POLISHED

Chat n pud mi ni Maria Venice Tablada ganihang buntag. I like her wisdom jud. She said like a diamond daw nga gipolish morag mao daw pud nahitabo nako. Buyag buyag lang pud. Coz I told her man nga grabe mopolish ug mofinish ang Singapore lagi. She will help me pray daw nga madayon kos Hawaii phn. Basta ang akong prayer lang Lord is that if madayon ko didto lagi, naay something for me there. If wala it means lahi ang gusto ni Lord for me. Si Ate Bebeth said iclaim mo n yan n pupunta kang Hawaii. Amen po. Sila jud n ni Madon, Glenda, Helen, Leikha, Chic2, Stone, Salvador, Jovic, Joy, Agnes, Mam Girly, Mam Vi, Reymar, Mam Cora, Aunty Marci lagi ang akong mga constant supporters this time. Amen. Di mn gud active sa social media sila Athena, Nelia ug Weng lagi. God bless us all always!

ODETTE

Kusog mn diay nis Odette amaw kay 185 kph daw iyang hangin nya gustiness morag 200 kph. Wahh! Chat2 p lagi mi ato ni Ate Ica when I learned from my usual program of watching Pinky Webb's Balitaan that twas another supertyphoon. Dali2 lagi ko ato palit ug de lata ug noodles ug store pud tubig. But wa jud nako masirad-i windows lagi maong pusgay ang isa k glass window sa hagdan ug warak pud ang kisame sa master's bedroom. Ipaayo n lng gud to phn. Basta kay gikumusta n mis ahong manghod about sa bagjo last 1/14/22. Tua n mn silas Strait of Malacca so nakasignal n siya. Gikumusta pud mi ni Paul last 12/22/21 ug ni Marije last 12/20/21. Thanks dear friends and relatives! On the day lagi nga nisiga mi last 1/7/22 nimsg p jud si Wayne that he's glad daw that me and my family are safe. Tulo n jud sila nga niingon aron - first si Paul then si Mr Aloha then si Gretchen Abuso. It will take time nga amo tong makalimtan but hinay2 lng jud. Jia you to us all and happy new year!

BUSY IS GOOD

Andrew once told me that busy is good. Kay daghan n lagi ko kaju ug mga activity ron bujag. Wala mn koy response from Thought For Food, wa cguro ko madawat. And morag wala p lagi kuryente and/or wifi signal ang uban diris Cebu or Visayas so naputol ang among visayas Dutch Scholars group. Sakto ra pud to oi. Group of experts n lng gud to. Di n lng cguro mi mag-affiliate with PDFNI Manila. Jia you Doki, go go go! ;)

Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS), www.ycaps.org

I got to know them tungod lang jud sa Getting to Know Japan series last November 30, 2021. I think ang webinar then was called The Modern Japanese Economy. I distinctly remembered that the speaker, who was not an economist but a trade negotiator for the US said that he's not going to present graphs that will show something was going up or going down. After that I joined another webinar on Japanese Media. Sila Paul and family man gud are in Yokosuka, Japan as of the moment. He just retired from the US Navy last December 2020. Actually this is an organization around the US Navy in Japan, a nonprofit organization, and operating lang jud at the pleasure of the base commander kuno. Coz one complaint lang daw to the base commander and their activity would be scrapped. Testament daw sa ilang strength as an organization nga there is somebody like me who is from the Philippines nga willing moaffiliate nila. As a nonprofit organization, syempre if I join them, it will be on a volunteer basis. They operate gud through funding. Diha mn xay gimention nga ICAS (Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, https://icas.tuj.ac.jp/), part of Temple University Japan campus during the online info session. I asked jud like is there a timeframe if I ask to join them. Wala mn daw. Basta kay be responsible lang daw sa mga activities. Ang akong gusto lng ani is a possible tieup lang jud and exposure lagi for our IS students, particularly those majoring in Asian and American studies. Kay 2 in 1 n gud with this di b, the Japanese and American economies? Or makahibaw n mi about the ties between USA and Japan pud. Go go go Doki!

