5 Years Now

It has been 5yrs since nagpaag2 ko in life. Here's the breakdown:

2005 April I didn't work at USC coz magprepare lagi daw for NUS

August I went to Singapore to study PhD in Economics at NUS. Hay kataas sa standards! It was a disaster right from the start. Ako brother tawn napurdoy and I ended up withdrawing from the program...

2006 June I went home from Singapore. I was unemployed till November. I stayed on at USC till the end of my return service.

2007 November Start of my leave without pay from USC. I decided to go back to NUS man

2008 Jan I came back to NUS but di n mn nako makaya tiwason ang program so I went to Cambodia. I stayed there till November. I worked at an English school teaching Koreans here in Cebu from 8 Dec to 9 Jan. '09

2009 January I came to Legazpi to work at Fr. Jovic's NGO. I only lasted 4 months. I went home in May and facilitated my clearance with USC. I left for PP again in Oct.
I came back to my school in Cambodia. I stayed there till Oct. 2010

2010 October I went home to Philippines. Nasakit man si Mommy Sering and nagplano n mn sd molarga si Bantil. Ako n lng pud uban sa mga old. Find n lng pud ko work diri duol. Good luck to me! :)

I'm Still in a Bind

Hay, Heide. You can never escape your past, it would always be there to haunt you. At least I saw Giselle Lamban today, I'm happy. While there's life, there's hope!!

Mam Delia said big time na daw kos USC. If she only knew....

I remember my Econ 48 Econ Dev class after I came back from NUS. I was trying to explain the Harrod-Domar model. And Rogie de la Cuesta gave the better explanation. Hahay, math econ is not my domain... Still, I pray for the best!

Another Death

I learned that my hiskul klasm8, Janjan Durango passed away last August. Wow, two of my friends died in July and August. Nagkatiguwang n jd diay ko...

Happy Sunday!!

Back in Bohol

I'm now in Bohol. Ako n kuno pud uban sa amo mga tiguwang diri. Everything is strange, I miss PP more! But I know that I have to be here. If ever magminyo ko pohon, di na sila magmahay nako kay nakapuyo na mn ko with them, nakaserbisyo n mn. Good luck to me!!

HOME

There is a place that each one of us calls home. And in my case that is Tubigon, Bohol. Here I'm inserting a pic from our beloved port, and also where it is on the map, just for orientation.

I grew up in Cawayanan, my mother's hometown in Tubigon, about 11 kilometres from the town centre. We lived there till I went to high school. I had precious memories there, growing up. Then my parents decided to build a house in Tinangnan, my father's hometown and that's where we've been for almost 20 yrs now. Twenty years and I don't even feel it. Perhaps because I only stayed there for high school and during semestral breaks when I was in college. Then I worked in Cebu, at USC after graduation and I really just go home during semestral breaks and/or special occasions. It is home but it is biniyaan kanunay. Even our neighbours, we hardly know by heart but we know that almost all of them are relatives of my father.

I once told a friend in NUS that I live in a small town. But actually Tubigon is not a small town, I just feel that it is so. Because I do feel that whatever actions I do are monitored or magnified somehow. Kaila2 ra man gud mi tanan didto. Any tsismis and it sure will circulate around. Once our salutatorian in high school was said to have been pressured to graduate w/ honours b/c Hazel and I alrdy graduated w/ honours. It's all part of hometown life, if ever there's such a thing! :-)