COURAGE

This guy in Papua New Guinea called me a courageous woman. Then si Edward Venuti called me an 'exciting, interesting, adventurous woman'. Baw lagi oi, asa n lng ko ani. Mam Beth said ayaw kuno kahadlok sa wa pa mahitabo. Heheh, thanks kaju Mam. Xempre I need these voices every now and then no? I need as much help as I could jud on this journey. Jia you to us all and aloha!

OUR FORMER STUDENT PASSED ON

I dreamt about it morag December p mn cguro to. Nga drive2 daw lagi mi nila Niña ug Steffi around CDU then diha miy need tumban nga tomb before mi makaproceed. Sus, si Chrisia (+) Gulane diay intawn to. She passed on last Friday, 3/5/21 at 3am. She was only 29 yrs old. Saun, diabetic mn gud kuno to siya diay intawn. Nya since 17 yrs old p daw sya nag-insulin. I went to her wake yday at St Peter near Pacific Mall. She is in a happier place now. Go on with your journey, Chrisia! Say hi to Sir Jam n lng.

PROPOSAL REVISIONS

Since I was able to defend my proposal last December 2020, I am now going thru the revisions. I received the comments of the 2 other panelists last February 12, 2021 so I plan pud nga this week tiwason ni. One month pud ako allowance. Kay xempre, napa gud koy 4 klases to mind this sem. Jia you Doki, slay your goals today ug ni Alan Tabanao p. Heheh. All the best n lng to us always!

SM Seaside Date

Last Saturday 3/6/21 I met with my former classmates in DPE, Mam Rutchiel Rabor and Mam Mila Vildosola at SM Seaside. Ngaon ra gud mis Tokyo Tokyo and talked about my lovelife. First come, first serve daw oi. Heheh. Thank you ladies and good luck with your very challenging life at Naga City High School! I last saw them in May 2016 at the end of our lectures. We had dinner somewhere in Basak. After that mao n dayon to amo next kita. Miss you all! :)

TL and JA

It took about 3 weeks for Joe to reply to my message to him. He's busy daw in Maryland. Then when I told T that nibawos nas Joe, nakigchat sija naho. She told me to tell her if I'm coming to Cambodia. She said I love it there kuno. Tinuod mn pud. Coz I was sincere jud when I was there. And life there was just very simple. Told her man gud our volunteering there was 13 years ago na this June phn. She said had it been that long? We could've been roommates daw if nistay p kos volunteer house. Never mind, T. We are still very good friends. She's in San Francisco now. Basin sa Cambodia mi magkita ug balik. All up to God. Amen. Btw this series "Secret Love Online" on G-Tv formerly GMA NewsTV is really nice. It made me think of my heart n pud. Kung asa n mn lagi sija ron. Sa Cambodia p rin b o sa Hawaii n. It's for you to find out Doki. Take your time lang gud and be gentle with yourself. Most important.

Misunderstanding with my Family in HI

Diri jud mi masango dapita. Basta magstorya nas misunderstanding with my Aunt and cousin in Hawaii. Kay di mn gud ko gusto nga ako ray iblame for what happened. Anyway, I explained my side n jud to him. Tanan n jud to. Bahala n sija'g unsaon to nija pagsabot. Basta kay kaisa ra jud ko mosulti ato. God bless us always! Iyaha n gibasa though wa p siya motubag. I will wait kung unsay iya isulti. Basta kay mao n to jud. I would never want to go through stress like that ever again. Please lang intawn.

SECRET LOVE ONLINE

On Friday 3/5/21 pohon mahuman na ang Secret Love Online on G-TV which was previously GMA NewsTV. Nice kaju sija ug istorya. It is originally entitled Ab Ruk Online in Thailand where it originated. Morag 2018 siya nigawas. It stars Anne Thongprasom, Mark Prin Suparat, Kimberley Anne Woltemas and Peter Corp Dyrendal. It's the story of a career executive nga kachat iya young employee. Love love!

