Thank you so much Rotary Club of Manila and your transformational leaders for sharing your precious time and resources at the Claro M. Recto High School, Division of City Schools, Manila last December 4, 2020. I was one of the recipients during this time of pandemic and I am so proud of your efforts. May your tribe increase! #rotaryclubofmanila #rotaryinternational
Good day friends from everywhere.
I had the opportunity to attend this important event sponsored by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) this November 2020. Mind you, it is just the first day of the workshop and I felt that I was overwhelmed by information already.
First and foremost, I had no intention to attend this important activity for I thought it was only for the Career Service Executive Eligibles and not for the Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE) passers like myself. But the very moment that I received an email from CESB inviting me to go to that event I immediately grabbed that opportunity.
Here I am after answering the Adversity Quotient (AQ) and the GRIT Gauge Assessments (GRIT Gauge) I felt that I was a renewed man. AQ discusses one's ability to respond constructively and GRIT Gauge reliably predicts performance, learning, agility, resilience, tenacity, and well-being.
I did poorly on the first exam but recovered fully-well on the second one. Amazing!
I have been attending various activities of CESB before but this one is giving me great satisfaction.
I am not really a cat person, but yesterday was different.
Amidst the strong wind and heavy rain caused by Typhoon Rolly, I found a mother cat carrying a little kitten using her mouth (back and forth through the hallway near our condo unit) in Binondo, Manila. She seemed to be in panic mode looking for a safe place due to the scary weather condition. My attention was not really directed to them as I was preparing for a big chess tournament by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines which was a Rapid Open Tournament via Tornelo.
However, as the wind continued to blow the mighty cat with a kitten repeatedly appeared in front of my door too. I saw them through the screen and I felt so disturbed. I hastily opened the door and let them in. BTW, my family was feeding two other bigger kittens (from the same mother) outside the Cluster 3 building so perhaps it was the familiarity that kept us connected.
But as I wipe the mother cat and the kitten, she went near the door for almost a minute and I wondered why would she leave her kitten? I open the door and she ran so fast and after 2-3 minutes came back with another kitten. She did it 3 times until she got all her babies totaling 4 in all. Whew!
I am so proud of this mommy's heroic acts of saving her moggy. I took the bigger kittens too to have them reunited.
I am not sure if I will return them outside the building after the storm since they do not have caretakers, but to tell you frankly. I am beginning to love them!
