Friday, November 28, 2008
My expectation for the coming Intramurals...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The other me...
Enneagram Type 6:
Loyal Person, Devil's Advocate, Skeptic, Guardian or Rebel
Overview
You want to be safe and secure, to fit in and belong. More importantly, you want to have certainty and security, putting your faith in a trusted authority, belief system or tradition. You see yourself as faithful, friendly, conservative and/or cautious. You would like others to see you as loyal, dedicated and reliable. Your idealized image is that you are supportive and do your duty.
A bundle of contradictions, you can be wary and cautious one minute and/or rebellious and courageous the next. You possess an endearing childlike reactivity and often take the position of the devil’s advocate. Depending on the situation, you can be friendly and outgoing or reserved and skeptical. A ‘good soldier’, you prefer the role of buddy, loyal family member or trusted employee. You can be a reluctant authority because you fear that taking on a leadership position might make you a target for opposition. You are attracted to people who are strong, protective and/or have prestige. You seek trusted, reliable authorities and allies.
Often identifying with the underdog and distrustful of people’s hidden agendas, you are slow to trust new acquaintances. Fearing that you will be duped or taken advantage of, you are keenly aware of inconsistencies. To determine if someone is trustworthy, you watch for and question any discrepancy you observe. Once someone passes the testing process, you become deeply committed and a most loyal friend. Devoted to your friends and family, you show allegiance over individuality.
You are curious, skeptical and doubting by nature. Because you are afraid of being unprepared or caught off guard, you often rehearse in your mind what you might say or do. Imaginative and visual, you can often see what might go wrong. You may even enjoy scaring yourself by thinking of worst-case scenarios so that you will never be paralyzed by the fear of not knowing what to say or do. Although you are afraid of being afraid, you are capable of being profoundly dutiful and heroic. Once you let go of doubts, your fear turns into excitement and you can surprise yourself with unexpected acts of courage.
Need
You need predictability, a protective, trustworthy authority and the security of feeling that you belong. You long for guidance to manage the feelings of fear and doubt. You are a “proof junkie” who needs to test people, ideas and beliefs over and over again to see if they are worthy of your loyalty. You need reassurance and encouraging, positive feedback from friends and loved ones.
Avoid
You avoid deviance, uncertainty and anything that is different from any group or idea to which you ascribe. You are highly motivated to avoid disappointing friends or authority figures. Fear and doubt can undermine your sense of safety. You are afraid of fear, submission and cowardice, so you vacillate between loyalty and rebelliousness by puffing up and backing down. You fear anything unproven or radical. You also are afraid of deviating from the norm or being different from your peers. Your greatest fear, however, is to be alone and unprotected.
Virtue
Your greatest strengths are your abilities to test for the truth and to recognize and challenge a bad authority. Loyal and dedicated, you understand the value of making sacrifices for the group and are willing to enforce society's rules to ensure safety and security for all. You believe that if everyone followed the rules and cooperated with one another, the world would be a safer place. A hero at heart, you are capable of great acts of loyalty and courage.
Vice
Your vice is fear. This manifests as excessive doubt and playing the devil’s advocate. Your drive for security can cause you to envision a dangerous and divisive world in which you feel persecuted and then may persecute those who deviate from the rules or the norm. When you are afraid, you doubt your own authority and can become provocative and undermining. Seeking security, you try to control others by ensnaring them in your fears and doubts. A lack of faith in your own authority can cause you to overly submit to or challenge others, the rules or authority figures.
Attention
Your attention goes to feelings of fear and doubt and scanning for danger, hidden motives or agendas. You have a tendency to focus on the worst-case scenario. Your fears and doubts can keep you from taking action and/or trusting yourself and others. You may at times be overly phobic and at other times overly counter-phobic.
Spiritual Journey
Your spiritual path is to reclaim your sense of faith and courage and see unity instead of differences. In your search for security, remember that the only real security lies in having faith and in trusting yourself.
Mantra
As you learn to relax and trust yourself, fear will often turn to excitement and courage. Remember, people are far more alike than they are different. Embrace what is new and unfamiliar as an opportunity to remember what you already know and trust. Instead of idealizing those who rescue or protect others, overcome your tendency to hesitate or doubt and take action.
Wing
If you are the Enneagram Type 6 with the 5 Wing, you desire to appear remote. You see yourself as faithful, knowing, intelligent, refined, real and brave.
If you are the Enneagram Type 6 with the 7 Wing, you desire to appear conformist. You see yourself as loyal, casual, related, interested, energetic, warm and wary.
