SUGAR, The T-ERROR of 'I" as S-elf T-errorism and Paris

The terrorist attack in Paris recently made everyone ask, 'Who did it'? 

It must be the Terrorist

Let us help our allies fight the culprit

So, we are really pointing our fingers on someone else other than ourselves

We do this in our personal lives as well as in politics

We create social consequence in whatever we do in our personal life.

Nothing will change if we do not change

That is a fact of life

For this world to change, it is essential that we change the way we see things. 

Change is not from negative to a positive judgment

It is not from war to peace as we have defined these words inside our mind in a limited way, as in:

Peace = no terror attack

War = terror attacks

(just an example)

Change is about decisions based from 'self-interest' to 'what is best for all'.

T-ERROR WITHIN = T-ERROR WITHOUT

It is the T-error to take responsibility for all that pushes us to point our finger on another

creating social T-error  which springs back and create other T-error-ist attacks creating a social       Dis-Ease.

Let's look at Sugar

We pointed our finger on sugar and blamed it as the culprit

But what about if I tell you that this morning I tested taking 1 T of sprite and my blood sugar went down?

So, will we still blame sugar?

The fact is that when I took 1 T sprite the blood sugar reading went down. It is not the substance per se but the amount of it we take.

Who should we blame then?

We are the ones deciding on how much sugar we should take

So it is  the amount of sugar we take that matter

It is the portion of soda we take that matter

It is us that will have to take responsibility on how much sugar we take.

It is about looking at the portion of sugar we take

and the definitions of the words we say, like 'sugar'

Happiness = tasty desserts with sugar

Sadness = tasteless desserts without sugar

Sugar = Poison

No Sugar = No Taste

We then fear having food with a lot of sugar and  having food without sugar.

Either way, we create our own fear.

Sugar is a compound present in vegetables and fruits we take and other food items that promises a 'sweet  happy experience'

We choose to eat big portions of food that contains sugar advertised in the media.

It is not sugar that is to blame

It is us accepting and allowing ourselves to eat big portions of sugar rich food to entertain our tastebuds without considering the amount of it we take that we saw in our investigation (my personal journal)

So let us not blame the terrorists

Let us not blame the French people

Let us not blame sugar.

Let us look at how we created T-ERROR in our lives and stop

So that world T-ERROR ISM will stop.

It is an ERROR to hurt HUMANS that is part of this one life in the name of T-ERROR -ism, be it the 'culprit or the victim'

ALL  LOSE

WE ALL WIN IF WE DECIDE BASED  from 'WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL' 

GUARANTEED SURVIVAL FROM BIRTH TO DEATH FOR ALL = No T-error-ism

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Femininity 7: In The Community

My grandmother playing with an iPad

When I was a teenager, I saw my mom as a housewife in charge of house cleaning, cooking, tending to our needs, and my dad's needs when he was around. This was the feminine role I grew up with. It was interesting to see my mom turned into a female politician in our town one day and we will touch on her story of how that happened.

In the photo above,  seeing my grandmother who was a dressmaker all her life playing with iPad in one of the pictures posted by my cousin in Facebook was also very interesting.

When my father was in the Philippines resting and had no work contract abroad, my mom normally worked as a municipal health counsellor and a teacher. 

She was an accounting student who worked as a maid to the owner of the college where she studied and with the additional support of my dad she graduated the course. There was a shortage of teachers, so our relative who was the principal of the school asked her if she liked to take on the job. She accepted the offer. She became a high school teacher of the nearby school teaching the Filipino language. 

One day, there was a need for candidates to run for public office. The total population of the town where we lived was about 15,000 at that time. It was a small town and not many people graduated college, so my mom was nominated as a candidate for counsellor.  

From having no experience of politics, I was introduced to the world of politics, the Philippine way.

In this blog, I would like to share my experience in seeing my mom - as a feminine, taking on the role of a female politician, getting into politics, and what I have noticed happening around me with regards to other women trying to earn a living in our small town.

My sister and I helped her in her campaign. We distributed flyers and shook peoples's hands. At home, there were always a lot of visitors from my mom's political party ticket plus ordinary people from the community asking her for help. I spent most of my time making coffee for everyone.

