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Author: jakewoodblog
Senior High School Student. Journalist. TV/Radio Broadcaster. Knows how to act, sing and dance. Resilient. Family-oriented. Mindanao-an. Camiguingnon. My personality is something that does not change which makes me unique and special. As for me, I am a responsible and sympathetic person, however, I am a goal-centered person.
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The New Year is a time when many make resolutions. It is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous. This 2017, I am looking forward for effective ways of changing my life for the better and that change must start from ourselves.
On January 1st, I desire to better myself as a person and improve my life like most people do. I need to stop myself for being lazy because this is the biggest barrier that keeps most people from reaching their goals. I need to put in a lot of effort to change this bad habit. I need to improve my concentration and meet new people because when we get stuck in a rut, we will be missing out on a lot of interesting opportunities for having fun. I need to become more confident and take some chances. Having a good dose of self-confidence will help us lead a much happier life overall. Don’t hesitate to get some input on ways to boost your confidence. This 2017, I also need to reduce my stress because this is the biggest killers of life, and it can have a very destructive effect on your relationships, as well as your health. Eat fewer calories that’s my goal this year, there are many reasons why most of us should set a resolution of eating fewer calories. The most obvious reason is to lose weight. After all, carrying excess weight puts us at a greater risk of a whole range of serious health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. With all of the contradictory information out there on what to eat, sometimes it’s hard to decide what to do when you want to lose weight. I try to keep things simple. When I want to lose weight, I just eat less. I recommend you do the same. If you gained weight in 2016, resolve to eat smaller portions in 2017 at the same time I need to maintain the positivity of myself and the attitudes that I have that made me succeed in some ways and my trust towards God should also progress and the way I worship him.
It is usual for one to improve oneself and one’s life. However, it is noteworthy when one really tries to do it and it is exceptional when someone actually accomplishes it. This exercise, one gains, not only the betterment, but also an overall positive feeling of self empowerment and satisfaction. As a further bonus, one may have some fun while getting there. In order to achieve these things I need to become more responsible and patient. I need to act not just talk and also believe that you can. Make Things Happen!
The topic on “Women Empowerment” is a burning issue all over the world. “Women empowerment” and “women equality with men” is a universal issue.
A woman living in the 21st century, what does it mean to live an empowered life? This article will give a guide for the key areas to have a positive practices to support living an empowered life.
To empower is to give power and authority to someone. A women must first work on empowering itself.
Why is it important to be an empowered woman? Women must intentionally set out to first act on their behalf – giving full power and authority to improve their life, and live dreams – because they know what is best.
To feel empowered begins with having a positive partnership with the self, but also include the relationship we have with others. Living a truly empowered life is creating experiences that improves the quality of life for ourselves – to have full opportunity to go after what we want – and offer the same for others.
It is our responsibility to affirm and create opportunities to give a voice to what is within us – our character, gifts, talents, ideas, and dreams – as well as help others have the same.We must empower ourselves in all areas of our life – in the home, workplace, community and society.
To women, they must be especially motivated to empower other women and girls.
In Brief, The 7 Key Areas To Be An Empowered Woman:
1. Empower your Mind – Be diligent with what you internalize and mentally focus.
2. Empower your Spirit – Be strong in character and manage emotions.
3. Empower your Body – Be caring for your physical being, both inside and out.
4. Empower your Dreams – Be definite in what you want and take action to create.
5. Empower your Relationships – Be genuine and loving in your connections with others.
6. Empower your Impact – Be effective for other people and communities.
7. Empower your Finances – Be deliberate with managing money.
Choose to actively work in these key areas to tap into your power within, and willingly do the same for other women.
In Detail, The 7 Key Areas To Be An Empowered Woman:
Empower your mind by engaging in lifelong learning. Continue to learn well after you’ve completed your formal education.
Practice: Read books, listen to podcasts, read articles, listen to credible news stations (e.g. National Public Radio ), and learn by doing.
Empower your spirit by building character traits that you are proud of. Enhance your self-esteem and confidence.
Practice: Be present and attuned to what’s happening within. Engage in activities that foster a deeper spiritual relationship with yourself and your Higher Power.
