipino ay isang sistemang pang-edukasyon na nakalapat sa kanilang mga karanasan at realidad bilang Pilipino. Manawagan tayo na mabigyan ng respeto ang ating kasaysayan at wika sa pagtuturo. Mag-anyaya tayo ng ating mga kamag-aral na gamitin ang ating wika at humanap ng mga paraan upang pahalagahan ito. Makiisa tayo sa mga kilos-protesta para sa sapat na sahod at benepisyo ng mga guro at staff ng bawat paaralan. Dagdag dito, suportahan natin ang mga unyon at ang mga indibidwal na namumuno sa mga pagkikilos na ito. Matitiyak lang natin ang ating karapatan sa dekalidad na edukasyon kung pagsasama-samahin natin ang ating mga boses.

Hindi malabong matugunan ang mga panawagang ito ng ating gobyerno lalo na’t may pondo namang nakalaan para rito. Huwag tayong magsawa sa pangangalampag at paggigiit na itigil ang Cha-Cha, at sa pangangampanya para sa makamasang sistema ng edukasyon! //nina Mayden Bartolabac, Japhet Casabar, at Eda White

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Leon, D. (2024, January 23). Marcos now open to amending economic provisions of 1987 Constitution. RAPPLER. https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-open-economic-charter-change-january-2024/

Limlingan, V. S. (2024, March 11). EDCOM II Year One Report: Misreading the Philippine Education situation. BusinessWorld. https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2024/03/11/580722/edcom-ii-year-one-report-misreading-the-philippine-education-situation/

Magsambol, B. (2024, February 25). IN PHOTOS: On 38th People Power anniversary, groups oppose charter change. RAPPLER. https://www.rappler.com/philippines/photos-protests-edsa-people-power-revolution-anniversary-2024/

Marcelo, E. (2024, March 9). Teachers oppose 100 percent foreign ownership of schools. Philstar.com. https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/03/10/2339415/teachers-oppose-100-percent-foreign-ownership-schools#:~:text=The%20TEACH%20pointed%20out%20that,are%20underserved%20by%20public%20schools.%E2%80%9D

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Quismorio, E. (2023, March 13). (Update) A short timeline: Cha-cha in the House, 19th Congress Edition. Manila Bulletin. https://mb.com.ph/2023/3/12/a-short-timeline-cha-cha-in-the-house-19th-congress-edition#google_vignette

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[lololololchips]

this is so random but

i’m taking a sign language class and yk i’m just waiting to get picked up outside the building and my ASL professor walks out nothing new BUT WHAT DO I SEE ON HER BAG.

i see fucking BongBong (aka svt cute little mascot) as a key chain just chilling hanging from her bag I DEADASS GASPED YALL😭😭

my knowledge of sign language came to handy and u best believe we had a small convo about our bias LOVE HER

[mugenloopdalove]

bong bong bong bong bong

eh?

bong bongbongbongbong bong bong bong

eh?

bongbong bongbong bong bong bong

eh?

bongbongbongbongbong bong bong bong

eaaHHHHH

my daddy and my mommy and my daddy and my mmooommyy d daddy and my mommy and my-

stop

yeah!

jesse pinkman in the house!🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 🙌

BITCH!

bitch!

little bitch

i made you my BITCH!

jesse-

BITCH!

bitch

YEAH BITCH

JESSE!!!

bitch

no.

i am.

the danger.

i am.

the one who knocks.

[curio-queries]

Run BTS: 023 | Pet Friends

Original Air Date: 17 OCT 2017 Episode Length: 25:15 Total Parts: 1 YouTube English Subtitles: Yes Title Song: Blood Sweat & Tears

Synopsis: Each member is paired with a dog and they complete various handling/training challenges.

Production: They did such a good job with the episode. The concept was clear, well-covered, and edited great. Filming with animals could have been a challenging element but you can't tell by the final product.

Endearment: The guys and the dogs easily capture hearts. It's great to see them bond and we definitely get invested in their activities. The only reason this one doesn't rank higher for me is that I'm just really not a dog person...

