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Jayson de Lemon’s

Autobiography

I once asked myself, how history was written. I said, “I have to invent it.”  
When I wish as now to tell of critical incidents, persons, and events that have influenced my life and work, the true answer is all of the incidents were critical,
all of the people influenced me, everything that  happened and that
is still happening influences me.

It’s very hard for me to describe myself but this, I guess, is difficult for everybody. I think I’m a relatively thoughtful and quiet person, especially towards people I don’t know very well. However, people who I call my friends, know me as a very lively and talkative person.

Basically, I think I’m a positive and life-affirming person. In my mind, everybody can reach nearly every goal, in case he/she really believes in it. You just need a great portion of staying power, motivation, and enthusiasm - and I think, I do fulfill these “requirements”.  

At least till now, I was able to turn most of my dreams into reality - and some are still waiting to become reality. I also believe that I’m patient and relatively calm - in the past, this wasn’t necessarily the case but certain events in my life changed this behavior. Even so, sometimes I still can be very quick-tempered.

Furthermore, I think that I’m quite quick-witted - I often come up with an answer like that and moreover, I do not just sit down and take things (especially those that bother me) like that. Unfortunately, that’s not always favorable - sometimes I have the feeling that people get a wrong impression of me - the impression that I always have to have the last word.

Apart from that, I’m curious and therefore I get relatively easy enthusiastic about certain ideas, things, etc. I also do not shrink back from challenges - on the contrary, most of the time I love to accept challenges.

Although I’m able to be spontaneous, I rather prefer to think over certain things in advance. Therefore, I sometimes have the problem of racking my brain over things, which do not occur in the end. But meanwhile, I’m working on this “problem”.

Moreover, I’m very reliable - if I promise something I’ll keep it. That’s why I can’t stand unreliable persons - if he/she is not able to hold onto things promised, then he/she should not promise anything.

I was born on July 24th, 1984, in the province of Daet, Camarines Norte in   that part of Bicol-Philippines.

My father was a printing press operator and my mother was a fish vendor. We led a hard life, almost like peasants. During my childhood I had a long, actively spell of enjoyment and my happiness has always been present.

When I was six and already able to read and write, my parents motivated me to go to Elementary since I already finished primary school and Kindergarten. At that time I discovered very interesting education in Bagasbas Elementary School. I plunged into the lesson and classics of the knowledge. Reading became a passion with me as well as writing. I carried books and pen hidden under my clothes and read and write wherever I could. My education in Elementary was maintained throughout six years with honors and awards each year.

I was quickly preparing to enter the secondary. But unfortunately every year in that level except in fourth year was always transferring into other school; from Moreno Integrated School to Lady of Peñafrancia College and to Camarines Norte National High School.

Apart from my secondary education I had to help my mother at the market to sell fresh Fishes to support our family in our everyday living.

I loved these diverse occupations since nobody checked my spare time, which I was able to devote entirely to business. By the age of seventeen I started to work at Jollibee-Daet as my part time job while I was studying at AMA Computer Learning Center of the same place. I was very proud to myself that time for the reason that it was very impossible for me to be able to work since I was just seventeen with a height of four feet and nine inches. A ” Service Crew of the Month” for six consecutive month for being an industrious Pantry man.

During this period my family had encountered a serious problem, made me systematically to make me pursue an independent life. I arranged the world according to my private use, looking at it through my own decisions weather to do bad or whatever I wanted. Within myself I felt vague enchantments, dull restlessness, and uncertain desires. I had hallucinations when I was awake. What wings carried me to unknown worlds!

Already I felt sick and confined at home and later at the hospital; daily life was a burden. I dreamed of great actions, of voyages - rovings across the oceans of a free and independent life.

For entire weeks I would keep away from the house and try to live in the woods like a savage. I formed monstrous shapes in potter’s clay, or cut them in trees; I filled my notebooks and the margins of my books with rough sketches, and I spent more than one night crying without reason.

