Legobrick Homes--Sulit, Mainam, Maganda, para sa Pinoy

LEGOBRICK HOMES. Bahay na matibay at magara. Tipid sa kuryente: hindi mainit. Less expensive in the long run. May totoong Transfer of Technology pa.

Produktong Pinoy. Gawa ng Pilipinong ma-prinsipyo...kahit dati ay mukhang malapit sa dilaw, at kahit wala siyang mapapala ay tinuligsa ang Hocus Pcos ng Mayo 2010.

Legobrick. Maipagmamalaki. Sulit. Komportable.

FAQs

WHAT IS LEGOBRICK SYSTEMS AND DESIGNS?

It is a pioneering Filipino manufacturing company that introduces brick as a practical and economical building block. What is unique about it is that it brings to the Philippines the modular interlocking system where the brick used is a “hollow brick.” This means it could accommodate steel and cement which makes it different from the bricks sold in the Philippine market which is merely decorative and cladded.

We inspire to build with brick by supplying (with transfer technology) and / or building elegant, genuine brick homes and other constructions.


WHERE IS LSD’S MAIN OFFICE?

LSD’s main office is in Rizal Ave., Olongapo City and we manufacture our bricks at a 1.2 hectare production plant in New Cabalan, Olongapo City. However, for our Metro Manila clients, we schedule an onsite presentation and briefing at on-going project sites.


WILL LSD CONSTRUCT OR DO CLIENTS SIMPLY BUY THE BRICKS?

LSD has accredited contractors and builders to do the construction but if our client wants to do it themselves, we work with them, making sure that there is a thorough transfer of technology. We will only charge for minimal supervision fee.


HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY IS THE BRICK REQUIRED FOR A HOUSE OR A BUILDING?

Formula: Brick size [2x4x8 inch. (96 bricks per sq.m) or 2.5x5x10 inch. (64 bricks per sq.m)] multiplied by walling area in sq. m. minus wall openings = indicative amount of bricks needed.


COULD YOU BUILD A HIGH RISE WITH LEGOBRICK?

Yes. The first project of LSD was in Baguio City. A 3 storey home completely made out of brick. We also did a 4 storey building in Olongapo City. The main components in constructing with a “hollow brick” is the same as constructing with hollow blocks, e.g. footing, foundation, rebars, cement, stirrups, etc. The difference is in the “look” and “feel.” Brick is more elegant and room temperature is much cooler.


HOW MUCH IS LEGOBRICK?

-we supply 3 sizes of brick building blocks as well as brick cladding
- to get rough estimate of building, formula is total wall area in sq.m x number of bricks minus openings. There are 96 regular bricks / sq.m or 64 big brick / sq.m. regular is 14 pesos inclusive of vat and delivery, big is 21 pesos inclusive of vat and delivery. builder's step by step manual is free. other costs to building are minimal that's why it not expensive. for waterproofing, we use liquid silicone


HOW DOES LEGOBRICK COMPARE WITH HOLLOW BLOCKS?

As to aesthetics and elegance, there is no comparison. Brick is the building block par excellence. As to pricing, while a hollow block is taller and could cover more walling area when you set it, the numerous stages to finish the wall, adds to cost. Brick is faster to lay and set and requires less finishing yet. Over-all savings would be at 20% to 30% depending on factors like, e.g., how good mason is, kind of finishing, etc.

As to construction methodology, what is done using hollow block, is done with a hollow brick. Same footing, foundation and distribution of steel bars.

Basically, brick is clay-based while hollow block is sand-based. This difference is the basis for asserting that brick homes are more suitable in tropical climates as clay is a natural insulator. Sand and cement are known to absorb heat. This is why the brick homes we have built are cool and less humid inside.
What is the difference between legobrick and ordinary bricks?

Legobrick is a hollow brick that is structural not decorative unlike brick veneers or brick clads. Legobrick has holes to accommodate steel and cement. It also has interlocking grooves to lock bricks with the help of a thin mortar paste.

