Scenery on the top of a hill

By Aaron Testado

            When I was 10 years old I like going to have an adventure seeing different place in our town like scouting the river bank, roaming around and my favorite is seating on the tower on the top of the hills. Hiking to the top is difficult but when you get on the top, it pays off. As you approach the very near of the peak, you will feel the heat of the sun as it rises up and feel the cool breeze of the wind hitting your face and back. It was a very comfortable moment. Lastly, taking the stairs to the top of the tower; it was built there as a landmark and I want seeing place from there. Scenery on the tower is remarkable, you can see schools, malls, houses, subdivisions, resorts, the lake, and many more. You can feel as if you can hold the world at your hand and it brings me the feeling of success. When you are up there you can dream whatever you want to be in the future, it’s a place where I can generate new Ideas.

 
Other people like my relatives and friends find it boring because they don’t saw it as I did. Because when I’m there I don’t just focus on the scenery I focus in the landscape and asking myself what causes this beautiful landscape to be like this today. I research on the history and geography of the area and what I found out was our town is seating on a dormant volcano and its hole is at the bottom of the lake. It’s quite amazing and terrifying but it’s true.

  
People and nature are fighting each other, a feud that always results nature as successor. We humans are busy building concrete buildings, houses, places, bridge, roads, developing new technology, researching for new innovation and so on. Besides this advancement we remain an important part of nature because I think human are here on earth to protect nature itself and not destroying it.
   

            Going back on the top, I saw a limestone mining facility CONCRETE AGGREGATES and it keep digging our hills converting it to concrete use for building roads and houses. Not far a way is a heritage site it is a cave that is believes to be a resting area for animal breeders way back 5000 years ago, where you can see a petroglyphs markings of a frog, birds, snake, humans and many more. The Ice age old heritage site is near on its end, because of the effects of the blasting from the near mining site.

            Well on my back was a subdivision built for human residential and leisure place. A big golf course and a hotel are being built at the excavated part of the top of the hills. Rich people and businessman meet there for fun and not wittingly knowing that their playing grounds was once a nesting ground for different birds, wild boar Philippine dear, other animals and a place where the Itas (native aborigines) called their lands. The subdivision was build and construct for housing but 12 years has past and only below 20 buildings was built, it includes houses and leisure area. Now most of the roads there was grassland.  It was the sadness part here because we humans are keep developing lands for our own pleasure and yet we eliminate what is left for nature. On my front, you can see a beautiful big lake but its now dirty and its water has a grayish color, because most the sewage system of towns, mining facility, agricultural area and other industry in the region was tapped to the river that builds the lake. Another problem are start to rise now when our province use to developed an industrial area in the lake itself, some people on our government approve the reclamation of the lake which is to be on the protected on the law.

            Most of the time people are happy to be in places like this because of the scenery but for me even I want to I can’t because I saw it differently. I can see the bad part of human greed and their unfulfilled heart that keep them destroying their environment. We build and developed lands for our own course but we keep destroying places for living things. Now I can say truly that money is the source of all evil on earth.

            On the top of the hill I can generate new Ideas and fulfill my eyes desire but my heart is in grief and my mind is in the state of questioning. Why other people don’t see what I see when I put attention on the landscape. We produce more that we should eat…

Aircraft and Computer Innovation

By Aaron Testado

Human being are in the peak of its technology now airplane manufacturer like Airbus unveiled its new product Airbus 380 last 2 years ago and now it the only airplane that suit in the Cruiser class Airplane. Mean while Boeing are developing new 7E7 dream liner making it their first class of planes with advance systems, systematic approach, a cabin with cleanest air to breathe and fully digital computer controls.

Computers on the other hand is advancing rapidly 10 years ago computer manufacturer are looking for speeds and reliability now that dream came true. IC’s and computer chips are getting smaller and cheaper. Software is being developed faster by tapping it on the web. I can say today with our current technology you can just buy and OS for your PC and an internet connection and you’re on the go. New lines of computer are being produce on form of hybrid mobile phones and computers in the invention of the 3G technology people can now surf, email, use desktop publishing and other application on the internet anytime anywhere.