Winner: JH

Loser: YG, V

Best Cheater: Almost JN for tempting one of the other dogs with treats but it didn't work.

Member Moments:

RM: RM and BongBong were so well-matched.

JN: Adam!!! Bless your little heart. Poor Jin, what a fateful partnership.

YG: Even though I'm not a dog person, I'm always endeared whenever Yoongi mentions Holy. There's just such care.

JH: OF COURSE Hobi would do an impersonization of one of the dogs at some point in this episode!

JM: Jimin throws ball, Polly runs the other way... Bye Polly! See you again later!

V: High Five! ...have to go lower for the short legs!!

JK: Miri and JK are just the cutest combo

Bonus Content: There's a caption on the scene of Jimin with Miri: Cuteness + Cuteness + Cuteness...'nuf said.

CQ Rank: 4

(CQ Eval Date: 03 OCT 2023)

Check out this post for my Masterlist of all episodes and descriptions of how I'm evaluating these.

Previous Episode: 022

Next Episode: 024

[jljavier]

The 2023 State of the Nation Address

A personal edit. Every year since 2017, I've been assigned by CNN Philippines Life some form of coverage of the president's SONA. For the one last month, which was Bongbong Marcos's second address, our focus was the red carpet.

My full photoset here with a sharp intro by Marga Buenaventura: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/Current-Events/2023/7/25/sona-red-carpet-fashion-2023.html

"The lavishness and fanfare of the SONA red carpet suggest that while Filipinos seek out lower prices and more employment opportunities, there is still room to stomach a little bit of political opulence."

[gabriel-grimm]

Drew Bongbong for a little warmup and then Bongsod because I thought it would be really funny

[ariapmdeol]

So I've been reading a new manhwa and the instinct to recc is Rising.

It is called Concubine Walkthrough by bongbong. Our protagonist, Yona, plays the wildly popular mobile game Concubine Walkthrough precisely once. She idly thinks maybe she should play it again, perhaps that cool VR re-release that's coming out soon, but quickly gets distracted by life, and her father's dying wish that she get into a good college.

Unfortunately for her ability to study, roughly 120 days or so before college entry exams, she wakes up as the main villainess of Concubine Walkthrough, Imperial Consort Ranhee Seo.

She must now collaborate with the 'pro gamer speedrunner' player 2, and the player 3 who's kinda forgotten that he was from the outside world to begin with, to figure out why none of them can log out, why none of them can remember how they logged in, and how to beat Concubine Walkthrough to escape.

Also there's some NPCs who keep dreaming about wandering around the real world. I'm sure that's irrelevant.

I am not completely done with it yet so I'm not 100% sure where it's going but it is A Ride. Also Sunshine is simultaneously best and worst boy, I love him dearly.

I. MAY HAVE JUST CAUGHT UP

UUEUEUEUEEEEEE

reading this was a TRIP holy shit. SUNSHINE. SUNSHINE. SUNSHINE. i am incredibly predictable but i love him,, i love Lili too, i think he's one of my favorites,, little smug speedrunner

everyone needs so much therapy ohhhhh my god,, I wont say anything too spoilery but hoooooly shit

[444-and]

Loss and Damage Fund

(For Education Purpose Only)

Let's pray and give a little help to those affected by the typhoon just so that somehow we can help our country and ourselves And in other countries

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr earlier said allowing the Philippines to host the Loss and Damage Fund would symbolize inclusivity and will also ensure that the needs of the countries most affected by climate change would be addressed.

The establishment of a Loss and Damage Fund was, for many, the highlight of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP 27) and the culmination of decades of pressure from climate-vulnerable developing countries. The fund aims to provide financial assistance to nations most vulnerable and impacted by the effects of climate change.

The Philippines, along with other developing nations, has been pushing for the creation of a loss and damage fund to respond to the adverse impacts of climate change, noting that while the carbon emission of developing countries is miniscule versus global levels, it is disproportionately affected by extreme weather events.