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Ang FAQ/larawan ay galing sa: http://www.legobrick.info/


Ang ilang larawan sa collage ay hango sa: http://www.facebook.com/legobricksystems​designs?ref=ts

Sa Ika-119 Taon ng Pagkakatatag ng Katipunan... ng manga Anak ng Bayan

Sa Ika-119 na pagkakatatag ng Kataastaasang, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan  (KKK), narito ang ilang batis:

Katipunan Founding

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With this in mind, Jose Rizal came home to the Philippines on 26 June 1892. After meetings with local activists, Rizal established a civic society called the Liga Filipina. On 3 July, a week after he arrived in Manila, Rizal launched the organization in Doroteo Ongjunco’s house on Ilaya Street, Tondo. The aims of the society were national unity, mutual aid, common defense, the encouragement of education, agriculture and commerce, and the study and application of reforms.

The Liga Filipina was short-lived. On 6 July, Rizal was arrested and detained upon the orders of the Governor-General Eulogio Despujol. Two weeks later, he was sent to Dapitan, Mindanao, where he lived in exile for four years.

One of the founding members of the league was Andres Bonifacio. On 6 and 7 July, when it had become apparent that an openly pro-Filipino organization like the Liga Filipina would be suppressed by the colonial government, Bonifacio and some friends formed a secret society. Among them were Deodato Arellano, Ladislao Diwa, Valentin Diaz, Jose Dizon, and Teodoro plata. The organization was called the Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan. The aims of the Katipunan were to unite the country and to win independence from Spain by means of revolution.

Andres Bonifacio & the 1896 Revolution
http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?i=5&subcat=13

Si Andres Bonifacio naman ang bumuo sa isang himagsikan ng mga mamamayan. Ipinanganak siya sa Tondo noong Nobyembre 1863. Sa tulong ng Katipunan, pinalaganap ni Bonifacio ang konsepto ng bayan. Ibang iba ito sa konsepto ng nación ng mga ilustrado. Ito ay nakabatay sa pagbuo ng/kay Inang Bayan at pagtatag ng Haring Bayan (estadong bayan) para sa buong kapuluan (Republika ng Katagalugan). Sinasabing ang Inang Bayan ang dapat panggalingan ng pagbubuo dahil sa kanyang sinapupunan lamang nagkakaroon ng tunay na kabuuan. Sa ilalim ng iisang Inang Bayan, nagkakaroon ng kapatiran ng mga ito. Ginamit ni Bonifacio ang metapora ng mag-anak bilang simbolo ng pagkakaisa ng mga bayan sa buong kapuluan at noong Hulyo 6, 1892, itinatag niya ang Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK).

Si Gat Andres Bonifacio at ang Pagbuo ng PagkaBANSA
http://blog-by-taga-ilog-news.blogspot.com/2010/11/si-gat-andres-bonifacio-at-ang-pagbuo.html


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Iba pang mga batis o artikulo:

The Katipunan Founding Speech of Andres Bonifacio
http://blog-by-taga-ilog-news.blogspot.com/2010/11/katipunan-founding-speech-of-andres.html

Watawat ng Katipunan - Tunay na Sumasagisag sa Kalayaan
http://jesusabernardo.blogspot.com/2011/06/watawat-ng-katipunan-tunay-na.html

Ang DEKALOGO ni Gat Andres Bonifacio (with English translation)
http://blog-by-taga-ilog-news.blogspot.com/2010/09/ang-dekalogo-ni-gat-andres-bonifacio.html

Initiation Ritual of the Kataastaasang, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan
http://jesusabernardo.blogspot.com/2011/04/ang-ritwal-na-dapat-sundin-ng-isang.html

Andres Bonifacio: Mararahas na manga Anak ng Bayan
http://jesusabernardo.blogspot.com/2011/04/andres-bonifacio-mararahas-na-manga.html

Andres Bonifacio: Mararahas na manga Anak ng Bayan
http://jesusabernardo.blogspot.com/2011/04/katipunan-initiation-rites.html

Deklarasyon ng KALAYAAN, Enero 1892 - Foundational document of the KKK (Catipunan)
http://jesusabernardo.blogspot.com/2011/04/deklarasyon-ng-kalayaan-enero-1892.html

Ang Palatuntunan ng Katipunan
http://blog-by-taga-ilog-news.blogspot.com/2010/11/ang-palatuntunan-ng-katipunan.html

Ika-119 na taong pagkatatag ng Katipunan ni Bonifacio ngayong Hulyo 7, 2011
http://rizalnewsonline.blogspot.com/2011/07/public-service-ika-209-na-taong.html?spref=fb

MABUHAY ANG ARAW NG PAGKATATAG NG KATIPUNAN!
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/08/18606261.php

