cuteness

I viewed my blog and read about politics and election, whew, and I paused "Is this my blog?". So I am posting this cutie pic of my daughter taken last Sunday after going to the church! She really knows how to smile for the camera =D
love love
The next pic was taken last week during Sunday School, she likes the little girl's lollypop so she took it making the girl a little teary eyed so mommy to the rescue gave the lolly back=)

last pic was taken here in our sala. The boy is our housemate's son Miguel vacationing from Manila. Thea likes watching the cartoons by my side at the sofa but when she saw kuya sitting at the mat she insisted she'd sit there too =)
happy we have playmates here in the house kahit 1 month lang!

2010 automated ballot TIPS

I got this email about the new automated ballot we'll be having for the first time in the Philippines. I really hope everything will go well.

I attended my barangay's seminar on the 2010 elections today, arranged by the captain, Ralph Diaz. I learned a few things from Mr. Diaz about the election ballot that could be informative for all of us:

1. Mr. Diaz said that the ballot is very, very sensitive to marks, ink, H20, stains, scratches, folds, sweat, etc. If, say, you have grime on your hands, or your hands are wet, or your sweat drops onto the ballot, the PCOS (Precinct Count Optical Scan) Unit will not read it. So, keep your hands very clean before voting. That is why the indelible ink will be put on your finger after you're done voting, and not before, and why you will be given your ballot in a folder, a "Ballot Secrecy Folder", so that you can lessen the actual handling of the ballot with your hands.

2. Shade the egg-shaped hole beside your chosen candidate fully (you will be provided with a marker). Don't check, line, X, dot, or half-shade it, because the PCOS Unit will not read it. Try not to go beyond the lines also (well, not too much).

3. Mr. Diaz said that there will be a barcode going around the ballot. If this is marked, even scratched, in any way, the ballot will be spoiled. He said that if anyone else handles the ballot, watch them well, in case they intentionally scratch the barcode with a fingernail to prevent your ballot from being counted. He used as an example that if you're obviously for a candidate that, say, a precinct official is against, that official may scratch your barcode to prevent your vote from being counted. 4. You will have four tries to put your ballot through the PCOS Unit. You can pforward, backward, front side up, back side up, whichever, but only four tries. If after the 4th try it doesn't read properly, goodbye ballot.

5. You will get one chance to have your ballot changed if you don't like it. That's when they first hand it to you. Inspect it right away. If you see any folds, scratches, or marks, you can ask for a change (which may lengthen your voting process, Mr. Diaz added).

6. Bring a list of your chosen candidates on a piece of paper so that you won't spend too much time filling out the ballot. If you make your decisions on the day itself without a list, you could spend a long time filling it up.

7. Watch the readout on the PCOS Unit when you insert your ballot into it. Mr. Diaz said that if successful, it'll read, "Congratulations! Your ballot has been scanned." If not, it'll say why (improper shading, etc.) Get that "Congratulations" message before leaving to make sure your vote is counted.

8. Bring an ID (Voter's ID is best, but if you don't have one, driver's license, passport, etc. any valid ID with your address and preferably a photo is all right) to present to the BEI (Board of Elections Inspector). If you can find out beforehand through your barangay, also get your Voter's ID number, precinct number, and your sequence number (the number beside your name in the voter's list). This'll speed up your voting process.

9. The ballot you are given will only be readable by one specific PCOS Unit. In other words, only one machine will be able to read your ballot, because it's pre-registered there, so when you're ready, line up at the proper machine. Don't line up at the wrong machine; your ballot won't be read, and it may spoil your vote.

10. Polls open on May 10, 2010, at 7 a.m. and end at 6 p.m.

11. Mr. Diaz said that the Comelec told him that with the PCOS Units, we will know the winner of the elections in 5 days. Otherwise, the PCOS Units will allow for a manual count since all votes will be recorded inside the machines (let's hope it doesn't come to that, because it's going to take the usual weeks and weeks to finishthe count).

12. The PCOS Units have internal batteries that can last 16 hours in case of power outages. Since the voting period only lasts 10 hours, there's a 6 hour buffer. But still, let's hope for no brownouts on May 10, 2010.

13. The PCOS Unit will print out the vote count in what looks like a very long cash register receipt, which will be put into a sealed box that'll be sent to the Comelec for proper counting. Also, the PCOS Unit will count the number of voters who are voting based on the ballots inserted into it, so again, watch the screen on the machine to make sure of voter count, as well as other important messages.

14. Mr. Diaz said that you should vote only the exact number you should vote for. So, vote for only 1 president, 1 vice president, 12 senators, 1 party list, 1 mayor, 1 vice mayor, 1 member of the House of Representatives, etc. (the limit will be there on your ballot as a "Vote for not more than ____"). If you vote for more than the stipulated number, that particular portion of the ballot is spoiled. You may,however, vote for less (as in, if you can't find 12 worthy senatoriables to vote for, it's all right to vote for less than 12).

15. Mr. Diaz stressed repeatedly that in voting this time, one should not make mistakes.It's asking a lot from us, but he said that over and over again. His words: "Don't make mistakes, otherwise, you'll spoil your ballot".

16. Of course you'll also be asked to do the usual signing of forms and making of thumbprints.

extra: I personally dont know Mr DIaz =D

Philppine Politics Drama Comedy Action

Drama:

Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra, in the eye of a storm over his decision to clear two members of the powerful Ampatuan clan of murder charges in what has come to be known as the Maguindanao Massacre, was in tears Thursday as he spoke about the public criticism that was hurting him and his family.excerpt from inquirerclick here for Inquirer Article

Comedy:
got this from GIBO's facebook
for jejemons meaning here

Action:
GMA's manicurist is now one of PAGIBIG's Board of Trustees. The issue here is not her capability but rather GMA's power to appoint. GMA article
Why under "Action" category? You tell me! And guess how much does a trustee get?

"Columnist Jarius Bondoc, who first exposed the appointments of Carpon and Macapagal, belied Fabiaña's statement.
That P1,000 is a big lie. They make P130,000 a month. In their first meeting last Wednesday, the new trustees asked that it could be doubled to P300,000," Bondoc said in a text message to radio dzMM".

ABSCBN news


In a few days, we'll see more action as election is getting nearer! Hopefully no bloodshed naman.

so let me leave you with this quote from my shirt
you gotta love Philippine election!

N@W blog roll

Hi everybody! THere's a new blog roll on the right side. This are for the N@wie girls that has kept me company, well-at least online. I am still halfway in listing everyone and clicking the entire list but yeah I am having fun!

One of the girls share the same birthdate with me, one is building her house and is having trouble with the contractor, most have babies and are proud mommies like moi.

There are tons of kwento! I will hop to each of your blog, see you soon in cyberlandia girlies =D