It took us, teachers, awhile before we actually verbalize and vocalize our legitimate grievances against the tyrant lulu. Everything we observed, felt and experienced were kept in the boundaries of our faculties. They were kept as THOUGHTS, imprisoned in each of our playful minds, waiting to be released as bold notions of the hurting truth --- modern day slavery! And as we morbidly pursue this melancholy, we either sink to the point of despair with only oblivion as solution in hand or start pushing the right disposition of healing by claiming due justice…and yes, choosing the latter lead us to this blog, as one of the many venues in venting out most animosities as well as few perplexities over the raised issues.
Our WORDS, now shared with everyone, serve as first tangible liberating step from the paralyzing grip of the perverse soul-sick lulu whose anchorage to the adoration of money serves as her principal drive in life. The words we uttered surely hit the agency right through its heart…so hard, giving us a bit of satisfaction, a taste of justice.
But we should not at all be laughing out loud yet because the real battle against this evil devouring all our financial potentials and drying up our dignities as humans much more as teachers has just started. And like any other battle, we should always be ready…in DEEDS.
Teachers unite! Not just in thoughts, not just in words but also most importantly in action! Let us continue to move with purity in motive and in unison finally crush the devil.
Gurong Gala
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Saan na ba ang mga may gustong makita ang sinag ng tala? Pakibilis naman para makapadala na ng update.
ReplyDeleteSalamat.
Let all these truths give you ideas of our real world here. Have mercy not to post hogwash comments here. God bless us all.
ReplyDeleteLulu, Mel, Ella Flores, Warren Tagapulot, and Depol - ulol - from where are you guys from?
ReplyDeleteYou are not Filipinos, are you?
EVA
Dear PhiLa Teachers,
ReplyDeleteDo not be a victim of oppression and reppression! This blog is like a faucet to express what you feel, say what you want, and stand for what you say.
This will exactly mirror our real situation in EBR.
Lulu and Mel, may you rest in peace! Mabuhay to all victims of these sibling tyrants.
mabuhay kayo mga kapatid!!!!!
ReplyDeletesend Lulu to jail, jail her!
may she have more cancers to come include Mel too pls.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S And Divine (she doesn't deserve her name)
Kayo mga taga Avoyelles, Caddo, Jefferson, and Lafourche, at kung saan man kayo sa Louisiana na niloko at tinakot ni gahamang Lourdes(she must change her name, it's way too holy for her) SALI NA KAYO, MAGKAISA TAYO, HALI NA SAMA NA KAYO!
ReplyDeletehindi niyo ba nararamdaman ang panggigipit ni "MA'AM" LULU?
MAGSALITA NA KAYO HINDI PA HULI ANG LAHAT!
WAG KAYONG MATAKOT, IN UNITY THERE IS STREGTH AND PROGRESS!
hoy Divine, divine ka ba talaga? Lulu, Lourdes ka pa man din. Mel, lagot ka kay Aguinaldo. Bayani ka bang ma ituturing? Kawawa naman kaming mga bagong bayani, tukawo pa naman din kita.
Bagong Bayaning Naloko
do not include sir mel here... hindi siya ang kaaway... siya makaktulong saten...
ReplyDeleteHoy, anonymous sender na may alias na EVA. Huwag naman. Klaro naman yang paninira mo. Akala ko agency ang target mo! Huwag kang mag lagay ng kahit kaninong pangalan dito. Agency ang target dito hindi kapwa tao. Ayan ka na naman... dahil sa inggit, lumalabas ang tutuong kulay ng dugo mo... charrrrrrrrrrrrrrr aheehehehe!!!
ReplyDeleteAt saka, alam ko hindi EVA name mo, kasi sinong lokoloko ang maglagay ng tunay nya na name sa blog na ito na may mention pang mga tao. Bakit di ka na lang lalabas sa pinagtataguan mong closet at ilantad ang dugo mong dilaw. Sayang i invite pa naman sana kitang sumakay sa bago kung Kotse.
Why don't you all just go to the police and file charges against this woman? What she is doing is illegal in Louisiana.
ReplyDeleteLouisiana Criminal Code 14:66. Extortion
Extortion is the communication of threats to another with the intention thereby to obtain anything of value or any acquittance, advantage, or immunity of any description. The following kinds of threats shall be sufficient to constitute extortion:
(1) A threat to do any unlawful injury to the person or property of the individual threatened or of any member of his family or of any other person held dear to him;
(2) A threat to accuse the individual threatened or any member of his family or any other person held dear to him of any crime;
(3) A threat to expose or impute any deformity or disgrace to the individual threatened or to any member of his family or to any other person held dear to him;
(4) A threat to expose any secret affecting the individual threatened or any member of his family or any other person held dear to him;
(5) A threat to do any other harm.
