Huge Traffic Jam due to QC Squatter Demolition.

[Monseratto]

Arnold Clavio chastised the Barangay San Roque Association president when she said "Mahirap kami kasi." Arnold said that he too came from mahirap, but he worked hard and look where he is now...

[Retz]

si Pacquiao mahirap din dati selling stolen cigarettes pa nga. Wala talaga kadaladala itong mga squatters.

[chua_riwap]

Pag ayaw umalis, sunugin na lang.

a single napalm bomb would do the trick.......

[jut703]

Oo lahat kasi ng mahirap nabibigyan ng oppurtunity diba. Parang reasoning lang yan ng mga anti RH - ang laki ng pamilya namin pero successful naman ako therefore big family is not a hindrance.

Ang kakapal ng mukha niyo para sabihing mahirap sila kasi kulang sila sa sipag. Oo merong mga tambay, oo merong mga pariwara, pero marami diyang nagsisipag pero walang mararating kahit anong gawin nila.

Kung makabigay ng example akala mo general rule e. Exception tawag diyan, outlier.

For every success story you point out because of hard work and perserverance, there are dozens of other stories of people who tried as hard but didnt make it simply because the circumstances werent as favorable for them.

[BratPAQ]

^ lahat nang matitinong squatter at marunong pumarehas eh nagparelocate na, tinanggap na tulong ng gobyerno, yung mga pasaway na lang natira dyan

ang mentality dyan "ayokong malayo sa trabaho ko, kaya kesehodang bumaha sa inyo, maperwisyo kayo, lumubog sa baha bahay nyo at sasakyan nyo, ang importante ,alapit ako sa trabaho ko" letseng kawiran yan.

[Snake1]

Being a squatter is not an issue here... if you've done your best and you're still poor then perhaps we can say the circumstances are really unsurmountable. (Although I must say, pag ma sipag ang tao there are more chances that he will earn something more).. i remember reading a story nung panahon ng Ondoy.. when a lot of squatters.. were asking for help.. there was this one guy na nag libot and nanguha ng junk (plastics/ bakal etc) kasi nag kalat... I suppose that person made more than those na nakatanga lang....But i digress...

Being squatter is not an issue.. being a squatter na nga and buraot is the issue... mahirap na nga.. masma pa ng ugali... I meet a number of poor people who still have values.. marunong pa mag thank you and have a concern for others too....

What is being brought out here is people that dont own the property...tap into illegal connections.. pollute the land...cause traffic..commit crime.... and some say they dont have the choice....? sure they do... thay can choose to live in their own porivinces.. or choose not to have electicity and live what they can afford to have.. or at least throw trash in the right places... but they dont....

Nakaksama talaga ng loob to pay freaking high taxes and see the government support these kind of people....

haaaay.. kaka higblood.... maka pag chicharo nga....

[vinj]

^ lahat nang matitinong squatter at marunong pumarehas eh nagparelocate na, tinanggap na tulong ng gobyerno, yung mga pasaway na lang natira dyan

ang mentality dyan "ayokong malayo sa trabaho ko, kaya kesehodang bumaha sa inyo, maperwisyo kayo, lumubog sa baha bahay nyo at sasakyan nyo, ang importante ,alapit ako sa trabaho ko" letseng kawiran yan.

The "matino" ones will move on to relocation; these are also the guys who may be renting from the "syndicates" or professional squatters/. These guys also usually have blue collar jobs or are gainfully employed. The problem is it only takes a few eggheads (these are your die-hard professional squatters who earn from the land they squat on) to mess things up; these guys are also the ones who will "rally" the more level headed squatters to stay put.

[Horsepower]

*jut703, words of the enlightened.

I am always thankful that we can afford to give our children a comfortable life esp during their developing years. AC 24/7, they can sleep at noon well into the afternoon kasi nga malamig sa buong bahay, they can eat anything they want, they travel overseas kahit infant/ toddler pa lang. .

While I wish the same for these poor people, di talaga nila kaya e. Magkaiba ang circumstances namin.