ALAN

Since our chair mentioned a need for teachers in GE 102 Entrepreneurial Mind and STS, I thought of who to tap. Then si Alan came to my mind. Interested siya, I think dawaton niya ang teaching load next sem phn sa GE 102. I also told him that pwede ra jud lagi sya ma-absorb sa next semesters phn kay daghan mn mi ug load lagis SocSci. Basta kay hangyo lng pud nako niya nga di sya maglate ug submit sa grado. Jia you Lan, kita ta phn. Told him I'll buy him lunch or dinner phn ig abot sa akong CHED. Lunch n lng diay pohon kay dali ra mangitngit. Heheh. Mag-offer diay ko phn or give money sa SVD and I'll also send P500 or P300 daw to Ruthie for their Christmas tapok2 phn. Jia you to us always! :)

SUGOD N PASKO

Today 12/15/21 we had our dept Christmas lunch at Puso Bar and Restaurant in Quest Hotel near Ayala Center Cebu. Then after that we went to CDU to claim our giveaway of 25 kilos rice, 1 sack. Nisweldo n pud mi today for December; sa 20th phn ang other half sa among 13th month pay. Thanks po for all the blessings Lord and Merry Christmas to us all! ;)

VERTICAL FARMS

Mao n ni ang in n pud ron, ang vertical farms (hydroponics). I was in a webinar gud last August on Dutch Digital Farming. Bisan unsa n tong innovation ilang gipangpresent. I was impressed by Philips Lighting Technologies. Anyway, today I was very lucky to have found the paper by Sace and Nuñez mn cguro to on the cost-benefit as well as profitability of vertically-grown lettuce. Tua mn jud figures gipanghatag. 2.1 years daw ang payback period. Si Merlo nay bahala sa iyang negosyo. Heheh. Nibawos ra mn pud si Sir Gerry Avila. He can come in daw for technical assistance. I am looking for data on strawberries p in the Philippines kay wa p lagi koy nakit-an. Tuay sa Amerika ug India nga data mn to. Side story: he mentioned that basin molarga lagi daw ko soon. I said wala p may abiso ang Holland kay problematic p ilang covid situation. Jia you to us always! ;)

LISTEN

My sister Bantil once told me that mao daw nga ingon ani ko because I don't listen. But actually siya mn pud ang wa maminaw. Wa gud siya naminaw ni Mama nga di sija moadto as factory worker sa Taiwan. Mao mn jud to ang primary reason lagi nganong wa sija maapprove sa US tourist visa kay na'na mn xay record as OFW and single p jud so klaro n kaju nga taas ang probability nga mag-TNT sa USA. Hawaii pay imo nga tua didto ang highest number of Pinoy TNTs in America. So with my NUS experience diay to when she said 'maong na ingon ana ka kay di mn k maminaw'. Anyway, hope springs eternal lagi. Amen. Happy Tuesday! ;)

SIMBANG GABI IS A NOVENA

Twas sometime in 2019 b to when I said to Bantil that sige ra sijang ganovena bisan di n sija kabasa. Sorry po Lord. Saun, she was in Baguio gud in January 2019 when she asked me for a copy of the novena to Sto. Niño during Sinulog time. Nakasabot n ko ron Lord nga parayeg or cariño diay tawn nas ahong maguwang ng magpada sija ug bisan unsa lagi. Last Sunday she asked me man to send her copies of Didache or anything daw of spiritual reflection kay ihatag kuno nijas ijang HR head nga ijang manita. I went to SM Consolacion last Sunday 12/5/21 afternoon and sent them via LBC. Fortunately last Friday 12/10/21 nadawat n niya ang books. I was on my way to SM Seaside then for my passport appointment when LBC contacted me. Akong number n mn lng gigamit kay nakalimot mn ko'g kopyas numero sa ahong maguwang. Anyway, si Ate Ica did the Misa de Gallo novena jud in December 2004. And I remember that as an offshoot of it nadawat xas Adidas Cambodia. Siya ra gud daw niisa atos iyang kamot kung kinsay interesado moadtos Cambodia. She would later on spend 10 long years in the Sportex factory of Adidas in Phnom Penh. She went home for good in Sept 2016 coz tua ra mn lagis Buacao, Clarin, Bohol ijang bana. Di mn tos Teody ang tipo nga moabroad lagi kay sija may nag-atiman sa ijang late dad. Iyang siblings from abroad mn maoy tighatagan nija ug kwarta. Anyway, si Fr Louie said we become more sincere daw when we do the novena. Salamat po, Father and merry Christmas to you and everyone in the SVD congregation!

ROMANTIC

Kae said romantic daw on his part to say that he wants to retire here in Asia. It means daw that he wants to spend time with me. Kachar oi, ana diay n?! Kaingon n lng gud si Kae nga cute daw ming duha. Heheh. Ang entire convo was he thinks of Philippines as second home lagi daw. And I said mine is Cambodia. Cambodians are very charming when they smile. I hope they get to keep their smile. Intawn. Take advantage daw of the opportunity offered by AAS. Yes, of course. Tua n mn koy paper lagi nasuwat, tiwasonon n lng jud to lagi. Si Mam Kath pud said maka sanaol daw ko. Amen. Ana jud n, you can do great things cguro when you're in love. Cge.

