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Amber Davis - Back Into You lyrics Picking up the pieces Of our broken memoriesThere's one I can't let go of That keeps me on my kneesSee I know it's half my fault That we couldn't stay togetherBut we said no matter what We'd still be friends foreverHow could you turn and just goAnd leave me standing so coldNow you wanna work it outTell me what's that all aboutHow could you up and move onLike what you had for me is goneNow you wanna work it outBut baby I'm*Chorus*Tryin to find my way back into youWhen I think of how you left me (left me) Baby it's not easyBut I'm tryin to find my way back into youWhen I think about you've moved on Baby it's just so hardI never quit my love for you Baby that's the truthToo hard for me to move on When I feel this way for you (for you)See I know sometimes we need our spaceBaby that's okBut if you really loved me Why'd you leave that wayTell me howHow could you turn and just goAnd leave me standing so coldNow you wanna work it outTell me what's that all aboutHow could you up and move onLike what you had for me is goneNow you wanna work it outBut baby I'm*Chorus*Tryin to find my way back into youWhen I think of how you left me (left me) Baby it's not easyBut I'm tryin to find my way back into youWhen I think about you've moved on Baby it's just so hardTryin to find my way back into youWhen I think of how you left me (left me) Baby it's not easyBut I'm tryin to find my way back into youWhen I think about you've moved on Baby it's just so hardHeaven knows every second I'm away from youI find it so hard (yes)Find it so hard (yes)I'd give anything to find the strengthTo be with youI want it like you do (yes)Want it like you do (yes)I just need some timeTo find peace of mindBut before you go I want you to know that I'm*Chorus*Tryin to find my way back into youWhen I think of how you left me (left me) Baby it's not easyBut I'm tryin to find my way back into youWhen I think about you've moved on Baby it's just so hard
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - huhu
a reaction to the article about trillanes taken from PCIJ.ORG
i just love reading that article. nothing much to say here except that we will wait for the court to make churva and resolve all this. hope this ends before christmas...
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - a reaction to the article about trillanes taken from PCIJ.ORG
an article about trillanes taken from PCIJ.ORG
‘We cannot afford another military intervention’ — Trillanes Posted by: Alecks P. Pabico December 1, 2007 at 1:14 pm Filed under: Governance, In the News IN the aftermath of the July 2003 Oakwood mutiny of junior officers he led, Senator Antonio Fuentes Trillanes IV, then a Navy senior-grade lieutenant, wrote an analysis about the problem of military interventions, how these affect our country’s economic and political stability, and international image, and how government policies are faring in preventing them from recurring. Military interventions, wrote Trillanes in 2004, have debilitating effects on our economic and political stability. “More than this, lives are often caught in the crossfire,” he said. “Simply put, we cannot afford another one.” Read Trillanes’s paper, “Preventing Military Interventions.” Last Thursday though, Trillanes apparently disregarded his very own counsel. Along with Brigadier General Danilo Lim and his co-accused Magdalo soldiers, he embarked on another failed exercise in military intervention. They walked out of the Makati regional trial court hearing their coup d’etat case and occupied the Manila Peninsula hotel for almost six hours, declaring the Arroyo government “illegitimate” and calling on “patriotic” members of the armed forces and the police, and the public, to join them in ousting her and in forming an alternative government. Last year, the government also thwarted a supposed plot to withdraw support from the Arroyo administration led by Gen. Lim during a protest march commemorating the 20th anniversary of the first people power revolt that toppled the Marcos dictatorship. What could have driven Trillanes to resort to another military intervention that he himself said should be prevented from occurring in the future? Some have speculated more on his desperation and frustration with the justice system, which has continued to try him and the other Magdalo soldiers unjustly, as they perceive, as well as prevented him from serving his term as incumbent senator despite a mandate of more than 11 million votes. Whatever their intentions, the fact that another attempt occurred to summon the military to intervene can only point to the continuing failure to address the underlying causes of military restiveness. Yes, despite the findings and recommendations of two fact-finding commissions, the first chaired by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. that looked into the bloody December 1989 coup attempt, and the second headed by former SC Justice Florentino Feliciano that probed the Oakwood mutiny. With their recent Manila Peninsula caper, Trillanes, Lim et al. may have proven themselves “recidivist putschists” — for which the full force of the law, as Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared the other day, must be rightly brought upon them. But it would also be unwise to dismiss them and their actions outright on just that basis. Besides the Davide and Feliciano fact-finding commission reports, Trillanes’s paper should also be an insightful read into why the government has been unable to prevent military interventions, given its