Rizal, Bonifacio and "Pahimakas" ("Mi Ultimo Adios")
http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/29/5734940-rizal-bonifacio-and-pahimakas-mi-ultimo-adios

Si Gat Andres Bonifacio sa Pananaw ni Joma Sison at ng KM
http://blog-by-taga-ilog-news.blogspot.com/2010/11/si-gat-andres-bonifacio-sa-pananaw-ni.html

Bonifacio Series I: Gat Andres Bonifacio: The Anti-Colonial National Hero of the Philippines
http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/29/2161186-gat-andres-bonifacio-the-anti-colonial-national-hero-of-the-philippines

Bonifacio Series II: Andres Bonifacio's Tagalog Nation & Predictions of Global Warming
http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/10/2800625-andres-bonifacios-tagalog-nation-predictions-of-global-warming

Bonifacio Series III: The Devaluation of a Hero & Promotion of Counter-Hero: Where's Andres Bonifacio in the P5 Coin?
http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/03/3710118-the-devaluation-of-a-hero-promotion-of-a-counter-hero-wheres-andres-bonifacio-in-the-p5-coin

The Tragedy of the Katipunan: The Supremo's Assassination-cum-Execution (Bonifacio Series IV)
http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/10/6619505-the-tragedy-of-the-katipunan-the-supremos-assassination-cum-execution-bonifacio-series-iv

Debunking the Outrageous Glenn May Thesis on Supremo Andres Bonifacio
http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/05/6412546-debunking-the-outrageous-glenn-may-thesis-on-supremo-andres-bonifacio

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RP: A ' JUNREY BALAWING' FOREVER?

by Herman Tiu Laurel

Hindi ko mapigilang hindi i.repost dito itong artikulo ni Ka Mentong na ito. Sobrang patawang nakakaiyak.

Ano kaya ibig sabihin ng dilaw na media sa pagsasabing “PH flexes naval muscle”--MIDGET muscle kaya o ANTIQUE muscle???

Photo art: JB

A mainstream daily came out with the headline, “PH flexes naval muscle,” with a huge photo of the BRP Humabon, a vintage World War II destroyer escort/frigate that is the only warship of the Philippine Navy. Why it decided to put out such a headline projecting the country’s total incapacity to present a credible naval deterrence is beyond me. Was it for self-ridicule (which it did rather successfully)? Or was it to provoke better armed foreign navies to “pick” on us?

As former US Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld said of his country’s position in the world when he quit his post in 2006, “Today, it should be clear that not only is weakness provocative, but the perception of weakness on our part can be provocative as well.”

Thus, if you are a Filipino like Junrey Balawing, 23.5 inches in height, adjudged by the Guinness World Records as the shortest living man in the world, and acting menacing by flexing your pea-sized muscle, the neighborhood bully may well be provoked to beat the crap out of you even just for laughs.

Worse, if that pea-sized muscle is tied to a pea-sized brain, as what TV news anchor Noli de Castro exhibited on air a few days ago, then we know we have a really dumbed-down lot in our midst — unless we expose and discard each one in due course.

It was on one of De Castro’s evening programs, where news reporter Willard Cheng presented both sides in the current Spratlys issue in an even-handed and balanced manner, that the anchor followed Cheng’s closing blurb “Willard Cheng reporting for…” with a sarcastic “China ha… Cheng ha…” that oozed with prejudice and innuendo.

The fact that De Castro was installed as vice-president of this country already speaks a lot about our sad state of affairs; but to hear him blabber such nonsense without seemingly gaining a bit of depth from more than six years in high office certainly beats the midget Junrey’s shortness.

A little study of naval ships reveals the limited capabilities of the BRP Humabon, which is a mere escort ship. Compared to our Asean neighbors, the Philippines has fallen a long way off from the time of Marcos when the Philippine Navy was able to present an imposing presence.

I remember that at the height of the Sabah crisis, the Philippine newspapers presented graphic comparisons of Malaysian and Philippine naval assets, and those silhouettes of ships on the Philippine side outnumbered the Malaysian’s significantly.

Today, Malaysia has two Scorpène class submarines, two Leiku class frigates armed with Exocet missiles, two German Kasturi class frigates, plus an anti-submarine helicopter, corvettes, among others. Singapore has two new Swedish-made submarines launched in 2010, augmenting or substituting four Challenger class submarines. Thailand, meanwhile, is now the only Asean country with an aircraft carrier, the Chakri Naruebet.