Such was my life until the age of twenty. I shall skip the following years until the age of twenty-two.

I lived in Baguio City and - being twenty-three years old - I naturally had a wild imagination and a tender heart. Misery was my inseparable companion; I was a socialist and the punishment was inevitable. I worked as a Marketing Officer at NELCARD Marketing accredited by Citibank, then after a few months I resigned.

The Korean Guy hired me from his English School after reading my page at the internet entitled ” Life’s Existence”. Considering me a responsible one, He trusted me to manage his Korean English School ( The Units Engl;ish Tutorial Institute). After a year I had enough of the managing school life with its miseries and lack of a future since I’m not yet a graduate in college; besides, my ability for managing was nonexistent.

I was able to find my life in schooling at University of Baguio. I lived near market in a small house. Our income was pitiable, our life hard and tedious, my surroundings primitive. I had hit rock bottom. I was lucky to make the acquaintance of a Born Again Christian Pastor, a convinced and practising christianity. He dazzled and conquered me. A world of fantastic dreams and possibilities opened before my eyes. He had constant and close contact with christianity circles at Chatedral of Praise in Baguio City, corresponded regularly with Mommy Fennie, wrote in spiritualist journals, and was always giving an spiritual advices. For them, God is the King. They were kind and very much concerned about our family.

Way back from my sad experience, I suffered from illness for six years-from 1998-2004 ( didn’t include at the beginning). My right ankle was infected that took me to bed for almost a year with a half year of state of deep and prolonged unconscious or coma. As a result I had learned a lot of leanings in life. My whole being was filled with unspeakable happiness: at last I had found my way. But this good fortune was not without results for my adventurous life.

I began a new Odyssey of misery, roving and struggling with destiny.

With the help of a surprised somebody from anywhere! It was there, too, that I continue living, as I remember when the earth was already opening under my feet. An irresistible fascination with terrifying death killed me ahead of time.

The more profound my faith became, the more violent my fascination with annihilation, and then incessant hunger pushed me toward the abyss.

As I believed, life is a continues learning that I have to discover each day. Being a responsible person is not about avoiding things that will lead into disgrace sometimes it helps me to realized things that happening around me.

At present, I am still seeking for my real life; a life that there will be no sadness that everything must be happiness; Enjoying beyond my control but aware with my doings; Continuing to look for many friends to be a part of my mysterious life and most of all trying to look for my destiny.I could go on but I do not want to waste my time. I will Open my life and all the doors wherever I find them. There is no end to life. And this life proves that everything in this world is part of it.

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What I’ve Learned about Friendship

February 9, 2009

 

What I’ve Learned About Friendship                                                                                                                                                      

 

“Hello. My name is Jayson de Lemon and I am sending this to you because i want to share with you what i’ve learned about friendship. This is not a poem really, but I think it’s nice and nearly anyone can ralate to it, especially youth like myself.

                                                                                                                                                     