Back in UP Diliman, I've met a diverse set of people from the poor trying hard to make ends meet, to the rich pretending to be poor (and the poor pretending to be rich )

That's where I realized (first and only public school kasi na pinasukan ko ang UP) na magkakaiba talaga ang palad ng tao. We can never compare ourselves to others. It would be selfish and arrogant to do so.

Back then, I earn my own money and pay for ALL my expenses kasi I'm a technical enthusiast (computers). So I earned off that skill. I can say they should do the same pero what if they don't have the same acumen or brain power to do that? Likewise, I don't have the skillset to plant and grow veggies.

Opportunities kasi ang kulang sa mga resettlement areas. Kahit minsan natatawa na ako sa mga demands ng mga squatters, hindi mahirap intindihin kung bakit nila gusto ang mga iyon (like living in the city where their jobs are). The fact is, they have loved ones that they care for, too. In the provinces where we travel to, I usually tell the people I meet there na Manila is a big pile of trash. Mainit, mahal lahat ng bagay, masasama ang ugali ng tao, etc. Akala kasi ng mga tga province, paraiso dito.

They come here mas-shock sila na ganito pala dito and they end up in survival mode.

Some people aren't happy taxpesos are being spent on the poor pero saan ba dapat ang mga ito? Should we just leave them to die? I'd wager that they don't like their circumstances too.

Back when I was young, studying at montessori, marami akong naging kaibigan from the squatters area. They taught me to how to make a toy, that stick where you fasten a can lid on as a wheel. We'd roam and roam around happy and carefree. They are people too.

Instead of CCT (that useles 1,500 per month stipend), the Govt should just put industries near these relocation sites. Factories. Recycling plants, whatever. Napakalaki ng resources ng Govt.to do just about anything it wants.

Pag gutom na kasi family mo, you will do anything, literally, just to alleviate that.

[stickers]

apoy lang katapat nyan pag ayaw lumipat.. tignan nyo yung sa Guadalupe, naubos di ba? :burn:

[andywesteast]

apoy lang katapat nyan pag ayaw lumipat.. tignan nyo yung sa Guadalupe, naubos di ba? :burn:

Kaya napansin mo, ang daming sunog ngayon.

Apoy lang katapat ng mga Skwaking.:burn:

[ClaNker]

Oo lahat kasi ng mahirap nabibigyan ng oppurtunity diba. Parang reasoning lang yan ng mga anti RH - ang laki ng pamilya namin pero successful naman ako therefore big family is not a hindrance.

Ang kakapal ng mukha niyo para sabihing mahirap sila kasi kulang sila sa sipag. Oo merong mga tambay, oo merong mga pariwara, pero marami diyang nagsisipag pero walang mararating kahit anong gawin nila.

Kung makabigay ng example akala mo general rule e. Exception tawag diyan, outlier.

For every success story you point out because of hard work and perserverance, there are dozens of other stories of people who tried as hard but didnt make it simply because the circumstances werent as favorable for them.

Tibay din ng reasoning mo dong. Mukhang nabubuhay ka sa bubble ah, lumabas ka naman para maintindihan mo ang mga sinasabi ng mga tao dito. Pwedeng-pwede kang maging pulintiko.

Dami kong kaibigan na mga working student before, lahat sila magaganda na ang buhay ngayon.

[ClaNker]

*jut703, words of the enlightened.

I am always thankful that we can afford to give our children a comfortable life esp during their developing years. AC 24/7, they can sleep at noon well into the afternoon kasi nga malamig sa buong bahay, they can eat anything they want, they travel overseas kahit infant/ toddler pa lang. .

While I wish the same for these poor people, di talaga nila kaya e. Magkaiba ang circumstances namin.

Back in UP Diliman, I've met a diverse set of people from the poor trying hard to make ends meet, to the rich pretending to be poor (and the poor pretending to be rich )

That's where I realized (first and only public school kasi na pinasukan ko ang UP) na magkakaiba talaga ang palad ng tao. We can never compare ourselves to others. It would be selfish and arrogant to do so.

Back then, I earn my own money and pay for ALL my expenses kasi I'm a technical enthusiast (computers). So I earned off that skill. I can say they should do the same pero what if they don't have the same acumen or brain power to do that? Likewise, I don't have the skillset to plant and grow veggies.

