WPS

There is this program that is developed by a Chinese company. Sa fone man ni sila naho unang nakit-an lagi and I made use of their programs during the pandemic. Kay sajon ra man magtype ug Word document and all that with their program sa fone. Last September 27, 2023, I was forced to download it to my computer kay ang file nga gipada ni Mam Genie kay WPS man lagi. Anyway, today 9/30/23, wa ko kaagwanta. I uninstalled it oi kay I want to stick to Microsoft Windows. Mamiss man gud naho tong Word lagi nga automatic mocapital letter ug ang smiley. Hehehe. Nice man ang template sa WPS for presentation but adto n lng jud kos Microsoft lagi. Cge po and happy weekend. Kusog n pud kaju ang uwan this afternoon. I told Mam Genie man diay that Monday n lng mi meet pohon para atong costing nila lagi. If madayon n ko atong tutor pohon nga sa Tabok ra Insular Residences, dapat half day ra jud ko nila Mam Genie aron makapahuway p ko lagi. Kay MWF man ang sked ato nga 6pm to 8pm ug Saturday 8 to 11am. She said makigdiscuss daw siya with her husband tonight. Sa Maria Montessori International school daw eskwela ang bata (boy) nga Grade 3. Asa kaha n ang school no? Lemme check it on Google Maps. Cge po, aloha! :)

ASIAN GAMES 2023

Start n ang Asian Games sa Hangzhou, China last September 25. Gilas Men played versus Bahrain last September 26 and versus Thailand on September 28. They won on both occasions. Si Coach Tim Cone (CTC) n ang new coach sa Gilas Men ron with Alfrancis Chua as team manager. Sus this afternoon ang ilang duwa versus Jordan oi with Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. 530pm so makakita ra siguro ko. And opening pud today sa UAAP new season. So go go go Doki and happy weekend! :)

EAST WEST CENTER (EWC)

Mao man jud ni unta ang easiest way aron makaadto kos Hawaii. Because they are originally from Washington, DC man cguro but they eventually created a Hawaii office. Didto ta ko lagi paeskwelahon ni Aunty Helen before. Mao man toy pinakadali lagi nga paagi nga makaadto ko. As it is, I went to Holland man lagi to study in 2000 to 2001. Si Manang Bebie pud Abarquez went to the UK in the year 2000 in order to work. Ingon gud si Aunty lagi ato nga naunhan kuno namo sija'g adtos Europe. In 2006 b to sija nakaadto when si Paul was assigned in Stuttgart, Germany. Silang duha man to ni Mike ang nag European tour. May she rest in peace. Anyway, to make the long story short. I found a program that I could apply for with them. Niapply n ko. From January to May daw next year but they are flexible ra pud. Pwede daw full time, 40 hours per week, or 30 hours ra or even 20 hours. I said sa part-time ra ko. But let's see when the decision comes pohon. Kay we have to be available man daw from 9am to 5 pm US Eastern time. Sus they are 12 hours behind bja namo diris Pilipinas. I have to think about my sleeping time pud oi. Anyway, unahon sa ang acceptance pohon. Desisyonan n lng later kung full time, quarter time or part-time ra. Jia you Doki!

TANDAG, SURIGAO DEL SUR

Didto diay ang mga negosyo nila Mam Genie Matildo and her husband, Captain Sedrito Matildo with their 3 sons. She is our former secretary sa USC Economics Department when si Mam Ching Remedio p ang chairman lagi. They have a diagnostic center man ron didto and they are proposing a private hospital lagi kuno didto. Akoy nagtype sa ilang Power Point presentation yesterday. Di man kamao gud iyang husband mokuri-kuri sa computer. They paid me well man nuon pud. She told me not to go to NU Baliwag, Bulacan campus lagi kuno. Mora man gud si Mam Genie lagi ug naa japon sa USC at heart b. Dugay n man ta siya nihawa didto. Guess you can take the cow out of the farm, but not the farm out of the cow. Happy weekend!

PURPOSE

Simple ra kaju ang advice ni Ate Ica naho last night. Declutter your mind from unncessary worries lagi daw. Then ask the question, unsay purpose sa ahong life now so that sajon ra lagi kaju ang life. Salamat Ate Ica, I love you always and I'll keep you posted. Then I talked to Mam Raquel Bercero too. She said di kuno makapugos ang CDU naho ug return service kay wala man ko nila bayri ug 24 units lagi while I was studying sa Silliman University before. Kay ug ni Mam Raquel Bercero p, wala lagi daw privilege nga I was only paid my actual units. Kay kung gibayran p ko nila ato ug 24 units, makapugos man sila naho ug return service. As it is, naay gamay complication kay nihawa n mn lagi ko with them. But dia ra man tawn kos Pilipinas lagi oi. Makontak ra man japon ko ni Mam Jhe Macarimbang kung unsa may decision sa CHED. I told her last month man when we were talking about it that I hope CDU will not ask me for the return service lagi. But if they would insist on it, I said balikan n lng naho ang 5 yrs. Total makakwarta man pud ko pohon. Makapalit n ko ug ticket to go wherever I want to go. Win-win situation ra japon. Amen. Edward also told me not to move anywhere coz the house in Tubigon and the house here in Cebu are assets daw in order to make my life easier. Okay po. People age better daw if they have less stress and less adjustments. He said remember that I look forward to seeing you again. I said yes, sa Seattle n lng pohon during the conference. Salamat sa support and encouragement kanunay Edward. God bless you and your loved ones always and aloha! :)

NU BALIWAG, BULACAN JOB OFFER

Wow, right after my teaching demo with The Enest VN, I received email from NU Baliwag, Bulacan of their offer to me as faculty member lagi kuno. And tomorrow afternoon they would like to call me daw for a formal onboarding online. Wow, salamat kaju Lord. Basta nice prospects ra lagi ahong mapaabot from them Lord, based on the job interview last Monday afternoon. So paningkamotan jud ni lagi tanan Lord and go go go nas Kulasa. Maraming salamat po for always taking care of me. Amen. I told Nang Anel diay that tua p koy mga sanina, toothpaste, sabon ug shampoo sa mga things nga ahong gibilin sa Tinangnan. Unja n lng daw to desisyonan based sa unsay ingon aning NU Baliwag, Bulacan lagi. Mao. Sus ang Analili, nalipay ra pud kay ganahan kuno sija magtrek didtos Mt Pinatubo crater lake. Ang aho pud kay Batanes man ug Namyang, South Korea lagi pohon. And if di kayas budget, then Manaoag n lng pud mi pohon mobalik. Iuban namos Gypsy. All the best to our plans always and aloha! :)

TUBIGON POST OFFICE

Niretire n man diay si Nong Ben Walohan. Still I msgd him coz tua lagi koy Christmas card nga gipaabot from Edward in Maine, USA. He gave me the name of the current postmaster in Tubigon as well as the letter carrier. I msgd them both. Told them walay tawo kanunay lagis among bay sa Tinangnan so iinform n lng ko palihug kung naabot n ang card. Bisan ipaforward n lng to diris Cebu pohon or ideliver ni Nang Anel sa MDC lagi. Go go go Doki and all the best always!

USC INTERVIEW

I had my interview at the USC Main campus for the post of Recruitment and Admissions Officer at 10am this morning. Si Sir Vlad Manloloyo maoy una naho, at 930am siya. Okay n man ta to ang dagan sa interview oi. They asked me gud what to do lagi daw so that moincrease ang ilang enrolment. I suggested the BCG model. Hehehem thanks to CDU SHS Entrep class jud and Anton Codeniera in particular. But then the Brother saw that I used to be a CHED scholar lagi kuno so unsaon kuno ang ahong return service. I said that is what I'm waiting for because I submitted my withdrawal documents to CHED last 8/9/23 and CDU specifically si Mam Jhe Macarimbang asked me for some documents. I told them that I hope CDU will not ask me anymore for return service coz I was teaching man lagi with them while I was on study leave. And I was not paid 24 units during that time; only my actual teaching units ra ang ahong bayad. I will wait for their decision. They might decide not to take a risk on me. Sige lang, tua p pud koy daghang options man lagi. Amen. I have a teaching demo with The Enest School in Vietnam at 4pm today. Tua p pud feasibility study nga gibroach ni Mam Genie Matildo for a hospital daw in Tandag. But tua n may numbers lagi for feasibility, so unsa p may iyang kinahanglan mahibaw-an? I was able to submit the SEAMEO SPAFA abstract for June 2024 conference pohon. Today 9/27/23 man ang deadline. Kami nila Sir John Ouano ug Mam Lorelei Crisostomo ang apil ato nga panel. If di to madawat, they have a general call for papers kuno this October pohon. So all the best to us always. Tua p pud koy paper lagi nga need tiwason for the JustRemit conference this 12 to 13 October pohon. Jia you Doki! Gibasa n niya akong latest msgs to him but wala lng japon siya nireply. Apil ra japon tos Do they really want to dialogue or do they just want to hear their own voice? Hay samok k. Cge po.

