Jamie Nava Cruz
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Jamie Nava Cruz
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
April 21, 2009
April 21, 2009
List of Entries
May 24, 2010
The writing is on the wall that Filipinos all over the global village are indeed on the go to help and assist their kababayan. Just recently in Riyadh, a group of ...
J. Nava Cruz
May 17, 2010
Matagal ng usapin sa umpukan ng mga Filipino organizations lalu na sa mga artists leagues and groups dito sa Riyadh ang isyu ng mga stage productions at community services kung saan pagkatapos ng pagtatanghal, pagbibigay-galak ...
May 17, 2010
Matagal ng usapin sa umpukan ng mga Filipino organizations lalu na sa mga artists leagues and groups dito sa Riyadh ang isyu ng mga stage productions at community services kung saan pagkatapos ng pagtatanghal, pagbibigay-galak ...
May 11, 2010
My e-mail address (bashamel007 @yahoo.com) was unfortunately hacked just couple of weeks ago. Comes next was a ton of worries and a bunch of agonies since I have almost lost my “sixth sense”. ...
May 2, 2010
Muling binuksan ng Pinoy Sining (The Filipinos for Arts & Culture) sa Saudi Arabia, pagkatapos ng nakaraang Gawad Sining at Pagpapakilala kamakailan sa Riyadh, ang kanilang orihinal na debuhong beauty and talent search, ang “Mukha ...
April 11, 2010
Time flies fast, indeed! Lalung-lalu na sa maraming OFWs sa Gitnang Silangan. Tulad ng marami sa mga Pinoy overseas workers sa Kaharian ng Saudi Arabia. Yung magising isang ...
J. Nava Cruz
April 8, 2010
Iisang layunin. Ang bigyan ng kaginhawan ang pamilyang pansamantalang iniwanan sa Pilipinas. Sa mas makulay at malalim na adhikain: Hanguin sila sa kahirapan. Ito ang karaniwang sinasaloob at sinasa-isip ng halos ...
April 8, 2010
Iisang layunin. Ang bigyan ng kaginhawan ang pamilyang pansamantalang iniwanan sa Pilipinas. Sa mas makulay at malalim na adhikain: Hanguin sila sa kahirapan. Ito ang karaniwang sinasaloob at sinasa-isip ng halos ...
March 24, 2010
Sa pamamayagpag nang makabagong teknolohiya, maituturing na ang kaalamang teknikal tulad ng sa mga mekaniko ng sasakyang-panlupa (car mechanics) ay lubhang kailangan lalu na sa ibang bansa tulad dito sa Middle East. At sino ...
J. Nava Cruz
March 22, 2010
As May 2010 National Election comes closer, our country once again face an avalanche of ‘verbal diarrhea” coming from all directions. Day after day, our much eager politicians running for government positions, locally and ...
March 22, 2010
As May 2010 National Election comes closer, our country once again face an avalanche of ‘verbal diarrhea” coming from all directions. Day after day, our much eager politicians running for government positions, locally and ...
J. Nava Cruz
March 16, 2010
Huwag na nating tingnan ang “pautang-patong-tubo” o yung popular sa tawag na “5-6” sa aspeto at sinasaad nang Banal na Koran at nang Bibliya. Huwag na nating ikumpara pa ito sa aspeto ng ...
March 16, 2010
Huwag na nating tingnan ang “pautang-patong-tubo” o yung popular sa tawag na “5-6” sa aspeto at sinasaad nang Banal na Koran at nang Bibliya. Huwag na nating ikumpara pa ito sa aspeto ng ...
March 15, 2010
Hindi maipagkakaila na ang massage business ay isa na ngayong pangunahing negosyo hindi lamang sa Pilipinas, Thailand, India, Vietnam bagkus isa na itong hindi matatawarang uri at bahagi nang pinagkakakitaan maging sa gitna ng konserbatibong ...
March 9, 2010
Sisimulan na ng Lupon ng mga Artista Para sa Kultura at Sining (Artists League for Culture & Arts) dito sa Riyadh ang weekly audition para sa mga gustong lumahok sa kauna-unahang “Ang Galing-galing ...
March 7, 2010
Napag-alaman na matagal nang gustong mailathala ni Dra. Alicia (Alice) B. Magallanes, taga Mandaue, Cebu City, dumating sa Kaharian noong 14 October 2004 at kasalukuyang nagtatrabaho sa Miral Dental Center bilang isang dentista ang kaniyang ...
