Hitech Image of my HOME

Got this cool satellite image of gensan( a short name of a strange name) from the net www.wowgensan.com. I live here. My hometown. my family lives here. This is the southern tip of the Philippines. Still the tuna capital of the Philippines (with tuna soon to be an "endangered species" due to overfishing..thanks to the japanese voracious apetite for "sashimi" and pinoy's undying love for "sardinas"!).. This massive fish is the mascot of this place. maybe now it was manny pacquiao..I'm still trying to locate my house. Zoom zoom zoom..Somewhere on the left, near to that blue house. seen it? Just imagining. The most visible landmard is the airport on the left. So amazing seeing it from miles away without the people(children playing onthe beach) and the noise(angry wife, hand on the air,holding an axe,chasing her drunk husband!). So serene. If only i could zoom it more..technology always amazes us. Got this news from Mindanao Times recently:
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Mindanao businessmen will explore possible collaborations with their counterparts in the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) to establish the island as an international information and communication technology (ICT) hub in the next decade.
Jan Ced, director of the upcoming 4th Mindanao ICT Congress here, said they are eyeing neighboring economic centers within the BIMP-EAGA as springboard for the development of world-class ICT-related products and ventures from the area.
He said ICT stakeholders from various parts of Mindanao will discuss the potential regional collaborations during the MICT congress on Oct. 25 to 28.
Ced said the MICT congress will also tackle issues and mechanisms on e-enabling Mindanao for digital opportunities, developing the island’s ICT human resources, opportunities and challenges in the ICT outsourcing services, e-governance solutions and various new ICT technologies.
“Our goal is to make Mindanao, in particular, and the Philippines in general become the knowledge center in the Asia-Pacific by 2010,” he said.
Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. said the city would play a major role in the proposed BIMP-EAGA collaboration due to its strategic location and its being an emerging trading gateway in the region.
He noted the city has been an “ICT-ready” area based on the available ICT resources such as telecommunication providers, internet service providers and computer-related businesses.
“We have an advantage in terms of the movement of products because of the transshipment operations here,” he said.
Through the help of the Department of Trade and Industry, the city is currently working on a plan to develop an ICT park in the city.
So far, Acharon said several call center companies have signified their intention to expand their operations in the city.
Ced said the potential of the city to host a major ICT industry appears very encouraging, making some local business magnates consider investing on ICT-related ventures.
“ICT is undoubtedly the most effective means of rapidly distributing and gathering information. It is the government’s best bet to create more jobs for Filipinos,” he said.
Ced stressed the need to strengthen the training of local residents on skills required by the ICT industry.
“Government, businesses, libraries and homemakers will have to become internet-literate for them to carry out the demands of the industry,” Ced pointed out.
Meantime, Coralyn Espinosa, City Economic Management and Cooperative Development Office chief, said the city government is planning to tap the upcoming MICT Congress in positioning the city as an alternate ICT hub outside of Metro Manila.
“It is timely because we are promoting General Santos City as an investment destination for ICT industry,” she said, adding that they have prepared some incentives for prospective ICT investors in the area.
Simultaneous with the upcoming MICT Congress is the second e-Business Week Celebration in Southwestern Mindanao.
(Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews). Good news for the place. It's just sad that some people think that Information technology is nothing but "call centers". if they're really serious about their 2010 vision (wow, that's 5 years from now), they have to invest in education. AMA computer College is not enough for the human resources needed and we need quality as we compete with other countries like India. India became a mecca for Information technology because of its strong research and development center in top institutes like the Indian Institute of Technology. They don't have good airports like we do but their "software" products are world class. To become the "knowledge center", we need strong software development houses not just "call centers".

ORCS in the streets of Manila

Thousands of zombies march along manila streets..I hope that during a protest, "uulan,kukulog, at kikidlat" and lightning will strike them dead. It'd be like a divine intervention.They're like the the ORCS in the picture trying to attack being led by the dark lord Sauron..theyre not actually good looking.They're actually boring..This people actually wants people to be more desperate like them to advance there communists cause. Somebody had said that communism is nothing but an "equal distribution of Poverty". Rightly said. The bottomline here is that they want to create more disturbance as much as they can, keeping people poor and hungry, which is very very good for the "movement". But mind you,after the rally, they will be hungry and they will run to the nearest mc donalds outlet and swallow their rhetorics with a "big mac" and coca cola.