MDC INTRAMURALS

Sus, intrams kuno nila lagi this September 28 to 30 pohon. Nigawas jud ko yesterday afternoon lagi to make sure nga makapalit ko ug PVC pipe nga gamiton ni JM sa ilang Pahugyaw lagi kuno pohon. Hehehe. Tag P155 ila Fuentes, mas barato kaysa P215 ila Monina Fishing Supply. Makatawa n lng lagi ko aning akong mga butchok nga nephews Lord. Kanya2 parayeg lng jud tawn lagi sila. Na'kay P10 or P20 Aunty Doki? Unsaon man nimo? Plete. Panagsa ra man lagi ko diri Lord so pagbigyan n lng ang mga bugit. God bless us all! :)

WEBLIO

To the next step n man ta ko lagi as online tutor with Weblio. Galing lang, October 28, 2023 p lagi pohon ang ahong test call with them kay mao n man lay bakante nga sked lagi. Ing ana kadaghan ang nangita ug online work ron lagi Lord. Anyway, Ikaw ra may mohipno or moplastar jud lagi namo Lord. Amen po and aloha! ;)

ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES

By God's grace, tua ra man japon ko lagi online opportunities nakit-an. This morning, I had my exam with Business Success Consulting Group. Baw nindut b kaha ang resulta ato nga sure ko, nasajop jud ko ug tuplok sa answer sa 2 questions. Pero hago kaju sija ug exam oi kay which of the following letters come after the first letter of the word blah blah blah. May n lng pud kay di kaju lisud lagi iyang pattern recognition. So wait n lng kos next step ato. Then I signed up pud to Latin Hire coz they are hiring online tutors or teachers man daw. So go go go Doki and aloha! :)

NU BALIWAG, BULACAN

I did my interview this afternoon with the Dean of Education, Arts and Sciences of NU Baliwag, Bulacan campus. Good prospects akong nafeel with them Lord. They will support my efforts daw in attending conferences etc. Morag gusto siya nga mosugod n lng lagi ko with them soon than consider USC p. He was saying basin by mid-October lagi kuno pohon makasugod n ko with them. Sakto ra pud kay tua p koy tiwasonon lagi nga paper for the JustRemit conference in Holland ig October 12 to 13 pohon. Via Zoom ra nuon ko ato mojoin like last year. Actually better prospects n ron akong nakita with them compared to last May nga nag interview ko with the Dean of their College of Business and Accountancy or CBA. Aayusin Nyo ang lahat jud diay Lord no. Maraming salamat po. Amen and alleluia!

BONG SAGUING: TURNING YOUR DISAPPOINTMENTS INTO BLESSINGS

I do listen to this preacher from Christ's Commission Fellowship (CCF) once in a while. From his above talk about 3 yrs ago that I saw from Youtube, he said disappointment is God's appointment in disguise daw. Kanindut! He related the story of Moses. He spent the first 40 years of his life daw thinking that he was somebody, then the next 40 yrs thinking he was nobody then the next 40 yrs to being extraordinary because he allowed God to work in his life. God looks for nobodies lagi daw in this world in order to shame the wise. He said don't focus daw on your weaknesses but focus on the Lord's strengths. Retire doesn't mean daw that wala n kay buhaton but it means to re-tire, change your tire coz you still have a mission, something to do. Salamat po for all these inspirational messages po Lord. All praise and honor and glory be to You. Amen!

GTKJ JAPAN'S ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE

They now have a Youtube site and today 9/25/23 I reviewed the webinar by Dr. Paul Midford on July 21, 2023 about the above topic. Si Jeff Mazziotta and moderator ani nga webinar. Maayo man pud si Amani Kidd. Go go go YCAPS and thanks very much for the affiliation last year! :)

BANGKOK JUNE 2024 POHON

This Sept 27 pohon ang deadline sa proposed panels in the above conference pohon. Morag makaapas mis deadline kay nagnaning tawn si Mam Lorelei Crisostomo lagi ug himo sa ijang abstract aron makameet lagi mis deadline. Maybe it was fate that allowed me to see her last August 16 afternoon in Ayala Center Cebu. Padung n ko uli ato after ko gibayran ni Cecilia Lin lagis akong 3 sessions. As it is, aho sijang giubanan sa opisina sa Globe then we had dinner and chika about USC life. Wala man xay isyu kuno with USC as a school but with her immediate bosses. Hahaha, I admire you Mam and go go go! Basta ig submit nijas ijang abstract sa email pohon, I will have submit it to SEAMEO SPAFA n pud lagi dajon. September 27, 2023 man ang deadline. Nagpanikad n raba lagi tawn si Sir John Ouano oi about his paper. Go go go Doki and jia you to us all!

RONALD PROVENCHER AWARD

Mao ni isa k way so that makaapil kos AAS conference lagi in Seattle in March next year pohon. Nibawos man si Dr Patricia Sloane-White naho last night before I slept. She said she forwarded n gani my email kuno to Dr Cheong Soon Gan who is the coordinator siguro for this year. Taga Univ of Wisconsin Superior siya. Taga Malaysia and Singapore siya when I Googled him. So wait n lng kos announcement lagi and apply pohon so that one step closer n ko lagi pohon Lord. Amen po and all glory and honor be to You. Amen. So dates to remember: October 5 deadline for early bird conference registration and November 16 pohon ang deadline for regular conference registration. Go go go Doki!

GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE (4 GETS)

Mao jud ni ang msg n pud ni Fr Jerry Orbos this Sunday, 9/24/23. Hahay, salamat po Lord. Gibalik nija ang 4 gives or 5 gives b to. Part of which is give yourself a break lagi daw. 4 Gets n pud this week: Get closer to God, Get real, Get involved with the world, Get out of your shell. Don't forget to invest the leap of faith daw. Invest in love and in eternity lagi daw oi. Inspire daw before you expire. All the best to him always as he celebrates his 70th birthday daw ig October 1 pohon. So kaedad sila Mam Delia Lasco diay. Cge po, aloha!

KC CONCEPCION PREGNANT

Today I saw the video on Youtube that said 3 months n lagi daw buntis si KC Concepcion with her and her Swiss boyfriend nga si Mike Wuetrich's baby. Baje siguro tong bataa. We wish them the best. Amen!

MAM RAQUEL BERCERO

She's my former colleague sa CDU. Sa Languages department si Mam, sa SocSci man ko lagi. She would tell me before nganong ganahan lagi daw ko sig balik sa cambodia. And lately nga niretire n siya after siya nagka Covid last pandemic lagi. Pirmi n mi magstorya sa chat. I told her that ninang jud lagi siya for sure kung magminjo ko pohon. She said di lagi daw tanan para minyo. Naa lagi daw uban nga happy n bisag single sila. Mao gud oi. Pero diha man jud koy nakit-an video sa FB lagi last night nga baje nga nanganak at 65 yrs old lagi. Kay wa man ta kahibaw gud sa plano ni Lord for our life. Amen. She told me that iplastar ra lagi daw ko ni Lord pohon. Basta mosunod ra ko Lord. Aho bja gishelve for now ang SSC kay laju n lagi didto. But tua lagi NU and USC to consider this week nga mga interview. Hopefully lagi by next week pohon, first week of October makatrabaho n ko ug balik full time. Ingnan jud ko Mam Liezl lagi nga sayang daw ang income that I could have earned for the past 9 months. Di pud siguro oi. I was working gud pud lagi from February to June this year. Kadto lng lagi Pisay sa Argao nga ahong gigiveup. Medyo nasayang ko ato kay daku man to ug sweldo lagi. Anyway, all at the right time ra jud lagi. Amen. Tua n man koy chance sa Provencher award. Iannounce n man daw soon ang grant application process. So go go go Doki, laban lang. Aloha! :)

FEEDBACK

Nagdemo man lagi ko last night with Prec Edu Saigon. 4 to kabuok ahong students lagis group class via Google Meet last night. They said they will inform me ra daw in a few days kung unsay gawas atong ahong demo class lagi. For demo pud ko atong The Enest VN school lagi. And tiwason pud naho tong ahong application sa Crossover. Naa lagi nay work nga moabot Lord no, sa kadaghan sa ahong mga gipang-applyan. Negative jud nas Bantil lagi kanunay; saun mao pud ijahang batasan lagi. Lain2 man ang tawo; di man ta parehas tanan. I just want to arrange Lord ang ahong Hawaii/USA trip pohon. Kung kinsa lagi mobayad anang mga bayranan if molangyaw ko pohon. Kay ang ingon ni Ate Ica kay paabangan ra man lagi daw ang bay if molakaw ko. But right now, ako lagi tawn tigbayad sa mga bills didto. Hapit n pud mahuman ang buwan; due n pud ang mga bayranan pohon. But so far ang Sky Fibre ray nadelay Lord kay by Your infinite grace, nakabayad ra man kos ubang bills lagi. So HOA and my Smart bill ang due ig end of the month pohon. Go go go!

