Are you particular with what your kids are watching on television?
I remember back when my youngest daughter was only seven-years-old, and we were watching television together with her older sister, her reaction when the leading man kissed the leading lady and she told me in a stage-whisper, ‘Mama, cover your eyes, they are kissing!’
That really made me laugh and yes, we all covered our eyes, and she covered her eyes, too.
THE ONLY PLACE IN THE PHILIPPINES WHERE DOGS HAVE ZERO CHANCES OF ADOPTION: Marikina.
Should a pet dog or cat be relinquished by their owners or taken from their owners (who give them up out of fear of being prosecuted by the City), the dogs end up in a section of the pound where they cannot be rehomed or adopted.
Dogs like DOG #119 (see photo) who were caught from the Resettlement Area have no hope of ever being adopted. It does not matter if a good family wants to adopt him. He will be euthanized.
Dr Manuel “Bobot” Carlos, City Veterinarian, believes that the said dogs will end up being re-claimed by their families from Resettlement Areas so he is not taking any chances with the adoptions. No dogs will be adopted here.
Perhaps it is just easier to euthanize than to do proper screening. Perhaps it is easier to ban pet ownership altogether than to enforce rules on responsible pet ownership.
DOG#119 will lose his life because people have chosen what is easy over what is right.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
1)Write to:
Dr Manuel “Bobot” Carlos at cvo.marikina@yahoo.com
Mayor Del De Guzman – message him on Facebook: “Mayor Del De Guzman”
2) Call:
Atty Florelia B. Almarez – Tel 646-6517
Dr Alberto P. Herrera – Tel 942-2339
Dr. Manuel Carlos 475-4719
Mr. Arvin A Santos -646-2317
Tell them that Resettlement Dogs deserve every chance that other pound dogs have: the chance to be adopted. Urge the City Veterinarian’s Office to exert extra effort in screening adoption applicants but not to ban adoptions the way they have banned pet ownership for the poor people of Marikina. If other people can give these dogs homes, then they should not be prevented from applying for adoption.
Let’s get dirty na!
When we were young, we had a big backyard garden full of fruit-bearing trees, sugar canes, and vegetables patches including squash, ampalaya, and eggplant. The canal by an old well grew a healthy shrubbery of kangkong and talbos ng kamote. Sometimes, when we dug holes when playing marbles, we would come up with clumps of sweet potatoes.
The fruit-bearing trees were the main focus of our playtime. For our bahay-bahayan, we would grab the fruits as snacks and declare their thick branches our home. If we we were feeling a bit adventurous, we would make a cauldron of spices using all the flowers, veggies and weeds that we could pick all around us. For us, the garden is just a playground.
Looking back, I realized how lucky we were to have that garden. It was not only because we had a big place to roam around but we also saved a lot of money as we used the spices, veggies and fruits we could get from our garden. Once, a cousin and I even bunched a few kangkong stems together and sold them in the palengke near our place for extra income!
Now, a big backyard is not the most important requirement if you are interested to start a garden of your own. For a mini garden, all you need is patience, time and of course, a little space!
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ang larong piko
piko
paboritong laro
simple lang po
kailangan ng panggugit na chalk, uling o kaya konting paso
gumawa ng linya, may korteng man o wala
basta dapat may bahay sa tuktok
at may hakbangan na kasya ang mga paa
dapat may pato
depende sa yo:
madalas ay balat ng saging na pinitpit
o kaya naman piraso ng goma
maraming pwede, basta hindi lang bilog!
siyempre, bato-bato-pik kung sino ang mauna
itapon ang pato, paisa-isa
tapos talon-talon
paakyat sa bahay
kapag nakabuo
tumalikod sa piko
itapon ang pato
kung saan bumagsak,
sa iyong bahay na yun
lagyan ng pangalan,
bawal na tumapak ang kalaban!
magpiko ng magpiko hanggang maubos ng kababahay.
hay, kapagod. pero kasarap.
buhay pa ang piko sa amin
ang mga little kengkays,
fans ng piko!
ang piko ba,
buhay pa rin sa inyo?
stuffed dog 
di ba sa atin sa pinas, ang daming guard dogs? kundi man nakatali, nakakawala (siyempre!) o kaya naman, naka-kulong. tapos andyan din yung mga gumagalang sniff dogs. yung makikita sa mga airports, sa mga malalaking malls, sa mga malalaking event venues, sa mga hotels.
alam nyo, dati takot ako sa mga aso. e kasi naman, ang daming asong ligaw, tapos kapag naglalaro kami kapag gabi, nanghahabol. nangangagat pa minsan. swerte ko lang na mabilis ako tumakbo kaya hindi pa ako nakakagat. pero yung kaibigan ko, nahablot yung shorts nya, butas!!!
anyway, ang kwento ng stuffed dog na asa picture? nakapag-kollekta ang pamilya ni kengkay ng miles points dahil sa kakajet-setting namin mula alemanya pauwi ng pinas — naks, jetsetting daw oh — merong libreng kwarto sa shangri-la makati. edi take advantage naman, sayang, libre!!!
itong mga little kengkays, akala mo naman isang buwan kami sa hotel. buong bahay yata ang dinala, kasama na ang dambuhalang stuffed toy. paglabas ng sasakyan, bitbit ni bunsoy ang malaking aso. biglang nagkagulo sa harapan ng shangri-la hotel…. bakit daw???
e kasi yung sniff guard dog sa shangri-la, nakita ang dambuhalang aso na nakalaylay pa ang dila na nakaipit sa kili-kili ni bunsoy. biglang nagtatahol. gustong habulin ang aming bow-wow stuffed toy!! as in… chaos!
nakakatawa di ba? stuffed dog versus sniff/guard dog, sa tingin ninyo sino ang nanalo?
aba edi ang stuffed dog. wala syang kamalay-malay na hinaharass na pala sya. may i go inside sya ng shangri-la. itong si guard dog, papansin ng todo. mukhang hindi pa yata nakakita ng dambuhalang asong nakalaylay ang dila na walang paki-alam sa kanya. tahol ng tahol ng tahol ng tahol, walang katapusang tahol!!!
winner ang guard dog, takot sa stuffed dog
P.S. ingat kayo sa mga ganyang guard dogs, kasi sa totoo lang, ang dami ko ng nababasang kwento na sumusugod sila at may mga pangyayaring nakakasakit talaga sila. huwag sila tingnan mata sa mata. at huwag pahalatang takot kayo. at lalo na, huwag silang gulatin. hindi po sila pets, working dogs yang mga yan kaya bawal haplusin. hindi katulad ni rikki namin
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