CDO Maundy Thursday to Easter

I went to Cagayan de Oro from Holy Thursday to early Easter Sunday. Ganahan mn gud ko mobakasyon and di pa ko ganahan mouli. Maong adto n lng ko didto kay di kaju gasto. Mahal kaju moadtos SG man gud. Laju n pud ang PP kay way direct. Jia you Doki, taronga imo reflection time. Cge. I was able to attend Last Supper Mass at the Church of Our Lady of Fatima in Velez St. Diha ra gud kos duol sa aho gisak-an. Then on Good Friday, I went to the Divine Mercy Shrine in El Salvador. Sus, kadaghan n lng jud sa mga tawo. Ang sunod nakos linya ingon taga-Malaybalay pa kuno to sila. I have long wanted to go there. Natuman ra jud. In the afternoon, nakahabol pud kos prusisyon sa Velez St. Ang Santo Entiero ug Mater Dolorosa na to ahong naabtan. I met up with my good friend Mercie also on Saturday. And I was able to do some work for my requirements sa Dumaguete. Then they accompanied me to SM City Downtown. Nindut pud ila SM didto, hayahay pud. Naay daghan space for kiosks sa entrance. I'm sure in time, maoccupy ra to sila. I came back to Cebu on Sunday morning. La lng mi nagkita ni Bantil, ako maguwang who was visiting from Lipa City, Batangas where she works. But magkita ra mi ig Mayo pohon, kung madayon ang amo Ilocos trip. God bless us all!

SU 1st Sem, 2nd Sem 2017-2018

Unknowingly nahuman ra ang ako 1st sem of my Phd studies at SU. Balik-balikan ra naho kada Sabado ug asahay pud naay Friday nights. Jia you Doki. 4 ako subjects this sem. Sila Dr Indab, Dr Rivera, Dr Felix ug Dr Cleope ako teachers. As of this time, I alrdy have grade ka Dr Cleope. 3.6/4.0 kuno kos Asian Civilizations. Urbanization and Rural Development mn to ako topic. Cge po.

Vinati

She's a very good friend of mine. I met her in ISS, as well as her parents. She was a diploma student I think. Over the years, we don't always communicate. But these days, she is indeed my adviser in my lovelife. Apparently, she is as old as my eldest sister. She is married and has adopted a daughter. Thanks for your great insights, Vinati. Always appreciated!

Say

I told him that I want stability at this point in my life. Syempre oi, I worked hard gud to get to the point where I am now. I don't want to make major adjustments na jud. I hope he is not surprised by that email. I just want to lay my cards down on the table. Feel mn gud nako that he is trying to make his distance, he's starting to do it. Cge lang Dong. If to say goodbye is for the best why not do it as early as now?? Keep the faith lng jud Doki. Kaluy-an ra ka ni Lord. Amen.

SCARY

POM has security issues diay. You cannot just walk around and you are not advised to take public transport. You have to ensure kuno that the windows of your car are locked while travelling and that the windows and doors of your home are locked before dark. Wahh, ing-ana sila kapobre? What did I ever get myself into Lord?? But then na'man lagi Pinoy auditing business that has survived there for the past 2o yrs now. Omega Business Consulting Inc. Filipinos working in POM are in auditing, hotel management as well as IT. I keep the faith. The latest industry employing thousands of Pinoys in PNG is the LNG project in the Highlands. 30,000 na gud kuno ang mga Pinoy didto ron. PAL lagi is restoring their flights from MNL-POM-MNL. Mahal raba ila plete. Mas barato ang Air Niugini. Jia you! I told him about this diay and he said media propaganda ra kuno na. But then, local mn gud xa mao makasulti sya'g ing ana. Kami kay foreigners mn mi didto, so lahi jud dapat amo perspective. Cge.

