FEBRUARY 13 POHON

Yes, on this day pohon magsugod n daw ang classes sa VSU for 2nd semester. Wahhh, grabe! Coz February 9 man lagi ang closing date atong job vacancy relevant to me. So what does that mean, morag kilat n lng ko ani moadtos VSU if madawat ko? Kujawa kaju ni sila man diay oi. My contact is still in the USA p gani; sa February 15 p daw to siya mauli pohon. Well, Ginoo n ang bahala sa tanan. Aloha to us all! ;)

LAST TAPING DAY, MCAI

Naglast taping day n si Dennis Trillo as Simoun sa Maria Clara at Ibarra (MCAI). Sila Juancho Triviño pud and David Licauco said Feb 4 kuno ilang last taping day lagi. Pastilan, saun kaha pagtiwas ang MCAI lagi? Looking forward n kos next project ni Barbie Forteza and David Licauco or Team FiLay for short. Remake daw of a Korean series. Kanang bagay nila dapat para magkadayon sila. Diha gud koy nabasa lagi nga the next Dongyan kuno sila Barbie ug David. Datu man gud si David Licauco lagi buyag and si Barbie is in a long-term relationship man with Jak Roberto. Morag 5 years n gud sila lagi. Grabeha no kung magkadayon jud sila? 3rd project n lagi nila ang MCAI, after Heartful Cafe and Mano Po Legacy. But kaning MCAI man gud ang nihit nila. Hehe. Tua n gud kanta lagis David Licauco nga narecord entitled Kailangan Kita. So let's see. Go go go! ;)

READ IN ACADEMIA.EDU

Nakatawa ko coz I got email that si Dr. Arsenio Balisacan, a renowned Philippine economist from UPSE and currently NEDA secretary-general, read my paper daw on rice trade liberalization in the country. Kadugay n ato coz September 2003 p to lagi, my lone article lagi to nga napublish so far at PQCS. It's an offshoot of my MA thesis at ISS. Somebody from Economics Department, Fordham University in New York lagi kuno pud oi read that same article back in April or July last year. Lingawa kaju. Then this guy named T'roy Bumagat of CIMMYT (Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) is following me daw on www.academia.edu. Heheh, lingawa kaju. Wala lang, padayon lng ta ani lagi. While there's life, there's hope. Jia you to us all and aloha! ;)

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, ASIAN STUDIES CENTER

Sila man lagi ang co-organizer sa Global Asia nga international conference ron so today, 2/5/23, on Day 2 of the event, si Dr. James Alexander Cook gave us some insights about their school. Promotion! If Harry Potter has a Hall of Wisdom. Sila kuno pud have their Cathedral of Learning. Heheh. Pittsburgh is in southwest Pennsylvania diay kuno. Actually morag west n gani siya on the map. Sila Mike and Ed went on a trip to that part of the US before. Mao may ilang gishare lagi during the reception. Hay pastilan. Kana man gud lugara is Old Dominion sa USA. Sila Michael Okamoto, Nick Millward, Jeff Mazziotta are PA boys. Temple University connection. From my class in IS 144 US Economy and Trade Relations: Megalopolis man daw ang tawag ana nila dapita, stretching from New York, down to Baltimore, MD to New Jersey. I can only relate Pittsburgh to Hershey's chocolates and Andrew Carnegie, industrial parts of the USA. Si Ann2 Tortor is in Delaware. Sila Junas Basio and Julie Ann Belaniso pud are in Virginia. But nibalhin n man lagi sila Junas ron sa North Carolina where Benjamin and Johnette and Dodong Arthur and family are located. Si Madam Espie Gargar pud ug si Mam Maggie Andamon ang akong mga kaila sa New York. Go go go lang Doki, aloha! :)

WRITING A BOOK

There's this writer named Sha Nacino. She has authored 12 books b to. She has free webinars on how to write your own book. I will look at it siguro and see what I can do while waiting for that VSU thing. Jia you Doki, magbayad sa ta ug HOA for February 2023. Aloha and happy weekend! :)

JULY POHON

They have tickets n lagi kuno to come here pohon. But I really dunno what's gonna happen then. It would be good if magkita mi. Ikaw n jud ang bahala sa tanan Lord. All praise and honor be to You. Amen and aloha. Happy weekend!

GLOBAL ASIA: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

From February 4 to February 5, 2023, UP Asian Center has a global conference on the above topic. Morag 8 am to 10am on both days. This is in cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh diay Center for unsa n to. Day 1 was all about China and Japan. Si Dr Kay Shimizu talked about Japanese agricultural cooperatives. I like it. Then didto n pud si Ms Antoniette Raquiza. Igsoon jud ni siya ni Marivic Raquiza for sure. We finished at about 1030am. Onward to the next day n pud pohon. Jia you Doki, go go go! Next Saturday n ang orientation lagis Foundation University MBA program. I plan to attend so that I can also meet my colleagues there, even though I am only a guest lecturer lagi daw this semester. Hehe. Go go go! ;)

