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Mga Puna at Pagbubunyag

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via President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) Part 1.

Ang galing ng ating presidente. Talaga memoryado po n’ya ang kaniyang mga sinasabi – nadaig pa niya ang dating presidente ng Pilipinas na si F. Marcos nang magsalita siya sa UN noon.

Sa palagay ko po kung ano ang narinig ninyo at nakita ay iyon din ang narinig ko at nakita. Ang daming naglaro sa isip ko po. Mga sari-saring tanong…mga puna at pagbubunyag!

The Ruined Old Diriyah—Riyadh, KSA

The Old Diriyah, according to the recent history of Saudi Arabia , was a kingdom. The family of Saud once ruled the kingdom in the early 1800s. The remains of those ruined palaces were built of mud bricks and stones, supported with some blunt timber. The Old Diriyah can be reached by a two-wheel drive and is only few km away from the city center of Riyadh.

(Thanks to IMP1′s photostream for this photo). The ruined Old Diriyah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In its heyday, Diriyah had approximately 5,000 residents and 400 to 500 guests daily fed in the ruler’s palace. In addition, there were thousands of fighting men, available to do battle for the ruler. However, in 1818, Diriyah was laid waste, after a six – months’ siege by the Ottoman Empire .

When we entered inside the circumference of the kingdom, we saw that the ruins rise romantically above the palms, and can be seen from the highway. Without special permission, you can visit the place especially on a weekday morning, and you can have the place to yourself to enjoy.

To get an idea of the traditional design of the old houses, we had passed through the narrow old streets, saw those rooms open off a central courtyard, partially open to the sky, and partly covered by an upper story.

The most picturesque of the Diriyah is the Salwa palace area, located on the left side of the main entrance. The palace is a four-story. During its heyday, the palace served as the administrative seat of government, and as well as the residential complexes.

In order to get an idea of what the town looked liked at the height of its power, we ascended up to the highest part of the area, where the palace of Prince Saud bin Saud has been completely rebuilt. The palace is adjacent to the smaller palace of Prince Naser bin Saud, built of mud – bricks in a traditional way. The ruined Old Diriyah is really an attraction on treks.

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Places To Hang On—Riyadh, KSA

In my first week of work in Riyadh, one thing that came to my mind was to take some trips outside the city. I wanted to visit some of the historical places, including mountains of rock and mountains of sand dunes, which are good places for excursions on weekends and holidays.

It was a Friday. With my peers, we visited on some of Riyadh’s treks. First was a trip to Hidden Valley . At five-thirty in the morning, we started our trip, as no-one wants to drive under the sun.

On our way to Hidden Valley , I saw mountain of rocks standing robustly on each side of the highway. I heard the sound of winds haunting, and whispering in every corner of the mountain – calling them that the Sun was about to rise.

Facing to the South was another spot of great beauty delighted my eyes, a red mountain of sand dunes that resembled a maiden in red, lying down with the mountain rocks at her sides and waiting for someone to come and feel her beauty.

At seven, we reached our destination, by passing through an isolated pass between high fortresses – like rock in the Tuwaiq wall. Our cars rumbled up and down with the shrubs to right, left and white dust. As we drove up the soil – covered path of Hidden Valley between piles of gravel, was a Pinnacle Valley that called because of the pillar of rock that stands near the entrance. We stopped driving when the track got rough.

Soon, everybody left the car and went around to the area, and embraced the beauty of nature. We photographed the mountains around us as our souvenirs. We also went for a hike, did some mountain climbing and had a lot of fun together.

What a wonderful place to see! I was surprisingly amazed to see such beauty that only nature can provide. It can easily charm you and let you believe that this place is not just a desert of sands, but also a place of beautiful rocks and mountains ready to be embraced and enjoy. Most amazing of all was the absence of running water, to bathe her for added beauty. A completely dry valley, but yet a surprisingly beautiful one!

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The 3W—My Second Home

For the past 16 years + in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, working as an analyst – the homesickness for my family and friends I left in Philippines are my foes. Also I can’t exercise and practice all of my human rights here. I am straight person, Christian in religion, and married with three loving children.

In Saudi Arabia, the non-Muslims cannot exercise their religion in public and other human rights as the same as they are in their own countries.

However, when I found 3W more than a decade now, I had become addicted with it. And eventually had become my second sweet home and helped eased my longings.

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“Kahit nasa loob ako nitong malawak na kulungang walang rehas nagagawa ko na marating at ikutin ng aking palad ang malawak na mundo. Nagagawa ko ang idinidekta ng aking isip, ang ipinipintig ng aking puso at ang hilig ng aking katawan na walang sagabal.”

