Knowing More about King Leonard

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Hi I’m Leonard

Some friends call me Lenard, some Leonard, and for my relatives, they call me Don.

-born under the zodiac sign of Sagittarius

that’s why I’m somehow moody, perfectionist, somewhat intellectual, with some sense of humor. However, I realized that being perfect in reality was boring and in a positive note, the imperfections of something made it interesting. It opened the possibilities of creation and growth.

I’m a man with wide dreams and ambitions in life, and would do anything to attain my goals.

Appears to be solid but melts when properly treated. I’m not saying I’m the best person in the world or anything, I guess I could’ve made better decisions.

- vastly exploratory and experimental. I can pour a lot of directed energy into what I’m doing, a lot of time if necessary, and a lot of effort.

Looking to expand my circle of friends, just your average guy here. Usually work too much and do not get out and play enough. I enjoy chatting with my online friends, learning some things related to computer like web designing, flash, css/html codes, etc., I love going to some forums and sharing my thoughts, writing articles like essay, poems, short stories. I love music but music hates me. I love doing favors for anyone, specialy to my friends, seing them satisfied and thankful is the best credit I may have, I feel so glad when I know that I helped someone.

I have a good sense of humor. Prefer to look at the positive side of things and not dwell on the negative. Solutions not problems. But willing to help talk it out with you if that's what you need.

I am a good listener and a secret hider, because I always forget what other people shares to me… so perhaps if you have hard feelings or problems I’m the best person you could share to. My attentive listening and talent in showing empathy to other is my secret why my friends choose me as their outlet.

I can be shy when I first meet someone but usually open up quickly when comfortable. I tend to trust people up front and do not require people to earn my trust. I am strong minded and don't always do what I am told to do. Especially when I know I am right.

I am blithe and a liberated chap, however I still have my curbs and limits. I know what is fine and horrendous for me.

I sob. It’s alright for men to be in tuned with the emotions. I believe that expressing what I feel would not make me less of a man. Men are human too.

I am physically observant with others. I walk with a positive air. No angst. No complaints.

I am tried to do stupid and shitty stuff before out of inquisitiveness.

I am absolutely volatile.

I don’t like airhead people; they should look at themselves first in the mirror.
I hate people who discriminate others just because they are very different from others, I hate people who laughs at someone’s imperfections as if they are perfect.

I seek for constant self-improvement and would want more time to fulfill my dreams.
Finally, I make sure that I keep my feet firmly planted on the ground.

I am blessed to have friends and meet people whose beliefs, principles, and outlook runs an erratic line. The colorful personalities and varying egos is quite helpful in drawing a rough opinion as to how they simply under or overestimate each other. I am looking for someone who can keep me interested at all times, som1 who can make me laugh. I am looking 4 meeting real people rather than endless yak. I’d rather have millions of “True” friends than having a best friend.

That’s All, thank you for reading.

LIfe After Graduation

We’ve always been hearing about culture shock, very common huh? But here’s a condition I would like to introduce to you; “REALITY SHOCK”, that’s the feeling after Graduation.

When I was student I am always in hurry and wishing that Graduation day will come. Because I’m too tired of cocktail of pressure and stressors, hectic schedule, home work, term paper, research papers, reaction papers, endless exams, and even terror instructors.

As my graduation day comes, I started feeling the excitement of going away from those things which I thought obstacles in my happiness and vises, sometimes considered to be barriers in making friends.

Then the Graduation already came, everybody’s so excited and proud because finally I completed this chapter of my life. However, on the other side it’s sad because it’s time to say goodbye to my friends, my instructors, and my DAILY ALLOWANCE. Everybody’s Celebrating, some even sell their cows, part of their lands, and loaned for the sake of celebration.

The hard fact after graduation aside from loss of Allowance is that, it’s like entering again another chapter of Life; do we really believe that Graduation is the END, or should we believe that it is a NEW BEGGINNING? First weeks after graduation are Happy, because we’re feeling the relief from our demanding instructors, endless exams and paper works.

But here’s the so called REALITY SHOCK, where new problems arise, aside from loosing our daily allowance, doesn’t know which way to go and where to start, new and bigger responsibilities, and new commitments. It’s like being in a crossroad not knowing where to go.

At first we always think of, “How I wish I was still a student” or “How I wish I studied harder and enjoyed my Student Life”. Because as time goes by you’ll be missing those you’ve hated when you were a student that you can’t do anymore, homeworks, research papers, hearing your instructor’s sermons, and your parent’s complaints of having hard time looking for solution on how to find extra money for your tuition fee or should I say “KUPIT”?.

Students think that post graduate life is cool and so relaxing. But the fact is that as we go out of our classrooms, we’ll see a bigger world. New wrinkle magnets arise, bosses who are more demanding than our Instructors, from asking allowance from our parents to paying house bills and helping other sibling to study, and many more.

Our parent’s lines “wake up you’re late for school” is being replaced with “wake up, you’re late for work”, the rusted line “how will we pay your Big Tuition Fee” has been replaced with “Hurry up! Find a Job, and you should be responsible for paying our bills now”, but the worst scenario is “Go and find someone to marry and leave this house”.

