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Insensitive Aquino says the Philippine money is NOT a map!!!

This is the President of the Republic of the Philippines; the unico hijo of our greatest modern heroes Ninoy and Cory Aquino.

Philippines lost from Indonesia Football Match

Source: AsianFootball

Jakarta: Christian Gonzales secured Indonesia's place in the AFF Suzuki Cup final on Sunday, firing in the only goal as his side downed the Philippines 1-0 in the second leg of the semi-finals at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

The Uruguay-born striker netted his tournament-leading third goal just before half-time to complete a 2-0 aggregate win for the Indonesians, which set up a meeting in the final against Malaysia, who eliminated defending champions Vietnam on Saturday.

It will be a clash between two teams that have not previously won the AFF Suzuki Cup with the first leg in Kuala Lumpur on December 26 and the return match in Jakarta three days later.

Philippines coach Simon McMenemy named an unchanged starting line-up for a fourth game in a row but Indonesia coach Alfred Riedl made a change up front as forward Irfan Bachdim was replaced by Yongki Aribowo, who made his first appearance in the tournament.

Roared on by a capacity crowd that included Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Indonesians began in the ascendancy. The first sign of real danger came after 11 minutes when Yongki turned past Philippines skipper Alexander Borromeo in midfield and played the ball through for Gonzalez, who beat the offside trap but failed to get to the ball ahead of goalkeeper Neil Etheridge.

Although they trailed 1-0 in the tie, the Philippines failed to generate any concerted pressure and were limited to shots from long range in the first half. They failed to get their attempts anywhere near the target with Phil Younghusband, Chris Greatwich and Anton Del Rosario all firing over the crossbar.

The Indonesians started to turn their pressure into decent chances but Gonzales was guilty of flubbing two clear-cut chances midway through the first half. The Uruguay-born forward directed a diving header off a cross by Mohammed Nasuha directly at Etheridge and then failed to make any decent contact when he was found completely unattended in the six-yard box by Muhammad Ridwan's cutback from the right by-line.

Tempers boiled over in the 41st minute when Greatwich appeared to kick out at Ahmad Bustomi while both players were on the ground near the halfway line. It sparked off a scuffle between both sides with Greatwich eventually booked. The resulting free-kick found its way past the entire host Philippines defence to Gonzalez but the striker was unprepared to receive the ball and could only direct it wide of the target.

Gonzales had missed three clear-cut chances but he finally made one count two minutes before the break. His initial shot was blocked by Borromeo but the defender failed to get it clear and the ball broke right back to Gonzales who curled it at the second attempt past Etheridge into the top left corner of the net to become the leading scorer of the tournament with three goals.

Despite holding a two-goal advantage, the Indonesians continued to turn the screw at the beginning of the second half. Five minutes after the break Zulkifly Syukur fired an attempt from 25 metres straight at Etheridge. The goalkeeper knocked it down dangerously in front of himself and appeared to bowl over Yongky as they went for the loose ball. However, Bahraini referee Ali Hasan Abdulnabi decided not to whistle for a penalty.

With little left to lose, the Philippines began to exert greater pressure and nearly pulled a goal back in the 56th minute when Borromeo flicked Del Rosario's throw-in to Phil Younghusband, who guided his attempt over the crossbar.

With 20 minutes left, the ball fell to Del Rosario on the edge of the box. He put his shot on target but it was too close to Markus Harison to cause the goalkeeper any real problems.

The visitors' best opportunities arrived with just 10 minutes to go. Substitute Emelio Caligdong nearly put the ball past Markus after Hamka Hamzah had been caught in possession in his own box. Greatwich then headed wide after Borromeo had flicked on Del Rosario's long throw.

The Philippines' disappointing night was completed three minutes from time when Greatwich was sent off after receiving his second booking for a desperate lunge on Markus.

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Again, Batanes is off the map in the new 1000 peso bill

We, Ivatans are not surprised with the latest willful display of gross ignorance when the government printed new 1000 peso notes showing inaccurate geographical Philippine map (see below).

As you can see in the above photos, Batanes was deliberately excluded from the Philippine Map which shows that this ignorance is still prevailing  in the Philippine among the elites.  This ignorance is disgusting such that I can't simply accept this mistake was just a "minor" problem.  I wonder how much money was spent just for printing these inaccurate 'facts' to be the official Philippine Monetary notes to be circulated for the next few years.  Think of the long-term effect of this error to the next generation thinking that the Philippines' northern most province was these small FIVE DOTS just above the main Luzon island? It's most disgusting because I believe this new note passed through many "EDITORS" and "PROOF-READERS" before reaching its approval.  What happened? This error was a waste of people's tax money and a waste of time. Don't you think?