With the advancement of computers and electronics Airplanes are much easier to use like you’re driving an automobile on the road with the innovation of avionics systems by tapping it on advance software and hardware design. Airplanes can now land and take off without pilot and the only human intervention is by controlling in case of emergency. The use of the GPS has astonishing results on pilot side because now pilot can see where they are on the map without computing any degrees or plotting in his map. Instrumentation becomes more accurate and always updated. Aircraft avionics and systems problem can  now be detected immediately by laptops in the cockpit. Now Aircraft manufacturer is busy putting a cellular network on board, these are only a bit of the advancement today because I also research that Aircraft manufacturer are in the feud of making their passenger comfortable by making a digital cabin roof  with HD LCD displaying what is on outside. Want more? On the development of new cushions and beds fir for airplanes, airlines is not just an airlines business anymore they are now engaging in the hotel class services. With these kinds of innovations we can expect a unique fully digital, fully automated, safe and comfortable aircraft in the near future.

Imagine in the future you are in New York and you are going to the Airport traveling abroad. Now via SMS/Bluetooth you arrange a taxi cabs for you, on the way you’re tracking your ticket and travel plan by handheld cell phone computers, Google earth the location of your destination and sending your friends and relatives messages by email. Then soon after you arrive at the airport you paid taxi cab via cell phone/ pin code of your transplant chips instead of cash. Inside the airport, security and immigration officers already check your identity. By the time you enter at the airport main entrance, they scan your transplant chip inside your body. No passport is needed so you don’t have to wait long, lining up to the immigration officer. You are now on the way to departure area, while you are walking your cell phone receives a Bluetooth data says there your flight time, name of your airline and in what departure area you have to wait. While you are waiting you are enjoying cool music also from your mobile computer with 10 terabytes of space 500GB of memory ram and a super high speed internet connection transmitting it via Bluetooth radio frequency for your headphone. Wow that’s cool… Now waiting time is finished you receive another Bluetooth data saying you can now aboard to the aircraft it also includes a map replica of the aircraft and your specific room in the aircraft. Then soon after you put your bag under your computer secured bed cabinet, you take a nap leaving the 21” HD  super thin LCD wall mount PC, open in front of you also capable of surfing the net, receiving your plane GPS position, broadcasting airplane safety precautions, advertisements and some services. It also has a unique feature like Bluetooth, USB inlet, IR and a video camera. After a few minutes you hear a voice from the wall mount PC; broadcasting early recorded computer generated safety precautions, airline advertisements, a simple crew messages, tourist videos of your destination, GPS positions of the aircraft and other services. You are now mimicking when suddenly the Computer interrupted your watching, then you saw the computer generated steward asked you to choose and tap your food preferences on the small wireless LCD screen beside your bed.

A few minutes later some one is knocking at your door then you saw the stewardess on the small LCD screen with your food. After a 3 hours flight you are now in the Philippines because you board a super fast aircraft. We already have this kind of technology but currently manufacturers are patenting it and more tests are needed to be done before it can be release for public use.

I’m hoping that I amazed your mind about these innovations that waiting us in the near future.

Enlightened every Filipino for the importance of discipline, nationalism and responsibilities.

By Aaron Testado

    Philippines is composed of three foreign culture that help them enrich. How can we use these cultures to develop our country.

    The Philippines  in the past was beautiful, rich and famous. It was the first republic to flourish in the Southeast Asia. We know the standing of our country today… Poverty, unemployment, energy problem,financial crisis, corruption and so on. A sense of responsibility is one of the most important needs in our country today because without it government will be powerless and there will be no country. However most of Filipino has this but many hard headed government officials don't have this, they are corrupt and coward. Education is needed to promote social capability to fight corruption both in the rural and urban parts of this country. People need to know that their votes are priceless and can affects their daily lives. People need to know that government officials are our servant and not our masters. People must be educate without blindness of the law, they need to learn that law are free and for every one. We must know how things are going on inside our government system, we citizens are part of this country we hold the future. No one is holding the future of this country, not even the rich people but us Filipino. 

      We must develop discipline it make our country to nourished and enable us to be organized. It can make our economy and communication to be develop faster. It enables us to show to the world that we are great country with great people. The saddest part is most of Filipino don't have discipline… Did you saw EDSA? The busiest highway in the metro manila. You can see buses and jeepneys changing lane side by side as if they own the road. Driving in the Philippines is a headache it feels like a battle whose living and whose not. Pedestrian are crossing streets of manila like their living room. Motorist don't stop on pedestrian lane if there are pedestrian crossing the road. Our way of urbanization is mess and we need to clean up that mess. Garbage are every where, our street  stinks and social services are poor. Markets are every where all under and all over… Why? You can see market under the bridge, riverbanks, flyover and overpass. Its truly only here in the Philippines.