LORNA, MADON

Mula noon, hanggang ngayon bujag. Great friends jud n nahos Lorna and Madon. When I applied for PhD Econ gud sa Hawaii for Sept 2016 unta, Lorna was willing to lend me then the amount needed to pay for my GRE. Nahadlok lng lagi ko ato maong wa jud ko nadayon. This time, morag iya ko pabayloon n pud ug small amount aron lng jud na'koy magasto2 while waiting kung madawat b kos VSU or not. Madon on the other hand had been like a surrogate mother to me. Sa Netherlands p jud mi, she treated me like a daughter n. She would always call me to eat her paksiw n mackerel with matching oranges if mag-oopen market siya. Gitawag man ko niya'g tanga kaisa coz maldita siya buyag. But she's always been there for me. The last time she was here in Cebu was April 2019 man cguro. She has 2 condo units man gud here in Cebu maong naa jud xay rason to come here. God bless you and your loved ones, Madon and Lorna. Aloha and happy weekend! :)

APPEN, VSU JOB PORTAL

This morning 2/3/23 I viewed the VSU Jobs Portal just to check if there really is a vacancy for the post that Sir Guiraldo said I could apply to at VSU. Assistant Professor 1 diay oi at their DLABS (Department of Liberal Arts and Behavioral sciences) ang opening and the closing date is on February 9th pohon. Sir Guiraldo said he will just get back to me daw coz he was in a conference earlier. I pray for the best. Amen. I signed up for possible online work n lng with Appen and they said after 2 weeks p daw ko kontakon. Wala p man pud reply si Mam Charlotte but more or less agreed n to nga tagaan ko niya ug subjects and if I teach with them this semester, tiwason jud nako ang sem. Hahay, jia you Doki! You will get there ra lagi. The message from Sir Diluvio this morning is to wait for what you want because it may be difficult daw to wait but it is more difficult daw to regret. Salamat po and aloha!

ASEAN BCG RESEARCHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Last January 27, 2022 I received email from EURAXESS ASEAN about this ASEAN BCG (Bio-circular Green Economy) Researcher Development Program lagi. I applied right away and we will start this afternoon at 1pm Bangkok time which is 2pm Manila time. Ay I'm excited for this. Coz there is a possibility man for me to attend the next phase of the training in Thailand pohon, all travel expenses covered as they say. Only those who would attend the 1st phase of the program daw, only 30 will be selected for the next phase. Wow, paningkamot nga maapil k, Doki. Aloha, go go go! Sus, kataas pas prusisyon ani diay oi. The webinars will be till end April p daw pohon, every Wednesday afternoons. Coz na'may training how to write for journals, international funding etc. Then mga early June lagi daw sila moannounce kung kinsay mopadayon sa next phase. Adtos Bangkok n lagi ni pohon. Hehe, all up to You, Lord kung madawat b ko ani o di. I will wait ra po. Amen. Jia you japon Doki, go go go! Btw I met somebody from CTU Barili in the webinar this afternoon. He studied in ViSCA diay kuno oi. Sign? ;)

MAYBE NOT

Dili man siguro tinuod oi. That person from the Economics Department at Fordham University who read my paper in April or July last year could just be anybody. I don't have to put any meaning to it. Ngano gud tawn di b? I have readers gud from Haiti, Nigeria etc. I just have to keep doing my work everyday and I will get there ra lagi. Jia you Doki. Btw I am already part of the GC sa faculty members sa Foundation University MBA. On Saturday 11 February in the afternoon naa daw mi orientation. This will be another experience for me so I'm happy about it. Dugay2 n gud pud ang akong XU-AdC stint back in August 2015. Jia you to us all, aloha! ;)

VERY RICH

As is ironic in Philippine society. David Licauco who now plays a rebel in Maria Clara at Ibarra (MCI) book 2 (last 3 weeks) is actually a very rich man in real life. He was rich in Book 1 as Fidel de los Reyes y Maglipol, friend of Crisostomo Ibarra though. He's actually a scion of a business family. He was born daw in Tabaco, Albay to Jack and Eden Licauco. He has 3 sisters and a brother. He was approached daw while partying in Boracay if he wanted to go into showbusiness. He competed actually in Mr. and Miss Chinatown 2014 (hosted by Kim Chiu and Gretchen Ho) and he won first runner up. He doesn't mind exposing his upper chest on his Instagram considering that he is a gym rat. In the first part of MCI, he played a rich friend of Crisostomo Ibarra. But again the story is now in season 2 in which he plays a rebel after understanding and embracing the causes being fought for by his good friend. Latest part of the story - He stands to see Klay, his love interest in Book 1, played by Barbie Forteza. She was jailed for not having a cedula. Will they rescue her from the cuartel? I think so and they will see each other again. Hay char, kilig ilang love story! :) But how will the drama series end? Malagim man diay ang El Filibusterismo oi. Unlike Noli Me Tangere b nga medyo kaya ra. Good luck n lng to the entire GMA 7 creative team. Coz it will end on February 17 sa gabii lagi kuno. Go go go! ;)

CHASING HIM?

I don't know why, but every time there's talk of Philippine history, the Revolution etc, masud jud si Sir L.E. sa akong huna2. Saun, interesting and modern take man jud pud on Philippine society ang iyaha. Just like Dr Carol Hau and Dr Nicole CuUnjieng-Aboitiz. I got into this very interesting MOOC gud from MIT EdX on Visualizing Cultures: Imperialism in the Philippines from 1898 to 1913. Makahuna2 man pud ko'g enrol in a History course lagi due to them. Jia you to us all, aloha! ;)