random points

• foundation = pundasyon (Filipino) = salalayan (Tagalog)
• telephone = telepono (Filipino) = hatinig (hatid+tinig, Tagalog)
• titular head = nominal leader
• national budget = a document which ultimately reflects
  the government's sequence of priorities
• proper budgeting = one way of improving the value of one's money
• arrogant unilateralism = Bush's brand of foreign and military policy
• Office of the Ombudsman = a white elephant for the public?
• white elephant = something which is more of a liability than an asset
  (e.g. BNPP, Expo Filipino)
• impeachment = a failed concept; ceased to serve as a mechanism to exact justice (at least in the Philippines) since 2005
• satisficing = satisfy + suffice = settling with what is good enough
• Gahasa ni Joi Barrios = http://panitikanngpilipinas17.blogspot.com/2004/12/gahasa-ni-joi-barrios.html