assessment that the present policies have been unresponsive to the underlying causes of the Oakwood incident. As Trillanes himself wrote, “no soldier in the AFP (the Armed Forces of the Philippines) entered the service to become a rebel, much less a troublemaker who would want to drag his own country down.” The motivation to break away from the system, he said, is nurtured in the course of a soldier’s career based on what he has witnessed or experienced. To be sure, military interventions are set off by underlying causes within the organization (AFP), government and society in general. And the only way to prevent their occurrence is to address these underlying causes. Trillanes’s paper identified these causes — internal and external — based on the nine major military interventions that the country had so far experienced at the time. Internal causes, or those attributable to or directly affecting the military organization, were: 1) corruption in the AFP; 2) inept AFP leadership; 3) political patronage in promotions; 4) lack of logistical support for men in the field; 5) low pay; and 6) poor medical/health services. On the other hand, causes attributable to factors external to the military were: 1) corruption in government; 2) incompetent leaders in the administration; 3) failure of the administration to deliver basic services; 4) widespread poverty; 5) state-sponsored terrorism; and 6) electoral fraud by the administration. For the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, Trillanes identified the following internal causes based on interviews with the mutiny participants: Graft and corruption in the AFP Selling of arms and ammunition by the AFP to the enemies of the state resulting in the never-ending war with the insurgents and secessionists at the cost of thousands of lives of civilians and AFP personnel Complicity of Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes and Gen. Diomedio Villanueva in the “escape” of Abu Sayyaf members through the military cordon during the so-called Lamitan Siege in June 2001 “Revolving door” policy of choosing the AFP Chief of Staff, which resulted to having six unproductive Chiefs of Staff in the three years of the Arroyo administration Political patronage or “bata-bata” system in the promotions of senior military commanders (committed particularly by Secretary Reyes) Incompetent AFP Commanders resulting in the lack of strategic direction of the AFP Incompetence and political motivation of then Defense Secretary Reyes Incompetence and political motivation of then ISAFP Chief Gen. Victor Corpus Lack of logistical support for the officers and men in the field Issuance of arms and ammunition by AFP commanders to politicians Turnover of captured MILF camps back to the MILF Abuse and misappropriation of AFP resources by its commanders Misuse of the AFP by politicians against the interests of the people. Bankruptcy of the Retirement Separation Benefit System (RSBS) Very poor medical and health services Low pay of AFP personnel Lack of housing facilities for AFP personnel Lacking or deteriorating military equipment Increase of the number of generals, which will further reduce the resources at the front lines Based on the same interviews, the external causes of the Oakwood mutiny were identified as follows: Graft and corruption in government State-sponsored terrorism as detailed in Trillanes’s paper entitled “The Greenbase Exposé” (2003) Failure of the Arroyo administration to deliver the promises made at Edsa II Widespread poverty Failing economy as manifested by the runaway budget deficit, rising level of unemployment, falling value of the peso, and the rising costs of commodities Of the above-mentioned root causes, Trillanes pointed out that only the complaint about graft and corruption in the military (see also Trillanes’s studies on corruption in the Philippine Navy) was similarly identified in the Feliciano report. The Oakwood participants, he said, were never asked what motivated them into joining the mutiny, and that the commission relied more on the testimony of officers who were not even involved in the incident, delving on issues about the “spontaneity” of the exercise and the cost of the Magdalo armbands. Failing to “extract the true causes of the incident,” the Feliciano Commission, Trillanes said, cannot therefore be expected to propose the right solutions. For the most part, he said the Commission’s recommendations were unresponsive in addressing the causes raised in the Oakwood Incident. Trillanes, however, acknowledged that the commission came up with some detailed propositions addressing problems with regard to the RSBS, the AFP procurement system, and housing. The proposal to create an office under the Office of the President to oversee the implementation of policies, he added, could still be pursued. By and large though, Trillanes considered both the Davide and Feliciano Commissions as reflective of the “research-based” executive policy making process in our country. Wrote Trillanes: Every time a serious crisis occurs, the knee-jerk reaction by the President is to form a fact-finding body to evaluate the facts; to determine the cause; to make necessary recommendations; and, if necessary, to form a narrative of events. Usually, the nucleus of this body is composed of lawyers or retired justices. But the problem arises when the recommendations made by these fact-finding bodies are adopted automatically as national policies. This is not to undermine the competence of the members, but the recommendations made by fact-finding bodies are only meant to be starting