St Peter

I was fortunate to fully pay my St Peter plan last May 2016. Five long years pud to naho gibayad-bayaran oi. Si Artemio Andamon akong agaw sa Cawa ang nagdeal nho ato nga plan. This time nga wa pa koy kwarta from CHED, I realized nga pwede mn diay ko moloan ato nga plan. But 3-4 wks pa daw processing so sunod n lng. Cge. Jia you Doki, you'll be alright. Wa jud ka pasagdi ni Lord. 3 Feb 2018 Ako pud gifully pay ang plan ni Ate Ica. Paaboton daw ang certificate of full payment pohon after 1 month. Makaloan nas Ate ani phn if need n jud nila. Jia you. I told her to look for a job in Bohol too so that naa sya'y paaboton kada buwan. Makacontribute p cjas ija SSS so that makapension xa ig 60 niya phn. God bless our plans!

Philam Cebu

I went to Philam Ayala Bldg yday. Ako na gibuhat ang steps paras ilang ihatag phn. Moabot ra lagi ng panahona. Jiau Doki! Mora na'g Smart ila opisina. Cge more power! Today, 2 Feb 2018 I checked my bank account and I think mao na to ang ilang gihatag. Generous jud si Lord kanunay, dili jud ta pasagdan. All praise and honor be to you Lord. Amen.

God's Love

Yes, time and again the Lord shows me that He is a very generous God. Nagloan kos SSS today kay 6 units ra mn lagi ako tudluon. When I came home, I saw a letter from Philam. Naa daw ko madawat nga money from them soon. Wow, all praise and thanks belong to You jud Lord. Sakto jud si Ate Ica sa iya message yday not to worry. Good night! Since 6 units ra mn lagi ako tudluon this sem, Madon gave me a birthday gift. Ang ako giutang niya nga kwarta bday gift n lng kuno. Wow, thanks Lord. She's always my fairy godmother. God bless you and your loved ones always Madon! I slept in the house pud of Mam Charlotte Cariño in Valencia, Negros Oriental (next to Dgte) last Monday night. Saun nadugay mn kos enrolment. Jia you Mam!

Svetozar

On my 42nd bday, this friend from Macedonia said he wants to see me in person. Whoaa, sure ka? Dugay na jud mi nagkaila, halos 20yrs na cguro. Wa pa gud ko ato molarga to Holland. Wa mi magkita didto. I was also very young then. Di pud ko magminyo that time oi. I was enjoying the experience gud. Over the years we've managed to stay in touch. Mogreet na sya nako for bday and Xmas. One time I told him I was looking for someone. He said he was with someone then. Karon nga gusto na sya makigmeet, I am with someone na pud. So I laid down my cards to him. Told him that I may not be a prime candidate for marriage at my age. That basin di na ko magka-anak. Di n pud ko ganahan mopujo ug bugnaw nga dapit. Tungod lagis ako piang nga naghatag na nako ron ug arthritis. He replied alrdy. Wala ra diay kuno to. He just wanted to see me coz of our long history of communication daw. Nana daw pud sya son oi. Hehe okay.God bless!

Merkay

Our very own Dora The Explorer nga USc-Econ alumna Merky is in Europe as of the moment. 25 days daw sya didto. Good luck Merks and stay safe. I remember Europe of course from her posts. She was actually able to visit me in Cambodia back in 2010. Sila Vance to ang nagtravel to Malaysia, then to Phuket to Bangkok and then to Cambodia and Vietnam. I met them in Siem Reap then and we travelled back to PP together. I remember that nasiraan mis bus ato padung PP. Ako mn gud cguro ang jinks in terms of travelling. I remember thinking back then of who my 3rd visitor to PP would be. Coz the first one to visit me was Yuka back in December. She stayed for the weekend. We even went to Nick's AWHM Run together. Early in the morning. Gisundan dayon nila Merky. We actually met Nick pa sa may Siem Reap proper coz this was the time I went to watch their football games with Globalteer. Yah, kay Int'l Women's Holiday mn diay ang March 8... So much for memories. Back in PP na mn gud si Nicolas. Morag since 2012 pa ba to. It only goes to show that KH is indeed very much a part of my memories. Didto mn gud ko nahasa sa pagka-OFW. I taught kindergarten gud didto for the very first time. Okay ra mn among Mama sa iyang nakita didto. But I insist on being here in Phils coz ganahan mn ko moeskwela. Mao ni dili nako mabiyaan. Mao bisita2 n lng ako plan didto kung bakasyon diris Pinas. Jia you Doki. Everything will be alright!

Claire Gibson

She's my co-teacher at WIS from South Africa. That was the time of the World Cup 2010. I remember that she brought a vuvuzela to school. Heheh. Miss you, Teacher Claire. Will email you later. Poetic kaju ni sija. When there are important events in her life, poem ra na ija ipost. Like that of Khalil Gibran's when she had to leave PP... I received her reply a few days ago. She just came from a 6-month adventure in Hawaii daw. Ikaw talaga, Teacher Claire. Cge, all the best always!