Vietnam has spent $1.5 billion (or P64.5 billion) for 6 “Kilo” class submarines from Russia scheduled for delivery in 2010. By 2015, according to Chinese intelligence, Vietnam will receive from the Russian navy two 11,661-type frigates, as well as “Ruby” supersonic anti-ship missiles.

One Chinese view is that since Vietnam neither has nuclear submarines nor “Chinese Aegis” (Ballistic Missile Defense) class destroyers but has “the equipment in the coastal waters (with) anti-ship combat capability… (in the event of any) Sino-Vietnamese naval clashes in the South China Sea,” Vietnam’s occupied territories or facilities may not be lost to the Chinese Navy. In other words, Vietnam is capable of holding its own.

In stark contrast, the only acquisitions the Philippine Navy has made of late are several outmoded Hamilton class cutters which reportedly will be purchased out of the royalty earnings from the Malampaya natural gas production. Yet, these potentially include submarines that can’t resurface after submerging.

Philippine defense policy has always been skewed by a neocolonial, pro-oligarchy orientation. It is anti-insurgency insofar as only protecting the economic holdings of the ruling elite against a rebellious, impoverished people, while neglecting our naval and coastal defenses.

The then Armed Forces of the Philippines was still at its peak under Marcos and was to have been the perfect model for sustaining and expanding our country’s defense capabilities. But instead of building on it, the regimes that followed allowed it to rot. The arms manufacturing that was started during Marcos’ time went to seed while the ship-building facilities, which could have built most of the new naval assets the country needed, were allowed to rust into oblivion.

Our nation’s resource base eroded with the collapse of the “11 Industrial Projects” as well as the loss of Sabah (revenues upon which Malaysia built its wealth and defense capabilities). It will take a new leadership of the patriotic and nationalist kind let the Philippines outgrow its status as the Junrey Balawing of the region.

Should we continue to remain the air-weight of Asia, like Junrey Balawing at five kilos, deserving of a place only in a freaks’ gallery? Are we man or mouse? Are we sheepish slaves or free men?

Any muscle building begins first in the mind and the will. Muscles are built by nutritious food and strength training; hence, the need for national food self-sufficiency and accessibility, to heave against the proverbial Sisyphus-ian rock over the mountain. The will is strengthened by self-consciousness; hence, the need to restore our historical and nationalist education and cultural awareness. The sinews of a national economy are made up of iron and steel, and its blood, the energy industry; hence, our “nation-al” economic and industrial development.

At the top of all this is the set of goals in our consciousness, the ideology that unites all of the energies of our people. While the leadership that can carry this through is not in a position to take charge yet, we must therefore prepare the people’s consciousness for it today.

(Tune in to Radyo OpinYon, Monday to Friday, 5 to 6 p.m., and Sulo ng Pilipino, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 to 7 p.m. on 1098AM; Talk News TV with HTL, Tuesday, 8 to 9 p.m., with replay at 11 p.m., on GNN, Destiny Cable Channel 8, on “GSIS Union Victory vs Winton’s Outrages”; visit http://newkatipunero.blogspot.com/ and http://hermantiulaurel.blogspot.com/ for our articles plus TV and radio archives)

(Reprinted with permission from Mr. Herman Tiu-Laurel)


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Source:

Tiu-Laurel, Herman. RP: A ‘Junrey Balawing’ forever? 20 June 2011. http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110620com5.html

Photo credits:

http://oks.ph/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/jun-rey-balawing.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/BRP_Rajah_Humabon_%28PF_11%29.jpg

Musings on Gat Jose Rizal

MAYROONG isang artikulo sa isang dilaw na pahayagan na nagsasabing si Gat Jose Mercado Rizal daw ay isang "serial suitor of women around the world." Ewan kung totoo talaga iyon pero nakapagdulot iyon ng mga reaksyong ang dating sa akin ay parang hagikgik na para bang nakakatawang mainam na bagay ang sinasabing yaon.

Nakita ko ang nasabing link sa isang online friend ko sa isang social networking website. Hindi ko napigilang magkomento ng ganito (bilang reaksyong pangkalahatan sa mga naunang komento pero lalo na sa komentong nagsaad na "Si Ka Pepe pala ay: : "every port, REPORT!"". Eto ang aking naging tugon:

"is that a good thing [Rizal]  being playboy? another way of putting "every port, REPORT" is SEAMANLOLOKO, right? ooops...."