Famous 6s:
Phobic: Jason Alexander, Woody Allen, Alan Arkin, Kim Basinger, Candice Bergen, Albert Brooks, George Bush, Lynda Carter, Stockard Channing, Rodney Dangerfield, Ellen DeGeneres, Eminem, Sally Field, Teri Garr, Ed Harris, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Richard Lewis, Penny Marshall, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Richard Nixon, Lena Olin, Anthony Perkins, Sydney Pollack, Paul Reiser, Pat Robertson, Rene Russo, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Carly Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, Meg Tilly, Brian Wilson.
Counterphobic: Ellen Barkin, Warren Beatty, Judy Davis, Phil Donahue, Carrie Fisher, Mel Gibson, Andrew Grove, Gene Hackman, Adolf Hitler, Dustin Hoffman, J. Edgar Hoover, Tommy Lee Jones, Wynonna Judd, J. Krishnamurti, Spike Lee, David Letterman, Gordon Liddy, Charles Manson, Steve McQueen, Michael Moore, Paul Newman, Chuck Norris, Rosie Perez, Richard Pryor, Robert Redford, Janet Reno, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Steven Seagal, Ben Stiller, Patrick Swayze, Justin Timberlake, Linda Tripp, Ted Turner, Sean Young.
All content Katherine Chernick Fauvre, David W. Fauvre, Enneagram Explorations, © 1995-2007
The other me...
Enneagram Type 6:
Loyal Person, Devil's Advocate, Skeptic, Guardian or Rebel
Overview
You want to be safe and secure, to fit in and belong. More importantly, you want to have certainty and security, putting your faith in a trusted authority, belief system or tradition. You see yourself as faithful, friendly, conservative and/or cautious. You would like others to see you as loyal, dedicated and reliable. Your idealized image is that you are supportive and do your duty.
A bundle of contradictions, you can be wary and cautious one minute and/or rebellious and courageous the next. You possess an endearing childlike reactivity and often take the position of the devil’s advocate. Depending on the situation, you can be friendly and outgoing or reserved and skeptical. A ‘good soldier’, you prefer the role of buddy, loyal family member or trusted employee. You can be a reluctant authority because you fear that taking on a leadership position might make you a target for opposition. You are attracted to people who are strong, protective and/or have prestige. You seek trusted, reliable authorities and allies.
Often identifying with the underdog and distrustful of people’s hidden agendas, you are slow to trust new acquaintances. Fearing that you will be duped or taken advantage of, you are keenly aware of inconsistencies. To determine if someone is trustworthy, you watch for and question any discrepancy you observe. Once someone passes the testing process, you become deeply committed and a most loyal friend. Devoted to your friends and family, you show allegiance over individuality.
You are curious, skeptical and doubting by nature. Because you are afraid of being unprepared or caught off guard, you often rehearse in your mind what you might say or do. Imaginative and visual, you can often see what might go wrong. You may even enjoy scaring yourself by thinking of worst-case scenarios so that you will never be paralyzed by the fear of not knowing what to say or do. Although you are afraid of being afraid, you are capable of being profoundly dutiful and heroic. Once you let go of doubts, your fear turns into excitement and you can surprise yourself with unexpected acts of courage.
Need
You need predictability, a protective, trustworthy authority and the security of feeling that you belong. You long for guidance to manage the feelings of fear and doubt. You are a “proof junkie” who needs to test people, ideas and beliefs over and over again to see if they are worthy of your loyalty. You need reassurance and encouraging, positive feedback from friends and loved ones.
Avoid
You avoid deviance, uncertainty and anything that is different from any group or idea to which you ascribe. You are highly motivated to avoid disappointing friends or authority figures. Fear and doubt can undermine your sense of safety. You are afraid of fear, submission and cowardice, so you vacillate between loyalty and rebelliousness by puffing up and backing down. You fear anything unproven or radical. You also are afraid of deviating from the norm or being different from your peers. Your greatest fear, however, is to be alone and unprotected.
Virtue
Your greatest strengths are your abilities to test for the truth and to recognize and challenge a bad authority. Loyal and dedicated, you understand the value of making sacrifices for the group and are willing to enforce society's rules to ensure safety and security for all. You believe that if everyone followed the rules and cooperated with one another, the world would be a safer place. A hero at heart, you are capable of great acts of loyalty and courage.
