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To be a journalist is to be a fearless and incisive "inquirer" that dares to "chronicle" history without fear or favor;

To be a journalist is to act like a "tribune" that essays the truthful "journal" of every story of our "times", big or small, front page or inside page, "BIG NEWS" or even the last story before the closing credits roll;

To be a journalist is to hold a "mirror" in front of you to regularly and faithfully check the convictions and principles of what a "free press" truly stands for;

To be a journalist is to sometimes embrace your own celebrity and be a "star" that sets and upholds the "standards" of what the Filipinos of " today " are fighting for;

Ang maging mamamahayag ay tulad ng isang "bulgar" na pahina na hindi puwedeng maging sisidlan ng anumang pagbaluktot sa katotohanan, bagkus siya pa ngang lagusan upang ito ay mai-"bandera" at mai-"balita" ang mga kuwentong dapat na marining at ma-"tiktikan."

Ang maging mamamahayag ay ang pagsisiguro ng pananatili at pagsulong ng isang "malaya" at walang kinikilingang pag-"PAPATROL" , sa bawat araw, "24-0ras" dahil ang bawat kuwento ay kailangang pulsuhan, may buhay, tila isang "NEWSBEAT" na kailangang ma-"CAPTURED" dahil walang take two sa isang breaking news, walang cut, walang re-take;

Ang maging mamamahayag ay maging "SAKSI" sa "SENTRO" ng bawat pahina ng kasaysayan upang ito ang mai-"BANDILA" sa sambayanan;

Ang maging mamamahayag ay DAPAT laging sa NGALAN NG KATOTOHANAN AT TUNAY NA PAGLILINGKOD.




Straight from the "warzone", durian, mangoosten and lanzones, anyone?

September 5, 2007

 

I have a confession to make. I have been going in and out of Sulu for almost two decades now but I have yet to taste what they refer to as the ultimate passion fruit, DURIAN.

All of my cameramen from various networks that joined me in many of my coverages in Moslem Mindanao, particularly in Sulu swear that I will never regret tasting it and that I would crave for more after the first bite.

I have nothing against the smell or the taste which I have yet to try, I am simply hooked on other fruit produce from Sulu that is one of the many reasons why I feel in love with the place.

Confession No. 2:  I am a big eater of mangoosten and lanzones from Sulu. ANG TAMIS!!! As in! kahit siguro isang basket na punong-puno ay kaya kong ubusin. Matakaw po ako at huwag ninyo akong kakausapin kapag kumakain na ako ng lanzones. At promise–hindi pa nangingitim ang dulo ng daliri ko sa kababalat kasi hindi pilit sa pagkakahinog. Tamang-tama lang.

The other thing is—-the price is super low, you will not believe it! Ni hindi magtatampo ang isang daang piso mo, ang dami mo nang mabibili–tiyak may ilang basket ka na na punong-puno ng mangoosten, durian at lanzones.

This coming September 10, a C-130 plane from the Philippine Air Force will arrive at the Jolo Airport. (Please see related article at the Philippine Daily Inquirer or Inquirer.net dated 5 September 2007) to embark on a mission that has never before seen in this part of the country, considered, one of the most troubled and among the poorest of the provinces.

Hindi po karagdagang tropa ng pamahalaan ang dala ng C-130 kundi lalapag ito ng walang laman dahil ikakarga doon ang mga prutas na inani mula sa kabukiran at kabundukan ng Sulu–oo doon din sa mga bahagi na tila normal at ordinaryo na ang bakbakan sa pagitan ng tropa ng pamahalaan at mga rebeldeng grupo.

"It's a first for Sulu," yan ang sabi ni Governor Abdursakur Tan nang makapanayam ko siya kamakailan. Opo—-after 5-years ay tumapak muli ako sa Sulu. But can I suspend the story on that? Later, later I promise.

Sana hindi lang ito basta "symbolic act" na bahagi ng sabi ng pamahalaan ay Humanitarian Intervention sa mga conflict areas tulad ng Sulu na kung saan may aktibong opensibang militar ang pamahalaan na isinusulong.

Sana—maging simula talaga ng isang pang-matagalang ayuda sa mga magsasaka ng Sulu.

Back to the passion fruit—durian….hmmm….baka nga kulang na ako sa passion….sige na nga—-after avoiding it for many years….I will taste it na. Say ko kung may added charge nga ng passion! he-he! (wakas) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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ho and whee can i get a mangoosten to it?

Posted by mikhail D. at April 8, 2009, 5:49 pm

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