It’s no secret the Philippines is a basketball-loving nation. You see makeshift courts at around almost every corner.

People playing barefoot or in their slippers or flip-flops, nothing beats streetball here in the country.

The amusing part of streetball are the slang words people use at times to describe certain basketball plays.

Here are a few popular basketball terms each Pinoy baller should know by now:

BEK

This is commonly used during shootarounds. If you make a shot, you say “bek” to get the ball back for a second
attempt. A variation of this is “bek, shoot” where you keep getting the ball back as long as you keep making shots.

PATAY ANG BUTIKI

Referred to a shot that hits nothing but the side of the backboard, which usually happens with baseline jumpers.

BUTATA/SUPALPAL

A pretty nasty block.

BAKAW/BUWAYA

These are often used to call someone who doesn’t seem to like passing that much. The person has his blinders on,
hogs the ball and doesn’t trust his teammates. You don’t want to be called this so don’t be a blackhole.

PEKTUS

This usually works with layups. When you have a tough angle on the shot, you use a little english on the ball by
flicking it with your wrist so that when the ball hits the backboard it has a chance to go in.

PANIS

Use this each time you own your defender on a play or hit a contested shot over him. Saying “panis” is like rubbing
it in. It’s the local version of “IN YOUR FACE!”

SWAK

The term ballers use to refer to a shot that finds nothing but the bottom of the net. Clean as a whistle. Use “swak”
the same way you use it to describe something that fell perfectly into place or is just right.

cockfight
cockpit arena
cockfight enthusiast
lost
winner
encountering
sword
arnis
Filipino stick fighting

basketbol
basketball

beysbol
baseball

bilyar
billiards

boksing
boxing

boling
bowling

eskrima
Filipino fencing

pelota
similar to racquetball

putbol
football

saker
soccer

Ngunit sa kabila nang lahat ng mga pang-aalipusta at pangmamaliit, may puwang pa rin
ang kasiyahan sa aking dibdib. Wala man akong tenga, may boses pa rin naman ako
na kahit anong oras ay pwede kong ipagsigawan. And'yan pa ang aking mga kamay na
 maaari kong gamitin sa pagpipinta at nandiriyan pa ang aking mga paa na pwede kong
gamitin sa pagtakbo upang makarating sa dulo ng tagumpay—sa dulo nang walang
hanggang kasiyahan na hindi mapapantayan nang pinakamagandang huni nang ibon o
pinakamalakas na birit nang isang manganganta. Hindi man ako buo, maraming
alternatibong paraan upang ako ay maging produktibo. Iyan ang aking panghahawakan,
ang aking magiging lakas at ang aking magiging panlaban sa bawat hakbang na aking
gagawin sa ating mundong ginagalawan.

tungo sa Kaunlaran at Kinabukasan

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Walong letra lamang ang salitang KALAYAAN ngunit ito’y napakahalagang kataga sa bawa’t
Pinoy. Marahil ito ang naging daan para umunlad ang ating bansa at makamit ang ating mga
pangarap na inaasam-asam.

Ngayong Hunyo 12, nakatakda ang ika - *** anibersaryo ng Araw ng Kalayaan na maituturing
na pinakamahalagang petsa sa kasaysayan sapagka’t marka ito ng pagkamit ng kalayaan ng
bansa mula sa mga Espanyol na nagkait sa atin ng pag-asa noong Hunyo 12, 1898.
Kung ating matatandaan, ang dating presidente ng Pilipinas na si Emilio F. Aguinaldo ang
nakipaglaban upang maihayag ang kalayaan ng mga Pilipino na siyang naging hudyat ng
paglayag ng ating bandila bilang simbolo ng pagkakaisa at kaginhawaan ng mga mamamayan.

Kung wala ito, maaring ang mga tao’y hindi nagkakaisa ngayon datapwa’t, ito’y isinasagawa
taon-taon para sa kaalaman ng milyon-milyong tao na ito’y mahalagang kasangkapan para sa
pag-abot ng kapayapaan.

Ito’y bilang tugon din sa Proclamation 295 na nilagdaan ng Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III na
kung saan naghahayag ng regular na Holidays, Special Non-Working Holidays, at Special
Holidays sa mga paaralan ngayong taong 2***.

Ayon sa ulat ng Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleyo o DOLE, lahat ng manggagawang Pinoy ay

makakakuha pa rin ng isangdaang porsiyentong sahod sa araw na yaon bagama’t sa mga mag-
oovertime na magtrabaho sa Hunyo 12 ay makakapagkamit ng double pay sa naturang araw.

Ngunit hindi rito nagtatapos ang aktibidad,sapagka’t ilan sa mga opisyal at kawani ng mga lokal
na pamahalaan sa buong bansa tulad na lamang ng lokal na pamahalaan ng lungsod ng San
Fernando at Provincial Government ng La Union ay magsasagawa ng simpleng programa tulad
na lamang ng pagtataas ng watawat at pag-aanyaya ng tagapagsalita partikular na ang Direktor
ng Department of Interior and Local Government na si Corazon Guray, bilang paggunita.