You may want to know how serious was the effect of this willful ignorance.  Well I was a victim of bullying in college just because I am from an unknown place on earth.  "Batanes? Saan ba 'yon, sa Visayas ba yan? May sasakyan na ba sa inyo? Nagsusuot na ba ng damit ang mga tao sa inyo?" Not knowing that Ivatans fly by airplane more frequently than any other Filipinos! Walang nagbabahag na sumasakay sa eroplano!



Old Philippine Map used in Textbooks

Source: Google Maps

I am still wishing that Batanes belongs to Taiwan. I think Taiwan and the Taiwanese have the reason why they prided Batanes more than the Philippines (read Ethnic Groups in the Philippines and my earlier blog post here). That would only justify the Philippines and the Filipino people's continuous and willful ignorance of the Batanes Islands as the Northernmost Island Province of the country and its natives, the Ivatan People in general.

Added to that ignorance? The insulting movie called "BATANES". 

When will they learn?

FIFA Released it's Coca-Cola World Ranking for 2010

FIFA released its Coca-Cola World Ranking, and the Philippines ranks 150th and Palestine ranks 177th out of 203 Countries and States listed for FIFA. It's still a long way up for Filipinos and Palestinians.

Ranking	Team	Pts Dec 10	+/- Ranking Nov 10		+/- Pts Nov 10
1	Spain	1887	0		-33
2	Netherlands	1723	0		5
3	Germany	1485	1		-4
4	Brazil	1446	-1		-47
5	Argentina	1338	0		-15
6	England	1195	0		-55
7	Uruguay	1152	0		-22
8	Portugal	1090	0		-12
9	Egypt	1078	1		31
10	Croatia	1075	-1		-23
11	Greece	1016	0		-27
12	Norway	995	0		-9
13	Russia	982	0		-21
14	Italy	965	0		-30
15	Chile	950	1		21
16	Ghana	908	1		5
17	Slovenia	897	-2		-61
18	USA	867	6		20
18	France	867	3		15
20	Slovakia	854	-2		-12
21	Côte d'Ivoire	846	-2		-11
22	Switzerland	841	-1		-11
23	Serbia	837	2		9
24	Paraguay	832	-1		-18
25	Montenegro	824	1		-3
26	Australia	815	-6		-38
27	Mexico	795	1		5
28	Denmark	790	-1		-22
29	Japan	776	1		-5
30	Czech Republic	751	1		-5
31	Turkey	741	-2		-47
32	Nigeria	725	1		14
33	Sweden	712	2		9
34	Ukraine	702	2		4
35	Algeria	687	-1		-19
36	Republic of Ireland	681	-4		-49
37	Cameroon	670	1		14
38	Belarus	660	2		12
39	Gabon	648	-2		-25
40	Korea Republic	647	-1		-6
41	Burkina Faso	644	0		14
42	Hungary	632	1		17
43	Northern Ireland	615	-1		-12
44	Bosnia-Herzegovina	582	7		40
45	Tunisia	576	-1		-22
46	Austria	569	3		-3
46	Guinea	569	1		-6
48	Colombia	558	-1		-17
49	Bulgaria	555	-4		-42
50	Israel	551	5		16

51	South Africa	550	-1		-12
52	Scotland	542	2		5
53	Botswana	535	14		65
53	Ecuador	535	8		37
55	Lithuania	532	-9		-44
56	Romania	531	-4		-7
57	Belgium	526	5		32
58	Jamaica	522	24		109
59	Honduras	516	-2		-6
60	Venezuela	515	-4		-12
60	Armenia	515	-1		-2
62	Cuba	512	32		159
63	New Zealand	506	-4		-11
64	Panama	501	0		21
65	Albania	497	-7		-23
66	Iran	495	0		16
67	Mali	488	-3		8
68	Peru	486	-16		-52
69	Costa Rica	467	-6		-23
70	Senegal	464	5		21
71	Benin	462	1		13
72	Libya	451	9		37
73	Poland	449	-2		-3
73	Georgia	449	5		27
75	Cape Verde Islands	444	8		36
76	Zambia	441	-7		-16
76	FYR Macedonia	441	0		2
78	Latvia	440	-5		-6
79	Morocco	437	1		22
80	Uganda	429	-11		-28
81	Saudi Arabia	427	-13		-34
82	Estonia	426	-8		-18
83	Finland	419	4		30
84	Moldova	411	0		6
84	Canada	411	1		8
86	Malawi	396	-9		-27
87	China PR	389	2		7
88	Angola	378	4		8
89	Trinidad and Tobago	373	-11		-49
90	Cyprus	367	3		-2
90	Haiti	367	11		32
92	Sudan	366	4		22
93	Bahrain	351	-6		-38
94	Grenada	349	-3		-26
94	Niger	349	8		25
96	Mozambique	346	2		7
97	Bolivia	344	2		7
98	Azerbaijan	343	-8		-38
99	Oman	329	-2		-11
100	Gambia	325	3		2