Opportunities kasi ang kulang sa mga resettlement areas. Kahit minsan natatawa na ako sa mga demands ng mga squatters, hindi mahirap intindihin kung bakit nila gusto ang mga iyon (like living in the city where their jobs are). The fact is, they have loved ones that they care for, too. In the provinces where we travel to, I usually tell the people I meet there na Manila is a big pile of trash. Mainit, mahal lahat ng bagay, masasama ang ugali ng tao, etc. Akala kasi ng mga tga province, paraiso dito.

They come here mas-shock sila na ganito pala dito and they end up in survival mode.

Some people aren't happy taxpesos are being spent on the poor pero saan ba dapat ang mga ito? Should we just leave them to die? I'd wager that they don't like their circumstances too.

Back when I was young, studying at montessori, marami akong naging kaibigan from the squatters area. They taught me to how to make a toy, that stick where you fasten a can lid on as a wheel. We'd roam and roam around happy and carefree. They are people too.

Instead of CCT (that useles 1,500 per month stipend), the Govt should just put industries near these relocation sites. Factories. Recycling plants, whatever. Napakalaki ng resources ng Govt.to do just about anything it wants.

Pag gutom na kasi family mo, you will do anything, literally, just to alleviate that.

Dumaan kami sa gutom ng mga-ina ko when I was in Mindanao, ni walang makain sa isang araw. So ok lang na gumawa ako ng illegal at mag squat?

Kunting ayos sa tamang perspective peps, pinipilit kasi eh.

[Horsepower]

I don't know how can one get hungry in Mindanao when it's so abundant there. Lahat mura, and the opportunities are just everywhere. That's from a perspective of a Manileno. My wife is from Northern Mindanao that's why I got to visit that beautiful place.

Anyway, naranasan ko na rin magutom when I got stranded in Quezon Province during my teens, kung ano ano pumasok sa isip ko, mangholdap, manggulpi as in kahit ano para lang makakuha ako ng pera para makabili ng pagkain. Ganun pala talaga pag gutom ka na. What more kung anak mo ang namimilipit sa gutom, I wonder what you can do.

Of course, I didn't do any of those. 1 day lang naman e. I eventually got home that night but I will never forget that feeling and the thoughts it brought me.

I'm not saying na tama mag-squat, have I? Mind you, we have 15 hectares of land that got run over by squatters. I know it's just a small piece of land pero sayang din e. Pinag-iisipan pa paano yun mabawi so I'm not siding with the squatters in any way lalo na sa mga criminals that lurk in its streets. Ang sinasabi ko lang, ang opinion ko sa kung bakit sila balik nang balik dito.

They need opportunities to earn. They need to live too. The Govt has the vast resources to give them that. Medyo short sighted lang.

Mali ang gumawa ng illegal at mag-squat. Tama ang position mo na iyon. Ganun din ang sa akin. But there are times you disregard the law and what is right just to survive and that's what these people are going through.

[ClaNker]

I don't know how can one get hungry in Mindanao when it's so abundant there. Lahat mura, and the opportunities are just everywhere. That's from a perspective of a Manileno. My wife is from Northern Mindanao that's why I got to visit that beautiful place.

Anyway, naranasan ko na rin magutom when I got stranded in Quezon Province during my teens, kung ano ano pumasok sa isip ko, mangholdap, manggulpi as in kahit ano para lang makakuha ako ng pera para makabili ng pagkain. Ganun pala talaga pag gutom ka na. What more kung anak mo ang namimilipit sa gutom, I wonder what you can do.

Of course, I didn't do any of those. 1 day lang naman e. I eventually got home that night but I will never forget that feeling and the thoughts it brought me.

I'm not saying na tama mag-squat, have I? Mind you, we have 15 hectares of land that got run over by squatters. I know it's just a small piece of land pero sayang din e. Pinag-iisipan pa paano yun mabawi so I'm not siding with the squatters in any way lalo na sa mga criminals that lurk in its streets. Ang sinasabi ko lang, ang opinion ko sa kung bakit sila balik nang balik dito.

