Christmas 2020

I came back to Cebu on December 17, 2020. Tuo n lagi ko ato ug pwede n makatravel but then the UK variant was announced. Nawala akong excitement nga halos di n gud ta ko ato katulog. Si Uncle Jovenal to akong kachat that time. I made myself busy n lng. I paid up all my outstanding bills (HOA and water) and I put up the pictures of The Hague from the 2020 calendar that Sandra sent me on my wall here sa living room. I distinctly remember that I was about to sleep on 12/27/20 when Stone called me up coz he was with Tina who was home for the holidays. He told me then that next time n magkita when it is safe to do so. Anyway, Christmas is always a happy time of the year. Jia you Doki!

Smart Food Value Chain

I registered already for the Smart Food Value Chain virtual conference from Japan on Thursday, Oct 29 phn at 10am their time. I got an email inviting me for the event. Wow! I thought mao n cguro to sig ingon sa Google nga someone just searched for you on Google.. I am also attending this USAID Southeast Asia One Health Univ Network on 22 October

Ghosted

He ghosted me after talking to me for about a week or a month or a year actually. May ra cguro pud nahitabo to kaysa somewhere down the road. Saun busy mn siya with his life. You can do it Doki. Move on!

2nd Zoom Session

We had our 2nd batch zoom session last Friday, Oct 9, 2020 at 1400 GMT. There were only about 10 or 11 per session but there were six new faces -- Paul Wanjala, Luz Aida Ochoa, Reginald Nalugala, Dipankar Dhatta, Giang Nguyen, and Nicholas Mangozho. There is a suggestion to host the next one on a weekend. Should be like that so that so much more will make it. Good luck to us all, till next time! :)

Nemesio Sucano

Paryente diay ni siya namo. Batausa kuno ija apohan nya taga-Batasan sila. Diha jud na sija nitunga when he saw my pictures with Aunty Helen in Hawaii. Ija ko gipangitaan ug mabana. Intawn pud. Incidentally, silingan daw niya si Diane Llanto-Maharjan who is Sheryl's friend and who also studied in Delft in 2012-2014. It's such a small world after all. All the best to us always!

Quarantine Life

I have decided to stay on here in Bohol till the end of the first semester. After this sem n ko balik Cebu phn so that di pud ko mahasol sa quarantine. Bisan sa bay ra ko magquarantine, mas maayo tong wa n koy grado or proposal huna2on. Jia you Doki!

NBA FINALS 2020

It is the Miami Heat going up against the Los Angeles Lakers for NBA Finals 2019-2020 bubble season. Lakers eventually won in Game 6. I like Dem Adebayo sa Miami Heat. And of course, si Head Coach Erik Spoelstra who is half-Filipino. Hehe, sila Sir Ouano ug Juan Antonio Carcel kay Lakers kaju. Si Wayne Yun pud. Lakers eventually won the trophy this time. Tungod mn gud pud to ni Kobe Bryant who died in a helicopter accident in late January. All the best!

New Garden

I saw from Mab's post last week I think that there's a new garden being built towards Angkor Wat. Wow, that's truly worth another visit. I last went too Angkor wat with Yuka man diay in December 2009. Before that Nov 2008 before I came home. Then June 2010 I was in siem reap too, around Queen's birthday holiday. I wanted to leave PP coz that was the time Nick came back to our campus and I was really disturbed with it. He would leave after 2 weeks though.