points of further policy researches or definitive studies for the formulation of policy alternatives and should not be mistaken for the policy itself. These policy researches should only be conducted by qualified/trained policy analysts. Trillanes’s paper also put forth alternatives to address the internal and external causes of military interventions. For internal causes, the eradication of corruption in the AFP was foremost on his list, but which he acknowledged to be a very complicated problem that required a separate policy research to identify possible solutions. He also proposed the rehabilitation of the RSBS; strict application of meritocracy in the military’s promotions system; uplifting the standards of living of soldiers (through salary increases or non-monetary benefits, improved medical and health services, and mass housing); and streamlining the AFP bureaucracy (reduction of generals in the AFP Table of Organization, dissolving the General Headquarters and adopting the Joint Chiefs of Staff concept, among others). He agreed with the Feliciano Commission’s recommendation creating a cabinet-level agency (e.g. Presidential Adviser on Military Affairs) directly under the Office of the President. Trillanes said the practice of good governance ensures the best interest of the country or the majority of the people, and hence addresses the major external causes — corruption, failure to deliver basic services, state-sponsored terrorism, poverty, and political and economic instability. Finally, Trillanes placed the sole responsibility for the success or failure of the overall policy to prevent military interventions on the President. For good governance to thrive, he said the Chief Executive should be armed with moral integrity and political will, especially as he or she has to weather the collective resistance of the oligarchic elite, power-hungry politicians, and a corruption-ridden bureaucracy. “Moral integrity is the guarantee that there will always be ‘purity of intent’ in every policy made. While, political will is the assurance that such a policy will be implemented,” he said. “Any President, who will say that the practice of good governance is not politically feasible, does not deserve to rule this country.”
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - an article about trillanes taken from PCIJ.ORG
im getting so weak...
i dont know what's going on with my life... i think about of so many stuff and it just wont seem to end. i dont know what to do with it and im really getting weak everyday. my brain cant think straight and its just so messed up for me. as of now, all im thinking is what to type in next to these set of words for my post. see how messed up i am? i really dont deserve this life. but what can a poor guy do? its what is given to him so he better stick to it or else he'll just get lost in this world of bullshit... =(
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - im getting so weak...
the most funniest and down to earth guy ever
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - the most funniest and down to earth guy ever
the love of my life, ACE ESPINOSA
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - the love of my life, ACE ESPINOSA
heart of the matter
Lyrics: India.arie - The Heart Of The Matter lyrics Album: Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship I got the call today, I didn't wanna hear But I knew that it would come An old true friend of ours was talkin' on the phone She said you found someone And I thought of all the bad luck, And all the struggles we went through How I lost me and you lost you What are these voices outside love's open door Make us throw off our contentment And beg for something more? I've been learning to live without you now But I miss you sometimes The more I know, the less I understand All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning them again I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter But my will gets weak And my thoughts seem to scatter But I think it's about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, even if you don't love me anymore These times are so uncertain There's a yearning undefined And people filled with rage We all need a little tenderness How can love survive in such a graceless age And the trust and self-assurance that lead to happiness They're the very things we kill, I guess Pride and competition cannot fill these empty arms [ The Heart Of The Matter lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ] And the work they put between us, You know it doesn't keep us warm I've been trying to live without you now But I miss you, baby The more I know, the less I understand And all the things I thought I figured out, I have to learn again I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter But my will gets weak And my heart is so shattered But I think it's about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, even if you don't love me anymore All the people in your life who've come and gone They let you down, you know they hurt your pride Better put it all behind you; cause life goes on You keep carrin' that anger, it'll eat you up inside I wanna be happily everafter And my heart is so shattered But I know it's about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, even if you don't love me anymore I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter Because the flesh will get weak And the ashes will scatter So I'm thinkin' about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if you don't love me anymore Even if you don't love me anymore
finally...
