RCDD DOWNTOWN LIGHTS - 10TH ISSUE by Rotary Club Downtown Dagupan

ROTARY CLUB OF DOWNTOWN DAGUPAN

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Regular Meeting September 11, 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ 7PM Kuya Maxx Resto Grill De Venecia Highway, Dagupan City

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ROTARY CLUB OF DOWNTOWN DAGUPAN

SAKUJI TANAKA

DOWNTOWN

President, RI

ANTONIO “Tony” C. BAUTISTA Governor, District 3790

ALFREDO “Fred’ CAGUIOA

Editorial Staff:

Asst. Governor, District 3790 (C-2B)

ANTONIO “TONY” MANUEL Editor-In-Chief

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JOIE MENDOZA Asst. Editor

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS: ANTONIO “TONY” MANUEL President

Consultant: PDG ALBINO GONZALES

RAUL “RAUL” TAMAYO Vice President

JONATHAN “JONATHAN” CALIMLIM Treasurer CONRADO “CONRAD” MAMARADLO Asst. Treasurer ARMANDO “BONG” DIZON Auditor PP NORMAN “MAN” VELASCO Sgt.-At-Arms IPP NESTOR “NES” ZABALA Ex-Officio

DIRECTORS JASON “JASON” MEJIA Club Administration JOEL “JOEL” BALAGTAS Community Service IPP NESTOR “NES” ZABALA International Service EDWIN “EDWIN” SOLIS Membership PP JOHN “JING” CELESTE Rotary Foundation PP IKE PALINAR CHRISTIAN QUEYQUEP Public Relations FERDINAND “DIN” ROCERO Vocational Service

Creative Team: JENZ TOMBOC RONNIE DIZON YSAH SORIANO

OBJECT OF ROTARY

BENJAMIN “BENJIE” TAN Secretary PP MAR “MAR” PEREZ Asst. Secretary

Contributors: IPP NESTOR ZABALA PP NORMAN VELASCO PP FELINO BOLOS RTN JASON MEJIA PE RAUL TAMAYO DIR. FERDINAND ROCERO RTN BEEP BEEP TAN

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The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and in, particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life; FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

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OF THE THINGS WE SAY, THINK OR DO 1. Is It The Truth? 2. Is It Fair To All Concerned? 3. Will It Build Goodwill And Better Friendships? 4. Will It Be Beneficial To All Concerned?

ALBERMEN “ALEN” BARRAQUIEL Youth Service

RCDD WELCOME SONG

PROTOCOL OFFICERS

We welcome you to the Rotary Club of Downtown Dagupan Loyal and true to the cause of humanity;

PP ROGELIO ROSARIO PP FELINO BOLOS PP GEORGE MARAMBA ADVISERS

We hope that you share our fellowship and spirit of service We all welcome you and we’re glad to have you too!

PDG ALBINO GONZALES CP ALFREDO QUINTO PP SILVERIO CASTILLO ROTARY CLUB OF DOWTOWN DAGUPAN

And we’re glad to have you too, and we’re glad to have you too! Mabuhay Downtown Dagupan, Mabuhay!

th Regular Meeting

September 11, 2012 • 7PM Kuya Maxx Resto Grill De Venecia Highway, Dagupan City

PROGRAMME I. 7:00 Pm

Registration

II. 7:30 Pm

Program Proper

• Call To Order

- RCDD Pres. Tony Manuel

• Invocation

- Rtn Rene Farro

• Philippine National Anthem - Downtowners • Intro / Acknowledgment of

Let There Be Peace On Earth Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me. Let there be peace on Earth, the peace that was meant to be. With God as our Father, brothers all are we, Let me walk with my brother, in perfect harmony.

Guest & Visiting Rotarians - PP Norman Velasco • Welcome Song

- Downtowners

• 4-way Test

- Rtn Alex Domantay

• Joke Time

- Downtowners

• President’s Time

- RCDD Pres. Tony Manuel

• Finest Moment

- PDG Alvin Gonzales

• Community Singing

- “Let There Be Peace on Earth”

• Response & Adjournment

- Pres. Tony Manuel

Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now. With every step I take, let this be my solemn vow, To take each moment and live each moment in peace, eternally. Let there be Peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.

III. Fellowship

RTN JAY QUEYQUEP September Night Chairman

N college we were taught how to write a short term paper or a thesis. We learned how to make the introduction or statement of the problem, the body or the thesis and antithesis and the conclusion or resolution but most importantly, we learned how to acknowledge our sources from where we copied some parts of our work. If one were to write a short paper on a specific topic, one needs to at least acknowledge the source by making an end note where you enumerate all the titles of the book you used, their authors, their publishers, year of publication etc. Failure to do so would adversely affect you work.

