Merry Christmas to All!

I am wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a bountiful New Year.  May the FORCE be with you.

Not a Bad Year for the Philippines After All

NOT A BAD YEAR FOR THE PHILIPPINES AFTER ALL: Just when everybody thought that the Philippines was destined for a boxing doom - Nonito Donaire Jr. threw his favorite left hook on the chin of the unsuspecting Arce from Mexico. The Philippines has been vindicated for last week's failure of Manny Pacquiao. vs. JMM! Nonito - you are the man!


CONCIDENCE:

(1) With time dwindling down to 3 seconds Donaire connected with a "Hail Mary shot" like that of Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao; and(2) Arce fell to the canvas and slept for a while like that of Manny Pacquiao.

Head First!

There are two varied meanings to this post...

I just saw an awesome game between Pacquiao and Marquez -- they were two gladiators trying to outwit each other in boxing held at MGM Arena this morning.  Pacquiao tasted the first knock-down during the third round by what experts called "A punch that I didn't see."  However, as Filipinos were known for its resiliency, Pacquiao gave a tremendous left straight in the next round (is that a straight? I got to see the tape again) to the face of Marquez that connected and boom! the score was about even.  After that round, it was all Pacquiao -- who gave a tremendous beating on Marquez and was leading in all judges score cards.

Then came the sixth round, Pacquaio was again annihilating Marquez throughout the round until the bell rang signalling that there were only 10 seconds left.  As the former was pursuing the latter, Marquez made an out of this word side-step and position himself to throw that well-prepared punch under the guard of Pacquiao.  Sadly, Pacquiao fell HEAD FIRST!

Only if Manny Pacquiao used his HEAD FIRST by not attacking Marquez during the last 3 seconds it would have been a different story.

Awful Finances on the Last Month of the Year

I been experiencing financial dilemma especially this month of December.  Record-low on my financial accounts had been observed.  Debts were soaring high and instability on my reserves were evident.  Previous accounts payable and interest bearing notes have matured and all were waiting to clobber me.

Happy 6th Year Birthday Isaiah Joaquine Asi

Let me take this opportunity to greet my youngest son, Isaiah Joaquine, who is celebrating his 6th birthday today.  Isaiah, have fun and may God bless you abundantly.  I love you son.

Battered and Blue

Surprisingly, this feeling of emptiness due to financial dilemma is again bothering me.  I felt that I have a noxious personality that I always feel awful after spending time with myself.  My belief that I will be welcome to my family is clearly, non sequitur, on my part.  Everything had a strong pecuniary slant.  I am a fool causing things to misdirection.  Really, there is something quixotic in me about money.    

Victim of Faulty Investment Scheme

Sad to say that I was one of the victims of the faulty investment ploy.  Due to this wrong decision to invest I am now suffering financial difficulties.  Had to pick up the pieces and rebuild again.

Textbook Monitoring at Dumaguete City

I just arrived from a one-week textbook (TX) audit and monitoring at Siaton East & West and  Zamboanguita districts.  Believe me, the educators there were so hospitable.  The property custodians accompanied my group to mountainous far-flung areas with really kilometric rough-roads.  But we kept going and going just to oversee if the needed TX were delivered to the Filipino school children.  I was too tired most of the time due to the heat but seeing my colleagues (especially from the districts) laughing despite of the rough condition just to take us to the schools motivated me to continue.

General Cleaning of Unit

Yipee!  After a year of transferring from Tayuman to Binondo I had the chance to have our condo unit get cleaned up due to long vacation.  OMG, I was terrified to see legions of roaches all over the place.  The maternal cabinet had been the most heavily hit.  The foul smell was so alarming but I don't have a choice but to get rid of it.  Whew, it's good there were no rodents in attendance!

Worthwhile Experience at Quezon Province

Hospitality? It is one of the innate qualities of Filipinos,right? I experienced it at Quezon Province when I visited the place last week. My extreme gratitude goes to Sir George Aguila and Sir Virgilio Abrenica for the extraordinary support! Here are some of the pictures. I hope you'll like it.

We stayed at this place in Mulanay for one night. Thank you for the experience!

My First Time to Visit Quezon Province

Hello everyone! I had an scheduled trip to Quezon Province this week and yesterday my group (with Sir Tony our team leader and Sir Rey)went to Buendia JAM Terminal for our travel to Lucena. As if things would be going for the better - the moment we set our foot inside our bus it immediately left. The chauffer and the conductor assisted me in charging my cellular phone and camera batteries. At the Grand Central Terminal we were accompanied by Quezon Division Supply Officer George Aguila with Virgilio Abrenica whose demeanor have been outstanding. We had a long trip to District III Catanuan District wherein we passed by Pitogo and many more notable towns at Quezon. Our couterparts from the division introduced our group to the district supply officer Sir David who was not only very friendly but also very professional.

After setting our things, we were given a sumptuous dinner by the host district. Thereafter, I went to a nearby bar to sip my favorite SMB lights and listen to the band. I have been scouting for a massage parlor in the town but I did not find any at the time being. I headed to my station at about 10 p.m.

This morning, our group facilitated a brief orientation to very cooperative school heads of district three. I had a welcome remarks and I presented to our audience the importance of this activity: 1) to monitor the textbook situation on their district and to assess the 1:1 textbook to pupil ratio which was advocated by Secretary Luistro at the start of the school year.

To sum it up, the orientation had been well attended and very useful to everyone. I would like to thank the Division of Quezon Province for a very warm welcome and of course Sir George, Sir Vio, and Sir David for their support to our cause.

I just had a confession

I just had my confession at Quiapo Church and I shared everything I knew were my sins. At the end of my ordeal I was told to pray the rosary!

Bound to Tagaytay City

Again, for the nth time I will be going to Tagaytay City - now at Tagaytay International Convention Center (last week I was at Girl Scout of the Philippines Center). I will be staying for one week to assist on the institutionalization of learning materials nationwide. Hopefully, workshop sessions would be fruitful and beneficial to participants. Our speakers would employ series of LM innovations never been heard in public schools. About the project, for your initial information you can press this link.

BTW, Our participants will be ICT coordinators coming from Regions I, II, and III on the 17th to 18th ; and Regions IV-A, IV-B, V, and NCR on the 20th and 21st of September. Our major sponsors are SPHERE and AusAID.