Vice
Your vice is fear. This manifests as excessive doubt and playing the devil’s advocate. Your drive for security can cause you to envision a dangerous and divisive world in which you feel persecuted and then may persecute those who deviate from the rules or the norm. When you are afraid, you doubt your own authority and can become provocative and undermining. Seeking security, you try to control others by ensnaring them in your fears and doubts. A lack of faith in your own authority can cause you to overly submit to or challenge others, the rules or authority figures.
Attention
Your attention goes to feelings of fear and doubt and scanning for danger, hidden motives or agendas. You have a tendency to focus on the worst-case scenario. Your fears and doubts can keep you from taking action and/or trusting yourself and others. You may at times be overly phobic and at other times overly counter-phobic.
Spiritual Journey
Your spiritual path is to reclaim your sense of faith and courage and see unity instead of differences. In your search for security, remember that the only real security lies in having faith and in trusting yourself.
Mantra
As you learn to relax and trust yourself, fear will often turn to excitement and courage. Remember, people are far more alike than they are different. Embrace what is new and unfamiliar as an opportunity to remember what you already know and trust. Instead of idealizing those who rescue or protect others, overcome your tendency to hesitate or doubt and take action.
Wing
If you are the Enneagram Type 6 with the 5 Wing, you desire to appear remote. You see yourself as faithful, knowing, intelligent, refined, real and brave.
If you are the Enneagram Type 6 with the 7 Wing, you desire to appear conformist. You see yourself as loyal, casual, related, interested, energetic, warm and wary.
Famous 6s:
Phobic: Jason Alexander, Woody Allen, Alan Arkin, Kim Basinger, Candice Bergen, Albert Brooks, George Bush, Lynda Carter, Stockard Channing, Rodney Dangerfield, Ellen DeGeneres, Eminem, Sally Field, Teri Garr, Ed Harris, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Richard Lewis, Penny Marshall, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Richard Nixon, Lena Olin, Anthony Perkins, Sydney Pollack, Paul Reiser, Pat Robertson, Rene Russo, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Carly Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, Meg Tilly, Brian Wilson.
Counterphobic: Ellen Barkin, Warren Beatty, Judy Davis, Phil Donahue, Carrie Fisher, Mel Gibson, Andrew Grove, Gene Hackman, Adolf Hitler, Dustin Hoffman, J. Edgar Hoover, Tommy Lee Jones, Wynonna Judd, J. Krishnamurti, Spike Lee, David Letterman, Gordon Liddy, Charles Manson, Steve McQueen, Michael Moore, Paul Newman, Chuck Norris, Rosie Perez, Richard Pryor, Robert Redford, Janet Reno, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Steven Seagal, Ben Stiller, Patrick Swayze, Justin Timberlake, Linda Tripp, Ted Turner, Sean Young.
All content Katherine Chernick Fauvre, David W. Fauvre, Enneagram Explorations, © 1995-2007
My Personality...
Main Type | Overall Self |
Enneagram Test Results
Your variant is social |
Sunday, November 9, 2008
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Speech During the Opening Ceremony of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Speech During the Opening Ceremony of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
Manila, 30 July 2007
Thank you very much, Secretary Romulo.
Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN Member Nations as well as Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste; ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong; excellencies of the diplomatic corps; Speaker de Venecia; members of the Philippine senate; Senator Angara, former Senate President of the Philippines; Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Relations and our Philippine nominee to the International Court of Justice; (applause) Mayor of Manila, Mayor Fred Lim; Vice Mayor of Pasay City, Vice Mayor Calixto; members of the cabinet and other government officials; distinguished guests; ladies and gentlemen.
A warm Filipino welcome to our ASEAN partners and allies from all over the world. Mabuhay!
Senator Kiko Pangilinan
Senate Office: Rm. 603 6th Flr., GSIS Bldg., Financial Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City Trunk Lines: (632) 552-6601 to 80 loc. 6512 / 6514 / 6515 / 2526 Direct Lines: (632) 552-6732 / (632) 552-6748 Fax No.: (632) 552-6747 Email: kikopangilinan@kiko.ph Website: www.kiko.ph |
ACADEMIC HISTORY
Masters in Public Administration
Area of Concentration : Strategic Management
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Bachelor of Laws
College of Law, University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City, PhilippinesBachelor of Arts in English, Major in Comparative Literature
College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City, PhilippinesSecondary & Primary Education
La Salle Greenhills
Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- SENATOR, Republic of the Philippines (2001 to present)
Voted Senator tthe 12th and 13th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines tserve from year 2001 t2007.