Empower your body to create positive health starting from within – what you consume – and how you treat your physical being. Create an all-encompassing healthy lifestyle.
Practice: Engage in self-care activities that offer care, love and appreciation for the one body you have.
Empower your dreams by defining clear goals and actively work on creating them. Cultivate skills and abilities.
Practice: Create S.M.A.R.T. goals that are truly your own desires, and become an expert in something you are passionate about.
Empower your relationships by building positive social networks of people who will be available during the good and challenging times, and be the same for others.
Practice: First, give to others what you want from them. Have 3 close friends you can rely on, and be a positive support for at least 3 people.
Empower your impact by engaging in actions that supports living a greater purpose for than just your own needs – do for the greater good of many.
Practice: Be a leader in creating positive change through volunteering your time and money to make a difference in someone’s life and the community.
Empower your finances by learning about money, and how to use it wisely. Use money effectively to further support living a fulfilling life.
Practice: Identify negative limiting beliefs holding you back from acquiring or keeping money, and create a strong financial foundation to have it for the present and future needs.
“I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.” ―Maya Angelou
Ikaw ang pangulo para sa pagbabago… Sawa na ang bayan ko sa magnanakaw na tao.”
(You are the president for change… My country is tired of people who steal.)
These are the first lines of folk musician Freddie Aguilar’s song for President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. It plays inside Duterte’s pick-up truck one night in Davao City after one of his post-elections late-night press conferences.
The campaign season, the time when this song could be heard everywhere, is over. Duterte has won the presidential elections by a landslide with 16.6 million votes, the first such victory for a Mindanaoan.
But Duterte can’t seem to let this song go. A few days later, he plays it again in the middle of another press briefing. He asks for silence. What are his marching orders for his Cabinet? Just listen to this song, he says.
As it plays, Duterte, alone in the table in front, rests his head upon his hands.
To hear this song is to be transported back to his Miting de Avance in Luneta on May 7.
That night, some 600,000 people filled the park. A giant flag was passed around as Duterte clutched a smaller flag to his chest and, with tears in his eyes, declared, “It will be only one Filipino nation.”
To hear this song is to be reminded that Duterte has become a symbol.
To his supporters, he is the catalyst for change. He is the anger vote against the supposedly blundering Aquino administration. He holds the torch for Mindanao and Visayas against “imperial Manila.” He is the strong leader with a soft heart. He is the ordinary man against the oligarchs, the crime-fighter, the benevolent dictator, the savior.
Supporters of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte react during the ‘miting de avance’ in Manila, Philippines, May 7, 2016. Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA
The adoration of his supporters is matched only by the revulsion of his critics. To them, he is a threat to democracy, a sexist punk, a man for whom nothing is holy. He is the cold-blooded murderer whose respect for human rights is a self-admitted cop-out. He is a symbol, not so much of hope, as of despair, the vote of people so jaded they can no longer tell good change from bad.
Duterte is about to take on an even more symbolic role. On June 30, his oath-taking as the 16th president of the Philippines will make him the father of the country, the first Mindanaoan president, the man at the helm of a nation leaving behind “Daang Matuwid” territory.
But symbols don’t lead countries. Fallible men do. Duterte is every inch as flawed as the next man, as he so often reminds us.
So who is this man they call Rody Duterte?
A map of how all regions in the country voted last May 9 shows Duterte won in most of Mindanao and in major regions in the Visayas like Cebu (53% of all votes) and Bohol (49.5%).
Anyone who followed him around as he campaigned in these regions won’t be surprised by this turn-out.
Duterte bewitched these regions with his naughty humor, infectious anger, irresistible promise of “true” change, and most importantly, the durable roots that tie him to their people.
Duterte branded himself as the Bisaya and the Mindanaoan rolled into one and he could do this credibly because of his parents.
THE DUTERTES. A young Rody Duterte (second from left) poses for a photo with his parents and siblings. Photo from Davao City government
His father Vicente comes from Danao, Cebu, and his mother Soledad is a Maranao born in Agusan del Norte.