During that time, my dad who was usually working abroad, helped print my mom''s flyers for distribution to the public who were voters. I watched her spoke in the community. Most of the candidates were men and I remembered her as the only woman candidate giving her talks even in the remote part of our town - called barrios. 

Her feminine role started from the family and was branching out to the community. This was interesting to watch.

After the tally of votes, she emerged as the winner. She was voted as the first counsellor. 

My experience of myself and my mom changed from a family oriented existence to a public oriented existence - seeing her performing a (feminine and also partly masculine) role in the community which also impacted my life. She was mostly doing her job as a counsellor - in the community, and when she was at home, other people would come and ask her for help - either medical or  financial.

She continued giving talks to crowds after she won the election. I went with her sometimes to attend small events, but sometimes they have big community events where most of the people in the community gather. They usually have music, dancing and food. The event was held in a big hall outside the municipal building. Usually people were invited to dance and partake of the food given during those occasions. 

While walking with my mom to buy something at the market, people greeted my mom and they greeted me too. I felt there were a lot of people who knew her and me and my family after she won the election.

When I went with my mom in her monthly community visits, I noticed that there were a lot of poor people in our town. I was not aware of this before. My life revolved inside the house, outside,  playing with my friends nearby or going to my grandmother's house which was walking distance from where we lived. What I enjoyed most was walking to the beach which was 2 minutes away and taking a dip in the slightly warm water during hot weather then walking back to our house or my grandmother's house to get a 'shower'. 

During walks with my mom, I noticed housewives who lived near us whose main source of income were cooking food items to sell in the school, in the market, or having a store of their own where they sell toys and food. They survived doing those jobs.

Recently, I went to Wikipedia to look at the main income of our town and It turned out the town's main income comes from cooked food. At the economy section, I found out the foods I grew up with

• Kalamay-hati: A type of coconut jam made from coconut cream and sugar or molasses
• Maja blanca: A type of coconut pudding
• Suman: A dessert/snack made of sticky rice and coconut steamed in leaves.
• Puto: A steamed rice cake.
• Bagoong: A traditional fish paste made using fresh local/sustainable ingredients.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenavista,_Marinduque

Somehow, this small town managed to survive with the help of the housewives who cooked and sold the food to earn some income to support their husband's income (who did mostly physical labor kind of work). 

The college graduates (who included my mom) and those with more money, ended up working in the municipality or doing business in neighboring towns, cities or even working abroad.

Continued...

Voting, Bribes and Poverty in The Philippines

Filipino Living Income Guaranteed

What is the Living Income Guaranteed?

As i was growing up i was witness to the rampart vote buying during elections in the Philippines.

As i look at the news now, it is still the same vote buying going on.

A sack of rice? 

A pre-paid phone card?

Money?

De Villa added that although non-monetary forms of bribery were observed such as the candy, food, and load, some politicians, particularly in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), stuck to tradition and distributed actual cash.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/332887/news/nation/ppcrv-candy-load-among-new-forms-of-vote-buying-in-barangay-polls

The voting scene in the Philippines:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/10/28/13/slideshow-scenes-2013-barangay-elections

This is one of the very few ways poor Filipinos can have a little bit of money coming their way - accept bribes from the elite .

Is there any another way other than that which supports self-dishonesty and corruption?

We have to look at How the poor can have money coming their way every month through the Living Income Guaranteed, guaranteeing their survival from birth to death.

They need money to buy the basic needs they need to survive. Let's give them that because we really care.

How will receiving 30,000 pesos every month affect the lives of the poor?

Putting my shoes in the shoes of politicians, i will make sure i will not bribe the people to vote for me, but take as my platform, to when elected in office, sponsor a bill that is truly needed to assist all to have life of dignity and because the poor is the majority, i can be assured to be elected in office.

Equal Life Foundation Bill of Rights


English
1. An Equal Economic Right that insures that all financial needs are accessible and available to ensure that the fundamental requirements of a healthy and fulfilling life can be realized and manifested.

Filipino
1. Ang Equal Economic Right na nagtatalaga na ang lahat ng pampinansiyal na pangangailangan ng lahat ay ma-a-access at magagamit upang matiyak na ang pangunahing pangangailangan ng lahat upang magkaruon ng malusog na katawan at kuntentong buhay ay pwedeng ma-realize at pwedeng masaksihan ang kaganapan nito sa mundo.