Whoever commits the crime of extortion shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one nor more than fifteen years.
PEACE IN THE STORM.....LIFE can seem unbearable at times.Physical pain, difficult decisions,financial hardships,shattered dreams threaten to engulf us.We become fearful and perflexed.Plagued by doubts,we may even find it difficult to PRAY.Those of us who know the Lord through personal faith in Christ have in Him a calm retreat in the storms of life,even while howling winds of trial are sweeping over us.We can experience PEACE OF MIND AND CALMNESS OF SPIRIT.
ReplyDeleteYou must stay upon the Lord and come what may-winds,waves,cross seas,thunder,lightning,frowning rocks,roaring breakers-no matter what,you must hold fast your confidence in God's faithfulness and HIS everlasting love in CHRIST JESUS... Do you feel overwhelmed by your troubles?Fix your mind on the LORD.Ask for help.Then Trust HIm to give you peace in your storm..The secret of peace is to give every anxious care to GOD...GOD BLESS US ALL
Genesis,
ReplyDeleteI agree that we should all strive for peace in our hearts and in our minds. Indeed, it is truly rewarding to live in peace. But what kind of peace do we really want to have in our lives?
Peace of the contented? Contentment is relative because we all have different satisfaction intensities. One may be contented to be browbeaten and subjugated to an unfair condition as long as some of his/her needs, to the minimum, were met. I, however, find this attitude demeaning because we all deserve better than what we are having at hand.
Peace of the intimidated? Damn! That is a kind of peace I’d rather not have. Some may tend to keep silent even if basic human and civil rights are abused. Nodding to the whims and caprices of the power hungry and ego trippers is heartbreaking to say the least. With this kind of peace, our hearts bleed and our pride is shattered because of constant fear. Don’t you think it is very ironic to live in fear to have peace?
God is fair. God abhors oppression. God despises injustice. And surely God would want us to do more than just pray. For prayers without action will not bring us real peace. God will help us in so far as we are willing to help ourselves, in so far as we are committed to stand strong for what is right and oppose all forms of exploitation.
What we really want to enjoy and I guess is the most significant kind of peace is Peace based on justice! We should never ever cease to ask questions, to clarify, to demand justice and to fight for what we believe in because it is only then can we genuinely live in peace.
Leche... maghirap sana kayo lalo... bwahahaha... puro paninira alam...
ReplyDeletemabuhay ang mga inggitera at inggitero...
kasalanan rin sa Diyos yan...
kung naloko kayo,wala sana kayo diyan ngayon,
and i regret that they helped you with that..
if they're illegal,you'd still be in PH,
mga nakatikim lang ng America,akala nyo kung sino na kayong magaling sa rights..
You guys are pathetic... You just got served..
It is because we know our rights that is why we are exercising it. And mind you, it is not only universal who is lining up to recruit highly qualified teachers in the philippines. it so happen that timing pushed us to universal, have we known all of this will happen, we will never get the services of said agency.
ReplyDeletesad but true, our skills and knowledge as teachers our commodities for sale and agencies are middle men profiting from this intellectual labor trade.
and again, its not merely the money issues which are we furious of, its more than that...its the dignity stepped on, the pride torn and the rights curtailed.
for those who are continue supporting the plight of teachers, thank you so much....and for those spectators who are happier most to see the devil rules over goodness, we will still pray for you...may you have a great spot in hell!
Higala, were you able to make money there? i mean, you receive your salary right? yes it's true that the said agency is making a milking cow out of you but thats how it is in business. you could have compared it with some other agencies back then rather than jump into this opportunity, this "timing" you say. you talked like your much more educated and knowledgeable from the rest yet you fell for it?!! OMG! what a dumb-ass! now you're complaining? if you really are that furious of your dignity and pride being stepped on and torn, why not go to lulu and face her head on! rather than babbling and trying to get sympathy with your tail between you legs! don't you know there are a lot of people who wants to be in your shoes right now waiting for their chance to work abroad even though they know the risks they would take. i even think how fortunate you are compared to those who ends up working their ass day in and day out without being paid and worse for some who ends up dead. yeah, it is your right! so go ahead and settle it with Universal Placement! don't you know you're destroying the hopes of some of the applicants of universal placement who are still back home? they paid the processing fees just like you. the only difference? you are already there earning and able to pay your debts while they are still here without income and in debt you idiot! pag puyo ra gud dinha inahak!
