Comments on: 12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do to Help Our Country

By: noeme

noeme — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:55:28 +0000

hello guyz d pa ako nkabasa nyan i hope mbgyan me ng chance to read that book huhuuhuhuh tnx oll

By: Jay Jaboneta

Jay Jaboneta — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:38:57 +0000

Dear friends, you can get in touch with Alex Lacson through this email address senator@alexlacson.net. Thank you all!

By: alexandersucks

alexandersucks — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:12:01 +0000

you suck cuz we have to make reflection papers about this book

By: addie

addie — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:05:46 +0000

and sarap basahin nian

at first ayoko maniwala

pero namulat aq kung gano kasimple ang paguumpisa

salamat sa physics teacher ko nung 4th yr nanagbigay sakin nung wonderful gift n un

i swear to live by these 12 little things!!!

sana ikaw rin!!!!

kababayan!!

By: Luis Ramon V. Rodriguez

Luis Ramon V. Rodriguez — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:51:28 +0000

I want to get in touch with Atty Alex LAcson. He was our speaker in Cebu City during our 2007th DSAP Annual Convention. I was the one who assisted him during that time because i was the one in charge during that plenary session.
I am Dr Luis Ramon Rodriguez.
Here is my celphone number 0917-7113149
Thanks

By: angelo

angelo — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:46:28 +0000

This book has more sense. The point here is each individual is part of the whole.
The success of Japan has deeply rooted through its applied principle.
Like the term “Kaizen” where it means continuous improvement.
Continues improvement doesn’t merely relies with our government.
It relies in individual member of the group.
I remember Lao Tsu’ wisdom an individual is like “ripples of water” the passages as below;
…” If your life works, you influence your family.
If your family works, your family influences the community.
If your community works, your community influences the nation.
If your nation works, your nation influences the world.
If your world works, the ripple effect spreads throughout the cosmos.“

By: Rana Mazumder

Rana Mazumder — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:11:01 +0000

I am from Bangladesh, how could I get in touch with Mr. Alex Lacson. My email address is mistychor@gmail.com

By: alelie kate

alelie kate — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:21:21 +0000

this book is really great!!!

i’ve learned a lot about the little things we must do in our lives.

By: Ronnel Pascual

Ronnel Pascual — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:32:47 +0000

i already read this book.. Atty. Lacson was a good example as what he has written.. “12 little things every Filipino can do” ..it was a good idea that our professor have shared the book to us… and this book touches my life so much…

^_^

By: Cesar

Cesar — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:19:54 +0000

The 12 Little Things are really 12 gargantuan things. It is not realistic to expect Filipinos to suddenly pay their taxes if they think their taxes will just line the pockets of politicians or finance the re-election of a high government official. It is not realistic to expect Filipinos to suddently obey traffic rules if nine out of ten drivers never see a red light that they did not disobey.

What I am getting at is that there must first be an incentive for people to change – to transform themselves into good citizens – before we can expect them to do those 12 little things.

Some say that a revolution will cause this transformative change. But that is too dangerous because we might end up with another Marcos, or worse, another Castro.

The only way we can create the proper environment for a dramatic, transformational change in the Filipino psyche is if there is perception that the government itself has been transformed into an agent of dramatic change. The government must lead by example. The government must collect taxes and put the taxes to good use. The government must provide more and better services, such as better public schools, better-financed public health clinics, more successful campaigns to entice foeign investmet, etc.

Without the proper conditions in the country, I’m afraid only the few elites will be listening to the call for the 12 little things. This is not to say that Alex Lacson’s ideas are wrong. If we ignore the fact that Filipinos are cynical and have a tendency to laugh off idealistic solutions, the 12 little things would make a lot of sense.