RHENA ULI'S SISTER

Today 9/23/23 man diay ang kasal atong maguwang ni Rhena lagi. Wa ko niadto. Sa Tubigon church ang wedding nya sa Nazareth ang reception. I was supposed to have my demo with The Enest at 4pm. Wala nadajon. Baw kanus-a kaha to madajon. Anyway, congratulations and best wishes to them! :)

CROSSOVER

Tua p man diay koy standing application sa Crossover. I dunno why but I just finished the Basic Fit test then tua pay skills assessment test ug unsa p to nga tests before I could possibly be interviewed then made an offer. Ang listening n lng nga part sa skills assessment ang ahong need tiwason. Need a quite place daw. Cge, ugma pohon sa buntag n to aron fresh lagi. I dunno, basta kay naa jud sa ahong vibes lagi nga naay money for me. Kung asa lagi maggikan mao nay ahong need sutaon. Amen. For remote work man ning Crossover. I pray for the best. Nipalit p jud ko ug Gasul today at P1,085 plus P80 plete kay saun nahutdan n man ug LPG lagi diris Tinangnan. Kadto man gud namaligja ug safety device kay ija mang gihilabtan ang among tangke mao cguro dali ra nahurot. But Biboy said taud2 n kuno pud diay tong tangkeha. Because I remember buying a tank when I was here last November/December. So pagkahurot siguro ato, si Madam nay nagpalit. May 2023 n gud pud ko niuli lagi diris Bohol then niuli ko'g balik pag July 9 when diri sila Mike and Paul lagi. Last August 31 n pud ko niuli ug balik and I stand to go back to Cebu lagi next week pohon kay for interview daw kos USC main campus lagi. So go go go Doki and laban lang! :)

NU or USC? TAKE CHANCES

Today 9/23/23 chat mi ni Mam Rhoda Mangubat. She told me to take chances lagi. Mao man pud advice ni Mam Jessica Adlawan Uy naho. She told me kung asa lagi daw ko comfortable pohon but with consideration of the economic aspect plus my safety pud kuno. Mao gud oi, mao jud nay importante pohon. Salamat sa injong mga words of advice to Kulasa. For interview n man lagi ko online with CBA Dean kunos NU Baliwag, Bulacan campus ig Monday 9/25/23 afternoon pohon. Then for interview pud kos USC Main ig Sept 27 morning pohon kay I applied man as Admissions Officer. Asa kahay better offer aning duha Lord no? Nice man ang Baliwag kay probinsya lagis Luzon. I'm sure mingaw didto. But ang sweldo? Basta Lord, naabot n ang ahong JRS today from Larena, Siquijor. Salamat to the gracious owners of North Haven Lodge. Amen. Wala daw mi nadawat lagi for travel grant sa AAS 2024 pohon but Mam Raquel told me that makapangwarta ra lagi daw ko pohon and that maka-afford ra lagi daw ko to go to Seattle in March 2024 pohon. Salamat Mam for believing in me. Prof. Timothy Daniels directed me to the AAS 2024 accessibility grant site so that mas gamay lagi ang akong mabayran pohon sa conference registration. Magamit p n naho ang money for whatever expenses I may incur pohon. So whichever university I will affiliate with soon Lord, I pray that mosupport sila naho lagis AAS in March 2024 pohon. I asked this from NU man before; morag wala sila mobawos ato. Ang USC kay sure man jud n mofund ug conferences siguro. But mobalik b lagi ko didto Lord? Please show me po. Amen!

NO TRAVEL GRANT

I received email today 9/23/23 that wala lagi daw mi naaprub for travel grant sa AAS 2024. So mangita n lng si Kulasa ug laing paagi. Naa ra lagi nay moabot. Mam Raquel Bercero said makapangwarta ra lagi daw ko pohon so maka-afford ra daw ko to go to Seattle lagi daw pohon. Amen po, salamat Mam for always believing in me. God bless you! Laju2 p gud ang March 2023 lagi. I found International Academic Forum (IAFOR). I emailed them already. Si Prof. Daniels also directed me to the AAS 2024 accessibility grant so niapply n pud ko right away. I think reduced akong bayran sa conference registration lagi kay wala p man koy trabaho nga full time lagi ron. Pero by Monday 9/25 and Wednesday 9/27 kay mag interview n man lagi ko so I am expecting to start with a new employer by October 2023 pohon. Asa ko Lord, NU Baliwag, Bulacan or USC? Please show me po. Go go go Doki and aloha! :)

BACK TO USC?

Mam Ching Remedio once told me to listen to the events in your life and act accordingly. Mao n ni nahitabo ron. I think I am being recalled to USC. For interview man daw ko ig Wednesday, 9/27/23 pohon morning for the post of Admissions Officer that I applied for. So if madawat ko ani, di n ko teaching staff but admin work n ko. Cge Doki, sunod lng jud sa plano ni Lord. Gudnyt!

POURING RAIN

It must be true, that when it rains, it pours. Daghan n gud bujag ang ahong application responses lagi today, to wit: 1. Nibawos n ang Bigfoot Studios in Mactan. They are looking for an admin assistant man who is a US visa holder. They asked me to answer the same questions that I replied to in the application. Cebu and New York daw ang trabaho oi nya tig prepare and submit ug documents ang need buhaton. Intawn. I said for as long as there's enough rest time between travels, I can do this job well ra lagi. Wow, mao n siguro ni ang pirmi naho sig dream nga sweldo with big pay! :) 2. Prec Edu Saigon - for demo n ko. Checking lang sa akong equipment daw and connection with Google Meet this afternoon at 3pm Philippine time then demo daw at 21:00 VNT tonight which is 10pm n here in the Philippines. Mapuyat ko ani? Yes I did and today 9/25/23 they informed me that I wasn't accepted daw 3. For interview n pud kos The Enest VN at 4pm this afternoon via MS Teams. For demo n ta ko but nawala man sila lagi 4. For interview pud ko with NU Baliwag Dean Dr Reggie Cruz over MS Teams on Monday, Sept 25 at 2 to 230pm. Wala man silay followup email 5. For interview pud ko at USC Main Campus on Wednesday 9/27/23 at 1030 am Wow, asa ko ana maplastar jud Lord? Please show me po. Amen and all praise and honor and glory be to You. Amen!

SAIGON ESL

Uy, nibawos n pud today ang Prec Edu Saigon. We will meet at 14:00 VNT daw this afternoon on Google Meet for checking my connection and equipment. Mga 10 to 15 minutes ra daw ni. Ang demo class tonight is at 21:00 VNT which is 10pm n diris Pinas. Ay pastilan, mapuyat ko ani diay. Di raba ni sila kaju daku ug sweldo. And I have my interview lagi with The Enest VN pud at 4pm this afternoon over MS Teams. Sana madawat n ko ug online ESL work lagi Lord so that di n ko need molarga to Siquijor to work. Though tua n koy daghan nakontak lagi nga taga didto. Pwede pud for our next group trip n lng to pohon. Last April 2019 p lagi among last group trip in Tagum, Davao del Norte so we look forward to our next travel pohon. Maraming salamat po Lord and aloha!

HAPPY HELPERS, INC., BARBIE'S HOUSE IS DONE

Today 9/22/23 we have our final session in our Social Entrepreneurship online training. Our speaker is Ms Maan Sicam who is the owner and founder of Happy Helpers, Inc. - a cleaning service company focused on women empowerment. On the other hand, I saw on Youtube that human n pud kuno ang balay ni Barbie Forteza. Coz the last time I heard from her, she said man that they will spend Christmas in her new house. Sige, all the best to us always! ;)

AUNTY ENME

Isa ni siyas mga good friends and elders ni Ate Ica sa Phnom Penh. She's now in the US I think this time. Taga Larena, Siquijor diay siya and since tua man lagi possibility nga didto n pud ko magwork pohon, I msgd her. Nalipay pud sija oi, she gave me the contact info of her relatives sa Larena. She told me to bring Ate Ica lagi didto pohon. I told her that even my eldest sister is interested pud to go there lagi pohon kay nawani kuno sila lagi atong nagtraining silas Dumaguete. Sajon ra n pohon once na'na tay wawarts. Let us pray for our plans always. Aloha Friday! :)

COLLABORATION

From the opening remarks of Dr Norby Salonga in the #WeCan International Research Colloquium on SDG-themed Researches in Social Entrepreneurship. He said he hopes daw that our participation today will inspire us to collaborate with them in future. Sure Sir, as soon as I find an affiliation po. Ngita man pud to lagi ug more collaboration sila John Bradford of YCAPS. Jia you to us all and aloha! :)

LITE RORO

Yeah I forgot. If mahal ang Oceanjet. Na'man diay Lite Ferries lagi nga RORO from Tagbilaran to Larena and vice versa. But I wasn't thinking along those lines of kadto nga byahe lng lagi to Larena, Siquijor. I was thinking of the possibility of living there already kay pareporton n gud lagis SSC so tua n jud toy trabaho lagi di b. Morag di nako kaya as of now Lord kay tua man koy mga need or gusto pangsuwaton lagi nga papers for presentation: AAS in March 2024 (last 9/14/23 lng gud mi gipahibaw lagi nga nadawat among paper for in-person presentation sa Seattle in March next year pohon) and for the JustRemit conference in Holland in mid-October pohon. Tua pay Bangkok in June 2024 pohon; Sept 27 ang deadline sa submission lagi. I have started an abstract pud for AAS in Asia in July pohon next year. Global Asia man ang theme lagi ato. Anyway, all at the right time n lng Doki. You will get there ra lagi. BTS; pray, hope, and do not worry. Hang on lang and go go go! :)

SDGs

Uy, I received on my email this afternoon the invite for the DLSU conference lagi ugma pohon on the above topic via Zoom from 9am to 12 noon. Call for participants daw. E di nisignup pud ko right away. Hahaha. Mao diay cguro wala mi training sa Social Entrepreneurship course kay tua diay silay conference lagi. Sa Friday 9/22/23 from 10 am to 12 noon n man mi mobalik pohon and the session then will be about Technology, Markets and unsa n to. Basta I think it is to discuss the current form of social enterprises using technology lagi. Ganahan man ko mag-open ug business Lord pero how do I do it? Bday ugma pohon ni Jacy Eroles and at 4pm is my interview with The Enest School in Vietnam lagi. I hope jud madawat ko ato Lord or kang Ms Tra My Hoang lagi. So that makasugod n kos akong preparations lagi for AAS 2024 pohon. Basin diay na'nay decision about sa travel grant by tomorrow or Friday pohon. Sus, unsa jud kaha Lord no and pila kaha? Bisan Hawaii n lng lagi akong hapiton ig balik pohon due to limited budget. Ay I will msg Teresa Low diay. Go go go Doki and aloha!