ReplyDeleteto Anonymous above,
ReplyDeleteyour comments show how narrowminded you are.
you said "yes it's true that the said agency is making a milking cow out of you but thats how it is in business."
wow! i think lulu navarro or one of cohorts are the one behind this "anonymous" posting. so it is just natural and ok for people to abuse, dupe, charge unlawfully high fees and make a milking cow of others, because that is how it is in business. may i know which business school did you finish?
your line of thinking is tantamount to saying that it is ok to be abused and exploited, anyway other people are in a worse situation than you. sadly, this kind of perspective is the perspective that lulu navarro wants us to take - that we just close our eyes and shut our mouths as she continue to exploit and bilk us dry.
in fact what we want here is that this practice of exploiting filipinos who are looking for greener pastures abroad be stopped. we are in fact warning our fellow filipinos not to fall for these same illegal recruitment practices of the likes of PARS and Universal.
so to all applicants back home, i know you are smart enough not to fall for this dumb argument from this anonymous and probably paid hack of Lulu Navarro. while it is still not too late, it is better that you look for another agency. go to the poea website and always be vigilant.
thank you bad trip na teacher for picking up the anonymous' comment for blogger higala. and this is a rejoinder.
ReplyDeleteeven the wisest may fall prey sometimes but it should never mean that when you fall you will not rise back.
i can read between the lines here that other initiatives are being undertaken from both camps...and a battle has to be won between the good and evil. there are several rules of engagement, one of which is to know your enemy and know yourself, cant you see that its not a cowardice but a wise and sure act to be behind a shade so your opponent will be caught off guarded?
please do not underestimate the power of the devastated pride and torn emotions as well as the faculty and logic of the teachers who are working collectively now.
earning money here will never sugarcoat the pains in dignity and pocket the agency caused us. why should we be greatful with rotten chocolate we bought from the agency? the packaging and marketing of the agency in selling their chocolate convinced us to buy the same at much higher price not knowing that the item is rotten and full of worms. cant we have the right to be furious about that and to take steps to give due justice to what happened?
you may think teachers are idiots in biting to the agency's scheme but surely we are not but you are!
bad trip teacher, yes it is your right to do something about it since you are a "victim" of this scheme. there is nothing wrong with that but i only considered the fate of a few of my batch who are still back home waiting for their petitions. kung malaman ng mga paaralan na nag hire sa kanila ang kagulohang ito baka ano pang mangyari sa kanila. marami sa kanila ay may pamilya na. have you ever considered their feelings? this kind of negative blog is a cross they have to carry everyday. i just hope this problem will be addressed directly to the one concerned. let's be civil about it, we are all educated professionals.
ReplyDeletegurong gala, the power of devastated pride and torn emotions can cloud your mind to think clearly of this situation. stop hiding behind the shade, face the problem hand in hand and pray for guidance.
I have been reading this blog for the past days. I am one of the teachers being deployed to the US by the Universal Placement and the Pars Placement. Yes, it is true that the first few years are extremely challenging but I will become smooth in years to come.
ReplyDeleteWe, teachers have arrived in the US with H1-B visa, meaning our stay is only temporary unless we will be petitioned by our employer to live and work permanently. We might lose our job any moment (I hope not). No one is ever sure who will have his job tomorrow. Some brag that we are competent teachers that the school districts will not give us up. Very funny and assuming!!! I thought it was rather a boast in its greatest sense. We are not citizens of the United States. We are petitioned only to fill in the gap on teacher shortage. Now that recession has been gobbling the country, many citizens have been interested in the job. I have a lot of friends employed in teaching and non-teaching jobs who are also in the brink of losing their jobs. Remember guys, that frugality is the name of the game in the US nowadays. Also remember, the doctrine FIRST-IN -FIRST OUT. It is already happening in California.
Guys, it is good to have Filipino values and maintain them. However, such values might not work here in the US. We are here to solve employers’ problems and not the other way around. I thought it would be good to view the situations with a positive and hopeful perspective. Let us face our situation with grace and with a marked degree of professionalism. People who live in gossip, complaints and animosity will not see the beauty of life being intertwined with challenges. People want instant comfort. That might not happen here in an instant. It takes a great deal of perseverance and positive outlook in life. Many Filipino in the US started with a lot worse situation than we have now. Years of perseverance and patience, they reaped their success in the end.
