JULY 8, 2022

This must be a day to remember. At 9am I was in a webinar organised by ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute of Dr. Michael Green, renowned scholar on US-Japan affairs on the US Indo Pacific Economic Framework. He is the head of the US Center on Strategic Studies b to in Sydney. Then suddenly at around noontime, I heard the news of the assasination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara. He was campaigning for a candidate daw in Nara, Japan for the Upper House elections on July 10th. Tsk tsk, I'm sure the world has lost a truly great leader. Good morning to us all and aloha!

APOLOGY?

So when Nicolas told me on 3/22/22 evening that I deserve better. Apology diay to? Mao mn gud akong nasabot from the Hallmark movie that I watched on Youtube today. But I already told him in response that we would always be friends. Hahay. Basta I do not know him n lagi. I guess we're now living our separate lives. Jia you to us all and aloha!

HALLMARK MOVIES JULY 7, 2022

I have watched 2 Harkmall movies on Youtube so far: the 1st one was about 2 people who knew each other from high school. They met again when they both have toy companies already etc etc. The second one was about 2 people n pud who knew each other from culinary school in Switzerland and then they meet again via a cooking contest etc. Pastilan! The 3rd one I will finish soon. It involves hiking; the guy is an Aussie named Joey and the other guy is named Colt. Heheh. Basta, I'm sure magswitch ni sila ug partners ani sa ending sa movie.

MIGRATION and HOUSING RESEARCHES

I received email man lagi of 4 topics that the LDE Centre GMD is planning to apply for funding daw for Horizon Europe 2023/24. I signified interest sa 2 (migration research and housing) and wala n lng sa other 2. Puros democracy n mn gud lagi to sila. And since nibawos man si Prof Peter Scholten nga dili sya pwede, nibawos n lng pud ko nga wala koy experience leading a research on migration. Si Maartje v/d Woude ang nisignify nga molead phn. Magmeeting daw mi online oi to discuss what we can do. Nigulong n pud ang email sa housing research. Magmeet n daw pud mi online lagi pohon. Sus intawn ang echoserang frog nga si Kulasa lagi. Itoy2 ra jud tawn ko ani nila lagi kay pwera bujag lagi ilang mga credentials ug research records, Lord. Mauwaw ko but gihatag man ni nimo nako Lord so naa jud rason ang tanan lagi di b? Maghonest lng gud ko kanunay kung unsay akong kayang buhaton ug di kayang buhaton. Si Rowanne kay lie low sa lng daw kay gikan daw sya nag-opera sa mass sa iyang left breast. Pwede ra mn gud n ug di hilabtan lagi. But I wish her all the best. Jia you to us all always. Aloha!

July 7 and July 14 Webinar

Ang sa YCAPS kay July 7 man sa gabii for the Upper House elections sa Japanese Parliament this time. Ang sa Temple University Japan Campus kay the week after n pud at 9am I think. Idiscuss daw nila ang implications sa election results. Jia you to us all and aloha!

TCW, MIGRATION RESEARCH

This morning 7/5/22, sajo kaju nitawag si Mam Jhe to tell me that ihatag daw niya nako ang iyang klas in TCW kay di n lagi daw niya madala. So ako n lng pud gidawat kay grasya n lagi to. Pwede n ko ato makaadto ug Japan phn lagi kung pwede n. Intawn si Kulasa, nagsalimuang n pud ang huna2. Hahah. Anyway, medyo nigulong n mn ang migration research kay nibawos n mn si Prof. Peter Scholten lagis email about the calls for Horizon 2023/24. Nibawos n lng pud ko nga wala p ko kalead ug migration research before but daghan jud lagi nga health care migrants giproduce ang CDU and that there are so many other migrants p jud from the Philippines. I just said inform us n lng for the next steps moving forward from here. Ako n pud giemail si Dr. Matthew Hoye nga di n lng ko attend in person sa conference lagi in October phn kay impractical kaju considering nga mahal n lagi kaju ang air tickets due to the Ukraine crisis. So jia you to us all and aloha!

INGKO ELI (+)

Today 7/4/22 they said in our GC that namatay lagi daw si Ingko Eli. Namatay n lng sija wa jud mada lagis ospital. May you rest in eternal peace, Ingko. I will miss you. Wala nay mokanta ug Dahon nga Laya lagi. Then I decided also not to attend the conference in Holland in person anymore kay mahal n lagi kaju ang ticket ron due to the Ukraine crisis. Magrecord n lng gud kos akong presentation and send it to them. Via Zoom n lng ko join lagi phn. Morag midterms man ng October 13 to 14 pohon, ok ra kaju kung via Zoom n lng ko. Di n ko maghago sa byahe ug ni Ate Ica p. Nanan-aw n btaw ko ug tickets to Japan lagi. Hahah. So jia you to us all and aloha!