It’s like a matter of life and death; you have to learn some strategies to overcome this new web of obstacles, convince your self that everyone started from crap, learn some patience enhancing techniques, throw that pride of and consider you self like a first grader, starting again from crap, with great visions that someday you’ll be successful.

Convince your self that you could be richer than Bill Gates, more powerful than Ophra, it’s not a problem, and everyone has a chance. Bill Gates started from stealing a single modem from their science building that inflated millions of computers. Every dream is possible for those who know how to work for it. But here’s another reality, there’s always an exception, like dreaming to be as beautiful and Sexy as Angel Locsin, as Handsome as Aga Mulach, or as cute and adorable as Jairus Aquino, unless you are too blessed. But such dream is no longer considered a dream but an illusion, fantasy, and even sign of delirium.

- Written by: Leonard John D. Caoile

Feature Song of the Month

Numb lyrics

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

[Chorus]
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

And I knowI may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to doIs be more like me and be less like you

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
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This Song is Dedicated to someone....

Facts about ANAKBAYAN

ANAKBAYAN - Comprehensive National Democratic Organization of the Filipino Youth

What is ANAKBAYAN?

ANAKBAYAN is the most comprehensive national democratic organization of the Filipino Youth. It seeks to unite young workers, peasants, fisherfolk, students, professionals, out-of-school youth, young women, gays, lesbians, Christians, Moros, atheists, indigeneous peoples, and OFWs, to advance the cause of national democracy. It was founded on the 30th of November 1998, in Tondo, by dozens of youth organizations all over the country. As of present, it now has 40,000 members nationwide, with chapters in Honolulu, New York-New Jersey, and Seattle, U.S.A. It is a member of the Asian Students Association and BAYAN (Bagong Alyansang Makabayan).

What is National Democracy?

It is the recognition that our society is dominated by the interests of foreigners and a powerful few, and that the problems of our society stem from such an arrangement. Therefore, ANAKBAYAN struggles for a society that is truly free and democratic.

Who can join ANAKBAYAN?

ANAKBAYAN is open to all Filipinos from 13 to 35 years of age. Applicants below 13 or above 35 may be accepted as honorary members. The basic organizational unit is the "Balangay", and can be established wherever there is a concentration of youths: schools, factories, farms, villages, urban poor communities, etc. The Balangay is composed of at least 11 members. If there are less members in a certain area than the required minimum, a COC (Chapter Organizing Committee) may be established until there are at least 11 members in that COC.

ANAKBAYAN's program can be summarized in the acronym TLEKS

• Trabaho - Jobs with Decent Wages and Working Conditions for Everyone
• Lupa - Land Reform to enable peasants to own the land they work on
• Edukasyon - An Educational System which guarantees that everyone can go to school, regardless if they are poor
• Karapatang Sibil at Politikal - respect for such rights as freedom of speech and self-expression
• Serbisyong Panlipunan - sufficient gov't budget for social services such as health and housing

DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON PETITION

Philippine Prof. Jose Maria Sison is living in the Netherlands as a recognized political refugee under the protection of the Refugee Convention and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

Prof. Sison is the chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in peace negotiations with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). These negotiations have been facilitated by the Norwegian, Dutch and Belgian governments.

On 9 August 2002, the US State Department listed the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People's Army (NPA) as "foreign terrorist organizations," encouraging other governments "to take action to isolate these terrorist organizations, to choke off their sources of financial support, and to prevent their movement across international borders." Since 12 August 2002, the US Treasury Department has listed Jose Maria Sison as a "terrorist" whose assets must be frozen.

Subsequently, the Dutch government has followed the bidding of the US by issuing the "Sanctions ruling on terrorism 2002 III" on 13 August 2002, criminalizing Jose Maria Sison as a "terrorist" without benefit of due process and subjecting him to punishment such as:

• The freezing of his Postbank current account through which he receives social welfare payment to pay his bills.
• The removal of all state subsidies for food, housing, health insurance and other basic necessities under a directive dated 10 September 2002 from the social welfare agency of Utrecht's municipal government.

We, the undersigned, vow to help defend the rights of Prof. Jose Maria Sison.

We demand from the Dutch authorities:

• the full respect for the protection of Jose Maria Sison as a recognized refugee under the relevant international conventions
• the grant of his residence permit in the Netherlands
• the immediate de-listing of his name and the unconditional and complete withdrawal of the "Sanctieregeling terrorisme 2002 III"
• the immediate, unconditional and complete restoration of all the social benefits to which he is entitled as a political refugee (monthly allowance, insurance and housing benefits)
• the refusal of any possible demand for his extradition.
  

Send this petition to:

Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende

Binnenhop 20Postbus 200012500

EA The Hague Tel +31 70 356 41 00

Fax +31 70 356 46 83

Mr. J.G. de Hoop Scheffer

Minister of External Relations

Bezuidenhoutseweg 67

Postbus 20061

Activists call on CHED to impose moratorium on tuition hikes

MANILA, Philippines - Activist group Anakbayan trooped to the Commision on Higher Education on Thursday to demand an immediate moratorium on tuition increases, in light of the continuous increases in the prices of basic commodities.