VERTICAL FARMING

Tonight I received a message from Merlo. Patabang daw xas cost-benefit analysis of vertical farming. So vertical farming diay iyang next business venture n pud phn. I told him that based on my reading, cost effective ra ang vertical farming if done on a large scale. Kay daku2 mn jud ang iyang initial investment lagi. Magneed p gud ug LED lights ang ingon sa literature kay di mn kanunay maadlawan lagi daw. Basta kay ani n kos consultancy lagi Lord. Amen. Magrasyahan ra pud tong mga newfound-friends nako nga Visayas Dutch Scholars kay ishare ra mn pud nako nila ang opportunity. If magtukod mn gani mi ug consultancy group lagi phn, ganahan ko ang among slogan kay Incubation. Innovation. Invention. Or if too ambitious ra ang Invention then Incubation and Innovation In Action n lng. Something like that. Jia you Doki, go lang ng go! :)

MAIS, MINA, ILOILO

On our group chat with Visayas Dutch scholars, si Mam AJ today referred me to the Municipal Agricultural Information System (MAIS) project of Mina, Iloilo. This is basically an electronic database for crops etc. She responded to what I said about the website for organic products that I pitched during a USAID-funded event in Dao Diamond Hotel in Tagbilaran last November 2015. Wala jud to namaterialize lagi kay wala mn nafollowup. Si Mam Lovic Edrial pud kay willing mn to xa magcollaborative research last time. Giabot n lng nuon siya ug resign. She is now working on their small guesthouse business in Moalboal. I told Mam Chloe Osano that na-appreciate nako that si Mam AJ gave me a response. She suggested that mahal ang organic products lagi so lisud idevelop here in Cebu. Yes, I know. I told her that I want to do something concrete n kay feel nako gasige n lng lagi ko ug tudlo sa eskwelahan. I told Mam Rhea Flora of Guimaras State College that we can work together on this project phn if madawat ko as ambassador sa Thought for Food. Wala p may response kay last Saturday 12/11/21 p gud nako nabasa ang email lagi and I applied right away as ambassador. Wa n kos Regional Coordinator oi kay daku n to nga responsibility. I have decided pud that global talent in Singapore n akong himuon nga paper for AAS phn. I checked online if unahon b ang abstract or uwahion. Ang ingon is uwahi n lagi daw so that makakita n k ug methodology ug results and conclusion. 150 to 300 words daw ang good abstract. Cge jia you po. Miss Universe 2021 coronation earlier and India ang nakadaug. Kita ko nag meow meow siya nga giinterview ni Steve Harvey after being chosen as semi-finalist. Lahi mn gud kung nitan-aw ra kas TV lagi kaysa tua jud k mismo sa venue of the event mismo. Kadumdum nuon ko ug something. I told him last year that the difference in timezones mean that we watch Miss Universe and the NBA Finals in the morning here in Philippines. Attentive jud to sya nako no kay nagpada gud siya ug picture sa timezones in North America. Basta mao ra ni ako, Lord. If madawat kos conference in Honolulu in March phn, You would want me to be there. If not then na'kay laing plano for me. Giask n pud ko ni Joy lagi today when daw ko moadtos Netherlands. Wala may abiso oi and I am not looking forward to travelling anywhere anytime soon. Wala p mn pud akong new passport. Basin ig abot ato, naay travel destination pud maabot. Heheh. Jia you Doki, keep the faith lang gud kanunay. Amen!

THOUGHT FOR FOOD

https://thoughtforfood.org/ I read their email y'day on their call for ambassadors and regional coordinators. They are basically an innovation engine to revolutionize agriculture and food daw in the world. I shared it to my contacts na, even to the Visayas Dutch Scholars group chat. There's a new member nga taga Guimaras State College, si Mam Rhea Joy Flora and she studied organic agriculture in Wageningen in the year 2011 to 2013. Told her about the organic agriculture website that we came up with in November 2015 that we were in Dao Diamond Hotel in Tagbilaran for a USAID activity. It never materialized kay wala nafollowup. This time basin na'nay chance. Lain2 mi ug expertise sa Visayas scholars org so I hope excited ra pud sila to join the group, bisan di p mi officially klaro kung moaffiliate b mis Manila or we go on our own. Magpaseminar lagi mi ig January 8, 2022 pohon sa PDFNI Manila so that klaro ang terms sa among affiliation. Btw giadd ni Sir Loreen Villacorte si Mam Jerry B. Demegillo. Nisugot ra jud diay siya. Last time I asked her nibalibad man. Thanks po!