FILIPINO CURRICULUM

Tua n may Filipino curriculum lagi ang Harvard University. Somebody from Cavite State University oi, a woman professor ang pioneer teacher of Filipino didto. Sa Hawaii pud kay diha man pud toy move lagi to offer the Filipino subject pud didto. But di n siguro sila maglisud ug pangita ug teacher kay mga Pinoy n man lagi kuno ang largest racial group didto since 2010. So jia you to us all and aloha!

THE PROMISE OF MINDANAO

Y'day during our breakout session sa Design Thinking session as part of our Social Entrepreneurship (SE) training, taga Claveria to ang nishare. Si Sir Bellfred Chavez on white corn lagi daw as alternative staple aron di magka diabetes. Today n pud on our 3rd session with Dr Norby Salonga on the Sustainability of Social Enterprises, taga Claveria n pud ang among sharer. Si Sir Justin Dave Sayson. Wow, amazing jud lagi ning taga Mindanao b. I think wala lng jud sila tagai ug opportunity lagi to shine. Pirmi jud n relegated to the back burner ang Mindanao lagi. Yet it is a very promising region of the Philippines. So I am very happy to have facilitated such an outcome. Go go go to us Filipinos!

WAIT WITH THE LORD

Mao ni msg ni Fr Jerry Orbos SVD today. He told the joke of a boy daw who was going to the beach for the first time. He was so excited daw that he kept asking 'are we there yet?' He was reprimanded by the dad daw that if he asked the question again of 'are we there yet?' they would go back. So the boy was quiet daw for a few minutes then asked, Would I still be 5 years old by the time we get to the beach? Hehehe. Kadumdum kos among kauban sa Bangkok trip lagi in Pchum Benh 2008. 'Mommy, pwede po b tayong pumunta sa Siem Reap sa birthday ko?' Tumahimik k Alyanna. Hahaha. Then kadtong stapler nga istorya lagi ni Fr Arthur sa Mandaue before. Then the priest at the Church of St. Theresa in Singapore. He had a nice homily then about waiting. Morag we should pray while we wait man to lagi siguro. Kay di man sayon lagi ang maghuwat. I remembered The Art of Waiting that my good friend Johnette Balo now Fortich sent me before. The Art of Waiting to and The Risks of Loving. Ay I will tell her diay of my Seattle trip pohon. Jia you Doki! It's true Lord; it's one of the contradictions of living in this world. That when we grow up lagi, we tend to lose the child within us. Then suddenly, we need to restore it when we grow old. Coz it's the only way to navigate life when you have aches and pains already. Humor. Ang sulti lagi ni Fr Jerry is that we should make the rest of our life daw the best of our life. Salamat po Lord for preachers and teachers just like them. Na'man jud calling lagi nako Lord to be a missionary. But mahadlok ra man japon ko lagi Lord nga molakaw ug layo nga dugay b. I prefer to be here in Bohol n lng lagi Lord at this age. Mao tong ingon ni Dr. Don Laurente lagi naho last end April Lord nga unless kung gusto lagi kuno kong magtiniguwang nga di n ko gusto motravel. I basically fear old age Lord. Mao tong ingon pud lagi ni Nick Simpson nako before nga can't sit for a 2 hour flight? why don't you give up on life then!

DEXTER RE: AAS 2024

Today my good friend Dexter Falcon said if he was in Vancouver p lagi kuno, he would have driven kuno to Seattle in order to see me there pohon. Well, sige lang Dex. Basin p diay ug next time lagi, sa US East Coast n pud ko matagaan ug chance makaadto pohon. Nibawos n diay si Uncle Jovenal Batausa naho. He said sa California n lagi kuno sila ron nagpujo. And in Washington, laju pud silas Seattle kay sa Tri-cities daw sila which is 3 hours drive p kuno. Sige Uncle, salamat sa pagreply. All the best always! I received email pud diay for AAS in Asia 2024. Sa Yogyakarta man to and Global Asia lagi ang theme. I received email pud from QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Good as nijoin lagi daw ko oi sa 2023 edition sa QS Summit for the Americas. Grabe. They said basin ganahan daw among organization or school to present or showcase in the QS Summit in Bogota, Colombia in 2024 pohon. I forwarded the email to Dr Nila Caroro of SSC and to their VPAA. Basin p diay lagi madala if online ra di b? Kay alangan ug molarga p lagi padung didto. I told them that I presented via Zoom lang in September last year. Sa Villa Velha, Brazil man to lagi ang venue. Go go go Doki, laban lang. Maabot ra lagi ko didto pohon Lord. Amen.

VIETNAM ESL

Naa jud koy chance ani lagi cguro. They do pay quite well pud. Last night, I read Ms Tra My Hoang's reply to my application as an online ESL teacher. They have a vacancy for 2 more teachers daw. She asked me to send some documents. I already did so I'll wait for her reply. And nireply pud naho ang The Enest VN lagi. For interview lagi pud kuno ko nila on Sept 21 pohon at 4pm. So di jud diay ko ani molarga kay saun ang interview lagi. General Assembly man nis PDFNI lagi sa Cebu pohon. Jia you Doki and go go go!

TAYLOR

Today I heard from my cousin Taylor Melville, Sandy Batausa (daughter of Uncle Gody)'s daughter. She said she is in Seattle, Washington State, USA lagi daw. I told her of my possible coming lagi pohon for the AAS conference in March next year. She seems excited for it. I asked her if pwede b ko mosaka sa ilaha lagi pohon. Kay daku n kaju save jud if na'koy mapuy-an lagi didto. Wala n daw silay space. Okay cge. Sabot n lng mi meet for dinner pohon once I'm there. Aloha! I'll wait ra pud sa decision on the travel grant lagi. Coz akong sabot ato is for ticket ra jud to lagi, walay labot ang accommodation. And 4 jud lagi mi magbahin sa $2k nga maximum amount so if aprub $500 ray maaho ato pohon nga pamalit ticket. But keep the faith lng jud kanunay Doki. Makakita ra lagi japon k ug paagi, thru God's infinite grace and blessing. Amen po and aloha!

SE 101

Since February p jud lagi ko naimmerse aning Social Enterrprises. I joined the 2-day Social Enterprise Summit man that time. They asked us if we are willing to join the Roadmap lagi daw. So last May I had webinars and even now, training lang gihapon. In the session this afternoon, Dr. Norby Salonga of DLSU LSEED said that social enterprises are the best way lagi daw for the country to meet its SDGs. Morag na'na pud koy mga bag-ong nameet lagi nga mga tawo ani nga training. So go go go Doki, aloha!

ESL, CLASSIN

Today 9/18/23 nibawos n ang isa sa ahong giapplyan as online ESL teacher lagi. Barato ra man to but bahala n lng lagi. Okay ra ko mag online ESL teacher Lord kaysa magtranscribe atong sa Inflexion AI lagi. Hago kaju to. Ilaha man daw ang materials; ipadala kunos ClassIn. Pero sa Voov kuno magmeeting. Kani jud mga Intsik lagi; maajo kaju mopaiba sa mga famous American brands like Zoom. Sugot n lng ko lagi Lord atong ilahang rate, anyway weekly man ang payment. Mas daku tong sa Vietnam pero iponon p lagi kuno nga moabot ug $100 before ipada kay mahal kuno ang charge lagi nga ipadala sa bangko. Kung asa lng lagi ang molusot Lord, mao n n.

