My Personal Opinion

Dumaguete City | How Would you Know if it's Election Season? Christmas is not the only season prepared early in the Philippines. There’s a second seasonal celebration that a few and wealthy people prepare early. And this is no other than the election season. Christmas and election day have one thing in common here in the Philippines, it’s a season of both giving and receiving.  But how would you know if the election season is near? For Christmas, you would know because the weather becomes colder, and substandard Christmas lights flood the shopping malls.  For election season, everything can be seen on social media. It’s now frequent to see mudslinging from trolls, professional shot vlogs, and podcasts of politicians. But one gimmick has been consistent with the politicians here in Dumaguete. This tactic is around even during the pre-social media era.  And this is the very obvious early morning “Puto” and “Tsokolate” at the public market.  As of writing, it’s already election season

Dumaguete City | The Broken Rice The City of Dumaguete is giving rice assistance to its citizens. They are handing over 10-kg of rice as part of their assistance during this pandemic.  We are very much thankful because the government took notice of the challenges we are facing, and is taking action to alleviate the struggles of the people. But, though I am thankful, I noticed something irregular with the rice. In the sack of rice,  the words “long grain” is written. From what I know, long-grain means well-milled rice and of high quality. I am not “picky” in terms of what rice to eat. In life, I have no problems eating inside “carinderias”. From the “carinderias” of Carbon, Ormoc and Dumaguete. This also gives me enough experience to know what good bad rice is. When we opened the rice, we noticed that the grains were not long, as it was actually small in length, or in common terms “broken”. It looked like broken rice. And we cooked it, it felt and tasted like broken rice. And there is n

Toni Gonzaga Interviews Bongbong Marcos By now, I’m sure you know about the interview of Toni Gonzaga to Mr. Bongbong Marcos. The celebrity talk show host received a backlash from netizens who hate the former Senator. And for the victims of the Marshall Law, they felt disrespected. And in this article, I’ll share my personal opinion of the issue. But just to be clear, I have not watched the video while I’m writing this article, nor have I watched any video from Toni Gonzaga’s YouTube channel. My reaction will be from one general questions.  “Was it correct to interview Bongbong Marcos?” Before we answer the question, let us talk about Toni Gonzaga’s YouTube Channel. If you scan through her uploaded videos, you can see that she has interviewed celebrities and people who have an impact in society. When we say impact, their stories are worth telling.  Toni talks joined YouTube last January 2019, and since then, she has interviewed big names like Grace Poe, Bo Sanchez, and even recently, V

What is System Loss Charge of your Electric Bill? Recently, a friend posted a question on Facebook asking why she has “System Loss” charges in her electric bill. And I responded and explained to her why we are slapped with these charges from our Electricity Distribution Utility. And in this article, I’ll share why there is a “system loss” charge in our electricity bill.  And to be clear, the article only talks about electricity in the Philippines. So what is the System Loss charge? There are two major components of the power system that produce system loss. First is the transmission line, and second the transformer. When electricity passes through a transmission line, it creates the loss referred to as copper loss. And when electricity also passes through the conductor of a transformer core, it creates what we call core loss.  So, the two system losses are core and copper loss. And from the term itself, these two are wasted power, or power that was produced but not consumed or sold by

Dumaguete Smart City Project Note - This photo is a Stock Image from Pexels The City Government of Dumaguete has organized a public hearing. The hearings are for the 174-hectare reclamation project to hear all sides of the argument. This article is my personal opinion that there’s no point in arguing with the city government. And I believe that this project is a GO. It all makes sense now. In the past months, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made visits to Dumaguete. The president’s visits were not political. He did not come to the city to campaign for a candidate. But seeing the project unveil now, his visits now make sense. The president, to my personal opinion, came to the city to discuss the finality of the implementation of the project. We all know that the Philippines has a lot of debt in China.  China is very intelligent in making their money work for them. They lend poor countries money for what they say development. These countries lack technical resources for complex pro

  3 Reasons Why you Should Keep your Kids Away From TikTok? TikTok is the newest hype social media platform. It allows users to share videos to an audience and connect with people around the world. For most businesses and pro-content creators, TikTok is a big platform because it still has th at native organic reach. But aside from Business and content creators, TikTok is attracting users from all spectrums, including kids. And most of these kids, I would guess, are producing and consuming content without guidance of parents or an adult. Now here’s why you should keep your kids away from TikTok. TikTok is a Soft Version of PornHub Unlike Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, TikTok’s algorithm is new and it still needs improvement on what contents are served to audiences of young ages. Thus, content that promotes nudity and violence's are not filtered appropriately.  Many content creators are projecting themselves as sex symbols to attract followers. I know that there is a lot of debate

Motivational Story for Success | Hidilyn Diaz - The Filipino Olympic Gold Medalist Hidilyn Diaz , the Philippines is celebrating her victory at the Tokyo Olympics. She bagged the very elusive gold medal and made history. But aside from the medal, she has received, the people seem to be talking more about her prize. They do have good reason to talk about it because it could reach a whopping 100 million pesos together with brand endorsements. And I believe that the attention and the money she is receiving are well deserved. But in this article, I would like to talk about two major points that some people might miss out on. Because of the highlight, we can only see the prize, but we might fail to recognize the journey. And if you pay close attention to Hidilyn Diaz’s victory, you can learn more about success, than weight lifting. Success Requires Patience Hidilyn competed in the Summer Olympics of 2008 . During that competition, she received no medal. And if we only consider this part of