NOT TRUE

Since 2013 with Coach I have been pursuing something not true man gud. I even went to Mindanao coz I would've wanted to meet him. But di japon nako kaya. Then after Coach there was Sir Leloy Claudio nga kachat pud nakos Messenger. He is an activist of course so di jud to siya pwede. Then during our silver anniversary reunion, a classmate said he wants to marry me kuno. Gihighjack p gani kos ako hiskul klasm8s ato to go to Macaas so that magstorya mi. Taasa lagi atong adlawa oi. Bahala k diha oi, di jud ko no? Told him I have no plans of moving to Metro Manila na. Then after that I came back to Cebu and si Coach came here. Wa mn to sija gihapon oi. He only messaged me nga padung n sila uli. Then si Yoyong came here in October 2017 to see me. He only stayed for one night coz he had to go home the next day. He was still taking care of his elderly dad then so di jud to siya mobalhin diri Cebu. He would eventually pass on in September 2018 and his mom pud in April 2019. Then tradisyon man daw sa mga Ilokano ang magmourn for one year so giabot n lng mi ug Covid nga wa mi magkita. So asa kaha ko ani kadung no? I trust God and his plans lng jud. Diha pa diay si Andrew in February 2018 nga another way klaro n pud. I would still want to go to Cambodia and Laos and possibly Hanoi after covid phn. I hope he would want to see me this time. Pwede ra mn sad ug di so that diretso nas forget. What's important is I would see Rattanak phn, his family and his shop. Jia you Doki, all the best always!

MYANMAR

Ate Ica had an officemate before nga si Christine from Yangon. We would have wanted to go there visit but la n madayon. Niuli n mn lagi ko in October 2010 and started working in CDU in November 2010. As it is, naay coup d'etat sa Myanmar this time coz gusto diay sa mga Amerikano nga tangtangon nas Aung Saan Suu Kyii. Baw libog mn gud n sila kay mora2 ug Cambodia b. Klaro lng ilang military junta unlike in Cambodia nga it is Hun Sen running as Prime Minister. But actually mao2 ra ng mga istoryaha sila. Si Mary Chanyapat was looking for a resource person on Myanmar issues. After scouring here and there, I eventualy found Sir Jason Cocjin to interface with us in the group chat. Si Luchie Blanco who used to work in Myanmar is there too. Di mn sya confident kay NGO man iya work. Good luck to us all! :)

LAOS

Tita Sonia and family are now in Laos na diay. Wow! Morag Viantiane sila. I plan to see them phn after Covid. She said she will pick me up at the airport. May lagi'g makabyahe ko nga I don't plan to get vaccinated baya. Jia you Doki, you can do it! May n lng there is a holiday this coming Thursday phn, Feb. 25. At least I can work on my revisions n jud intawn cguro. Last week of February n next week phn Lord. Amen.

DOWN MEMORY LANE

On Saturday 2/20/21 nga medyo bagjo2 I went down memory lane. I organized my loose photos and mounted them on my blank nga photo album. From elementary to work to Holland and back n mn to. The new ones there are the pictures that Ate Ica took when we were at the plaza across St Joseph Church in Tagbilaran morag 5 years ago or so. I looked at my old photo albums n lng pud from my Holland sojourn. Heheh, sa akong kastress this time, nitunga ug sayo ako dugo. This afternoon I plan to go to Land Bank in Mandaue to have my bank account checked. I need to buy food pud and pay my water bill sa Wealth Bank Pacific Mall. 4pm sila magsara. I need to relax first oi. Jia you to us always!

CHRISTMAS CARD

I can't forget him diay coz he sent me a card last Christmas without my knowledge and I only received it yesterday 2/17/21 Ash Wednesday around lunchtime. I emailed him in his RPM email coz he is not talking n mn lagi to me sa Messenger. Hahay, I do need to say sorry to this guy big time. I told him on the email that if he still wants the box, I will send it to him. I said just tell me what to put in it. Okay, this is what I will do. I will send him something n lng from here coz I really felt guilty after receiving his card. I heard from him n mn sa Messenger. Jia you to us! Mahal mn diay intawn magpadala oi so wa jud koy napada. Card ra jud. Jia you!

NENE

He knows Tagalog actually. Nene mn ang title sa iya video of a goose nga nipungko. Then he had a video lagi pud of Seafood City nga Tagalog song ang iyang gibackground music. "Mahirap ang mag-isa" gud. Nideny lng siya coz di cguro sya gusto nga mag-Tagalog mis chat. Or maybe it reminds him of his ex-wife? Heheh, jia you Doki. Smile lng gud kanunay!