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - finally...
piece of me
it hurts...
as in... it hurts so much... i cant take the pain anymore... i dont know what to do with this mothafuckin "bukol" up my ass... i cant walk properly, i cant sit down, i dont know what position to sleep coz everything hurts and gets worst every minute it lasts.... ungh. i hope its cancer already coz it what ive been praying for, that il have cancer and that il die soon... yeah! =)
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - it hurts...
oh no!
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - oh no!
headlines
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - headlines
ug sa dihang....
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - ug sa dihang....
second semester spells disaster...
weeeh... the first semester is over and in comes the second semster, which spells disaster. would you believe that this year is my year? this semester, it would be my first time to join the hugyawan, a showdown of dances showcased by all the departments of the main campus1 and main campus2 and all the satelite campuses: siaton, bayawan-santa catalina, pamplona, bais main1 and main2 respectively. the moment that our lit115 (world literature) teacher asked us why we were under her, i was already feeling something funny and then when she said that the reason why we were in her class is that we will be the hugyawan dancers i was like.... blank! i cant believe that i will be a hugyawan participant. damn! do you know what hugyawan spells? it spells, stress and all the nasty things in the world. dangiT! IM A HUGYAWAN DANCER. dangit. i cant believe it, and so does all of my classmates. some of their reactions were much the same as i am, blank and shocked. some made jokes of being the propsmen, some in the snacks committee but all they got from our teacher was a straight no. she said the snacks committee would be coming from another section and another teacher and that all the students under her would "STRICTLY" be for the HUGYAWAN only. well, what can i say? we are just so damn looking that we were the dancers for CAS this year at the hugyawan. haha. sorry nalang sa uban... unsaon ta man? we are so damn popular. aw? hahaha.. :)
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - second semester spells disaster...
ngano gud?
i don't know what these people's problems are. they keep on bugging me and i don't really know why. i guess it's just what they do for fun or maybe yet let time pass by.
why?
why do things happen so quickly that you dont even get the chance to take another look back at it and just reminisce all the good stuff that happened? i mean, for me, my life has been the shitiest life there is in the world, but after i heard what happened to the first lady of one of my dad's close friends, i gained a new perspective in life. i think i may be talking like im not myself right now, but i think i am. i keep telling myself i dont know what to do with my life, which is true, but it keeps on making me more... i dont know...
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - why?