MESSENGER

Y'day lagi when I was on my way to SM Seaside, I realized that pwede n jud lagi ko mag-asawa. But the question is kanino? After the Dutch scholars meeting tonight, I msgd Nick Simpson on my other FB account. Iya mn pud gibasa but wala xay reply. Hahay, I hope iya n kong istoryahon. Since November 2018 lagi, di n jud ko niya replyan. I told him I am sorry for the loss of his dad; I didn't know. I only learned from Teacher John Williams gud. Jia you to us always! Btw si Wayne has a new profile pic sa iyang 1st FB account. Sa Las Vegas ra japon ang iyang profile pic sa iyang 2nd account. Huna2a Doki kung kinsa jud. Good night!

1ST VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY

We had our 1st virtual assembly tonight as Dutch scholars. Sus, 9 ra ang nitunga oi, to wit: si Mam Roxie Yap, si Elen Quezon, si Mam Jessica Uy, si Mam Chloe Osano, si Sir Loreen Villacorta, si Sir Adrian Almoradie, Mam Nitz Jumao-as, Jobert Koerkamp and me. The consensus was to ask PDFNI Manila for a pre-membership seminar kay naay di klaro. Ang kwarta and activities sa group. So we will request for a seminar from PDFNI Manila and take it from there. Mao n lng ni among buhaton for the new year. Thanks a lot to everyone for joining, good night!

DIALOGUE

Do they really want to dialogue or do they just want to hear their own voice? Ahak oi. Filipinos are very proud and opinionated lagi daw about the places where they came from. Heheh. Where did I hear that story from? That there's a clubhouse lagi daw somewhere of white people and one time, niadto daw ang Pinay nga asawa sa puti with friends and nagsige daw sila ug Tinagalog. Gipadad-an daw ug memo ang member nga puti that they do not welcome maids into their clubhouse. Omg, kasakit ato oi. Heheh. There is a stereotype mn lagi of Filipinas as nannies. In fact, in the Oxford modern dictionary di b, there is an entry of filipina and the meaning is nanny. Saun mn ning mga Pinay lagi nga mosugot n mn lng ug magpabuwan sa laing nasud para lng lagis ilang mga pamilya. But wait. This will be my resolve. That if di n jud ko niya istoryahon even after the supposed time nga madawat niya akong Christmas surprise, ako n lng jud syang kalimtan lagi. Kay basin lagi naay lain nga giandam ug giplano si Lord for me. Basta ayusin Nyo lng po lahat Lord. Amen. Open ra jud ko to Your surprises. Amen.

GABBY

She is my former student in CDU, sa among International Studies program. She is now in Toronto diay kuno oi. She has siblings man in the US. I told her that I have 3 friends lagi so far that I can visit there - Rica Sierras, Helen Barayuga and Leikha Mulsid Bisera. So ikaupat siya. But then layoa n pud lagi kaju to oi. And I would need visa n lagi pud if I want to go to Toronto, Canada. Nagcheck n gud kos ticket lagi y'day, morag $3k man tawn to oi. So I told her that I'll keep her posted lang. Jia you to our plans always. Happy Thursday! One more session n lng sa HECO DENT 2A tomorrow to finish the reporting and our department meeting at 9am then the semester will be out! Exams n lng to prepare and submissions to mark and grades to do. Other than that, bakasyon n jud lagi phn. Jia you Doki, go go go! ;)

BOYET

He is going thru hard times diay right now kay lockdown man lagis Europe. Mao p jud pagbalik niyas Belgium lagi when giannounce to ang Omicron variant. He is finishing his PhD man lagi on Integrated Water Management with UCL. So ang gawas ron is restricted ang iyang movement didto - QR code daw wherever he goes. Sige lang Boyet, these too shall pass. This is a marathon, not a sprint so hold on jud ta ani lagi. He said focus lang Ma'am on what you can accomplish. Ako n lng daw moadto ni Mam Cora sa Wisconsin phn. Heheh. But I think naa jud n xay ambisyon lagi. Coz he gave up his PIDS post gud para mag-PhD. Wa n mn daw xa kahuwat. Ang advice sa iyang idol Dr Celia Reyes niya was to do a program with coursework mn lagi unta. As it is, gisakripisyo niya iyang sweldo sa PIDS and gibaylo sa program with an allowance nga about P33k per month which is less than half gani kunos iyang monthly sweldo nga P68k sa PIDS, with 13th and 14th month p. Well, ana mn jud n ang life. We will be confronted with situations jud that would test our mettle. All the best always, Boyet. Go go go and hang on lng jud ta ani lagi. Amen.

