Attending a Workshop at TICC

I am now attending a Regional Cluster Training Workshop for Filipino Teachers at Tagaytay City International Convention Center.  Though I am acting as a technical staff, I learned a lot of information on Filipino language.  The speakers are very smart and energetic.  Kudos to all participants from Regions IV-A, IV-B, V, and NCR.

Stalled to Another Draw

Aiiiizzzzzzzzt.  I was stalled to another draw on  my chess game yesterday.  My opponent was not that good but I was afraid to make some attack.  I don't know why?  I really don't know why??  Fear factor caught me.  I have played so many games at chesscube almost every night.  Yet, came actual game and I wasn't able to make any improvement on my position.  It was a sad day for me.  Hopefully I can make another victory this coming Friday.

My opponents were all up against me, they were trying to crush me, and they got better each game.  Oh I got so tired and sometimes so cautious of them.


Where is my killer instinct?  It is all tainted with fear.  Fear of losing...

We Missed You Matthew

My family visited our deceased first born son Matthew at Lourdes Memorial Park located at Malabon City, Philippines.  It was not crowded as it used to be during the the past years I visited the place.  Maybe because of the long vacation offered to employees (that they visited the place earlier) and the continuous rain that hit the city.   We had a long walk this afternoon due to rerouting that made the day very difficult.

Up for a Long Holiday!

Yiiiippppeeeee! Another long holiday for government employees and private workers as well.  Hiya! Everybody is filling a long exodus to the province whence to visit or pay tribute to their beloved love ones who either left them with sweet memories or unbearable sadness.

My family plans to visit Matthew (my deceased son) at Malabon City cemetery where his tomb is located.  After that, Betty and Joaqs are joining the costume party at SM San Lazaro wherein they lost last year.  Now, their dress theme for the party is much appropriate.  I feel this heebie-jeebie feelings while my kids are competing because I don't want them to lose.  But I know they will learn from their failures.  Hopefully they will get a prize this year.

I'm glad that office work is over this week and the pressures suddenly stopped.  I am looking forward to a very relaxing weekend.

Betty Got a Prize at Drawing Contest

Whew, I just heard that my beautiful daughter Betty got a prize during a contest at Robinsons Galleria sponsored by Colgate Philippines.  Though it was a minor one I am so proud of what she achieved.  Betty congratulations!

Winning a Difficult Game

I just had a sweet victory against my chess team mate at the Department of  Education.  He gave me a tough game but I won the tough game.  My total score now is 7.5 out of 8 games.

Terrific Individual Score

DepEd sponsored a chess team tournament for its employees for the months of September to November, 2010.  I joined the event of course with my colleagues at IMCS, Sir Eric and Dante.  I scored 6.5 out of 7 points to top the individual score midway the tournament.  However, my team mates were ambushed by our opponents.

We placed 4th at the meantime though I am expecting a better score next time.  See you guys on October 26, 2010.  

New Computer

After attending a 4-day workshop at RELC-NCR Marikina, I went back to the office to bring all the materials and documents used.  It's good that Nelson and JQ were there to assist me and Sir Eric.  I was amazed to see on the top of my table several boxes which I learned to be computer paraphernalias.  I felt so happy!  I immediately collapsed all the boxes and abrupty installed the computer.  Yeheey!!! It has a Windows 7 OS, an LCD monitor, an optical mouse and a top-of-the-line (TOTL) speaker.  I didn't check the capabilities yet but I assumed it to be fast and beneficial.  Thank you DepEd for giving me this equipment. 

Well, for your information guys, it will be my first time to use government equipment since the computer (laptop) I have been using for the last five years in the office was a personal one which I bought during my brief stint at Okinawa, Japan.

Oh I am so excited and I can't hide it.

Whatta Weekend

Spent the week with lots of expenses.  Started it with payment of credit card bills, then an unexpected expenses on water motor repair, followed by few more disbursements.  At the end of the day, I was left with only chips.

Hopefully, the coming weeks will be better, financially.

First Day at the Workshop

I'm  here at Tagaytay International Convention Center, Tagaytay City and it was the first day of our workshop wherein I am tasked to be a technical staff and a participant at the same time.  I have searched the place and I found out that there were so many amenities.  The dinosaurs were all over the place, the swimming pools were now all working as well.

The participants were late in checking in so I believe the sessions would start late.  Tsk.tsk.tsk.

One-Week Workshop on Editorial Skills

I have an scheduled workshop at Tagaytay City International Center this coming week.  Nah...I wont be going to talk but would act as technical assistant to various experts in the field of editing, book design, etc.  The title of the workshop will be "Basic Editorial Skills for Beginners".  Sounds redundant?  hehehe... Isn't basic stuff for beginners?  Anyway, some people from the DepEd Central Office will be attending this one-week activity.  Our guest speakers will be coming from University of the Philippines (UP), Intellectual Property Office (IPO), (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), etc.    I am wishing that another worthwhile endeavor, such as this, would be repeated in the near future.  Good luck to our speakers and to our participants as well.

I am so Lucky Today!

Wow! What a wonderful day it is.  DepEd - CO has its sports activities today and you know what?  Our team gets the coveted title - yup... we are the Champion.  In 7 events we got 6 first places including the cheer leading competition in which I joined.  To my disbelief (I thought that we lost in the cheer leading competition) our team was called to be the champ.  I was praying that God would grant my prayer that our team gets 3rd place at cheer leading category since it was enough to win the championship since Violet Team, our main rival, gets only 5th place.  So it is mathematically possible that we would still get the number one award.  However, God gifted us with the 1st prize on this category.  God is so good!  He really is.

So Happy for My Wife

King and Queen

I can't stop listening to my wife's challenging experiences on her first day of teaching at Jose Abad Santos High School as a new Values Education teacher.  I can't stop laughing at her, seemingly, fairy tale stories like how she looked at her students' room only to find out that her students left already and how one of her pupils took her envelope containing her original documents only to see it outside the room.  I could imagine vividly how her reactions were...fainted...giddy...woobly...

But that was part of the plot of a teacher.  I am so touched that she was able to conquer her fear and that first day gist was over.  Ohhh...you should see the reaction of my lovely child Betty on my wife's ordeal... she laughed and I laughed too not because I thought it was funny but because I can no longer see Betty's adorable eyes while laughing.


My enthusiasm to listen to my wife's stories was further intensified by her account that teachers at Abad Santos were allowed or, should I say, offered a condo unit loan.  Hopefully she'll get this once in a lifetime opportunity so that we can have a house of our own.

I am so happy for you mommy!