Bettytlopez

DI NA NATUTO

March 1, 2006

This is my (Dis) passionate letter to  Twinkle Delos Reyes, an Ateneo Student who wrote in the Inquirer (March 1,2006 issue about the state of Philippine affairs)H

Huwag kang mag-yehey dahil walang pasok (Inquirer Article dated March 1,2006)

First posted 08:53pm (Mla time) Feb 28, 2006
By Erica Clariz C. de los Reyes
Inquirer

  Dear  Twinkle:

I read ur piece in the newspaper. That was exactly what happened when I was a student in UP in 1978 and also way back in 1969 when my cousins were trying to oust Marcos from Malacanang. It happened again during the time of Estrada and now Gloria. It is a never ending cycle my child.

That was almost thirty years ago and I am here in Singapore for the last 6 years with my family. The headline yesterday of Straits Times(The SIngapore Daily Newspaper) was about whether the government should ask school bus operators to furnish seat belts in the school buses to provide safety to school children while the Headline in Manila newspapers is about the coup and the State of Emergency.
I was just wondering when can we Filipinos attain the peace and stability that is existing in countries like Singapore. The people in Singapore are not contented with their daily lives(who is) but at least when they sleep at night there are no brown outs, no traffic and no coups that will disrupt daily lives of people.
I guess we Filipinos have to feel and  think deep in our hearts how we can stop all these bickering.We are just punishing ourselves and no one else. If we dont stop this continuous power struggle and start cooperating with each other and with the government we will go down in the dumps. India is a poor country but look where it is heading now. There is no government interference in industries and there is no power struggle. Also look at China.
Gumising na tayo, or you  will end up like us…looking for our fortunes/toiling in other countries because suko na kaming makipag laban. Ang matitira na lang sa Pinas in the future yung mga politico, nag aambisyong magpulitiko, kabit ng mga politico, mga artista (o may ambisyong magartista) at mga taong walang wala parang umalis ng bansa at siyanga pala ang mga abogado at mga sundalo.
Kelan kayo tayo matututo. Ikaw you are still young and young minds can shape the future. My best regards to you.
Betty T. Lopez
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MY BLESSING-MY HUSBAND

Some people are blessed with riches, beauty and others, but me I am blessed with the most important person in the world-my husband. I never knew that marriage can be this good.

I met my husband at work and actually I had a hard time thinking about marrying him that is why I asked God’s guidance (for the first time in my life). I clearly remember that the stars(in the sky) where all out that night and the Miraculous Black Blessed Virgin was at the chapel near our workplace. I went to mass just to see the Virgin and ask her for guidance. I actually have decided to just keep him(my husband) away but for the last time I asked God for a sign if he was really meant for me. (I remember several friends were saying –ask for a white rose or anything as a sign from God ) After that I felt so sad because I was thinking what if there was no sign. Lo and Behold after I came out from the chapel, he was the first person I saw smiling at me. That clinched it-mabigat ang matchmaker -si Mama Mary.

Everyday, my husband has brought me joy. Of course sometimes, there are also some quarrels but it never brought me heart pains in fact oftentimes  I completely forgot what we quarelled about. He has given me more than what I have given him back and he never complains,altho sometimes he does about work not about our life. We are continuously blessed by our two healthy boys(maski na hindi sila kasing tatalino ng mga magulang).

 About two weeks ago my husband was scratching his hand (a sign daw that money is coming)and asking me if he should bet  system 12(playing lotto with 12 numbers and if u get 6 numbers right u win) at the Hongbao(New Year) draw, I jokingly told him I dont want to win the Lotto kasi happy na ako. Actually u know he got all 6 numbers right except that he didnt bet on the system 12.But he still won. If he did bet on system 12 sana milyonaryo na kami. Well anyway, lucky in Love naman siya eh(at ako pala ,he ,he he).

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