DENT 2B

Today we had our last session in HECO DENT 2B on the Health Care Systems in Different Countries. At the end of it, ang ilang president nga si John Ursal gave me such heartwarming words. Nakahilak nuon ko. Mamiss daw nila ang akong singing before lectures. Heheh. ALOHA! I was supposed to teach them btaw last year but then coz gabii n mn lagi tong among klase maong I gave up those classes. I was happy ra pud that I met them again this time. The last time I was given this much appreciation was ilang klase ni Veronica Ebo (Medtech) and ilang klase pud ni Elijah Babiera. They sang me a harana then on Valentine's Day.. Somewhere in my youth or childhood. I must have done something good. Jia you to us always! :)

PNG

Papua New Guinea is very rugged man lagi tawn oi, very tribal. Most parts of the country b to can only be reached by air. And Western media paints it as a scary place jud. But the truth is undeveloped lang jud sila. Mahal kuno kaju ilang panaliton didto kay xempre wa may kapilian! There are around 30,000 Filipinos lagi daw in PNG, majority of whom are working in the Exxon LNG project in the Highlands close to Mt Hagen. Naay SVD jud nga school lagi didto. Hahay pastilan n lng ko ani. Unsa mn jud Doki oi?!

NA'NAY LAIN

Yes, it came to me today that since October 22 p mn iyang last communication, it is very much possible nga na'na siya'y laing kachat or laing gikalingawan. Xempre pud oi, date 3 to 5 people lagi ang ingon atong video. Di lagi daw magfocus sa isa lng k tawo. Sus tua raba jud H3 lagis iyang latest post. Nagpaibog uroy! Nindut btaw jud ang view nga makita of Kaneohe when you come out of the tunnel going to the west side of Oahu island. Kaingon lagi tong ahong tupad sa eroplano padung nga maganda lagi kuno didto nga side sa isla. Grabe mn gud k magnificent ang Koolau Mountain Range lagi, morag di matupngan jud lagi oi. Heheh. Then na'man jud part pud lagis H3 nga makita didtos Kaneohe when paliko na. I mean makita jud nimo ang mga auto b nga tuas unahan nga naas kilid sa bukid lagi. I remember seeing roads carved under a mountain tunnel jud on the pilgrimage to Lourdes and Fatima back in July to August 2001. Pero lahi ra lagi pud tong sa Hawaii nga experience. Jia you jud to us always!

MOBILITY

My paper for the AAS will be about foreign academics n in SG, particularly Filipinos. Jia you Doki, go go go. Honolulu here I come! :) 'Please don't make plans of coming here unless you stay with XX' then suddenly 'take advantage, hope matuloy' Lisud spellingon tong ahong ijaan didto but sabton n lng coz she was just being honest kung unsa jud ang sitwasyon. Ana mn jud n ang life Doki, accept the reality n lng. Good morning and merry Christmas!

EXTENSION DOCS

This afternoon 12/7/21 I was able to accomplish and send my study extension documents to CHED RO-7. Hopefully kompleto n to tanan, wa nay issues p. Amen. I had to print them first then panotaryo sa abogado then LBC. Gikapoy kos ahong lakaw jud maong kaon sa kos Chowking in Gaisano Grand Mall Centro Mandaue before I did some groceries and went home. I spent about a thousand pesos today kay wa mn ko magda ug pajong so I had to buy one sa eskina at P180. Then P600 ang notaryo and P120 ang LBC fee. Then P65 ang print plus xerox and P61 ang taxi to Mandaue City Hall. Jia you Doki, mabawi ra n tanan pohon. I printed n lng diay pud my passport appointment at SM Seaside phn. Unsa n jud kaha pud ang motunga no after it? I keep the faith ra jud Lord. Si Jacy told me this morning nga pun-an daw nija ang koi nga sketch para more swerte. I received reply from Jonathan tonight. He is now at the University of Notre Dame kuno in Indiana, USA I think and he's doing a program on public policy daw. I do hope I could go to the US East Coast in future. 3 pud lagi sila in Toronto - Helen, Leikha and Rica Sierras. Lisud kaju bisitahon si Gigi coz she's in Saskatchewan diay tawn kuno oi, a whopping 28 or 29 hours drive to Toronto. Pastilan n lng lagi. Ginoo nay mahibaw sa atong mga plano jud. Huwat ra jud ta. Jeremiah 29:11 lang jud lagi kanunay. Amen!