Editor’s Note

However, when writing a thesis, one has to master the skill of properly acknowledging one's sources because thesis writing is so highly technical that a misplaced quotation mark or a comma would affect the meaning of a sentence and more importantly, would affect one's grade. Also, in acknowledging one's reference, one MUST make the footnotes. This makes thesis writing too technical because footnotes are very essential in writing thesis. Failure to acknowledge, however, one's reference or sources would spell doom on one's work and chances are, your work shall be returned or you get a failing grade due to PLAGIARISM. Plagiarism, according to dictionary.com, is “an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's works as one's own, as by not crediting the original author.” Lately, some people in the government were accused of plagiarism or copying one's ideas, projecting them as their own and not acknowledging their sources. One of the supreme court justices was impeached because of this. One senator of the land is being accused of plagiarism not once, but twice. If the meaning of the word, as defined by some dictionaries, is to be taken seriously and strictly, then everybody is guilty of plagiarism to some degree or to a great extent. Every speaker, when making a speech, usually forms his ideas based on the books that he read. Every idea that we have or we share were from what we actually read somewhere. We are just creative enough to paraphrase some passages and deliver them in a different manner. It is certain that even the great thinkers and authors, at some point, committed this “crime”. Is this actually a crime? In the academe, this is a “crime” because you get punished for committing it. However, in the world beyond the schools, this may be frowned upon, maybe tolerable because “everybody is doing it.” “Wrong is wrong even if everybody is doing it and right is right even if nobody is doing it”. From an old adage.

ROTARY CLUB OF DOWTOWN DAGUPAN

The Week That Was CLUB SECRETARY BENJIE TAN

Activity : Date : Venue :

9th Weekly Meeting September 4, 2012 Kuya Maxx Restogrill De Venecia Hway, Dagupan City

T almost 2000H, Pres. Tony and IWC Pres. Merla called the meeting to order. Since the meeting was supposed to be presided over by the Inner Wheel Club, most of the parts of the program were assigned to the Anns. IWC PP Tess Bolos led everyone in praying for God's presence and assistance during the meeting, while IWC PP Beth Rosario led the singing of the National Anthem. IPP Nestor acknowledged the visitors specifically IWC Dist. Chair Michelle Zarate-Lioanag and Rtn. Joie Mendoza led the singing of the welcome song. PE Raul Tamayo delivered his 58th and 59th jokes for the joke time as well as the night's chairman who shared a joke that needs deep thought to understand. Pres. Merla first had her President's time where she thanked those who brought their respective spouses and encouraged them to go with their husbands every last Tuesday of the month which has been declared as joint meeting with the Inner Wheel Club. Pres. Tony came next and thanked the RCDD members for responding to the challenge of the District Governor. Officially, the whole of District 3790 is updated in the payments of SAR, a first in the entire Rotary world and RCDD is part of the history. He also reminded the members of the deadline for the submission of solicitations and moved it to September 18, 2012 to have enough time to prepare and print the souvenir program. For the information of those absent the previous

meeting, Pres. Tony announced that as was discussed earlier, he is supportive of the idea to reenergize the Inner Wheel Club of Downtown Dagupan thus, the joint meeting. As has been his practice every time there were guest speakers, Pres. Tony made his president's time as short as possible and not steal the thunder from the speaker. IWC PP Susan Maramba was called to introduce the Guest Speaker, the District Chair of 379 Michelle Zarate-Lioanag. In her message, the district chair spoke the basics of the Inner Wheel, its role vis a vis with the Rotary and purpose of its creation. After her message, PDG Albino Gonzales was called to complement what the District Chair has said and he “warned” those who are using Rotary meetings as an excuse to do some “personal errands.” By and large, the meeting was very lively and informative and I hope next joint meeting, there will be more anns in attendance. At 2145H the meeting was called to adjournment but prior to the banging of the gavel, the community song was sung. Fellowship continued. Those Present were: PP Jermy Bolos Rtn. Leonard Buenvenida AG Fred Caguioa PP John Celeste Rtn Alex Domantay Rtn Rene Farro PDG Albino Gonzales IWC Pres. Merla Gonzales Asst. Treas. Conrad Mamaradlo Pres. Tony Manuel Rtn Joie Mendoza PP Marcos Perez Dir. Din Rocero PP Rogel Rosario Rtn Edwin Solis PE Raul Tamayo Sec. Benjie Tan Rtn Beep Tan IPP Nestor Zabala

