Ano ba ito?

Shiela sent this to me the other day.Any Filipino would feel bad about what she has to say even if it's just a show.So for those who have not read about it..read on...


Dear Kababayan and Allies:

I heard through the grapevine about a remark made on an episode of
"Desperate Housewives" last night. The scene entailed Teri Hatcher's
character (Susan) at a hospital, being told by her gynecologist that
she might be hitting menopause. Susan replied, "Can I just check those
diplomas because I just want to make sure that they are not from some
med school in the Philippines." If you go to abc.com, you can watch the
full episode and witness the scene at about 18:50 minutes into the
episode.

This type of derogatory remark is not only unnecessary and hurtful,
but is also unfounded, considering the presence of Filipinos and
Filipino Americans in the health care industry. Filipinos are the
second largest immigrant population in the United States, with many
entering the U.S. and passing their U.S. licensing boards as doctors,
nurses, and medical technicians. In fact, the Philippines produces
more U.S. nurses than any other country in the world. So, to belittle
the education, experience, or value of Filipino Americans in health
care is disrespectful and plain and simply ignorant.

As Filipino Americans, we need to band together to ensure that this
type of hateful message is not allowed to continue on our television
and radio airwaves. Given the recent amounts of media attention that
has been given to Michael Richards (against African Americans), Isaiah
Washington (against gays), and Rosie O'Donnell (against Asian/ Chinese
Americans), it is ridiculous that this type of hateful speech made it
through various screenwriters, the show's producers, the show's
actors, and ABC itself. Yet, this isn't the first time that negative
remarks have been made about the Philippines or Filipinos in the past.
In recent years, we've heard one too many "dogeater" comments by
"comedian" Joan Rivers on the red carpet or in her standup act, and I
believe that it is about time that we stand up for ourselves, so that
this type of hateful speech never happens again.

Please join me in expressing your concern, disappointment, and/or
disgust to the producers of ABC.com. You can sign the petition at
http://www.petitiononline.com/FilABC/ or you can reach them directly
abc7@abc.com.

And please feel free to forward this widely to other Filipinos/
Filipino Americans/ Asian Americans/ and other allies.

DO IT ANYWAY

This is a poem I read from a book my Gynecologist gave me when I had Vanessa.The book is called HEART OF A MOTHER.It contains collection of poetry,stories,quotes and thoughts about human being,mothers,men and women.


People are often unreasonable,illogical and self centered,
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind,people may accuse you of selfish,ulterior motives
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies,
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,people may cheat you;
Be frank and honest anyway.
What you spend year building,someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you got anyway.
You see,in the final analysis,it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway!

How it all begun

Most of the girls in the group had been my friend for a year or two.Jayne, Rose and Kaye are the first on my list.Came Lynn,Genevieve,Jonah.I met Shiela, Archilda and Nancy on friendster.I should say that friendster will always be a good part of our lives.It is where we first saw each other and have a bit of an idea about each others lives.

Days before the 4th of July, Joel wanted me to call Jonah for a get together at Mother's Beach perhaps sail if Brant would like to.I thought why dont I invite Jayne, Lynn, Rose and Genevieve and I ended up thinking maybe I should also invite the girls who I met on friendster?This will be a great time for us to finally meet each other and introduce our husbands too.I sent all of them a message about the plan and they we're all ecstatic about it.We then decided to have a pot luck.Everybody brought something to eat mostly filipino food .Joel went on with his plan about the sailing.It was the first time for a lot of the girls,sail at the Long Beach Peninsula.For those who have babies,it also was a great time to meet each one of them.We all had a great time!

The day ended very fast.We all still wanted to take more pictures,eat more filipino food or get to know more of the new friends we met.I was sure more get together will come along our way.