The youth group claimed that "a moratorium (on tuition increases) is imperative now more than ever with the skyrocketting of oil, food, and electricity prices."

Anakbayan expressed fears that tuition hikes will only increase the number of out-of-school youth.

"With the prices of basic commodities and services continuously rising, the Filipino family is left no choice but to minimize spending on the educational needs of their children," said Anakbayan spokesperson Ken Ramos.

Ramos criticized CHED for its "ineptitude in controlling the rising cost of tertiary education."

"For the past years, the CHED has remained a mere observer as both private and state universities have increased their tuition by as much as 100%," said Ramos.

The University of the Philippines is now charging freshmen with a P1,000 per unit tuition, while the Philippine Normal University increased its tuition from P50 to P100 per unit.The Polytechnic University of the Philippines is collecting a new "developmental fee" amounting to P250 per student.

Private tertiary schools have also applied for tuition increases. The University of Santo Tomas has set a 7% increase. In Western Visayas, around 33 schools have been reported to hike their tuition, some by as much as 15%.

At least 19 private colleges and universities in Cebu City plan to increase tuition by 5 percent to 16 percent when classes resume in June.

Anakbayan challenged CHED Chairman Romulo Neri to intervene in this situation of crisis, and implement a moratorium on all tuition increases in tertiary schools.

Black Banket

Why do we have to repent after committing mistakes? Because we are humans and are prone to commit mistakes. But mere repenting is not enough. We should learn from our mistakes and try not to repeat them. Some believes that saying sorry is a sign of weakness and strong people are those who can accept their mistakes, laugh from them, and learn from It. But the fact is, each individual have their own way on how to respond from their own mistakes, such phenomenon is normal, but due to individual differences caused by different environment they are living from, no any individual reacts the same way on a same situation. But hey dude wait, what are you doing, why are you acting that way? Everybody’s trying to wake you up, trying to show you that you’re doing something wrong, stand up from that bed and show the real you!

Yes! It is not really your beyond your consent to do such immature acts, because you know to yourself that you love them, all you need is a someone to understand you and give some attention, from a n old friend that you’ve been yearning to have, now that they’re with you, until when will you hide from that blanket of jealousy, discontentment, anger, suspicion, selfishness, and confusion. Wake up dude, someone is offering his hands and help you stand up from that bed of fire.

Is it certainly a sign that your no the real you? Or you really changed? Or it’s because you became blind because of all the pain you are manifesting, resulting to the acts you are doing which is really intended to wake them up, but rather turned into a piece of match stick that caused a flame.

Perhaps this phenomenon is caused by a single person, but why? Why do you have to knot it up to everybody? Like a tiny little kid that didn’t have his piece of chocolate and got annoyed and throw his toys away and broke them. Because of too much emotion you acted ridiculous, wacky, illogical, and soo immature. Was there any single time you asked yourself, what have I done wrong? Am I really off-centered, why do everybody seems like all of them doesn’t understand my side?

Why not try facing the mirror and reassess yourself? Probably, they have caused a lot of pain or disappointment to you, but will you let that pride obliterate all the good things you’ve started? The real you that they’ve known for two years, well you let it be buried under that black outfit, when will you through that tight dark cloth that is binding you that might kill you.

Wake up dude, it’s not yet over, maybe there’s still a chance, come on get to your feet, remove that black blanket around you, and fight for your friends. There’s nothing to worry about, It is just but human to commit mistakes, from these mistakes we learn. Give up your best to reconstruct all the buildings you’ve destroyed. You know that that’s not YOU; you were just covered by a black blanket you used when you were cold.

- written by: Leonard John D. Caoile, R.N.

Your Song Presents; I’ll Take Care of You

There’s no one simple answer to the question that is often asked, “Should I stay in my marriage, even though I’m unhappy, or should I leave?” It’s impossible to give a “one size fits all” response because every marriage is different.

In you song Presents I'll Take Care of you, Chinney (Wendy Valdez), Miguel's (Zanjoe Marudo) demanding wife, 2 couples who lives and got trapped in a web of discontentment, treachery and obsession.

Miguel (Zanjoe Marudo) and Ria (angelica Panganiban)

Because of dissatisfaction with their spouses, Miguel (Zanjoe Marudo) and Ria (Angelica Panganiban) will be pushed to cross paths. It started as friendship, conversely turned into something more meaningful to each day that they're together. how can it be so wrong to fall in love to another while you're in the sacrament of marriage when it feels so right?

What will be the role of Harvie (Jairus Aquino), Miguel and Chinney's cute, sweet, and very adorable child? What will be the effect of this phenomena to Harvie? Will Harvie play a big role in reconstructing his parent's marriage, or pay and suffer from their immature acts?

Let's find out, this June, discover the secrets behind their tangled relationships in Your Song Presents: I’ll Take Care of You by Richard Poon, directed by Trina Dayrit.

- written by, Leonard John D. Caoile, R.N. of Jairus Alliance