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PRES. TONY MANUEL

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E had a very good joint meeting the last time and I am happy that the spouses who came seemed so enthusiastic for the warm welcome extended by the “old” timers in the Inner Wheel. If my observation were correct, I would expect more anns joining the Inner Wheel and our goal of re-energizing them would come to fruition. I would suggest then to Pres. Merla to continue to persuade the spouses to attend our joint meetings and on my part, I would “force” the Rotarians to bring their spouses. I would like to thank District Chair Michelle Lioanag for gracing our special and urgent joint meeting and imparting her knowledge with our members. Surely, everybody learned something from the speeches last meeting. I hope that that would not be the last time that the District Chair would attend our joint meeting. We are just two weeks away from our induction and I am now trying finalize everything. However, one of the most important aspect, solicitation and souvenir program, of preparation is being put on hold pending the submission of the ads. As of to date, only PE Raul Tamayo has submitted his solicitation. Thank you PE Raul. I am also in close coordination with Sec. Benjie to corner the advertisements of the current members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and we are quite successful with it. Thank you Sec. Benjie. In addition to the souvenir program, we are now in the laying-out stage and so it is imperative that we submit our ads early for us to have enough time for proofreading and early release of the same. Our club needs those ads not solely for our induction but for the sustenance of our future projects as well. With our collective effort, I am certain that we will be able to, once again, overcome the challenge and have a successful induction. I am counting on everyone.

More than

CONQUEROR’S REVELATION PP NORMAN VELASCO

An Anger That Saves As Filipinos, expressing our anger is not an ordinary thing. We were raised up in a Christian environment. So generally it's no wonder that most of us grew up soft-spoken – with an image of a reserved type to that extent.

However, I told them to continue on what I have told them to do. But nobody was moving yet because they were confused. It came to the point that I could no longer contain my anger. To me it’s no longer an issue of following the protocol But anger is a human emotion that visits us now inside the office since our bank was declared and then. I had my own share, and like bombs closed so I had the impression that our link as they explode when I try to keep it to myself for superior-subordinate relationships has been closed as well. long. Once, I had a difficult scenario in my previous job as a bank manager which was shut down. My first impulse when we were informed that our bank will be on a holiday is to protect my clients and be able to withdraw their money. So, I immediately called a meeting and organized my officers and staff to look into the record on who will be affected. Of course the ones who have deposits that exceeded the required insurance will have to be addressed. While in the Process, one of our superiors in the head office called up and told to my assistant to instruct our staff to stop from what they were doing as they were negotiating with a bigger bank to buy us. And since the instruction came from higher ups, contrary to my previous instruction, they stopped the process.

Surprisingly, I exploded. I yelled to my people to continue to do with my instruction to save our clients, lest our clients will put the blame on us get back to us. I was shocked that I could be that angry. Thankfully, at the end of the day, all of our clients were able to recover their deposits thru Phil. Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC). It was a most excruciating moment for me. I couldn't eat and sleep well. But thank God, at that time I had friends who helped me process my feelings. Most of all, I was able to say, preserved my clients who are friends as well.

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ROnTaAwa !

RTN RAUL “INSYONG” TAMAYO

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The Sensitive Pope The Pope was finishing his sermon. He ended it with the Latin phrase, “Tutti Homini” - Blessed be Mankind. A women's rights group approached the Pope the next day. They noticed that the Pope blessed all Mankind, but not Womankind. The next day, after His sermon, the Pope concluded by saying, “Tutti Homini, et Tutti Femini” - Blessed be Mankind and Womankind. The next day, a gay-rights group approached the Pope. They said that they noticed that he blessed man kind and woman kind, and asked if he could also bless gay people. The Pope said, "Sure". The next day, the Pope concluded his sermon with, “Tutti Homini, et Tutti Femini, et Tutti Fruiti.”

Nasaan Ka? Juan: Pedro:

Effort Anak:

Itay baksak ako sa English recitation!

Tatay:

Bakit, ano ba tanong?

Anak:

Ano daw ba ang definition ng effort?

Tatay:

Anak ano ka ba? ang hina mo naman! Kala ko ba mana ka sa akin? Effort lang 'di mo pa alam... ang effort ay 'yong nilalandingan ng eroplano!

Juan: Pedro:

Oys, ano yan? Pinya? Pahingi naman dyan. Pahingi? Nasaan ka noong nagbubungkal ako ng lupa sa ilalim ng init ng araw? Nasaan ka noong nagtatanim ako habang kumukulog, kumikidlat at bumubuhos ang malakas na ulan? Nasaan ka noong oras na nag-aani ako na nagkalat ang maraming ahas sa dadaanan ko, noong naghihirap ako sa pagpasan ng pinya? Nasaan ka? Nakakulong kasi ako noon! Nakapatay ako ng madamot! Ganun ba? Kuha ka na, kahit ilan! May langka pa doon! ROTARY CLUB OF DOWTOWN DAGUPAN

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