IKEULOGY

Last night I found this very interesting and trendy business called, IKEUlogy Online Tutorial Services, https://jestinepar.wixsite.com/ikeulogyonline?fbclid=IwAR0i88pz8bA8Z9UrVJ0T42sy4YRwd8ouj4f_Yl5qh9G--BU4usZrILF32a4. I msgd them and they already replied to me. I sent them my CV and self-introduction video already. The owner is JC (Jestine something) Parumog, a Montessori teacher from Jaen, Nueva Ecija. Nice btaw mag-open ug Montessori school dris Tubigon, Bohol pohon. Mao may suggestion ni Baloy gud naho kay nauso n lagi kuno ang eskwela2 ron. Daghan n man gud kindergarten school diris Tubigon lagi nibutho. Kay kapila ra man gud pag-abli ug school lagi if na'kay kwarta. It would coincide pud with my dream of having a learning center. I checked online how to open a Montessori school. You have to get Montessori certified daw diay oi. So I emailed the Montessori NW America chapter. I asked for financial assistance too. So pwede ni naho sila buhaton while online p ahong setup lagi. So all the best always Doki and go go go. Aloha Monday! :)

I DIDN'T GO

I decided not to report to SSC ugma pohon 9/18/23 sa buntag at 8am. Di ko mosugot ug way klaro lagi. Mahal gud ang Oceanjet from Tagbilaran to Siquijor, mobayad p ko ug guesthouse didto. I already went there gud last week, Tuesday 9/12/23 for my interview. They told me that part-time ra nga load ilang ihatag naho. How could things change if the university president intervened? So I went back to Tubigon, Bohol around lunchtime. Giparefund n lng naho ahong ticket; 20% ang kaltas. Mangita ko ug online work oi, to supplement my income from private tuition with Danica Elaine Santiago. I have to put my foot down; I know what I want man. It's not to find work in another place but just to find work so that I can have money for my expenses lagi. I want to focus on my papers lagi for the conferences. Ifollowup n lng pud naho ang JRS Tubigon ugma pohon. Iask naho nganong wala p ang ahong parcel lagi nga naabot n man ang LBC. Tua koy training diay pud on Social Entrepreneurship this week. Jia you Doki, go go go lang gud!

3Cs (COMMUNICATION, COMMITMENT AND COMPROMISE)

It is said that communication, commitment and compromise are the necessary ingredients in a relationship. Without communication, there is no relationship lagi daw. Mao jud. I'm now thinking if modajon bas Siquijor kay pareporton lagi kuno ko ugma pohon at 8am sa HR sa Siquijor State College. So naa jud nay trabaho lagi di b. Now whether full time n or part-time, didto ra naho mahibaw-an didto. Pwede man ko moadto n pud and see for myself. Di n lng ko magdala ug daghan jud. Pletehan n lng pud lagi nas Oceanjet via Tagbilaran and bayaran sa guesthouse for one night. If di gud maayo, pwede gud ko mouli diris Bohol. Coz tua p man koy online tutor lagi with Danica Elaine Santiago and pwede p pud ko mangita ug online work like teaching English. Wala n man daw maghiring and BMOTA; wala n pud tong DLSU LSEED. Gibalibaran n man ko lagi last Friday ni Dr Norby Salonga. Wala n pud communication lagi ang Grace Christian College (GCC). Isa-isa n lng jud Doki aron way labad sa ulo. At least mafollowup pud naho ang ahong stuff nga for JRS unta. Kay nganong wala p man moabot lagi nga hagbay ra mang naabot ang ahong gi LBC sa ICM. Hinuon local man to so the next day, 9/14/23 diha n sija lagi. Nagsuroy2 lng diay si Kulasa sa Region 7. Cge po Lord and good morning!

FROM SEATTLE TO VANCOUVER

Nicomment p jud si Mam Raquel Bercero lagi nga if madajon kos Seattle, Washington State, USA lagi pohon, mocross n lng pud kuno to Canada kay opportunity n kuno lagi n. Well, true. But hope lagi naay travel subsidy aron di kaju sakit sa bulsa ang laag pohon. Mao p man siguro japon tong ruling sa Canada lagi nga for those with valid US nonimmigrant visas, no visa lagi daw needed for Canada. Mofile ra ug electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) which is 7 Canadian dollars. Wow! So jia you Doki, go lng ng go lagi. Basin pwede diay pud ko makadalikyat sa Namyang, South Korea on the way there. Kay Korean Air man lagi tong ahong nakita nga pinakabarato. Tutor n ko ugma pohon sa hapon atong ahong tutee sa Tulong Karunungan. Then magtrabaho n pud ko gamay sa ahong Remittances paper pohon. Then go out ig k hapon and buy the following: eggs, toyo, Magic Sarap, my milk, fish if naas merkado and JM's rectangular block kuno paras ilang pananom sa eskwelahan. Then Sunday morning pohon, Holy Mass online with Fr Jerry Orbos at 930am. Go go go Doki, gudnyt!

BATAUSA REUNION

Cge n man lagi mi ug chika ni Gigi Batausa ron. Today she mentioned nga magreunion lagi daw ang Batausa clan. I told her that ang Batausa gathering before was yes due to Lola Senciang's initiative but with the backing pud of anhing Tiyo Filemon and Tiyo Minian and Tiyo Fredo pud siguro. Kay sila may naay mga kwarta. This time if magtapok mi pohon, potluck n lng jud siguro n or naa n lng cguro organizing committee aron di magdoble2 ang mga tampo lagi o unsa b. I dropped by Rhady and Rosana's stalls sa merkado diay y'day afternoon after claiming Gigi's padala. Nipalit ko ug gulay sa merkado, sibuyas ug luy-a then pan de coco pud sa Park N Go and Don Macchiato matcha green tea. Init man kaju ig k hapon lagi. I gave P500 to Peejay Andamon and P1k pud to Ate Ica. Kay alangan naman ug ako ray mag-enjoy lagis ahong pahinungod. I asked Nang Anel pud to pay the HOA and water for this month via Gcash. Sus, this morning I was told that nadawat lagi daw ang akong paper for in-person presentation sa Association for Asian Studies (AAS) annual conference in Seattle in March next year pohon. Omg, where did that come from? Salamat po Lord. Tua n koy chance jud lagi nga makatamak sa US mainland. Then of course I can plan to drop by Hawaii on my way home. Para makabisita pud kos puntod ni Aunty Helen lagi pohon. Then nag-apply man mi ug travel grant sa panel ni Prof. Timothy Daniels. They said mga next week daw pohon na'na cguroy decision. I pray jud makadawat lagi ug subsidy Lord. Coz asa tawn ko ug kwarta ibayad lagi? Tua pay conference registration fee nga $195 man cguro to nga early bird rate. Sus, ang ahong paper pud kay medyo challenging jud kay it's about the national elections man in the Philippines and Malaysia. Parehaon n lng jud ug timeline lagi aron di ta maglibog. Gillian said she'd be interested kuno to read my paper pohon. I said ig human n lagi. Basin mga December naho pohon lagi ifinalize kay March next year man pohon ipresent. Tua p koy suwatonon gud for the JustRemit conference in Holland ig mid-October pohon. Via Zoom ra man japon ko. Just like last year, irecord ra naho ang ahong presentation lagi then I will join them during my presentation time n. Kudos to Mohamed Muse for the secretariat skills. Siya may alalay ni Dr Matthew Hoye bale. Anyway, I emailed Sandra Nijhof, ISS Alumni Officer and Vanessa Ntinu, LDE Centre GMD secretariat for possible financial assistance. Bisan 200 euros n lng lagi, makatabang n n ug daku. Wow, Seattle, Washington, here I come pohon. Paningkamotan jud n kay opportunity n lagi. Go go go Doki and aloha! :)

GETTING OLD/LOOKS FADE

It's true. Time passes by so fast. You wake up one day realizing that you have gotten old indeed (natiguwang n jud diay k). And where did all the years go? I once read that beautiful young people are accidents of nature. But beautiful old people are works of art daw. I couldn't agree more. Nice jud ug outlook si Fr Jerry Orbos, SVD lagi. He'll be turning 70 lagi daw ig October 1 pohon. I should give him an offering diay. Aning edara di n daw mofocus sa hard work lagi but sa heart work n. The most important journey lagi daw that we would make is the journey to God's heart. But we mustn't forget daw pud the journey to our OWN heart. Last night, the Virgin Mary appeared in my dream after I saw Lola Senciang. So I woke up really happy. Meaning I am on the right track ra lagi in my devotion to our Blessed Mother. Namyang, South Korea n lagi ahong gustong adtoon pohon, di n Europe kay laju n to kaju didto. Di n ta ka-afford kay wa tay wawarts. Or if di p jud kaya lagi ang South Korea pohon, bisan sa Manaoag, Pangasinan n lng jud lagi. We were there in May 2018 gud. Mora jud mi'g mga yagit lagi after mi nangadtos grapes farm in Urayong, La Union in broad midday. Kaon mi ato ug halo2 jud lagis Mang Inasal sa Dagupan City, Pangasinan pagbalik namo. Pag abot pud namos Dau, Pampanga on our way home, after going to the sunflower farm in Tayug, Pangasinan. Mora pud mi'g mga yagit oi nga daghan kaju ug gipangkaon. Ang next group trip namo ato kay sa Davao man in Holy Week 2019. Kanindut no if makatravel n pud mi pohon as a group with Gypsy. Kay na'na man sijas Tinangnan so iuban jud n sija lagi pohon nga makalugar n pud mi ug panuroy. Jia you to us all and aloha! Cf. Bantil, makakwarta ra lagi kuno ko'g gamay, mosuroy n kuno dajon. Nganong wa kuno gipatiles lagi ang Palm Heights. Syempre, ahoa raba diay ng bay nga di man. Ang ahoa lng jud lagi ana is mabayran lng. Kay common property man n. Why gud tawn mag-invest ko in it di b? Basta kay bayad lng ang ijang bills lagi and gibantayan every now and then. Okay n n kaju. Aloha to us all in our plans! ;)

GILLIAN MACINTYRE

Today 9/14/23 she msgd me that she will be here in Asia in February next year pohon. Wow! Manila daw pohon on Feb 26 and Boracay on Feb 27. I checked the air ticket prices already. Madala ra man kay laju p gud tong February next year lagi. Magbook lng ko pohon makakwarta n. Or pwede pud ko magtipid basta kay makaadto lng sa Boracay lagi pohon. It will be a good reunion after more than 20 years. Actually, morag 2017 man cguro to nga she was here lagi. She saw Sakura gud in SG. I told our friends in Manila already about this. I will see you pohon Gillian. All the best to us always. Aloha!