SIR VLAD, LETTING GO

He is my good friend and colleague jud. During the pandemic he was our chair from August to December 2020. Pag January 2021 till now kay si Mam Jehanne Macarimbang n man lagi ang among chair sa Socsci. He told me last week nga di daw pakamatyan ang CDU kay minimum ra daw ilang support nako. Well, tinuod. Unsa may kabangkaagan ana nila lagis academic work? Nga syllabus may ilang gipakadak-an instead of research. Sakto si Sir Vlad. Makakita gani ko ug nindut nga opportunity pohon. Biyaan ko jud ng CDU lagi. But the thing is my return service for my studies. Well, since naglockdown in 2020, 3 subjects to akong gidala and morag last sem from February to May ra jud lagi ko nihandle ug 12 units. This time I have 1 summer klas pud. Ig August lagi daw phn, if back to teaching full time n lagi daw ko. Di n lng daw sila mohire ug bag-o kay ako n lng daw patudluon. Jia you to us all and aloha! :)

JAPANESE IMPERIAL FAMILY

I keep signing up ra man pud sa upcoming YCAPS talks or events. Ang latest one akong nakita is a talk about the Japanese Imperial Family: From Ancient Past to Uncertain Future kuno. Hope nindut ug accent ang speaker ato. But bahala n, basta kay na'na pud nice webinar lagi. Good morning to us all and aloha! ;)

MIGRATION

Current ra jud diay ang research on migration and diversity by LDE Centre GMD, www.gmdcentre.nl. Coz like in Europe, mga misyonero ug mga migrante mn jud lagi ang nagbuhi sa ilang mga ekonomiya. Singapore benefits so much pud from migrants. Apil raba nis lessons sa TCW ang Global Migration. Magdiscuss ra mi about it pohon towards the finals. I emailed my Health Econ prof diay sa NUS, si Prof. Ake Blomqvist kay he talked to me man before about possible health care migrants to Canada lagi daw from the Philippines. Jia you to us all and aloha!

MISSION

Before during pre-pandemic times, naa jud nay Holy Mass ang Channel 9 CNN Philippines live from SM City. At one point, the priest said di daw ta kaingon nga Father matanda n po ako para sa misyon kay kung mao jud daw nay gusto ni Lord for our life, mao jud daw nay matuman. Pastilan, Dokiliza. Naa n ko diha nga point in my life, Lord. Ever since Aunty Helen's burial in Hawaii last February 25, 2022 here in the Philippines. Kay saun nagweird man gud si Mr. Hawaii lagi Lord. Asa k anang puros icons ray gitubag sa akong msgs. Huh? I told him then lagi that wala n koy plano nga mobalhin p anywhere. Anyway, nimsg mn to siya lately. Magstorya n ta ug tarong oi aron magklaro ta ani kung asa ta. I can make plans to visit Hawaii siguro in August pohon after summer klases. Pero saun mn lagi tawn ang taga Japan Lord oi? Well, bata p mn gud to kajus Mr. YCAPS lagi. Si isa morag okay pero kagkaga pud ato niya ug buhok lagi. Pareho n mi atong way panudlay. Then ang isa kay ingon tiguwang n lagi kuno pud siya ug minyo n so di n jud to pud siya pwede. Jia you to us all and happy Sunday. Aloha lng ng aloha gud di b? Amen.

JUNE 30, 2022

We had a webinar in the afternoon with Dr. Macayan. Si Neil Diola ang nipresent for us sa SocSci. 3rd to present mi, after Physical Science and Physical Education. Art Appreciation tong iyang gipresent. Na-amaze si Dr. Macayan bujag oi. Heheh. Gisapot kunos Mam Alona oi nganong gipapresent p jud kunos Mam Beth lagi nga di man daw sila ready. Well, at least we all learned di b? Nauwaw siguro sila ato kay niingon n mn lagis Dr. Macayan nga sinali kuno siya sa workshop hahah. Jia you to us all and aloha! Wa n ko kaagwanta bitaw pud. I asked Mr Hawaii to set me straight kung minyo b siya o di. Sige po.

JULY 1, 2022

I went to the post office in Subangdaku this morning to check if I really have a parcel from Mike Okamoto in Japan. Wala man daw. Hmm. Then I went to CDU to drop off my graduation present to Anika at her dad's ofc sa RS. Then I went to CAS faculty room n lng pud. Didto si Mam Jhe among chair. Gusto ta siya makadawat sa akong papers for CHED funding request sa conference in Holland in mid-October lagi phn but busy man si Ms Berns gud kay tua n xas Admissions Ofc lagi. Sa Monday n lng cguro to nako hikayon pohon oi. Then I went to SM City Cebu in order to meet Sir Jason and his family. They are here on vacation kay graduation daw pud ni misis nya ugma phn sa USJR-Basak. Y'day they were in Bohol. Nag-overnight diay kuno sila didto oi with Sir Renante and his family. Maayo aron nagbonding sila. Gihatod daw pud sila ni Sir Nante sa pantalan sa Tagbilaran. Wow! At least nagkita lagi ang friends and classmates from Silliman University. After lunch nagbuwag n mn pud mi kay nagsige mn ko ug panghuy-ab lagi. I also thought they needed to rest kay gikan pas byahe lagi. Salamat sa pagbisita. Mag-agree n lagi daw mi ni Mam Vilam ug Sir Nante nga magtiwas sa among mga dissertation. Jia you to us all and aloha!