MAM BETH

Nibangka jud n ug istorya si Mam Lilibeth lagi during our lunch last Sunday, 11/21/21 in Chikaan Parkmall to celebrate my birthday. Na'pud xay struggles lagi with her department kay ultimong ang iyang buhok daw nga way tina gihilabtan. Pwede bya jud daw nas Mam moteach with us sa SocSci per Mam Raquel. I dunno unsay iyang degrees. Thanks a lot Mam, go lang nang go lagi ta ani! :)

HELEN and CHEM

Diploma na siyas ISS during our time. Sila ni Weng and Leikha. Then she used to work for POEA but she migrated to Toronto. Lately lng jud iya ko gisuportaan lagi with Mr Aloha kay nakaadto n mn pud xa ug Hawaii. But she's not been to Pearl Harbor lagi kuno. So sige mi sabot2 ron kung unsa jud. Actually she said too early p daw para niya ang 3rd week of March phn. So let's see. Then si Chem is batch next to us in ISS. This morning she told me that I can stay with her daw phn in Sanfo. Wow! So paningkamotan ko ni phn Lord nga madayon jud kos AAS lagi. Amen! Si Badong already told me that he can't accommodate me daw coz he's only renting a room daw in San Diego. So tan-awn n lng lagi ni if modayon b ko ug bisita nya phn. I can stay ila Alnald diay cguro in Orange County, California and just ask him to see me there. Wala n mn jud lagi nimsg si Mr Aloha oi, asa n pud kh to? Y'day morning (530pm in Hawaii) I watched the Christmas tree lighting there by Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi. They even had kids flown in from Oklahoma. Basta Lord, keep showing me lang po kung unsa ug asa jud lagi akong next misyon in life. Mosunod ra jud ko nimo. Amen.

ROWANNE

She is my former student sa USC. Graduating diay sya ato when naunder sija naho. She would eventually join the USC Dept of Languages and Literature (DOLL). But nibalhin mn diay sya sa CTU, daghan sila nga namalhin oi. Morag siya ang in charge sa International Linkages nila. Lately lang I told her of my LDE affiliation. Interesado daw sya moapply. And she did. Tonight she told me that nadawat daw siya pud as Research Associate. Daghan n mn kuno sila collaborations with Erasmus. Well, like I said, mora mn ko ug tug of war ron between Holland/Europe and USA lagi so maghuwat ra jud ko Lord kung asa ko Nimo dad-on lagi. Helen told me to get involved in all opportunities daw. Salamat po. And she also advised me to give proper greetings coz pang international n lagi daw ko. Pastilan pud oi. Taga Bohol ra mn jud lagi ta ko, Lord. Anyway, I plan to submit my CHED docs n tomorrow afternoon after getting them notarized. Nag email n ko nila. Ipa LBC n lng cguro naho if kapoy n. Tua p pud gusto si MRB nga ipada kuno nga mga jacket ug libro. Intawn oi. Then of course I wanna work lng japon on my paper. Btw ang suga diay sa kusina maoy reason nga sakit akong left eye. Kay mas hinay mn siya. Ilisdan ko n phn, magpalit ko ug new LED bulb. Jia you Doki, renew your passport jud sa Friday phn and see what happens next. I keep the faith! :)

CA FRIENDS

So far, ang ahong mga kaila sa San Francisco are sila Rica Baura, Dr Don Laurente, Teresa Low and Chem Nevado. And bless her soul, si Chem told me today that I can stay with her daw pohon if moadto ko. I just have to take care of my papers lng jud daw for now. Si Badong kay nibalibad man kay he's only renting a room ra kuno didtos San Diego. But I checked pud sa mapa, duol2 ra sila ni Alnald in Pasadena. Or Orange County b sila. So pohon kung sure n jud ko lagi nga makaadto Lord, balikan ra namo ang istorya phn. I can message Lorraine pud and see if she would have the time to show me around. Busy mn gud lagi n sija kay principal mn sa high school or middle school b to in San Jose. Basta sila nga mga Jocson cousins, naa ra n sila nagtapok sa Bay Area - San Francisco, Hayward, Alameda, Berkeley, San Jose. Jia you sa mga plano, Doki. Isa-isa lng jud. Amen.

