WAHI PANA

There's a series of program about Hawaii's special places that I discovered on Youtube. I watched them in July 2021 man cguro to. I watched them again this time. My notes: 1) Waimea in the Big Island - Parker Ranch and life in the old plantations man cguro to 2) Kau - sugar cane plantation. Because Kau's was the last sugar plantation to operate 3) Hilo - of course the very beautiful town of Hilo on the Big island of Hawaii 4) North Kohala - sweet breath of the sun, where Kamehameha was born ata 5) Hanapepe in Kauai - for the old ways including making pa'akai or salt from the sea 6) Papakolea in Oahu - I forgot n what this documentary was about 7) Anahola or Anehola -about healing daw 8) Waimanalo - the old fishing ways ilang gifeature diri. Waimanalo is hidden water kuno 9) Waihe'e - I dunno. I think I still have to watch it. I also watched documentaries from PBS of the old Hawaii. One documentary said Nanakuli means you look at your knees daw because people are not proud daw to live in Nanakuli because it is a very dry place. Go go go Doki!

NU BALIWAG, BULACAN

When Ms Shiela Marie Gonzalo of their HR told me that she's delighted that I applied with them. I took it as a sign nga nasa mabuting kamay cguro ko. Giask jud ko lagi if willing b ko mobalhin didto. I said yes. If the price is right pud cguro. Interview p daw ko with the dean of CBA this afternoon. Kay AB Economics gud kuno nga program akong dad-on if ever. Mas maayo. Go go go Doki, aloha! Actually I thought that mas maduol n kos Hawaii/USA if tua n ko didto. Coz one trip n mn lng nya ko lagi pohon to NAIA. Unlike if I'm here in Cebu, sus mobyahe p ug 1 hour sa eroplano to Manila then onward to Hawaii or anywhere in the USA lagi. Wala n man daw ang Cebu-LAX lagi nga nonstop. So all up to you n lng po Lord. Please show me. Aloha!

COUSIN GIGI

Last night 4/26/23 I met with my 2nd cousin Gigi who is on vacation from Saskatchewan, Canada. We met at Starbucks in Ayala Center Cebu. I gave her some pasalubong; she gave me pasalubong too: Tim Horton's Coffee, Victoria's Secret lotion, chocolates and hand sanitizer man to. I gave her otap and mango tamarind candies. Nagchika ra gud mi oi kay morag hiskul p lagi mi last nagkita. She went to Saudi Arabia man gud after graduating from SWU. Aloha Gi, safe travels and keep in touch lang jud! I shared the Tim Horton coffee to my siblings in Bohol. Lipay pud sila ;)

APRIL 27, 2023

Twas a very busy day. Nadisgrasya p jud ang electric fan lagi ni Bantil. Naipo while I was bringing it downstairs. Saun, dugay n man moandar lagi ang old fan nga kaedad ni Biboy. Anyway, all's well that ends well. In the morning I had my interview and teaching demo via MS Teams sa NU Baliwag, Bulacan campus lagi. Si Dr Calma kuno to ug a very kind lady ang baje. Then in the afternoon was the Climate Cafe at USC-TC. Niapas n lng ko lagi. There were 20 Dutch students brought by their professors from RUAS and Hanze Hogeschol. Wa n ko moduol ni Engr. Fornis ug Dutch Consul Dondi Joseph. Sa sunod n lng mi magchika. Nidrama man gud kos intermission number nila lagi nga Ako't Ikaw. Nice kaju nga song jud, sentimental kaju. Wala si Kresna Navarro kay they had an emergency meeting daw. Cge po. Anyway I told her as well as Joanalyn Gabales that kitaon nako sila pohon if ever madayon kos NU Baliwag Bulacan lagi. So show me n lng po Lord. Aloha! God bless all of us. Amen.

DR. DON

I met up with this good friend from my Cambodia days on Monday, 4/24/23 at Radisson in SM. He treated me to breakfast there. Wow. He has been working man gud in San Jose, California for more than 10 years now kuno. The last time I saw him was in Phnom Penh, Cambodia p jud. Barkada man sila ni Bong Gonzaga. Mga bakulaw sila heheh. We've basically just kept in touch lang jud thru FB Messenger. He told me to keep an open perspective. Di daw pwede nakakahon lagi but open. You have to get out of the mountain lagi kuno in order to see the mountain. He said unless magtiniguwang n lng jud lagi kuno ko nga di n ganahan mosuroy. Patilan nimo Dr. Don. Tinuod. Ako gud ang academic so dapat ako ang pinaka open-minded di b? Salamat sa 1k which I gave to Ate Ica and sa durian pasalubong from Davao. God bless all your plans and aloha! ;)