Representative of millions of Filipinos, the Duterte family were migrants. Vicente moved his family from Cebu to Southern Leyte before finally settling in Davao.
Rody himself was born in Maasin, Southern Leyte and stayed there until he was around 6 years old. He still recalls the smell of copra roasting in the sun as he and his friends passed by fields aboard open-air trucks.
Aside from bequeathing Rody with multi-rootedness, his parents gave him his first experience of politics and public service.
When the Cebuano Vicente decided to run for governor of the undivided Davao, he gave his 18-year-old son Rody the task of accompanying him during his campaign sorties all over the province.
Rody took his first step in the campaign trail, going from barangay to barangay talking to people from all walks of life.
“He was talking to the barangays already at the time. It was his job to deliver whatever it is, or anything that has to do with the elections,” said Jocellyn Duterte, Rody’s youngest sister who was another of their father’s campaign companions.
Vicente’s succeeding terms as governor increased Rody’s exposure to public service and the life of a politician.
Those days, the Duterte home on Talisay Street was an “open house,” shared Jocellyn. She remembers waking up in the morning to see long lines of people at the front door waiting to speak to her father.
“They would be asking for a job or money to help bury a dead relative. Those days, we were face to face with the masses,” she said.
“Can you embrace the poor and the sick?” This question, Duterte claims, has guided him throughout his life in politics.
These long lines of people would be replicated decades later in the lines that form every night outside Duterte’s own office in Davao City Hall where he personally listened to concerns of the supplicants – from excessive electric bills to cases of domestic violence.
Duterte admitted during one episode of his weekend television show, Gikan sa Mara, Para sa Masa, that his father, upon hearing his son considering a career in politics, posed a question to him: “Can you embrace the poor and the sick?”
This question, Duterte claims, has guided him throughout his life in politics.
Lilian Abella, the next-door neighbor of the Dutertes when they first settled in Davao City, described Vicente as a “very good and humble man” who was known for being pro-poor.
Lilian, a year younger than Rody, saw glimpses of the governor in his eldest son.
She remembers the teenage Duterte as the helpful son of their influential neighbors.
As she would pass by their house on her way back home from school, he would be seated in the driveway, smoking a cigarette beside his jeep.
Then a high school student at an exclusive girl’s school, Lilian would bow her head and hide her face behind her hair, knowing Rody to be something of a bad boy.
But inevitably, Rody would call out to her, “Day, day, day!” to which she would reply, “What is it?”
“Your mother is not home. I brought her to the hospital,” he would say, before taking another drag from his cigarette.
That was around the time Lilian’s mother started having heart problems. From then on, it was always Rody who would bring her to the hospital using his trusty jeep.
But if Rody’s populist leadership style and soft heart for the masses came from his father, his fighting spirit came from his mother Soledad or “Nanay Soleng,” said Lilian.
“Nanay Soleng was the one who really molded Rody to be the feisty character that he is now, a go-getter,” said Abella.
One of the foremost women activists and philanthropists in Davao City at the time, Soledad was the type of woman you dare not cross.
Rody, one of the few who did dare, was often the object of her ire. Infractions like coming home past his curfew or playing tricks on his siblings would land him in front of the family crucifix, staring at Jesus for hours with his arms spread out, or kneeling on monggo (mung bean) seeds.
Their strong personalities boomeranging off one another would eventually give Rody the kind of character that would make him a bull-headed leader.
“In the mayor’s character, you will see the toughness of the mother,” said Jocellyn.
If Rody’s populist leadership style and soft heart for the masses came from his father Vicente, his fighting spirit came from his mother Soledad.
Rody’s intractability was why telecommunication companies had to give in to his demand for a 911 emergency hotline for Davao City. With threats and the strength of his personality, he forced a landgrabber to chew and swallow dubious land ownership documents on national television.
Duterte is an impatient man who wants high-impact results. As such, City Hall staff know that, with him, everything is urgent.
His determination to get what he wants extends to matters of the heart.
One story he likes to tell his children is how he courted his ex-wife, Elizabeth Zimmerman. He saw her at a public market and was impressed to see a beautiful mestiza in such a setting. The besotted Duterte followed her home only to encounter the fierce family guard dog at the gate.