SVD

My former junior colleague Boyet once said that ang La Salle Brothers look up to USC jud kuno coz they are good with their missionary work. Mao mn jud oi, nindut ug tradition ang SVD buyag. Scientia et Virtus gud (Science and Virtue) nya ilaha p jud apilan ug Devotio lagi kuno para kompleto ang acronym nga SVD. Lately I have been watching the streaming of masses from the Christ the King seminary in Quezon City. Nagsugod jud tanan actually with Fr Jerry Orbos, SVD. When I saw them sing 'Gamsahamnida' in their harana after online masses at 10am, ako siya giemail and told him I met a Korean American in Hawaii in July 2019. Then one thing led to another n. Fr Jerry told me that si Fr. Rod is in QC daw while si Fr Estepa is in their seminary in Tagaytay. I would also see Fr. Louie Punzalan sometimes in morning masses. But lately si Rev. Fr. Benigno Beltran n akong idol. Taga Mindanao mn diay siya nya Electronics Eng'g iyang background sa UST. Sa Smokey Mountain iyang mission. Basta ganahan lng ko niya kay pirmi about the brain jud iyang homily. He shared lately that he was able to overcome depression pud. Dili daw mag self-absorbed, sign up to a cause higher than you daw so that there will be no room for depression/desolation ug desert in your life. Di daw pwede I me or mine lang palagi. Mao jud Father. Amen. We have to live for others jud. Worry less and love more ra jud lagi ang maxim in this world. Kadumdum ko ni Migs Garcia sa iyang neuroeconomics. Ang ingon ni Fr. Beltran is these scientists can say lagi daw which part of the brain is for which but they still cannot put it all together daw. Only faith can put it all together daw. Amen. Btw ingon diay si Fr Jovic nga loyal kuno kos SVD. Xempre! Happy Sunday to us all! :)

BYE MAM INDAY

I met her in February 2003 when I had my health crisis. She is my eldest sister's former teacher sa USC ChE Dept. Padung n mn jud ko ato magpaopera lagis ahong thyroid. Then she and her then-husband Ruel Yap introduced me to a powerful herbal drink called intra. Wa ko nadayon ug paopera jud ato. She would eventually become my friend and motivator. Lately I met her sisters Vicenth (Becing) and Flor and her niece diay pud kay nag-order mn ko ug intra when I was in Tubigon last year. She passed on last November 30 at the age of 65. Icremate daw siya ugma phn 12/5/21 at 12 noon. Rest in peace, Mam Inday. I will miss your malutong n halakhak but I know that God has another plan for you already. Sleep tight and God bless us always!

EXCITED DAW

This morning I was talking to Mam AJ (Kim Akura on Messenger) who sits at the Board of the PDFNI in Metro Manila. She said they are excited daw in Metro Manila that maorganize ang Cebu so that makaari n daw pud sila pohon. The Ambassador has been told unofficially pud daw. I said unya n sila moari gud phn kung naorganize n mi. But to be honest, morag duol2 n jud mis among formal creation as a chapter. Today I asked the group to fill out a directory kay needed mn pud lagi nas mga documents to submit. And si Mam AJ told us of the PDFNI Sinterklaas which will take place daw on December 16th, 2021 Thursday at 6pm Manila time via Zoom. Sakto ra kaayo so that makaapil mi taga Visayas Chapter phn. We will have our 1st virtual assembly man lagi on December 11, 2021 pohon at 6pm Philippine time. Ang agenda will be the chapter guidelines set by PDFNI Manila as well as a short getting to know you (GTKY) session and the upcoming Sinterklaas phn. Naa daw prizes for best face mask ug best Zoom Christmas background. I do not know this Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas man jud, I just know it as a gift-giving day especially to the kids. JIa you to us always!

DRIVE-THRU

I took a taxi on the way home from CDU today coz gikapoy ko nya lugdong2 pud. Coz wala may sinsilyo si Kuya Driver, nihapit n lng mi ug drive thru sa MacDo near CDU. I told him that hilig ug drive thru jud ang mga Amerikano. And he said 'oo kay mga kwartahan man'. Yeah, I even told Kresna nga mainsecure lagi ko kung magpost n si Mr XX ug view sa mga posh resorts where he went on weekend getaways to. Unsa n lng kaha kung vacation jud out of the country no? Ang ingon gud ni Chona Rosco is di daw mouli ijang mga cousins sa Honolulu unless naay bawon equivalent to P800k daw ($16,000). Daghana n mn tawn ng kwartaha no? Well, makakwarta mn lagi pud ko. I don't need to rely on their money. Jia you Doki!