What I’ve Learned About Friendship

• I’ve learned that there are many good friends
• around, but true best friends are hard to come by.
• I’ve learned that sometimes you love a best friend
• more than a girlfriend.
• I’ve learned that a best friend is more important than a girlfriend.
• I’ve learned that you can do something or nothing
• with a best friend and still have the best time. 
• I’ve learned that a true friendship has many memories, both good and bad, but all important.
• I’ve learned that sometimes the most used part of a best friend is the shoulder you cry on, and the
• shoulder you are willing to lend.
• I’ve learned that when a best friend is happy, you find yourself happy too, even when it has nothing to do with you.
• I’ve learned that a best friend’s family soon feels like your own.
• I’ve learned that the only one who truly understands is a true friend.
• I’ve learned that nothing ever sounds stupid, funny, or unbelievable to a best friend, and you never feel stupid saying whatever it is.
• I’ve learned that sometimes it feels like a best friend is the only one who will ever care about you and think you are beautiful in your own way.
• I’ve learned that you always have that something extra to give to a best friend in need, and can count on that in return.
• I’ve learned that your heart is forever touched by a true friend, no matter how things end up.
• I’ve learned that when your heart has been broken, a best friend is the best band-aid for it.
• I’ve learned that a best friend will call you in the middle of the night to talk without thinking, and it’s OK.
•   I’ve learned that in many cases, a hug and a kind word from a best friend is the only thing that helps get you through the day.
• I’ve learned that a best friend would stick up for you no matter what the consequences are.
• I’ve learned that best friends can sing at the top of their lungs and not worry about singing the wrong words or being out of tune.
• I’ve learned that best friends stay up all night and on the phone for hours talking without even realizing it.
• I’ve learned that a best friend can tell the difference between a silly crush, and more than that.
• I’ve learned that sometimes a best friend is all you have.
• I’ve learned that sometimes you wonder how she knew, but then you realize that’s just how close you are.
• I’ve learned that when you are true best friends, everyone else knows it.
• I’ve learned that, most importantly of all, best friends will always be best friends, no matter what is happening in their lives, where they are, or what they are doing. A best friend is irreplaceable. This is the most important thing I could have ever been taught by a best friend.
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Grave Abused of Authority

There is this fish vendor 49 years old woman ( Lets call her  “Dina” *not the real name*) who had experienced a Grave Abuse of Authority from an incumbent Barangay Kagawad:

The Antecedent Facts are as follows:

Dina is been a fish vendor for almost seven years (7) at one City in Nothern luzon here in the Philippines. Moreover she is also a member of the Fish Vendors Association. The member of which have a long standing agreement that each one of the will only maintain one (1) to two (2) “Bilao” in the sale of fish. This Barangay Kagawad is likewise a vendor at the same place where Dina is situated. She is also a member of the fish vendor association and an officer therein being a treasurer of the said association.

For quite sometime, the said Barangay Kagawad has been harrasing and intimidating Dina at her place of work but she tried her best to disregard the same because she want to maintain friendly relations among the other vendors in the market. Moreover, Dina would also like to show respect due to This Barangay Kagawad’s position.

However, Barangay Kagawad’s abuse of authority reached it’s peak due to an unfortunate incident that happened. Dina was so busy but peacefully selling fresh fish during the rush hour in the afternoon when this Barangay Kagawad suddenly came and told her “Bakit Dyan Ka Nakapwesto? Hindi Pwede Yan!” A few minutes after , Barangay Kagawad commanded her helper to remove Dina from her current position and install their “bilao” of Fish. The helper came to her and was forcing her to get out. He did it even if he saw Dina already was being hurted. Thus, against her will, the helper, at the instruction of This Barangay Kagawad put their “Bilao” of fish in the her current position until the fish that they were selling fell on the ground. The helper of Barangay Kagawad got angry, took the fish that Dina was selling, and trew all of it on the street grounds. Hence, Dina raised her voice, “Bakit Pinag-iinitan nyo ako, Ano kasalanan ko? Saan nyo ako ilalagay?” The helper in return shouted at Dina “Putang-Ina Mo!” Dina was shocked and in reflex, she told him also the same word. Then the son of this Barangay Kagawad came, approached Dina….. and Beat! Once, at the forehead…. The Mother did’nt respond…. Twice, at the neck…. The treasurer of fish vendor association did’nt respond again…. and for the last beat, at the head and forcibly pulled Dina… The Barangay Kagawad did’nt respond. In other words the son of Barangay Kagawad Beat Dina trice. After that, Male bystander tried to pacify the son of Barangay Kagawad. He was about to attack Dina again but he was stopped by the bystanders.

During the whole incident, This Barangay Kagawad was present and she was the one who commanded her helper and son to assault Dina. Moreover, she did not do anything to prevent her male helper and son and allowed them to maul Dina contrary to her obligation and duty as a Mother, as an officer of association and most of all a Barangay Kagawad to maintain peace and order in the community.