take me as i am
Take Me As I Am by wyclef jean (feat. Sharissa) [Wyclef] I wanna send this one out to my vanilla ice-cream chocolate pudding pie That stayed with me in the hood, do or die Refugee camp [Sharissa] Yeah, this one goes out to my almond joy My banana that never split The one that stuck with me [Wyclef] Before I had the bling bling I thought I'd hit up in Sing Sing Who would have ever thought that we'd be doing our thing I know I did a little cheating But once I got caught I send you a parcel of roses You sent them back and told me go to hell [Wyclef] But girl you know that, you take me as I am Even though my fam don't understand Why I put that rock up on your hand That's cos you take me as I am (take me as I am) [Sharissa (Wyclef)] You take me as I am (yeah, I'm a take you as you are) Even when my girls can't understand I choose you as my man But you take me as I am, my, my man [Wyclef (Sharrissa)] You're my girl (my man) You're my girl (my man) You're my lady (my man) You're my baby [Sharissa] When I was rocking jelly and had a little belly Who woulda ever thought, you'd think I was sexy I say it with an attitude, I admit I came off rude But still you love me, I know I get on your nerves sometimes [Sharissa] And I don't know why you take me as I am Even when my girls can't understand I choose you as my man (my man, yeah) Cause you take me as I am (take me as I am) [Sharrissa] You take me as I am, girl I'm a take you as you are Even though my fam don't understand (they can't understand no, no, no, no) Why I put that rock up on your hand (girl) That's cause you take me as I am [Wyclef (Sharrissa)] You're my girl (you're my man) You're my girl (you're my man) You're my lady (you're my baby) You're my baby (my honey) [Wyclef] You're the ocean that breathes that I feel when I'm blowing my trees alone [Sharissa] You're the sun that shines when the darkness strikes at night [Wyclef] You're the love of my life, you're my girl, you're my wife [Sharissa] You're mine, and I'm yours, you take me as I am Wait a minute [Sharissa (Wyclef)] Can't believe you take me as I am, am, am, no, oh Even when they don't understand why you love me I choose you as my man Cause you take me as I am (take me as I am) [Wyclef] You take me as I am, girl I'm a take you as you are Even though my fam don't understand My people on the block, they don't understand, no, no Why I put that rock up on your hand Cause I take you as you are, you're a star [Wyclef (Sharrissa)] You're my girl (my man) You're my girl (you're my man) You're my lady (you're my baby) You're my baby (my honey)
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - take me as i am
clumsy
Lyrics: Fergie - Clumsy lyrics Album: the dutchess Can't help it The girl can't help it The girl can't help it The girl can't help it First time That I saw your eyes Boy you looked right through me, mmmhmm Play it cool But I knew you knew That cupid hit me, mmm mmm You got me trippin, stumbling, flippin, fumbling Clumsy cuz I'm fallin in love You got me slippin, tumbling, sinking, fumbling Clumsy cuz I'm fallin in love So in love with you Can't help it The girl can't help it The girl can't help it The girl can't help it Can't breath When you touch my sleeve, Butterflies so crazy, mmm mmm Whoa now, think I'm goin down Friends don't know whats with me, mmm mmm You got me trippin, stumbling, flippin, fumbling Clumsy cuz I'm fallin in love You got me slippin, tumbling, sinking, fumbling Clumsy cuz I'm fallin in love So in love with you Can't help it The girl can't help it The girl can't help it The girl can't help it You know, this isn't the first time this has happened to me This love sick thing I like serious relationships and a A girl like me dont stay single for long Cuz everytime a boyfriend and I break up My world is crushed and I'm all alone The love bug crawls right back up and bites me and I'm back Can't help it The girl can't help it The girl can't help it The girl can't help it You got me trippin, stumbling, flippin, fumbling Clumsy cuz I'm fallin in love You got me slippin, tumbling, sinking, fumbling Clumsy cuz I'm fallin in love So in love with you so in love with you so in love with you
why is life so disappointing?
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - why is life so disappointing?
being emotional and all that...
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - being emotional and all that...
elections
hope by twista
THE YELLOW BABOON presents:: 2007 - hope by twista
hey there life...
my first ever post here on blogspot. just wanna say that, the road ahead is a bit bumpy and shall i say, balod-balod. kamo nay bahalang musabot and basta mao na nah xa.. ok? i love you all. the things that you would probably expect in this blog (ang mga sulod ba) are mostly lyrics, mga narrations of my kaagi sa kinabuhi and all that. basta, feel nako sadya jud ning blog-ga ni. to the people who love music, this is the place to be. hellO? naa koy imeem acct noh and i have a lot of songs na didto and its very clear nga pwede ibutang diri and music nako didto so... yehey! aside from those mentioned above, murag wala nako'y laing ipamutang diri... hmm... secrets? i dont think so. pero pwede nato na sabotan... haha... oiszt! till here muna hah? coz i think mag kulikot sa ko diri sa akong blog like, on how to improve its "ichura" and all that and on how i can make the total use of it and make my blog the best blog ever. haha. joke rato houy. no offense to the friendster blog fanatics but, i dont like the blog sa friendster... makasapot xa usahay... churi nagurd... tao lang. pero last najud ni. sigi ha. till next blog... =)