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Philippines, the next Africa?

Based on a documentary film I have seen, thousands of Filipino people from the countryside transfer or migrate to the cities everyday to find a new life and earn for a living. They were hoping that rural area can provide them a work where they could earn money to sustain the needs of their family. But it is a sad truth that almost all of those who attempted this end up living in the streets, getting food from the garbage can and become beggars. The worst part is that the population of people in the streets is increasing as families are formed and babies are born there. With the rapidly increasing prices of products in the market and the occurrence of oil price hike every now and then, more and more of these Filipino people are suffering from hunger.

Although not everyone in the Philippines are suffering from this problem since there are still people who can sustain themselves and their family with comfortable life, it is still however a fact that a huge percentage of Filipinos today are suffering from hunger that leads them to do their own tactics of earning money like collecting garbage and selling those recyclable ones to earn some income or asking for food from passers by. But not all who are starving are contented with this type of living. They tend to do more than these like the illegal ones such as stealing or car napping and others just to earn a bigger amount of money. Because of this condition found in the Philippines, many are concluding that Philippines will be the next Africa.

I hope that there will still be a solution to this problem and that Filipinos will still be able to get over it.

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The Gospel of John

Last night, during our CYF, while having our Bible Study, we had an overview on the Gospel of John.

John, the son of Zebedee and brother of James who used to be a fisherman, wrote The Gospel of John, 1John, 2John, 3John and Revelation.

In his book, The Gospel of John, there are 7 "I am" of Jesus Christ.

"I am the bread of life"
"I am the true vine"
"I am the door/gate"
"I am the good shepherd"
"I am the resurrection"
"I am the light of the world"
"I am the way, the truth and the life"

Also in the same book, it's recorded that Jesus did miraculous signs. These include:


Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead
Jesus feeds the five thousand
Jesus walks on the water
The healing at the pool
Jesus heals the official's son
Jesus changes the water to wine
Jesus heals a man born blind

Before we ended our Bible Study, the question "What is the purpose of having The Gospel of John?" was raised. The answer to this question is found in John 20:30-31

30 Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples which are not recorded in this book.

31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

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What is true wisdom by Fr. Moga SJ

The concern for wisdom found in human history posseses a certain mysterious complexity. This search for wisdm has taken many various forms. The wisemen of human history present us with a bewildering diversty of ways of thinking and living, a diversity which challenges us. Which of these different forms represents true human wisdom? How are we to understand wisdom or a wise life?

According to Fr. Morga, what wisdom is NOT includes the following:

1st: Wisdom is not merely a matter of a high mental capacity.

--->A person having a high IQ may mean that he/she possess a special potentiality for certain mental processes but it does not mean that such person posseses wisdom.

2nd: Wisdom is not a knowlegde which is connected with a particular human skill.

--->Knowing how to drive or to operate a computer may be very useful but such knowledge is far from wisdom.

3rd: Wisdom is not a mere factual knowedge, even though it be correct, never deserves to be classified as wisdom.

--->To know the current price of corn, today's date or a telephone number is not wisdo for wisdom goes beyong facts and is found in a deeper understanding of reality or life or a situation.

Here are various descriptions of wisdom by Fr. Moga

1.) Wisdom as a sensitivity for mystery

--->To be wise, we have to admit or acknowledge our own ignorance and we have to search for answers for the things being questioned.

2.) Wisdom as the knowledge of the ultimate cause

--->Also, to be wise, we have to know the basic or universal principles.

3.) Wisdom as the sense of the overall gaol of human life

--->This means that we must know what our real purpose for living is.

4.) The sensitivity for human life

--->We learn fom our experiences because of the ups and downs of life and a wse person appreciates the good and bad sides of life.

5.) Wisdom as a broad view of things

--->It means that we have to take a holistic view of things. We must look at things ina a larger picture and understand it. One tool used for understanding is reflection where we go beyond the limitation.

6.) Wisdom as good judgment

--->This is where we properly handle different life situations and our judgment must include our concern for the future outcome.

7.) Wisdom as living in terms of the religious dimensions of life

--->It is where we recognize God in our personal life.

8.) Wisdom as knowing how to be happy

--->To be happy, we live a simple life with contentment.

9.) Wisdom as living in terms of what is truly important

--->With this, we prioritize the most important things in life. The criteria for this would be knowing what is beneficial in the future.

10.) Wisdom as living in tune with greater realities

--->Under this we go back to nature. Guided by nature we live our human lives in the way that they were meant to be lived.

Wisdom is difficult to define which is why I failed to answer when I was asked about what true wisdom is. I was told that true wisdom would be the integration of the 10 descriptions of wisdom by Fr. Moga

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Taking Pictures as a Hobby

The word "photography" comes from the French photographie which is based on the Greek φώς (phos) "light" + γραφίς (graphis) "stylus", "paintbrush" or γραφή (graphê) "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", together meaning "drawing with light." Traditionally, the product of photography has been called a photograph, commonly shortened to photo.

Photography is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects expose a sensitive silver halide based chemical or electronic medium during a timed exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a device known as a camera that also stores the resulting information chemically or electronically. Photography has many uses for both business and pleasure. It is often the basis of advertising and in fashion print. Photography can also be viewed as a commercial and artistic endeavor.


Photography is the result of combining several technical discoveries. Long before the first photographs were made, Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (965–1040) invented the camera obscura and pinhole camera,[2] Albertus Magnus (1193–1280) discovered silver nitrate, and Georges Fabricius (1516–1571) discovered silver chloride. Daniel Barbaro described a diaphragm in 1568. Wilhelm Homberg described how light darkened some chemicals (photochemical effect) in 1694. The fiction book Giphantie, by French author Tiphaigne de la Roche, described what can be interpreted as photography.


The camera or camera obscura is the image-forming device, and photographic film or a silicon electronic image sensor is the sensing medium. The respective recording medium can be the film itself, or a digital electronic or magnetic memory.

Photographers control the camera and lens to "expose" the light recording material (such as film) to the required amount of light to form a "latent image" (on film) or "raw file" (in digital cameras) which, after appropriate processing, is converted to a usable image. Modern digital cameras replace film with an electronic image sensor based on light-sensitive electronics such as charge-coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The resulting digital image is stored electronically, but can be reproduced on paper or film.

Photography gained the interest of many scientists and artists from its inception. Scientists have used photography to record and study movements. Artists are equally interested by these aspects but also try to explore avenues other than the photo-mechanical representation of reality, such as the pictorialist movement. Military, police, and security forces use photography for surveillance, recognition and data storage. Photography is used to preserve memories of favorite times, to capture special moments, to tell stories, to send messages, and as a source of entertainment.

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Today, more and more people are interested in photography because they find it fun and interesting. Before, mostly take photographs to capture moments that only happen once in a life time. But now, people practice photography not just for this reason. Some wants to earn profit, and others take photographs as their hobbies. And now, with the new age technology, digital photography was born where capturing and developing photographs is easier and clearer images are produced.

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