Determined not to miss this chance to talk to Elizabeth, Duterte allegedly poisoned the guard dog.
In Duterte’s toughness and single-mindedness, many voters saw hope for a more disciplined citizenry and perhaps a leader with the grit to truly turn things around.
“I will do it, pero putang-ina sumunod kayo (but, mother fucker, you better follow)” he would say in his campaign speeches after raising a clenched fist.
This do-it-or-die attitude is what citizens are now counting on to fix such deep-seated problems as crime, drugs, corruption, poverty, and Metro Manila traffic.
It’s not far-fetched to say Duterte’s unconventionality won him the seat in Malacañang.
Filipino voters love to be refreshed by the new and different, just as much as they easily tire of a mold.
Duterte is as out-of-the-box as one can be, at least, on the surface.
The fact that such a man has won the presidency challenges Filipinos’ definition of a politician and renders the already colorful national political scene in unheard-of hues.
SPEAKING HIS MIND. Rody Duterte speaks to supporters during a campaign concert in Quezon City on April 12 when he makes the controversial comment on rape. Photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappler
Even his presidential campaign was “unorthodox,” spending relatively small amounts on television and radio advertisements, but going all-out on social media, thanks to his army of online supporters.
As president-elect, he continued to lengthen his string of firsts by not attending his own proclamation and by holding his inauguration separate from that of Vice President Leni Robredo.
Duterte doesn’t only like to do things his way, he loves to defy all definitions.
At one point in his life, he was known as the “governor’s son.”
But far from being the prim and proper scion, Rody was a rebel who got into fights and took 7 years to finish high school.
Jesus Dureza, Duterte’s high school friend and now incoming peace process adviser, remembers a teenage Rody who loved to intervene when there was trouble.
At the Holy Cross Academy of Digos where the two met (after Duterte was expelled from Ateneo de Davao High School), there would always be a “rambulan” (fist fight) in the evenings.
“Nakikialam ‘yun ‘pag may nanggugulo. Sa gabi, lalabas siya, hanapin niya kung sino nanggulo kagabi at aawayin niya then uwi lang siya,” said Dureza.
(He would interfere when there was someone looking for a fight. At night, he would come out and look for whoever was picking a fight, then he would fight them then go home.)
Duterte doesn’t only like to do things his way, he loves to defy all definitions.
Jocellyn called her older brother “astig.” When they were teenagers, he would barge in on parties she was attending with his bodyguards in tow and demand loudly that she go home.
“Saan na ‘yung kapatid ko? Pinapauwi na ng tatay ko!” Jocellyn remembers the young Duterte shouting. (Where is my sister? My dad wants her to go home!)
The music would stop and the party would be disrupted. Jocellyn and Rody would spend the entire car-ride home fighting.
Duterte loved to do the extraordinary and unexpected.
Dureza recalled how Duterte would fly a light plane over the school parade ground while the school band was playing to show off his newly-minted pilot skills.
Those days, Duterte was smitten with a pretty canteen vendor named Pilang. Whenever he would come over to her stall to buy a Coke, he would try to grab her from behind the counter. Pilang always managed to move beyond his reach.
One Saturday, he again flew his plane over the school and even made it dive a few times.
After landing, he came over to Pilang and said in Bisaya, “If you don’t give me an answer, next Saturday I’ll be here again. I’ll make my plane dive but I’ll make it crash so we both die.”
Until now, that rebellious governor’s son continues to stretch confines and challenge expectations.
He’s a Leftist but with strongman tendencies. He’s a sexist but a mayor who has implemented some of the best pro-women policies in local government. He’s a professed stickler for the law but has advocated mass murder (though he’ll say, it was just a joke). He was Mindanao’s first choice for president, but he was Metro Manila’s first choice as well.
Davao City’s champion
But beneath that bombastic personality is a consummate politician.
Duterte has been a public official for over 20 years and he has not lost a single election in his life. He didn’t achieve that simply by being shocking (although it helped).
His first foray into public service was as a city prosecutor in the 1980s.