12 January 2004 tpresent | Majority Leader The youngest senator tassume the post since the restoration of Philippine Congress in 1987 | |
12 January 2004 tpresent | Chairperson, Committee on Rules Has jurisdiction on all matters relating tthe rules of the senate; the calendar as well as parliamentary rules and the order and manner of transacting business and the creation of committees. | |
August 2001 tpresent | Senate Representative tthe Judicial and Bar Council - a Constitutional body tasked treview and recommend appointments of justices and judges in the Philippine Judiciary | |
10 February 2003 t12 January 2004 | Chairperson, Committee on Education, Arts and Culture Managed matters within the Senate jurisdiction relating tthe promotion and development of the state of Education of the country and the preservation, enrichment and evolution of FilipinArts and Culture | |
August 2001 t12 January 2004 | Chairperson, Committee on Justice and Human Rights A principal in the struggle for reforms in the Philippine Judicial System and the upholding of Human Rights | |
August 2001 t12 January 2004 | Chairperson, Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement Handled matters relating turban land reform planning, housing, resettlement and community development | |
August 2001 t12 January 2004 | Chairperson, Committee on Ethics and Privileges Had jurisdiction over matters relating tthe conduct, rights, privileges, safety, dignity, integrity and reputation of the Senate and its members |
Some Major Legislative Accomplishments
Sponsor and Author, RA 9227, Improving the Salary and Providing Special Benefits to Justices and Judges and other members of the Judiciary
Sponsor and Author, RA 9285, Institutionalizing an Alternative Dispute Resolution System
Sponsor and Author, RA 9279, Strengthening and Rationalizing the National Prosecution Service
Sponsor and Author, RA 9293, Amending the Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act" (Balik Turo)
Sponsor and Author, RA 9262, Anti-Domestic Violence Bill
Sponsor and Author, Curtailing Entertainment Media Piracy in the Philippines
Sponsor and Author, Anti Money Laundering Act
Author and Sponsor, The National Human Rights Consciousness Week
Sponsor and Author, The Rent Control Law
Author, the National Service Training Program Act (ROTC Law)
Sponsor and Co-Author, The Citizenship Retention Act of 2003
Co-Author, The FilipinOverseas Absentee-Voting Act
Creation of Various Local Courts
Creation and Conversion of Various State Universities and Colleges
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VICE CHAIRMAN, Liberal Party of the Philippines
The second oldest Political Party in the Philippines, the Liberal Party (LP) is considered an institution of Philippines sociopolitical life. -
CHAIRMAN, National Organizing Committee of the Liberal Party of Philippines
The Committee is responsible for the overall recruitment and expansion program of the Party and its local branches.
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FOUNDING PRESIDENT, National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL)
SENIOR PARTNER, Pangilinan Britanico Sarmiento and Franco Law Offices (on indefinite leave)
FORMER POSITIONS
Legal Analyst, ABS-CBN Broadcast Corporation
News and Current Affairs DepartmentHead, Legal Desk, ABS-CBN
Host, 'Barangay Dos" TV Show
ABS-CBN Channel 2, Saturdays, 5:00 pm - 5:30 pmAnchorperson, Batas", DZMM, Saturdays 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Anchorperson, Relos Reports with Atty. Kiko, Mondays - Fridays, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Member, Adhoc and Independent Citizen's Committee
Lecturer, Law on Sales, Agency & Credit Transactions
Department of Management
Ateneo de Manila University
Vice Chairperson
Committee on Legal Aid
National Office of the Integrated Bar of the PhilippinesCollaborating Lawyer
Free Legal Assistance GroupOverall Coordinator
Hoy! Gising! Free Legal Assistabce Group
Integrated Bar of the PhilippinesDirector
Integrated Bar of the Philippines, QC ChapterNational Co-Chairperson
National Legal Aid Committee
Integrated Bar of the PhilippinesMinority Leader
Quezon City Legislative Council, 1991 - 1992
World Trade Center Attack
September 11 attacks
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacksFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
September 11 attacks | |
Twin towers of the World Trade Center burning. American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower, left, then United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower, right. | |
Location | New York City, U.S. (1st & 2nd) Arlington Co, VA, U.S. (3rd) |
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Date | Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:46 am – 10:28 am (UTC-4) |
Attack type | Aircraft hijacking, Mass murder, Murder-suicide, Suicide attack |
Deaths | 2,998 (excluding the 19 hijackers, including 24 presumed dead) |
Injured | 6,291+ |
Perpetrator(s) | al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden, see also Responsibility and Organizers. |
The September 11 attacks (often referred to as nine-eleven, written 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, nineteen Islamist terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.[1][2] The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the building. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying at least two nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There are no survivors from any of the flights.