March 1, 2010
Tunay na hindi pinupulot, o natitisod lamang ang pera na pinapadala ng bawat isang OFW na nagtatrabaho sa Gitnang Silangan para sa kanilang mga pamilya sa Pilipinas. Katumbas nito ay dugo’t pawis at ang mabilis ...
February 21, 2010
Just recently, the members of Pinoy Sining (The Filipinos for Arts & Culture) in Riyadh elect a new line-up of executive officers for Program Year 2010. The new line-up of officers include: Manuel ...
February 17, 2010
Kadalasan ng laging mayroong negative undertone kapag ginagamit ng ilang mga kababayang Pinoy ang mga katagang “relasyong pang-Saudi lamang yan” patungkol sa issue ng ibat-ibang klase ng relasyon ng isang Pinoy sa kaniyang kapuwa dito ...
February 4, 2010
Bumisita kamakailan sa Riyadh ang dating Senador Anna Dominique “Nikki” Coseteng hatid ang makabagong pamamaraan ng pagtuturo (‘progressive education’) na kasalukuyang isinasagawa at pinamamahagi ng Diliman Preparatory School (DPS) sa Pilipinas at kung saan siya ...
January 30, 2010
Walang kasing-ligaya ang umuwi sa Pilipinas kahit sabihin pang may kadalasan ang dalawang beses na pagbisita taun-taon. Hindi kayang tumbasan ng pera ang masayang pakiramdam kasama ang buong pamilya, mga kaibigan at makita ang ...
December 23, 2009
Tuluyan ng binuksan ng ALCA Talent Center, kasama ang ilang mga OFW Filipino independent artists dito sa Riyadh ang pinto ng patimpalak para sa kauna-unahang “Ang Galing-galing, ang Sarap-Sarap (AGGASS)” Kingdom-wide Cooking Competition kung saan ...
December 13, 2009
Maraming magagandang biyaya at tanawin na kaloob ng kalikasan ang tunay namang pinagwawalang bahala ng karamihan. Kahit saan! At kahit kailan. Isa dito ang Hidden Valley na matatagpuan sa Wadi Nissah ...
December 1, 2009
(Been searching all my life what would make me happy; what would make me complete, and from nowhere, I found this six-letter-world: R-I-Y-A-DH, that changed “it” all.)
Riyadh…
You are a place in the sun, ...
December 1, 2009
“I hate to bother you with what transpires on my everyday talk with Jose, but all day long, the aftermath of all my casual chats with him at home is steadfastly making me personally hooked ...
November 14, 2009
Biyernes, ika-6 ng Nobyembre ng personal na makipagkita sa manunulat na ito sa Al Batha Street, Riyadh si Abdullah Liwag, 50-anyos, tubong Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija tungkol sa kaniyang inaasam na pagkakataon na maiuwi na ...
November 5, 2009
This is what you need to bear in mind for this tale to pay off: First, I don’t like to cook. The fridge in my apartment is filled with obscure cuts of ...
November 2, 2009
There is more to reentry than packing up, boarding an airplane and stepping easily into a new life at home. Never mind what most of the ‘overseas Filipinos’ are saying: “It is so ...
October 25, 2009
Why does everything lose its allure, or value, or glory? Would somebody please tell me why? I buy some toy cars, even it is cheap, it cannot get much worse. ...
CAN A MARRIAGE CONTRACTED BY PARTIES WHO ARE BETWEEN 18 AND 21 YEARS OF AGE BE ANNULLEDAndrew and Paz were sweethearts since they were in their early teens. Everything was perfect for the two lovers except for that fact that her parents never did approve of their relationship. After her 18th birthday, Paz’s parents flew to Canada as immigrants. It was agreed that Paz would temporarily stay with her aunt Linda and she would follow once she finishes the semester. This situation gave Andrew an almost unrestricted access to her girlfriend’s house as Paz’s aunt worked the night hours as an ICU nurse in Makati Medical Center. This unrestricted access allowed Andrew to stay in Paz’s residence where they spent long hours playing” house”. To make the long story short, their “house playing” eventually led to Paz having the early morning sickness and being a medical professional, it did not take Linda long to add two and two together....