Naisip ko tuloy na kung sakaling totoo na babaero si Rizal ay ipinapakita lang nito na mas may moral discipline si Bonifacio na hindi napabalitaang naging salawahan kailanman. However, to the credit of Rizal, it seems that he was a very understanding man who was beyond the sexist beliefs of his time. There were later talks that his wife, Josephine Bracken had some sexual relationship with his adoptive father of supposedly dubious character, George Taufer. An American engineer, Taufer adopted Bracken as a baby who was supposedly illegitimately born to a Chinese woman and a British soldier. Worse, Taufer, who was syphilitic, is said to have given girls "in various ways...a grim time" and that he "clearly tried to seduce" Bracken. If such insinuations by historians now are true, that Rizal still loved and married in Bracken in Church rites is admirable and reveals the breadth and depth of the hero's sensibility.

Anu't anupaman, hindi naman sa kinakabitan ko ng "bisyo" si Rizal subali't nakita ko ang mga larawang ginawa kong mosaic na nagpapakita na ang isa sa ating pambansang bayani (si Andres Bonifacio ang isa; walang opisyal na pambansang bayani pero dahil may Rizal Day at Bonifacio Day tayo ay maituturing silang mga pambansang bayani) ay naging tema ng mga balat ng sigarilyo. Mga ilang taon din sigurong ginawang disenyo ng mga balat ng  sigarilyo ang tema ni Rizal noong pagpalit ng ika-20 na siglo.

Ipinakikita ng mga larawang ito kung gaano kasikat at hinahangaan si Rizal ng mga Pinoy noon. Nakatulong siguro dito na ang unang Rizal Day ay idineklara noong 1897/1898 pa (ni Hen. Emilio Aguinaldo, ang umagaw/humalili sa panghimagsikang kapangyarihan ni Supremo Andres Bonifacio). At pagkatapos ay ginawa si Rizal na pambansang bayani ng mananakop na Kalbong Agila. We should note that during that time, cigarette smoking was likely not considered a "vice" yet.

Tungkol kay Rizal at ang Himagsikan, naisip ko lang paano kaya ang nangyari kung ang mga Kastila ay hindi pinapatay si Rizal--dahil itinatwa na naman nito ang Himagsikan nina Bonifacio? Nakarating sana ito sa Cuba at ginagawa ang gusto niyang misyong medikal habang lumalaban ang mga manghihimagsik. Ano kaya ang nangyari kung sakali? Sasali pa rin kaya ang mga may kaya sa himagsikan? Malakas pa rin kaya ito? Nagkaroon kaya ng "class divide" na ang mga nasa mababang antas lang ng lipunan ang sumali sa rebolusyon?

Kung nangyaring hindi pinapatay si Rizal dahil nga mas ginusto nitong magpunta sa Cuba ay siguradong mas mahina ang himagsikan. Subali't malamang ay aatras na sina Aguinaldo sa himagsikan kung kaya't wala na ring magtratraydor at mangaagaw ng kapangyarihang panghihimagsik kay Supremo Bonifacio.

Malamang ay mas madali tayo sigurong nakuha ng Kalbong Agila. At maari ring sisihin si Rizal dahil hindi nito sinuportahan ang himagsikan. Nangyari na ang mga nangyari. Ang gusto siguro ni Bathala ay ipagpatuloy na lang sa ibang panahon ang hindi natapos ng Himagsikang Pilipino noong paglipat ng ika-20 na siglo. Siguro, ang ating saling-lahi ngayon ang dapat magpatuloy nito?


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Raw photo credit:

http://pinoykollektor.blogspot.com/2011/06/rizal-on-cigarette-wrappers.html


References:

*Selection and Proclamation of National Heroes and Laws Honoring Filipino Historical Figures. *From the Reference and Research Bureau Legislative Research Service, House of Congress. NCCA Site.
http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/culture-profile-nationalhero.php

Valdez, Et Al. Doctor Jose Rizal and the writing of his story. Rex Bookstore, Inc., 2007. http://books.google.com/books?id=ixcoCv2o2NoC&pg=PT117&dq=%22josephine+bracken%22+taufer&hl=en&ei=3GL_TdfFD4X0vQPqpPyyAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22josephine%20bracken%22%20taufer&f=false