Posted on February 14, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum |

Rafael L. Oriel, Jr.
Winnipeg, MB
oriel@shaw.ca
14 Feb 2006 

 

 

Mr. Dimagiba, I am sorry to hear that you cannot go along in the path that I decided to take. You are always welcome to change your mind. The door is always open. We are going the opposite direction now but who knows what tomorrow may bring?

Obviously, we have different interest. While I love to talk about our Beloved Jesus Christ, you are more interested about Lenin, a Communist revolutionary of Russia. While I love to talk about Christianity, you are more interested about Leninism, a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism, the most prominent form of communism.

It is true, like you said, that Canada is a long way to Manila but you should be aware by now that it is a smaller world than it used to be or compared to the Bolshevik era you are talking about. At that time, they do not have the technology that we have now.  While I am communicating to you
through Punch Forum, you are not even sure if I am in Canada or somewhere else? For all you know, I might be in Binalonan, Pangasinan to attend the town fiesta or in Boracay enjoying seafood smorgasbord by the beach or in Hong Kong or any part of the world making business transactions or in Los Angeles with my friends and relatives.

I wish and pray that all can have equal opportunities and level playing field in this world of modern technologies. High tech is here to stay for sure. A good friend who is an immigration lawyer has an office in Makati, Beijing, San Francisco and Pasadena where clients can have a private and
confidential telephone consultation with him from the privacy of their home or office utilizing state of the art technology where they can actually see each. Telephone or tele-video conferencing may be accessed on a worldwide basis. If client live in the Philippines or China, there are tele-video conferencing in his offices in Manila and Beijing using high definition plasma wide-screen. He can interview clients in Makati or Beijing face-to-face while he is sipping coffee at home or in his office in Pasadena. I can even make a tour of his offices worldwide from the comfort of my home.

I do not consider distance as a problem nowadays. Time is more of a problem than distance. There is so much to do with so little time and still we waste most of it to useless anxieties and arguments. Thanks to computers, satellites, cell phones and other high tech gadgets, I can communicate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with hundreds of my colleagues worldwide who are
Filipinos for better Philippines as if we are all next door neighbors. Even if we are world apart, we can communicate as if we are all in the same town enjoying Filipino foods and having a good time.

Distance is not the hindrance. Negativeness and cynicism are the hindrances to our togetherness and peaceful existence. Our weak faith in our God is the wall that separate us all and to Him. Nothing is given by our God to separate us but our wickedness is giving it to us. One of our colleagues described it better when he said, "We draw inspiration from each other's faith and dedication to whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely whatever is admirable." It is anybody¹s choice. The freedom is given to us to build our own world and way of life. Some call it democracy while others call it communism. I prefer to call it Garden of Eden or Shangri-la or Maharlika or any other name as long as it means paradise for everybody to share. 

 

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