Atty Ferdie Aguirre
May 5, 2010
Message from the Oblation
Whether or not it’s a fig, laurel or cloverleaf that is covering the model’s private parts when we look at the Oblation in front of the UP Administration building in Diliman or whether or not it was Tolentino’s student Anastacio Caedo or Fernando Poe Sr. who probably posed as model is immaterial.
Any inquisitive student during his/her sojourn will learn that the statue depicts “a naked youth seeking for the naked truth”....
Any inquisitive student during his/her sojourn will learn that the statue depicts “a naked youth seeking for the naked truth”....
Jose Sison Luzadas
May 16, 2010
Dear Jose
When we relate to other people, it is but natural to adapt different versions of yourself. One cannot openly say “ P*tang Ina” in front of one’s mother, or it would be quite unnatural to greet a peer by making “mano po”. With the collection of letters that Rizal exchanged, different aspects of his personality come out. Rizal kept all the letters that he received because “through them he wanted to study the character, temperament, transformation, and intellectual tendencies of his friends and countrymen” (Viola 324). So we do the same now to him.
In a letter, addressed to Trinidad Rizal, Rizal fits into the role of “Kuya”. He tells of his adventures in Germany and his impression of German women who are not afraid of men and are more concerned with substance than with appearances. So like any kuya, he encourages Trining to form the habit of studying, so as to adorn herself with substance. He ends the letter asking her to write him back in Spanish....
In a letter, addressed to Trinidad Rizal, Rizal fits into the role of “Kuya”. He tells of his adventures in Germany and his impression of German women who are not afraid of men and are more concerned with substance than with appearances. So like any kuya, he encourages Trining to form the habit of studying, so as to adorn herself with substance. He ends the letter asking her to write him back in Spanish....
Anna Cristina B. de la Paz, AB European Studies
November 22, 2009
THE BANGOSThe bangos or milkfish ( Family: chanidae, Genus: chanos, Species:chanos chanos ) is a national symbol of the Philippines and synonymous with the town of Hagonoy. Whenever you mention the town of Hagonoy in the province of Bulacan, to persons unfamiliar with the town, they would readily say, is that the town where there are lots of bangos, lots of fishponds ? The bangos from Hagonoy has a good reputation for its taste, not like the variety from someother place that reeks of gilik or burak and reedy smell and taste....
Ven Del Pilar Faundo
May 8, 2010
Update Issue - February, 2008NAGBABAGONG KLIMA SA PILIPINAS, nitong nakaraang dalawang buwan nagsisidaing ang mga naninirahan sa Baguio dahil sa tindi ng ginaw, 8-sentigrado. Di pa umano sila nakadanas ng pangangatog sa ginaw. Dahil hindi naman nangyayari ito, walang central heating ang mga bahay. Suot daw nila ay patong-patong at nakabalabal ng makapal.
Naitanong namin sa sarili, paano na lang yong mga taga Cordillera na hubad ang kalahati ng katawan at nakatapak. Sinasabing magtatagal pa itong lamig....
Naitanong namin sa sarili, paano na lang yong mga taga Cordillera na hubad ang kalahati ng katawan at nakatapak. Sinasabing magtatagal pa itong lamig....
Orquidia Valenzuela
February 12, 2009
Medical Insurance Coverage in the Philippines 2Dear Nene,
How are you?
First, we would like to inform you that together with other kababayans I miss your advisory column Ayon kay Nene very much. May I also inform you I have kept past issues of Munting Nayon and have used them several times to answer some questions of our kababayans. I am happy that your column is now available on the Munting Nayon website.
Last month, I was finally confronted just like others who have experienced it before me to send emergency money for my mother who was sick and had to be hospitalized for pneumonia. My sister called me in the middle of the night (7:00 AM Philippines time) to tell me to send urgent money to be used ......
How are you?
First, we would like to inform you that together with other kababayans I miss your advisory column Ayon kay Nene very much. May I also inform you I have kept past issues of Munting Nayon and have used them several times to answer some questions of our kababayans. I am happy that your column is now available on the Munting Nayon website.
Last month, I was finally confronted just like others who have experienced it before me to send emergency money for my mother who was sick and had to be hospitalized for pneumonia. My sister called me in the middle of the night (7:00 AM Philippines time) to tell me to send urgent money to be used ......