After that, Dina went to the police station to report the incident. She was forced to leave the fish that she was selling because of the injuries that she sustained.  There, She executed a sworn statement and attached the Medico-Legal Certificate showing the wounds that she sustained during the incident.

Subsequently, after four (4) days that Dina got mauled by those people, to her surprised, she received summons from the office of the Lupong Tagapamayapa of the Barangay Council. Based on the Barangay Case: For disrespect to person in authority as filed by the Guilty Barangay Kagawad. Dina was asked to appear before the them on a specific date.

The Barangay Kagawad who figured prominently in the said incident and even never prevented her son and companions from assaulting Dina, clearly made use of her position as a Barangay official to harass Dina by filling a baseless claim against her. To make matters worse, she even filed it before the Barangay where she is a public official. The implication of this is that the Barangay Chairman and Barangay Council where the barangay kagawad filled the Barangay case will be expected to be partial to her cause considering that she is an official of that place.

What happened to the principle of fairness and justice?

Dina filed the case to the City prosecutor but the City Procecutor forwarded the case to the Barangay. The case in the Barangay was (she think) very much improper because when the hearings were done, there were only Brgy. Captain, The accused Kagawad and company, Dina and the secretary. When Dina’s companion came to witness for the hearing, the Brgy. Captain forced him to leave and told him that she might record their conversations.

Aside from that, the Kagawad gave her a treat to be removed from fish vendor association and to the market with the help of Brgy.Chairman by means of a petition. That was also the reason why they don’t accept the daily dues that Dina is paying.

She went to the DILG (Regional) and asked for a help. They gave Dina advices… They told her to go to DILG (City). Dina went to DILG (City)… They told her to go to City Council…..She went to that place….. They forwarded her to the Sangguniang Panlungsod….. They were supposed to tell Dina that she have to go to Liga ng Mga Barangay then she said Liga Ng Mga Barangay told her to go to their office first. Sangguniang Panlungsod told her to prepare for the verified affidavit of complaint and have a copy of 16 copies…..

For the reasons that the Barangay Council were not capable for their positions, They gave Dina the Certificate to File Action improperly. She gave that Certificate to the Piscal’s Office then the Piscal told her that those papers were supposed to give back by the Barangay. The Brgy. really didn’t want to give that back. She Did those things for 3 times until she decided to get all of the papers and presented to the main window for filed cases in the Hall of Justice then they admitted.

Many days had passed… A letter from the City procecutor delivered to her rented house. A case of Treat and Unjust Vexation from Kagawad against Dina. She Went to the Hall of justice and she found out that the hearing of the case against Dina is sooner than the case she filed against the Kagawad. When she got the information regarding the case she had submitted she also found out that it was already submitted but not yet proccesed……………….

Where is justice? Dina is a less fortunate person.

In this situation, I am pretty sure that Dina is not only the one who are experiencing  this kind of situation. Isn’t it Obviously a crime when a man hit a woman especially it is older than him? How about a Mother that let her son to do something bad to others? A Brgy Official to neglect the responsibility to maintain the peace and order? A Brgy Official who are included in the crime? An official of the Association who do not care about her member? And a person who always wanted to destroy others?

Moreover, Based from what I have learned from DILG, If the complaint is against an elective barangay official criminal aspect may be heard with the regular courts. With the the summon issued by the Lupong Tagapamayapa it was also appears to be improper since the complainant is a public official and the subject of her is Disrespect for authority, clearly not within the authority of the Lupong Tagapamayapa to settle or adjucate.

Evidently, The accused Barangay Kagawad gravely abused her authority in order to harass Dina with the filling of baseless claim. As an author of this article I am Expecting that the Barangay Kagawad should be subjected to a disciplinary action by the Sanguniang Panlungsod for Grave Abused of Authority.

Everybody wants to live… Everybody wants to earn money for their family…. Everybody wants to live fairly…

Every Filipino belongs to this country…

* Dina wants to thank Public Attorneys Office for assisting to her administrative complaint against this Barangay Kagawad.