Magiging tampok din sa selebrasyon ang pagpaparada ng mga kapulisan at military sa Maynila
na pangungunahan ng pangulo na siyang masusundan ng talumpati at dalawamput-isang gun
salute,ayon sa ulat.

Para sa ilang Pinoy, lalong-lalo na ang mga namamasada ng mga bus, jeep o tricycle, manggawa
sa ibang bansa o ibayong dagat, magiging ordinaryong araw lamang ito dahil patuloy pa rin sila
sa pakikipagsapalaran para sa kanilang mga pamilya.

Ngunit, sa darating na Hunyo 12 at susunud na araw, kahit hindi magiging kapansin-pansin ito,
magsisilbing hamon ito sa bawat Pilipino’y na kailangang magtulungan kahit pa may kaguluhan
sa ibang panig ng bansa at pati sa ibang bansang walang katiyakan.

Problema man ang sumapit sa atin, tulad ni Aguinaldo kailangan nating maging matapang para
sa pagtamo ng kalayaan tungo sa kaunlaran at kinabukasan ng Pilipinas.
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For • Give • Ness

Forgiveness is an act of kindness that we may extend to ourselves or another. Yet it may be one
of the hardest lessons we have to learn, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. It
requires great strength, understanding, compassion and patience. It is a state of complete
acceptance of ‘what is’ and healing of any previous judgments or fears.

But what does this mean? How do we truly forgive and let go?

In the dictionary, forgiveness is defined as “compassionate feelings that support a willingness to

forgive, or excuse a mistake or offense. It means to cease to feel resentment towards or grant
pardon for a particular act or person.” The two key emotions involved are compassion or
resentment. Resentment is a natural byproduct of our judgments and when present there is no
room for forgiveness. It is energy consuming, toxic and blocks us from moving forward. It
suffocates any forgiveness and locks people in the past.

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Compassion is the opposite emotion to resentment. It is a higher energy emotion which is kind,
gentle and always patient. Compassion understands that we are all one and knows that we are all
here to learn and grow the best way we know how . . . through experience. It honors mistakes as
a natural part of our lives and sees them as needed for any real growth.

Compassion remembers that there are always two sides to every story and what we perceive to
be true may not be true in the eyes of another. It understands that everything that we attract into
our lives serves a purpose. What it also knows is that we are not intended to be punished or
wronged in any way, just that we’re here to learn and grow each and everyday.

But how does one bridge the gap between resentments and true forgiveness? I believe the answer
is in freeing ourselves of judgment. We need to learn to let go of our judgments by forgiving
ourselves. Many would disagree with this statement and argue that by suggesting we need to
forgive ourselves’ is somehow implying we are fundamentally flawed. This is not the case. In
truth, an experience is neither ‘good’ nor ‘bad’ and as such does not require a judgment. It’s our
mind that seeks to place judgments upon experiences so that it may be able to understand,
measure, and assimilate the information it is taking in. However, without the mind’s judgments,
forgiveness is never required.

Try and visualize it like this: It’s kind of like we are all silk nets flowing in the wind and life is
meant to flow through us. Every time we hold a judgment towards something, we catch that
experience within our net. Over time, if we continue to do this, our net becomes clogged and
heavy. The material no longer flows freely and it becomes more difficult to see through its mesh.
The net becomes toxic, heavy and depleted just like us humans can become. In order to free
these trapped elements, we only have to forgive ourselves for holding a judgment towards the
experience to begin with. Then, that which has been stuck is freed to flow through us as it was
naturally intended.

Staying in the present moment also helps to transform resentments into forgiveness. It’s a 'state
of allowing' which simply means allowing life to move through us. This is our natural and
intended way of being. It is a state of total aliveness and acceptance of our selves and our lives.
As soon as we move out of the present we move into judgment; judgment about the past or the
future. The past is meant to be a place of reflection of lessons learned and the future is our
untapped possibilities of what’s to come. But the mind gets in the way! Through judgments we
hold onto experiences instead of allowing them to move through us and this takes us out of the
present moment. We hold the judgment within our hearts, our minds and our bodies. This makes
us tired, depleted and toxic just like our silk nets. The end result is harbored resentments.

So what have I learned forgiveness really means? I believe it is release of judgment through
forgiveness for oneself. We are all here to learn forgiveness. To do so, there has to be something
within our lives to forgive and this is not always easy. To truly forgive another, we have to
forgive ourselves. But forgiveness is not about freeing us from being judged, it’s about freeing
the judgment from us so that we can be free!

By Angela Strank ©2014 Living Your Best Life

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