Excluding the 19 hijackers, 2,974 people died in the attacks. Another 24 are missing and presumed dead.[3][4] The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 90 different countries. In addition, the death of at least one person from lung disease was ruled by a medical examiner to be a result of exposure to dust from the World Trade Center's collapse.[5]
The United States responded to the attacks by launching a War on Terrorism, invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who had harbored al-Qaeda terrorists, and enacting the USA PATRIOT Act. Many other states also strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. Some American stock exchanges stayed closed for the rest of the week, and posted enormous losses upon reopening, especially in the airline and insurance industries. The economy of Lower Manhattan ground to a halt, as billions of dollars in office space was damaged or destroyed.
The damage to the Pentagon was cleared and repaired within a year, and the Pentagon Memorial was built on the site.[6] Rebuilding the World Trade Center site has proven more difficult, with controversy over possible designs as well as the pace of construction. Construction delays, revised cost estimates, security concerns, and public criticism have all led to changes and delays to the final plans in rebuilding the complex to this day.
Attacks
- Main article: Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks
Early in the morning on September 11, 2001, nineteen hijackers took control of four commercial airliners en route to San Francisco and Los Angeles from Boston, Newark, and Washington, D.C. (Washington Dulles International Airport).[1] At 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the World Trade Center's North Tower, followed by United Airlines Flight 175 which hit the South Tower at 9:03 a.m.[7][8] Another group of hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m.[9] A fourth flight, United Airlines Flight 93, whose ultimate target was thought to be either the United States Capitol or White House, crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03 a.m.[10][11]
During the hijacking of the airplanes, the hijackers used box-cutter knives to kill flight attendants, passengers, and crew members, including the captain of Flight 11, John Ogonowski.[12] Some passengers were able to make phone calls using the cabin airphone service and mobile phones.[13][14] They reported that several hijackers were aboard each plane. The 9/11 Commission established that two of the hijackers had recently purchased Leatherman multi-function hand tools.[15] Some form of noxious chemical spray, such as tear gas or pepper spray, was reported to have been used on American 11 and United 175 to keep passengers out of the first-class cabin.[16] A flight attendant on Flight 11, a passenger on Flight 175, and passengers on Flight 93 mentioned that the hijackers had bombs, but one of the passengers also mentioned he thought the bombs were fake. No traces of explosives were found at the crash sites. The 9/11 Commission Report believed the bombs were probably fake.[12]
On United Airlines Flight 93, black box recordings revealed that crew and passengers attempted to seize control of the plane from the hijackers after learning through phone calls that similarly hijacked planes had been crashed into buildings that morning.[17][18] According to the transcript of Flight 93's recorder, one of the hijackers gave the order to roll the plane once it became evident that they would lose control of the plane to the passengers.[19] Soon afterward, the aircraft crashed into a field near Shanksville in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at 10:03:11 a.m. local time (14:03:11 UTC). Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed mentioned in a 2002 interview with Yosri Fouda, an al Jazeera journalist, that Flight 93's target was the United States Capitol, which was given the code name "the Faculty of Law".[20]
Three buildings in the World Trade Center Complex collapsed due to structural failure on the day of the attack.[21] The south tower (2 WTC) fell at approximately 9:59 a.m., after burning for 56 minutes in a fire caused by the impact of United Airlines Flight 175.[21] The north tower (1 WTC) collapsed at 10:28 a.m., after burning for approximately 102 minutes.[21] When the north tower collapsed, debris heavily damaged the nearby 7 World Trade Center (7 WTC) building. Its structural integrity was further compromised by fires, and the building collapsed later in the day at 5:20 p.m.[22]
The attacks created widespread confusion among news organizations and air traffic controllers across the United States. All international civilian air traffic was banned from landing on US soil for three days.[23] Aircraft already in flight were either turned back or redirected to airports in Canada or Mexico. News sources aired unconfirmed and often contradictory reports throughout the day. One of the most prevalent of these reported that a car bomb had been detonated at the U.S. State Department's headquarters in Washington, D.C.[24] Soon after reporting for the first time on the Pentagon crash, CNN and other media also briefly reported that a fire had broken out on the Washington Mall.[25] Another report went out on the AP wire, claiming that a Delta Air Lines airliner—Flight 1989—had been hijacked. This report, too, turned out to be in error; the plane was briefly thought to represent a hijack risk, but it responded to controllers and landed safely in Cleveland, Ohio.[26]