The 3W is an ultimate bridge to connect me to each and everyone in spite of thousands miles away from one another – a real world where to meet people of all types and to make friends with them regardless of their ages, genders, beliefs, traditions and their cultures.

Now I enjoy on exercising my freedom of expression passionately such as, posting and sharing my thoughts, opinions, photos, videos and many more with the hundreds and thousands of 3Ws lovers, too.

I thank Donald Davies, Paul Baran and Leonard Kleinrock who worked together creating the Internet and Sir Tim Berners-Lee for inventing World Wide Web.

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Announcement—All Filipino Get-Together

Date: Thursday July 22, 2010, Time: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: DXN International Office, 1st Floor, (Food Court Area), Akariah Mall Bldg. 1, Olaya St., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

 

COME and JOIN us in our ALL FILIPINO FESTIVAL with the theme: 

“OFW KA NGAYON, ANO KA NA BUKAS?”

This is a Free Registration and seats are limited to 50 only !!! So Hurry !!! Call/send SMS to 00 966 5084 88941(Edwin Mamaril) just mention to him where you get the info.

There will be lots of Fun-Learning, Surprises, Raffles and gain new friends! We encourage you to invite all your Filipino friends & help them to be part of this event.

This is a great event for those who wants to learn how to retire from J.O.B. (Just Obey Boss). Remember, employment is only a "temporary" source of income JOB versus DXN. If you are trading your skills for money, then think twice again before it’s too late.

"Paano na ka na at paano na rin ang family mo kung inubos na ng trabaho mo ang iyong lakas at ang iyong kabataan. Don’t take that risk…there is always a better way.”

So if you are in Riyadh, join ka na sa JULY 22, 2010 (Thurs) at magsama-sama tayo tungo sa magandang kinabukasan.

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Ang Paga-Abroad Po Ba Ang Tanging-Solusyon– Part-1

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Kung kalabisan man itong aking ilalarawan Di ko po sinasadyang ito’y aking ipagsigawan Marahil bunga ito ng aking pagod na isipan Na naghahanap ng liwanag at kasagutan…

Sa mahigit dekada kong pamamalagi Sa kandungan ng Kaharian ng Saudi Buhok ko na dati’y itim ngayo’y putim-puti Tulad ng koronang kumikinang kapalit ng aking pagpupunyagi…

Thanks to OFW Nation Connecting Filipinos Worldwide for this photo.

Nguni’t kailan ma’y ‘di ko pinagsisihan Ang kabataan ko’t lakas ay dito mapaparam Dahil ang bunga nito’y kaginhawahan Pangako sa mga mahal nang ako’y lumisan…

Subali’t kahit ‘tanggap ko na ang sitwasyon Lungkot at hapis sa mahabang panahon Di parin mawaglit sa isip ko ang magtanong: Ang paga-Abroad po ba ang tanging-solusyon?

Sinubok kong hanapin kung ano ang ugat Diwa ko’y lumipad sing-bilis ng kidlat Narating ko’y ang baul na nakabukas Naglalaman ng mga larawan ng aking pangarap;

Paraisong pagkakanlungan ng aking sambahayan Bahay na gawa sa bato na kumikinang sa kagandahan Sa loob nito’y mga mamahaling kasangkapan Na kanilang aarugain at pakakaingatan;

Kahit para sa iba ito’y kalabisan Sa bandang kanan ng tarangkahan Nakaparada ang magarang sasakyan Magagamit sa araw-araw na lakaran Saan man sila pumaroon lakad nila’y mapapadali’t mapapagaan… (Sundan ang Part 2)

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Saksi Ang Kaharian

O kay lupit ng tadhana

kayakap sa lupang banyaga

sa bawat araw at gabi’y lungkot

hapdi, lumbay at kirot…

 

Kay sakit ang sinapit niya

lumipad patungong Arabia

nag-iwan ng pangako na sa pagbalik n’ya

ang buhay niya’t pamilya’y sasagana…

 

Nguni’t sa kasamaang palad si Tutubi ay naipit 

ang dinapuan n’yang sanga’y  nabali

ang buong kaharia’y naging saksi

siya’y tumilapo’t sa kulungan ay napadpad!

 

Ilan tutubi pa kaya ang matutulad sa kaniya

na naghihintay ng tulong na makawala sa hawla

makarinig kaya ang mga nanunungkulan sa bagong administrasyon

sa bansang Pilipinas – sa panawagang dumadagundong?

 

O magbingi-bingihan at magbulag-bulagan na lamang sila

at magkakaisang ipapaubaya siya sa kandungan ni KAMATAYAN?

 

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