LBC and JRS

Sus, I learned a very important lesson n pud kani nga travel to Siquijor. Nagdala man lagi ko ug daghan coz I thought basin pasuguron n ko lagi dayon if madawat ko. Laju gud ang Siquijor lagi from Cebu maong daghan2 ko ug gidala lagi. Or if di ko madawat, I can always bring them to Bohol. Sus, naguba ang handle oi sa gihuwaman naho nga trolley from Baloy. Kutob Pier 1 ras Cokaliong. As it is, nagsakit ko oi kay hago sig aswat lagi intawn. Nagdala p ko ug laptop. Sige ko'g bayad pud ug porter. Pero sa pamaol ko nisurrender jud lagi. And kana laging magkadipo2 ta if daghang karga. So I left some money with my hosts sa North Haven. I asked them to send my things via JRS. They called me up this afternoon so on the way n to bujag. Ang detergent soap to ug Palmolive Micellar shampoo, 2 cans of tuna, noodles, biscuits, notebooks and my clothes ang ahong gipadala. Sa Tagbilaran, gipa LBC pud naho ang halos tanan content sa trolley. Shampoo nay nabilin ug stapler and staple wire. So significantly lighter jud ahong dala pag-uli sa van. But diha p may payong jud lagi. Anyway, I'm sure all is well that ends well. Sleep ko sayo tonight kay magreview n pud mi ni Danica lagi whole day ugma pohon. Quiz man daw sila ig Friday lagi. Stay happy, everything is fine ug ni Edward p. By God's infinite grace and goodness. Gudnyt!

CONCERNS NOW

Uy, by God's grace, I finished Cousin Gigi's errand last Monday 9/11/23 morning. I was able to send her TOR to WES in Canada via LBC. Gitagaan tawn pud ko nija ug daku2 nga pahinungod. I told her not to give me anymore money aron makapadayon sijas ijang plans lagi. I want her to think of visiting Hawaii pohon. Si Don Saligumba Celis pud. I told him to plan a trip there. Hopefully madayon lagi pohon. Planohon lng jud ug tarong. Anyway, these are my concerns right now: 1) tutor xempre with Elaine Danica Santiago - morag whole day ijang gusto ugma pohon kay mag-exam kuno sila ig Friday lagi pohon, 2) paper for JustRemit conference in mid-October pohon - remittances regulation ang theme, 3) paper for Bangkok June 2024 conference - wala p man gud ang abstract ni Mam Lorelei Crisostomo. Sept 27 p nuon ang closing date lagi pohon, 4) AAS paper - unsay result? nadawat gud (yehey, salamat po Lord), then 5) NTNU CHAIN - kadtong health inequalities nga proposal I submitted. Sept 15 man ang deadline ato. When ko makahibaw sa result? In time Doki. Ajaw lng pagdali. Moabot ra n lagi. Relax lng gud. Amen!

SIQUIJOR

I went to Siquijor on Monday 9/11/23 evening coz I had an interview at Siquijor State College y'day 9/12/23 afternoon. I stayed at North Haven Lodge at the Old Capitol Circle in North Poblacion, walking distance ra from the school. Baw part-time ra man kuno nga load ilang ihatag naho. But my former colleague and good friend, Mam Fe Imbong told me that she will endorse me to the University President lagi daw. Iya ng gimsg sa Messenger and noted man to ijang tubag. He is in Dumaguete man gud daw kay SCUAA lagi kuno nila. Twas my first time to go to Siquijor actually. Ganahan ra ko didto; relaxing ra man pud morag Bohol. This morning I travelled back to Tagbilaran with Mam Fe via Oceanjet. Direct ra. Si Mam Fe will travel on p to Cebu. Na'man untay Apekop lagi nga bangka nga Larena to Tagbilaran but under maintenance lagi daw. The other option was Lite Ferry from Larena to Tagbilaran, every TTHS at 7pm. Nakabayad n man lagi ko ug 1 night sa North Haven maong this morning n lng ko nibyahe pabalik. Besides, I needed to sleep properly oi. Napuyat gud ko on Monday night kay 8pm nigikan ang Cokaliong from Cebu. Tuo ko'g like before nga kadlawn n modunggo lagi. As it is, 130am nidunggo n mis Duma. Then nahasol kos akong luggage lagi kay naputol ang handle sa trolley. Daghan pud kaju ko'g gida nga butang kay tuo ko lagi'g madawat didto and makasugod dayon. Or I planned to go home to Bohol lagi pud after. As it is, tua koy gipa-JRS from Larena and when I got to Tagbilaran, gipa-LBC pud naho oi ang sulod sa trolley. So ang laptop maoy nasulod sa trolley pag-uli. Bug-at japon. So I learned a lot of lessons on this trip. Go go go lang japon Doki and aloha! :)

GERMANY - FIBAWC 2023 CHAMPIONS

Wala n man ko nitiwas sa game last night kay 840pm n nagstart lagi. Tuo ko'g Serbia ang nachampion; oi ang mga Germans man diay. Then 3rd ang Canada then 4th ang USA. Nice kaju ang ilang game. Go go go mga people!

DON, GIGI, EDWARD

Silay ahong mga kachika ron lagi about my new plans in life. Excited ko cguro to go to Siquijor coz I have an interview lagi ugma pohon 9/12/23 sa hapon with Siquijor State College (SSC). I plan to drop by Aldea too to check on the small trolley that I left there with them before the pandemic. Edward said they wanted me to fill the position kuno maong paadtoon jud lagi kuno ko in person. Baw nadayon b kaha si Mam Fe Imbong ug adto. She said she plans to go there too. It will actually be my first time in Siquijor so please be with me Lord. Amen. Nice ra man pud kung tua n ko didto kay na'nay chance makabisita kos Dipolog/Dapitan lagi kung makalugar. Tua bja si Larrace Suelto didto, my thesis advisee last sem. Wala may communication from DLSU or GCC lagi so I guess sa Siquijor ko gustong paadtoon ni Lord. Btw daghang salamat Lord nga nahuman n naho lagi ug lakaw ang kang Gigi nga TOR. Tuay sajop sa postal code sa resibo but sakto man ang sticker kay ako may nagsuwat ato lagi. 15 working days p daw to lagi before maabot. If madawat kos SSC, need n pud ko mangita lagi ug kapuy-an didto. Basta safe, clean and accessible lng lagi Lord. Okay n ko ana. I hope nice pud ang signal sa internet lagi didto Lord. Bisita2 n lng ko diris Cebu pohon. Jia you Doki and aloha! :)

SIQUIJOR

Wa man jud sila mobawos sa ahong request lagi nga via Zoom n lng ang final interview ugma pohon 9/12/23 sa hapon. So after taking care of Cousin Gigi's errand, nangita ko ug ticket to Dumaguete for tonight. Sakto ra pud kay tua koy maleta pud lagis Aldea nga need ifollowup. Then once I'm in Duma, I will look for ticket n pud to Larena, Siquijor. Tua man daw didto ang Siquijor State College (SSC) lagi. Sa Siquijor, Siquijor daw modunggo ang Oceanjet; sa Larena ang ferry from Dumaguete. Amen. It will actually be my first time ever in Siquijor so medyo excited? ra pud ko moadto didto. Nagdala n ko ug mga sanina lagi good for a few weeks kay lajo gud lagi didto. Alangan magbalik2 ta lagi. Btw I spent about P2,500 cguro in total for Gigi's errand. P1,767 gud ang bayad padala sa WES lagi via LBC. Then P400 ang TOR nya P75 ang envelope. Then my plete2 p lagi and kahago to go there. I hope nice sija ug pahinungod to me Lord. Daghan bja kaju lagi tong mga pasalubong nga ijang gihatag naho last April nga nagkita mis Starbucks in Ayala Center Cebu. Salamat kaju Gi and all the best to us always!

MOMO

Since the pandemic man cguro to. I always ask him for advice lagi. He's an OFW n man daw in Finland this time; he was in Oman before that. I met him in NUS coz he was a graduate student there too. Barkada jud sila ni Patrick lagi who is now in Canada with his family. 3 n lagi daw iyang kids oi. Ang iya jud advice is may mga tinik lagi kuno ang mga rosas. Di lng lagi kuno ang good ang imong kuhaon or dawaton but both the good and bad lagi daw. He told me not to expect the foreigner guy to come here; ako jud daw lagi ang moadto didto. Di daw pwede lagi nga every time kuno naay paghihirap, mobitiw kuno ko dayon lagi. Kay grade 1 ra kuno nas challenges lagi. But he did tell me not to give up. We can still do something lagi kuno habang humihinga p tayo. Kadtong si vlogger nga Models of Manila pud akong inspiration. Dapat buo ang loob jud lagi kuno kanunay. Maraming salamat po for all these isnpiration Lord.

