Later, I will be posting more and some of the sound files of the interview that I recorded.

Good day to all!

Kuya-Etta Discussion. Photo by: Juvel Tadena

Fan talaga ako ni Kuya Daniel pagdating sa banat na mga tanong niya sa programa niyang Get It Straight with Daniel Razon. Once nasa hotseat ka na, isa dito, kung hindi man lahat, ang ma-e-experience mo:

a. Mapakanta kahit walang tugtog,
b. Madulas kahit walang balat ng saging sa sahig,
c. Matigilan sandali kahit walang stop light, or
d. Mapikon.

Kaya naman laging intro ni Kuya Daniel ay “Welcome po sa programang bawal ang pikon.”

This time, I tried hard to focus on the discussion of the Kuya Daniel’s Get It Straight December 1 episode with guest Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Loretta “Etta” Rosales. I found a smooth-sailing discussion, and I learned a lot kahit may mga mahirap na legal terms na ginamit. I really had to prepare a paper and a pen to take down as fast as I could all the important details of their get-it-straight conversation.

Narito ngayon ang ilang mga bagay na natutunan ko sa Kuya-Etta Discource. (Enumeration Mode ito. Sana makapasa ako, haha!)

"Bilang CHR Chairperson, ano ang malaking problemang haharapin mo?" Photo by: Juvel Tadena

Marami palang naiwang mga asikasuhin kay Chair. Etta tulad ng Vizconde Case, and Morong  43, to name some. Pero sa tanong ni Kuya na bilang Chair. ng CHR, ano ang malaking problemang haharapin niya, I learned from Ms. Rosales na yung pagkakasundo mismo sa loob ng CHR ang gusto niya munang mangyari. Iba’t iba daw kasi ang pananaw tungkol sa Human Rights ng mga nasa loob mismo ng Commission.  She wants Human Rights be practiced to each other, from the janitor to the officers. Para mangyari yon, they have to equip themselves with International Standards/International Human Rights Instruments. Tama nga naman, para wala nang may aangal pa kasi International Standards (IS) na yan no. Gudlak naman kung may aapila pa sa higher level.

Nabanggit rin ni Madam Etta na tinitingala ng countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia ang ating bansa pagdating sa Human Rights standards. Ayos! Lalo na siguro kung applied na sa atin yung International Human Rights Instruments.

Tungkol naman doon sa torture issue sa Morong 43, na hindi ako very much aware kasi that moment ko lang din narinig yung issue, tinanong din siya ni Kuya kung saan siya papanig if ever maiipit siya sa pagitan ng accused at ng victim. She answered na kailangang pumanig sa katarungan. Kailangan ng deep investigation dahil I learned na pareho pa lang may Human Rights ang victim at ang accused. Kailangan daw walang madi-dehumanize. Naks, bagong term ko yan na narinig kay Chairperson, hehe.

de·hu·man·ize (d-hym-nz)
tr.v. de·hu·man·ized, de·hu·man·iz·ing, de·hu·man·iz·es
1. To deprive of human qualities such as individuality, compassion, or civility: slaves who had been dehumanized by their abysmal condition.

Kinumusta ni Kuya Daniel yung tungkol sa Ampatuan Issue. Alam naman natin na apat sa kasamahan sa UNTV ang kabilang sa mga biktima. One solution na gustong mangyari ni Madam Chair. ay palaganapin ang Human Rights doon sa lugar, to destroy the climate of fear, to destroy impunity. Takot na takot daw kasi ang mga tao doon na kumibo. There is what she said, kailangang i-destroy ang warlord rule!

warlord - supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak

Kailangan daw kasi ay ma-empower ang mamamayan doon. Let them know that they have Human Rights. Let them know na hindi sila nag-iisa. Well, lalakas nga ang loob ko kapag nalaman kong hindi ako nag-iisa no, at least man lang dalawa kami.

Naramdaman kong gustong-gusto ni Madam Chair. si Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. Sinabi niya kay Kuya Daniel na perfect combination ngayon ang Commission on Human Rights at ang Department of Justice dahil si Madam de Lima ang nakaupo ngayon sa DoJ as Secretary. “She has been terrific,” sabi ni Mam Etta. “We need her more than anybody else,” seryoso niyang sinabi, kundi ako nagkamali ng rinig.

Eh pano naman daw kung palitan ni Pangulong Noynoy si Ms. de Lima at ilagay sa Commission on Elections? Wag naman daw sana, meron naman daw ibang pwedeng ilagay doon. ‘Experience’ plus ‘Human Rights Orientation’ ang factors daw na nakay Madam de Lima kaya siya ang gusto niya na Justice Secretary. Pero kung papalitan nga talaga ni President eh malulungkot daw siya pero hindi naman sa point na siya ay mag-iimpake.

Nalaman ko mula kay Kuya na wala palang ngipin ang CHR Chairperson kun’di yung mga prosecutors. Hindi malinaw sa akin ang mga bagay tungkol sa prosecutors pero ang gustong mangyari ni Mam Etta ay gawing matino ang mga prosecutors.