The conference in Dubai marks the culmination of the “Global Stocktake,” an evaluation of nations’ progress to date on reaching key provisions of the Paris Agreement, particularly with reference to climate resilience, curbing greenhouse gas emissions and the mobilization of funds for the world’s most vulnerable countries.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr, said the Philippines is pushing for loss and damage financing and a just transition. The country also expressed its intent to host the Loss and Damage Fund during the World Climate Action Summit.

Read The Full Article Here⬇️

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/890965/marcos-to-seek-support-from-asean-members-on-bid-to-host-loss-and-damage-fund-says-dfa-exec/story/

[thetstandsfort]

My main nuggs (and those who I haven't remembered for a long time... and just a rundown of my LC playthrough)

When I first played LC, I got two employees who I grew in love for. Asera and Kobenri.

Underneath Asera's Today's Expression mask, they just have a tired expression including a stubble (thank the Wellcheers crew). Asera is calm, collected, works dilligently and fights alright. I envision them hating work since they just rule at it.

Kobenri, a custom employee, is kind of similar to the Kobeni she was based off. Scared shitless, but can fight a really good fight. Later she became a Twilight wielder, contrasting with BongBong's Paradise Lost.

Asera was also an employee who died thanks to Portrait of another World linking them with someone who was working with Justice Bird. It also marked my first big reset, as I had some unfortunate abnormalities close together.

Also going through my screenshots, it comes to my attention that Kobenri once got selected for Baby Duty.

So, first reset. Installed some mods to make custom employees free. Here's Mari.

Mari... I forgot everything about her.

Anyways, later on, Kobenri reached Quintuple V

Ain't that nice? Way later she did decide to smoke thanks to Freischutz giving her an E.G.O. gift.

But then, way later, when Kobenri was wielding [CENSORED] and wearing Mimicry... a legend was born

BongBong, an agent of chaos, a creature beyond our comprehension, maybe even a humanoid abno in disguise. I really like her, unfortunately, she doesn't get the spotlight yet

However, one employee who I mocked when I was building the facility is the one named Xavier.

Xavier looks... in my honest opinion, a bit ugly. It's thanks to Wellcheers, but even despite that, he slays magical girls, pulling the Queen of Hatred out of hysteria multiple times.

Meanwhile BongBong was wielding the Magical Bullet, causing some days to take some trial and error.

About Asera, they got covered by [CENSORED]

Same went with Kobenri, but with eyes.

So after taking care of Asiyah's problems, I restarted again.

This is where the nuggetsplosion happens

Yes, BongBong got misspelled, but the rest is here, including some not-so important custom nugs. A lot of them were from DMC, Evangalion, Yakuza, Genshin Impact, but all misspelled in a little way.

We also have my girlfriend, who looks more like Zato-1. I love her to bits, but she's not really an "OC", I would say. She's just along for the ride.

Waay later, after Tiphereth got ice cream, Chesed got coffee and Gebura did the facility in, I created Chiyo-Chan

From Azumanga Daioh, I created her as a disposable employee, although she sticked by my side for a long part of the game. She even went through Hokma's little tantrum, which was easily contained by repressing the urge to press space.

Still, Asera got killed again.

After this, I did another reset, got BongBong's name correct and decided to finish this game, going for all the other abno's left. So while abusing time and trying to lure three birds and a plague doctor

So. as my main blorbo's (if I use this term correctly), we have Asera, Kobenri, BongBong and Xavier. It's time for my final one.

Born with a bit of an unfortunate name and sent to the team with a weird sephiroth, here's my final blorbo: Poussey. While Asera knows their shit, Poussey does not and does not care. She can punch, kick, and turn you into a book before you can say that I'm referencing the wrong Project Moon game.

After getting a lost paradise, I restarted for the final time.

Remember when I said I had some DMC characters? Dio was the replacement for one of the characters, and has a keen refusal to die ever since. KiKi is supposed to be the perfect rival of BongBong, but it did not work out. But other than Courtney, the rest just had to be made on my own.

As for BongBong being an agent of chaos, I mean it.

BongBong and Kobenri are also a thing.