AAS, NTNU CHAIN, JUSTREMIT, BKK, UGAT

So far mao ni ahong mga need huwaton lagi: ang paper proposal for AAS if nadawat b (yes bujag, by God's grace); ang ahong PhD proposal for NTNU in Trondheim, Norwary kung nadawat b (twas about health inequalities actually) then ang BKK pud nga conference in June 2024 pohon by SEAMEO SPAFA that we're trying to submit a session pud. Nagpanikad n man gud si Sir John Ouano maong ikog ko. I told Mam Lorelei n lng nga apason lagi within the deadline nga Sept 27 or earlier ang iyang paper. I will need to write the paper for JustRemit this mid-October pohon. Ang UGAT morag ihabol n lng n pohon lagi kung makalugar n ko. I pray for the best always. Jia you Doki and go go go! ;)

TULONG KARUNUNGAN

Looks familiar lagi tos Raine Victoria Prieto last night. Di to siya si Lorraine Bernal nga kauban namos Beijing tour last December 2018? Mora man jud lagi. I will ask her. I signed up as online tutor man lagi with their organization so nagmeet mi kadyot last night on Google Meet. Orientation ra on my role as online tutor for one quarter daw. Sige salamat. I said iadjust lng naho pohon if madawat or magsugod n ko ug work lagi. Amen po and aloha! :)

ABC SUNDAY

Today 9/10/23 nalate kos akong online mass with Fr Jerry Orbos, SVD kay I was on the boat man from Tubigon. 730am akong nasakyan nga byahe. Then nagdrive thru p mis Macdonald's Tabok then the driver said wala kuno xay change sa P1k maong nihapit p jud ko ug groceries lagis Tita Gwapa. So mga past 10am n jud ko naabot sa Palm Heights lagi. But it was cloudy when I came. Niinit n lng pagkataud2. Maraming salamat po Lord for all Your blessings to me always. I do have money worries right now Lord. You know that. But tua n man koy tutor opportunity lagi with Danica Elaine Santiago. Pwede gani ko di n lng magtrabaho kung consistent siya patutor lagi. But then I will wait for Your direction ra jud Lord. Amen. Coz I know that she needs my help. If magwork n ko mabusy n man ko. So I will wait lng lagi Lord. Amen. A daw is Acknowledge the presence of God. B is Bring the presence of God. And C is continue the presence of God wherever we are. Pighati daw is pork chop and dalamhati is lamb chop. Hay pastilan! Such a very simple and light view of life ra jud lagi nis Fr. Jerry Orbos.

RAINBOW

Hawaii is the Aloha State or Rainbow State. Today, 9/9/23 while I was on my way to visit Tiyo Fredo's tomb, at the end of my cemetery visit, I saw a rainbow in the distance. Then I knew; that the departed elders would approve if ever I'd decide to go to Hawaii pohon. I saw a rainbow man pud last August 25 or August 29 b to. Basta I was on my way to tutor Carus Miguel Lim then sa Pilit, Cabancalan. I didn't last long with him. Coz barato ra man gud sweldo lagi nya mao ray ahong huwaton the whole day. Ma-agwanta raman ta to naho sija kung daghan pud ko itutor lagi. As it is, I took a clean break man pud with Amora so wa n ko nila unsaa. Kahibaw gud pud silas akong sitwasyon. I didn't want to start gud unta; gitagaan jud ko nila ug tutee lagi. I saw a rainbow diay pud when I was going home from Tagbilaran recently. Kanus-a b to? Morag December last year p man diay cguro to. So go go go Doki and aloha! :)

MAGING SINO K MAN FOR TV

Wow, on September 11 n at 8pm ang world premiere sa above drama on GMA-7. It stars Barbie Forteza and David Licauco. Nice kaju kay daghan ug action scenes si David. Controversial pud ang ilang picture nga nangatulog sila nga naggakos kay gipangkapoy n lagi kuno sila ato. Well, mao ra ni akong masulti. Master raba ang taga GMA lagi anang pares2 ug mga artista. Nagkadayon gud lagis Dingdong and Marian when diha to silay kanya2 nga mga uyab before: Dingdong Dantes with Karylle Padilla and Marian Rivera with Ervic Viajandre. Tungod man to sa pirmi nila kuyog2 lagi as lead stars in a drama series. So good luck nila nila BarDa lagi. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd be the next DongYan. Coz from MCAI, they worked n gud for Wansapanatym nga drama series, then That Kind of Love nga movie then kadtong ilang video sa The Way You Look at Me. Actually, ang initial kay soldier man ta tos David Licauco lagi di b during the Japanese war nya morag mameet niyas Barbie nga Pinay. But ang Maging Sino K Man man ang nadayon. So all the best in their new project and go go go FiLay nation! :)

SERBIA VS GERMANY

So it will be Serbia and Deutschland that will play in the FIBA World Cup finals tomorrow 9/10/23 at MOA Arena at 840pm. For bronze n lng daw ang Canada ug USA. Well, European man jud ng FIBA lagi so expected ra pud nga European teams ang moduwa sa finals. So nabigo ang mga Amerikano sa ilang campaign nga makasulod sa finals. But at least, either 3 or 4 sila and not 7th daw like before. Go go go teams!

SIQUIJOR STATE COLLEGE (SSC)

Today 9/8/23 around 3pm just before my interview with DLSU LSEED at 4pm, they called me up to tell me that for final interview lagi daw ko with them ig Tuesday 9/12/23 afternoon pohon. Wow, so God actually gave me an option in case di ko madawat sa DLSU LSEED pohon. I msgd them this morning that via Zoom n lng akong interview lagi pohon so that ayha ra ko mobalhin if madawat n ko. Weekend man ron, walay opisina so basin sa Monday n to sila mobawos lagi. I plan to return to Cebu ugma pohon sa hapon to work on Cousin Gigi's errand lagi ig Lunes pohon. May ng sajo aron daghan ta'g mabuhat. So please bless me always Lord. Amen. Go go go Doki. All praise and honor be to You Lord. Amen!

JOURNAL ENTRIES

Uy, namahaw n pud ko ron ug journal entries oi. Accounting n man pud gipatudlo naho ni Danica lagi. Sus 7am p lng oi diha n kos Zoom. But we had a technical problem so mga 730am n mi nakastart lagi. Hangtod mga 850am jud to kay na'man kuno xay klase pud at 9am. Lisud man gud tong notes sa iyang teacher lagi. So nakakwarta n pud ko today Lord. Maraming salamat po. Then excited nas Stone for my possible joining DLSU. Galingan lng kunos interview lagi kay ichat kuno niyas Dr. Norby Salonga nga head sa DLSU LSEED. Helen also suggested that I wear a blazer daw during the interview. Okay po, huwam lng kos k Nang Anel since I'm here in Bohol now. Sa Lunes p ko plan moadtos Cebu pohon for Cousin Gigi's errand. Mosayo lng ko para makauli n ko ig k gabii lagi. Di lng ko magdala ug laptop aron di bug-at. Go go go Doki and aloha! Naa jud rason lagi if sa Metro Manila n pud ko gustong dad-on ni Lord. Does it have something to do with a property in Parañaque? Or is it PNG? We would have to find out pohon. Happy Friday and Feast of the birthday of Mama Mary lagi :)

PREC EDU SAIGON

This is an online ESL school in Saigon, Vietnam. Dugay lng ni sila mobawos lagi pero naa jud koy chance ani nila. Today, 9/7/23 since I learned that for interview n kos LSEED lagis DLSU ugma pohon sa hapon. Wa n lng ko mopadayon sa for demo instructions nila. Gamay man gud pud ni sila ug rate lagi and ang ingon is ayha p lagi daw sila mopada sa imong sweldo if moabot n ug $100 kay mahal lagi daw ang bayad. For demo n man pud ko tonight atong BMOTA maong kadto lng sa ahong asikasohon lagi. Uy, magtiwas man ta mi ug answer sa ahong tutee sa ijang exercise this afternoon. Wa p man sija momsg. Jia you Doki, aloha! :)

GOD'S SURPRISE

Sus, just when naghuna2 n ko lagi nga mangapply ug trabaho diris Tubigon, Bohol. Niabot jud lagi ang surprise ni Lord for me. Early this morning I opened my FB kay akong ichat lagi untas Rhena Arieta Uli. Uy, diha may nimsg to ask me if econ tutor b daw ko. I said yes. Sus, tuo ko'g graduate student siya kay grabe man ang iyang materials gihatag. Uy accountancy student diay kuno xas Manila b to and she's based in Singapore. Wow! So we had our first session this morning; mga 3 hours jud to from 8am to 11am. Gibayran n pud ko nija ug downpayment. Magtiwas p kuno mi this afternoon lagi kay tua kuno xay exam sa iyang module. So I pray Lord nga ako nay ijang pilion nga tutor for the rest of the semester. So that additional income as English teacher n lng pud ahong pangitaon lagi, sa hapon or evening. Daghang salamat po Lord and aloha! :)