Ate Cecile

Nagfinals na mi this sem when my sister told me about Ate Cecile in Canada. Mao diay tong wala mobawos nako si Jameme when I messaged her in August that I was planning to go to Boracay. Nagwonder btaw ko ato kay gihatag gud ni Ate Wewens ang number. She is in ICU in Toronto as of the moment. Terminal stage na daw iyang ovarian cancer. Mora2 sya'g si Papa nga 3 months ra tawn after diagnosis. I am just sad coz eldest cousin gud na siya namo. Idol jud namo si Ate Cecile kay gwapa mn cja bujag. But if maoy pagbuot ni Lord then wala na mi mabuhat. Padayon n lng sa imong byahe Ate Cecile. Tan-aw2a pud mi panagsa. I love you Ate. She passed on last Nov. 16, 2017 at 17:17 in Canada (Nov 17, 2017 6:17am here in Philippines). Morag huwaton pa daw ang makwarta sa insurance before sija mauli. But nagsugod na'g pangadje sa ilang bay sa Centro. Kadto ka Aunty Thelma kay one month daw before nauli. Rest in peace, Ate. You are with God now...

Married

I was vacationing in Bohol for kalag2 when Gretchen Abuso messaged me that nagminyo na daw si Sir Leloy. Okay, to whom? I eventually had the chance to look at his FB. To Christine Herrin diay. She must be from the same debate team as he is. She must also be smart. Singkit siya. Is she related to Dr Alejandro Herrin of UPSE? Cguro. I wish them all the best. Cge.

Body Changes

Now that I'm turning 42 I have come to know the physical changes of a woman's body at this age. Mao diay tong nutritionist who was guest on the now defunct "Real Talk" with Christine Jacob-Sandejas and Rachel Alejandro over CNN Philippines said 'you cannot eat in your 40s like how you were eating in your 20s.' Nakasabot na ko ron nga di ko pwede manglaba whether gamay or daghan ako labhan then gawas sa bay after a few hours. Mao mn na nahitabo nako last July and last Sept pud. Molain mn jud ako paminaw. Kay hangin mn sa byahe nya aircon amo opisina. Motokar mn jud akong panuhot ana buhata. Amping ug panagana jud kanunay Doki. God bless!

KL & KLIA

I did push through with my KL trip last 22 to 24 October. Air Asia ako gisakyan. I ran into trouble actually. But nakauli ra mn japon ko coz a good friend of mine helped me out. La lng nuon ko kasuroy2 didto. Coz nanagana n mn ko. 57 kms gud from Sepang ang KL Sentral. Nangamdam n lng jud ko'g kwarta. Still, KL was a reminder of SG. Combination of Malay, Chinese and South Indian people who try to live harmoniously in their own corner of the world --the elongated strip of the Malayan Peninsula. I caught glimpses mn pud of the Menara Tower and the famous Petronas Twin Towers while I was travelling into the city via MRT, the KL Ekspres. KLIA was our jump point to Amsterdam (AMS) back in September 2000. I remember then that their airport was huge. And it was surrounded by palm trees. The palm trees are still there, but this time they have a new terminal, KLIA2 which is also huge. Stone said they have more to be proud of kuno than us Filipinos. Well ana mn jud na. Thank you Lord for the opportunity to travel and for wonderful friends that I can count on. I still have 79RM from that trip. Sunil said save it for the next adventure kuno. Ikaw jud. God bless and I keep the faith!

Bukidnon

Taga-NORMIN jud cguro ako swerte. On 1 October Sunday, niari ako textmate from Sumilao, Bukidnon. Gidad-an pa gani ko niya'g pinya. Kasweet pud oi. (Coz giabangan mn daw sa Del Monte ang ilang farm. 18 hectares of it. The rest na kuno ila gitikad). He went home on Oct 2. We've been in touch ra mn japon. Ang ako elementary classmate maoy amo common friend. Wa jud ko mouban nija till he told me kinsa amo kaila in common. Syempre, unsaon p lng ko niya. Kinsay ako kapaninglan?? He's okay, pare2ha ra mi'g background. 88 and 80 y.o. daw iya parents. Both teachers pero nibalhin daw sa military iya papa. Tua na daw sa CDO iya Mama coz di na niya kaya ang katugnaw sa Sumilao. Sya na lng kuno wa magminjo nila igsoona. Tuas New Zealand iya sister. He was there daw for 6 months last year. Milker daw iya work didto. Moari ta sya last kalag2 but naapiki man coz dugay mn ko human sa grado. Passenger season pud, kapoy magbyahe. I told most of my family and friends about him already. I pray for the best. Jia you Doki!