They need opportunities to earn. They need to live too. The Govt has the vast resources to give them that. Medyo short sighted lang.

Mali ang gumawa ng illegal at mag-squat. Tama ang position mo na iyon. Ganun din ang sa akin. But there are times you disregard the law and what is right just to survive and that's what these people are going through.

That says a lot.

[Sweetlucious]

I don't know how can one get hungry in Mindanao when it's so abundant there. Lahat mura, and the opportunities are just everywhere. That's from a perspective of a Manileno. My wife is from Northern Mindanao that's why I got to visit that beautiful place.

Anyway, naranasan ko na rin magutom when I got stranded in Quezon Province during my teens, kung ano ano pumasok sa isip ko, mangholdap, manggulpi as in kahit ano para lang makakuha ako ng pera para makabili ng pagkain. Ganun pala talaga pag gutom ka na. What more kung anak mo ang namimilipit sa gutom, I wonder what you can do.

Of course, I didn't do any of those. 1 day lang naman e. I eventually got home that night but I will never forget that feeling and the thoughts it brought me.

I'm not saying na tama mag-squat, have I? Mind you, we have 15 hectares of land that got run over by squatters. I know it's just a small piece of land pero sayang din e. Pinag-iisipan pa paano yun mabawi so I'm not siding with the squatters in any way lalo na sa mga criminals that lurk in its streets. Ang sinasabi ko lang, ang opinion ko sa kung bakit sila balik nang balik dito.

They need opportunities to earn. They need to live too. The Govt has the vast resources to give them that. Medyo short sighted lang.

Mali ang gumawa ng illegal at mag-squat. Tama ang position mo na iyon. Ganun din ang sa akin. But there are times you disregard the law and what is right just to survive and that's what these people are going through.

Bro you got 15 hectares, money should not be a problem even when you're stranded. I suppose your 15 hectares is in the city, thats why your lot got occupied. Let us assume your lot is pegged at 10k per sq.m., multiplied by 150,000sq.m.. Thats a whopping P1.5B. Thats billion!!!!

Guys there's a billionaire in our midst.

[ZENMasterTYL]

^ wow big time pala si HP

[Horsepower]

Bro you got 15 hectares, money should not be a problem even when you're stranded. I suppose your 15 hectares is in the city, thats why your lot got occupied. Let us assume your lot is pegged at 10k per sq.m., multiplied by 150,000sq.m.. Thats a whopping P1.5B. Thats billion!!!!

Guys there's a billionaire in our midst.

Hahaha. Walanghiya baka makidnap ako dito.

Thank you for the good laugh. No Sir, your assumptions are incorrect. It's not in the city either. There's actually a more complex story and situation esp the squatters that occupied it but I'm not at liberty to divulge any further.

Also, I am not a billionaire, just yet. Maybe I will be, who knows. As long as I lead a happy and peaceful life, I'm satisfied.

I got stranded in Quezon as a TEENAGER because I let my cock do all the decision making. I was young, raging hormones, you know, part of a boy's life.

Kaya, natawa ako sa nabasa ko somewhere in tsikot " don't let your cock do all the decision making, ahas yan! " hahahahaha! How true at that time. Like everyone though, it gets better at decision making through experience, trial and error, nth-sense etc. It has also saved me from a lot of bad situations. Like there was this girl...

Now I am married. Got two kids, would welcome more. But honestly, I can't ask for anything more kaya super good man na. No chicks, one and only one lang.

But thank you Sir, we had a good laugh.

^ wow big time pala si HP

hahaha!

[glenn manikis]

15 hectares ang liit naman..

i got 99 hectares... overlooking pa...

nasa paso nga lang ... he.he...

[Retz]

^

Sir HP, baka interesado kayo na ibenta yan 15Hectares of land niyo kahit 1/4 lang?

[kinyo]

siguro naman, sindikato o legit, alam na ng mga squatters dyan sa agham road na bilang na ang araw nila ... ayala pala ang may project, magaling sila maglinis ng teritoryo ... magaling din sila magpasabog ng kung ano-ano