NUS - 2005 to 2006, 2008

There was a time in my life when I truly became unsettled; I made so many mistakes. And one of these mistakes was coming to the National University of Singapore in 2005 to 2006. They offered me a Research Scholarship actually for four years, renewable every year in order to do PhD Economics. Wahhh, panga'n lay nindut ato but kalisud n lng jud sa life! Kaniwang2 gud ko didto. Hurot ako oras ug tinubag sa problem sets nga di jud tawn ko kamao! When I came home in June 2006 my mom told me not to go there again. Kay niwang mn ko kaju. Maklaro na gud akong bukog sa abaga. As early as March 2006 niwang na ko ato. I was taking up Health Econ, Micro and Singapore Economy that sem. For my 1st semester I took up Macro Theory, Econ Growth in East Asia and International Banking and Finance. But despite of what happened, I learned a lot from that experience. I knew what Economics is at the international graduate level. So many students diay got into the same predicament as I did. Si Dai Jianzhong who was my classmate in ISS also downgraded to Masters. He did ECD n gani sa ISS. I even took over his carrel unta sa PhD Room. Wa n lng ko nidayon. Si Deepti had to withdraw pud from the scholarship program. I think she paid before she left. Preparation ra mn gud kuwang naho. Di na maapas if didto p ko magreview. And wala pud lagi koy study group nakit-an! And I realized that kuwang mn diay ang akong trigonometry from high school and integral calculus pag college. Pwede ra mn gud unta ug wa n lng ko ato nilarga to SG. I had an invitation gud for a refresher course in Nepal that time. And admission from Utrecht University as an external PhD student. Saun mn lagi nga nainsecure mn ko kay di lagi ko mathematical sa ako econ. Econ Dev ra mn gud ako gihandle ato, sa PolSci students pa jud. Mao I felt left out, nga di n ko part sa USC Econ. I had a schedule pud of teaching Health Econ sa Nursing for TTH nga mobreak ra ko kung maglunch. Kay 730-900, 900-1030 and 1030-1200 mn to. Then 130-300 and 300-430. Then ang MWF na ato maoy luag2. So when my NUS Research Scholarship came, I grabbed it like a hot potato. Besides, I asked if I could defer it to January 2006. Nicky said man that wala nay scholarship sa January 2006 mao nilarga n lng jud ko ato. When I got my NUS scholarship on the mail diay, that was the time of the late Sir Eche's death. Rest in peace Sir! But despite all of these things, si Sheryl Navarez who I met there as a Masters student told me that 'Singapore may be a mistake to you but it was a blessing to me coz I met someone like you'. Thanks a lot, She. Nagkita n mn mi diri Cebu last December 2019 coz they came here for a vacation man. And from Cebu they went to Bohol. Ako n lng ilang giari kay wa mn lagi koy bisita2 nilas SG. I paid up my outstanding balance with NUS man jud last January 2020 during the start of the covid pandemic. I requsted for TOR too so na'na koy transcript of that particular experience. I even wanted to visit Singapore in June last year but my ticket got cancelled of course due to the pandemic. Hasta akong Cebu to Bangkok nga ticket pud nacancel and tuas travel fund good for 3 years daw. Malargahan ra to phn kay need n mn jud ko magparenew ug passport ani. I left USC in November 2007. I took a leave without pay for one semester. I came back to NUS in January 2008 then dropped out and went to Cambodia in February 2008. I didn't want to return to USC anymore. I came home from Cambodia in October 2010 and started in CDU in November 2010. The next day niopen pud ang S&R nga among silingan. Surprise jud ni Lord ang CDU kay niari gud ko ug Cebu ato para lang makigkita ni Ms Ching nga kauban ug work in Ate Ica and mother of my former student there. But nag-anticipate ra pud ko nga interviewhon ato. I remember that I changed clothes n lng gud at the toilet in Chinabank Magallanes kay for interview mn kos CDU lagi. And gipasugod ko dayon. So pagkagabii n gud ko lagi after dinner with Ms Ching ato nauli sa Palm Heights. And si Bantil niari to'g Cebu kay ijang gihatod ahong mga sanina for work. I have been with CDU since! Jia you Doki. Everything will be alright. Zephaniah 3:13 or 39 ba to? Amen!

