FOOD SECURITY NA

After several question and answer sessions on Facebook Messenger, Jonathan Koumendakos, Filipino Dutch, a member of the Philippine national swimming team and a student from British School Manila decided to do a paper n lng on Rice Tarrification Law and its implications to food security in the Philippines. Maypa kaju. Kay Central Luzon mn to ija first gimention, di mn ko katabang jud nija ato coz I don't have data for that place man. So with food security, okay na kaju. It has four components man, specifically food availability, food access, food utilization and food stability. Syaro sa kdaghan n namo giistoryahan, di japon to magamit di b? I told him to look into James Roumasset's paper entitled "Black Hole Security" about the rice situation in the Philippines. Magamit to nija ang inflation conversation pud under food stability. Under food utilization also, I told him to look into the fact that people waste rice by not eating all of the rice they order in restaurants. But on the other hand, places like Mang Inasal have their unlimited rice promos as come-ons. He asked me for papers too and I gave him three with one paper only 2 pages. Kamao mn pud sija kay he searched for newer papers man and he found one daw from US Dept of Agriculture published in 2020. As it is, morag on track ra siya for the September deadline of the paper. 4,000 words daw ila limit. All the best. Oxford raba daw jud daw iya dream. Of course, kaya mo yan! Di ba Oxford mn sila Reginald Nalugala ug Janice Isabelle Lao? Haha.

ONLINE CLASSES

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, online na ang klases this first semester 2020-2021. I am here in Bohol though for our online klases. Ako pud alalay ni JM sa iyang ZOOM sessions every Tuesday afternoon ug Wednesdays. Nisalir bja tawn pud ang laptop ni Ate Ica. Ug kusog pud ang Smartbro diris Tubigon bujag. Thank you Lord. When magklase n jud mi in full swing phn, tabangan n lng jud ni namo ni Biboy si JM. Kay na'man pud sijay lessons makuha sa Quipper. I hope maajo n to aho lain fone so that adto n lng xa magzoom phn nga dili pwede from the laptop. God bless us all!

WHEW!

Karon nga busy na kos ako online klases, di n ko makigchat niya and nahanaw n lng pud siya daw aso. Di to siya pwede oi; we belong to two different worlds jud. Not just because our age gap is quite big, taga lain p jud sija nga nasud. Na'pud gani taga amo ra nga makigchat ta pud. La n mn pud naho pansina. All the best Doki. Moabot ra lagi n at the right time. Amen.

CELO+

This August 2020 1st semester is my first time to use CDU's Online Learning Portal, CELO (Brightspace). I have 5 klases with 3 different subjects. As of today, naa n tanan ako subjects so nag-upload n ko ug Course Guide ug CDU Vision-Mission for this week's orientation. Then next week sugod n jud ang formal klases ani. Hay Doki, kaya yan! Ang book ni Corpuz n lng ako gihuwat from ISS library. I need it for my Philippine Economy class. Ang Henderson pud for Health Econ I need to download pa. Kaya lagi ni tanan. Amen!

Rice Tariffication Law

There's a new event in our economy. The Rice Tariffication Law was passed, or the Rice Liberalization Act, RA 11203. Sometime back in June mn cguro to, a Dutch-Filipino student from the British School in Manila contacted me to ask me if I could be a resource person for his paper on the said issue. This is due to my article published in PQCS in September 2003 which was an offshoot of my Master's thesis sa Holland. Wow, this paper never stops to amaze me! Nainspire nuon ko magsuwat ug new article, an update sa aho article due to this. Jia you Doki! We had an initial Q&A session na on Facebook last Saturday, 8/15/20. Sa rent-seeking costs jud siya nisango. Jonathan said kabatch daw niya ang anak ni Dennis Uy. Medyo gusto pud sya moserve here in Philippines. He is a swimmer diay and he mentioned being a part of the national team. I am expecting more questions from him soon. Jia you!

Smartbro Prepaid

Today 8/13/20 I bought a Smart prepaid SIM sa merkado so that makaapil kos Virtual Assembly sa College namo at 9am. Mega All In n gud aho giload, P449 good for one week. Nakaapil pud kos training sa CELO this afternoon. Salamat tawn kaju Lord. Kay kapila n to nagtraining, wa jud ko kaapil. (May 20, 2020 pa gud to first nagtraining for CELO). So magamit ra to sija naho till moreplenish n pud ang aho Smart postpaid plan with 11G. Salamat Lord, la jud ko nimo pasagdi. Once magsugod n klase phn, makahibaw ra ko if kaigo b naho ang 11G for one month. If di, adto n pud sa backup. Palitan lang ug load sa silingan. Naa ra mn daw load si Ate Azon. Kay mahal moadto ug Tagbi na, P102 n gud plete per way. Di mn pud mi required magvideocall kada meeting. Morag once a month cguro or as needed. Kay online mn lagi ang classes. Ang comments n lng ni Dr. Rivera ako gihuwat. Meantime magbusy kos aho upcoming interview for the Rice Tariffication Law. I even thought of writing a new paper for it. I just need data lng. Jia you Doki!

Smartbro

Now I have upgraded my Smartbro plan coz nahurot diay last week ang 7G daw sa aho plan. I had thought na gud of going back to Cebu even if dili pa safe. I went to Tagbilaran today 8/3/20 and now I have 11G in my new plan 799. Same due date ra daw. Then they also gave me a new modem so mas kusog na ako internet ron. Backup n lng jud to ang Globe; it's history! Jia you Doki.