Their relation even made them sprout wings (Note, whitenight was not available at the time, thus the console was used. I regret nothing.)

I erm... ran out of screenshots. Boo-womp

So, after LC, where are they now?

(the other floors have nothing of note)

They are loyal parts of the Library, Xavier still has to be pulled from somewhere, but we might be able to find him in no time when the writer actually plays Ruina further again for Pete's sake.

Thank you for reading to my inner machinations of my mind, I hope you enjoyed my coverage of LC a bit using the hook of nuggets.

[mechanicalbride16]

Day 3: Favorite Single

Sorry if I'm late for a few days on this one HAHAHAHAHAHA school just got in the way again grrrrrrrrr... btw, I just edited this because I confused the "single" with the "music video". So as for my favorite single, it would be Angst.

I'm not a fan of this music video because I don't like how it was edited. But one thing that I loved about Angst that makes it remarkable for me is the imagery and ofc, its storyline.

Watching the music video and reading the translated lyrics made me smile because finally, there's a Rammstein song that I can relate to HAHAHAHAHAHA

if you ever wanna continue reading, here's a reminder that this is a very long post and it mostly contains politics.

3 months before the release of the music video was our presidential election. In case you didn't know, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was our current president. He was the son of our former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Thanks to the machinery and the historical distortion that was created by his family, he won the election.

Decades after EDSA Revolution, the Marcoses were already plotting and making advances on how they will change the image of their family. Little by little, each one in their clan is starting to gain a seat in the government until they start ruling Ilocos Norte again.

The historical distortion became prevalent in the last 2016 election. People were starting to paint Ferdinand Marcos as a hero who uses dictatorship to protect the country from insurgents and to instill discipline in the Filipinos. There was also false information spreading around on Facebook during those times about Marcos's alleged credentials. A lot of shit was going around during those times that helped the popularity of Bongbong Marcos to rise. Because of the disinformation, many people looked up to him, hoping that he was as "intelligent" as his father.

Just like how it was portrayed in the music video, the cheerleaders reminded me of the admins on those Facebook pages who were posting false information to lift up the Marcoses. Fast forward to now, some of their critics became their supporters and many people voted for him to be our president. I know that there's machinery involved there, but I can't deny the fact that he has lots of supporters.

During the recent election period, people were too busy scrolling on their social media, reading the posts about the presidential candidates. They were too absorbed with the content they were watching and reading, to the point that they believed everything that is posted there. That is why I literally face-palmed myself at the part in the music video where the band is facing the monitor screen because it reminded me of what happened during the campaign period.

While some people need to be held accountable for not being responsible enough in checking the information they're consuming, we can't blame those who are too tired from their responsibilities in real life to even fact-check the information they're reading.

So what was the aftermath of that election?? Well, a few weeks after Marcos was elected, my classmates and I were paranoid about our safety that's why we decided to create a group chat in Telegram for a while. When our fear and paranoia subsides, we transferred back to Messenger again.

I was hoping that it will be the last time I'll experience that kind of paranoia. But just a few weeks ago, some people from a certain university suspected that there were intelligence officers disguised as civilians who were roaming around the campus. I don't know what their reasons are, but the only reason that I could think of as of now is that they're searching for people who are activists and members of NatDem organizations.

I guess I gotta thank my meds for helping me not to be anxious about the political issues, and I honestly think that I'm already numb from all the shits happening here.

[scp-168]

While I can't stand that ZET guy either I am a little surprised by people acting like homophobes/transphobes/bigots in general being in the fandom is new/impossible like.... just in the english side of things, do you know where "Nugget" and "BongBong" came from

[renesf]

The Coldplay-Angat Buhay Connection

In a stunning display of national priorities, President Bongbong Marcos recently sparked controversy by utilizing the presidential chopper for a front-row seat at a Coldplay concert in the Philippine Arena.  Outraged citizens, primarily the Pinklawan and DDShits, raised a cacophony of complaints about the extravagant use of resources. Little did they know that Leni Robredo’s Angat Buhay was…