My Dilemma...is it really mine???

Question:" Is it our responsibility to take care of our elders as they grow old?" I received a very demanding text message from the wife of my Uncle two days ago, asking me to finance his hospitalization. I read it over and over again coz i might read it the wrong way but the message is very clear. I wanted to help the best way  i could but not to the extent that I am obligated. We were raised by my parents to live independently so that we can stand in our own. she was so mean as if I am really responsible for it. My "Tiyo Manoy" as we fondly calls him is the older brother of my Mother. Whenever he went home here in Ormoc, he stayed at our house even before my mom was still alive. He got married when he was 52, the same year that i was married too. He saw his lady love when he was in Cebu at my Aunts place. Among the nieces and nephews I am the oldest that's why i am the most responsible ( as she thought ). But I have also responsibilities and needs to attend to. If they wanted support, i extend some aid. I guess his wife cannot asked helped with his siblings because just recently my two aunties were hospitalized because of high - blood pressures and these are all in serious conditions. My Tiyo Moloy is diagnosed with "diabetes" and he has to take medicines everyday plus the fact that he got a big family to take care of. On my part, I am in the state of financial crisis and I am taking it slowly so that i wont feel depressed or stressed. My only sister, who is in Cebu right now needs my help badly but I cannot extend my helping hand even if I wanted to. I would like to stress out that, I will help as much as I can but don't demand me of something that I am not capable of doing and that i am not responsible also. Maybe at this moment, the wife of my uncle is angry with me and the entire family because she might feel helpless but i hope she understand that it is a big tasks. In time that i am already capable of helping them, of course I will and I would.

Election 2010

I was not able to post the lists of candidates for the local position in our city, Ormoc.And i don't have also the intention of posting the winners since at this moment I do not know who are the winners except for the Congressman and Mayor.I was so busy dealing with a lot of things and that includes,my Masteral,non - teaching and teaching duties here in STI. But.........
I would like to write about the experienced i had during the election day.Because I am sure each one of us has its own story to tell.
I went to my precinct at exactly 7am for the reason that i wanted to vote early but when i went to the area, there was already a huge number of people waiting to vote.I did not know what were the system, I mean the process should be taken for this new automated election but thank to my neighbors who taught me what to do.I wrote my name on the small piece of paper together with the precinct number then I submitted it to the person in charge. But it took me almost three hours to vote since the PCOS machine's back up memory card was defective. The Smartmatic technician who happens to be my student was confused on what to do because the people including the BEI depended on her but thank God through innovation via cellphone, communication was quick among the Smartmatic personnel, it was decided as per instruction of the Smartmatic Supervisor of our area to detached the memory card from the PCOS machine so that the election will push through.
Fast forward, i was able to vote around 9:30am.Almost everyone claimed the election process was unsatisfactory because the PCOS machine cannot cater 500 voters for one day but in terms of the results it was better compared to the old system since a day after the election, result is already finished especially in the local positions.
Hmmm, my assessment with the new automated election is "satisfactory" . There are things that need to improve. And I know the Comelec will work on this for the next coming elections. But nevertheles, I commend Comelec for a job done for this 2010 elections.

"Kuting Reef" South of Leyte

This years' STI - Ormoc Summer outing goes to "Kuting Reef" in Maasin City, Leyte.
Below are the pictures i gathered: Check them out!

The Place:


PEOPLE:


HAPPINESS:


The Departure:
time to go whether we like it or not.

It was a two days and one night escapades. Short but we enjoyed and invade the place to the full extent.