Lord of the Rings.Return of the Ninja turtles

Manila (after) Dark..Some say that a big part of our problem is perception and one of the biggest battles can be won simply by believing and by making others believe that we as a country had progressed. There are significant development, HOWEVER, this however i'm mentioning here is as big as mount everest..Based on opinions, there are 2 types of Filipinos in the world, the Optimists and the Pessimist. I belong to the latter. I mean, i believe in the power and talents of our people, but man, I have more belief in the power of the Filipino politicians, they're just great if not the greatest, with the label of being the most corrupt in the world(excluding africe)(some say we're second next to Bangladesh), so the heck of it, we are equal to Zimbabwe,Uzbekistan and Haiti regarding rule of law and stability..our's is the greatest considering the potential, but theyre so powerful that i feel they possess the Lord of the Rings (the one in the movie type)(which brings great power and carries with it great evil). The Ring is also attracted to its Dark Master in Malacanang. sorry we don't have Frodo to destroy it! . It's having vast power they can transform the country in an indefinite suspended animation and people walking in Makati like zombies, moving in one direction, shouting one slogan, being towed by politicians howling,salivating, like hyenas..I'm actually playing safe by taking this position..Of course, it will take a minimum of 50 years if ever the Optimists will get victory,not in my lifetime,for now, it's clear, it's a losing battle fot them..it's more easy on the stomach (like aspirin) to take such a position. And I'm not alone, 6 out of ten filipinos..thats a staggering majority..

Si Aida, Lorna at Fe

I've been following various blogs, newspapers and other sources throughout the week. Im just absolutely dumbfounded at how much of a mess the country is right now..This is not about bad mouthing of my country, but I just want to share some thoughts.. It reminded me of one US pres. who told that "To love ur country, ur country should be loveable"...watching those rallies on morning tv news and listening to susan roces hair rising emotional speech made me think that the phils. now is a big soap opera that everyday we need a new twist to make it 'top the chart"..gloria's "revelation' is the new twist, then the hubby's departure, wow, more exciting and revealing than reading dan brown's da vinci code..what's next? "phils. cant pay its debts, talks going on for mindanao to be sold to malaysia"..A friend provided us with a nice response, he goes saying:gloria maybe pathetic...but nothing can be more sorrier than susan roces, obviously still in pains over the loss of her husband(rightly so), ranting like a woman scorned,screaming, my husband had been cheated!!!, "magnakaw ka ng pera, huwag lang ng pangarap"...( i wonder what the late FPJ would say to this after denying several times that he harbored no ambition towards the presidency and that his decision to run was in response to the (pickled) will of the Filipino people, as determined by Pulse Asia and SWS of course, and wantonly assumed by the loudmouths militant groups ( its always a wonder to see a dozen of leftist rallyist so arrogantly point to us the will of the Filipino people,huh?AS IF!) and the media concious friars of the catholic church...I don't know the real score about the tape, but what is evident is that the legitimacy of the arroyo presidency is indeed in question( so was marcos, ramos,remember), the conversation was indeed improper, but still no proof yet that Gloria Macapagal stole the election, so hold that rage Susan, you may suffer a heart attack for nothing! I agree with Solita Monsod, an independent body should be formed to investigate the matter...let our established laws run its course... the system maybe flawed but that is the best we've got...the scenario of seeing the Estrada fanatics return to power and established the "moral highgrounds" they supposed to have lost(as if they had it in the first place) is enough to make us all cringed ad nauseum...but you know what, this "fed up of my country's woes attitude" is already an old act, lets view all of these controversy's, scandal, soap operatic or as boring as reading a case in obligations and contracts as the case maybe, as our turbulent but necessary journey into a better society. Hell, Englands beheaded its kings and queens once, he he, Germany was ruled once by a racist despot who almost suceeded in making this world pure...let us not lose hope that a better electoral process would be formed and that Filipinos will vow ala Susan Roces that never again will the legitimacy of our leaders be questioned in the biggest freakshow available in town...he he.. but as of now lets be contented with what we got, at least sama-sama tayong naga suffer...and if the more corrupt opposition triumphs, then I agree with Gov. Singson, let all the provinces of this country declare itself independent of the Philippines, magkanya-kanya na lang tayo!! ha ha,