BMOTA (BETTER MINDS ONLINE TUTORIAL ACADEMY) - ESL SCHOOL

They are an online school daw since 2019. Right now they have 9 accounts daw and Koreans, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese kuno ilang students online. Actually last August 14 giapil n man diay ko ug GC sa Skype atong Teacher Pau. Wa jud ko ato nisanong lagi kay gisamokan kos kadaghang gisulti sa GC. Especially about atong self-introduction video. Karon 9/5/23 is my first day of training with Teacher Christianne Marie Orepol. She is actually only 24 yrs old and 3 yrs n daw siya with BMOTA. She's from Dumaguete City lagi daw. Tua p lagi daw another training ig Thursday 9/7/23 pohon. Then Friday n daw ang submission sa files that they were asking from us for Week 1 Orientation. Tua pay laing training kuno next week. Okay ra man ang ilang sweldo if Team Leader n lagi k. Okay n jud to Lord for online work lagi. They have P1k bja nga hiring bonus. But I told her that diha n lagi reply naho yday from Grace Christian College in Balintawak, Quezon City. And basin for interview n nya pud ko lagi adto pohon. I will let them know lng jud ASAP kung unsa gani dagan sa akong mga applications. Coz xempre, lisud pud if maiwan lng sila sa ere di b? Just like I am msgng Cousin Gigi Batausa pud kay for release n man tong ijang TOR lagis SWU next week. Adtoon jud tos Cebu lagi kay ipadala p man tos Canada via courier. Salamat sa support kanunay Gi and aloha! :)

GCC, SPIIKER, BETTER MINDS

Mao ni so far ang standing opportunities. Around lunchtime y'day 9/4/23, I received email from Grace Christian College (GCC) in Balintawak, Quezon City. I was asked to fill out their employee information sheet. Wow, hopefully ang sunod kay interview n lagi pohon. Salamat po Lord sa surprise. I looked at their website today. They have 5 undergraduate programs diay: Accountancy, BA major in Operations Mgmt; IT, Psychology and Secondary Education major in English. So pwede ra jud kaju ko didto diay Lord. Nice kay integrated school pud sila b, with Chinese heritage. Sus, didto kuno graduate sila Gretchen Ho oi ug David Licauco. Well, when I looked at it in the map, it made sense. Morag tua didtong dapita lagi nagpujo ang mga datu sa Metro Manila. So I will wait lng po Lord if didto ko Nimo gustong dad-on sunod. Amen po. Then last night at 19:50 I had an interview over Skype pud with Spiiker, an ESL school in China. Wala may camera during the interview which lasted for a very short while; 4m7s ra jud lagi. Morag Negra jud tong nag-interview naho lagi. Nag-ask ra'g questions about why I applied for the job, why should I be selected etc. Mahibaw-an daw in 2 days time ang outcome. Wow! Then this morning kay orientation n pud lagis Better Minds for online tutoring. Suklan ko sa jud ni lagi while wala p koy laing buhaton. Ay to cap my day diay, I received email from Mohamed Muse that my abstract was accepted for the October 2023 edition of JustRemit. Remittances regulation ang theme this time. I told him that just like last year, I will record ra my presentation and just join them via Zoom during my time to present pohon. Maraming salamat po Lord for all the blessings. Aloha Tuesday! ;)

DON CELIS ON GETTING OLD

Nice kaju ug outlook si Don Celis on getting old. He said di n lng kuno lagi hilabtan ang edad kay nagpahilom2 ra man kuno n. Hahaha, pastilan! So he gave me a nice perspective about getting old and taking life in stride. And going for what you want too. Coz I do want to pursue something lagi Lord. So please show me po where You want me to go, what You want me to do. Strengthen me po Lord for whatever mission you want me to accomplish. Amen! Hinay2 n lng jud lagi aning edara till moburp k. Coz panuhot ra lagi kunoy kuyog sa edad ug ni Sir Renante p. I had a haircut this afternoon, 9/3/23. My nephews had their haircuts too. Bonding mi ni JM pud kadyot this afternoon. Palit mi cartolina and map of the Philippines sa Alturas; sa BQ n ang map of Asia. Nihirit pud siya ug Don Macchiato oi ug ang iyang Bench pud nga spray. I told them that I will treat them to a Don Macchiato pud pohon once makakwarta or makasweldo n ko lagi pohon. Kami ni Marissa Fronteras Itable pud diay. Mao man toy sabot namo. Wait, I realized that we just have to go on living; do what we love to do despite all the body aches and pains. Ana man jud ang life. Most important is to enjoy lng lagi every part or every moment of it. Go go go Doki and aloha! :)

ANNYEONG

I dunno why, but I just want to go to Namyang, South Korea either in November or December pohon. Kung makakita n lagi ko ug trabaho soon Lord, mobook n lagi ko ug ticket pohon. Syaro sa 2 interviews ugma pohon plus sa referral ni Sir Vlad, wala Lord di b? Si Bang Ji Eun, our former student sa CDU-IS kay tua p man sa Incheon ron so pwede ko niya itour around lagi pohon. Si Aya Usuda pud would be willing to show me around Osaka pohon. Next trip n siguro n. Basta travel lng ko Lord whenever I get the time and money. All praise and glory be to You, Lord. Amen!

5H

Honesty, humility, hard work - do your part, holiness, humor. The joy of the Lord is my strength. Amen! And remember the password always: CHS.com - come holy Spirit. Doors open when we pray to the Holy Spirit. To husbands and wives, choose a password daw like coffee. If one or the other says it, it means she or he has something to say. Tara, coffee tayo lagi daw if you want to talk to someone. Isang taon n daw di mo p kinakausap. Hay Aloha, saun n lng ta ani lagi. We shouldn't waste the opportunity that God gave us lagi. Amen!

ONE WIN

Thankfully, Gilas Pilipinas won their last classification game last night against China. 5 three pointers b tos Jordan Clarkson in the 3rd quarter. Gilubong nila by about 20 points. Moresign n daw pud si Chot Reyes as head coach. All the best to our Gilas, better n ta ilang showing sa next games. Amen!

HUOA OKINAWAN FESTIVAL 2023

Since Labor Day in the USA is this Monday, time n diay pud sa Hawaii United Okinawa Association Festival. It is the largest cultural festival man jud lagi daw in Hawaii. It will be back in person kuno lagi this year and will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center. Btw tonight, my colleague and good friend Mr Vladimer Manloloyo msgd me on Messenger that nihawa n pud kuno siya lagis CDU. Pero ako daw iyang girefer to the SHS Principal nga si Madam Ria Alcantara. Baw lagi kung ila b kong dawaton nga di man PolSci akong background lagi. And I thought I'm on my way lagi to landing an online job kay 2 interviews n gud ko lagi ig Monday 9/4/23 pohon. I told Sir Vlad that moprefer n ko lagi ron ug work from home. Naanad n lagis wifi bujag. But he said win-win situation ra gihapon daw for me and for CDU if mobalik ko to fulfill the 5 yr return service. Hinuon, kay makakwarta man lagi ko in order to buy tickets for wherever I want to go. So huawton ra n nako tanan lagi Lord. Salamat po for all the blessings always and good night! Talking about our Gilas Pilipinas, morag 40-39 man to ang score labaw ang China by halftime. Sus, dikdikan diay ni ig 2nd half pohon kay last game n man sa mga Gilas lagis classification round. Nya pride lagi ang nakataya kay bokya p gud so far ang Gilas. Nya host country bja ang Pilipinas ron so uwaw kaju lagi kung wa man lay madaugan bisan isa. I really hope and pray Lord that matarong n jud tawn lagi ang among national team. Sakto n siguro ng sige'g scout anang mga Fil-Am lagi. Ibalance gud sa mga locals di b. Colonial mentality n mn pud lagi ng ilang gipairal nga sige'g kuha anang mga Fil-Am nya paduwaon diris Pilipinas. Hope maliwanagan n ang mga official Lord nga nagdala sa Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP). Amen and gudnyt to us all!

NO COMMUNICATION

My second cousin in Tennessee, Ate Lita Apillanes Lukey, once told me that wala lagi daw communication niya ang guy for like 8 months. Then nagpadala n lng lagi daw ug letter to say that he was coming within one week. Sus kujawa kaju. But Ikaw n lng lagi mahibaw Lord kung asa man jud si Kulasa lagi mahiluna. Salamat po Lord and happy weekend! :)

GREECE

Si Mam Shirley Sisante posted on Facebook that she is travelling to Greece. I wish her all the best and safe travels always! I want to say something about the ESL job, Lord. Ajaw pud ng bugbog sarado ko Lord oi. True, I want to work from home n so that pwede n ko gabas2 between Cebu and Bohol lagi. But kana pud medyo hayahay n lagi Lord. Amen. All the best to us all always. Aloha and happy weekend! :)

UGAT (Ugnayang Pang Agham-Tao) ULITAN

I submitted an abstract for their national conference in Zamboanga in November pohon. Nadawat n man ta tong akong paper about urban gardening in Cebu City. When I confirmed my online presentation, uy, nagbago man ang ihip ng hangin. I was asked to revise my abstract. They are looking for my methodology daw and key findings. Sus, wala jud koy ikasubmit nga ing ana, Sir. Wala p gud mahuman akong paper lagi. So I can always skip them Lord. Sila n lng jud diay akong tilokon di b? Tua p koy presentation oi for the JustRemit conference in Holland in mid-October pohon. Suwaton ko p ang paper then I can make my PPT then recording on Zoom. So ang AAS n lng maoy huwaton Lord kung unsay gawas. Meantime, ngita ko ug online work lagi aron naa japon koy makwarta while waiting or working on what I want as an academic. So that makagabas2 ra pud ko between Cebu and Bohol lagi. Jia you Doki and aloha! :)