Corazon Dee, PhD
January 13, 2009
EyeOpenerThe Election campaign for national positions in the Philippines is officially on! To many people it is the start of fiestas and carnivals where candidates show their wares – they sing & dance, do fiery speeches attacking political opponents, invite movie, radio/television personalities to attract more people to their political rallies and meetings. To the Class D & E these are welcome opportunities to enjoy free foods and entertainment compliments of the candidates....
Ber Pacheco
February 15, 2010
Si KakaAng pagkamatay ng isang ama ay nangangahulugan ng pagkawala ng pinuno ng isang tahanan. Sa kanyang pagpanaw ay natural lamang na may pumalit sa kanya bilang isang puno na namamahala at nagsasakripisyo, bilang isang haligi na nagbibigay ng tibay, bilang isang modelo upang upang maging isang halimbawa. Sa pangkaraniwang pamilya, iyon ay ang anak na panganay na lalake. Sa aming pamilya ay iyon si Kaka, hindi lamang dahil sa siya ang panganay kung hindi dahil sa siya ay nagtataglay ng mga maka-amang katangian....
Rene Calalang
April 29, 2010
EU Parliament trains sights on human rights violations, election violence in the Philippines
Boyen Baleva
The European Parliament on 26 April trained its sights on the human rights situation in the Philippines when the Subcommittee ...
Lady Dooren wins title as Miss Emmen 2010
Lady Dooren, 17 was proclaimed as Miss Emmen 2010 in a pageant contest held in Emmen-The Netherlands ,last April 25. ...
THE TALANGKA
HOMETOWN STORYVen Del Pilar Faundo
Most Filipinos are familiar with the derogatory term " talangka mentality ", meaning taking the short cut route of ...
Filipino Community Participation at the 62nd Geenzefest in Wiltz, Luxembourg
Leon San Pablo
24 May 2010 was also known in Luxembourg as “Lundi de la Pentecôte”, it was also the day of the ...
Ang Masamang Gawa
Rene Calalang
Nagkakilala sina Julius at Octavio nang mag-apply si Octavio ng trabaho sa pinagtatrabahunan ni Julius. Bagong dating noon si Octavio, ...
HALFWEG - THE NETHERLANDS
….gearing up for another exciting Kalayaan Fiesta in conjunction with our 22nd Philippine Independence Day celebration in the Netherlands…..
DEN HAAG - The Netherlands
…Celebrate Philippine Independence Day and set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the LARGEST PICNIC! …
Venue: ZuiderPark - Den Haag-The Netherlands
Date:June 12, 2010 (Saturday)
BRUSSELS - Belgium
Philippine Independence Day Celebration 2010 Date: June 12, 2010 (Saturday) Time: 8:00AM – 6:00PM Venue:: Basilique Sacre Coeur de ...
BRUGGE - Belgium
Philippine Independence Day Celebration 2010
Date: 13 June 2010, Sunday Time: 9.30 – 18.00 Venue: Beurshalle, Beursplein 2, 8000 Brugge ...
ESSEN - GERMANY
ESSEN - GERMANY ARAW NG KULTURA 2010
In celebration of 112th Philippine Independence Day And SANTA CRUZAN 2010
Date: June 12 13, 2010 Venue: Altes Strandbad-Im Loewenthal ESSEN-WERDEN- GERMANY
Jollibee-FBA Finals at Saudi Hi-Tech Compound on Friday, May 28
Jeddah FBA Basketball Tournament 2010Gared Angio
Jeddah- After three long months of waiting, the 1st Jollibee & 29th FBA basketball tournament will come to an end ...
“Handog Kaalaman, Handog Kawanggawa” in Riyadh
J. Nava Cruz
The writing is on the wall that Filipinos all over the global village are indeed on the go to ...
Neribe Doloricon is Pop Icon 2010 Grand Winner
Dani E. Gabrito
Neribe Doloricon, 14-year-old and second year student from Al Dannah International School bagged the ...
Pianist Tom Tañada Performs in Florida
January 16, 2010, Weirsdale-Florida
Tom Tañada, a noted Filipino pianist, performed in a exclusive and by invitational performance last January 16 in Weirsdale Florida. ...
Berghaus Girls from Winnipeg and Toronto Visit The Netherlands
Pictorial:Hosted by Curie Arts-Sawit / Rey and Gie Agbayani
From Toronto:
Group 3, 10, 12 visit to Terborg-Gelderland - April 30, 2010
left to right Curie Sawit, Pennelaine Striekwold, Terry ...