I remember the times when we lined up in the Philippines for interview for US teaching jobs. We were extremely nice. We signed the contract calmly. We knew it would cost us something. We knew what we would have to do the following year. Now, that the contract is in its execution, many of us are revolting. Why did we sign the contract in the first place? I assume that the contract is not the reason for your revolt; it is rather your loan in the Philippines and your personal obligation to your family. Do not attribute your financial difficulty to Universal Placement. Your financial difficulty is a product of your own decision. You did whatever had to be done. There are consequences in your own action.
I am sure if it the agency were owned by Americans, we will not react the same way we react now. Because the agency is owned by a former Filipino citizen, you thought that Filipino values including an act of charity and benevolence should be in the picture. Business is business. I hope we know that. Contract is contract. It is a mutual agreement.
I am very thankful to Lulu Navarro. I arrived in the US without a family and friends to start with. She found me a place to stay. It is not her job to look for housing but she did it because she knows that it is hard for us to find a place and have access to transportation initially. She is not a housing agency but she is going out of her way for us to continue with our life. It is challenging yes. Please forget about instant comfort as we are in an entirely new environment.
Whether or not housing is good, what matters is we are housed. It is a lot better than looking for apartments or houses ourselves. I am sure we cannot find one as we did not have our SS number and credit history to start with. Did we have money to pay upfront for deposits and similar charges? Lulu did this for all of us. Some people are just inherently negative. All they want is to take and take and not give or share. Let us learn to be appreciative too.
On the other hand, it is a fact that a number of us borrowed money from the financing agency in order to fly here. However, it is our choice to borrow. Never were we forced to borrow money from these financial institutions. It might have been suggested or recommended but it was never ever forced. I am in the same situation so I also experienced the same. All agencies in the Philippines have partnership with these financing institutions. I assume that the interests are big as they are loans without collateral.
I just hope that our employers will not get tired of our drama. It is our personal drama and I do not see any reason why employers have to be included in the casting of our own drama. Employers do not want dramas. We solve their dramas. I am not surprised when our employer will get rid of us because of dramas. Now, will you still boast that you are competent teachers and that you are teachers to die for? I doubt it. I hope that we will not be labeled as drama queens and drama king because of our own action. I hope not. The worst scenario to happen is losing our job, the domino effect is more terrible than you imagine. Think about your own actions guys. I suggest that you just work and impress your employer within your job description. Do not include them in your drama. We are Filipinos and our employers are not. Chances of cultural differences and misunderstanding are at a certain degree. Filipinos have their own thinking so do foreigners. I hope you will not lose your job and your family will suffer very badly as a result. This is my opinion. Thank you very much.
I have been reading this blog for the past days. I am one of the teachers being deployed to the US by the Universal Placement and the Pars Placement.
ReplyDelete>> Being deployed? Is it still occurring? <<
Yes, it is true that the first few years are extremely challenging but I will become smooth in years to come.
We, teachers have arrived in the US with H1-B visa, meaning our stay is only temporary unless we will be petitioned by our employer to live and work permanently. We might lose our job any moment (I hope not). No one is ever sure who will have his job tomorrow.
>> True. Even citizens are also affected by this crisis.>>
Some brag that we are competent teachers that the school districts will not give us up. Very funny and assuming!!! I thought it was rather a boast in its greatest sense. We are not citizens of the United States. We are petitioned only to fill in the gap on teacher shortage. Now that recession has been gobbling the country, many citizens have been interested in the job.
>>It is your opinion.>>
I have a lot of friends employed in teaching and non-teaching jobs who are also in the brink of losing their jobs. Remember guys, that frugality is the name of the game in the US nowadays. Also remember, the doctrine FIRST-IN -FIRST OUT. It is already happening in California.
>> I do not know what you mean by this, FIFO. There is also LIFO (last in first out). These concepts are used in merchandise.>>
Guys, it is good to have Filipino values and maintain them. However, such values might not work here in the US. We are here to solve employers’ problems and not the other way around. I thought it would be good to view the situations with a positive and hopeful perspective. Let us face our situation with grace and with a marked degree of professionalism.
>> You are hired to teach and not to solve employer’s problems. Those are not your concerns and are done on a different level.>>
People who live in gossip, complaints and animosity will not see the beauty of life being intertwined with challenges. People want instant comfort. That might not happen here in an instant.
>> I think you are wrong here. You deal with generalities without supporting these with facts. The people I met can not move about their
personal business without the ‘prying’ eyes of the ‘tsutsu’. They just want their freedom to associate, meet or do anything. I have first hand information how the recruiter treated some teachers. For example, remember the incident that occurred in the orientation of the new teachers few months ago. They were witnesses.>>
It takes a great deal of perseverance and positive outlook in life. Many Filipino in the US started with a lot worse situation than we have now. Years of perseverance and patience, they reaped their success in the end.