Retired police general Rodolfo “Boogie” Mendoza Jr, who was a lieutenant assigned in Davao in the 1970s to 1990s, described Duterte then as a “smart-ass” who “appeared to be very sure of himself.”
In 1986, after the fall of the Marcos dictatorship, Duterte was appointed officer-in-charge vice-mayor by President Corazon Aquino.
The first-time local government executive was fond of visiting all the barangays, casually chatting with residents and grabbing a snack with barangay officials, much like he used to do when he was his father’s campaign substitute.
Veteran photojournalist Rene Lumawag first met Duterte when he was vice-mayor. The politician struck the photographer as just “an ordinary person.”
“At first, you didn’t see the iron fist. I thought he was just a traditional politician,” Lumawag told Rappler.
Veteran local journalist Vic Sumalinog thinks it was Duterte’s people skills that got him elected as mayor for the first time in 1988. His familiarity with the locals and his easy-going personality gave him the edge over his opponent Zafiro Respicio.
DAVAO’S MAN. Rodrigo Duterte takes his oath as Davao City mayor on the steps of Davao City Hall. Photo from Davao City government
Duterte’s 1988 victory as Davao City mayor would soon put to test all his cunning and people skills.
For Davao then was a no-man’s land. Communists, citizen armies, police, and military were fighting to the death in its streets. Older Davaoeños remember a time when they were too scared to leave their homes. Some were forced to migrate to other cities.
Hi, my name is Jake Paguican Cahoy generally, it’s WOOD and I am currently in grade 11. I have been at Camiguin National High School for 5 years; hoping that I will thoroughly enjoy myself here in WordPress. My school is great, the people are fantastic and the atmosphere is one that makes you actually want to go to school. I was born and raised in the beautiful and majestic province of Camiguin and grew up as a loving, competitive and a responsible son of Mr. and Mrs. Jaime Clavano Cahoy and Flora Olaivar Paguican.
I am an interesting, fun loving guy with a good sense of humor. One thing about me that is important to know though is that at first I come of as a very shy individualistic guy but once I get to know people and are comfortable with my environment I am great. It is hard for me to make friends but once I make them, it’s great and I am all different. I joke, laugh and humor people and I also get as much as I give. I am a very kind, compassionate, sensitive guy as my close friends will tell you. I have a tough shell but on the inside I am soft. I am also a very principled person and stand strong on what is right and wrong. I understand and know that we all put on a show sometimes and do not show who we really are or what we feel but some people do this constantly and those kinds of people I cannot stand. I am a person who do what I am supposed to do. As now, I am a student in school, therefore I do my homework every single day and study for what I have learned at home. I also pay attention in class most of the time as well. Besides that, I organize my work as well. At home, I am a child, so I respect my parents and help them to do house works, such as doing laundries and washing dishes. I clean my room once a week as well because that is my responsibility as being a child. I also help out friends and classmates when they need help. I give out advices and suggestions to them when they need support and help as well. Generally, I can say that I am a responsible person who does my duties.
Besides being a responsible person, I am also a person who is sympathetic. I have been a sympathetic person when I was really young. For example, when I walk on the street and saw some handicapped people or vagrants, I would help them by giving them food that I have or whatever things that I can do for them to have a better living. When I see animals without a home, I feel sorry for them and I might give some food for them to eat. I feel sympathetic to many people in the world and therefore I do something to help them have a better living. Another aspect of my personality is that, i am a very creative person. I think, creativity is the key to any problem / situation. One has to think creatively in order to break down a problem into the smaller and more manageable components. Moreover, being a sociable person, I have many friends since I like to communicate with people and get to know new interesting individuals. I enjoy my time at school: it is really nice to study and the students are very friendly and ready to help. The atmosphere cannot but make me want to go there every time. I like to receive and deal with challenging tasks. I am a very enthusiastic student and I think this is a strong point of mine. My friends say that I am a very funny and an interesting boy with a good sense of humor. As soon as I meet new people who are happy to meet me, I feel extremely comfortable with them. I believe that friendship is one of the most important values in human life. We exchange new ideas, find many interesting things about each other and experience new things. I appreciate friendship and people who surround me.
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