Jayeel

I greeted him merry Christmas last December but he gave me a cold response mao la na nako siya samok2a ron. I understand he is in Chinese University Hong Kong as of the moment for his postdoc. Didto pud cja gikan sa Japan. Cge na lng sya byahe2 ron kay international academic n mn. National Scientist pa. Cge po, more power to you always. Pahipi lng ko diris Dumaguete. Hahah

Effort

Si Mam Vilma said pasagdan lang daw naho cja nga mangita ug effort to show that he really likes me and cares for me. True. Coz the reason why he signed up to FB and to Messenger is thru me. Ako mn sya gihangyo nga adto mi talk. But sa email mn jud mi nagkaila. Cge mi exchange emails many times in the day. But usually around lunchtime nila. Gipadad-an pud ko nija ug postcard coz I asked him to do so. Basin feeling niya wa na sya'y freedom. So I will definitely give him space this week. Di na naho cja kara2hon kay busy pud cja kaju kuno. Cge lang Doki, mareveal ra lagi ni tanan in God's perfect time. Amen. As of this writing, 4/8/18, 78 na uroy ija friends sa FB. Nya mao nay I truly hate FB? Pagsure diha Dong oi. Cge.

N.S.

After not talking to me since November 2017 I caught him online yday. He said he just woke up. I asked him if he got married. Wala pa daw though he met someone daw 3 months ago. Hope it will work out daw. Cge po. I told him I met someone here also. Jia you to us mate! He seems to be teaching with Teacher Luke and Teacher Sarah so I asked him to send my regards. I caught him online again yday early morning. He said he was enjoying half of it. Ay oo, kay Sabado p mn diay yday. Sa ako kbusy bujag nklimot n nuon ko. Cge all the best always mate!

Be Brave Little One/Home

Be brave little one, Wear a smile and a blah blah : : Always keep a little prayer in your pocket And you'll surely see the light Soon there'll be joy and happiness And your little world will be bright Have faith little one Till your hopes and your wishes come true You must try to be brave little one Someone's waiting To love you When I think of home I think of a place Where there's love Overflowing Wish I was home Wish I was there with you Love overflowing You're my home and together We share this love for us To be happy and free You're my home and together We try to make this world A better place to be For you and me I keep the faith! :) Cge

Sincere?

He replied to my emails today 3/23/18. He said he was out of internet yday and today. But he also said nakawat daw iya fone. Suspicious na nuon ko. Coz mao mn gud ni gibuhat ni Coach in the past.. So what does that mean? Lahi na iya number when mokuha sya'g temporary phone pohon? Tan-awa lang Doki. Kay mahibaw ra mn ka kung sincere jud cja o di. I thought di n lng ni nako siya seryosoon but di pud ko ingon nga di lng pud magpakabana. Di lang mag-expect ug maaju while la pa mi magkita in person ug wala pa pud xa date to come here pohon. Cge Doki, gudnyt!

Edward

I kept looking for people nga naay kaila in Port Moresby. And fortunately si Edward naa daw. Hay salamat Lord. At least di n jud ko maguol kung unsa man gani. KTF lang jud Dok. Tag-iya sa Omega Business Consulting Inc. ang iya friend. I checked on the internet, sa Gordons ang ilang office. I told Andrew about it too. He said he's heard of Omega Consultants pud kuno. He even said I can find out for you. Pastilan jud oi. I pray always ;)

Vigil

He said his cousin (which he calls cousin brother) died daw last Monday afternoon. We were at the end of our videochat when he said that. Last night nagvigil daw sila mao gikapoy cguro to cja ron adlawa. Isa ka email ra mn jud ija gipadala. Jia you Doki, keep the faith lng jud always! ;)