>> I have sisters who dealt with employment agencies before. They did not pay a single dime. Sorry, I did not experience this and did not go through an agency.>>
I remember the times when we lined up in the Philippines for interview for US teaching jobs. We were extremely nice. We signed the contract calmly. We knew it would cost us something.
>> Was this the first time you signed a contract? Where did you sign the contract? Was there a third-party witness present when you signed this contract?
Did you initialed each page? Was the contract notarized after you signed it?
Did you ask if this was an “approved” contract? There are so many questions to be asked.>>
We knew what we would have to do the following year. Now, that the contract is in its execution, many of us are revolting.
>> If you have read my blog regarding the legalities involved in contracts then you would have an understanding why others are revolting. There is no need to elaborate here the concept since you only want to read what you want to read. Employment agencies under the law can only charge a fee of up to month’s salary- whether upfront payment or by installment. What language can’t you understand here?>>
Why did we sign the contract in the first place? I assume that the contract is not the reason for your revolt; it is rather your loan in the Philippines and your personal obligation to your family.
>>Your assumption is wrong. The reason is to recoup what is not supposed to be paid and to pay partially for the loan in the Philippines. Another reason is to stop this agency from doing business in the Philippines and the U.S.>>
Do not attribute your financial difficulty to Universal Placement. Your financial difficulty is a product of your own decision. You did whatever had to be done. There are consequences in your own action.
>> Of course, this is of personal responsibility. And now, it is being corrected
by questioning the practices of the employment agency.>>
I am sure if it the agency were owned by Americans, we will not react the same way we react now. Because the agency is owned by a former Filipino citizen, you thought that Filipino values including an act of charity and benevolence should be in the picture.
>> Sorry. Your assumption is wrong again. Americans or not, the employment agencies are subject to US laws. Please go back what this person had done in the past. She was involved in Medi-Cal scam in the state of California. There is no need to elaborate here. Please read the other blogs not the ones you only want to read.>>
Business is business. I hope we know that. Contract is contract. It is a mutual agreement.
>>I agree totally. The business is also under the laws of the U.S. and laws have to be followed. No business is above the law. Once again, you failed to include this very important concept in your argument. Please read the blog about contracts so will know certain aspects about contracts. Contracts are also governed by Civil codes under the state of California laws.>>
I am very thankful to Lulu Navarro. I arrived in the US without a family and friends to start with. She found me a place to stay. It is not her job to look for housing but she did it because she knows that it is hard for us to find a place and have access to transportation initially. She is not a housing agency but she is going out of her way for us to continue with our life.
>> There is no such thing as free lunch. Your response is elementary as if you are very innocent of what happened regarding the rentals snafu. Some teachers did not have a choice but to accept and live in the apartment complex. You paid rent which is above the published rate and your beloved Lulu got a total of $12,000 a month just to refer you and others to that apartment compound.
And you are thankful.>>
It is challenging yes. Please forget about instant comfort as we are in an entirely new environment.
Whether or not housing is good, what matters is we are housed. It is a lot better than looking for apartments or houses ourselves. I am sure we cannot find one as we did not have our SS number and credit history to start with. Did we have money to pay upfront for deposits and similar charges? Lulu did this for all of us.
>>I got an apartment when I got here and did not have a SS. I did this all by myself. Do you think Lulu will do this for free?
Forgive and move on.......
ReplyDeleteBe kind to one onother tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as god in christ also has forgiven;;;;;;;;;;;)...,.;';
**********Today's prayer for your best life now.********
ReplyDeleteI dare to foregive other because I know you have gorgiven me.''''''''''Help me each day tenderbearted, to forgive those people who have hurt me, used me, or otherwise brought pain into my life....../
The past is past. You cannot undo anything tha't happened to you....... You can't relive one moment in the past. But you can do something about right now.[[[[[[[[[[[[[Your attitude should be, I refuse to dwell on the negative things that have happened to me.
ReplyDeletePls. tama na ang paninira ninyo. mga tao lang tayo. ang mga yaman natin na ito ay mawawala di pag tayo mamatay. bakit pa tayo nagngingitgit sa bawat isa.bye bye.........
ReplyDeletepaninira? dwell on the negative? you guys are lame. since when did fighting for justice paninira? since when did exposing somebody's lies and extortion activities considered "dwelling on the negative"?
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