BALIWAG, BULACAN

I checked with Google Maps today. Ang Baliwag, Bulacan diay kay medyo duol ras Clark. So if madayon ko didto pohon lagi, pwede ra'g Cebu to Clark n lng ahong ticket. Then from there, bus daw ang pinakabarato to Bulacan, Bulacan cguro ni. Travel n lng pud to Baliwag from there. Aho sang balikon ug tan-aw kung asa jud ko agi pohon. Go go go Doki, aloha! Nindut unta ug sweldo didto Lord aron worth the move lagi. Wait lng ko po :)

2 GREAT NEWS FOR TODAY

Wow! Today is our cousin Mike Jocson's bday in Hawaii. He said on our GC that moari daw sila ni Paul in July pohon. Morag sila ra and from July 7 to 13 daw pohon. Cebu daw sila magstay then magbarko lng sila to Tubigon. Minteryo/mass ug lunch get together ra man toy ijang ingon oi. After Cebu/Bohol they plan to proceed to Luzon daw pud pohon. Wow, this is truly exciting indeed! 1990 p lagi tawn n namo sila nakit-an diris Pinas oi. So all the best sa mga plano, cousins. The other news is that I'm up for interview and teaching demo daw sa National University Baliwag, Bulacan campus. I applied as program chair in Economics man lagi. Under sa CBA diay kuno. This coming April 27th daw at 9am. I asked if pwede b nga sa Zoom n lng and ayha ra ko mobyahe lagi didto if nadawat n ko. Wow, I'm excited with this too. Coz I know that in future they will have a campus in Cebu too, on top of SM in Mabolo. Same man pud ang ilang campus sa Baliwag, Bulacan. Sa taas ras SM City Baliwag lagi kuno. Baliwag is closer to Clark pud; I like it. God bless all our plans. Aloha! ;)

MARCO GUMABAO AND CRISTINE REYES

Mao ni latest buzz today. Sila n pud lagi kuno. Marco is the twin man of Michelle Gumabao, volleyball player and beauty queen. Cristine Reyes is separated from Ali Khatibi; they have a daughter named Amara. Dugay2 n pud siguro to sila nagbuwag. Heheh, we're happy if they're happy of course. Please bless all of my plans Lord. Amen!

ATE BAMBI PURCIA

She's my former officemate in Legaspi City back in 2009. She was supposed to visit me last March 2020 but the pandemic happened man. Today 4/26/23 she msgd me that she's on her way to Cebu kuno lagi with her siblings. Wow, welcome po! Morag 2nd time n ni niya since the pandemic lagi. I told her to just msg me kung nus-a sila pwede makigkita. Coz I think I'm seeing Gigi pud this afternoon. Tua n gani koy mga pasalubong for them lagi. Di n man ko kalugar ugma pohon kay medyo puno n ang calendar. So go go go to us, all in God's time n lng jud lagi. Amen and aloha! :)

WORKING ABROAD

Today 4/23/23 I applied to teach English in Japan with Amity Corporation. They have provisions man for Filipinos so kaila jud ni sila'g mga Pinoy lagi. Sakto ra pud Lord para change of environment lagi. I do need it. Nibawos man pud sila. Kontakon ra daw for interview if ever. I applied to teaching jobs in Singapore too. Sunod n cguro ang Thailand. Please show me n lng po Lord. Amen!

EMMAUS SUNDAY

Levels of talk: cliche - napag-usapan lng kuno, ideas, God level, heart talk. Mao man ni ang istorya sa 2 men who were walking to Emmaus and they talked about the events that happened in Jerusalem lagi. Jesus walked with them but they didn't recognize him till nawala siya. And they said, weren't our hearts burning when he was talking to us? Mao n, how do we recognize God lagi in our midst? Need to reflect and be humble always. Thank you po Lord for my visitors this time, April 2023. I have more visitors coming in July pohon. Amen and aloha! :)

CLIMATE CAFE, RIVER SCAN

On April 27 afternoon daw pohon, there will be presentations on the above topic. Morag 5 Dutch professors man cguro to ang naa dri right now sa Cebu. Magpresent n lagi kuno sila next week pohon. I had asked Engr. Fornis to email me an invitation. I can share it pud with CDU. Hopefully madayon n jud lagi ang PDFNI Cebu Chapter Lord so that tuloy2 n ning among activities. Amen. Actually I applied man diay to Nuffic Indonesia no. Let's see kung mobawos b. Aloha to us all! ;)

SUMMER FUN 2023

Today 4/21/23 I booked my ticket with Ate Ica to Davao ig May 6 to 10 pohon. Mao n lng ni among summer fun lagi. Moattend mis reunion kunos mga Ruba sa Tagakpan, Davao City ig May 7 pohon then after ana, adto n mis Valencia pohon ila Kuya Sammy Medidas. May 8 and 9 pohon tua mi didto as well as sa Musuan pohon. Hope magkita mi ni Mam Girly Visto Visayan. Wow, 2016 p lagi ko last nakadto ug Valencia during Tiya Imping's funeral. Go go go Doki, enjoy! Di n ko kaadto'g Cambodia ani pohon kay hurot n man akong budget. Oh well, life's like that. We take what we could get. Amen!