The following is a blog post on my Multiply site dating back to March 2007. The conversation itself took place in 2006. To date, I have not received word regarding the welfare of the women involved in this discussion.
The real issue at hand is apathy. This has been going on for years and the activities have gone around community circles as matter-of-fact.
This is about foreign grants to Mindanao being pocketed by unscrupulous individuals.
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:18:17 AM): musta?
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:18:27 AM): eio…what’s up?
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:18:30 AM): eto ok naman
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:18:38 AM): kaw?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:19:16 AM): ok din naman. nilagnat ako sa cdo…
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:19:33 AM): been there?
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:20:09 AM): not yet…bakit naman?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:21:04 AM): nice place…saka sobrang safe nya iba sa other places in mindanao. wala nga lang akong pictures.
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:21:13 AM): bumigay yata katawan ko…
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:21:54 AM): 1 hour lang kasi tulog ko the night before our flight kaya yun tuesday nagkasakit na ako…
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:22:19 AM): yeah..i saw a few photos from a magazine i was recently reading…ganda nung waters…ano naman gawa niyo dun?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:25:13 AM): may grant kami from asia foundation…part nun kinover namin isang seminar for women leaders…gumawa na rin ako ng dalawang light stories…di ako nakapunta dun sa water na yun…no time eh.
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:25:51 AM): ah..hehe..and how is it?
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:26:01 AM): i mean “was”?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:28:57 AM): nakakalungkot alam ng mga muslim leader na babae na maraming mali sa system ng gobyerno nila sa mindanao i mean the lgu. pero sabi nila kahihiyan din sa pamilya nila kung mag voice out sila, kasi sila sila lang din eh.
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:30:18 AM): yeah?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:33:12 AM): di ka ba nagtataka kung bakit puro taga south com ang napopromote na military officials?
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:33:29 AM): kasi?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:33:47 AM): kasi anytime daw dun pwede ka magcreate ng war after ng war promoted ang officer.
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:33:58 AM): staged daw lahat ng war dun…
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:34:30 AM): bidang bida ang magdalo dun kasi yun daw mga totoong sundalo…
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:35:11 AM): pati pulitiko ganun din ginagawa para magkaroon ng grant from organizations abroad…
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:35:24 AM): hmmmmmmmm
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:35:28 AM): tapos sila lang gagamit ng pera na yun.
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:35:47 AM): dahilan nila may power daw sila over that money dahil binigay daw sa kanila yun…
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:37:30 AM): so wait…yung mga foreign grants napupunta sa LGUs or the provincial government? ganun?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:37:53 AM): yup! kasi sila din humihingi eh…
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:38:52 AM): yung report nila kung saan ginamit yung pera lahat ng mga projects ng NGO dun sa mindanao attend sila, tapos papicture sila, sasabihin nila yun yung project nila…badtrip noh?
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:39:40 AM): tsk tsk…appaling!
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:39:49 AM): so you got all these from the women’s forum?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:40:43 AM): yup! kaso ayaw nila magsalita on cam…hay pati daw local media dun sumasakay sa ganitong gimik. malaki kasi bigay eh…
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:41:43 AM): seriously?
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:41:53 AM): our brothers and sisters?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:42:21 AM): yup! nakakalungkot noh?
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:42:44 AM): grabe noh!…will u be featuring this by any chance?
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:43:48 AM): gusto ko, kaso ang hirap nya talaga gawin kung sila mismo ayaw mag cooperate…
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:45:12 AM): oh well…your right..pero i do think that this has to be brought out there
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:46:43 AM): nalulungkot ako kasi wala na naman akong magawa…hanggang inis at awa na lang ako sa kanila…
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:47:11 AM): I’m sure there’s a way
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:48:16 AM): nag-iisip ako… pag maging prime minister ako ng bansang ito. hahaha!
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:48:32 AM): hehe
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:48:45 AM): kunin mo na lang ako premier ng paranaque!
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:49:51 AM): sige, hehe! baka gusto mo rin maging king…
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:51:42 AM): hehe..mahirap na trabaho yun…
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:51:58 AM): anyway, yeah..i really think you should do something about this issue…
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:52:54 AM): di ko alam kung papano…tsong shotlist lang ako sa taas…
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:55:57 AM): sure. sige..
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:56:07 AM): thanks for another round of enlightenmen
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:56:10 AM): t*
Anonymous person (11/3/2006 11:57:44 AM): hehe! you owe me for that…isang round ng beer…ingat lagi!
Jay-r Patron (11/3/2006 11:58:55 AM): Haha!…sure!
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