101	Iraq	323	-2		-14
102	Kuwait	317	3		1
103	Togo	313	4		14
104	Jordan	305	-9		-47
105	United Arab Emirates	301	-1		-17
106	Antigua and Barbuda	299	9		46
107	Syria	296	2		14
108	Korea DPR	292	-1		-7
109	Guyana	275	-23		-117
109	Uzbekistan	275	-3		-28
111	Central African Republic	263	1		0
112	Iceland	261	-2		-14
112	Wales	261	-1		-12
114	Qatar	260	-1		1
115	Suriname	257	6		26
116	Tanzania	256	8		31
117	El Salvador	251	0		4
118	Guatemala	247	8		30
119	Zimbabwe	246	-1		0
120	Kenya	240	-4		-11
121	Thailand	239	-7		-15
121	St. Kitts and Nevis	239	1		9
121	Congo	239	-2		0
124	Ethiopia	231	7		53
125	Sierra Leone	224	0		5
126	Yemen	212	-4		-18
127	Indonesia	211	8		39
128	Burundi	202	8		31
129	Dominica	196	-1		-5
130	Congo DR	190	-1		-6
131	Barbados	187	-11		-48
132	Rwanda	185	-5		-30
133	Puerto Rico	184	-3		0
134	Luxembourg	180	-1		5
135	Turkmenistan	173	-1		0
136	Faroe Islands	171	-5		-7
137	Vietnam	167	2		10
138	Kazakhstan	154	-1		-15
138	Namibia	154	3		0
140	Singapore	148	-2		-20
141	Chad	147	6		21
142	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	132	-3		-25
142	India	132	0		-13
144	Malaysia	128	6		16
145	Tajikistan	126	4		5
146	Hong Kong	124	-1		-4
147	Guinea-Bissau	121	1		-4
148	Liechtenstein	116	10		25
149	Myanmar	109	-5		-24
150	Philippines	108	1		-1

151	Netherlands Antilles	107	2		0
152	Fiji	103	-9		-41
153	Chinese Taipei	102	2		0
154	Lebanon	92	3		-2
155	Madagascar	91	3		0
156	New Caledonia	89	0		-12
157	Cayman Islands	88	3		0
158	Nicaragua	86	3		0
159	Bangladesh	84	-8		-25
160	Swaziland	82	5		1
160	Liberia	82	4		0
162	Maldives	81	-16		-46
163	Sri Lanka	79	-10		-28
164	Malta	76	5		-1
165	Equatorial Guinea	72	2		-7
166	Cambodia	68	4		-5
167	Vanuatu	67	5		3
168	Dominican Republic	66	-6		-19
169	Laos	64	2		-6
170	Lesotho	62	4		0
171	Pakistan	56	-4		-23
172	Belize	54	3		0
172	Nepal	54	-9		-30
174	Kyrgyzstan	50	2		0
175	Bermuda	49	-2		-14
176	British Virgin Islands	41	1		0
177	Palestine	40	1		0
177	Eritrea	40	-12		-41
177	Solomon Islands	40	1		0
180	Mauritania	38	1		0
181	St. Lucia	37	1		0
182	Somalia	32	-2		-7
182	Mongolia	32	1		0
184	Tahiti	31	0		0
185	Samoa	26	0		0
186	Comoros	24	0		0
187	Turks and Caicos Islands	19	1		0
188	Tonga	17	1		0
188	Cook Islands	17	1		0
188	Guam	17	1		0
191	Mauritius	16	1		0
191	Djibouti	16	-4		-4
193	Macau	14	1		2
194	Bahamas	13	-1		0
195	Afghanistan	10	0		0
195	Seychelles	10	0		0
197	Brunei Darussalam	9	0		0
197	Bhutan	9	0		0
199	Aruba	7	0		0
200	US Virgin Islands	5	0		0

201	Timor-Leste	3	0		0
202	Andorra	2	0		0
203	San Marino	0	0		0
203	Anguilla	0	0		0
203	Montserrat	0	0		0
203	American Samoa	0	0		0
203	Papua New Guinea	0	0		0