YOKOSUKA

I got to know this place when I met up with cousin Paul and his family in Hawaii last July 2019 during Mike's wedding. Actually I thought they are in Okinawa but tua ra mn diay sila didto. Last November 30 I joined a webinar by YCAPS entitled The Modern Japanese Economy and another one on Japanese Media last December 9. I even volunteered for Executive Committee 2022 cycle but then the typhoon happened and destroyed my wifi signal so wala n to nadayon. They asked me to join an online information session last December 16, 2021, just hours before Odette lang jud and they gave me more details about their organization. Diha diay toy gwapo didto nga blue-eyed blond, si Nick Millward. Si Mr Mongolia Connect, he said he just came back from Kyrgyztan kuno. Upon checking his Bio at the YCAPS site, I learned that he is part of the US Marine Corps while the executive director, John Bradford of course is part of the US Navy. Makatawa mn kos akong gibuhat oi. Kung unsa ko kaechoserang frog lagi. Heheh. Good luck to us always. Good night!

GLENDA

She is one year ahead of me sa ISS. She was born in Putatan, Muntinlupa. Morag Bisaya iyang mama. She works at the PESO office of Muntinlupa City Hall. Sila maoy barkada ni Madam Espie Gargar sa ilang batch. Sila Ate Bebeth and Teddy and Beverly (+) are good friends of mine too. Asa k anang expression nga bahala'g malangkay kuno basta makaykay. And bahala'g malawlaw basta makawkaw from her former law professor. Intawn pud oi. But si Glenda has proven to be a very good friend jud to me all this time. Basta mochat ko, mobawos jud n sija dajon. Thanks a lot jud, Glen. Jia you to us always! She advised me diay to do one coast at a time jud kunos USA aron mamaximize ang mga tawo ug lugar nga makita. So if madayon ko in March 2022 pohon Lord, I will do West Coast lang and sa sunod n jud ang East Coast lagi where I can see sila Johnette/Benjamin and Junas in North Carolina and possibly sila Helen and Leikha and Rica Sierras in Toronto. Si Mam Cora Anzano is in Wisconsin man this time and sila Lorna Amrinto are in Atlanta, Georgia n pud. Basta si Ate Lita in TN is willing jud daw lagi modrive in order to see me kuno phn. Si Ann2 in Delaware maoy pinakaduol niya. Bisan di n lng ko adto ug New York oi or unsa b. Basta kay go go go lng ko ani Lord kung unsa mn gani ni ang new chapter in my life. It started with LDE and now this AAS. Please guide me every step of the way lang po. Amen!

PASSPORT RENEWAL

I was able to renew my passport this afternoon 12/10/21 at SM Seaside DFA Temporary Offsite, at 2 to 3 pm. I paid n lng so that makaprocess ko. Medyo dali ra mn pud sija, nahuman ra ko in one hour. 2 to 3 weeks b to ang processing, ihatod ras courier ang new passport. Nabijaan p jud ahong pajong sa Jollibee. May gani kay diha ra tawn pagbalik naho. Bahala n lng lagi ug nibayad ko ug P2,650, ang importante narenew n to sija. Ganahan mn gud lagi ko nga by the start of the year ready n akong passport kay wa ta kahibaw lagi asa n pud ta ani malagpot phn. I told Lorraine n mn of the possible conference that I could join in March next year lagi phn. She said she would love to see me daw. Thanks Lori, see you soon indeed! I was also able to mail my Christmas card for Mr Aloha sa Post Office in Parkmall. I paid P731, 3 to 4 weeks daw ang delivery ato. Gamay ra mn lagi ug diperensya sa ordinary so I sent it that way n lng. Hope I could also get a card from him this Christmas. Nagsenti tawn ko on the way to SM Seaside this afternoon. (I went to the Church of Blessed Pedro Calungsod across SM Seaside n lng pud. Kamahal raba kuno magpakasal didto, P40K daw bayad oi). Coz I remembered that last March 6, 2021 mn diay ko last niadto ug Seaside nga sila Mam Mila ug Mam Rutchiel lagi ang ahong gikita. I msgd Mr Hawaii then not to shout at me. Mao mn lagi to ang time nga isa k semana jud lagi naho yawyaw niya coz ako n mn gisulti what I really wanted to tell him. So that once and for all mahuman n lagi ang isyu sa misunderstanding with my cousin. Anyway, nadawat n pud ni Bantil ang ahong gipada nga mga libro nija last Sunday. Para kuno tos ijang manita lagi nga ang ilang HR Head. Sige, God bless us all always! Kitaon diay naho si Kresna Navarro phn kanang di n ko busy. Aron di mi rushed nga magstorya phn. God bless us all! Lesson learned from this experience: Avoid nagging per Junas. Control jud lagi daw. Jia you!