"Palaganapin ang Human Rights in every area of governance" - Etta Rosales. Photo by: Juvel Tadena

Ito na yung spicy part for me, at natuwa ako kay Kuya Daniel sa magandang segue niya kay Mam Rosales. Tanong: Kung meron siyang iuutos sa Presidente Noynoy, tutal sabi naman ni P-Noy na ang mamamayan ang boss niya, ano ang i-uutos niya? Two main commands ang nakuha kong sagot kay Mam Etta:

1st Command – Dismantle the private armies of the politicians – dahil malamang sa nangyari sa Ampatuan. Sa Sulu naman daw, ang tawag daw doon ay “Special Emergency Forces.”

2nd Command – Palaganapin ang Human Rights in every area of governance.

Kasama din sa utos na nabanggit ay yung Monitoring of Litigation. Meron daw kasing hindi makakapunta sa paglilitis and they have the right to know kung ano na ang nangyayari, either mapapanood sa TV, or maririnig sa radio.

After giving Mam Etta her command to P-Noy, tinanong din ni Kuya kung sino ang boss ni Chairperson at sabi niya na ang mamamayan ang boss niya. And since Mam Etta agreed na mamamayan si Kuya Daniel, he commanded Madam Chair. na ayusin niya ang Commission on Human Rights, and she accepted it very gladly.  ^_^

I-ni-nvite naman ni Madam Etta si Kuya on December 10, Friday, kasi Human Rights Day Celebration yon. Yun din ay ang 100th day ni Madam sa kanyang pagiging Chairperson sa CHR.

Samahan nawa ang Commission of Human Rights at ang bagong Chairperson nito na si Mam Loretta “Etta” Rosales.

Keep watching Get It Straight with Daniel Razon, Monday to Friday at 7PM, with replays at 6:45pm after Ito Ang Balita on UNTV.

Hindi ko rin makalilimutan yung pinaka-nakatatakot eksena sa movie nang lumabas yung suspect sa krimen sa gitna ng bumubuhos na ulan. Yung suspect daw na yon ay yung Hubert Webb.

Nung nakita ko naman sa TV yung totoong Hubert Webb, nasabi ko sa aking pitong taong isipan na, “ayyy… siya ba yung pumatay? Ang gwapo naman!”  Parang hindi ako makapaniwala na siya yung tinutukoy na pumaslang kasi ang nasa isip ko noon, basta kontrabida, pangit.

Anyway, doon ko rin nalaman na anak pala siya ni Freddie Webb. Senator yata siya noon kung hindi ako nagkakamali. Hindi naman kasi ako aware sa politics noon (hanggang ngayon naman eh) kaya hindi ako familiar sa kanila. Dahil lang sa Vizconde Case kaya nagkaroon ako ng awareness sa pangalang Webb.

After 19 years, November 30, ay nasariwa sa akin ang lahat nang ma-i-guest si Freddie Webb kasama ang abogadong si Mr. Demetrio Custodio sa programang Get It Straight with Daniel Razon. Hindi ko mga lang masyadong na-digest yung usapan nila kasi that time ay bumoboto ako sa mashable.com.

I tried enrolling in learning centers kaso ang mahal. Well, mahal talaga ang foreign language at tanggap ko naman yon. Sana merong mag-sponsor sa akin. Haha! Pagpaparinig.Com!

This was the dry-run of Kuya Daniel’s “Good Morning Kuya.”

Thanks to: Rovic Photography

In watching Salt (starring Angelina Jolie) you see Evelyn moves the normal way- she eats, talks, runs in a normal motion- well, unless the video effect is in a slow motion, of course. That is because in filming, the camera is somewhat like capturing 30 frames per second or 29.97 fps. It means that when you watched Salt, what you have actually seen were sequence of 6,000 still pictures. You see them one by one in a fast interval: 30 still pictures per second. And that is what is going on in our brain!

When the brain is in normal condition, it sees, through the eyes, 30 images per second. But when you are in an life threatening situation, say you are running from a rage of fire, your brain ‘shutters’ so fast that it sees more than the normal picture counts per second! Putting you in a slow motion environment – cool!

So when you have a digital camera that has a ‘sequence mode’ or a ‘shutter frame mode button,’ that brilliant concept is from the human brain. And the human brain is from the Almighty God, the amazing Creator of the universe!

I remember the computer game called “SPORE.” It has the concept of creating a specie and making it grow and multiply. The one who guides and controls the little creature is the player of the game. I enjoy doing the game because of its visual stuff and the eating and crunching sound. The only thing I hate in “SPORE” is the concept of evolution where the little creature will evolve from a aquatic animal into terrestrial one. Evolution is not true!

Anyway, here is the trailer of the game. In the end you will hear the narrator saying, “and that someone is You.” I may say that that Someone who created the universe is God.

That’s why I offer thanksgiving to the Almighty: a song especially for Him- Awit ng Puso (La Chanson du Coeur)

Arcon (me,) Jeka, and (glowing) Kuya Daniel! In Sto. Tomas, Batangas.