It's Final, I'm Out

Whew, the title seems to be confusing. It leads to nowhere. I'm out on what?

Just like what happened to my application for a position at IAS.

I been hearing news (or should I say gossip) from 6 reliable [now - not dependable] persons even before the release of the results. I was even contacted by one of the candidates, so I thought, it just validates the claim of the 6 others I mentioned above. I'm so ecstatic and has never told this extreme joy to anyone except to my wife and my best friend at the office.

Days and months have passed and I heard different versions of the story (I do not know from which camp this tale came from) that I was not in the list of candidates accepted for the position. I have been bothered as to why these news leaked even without the official results coming from the personnel division. It seems that everybody knew except myself.

Until this time, no official list of successful candidates were posted on the bulletin boards at DepEd though some were advised to have their clearances issued before tranferring to the new IAS office.

Chess Team Tournament at DepEd

Whew! It's been a long time since I last tip my keyboards to write a blog about my experiences for the month. I have been very busy lately due to myriad tasks assigned to me. I had to focus more on my work to avoid muddling up of documents. The days and weeks have been monotonous and routinary, no diversion, whatsoever. Luckily, I was invited to play chess by my organization. It's kinda team tournament organized by DepEd and Innotech. It was a four-game battle of wits against other DepEd units (NCR, Q.C., Calabarzon, and DepEd-CO.) I had a good start - winning all my first three games against worthy opponents only to be stalled to a draw by my adversary on the last round. I'm kind of disappointed because I wasn't able to deliver a full point for my team. 'Sad to note that my game ended in a draw due to opposite bishops ending. I went out to a nearby building after my game to visit my friends and also to ease the tension I experienced during the game and returned to the tournament venue only to witness my colleagues beaten by their foes in succession. Our team scored a dismal 0.5 against 3.5 of DepEd Q.C. Had my teammates scored 2 more wins we would be the champion. We were all fighting for a gold medal award on each board but ended up losing. I shared the medal on Board 2, though. Yes, you are right. I was the only one who scored for my team.

Parable of the Pig and the Cow

The pig was unpopular while the cow was beloved. This puzzled the pig.

PIG: "People speak warmly of your gentle nature and your sorrowful eyes. They think you're generous because each day you give them milk and cream, but what about me? I give them everything I have. I give bacon, ham, etc. I give my all."

The cow replied:

COW: "It's not really what you give when you're dead. It's about what you give while your still alive."

- author unknown

Tokashiki Island Experience

A Visit to Manila Ocean Park

As a treat to my daughter's 6th birthday, I brought her and the whole family to the Manila Ocean Park. It was an amazing experience for kids and adults as well.







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First Time Father

It was 2:30 a.m. and I was in the middle of my sleep...a pushed on my left abdomen and a sound of help from my wife woke me up. Her face told some worries. As I looked on our bed sheet I saw some water and felt that it was wet. The water, to my amazement, came from my wife's body whom at that time was on the last period of here pregnancy. Like a prince who wanted to help her damsel in distress, I immediately stood and gave her some assistance.

As I conducted a bodily search on her, she commented that she felt no pain. She's just uncomfortable due to continuous flowing of liquid from her body. I comforted her, clip her into my arms and told her that everything would be fine. I accompanied her to the comfort room and after that we went back to our room to sleep. But my sleep was short-lived...another shout from my wife woke me up. She said the she was able to talk to her OB-Gyne and was ordered to immediately go to the hospital!

After packing things and taking a bath, we rushed to the hospital. We have some conversation inside the taxi and were joking that maybe it's her due to give birth. and not on the next 3-weeks as scheduled by the OB-Gyne.

At the hospital, my wife was interviewed and then was instructed to go to the delivery room. What?

We were gifted with a boy that day but he suffered some complications (weak lungs, etc.) and sixteen days after his birth he died at the hospital's intensive care unit NICU.)

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The scene above happened seven years ago and this day is, actually, his 7th year death anniversary. Due to my immaturity, carelessness, and unpreparedness...I missed the chance to experience how it is to be a "first time father." My son, wherever you are now, I would like to say these words "I LOVE YOU."

New Important Words

I just learned two new important words...

D - Drop
E - Everything
A - And
R - Read

It was shared by Dr. Benilda S. Santos of Ateneo de Manila University.

M - Make
E - Excellence
A - A
N - Necessity

It was shared by Dr. Churchita A. Villarin, Education Supervisor II of Region VII.

I got these information from our Regional Cluster Training of Textbook Evaluators at Ecotech, Cebu City.

Trip to Boracay Island

This was the second time my wife and I spent a weekend at Boracay Island. If you love to be spoiled and live a pampered lifestyle, Patio Pacific is the place to be. Own a room yourselves, simply gorgeous .... and the bathroom was soooo nice. It’s away from the noisy crowd but within 10 minutes you can be right were the action is. I always come back from Boracay as a renewed person.

Just finished another course!

I am so happy today! I just finished another course at Philippine Normal University and I earned a Certificate in Teaching Profession. I could have finish this course last year but an abrupt stint at Okinawa, Japan made me missed the opportunity. Now, I'm back with my old fighting spirit. God is so good.

EMPOWERED

I saw these desired attributes on the wall of Philippine Normal University, College of Education. I believe every individual must be empowered.

E - xercises effective communication
M - anifests professional competence
P - ossesses adequate knowledge of the discipline
O - bserves professional ethics
W - elcomes progressive innovation and change
E - xhibits a deep sense of rationalism on global perspectives
R - adiates a caring attitude for others
E - ngages in effective problem solving and decision-making
D - emonstrates personal integrity

Working with Pleasure

My superior assigned me to different regions in the country and I am very impressed with what I saw. Not only did I learn new things about my work I also enjoyed it. I was able to meet new friends on my trips too. I been to Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao - the three major islands of the Philippines.

Here are some photos... I hope you'll like it.

A glimpse of Tuguegarao, Cagayan sunset

As the name suggests ... a museum in Iloilo

A rock at RELC Angeles City, Pampanga