    We truly don't understand  how to be disciplined we are mad if someone promoting disciplinary ideas on our street like our MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando. If we will act like this we will not have a better country and economy. Many country in Asia imported their cultures, like Japan imported culture from China and Singapore from Malaysia. These are poor country before but now they are no non-sense, their country is booming and economy is excellent. Although they imported their cultures from another country they learned how to furnished these cultures for their own advantage.

     Nationalism is important because without Nationalism we cannot furnished and developed our own culture and identity. We must developed our own technology, use our own linguistics, Invest in our country, use our own alphabet, buy our own products, love our own design and the most of all love what we are and what we do for the country. We should pay correct taxes, if you are a government official you should do what you should do. Be a dreamer that has a better vision for the future. Lawmaker must passed a good laws for providing social services, protecting natural environment and funds for research to find energy sources for our country. These are strategic advancement if we want to have a better and strong economy. Rebels and partisans must put down their belief and weapons to move forward for our own economic development. On the other hand government should promote better access for education, health, develop more jobs by boosting investment for industry, look for better market for our product, stop borrowing money and start paying debts. People should watch and be attentive on meetings, hearings, know what you should know, stop selling votes and be patriotic.

    Businessman, nobles and elite should put their money on charities, foundation, investments and develop a top to bottom economy. What is truly happening now is different ,rich people are getting more richer and poor people are getting more poorer. Elites must share their income to the poor people of our country they should be the one pushing for the government to increase wages of their employee, businessman should give proper medical and other benefits of their people. Judiciary system must be follow sue all law violators especially those committing plunder and corruption.

     Lastly we will be a better country that has a good economy if we will help each other to achieve what we want. Trust in our government, Elect better government officials, promote fair judicial system, promote nationalism, develop discipline, obey laws and most of all promote unity and reconciliation.

Movie Piracy affect Young Filipino minds…

By Aaron Testado   

    In the Philippines pirated films are rampant on sidewalks and market places. You can buy VCD/DVD ( sometimes a set of 10 movies ) on just a dollar. As a regular consumer I also buy pirated DVD for my own pleasure and I enjoy watching it even though its content is not as good as original DVD. You can buy Movies that not yet ready for playing on big cinema, ahead of the so called "SHOWING" time. One thing really amazed me that you can't buy local DVD/VCD movies ahead of its showing dates. Foreign movies are set to release first than on cinema. So people tend to buy pirated movies instead of watching foreign movies on the big screen. I saw these as an advantage of our local film maker because foreign film maker will not get much of their income. Imagine 90% of their income fall on the hand of sidewalk vendors vending pirated copies of their movies at almost 95% more cheaper and 75% less quality.  Even though its quality is not good most of the Filipino consumer buy pirated they just want to see the movies that's it. While local Film maker will don't  have a much competition for their films but they are busy pushing people in the big screen that they play their movies for 5 weeks in the Cinema houses nationwide and restrict pirated copies to be sold on the sidewalks. That's the big ideas here, avoiding foreign films competition by allowing foreign film to be sold on black market and then restricting local film piracy.

    Beyond this many advantages there are big issues here like pornography that even a six year old child can buy porn movies in the sidewalks. Vendors of pirated products  are up on their income not on the effects of their product. The Government is look like tolerating this, even though there are agency specifically for these kind of issues its effort are less to fight this big problem. You can saw malls and sidewalks market being raided for many times but go back after a week vendors are back vending again in the same place that the police and media board raided before. I'm thinking that government law enforcers are not serious fighting these problems for their not saw this problems as problems at all. They don't realized that this porn movies can be a root of all rape cases and other criminal violation. Media Board are regulating movies for mass audience they rate movies by who will watch it in the cinema and other public places as PG-13, GP, R18, PG and so on. Tolerating movie piracy on local market of the Philippines are just as good as throwing monies of the public tax payers paying  for the Media Board agency because why rating it? If a child can acquire porn or other strong content movies on the sidewalk as good as candies? 

    Imagine a child watching R18 movies or a strong content action movies, this will promote crimes like robbery, hold-up, kidnapping, murder, rape, terrorism and other unimaginable crimes in the near future. Police and law enforcer are indirect psychologically developing these minors as future criminals. Did you watch DISCOVERY CHANNEL? Their series the "Hollywood shoot out" that the bad guys are being motivated indirectly by the movie "HEAT" to promote bank robbery and a memorable shoot out incident in the US.

    Media and communication is good as a whole but being uncontrolled promote violence. I hope readers can get my point on publishing this article.