Why is it that many people will say: "I am in favor of [the competent] for president, but it seems like he will not win, so I will vote for [the popular] who is more likely to get it, so that my vote won't be wasted"? Crap!!! Is this what the meaning of voting "wisely"?. It's more of fanaticism than intelligence. And worse, believing in popularity surveys having only a thousand respondents, then being generalized as the "voice" of approx 50 million Filipino voters. What a deception. It's not even close to one percent, but we let ourselves being deceived.
We cry for change, but we haven't changed from within. We still are attracted with the bandwagon appeal. Voting wisely is still the mantra here. But it should be done more than just being uttered. Or else, we will still stay the same, not for another six years, but forever. Yes, it is always not late for a change. If we get it wrong for now, then we will still have another chance six years after. But, for every chance that me miss to get right, we are bringing ourselves farther and farther from the glory that we are imagining and the candidates are saying, but in reality, is not happening.
Let's vote wisely, for real. Let's use our brains. Be wise. So that we Filipinos will always be called "pinoys" and "flips" in the positive light.
YOU SAY BE WISE, I SAY ACT WISE
NVivo and QDA Miner - Qualitative Data Analysis Softwares
Just today I was searching for literature and guides that would help me analyze my thesis, which is a qualitative study. I was so surprised and somehow blessed that I came to notice two softwares specifically designed for qualitative data analysis. I maybe a little late in knowing this, but its just so amazing, knowing that qualitative data analysis is quite rigorous and doesn't have definite format or rules. But anyway, that's what the developers of this two platforms - NVivo and QDA Miner - are saying: they are intended for qualitative data analysis. I have known the existence of some quantitative data analysis softwares for long: AcaStat, SPSS, and other Spreadsheet platforms, but little did I know that these two exist. Anyways, I am still on the process of acquiring and testing NVivo. Hope it really does well. Will post my review sooner.
