Pics taken during the MOA signing with DEPED

Ok, I have no choice. Gloria is included as we were having the signing ceremonies for the MOA between PULL Foundation (the Foundation established by the Rotarians for the MEGUMI Reader project) and the Department of Education.

It has been really busy at work.... So, to compensate for my long absence here, I am posting these work-related pics.

That's me and Ella, the M and E Officer for DEPED Adopt-A-School Program
That's Secretary Lapus, who by the way got the highest public-approval rating conducted by Pulse Asia Survey in July 2008.

These are my bosses who happens to be so nice and so sincere, Mr. Tambunting and Mr. Gamboa. I believe that working with them under this project also makes me a better person. I hope things continue to work out in this worthwhile endeavor.
That's Ella, Sir Jorge Caparas (Son of the MEGUMI Reader Prime Mover, MAT Caparas), Roel of DEPED, and Rowel from UP who is also the lead software developer for the MEGUMI Project. This was a good day for us. The smiles reveal all that! =)

Time to Work. Time to Play.

Gone are my days of reading books without interruption or finishing various TV series in DVDs. Work has been very very very busy!

Well, I did anticipate this so I went on a weekend get-away but right after that, my weekdays and weekends have been all about work!

The book I am reading, "The Kite Runner" isn't finished yet. Good thing it's a holiday tomorrow so I intend to do some reading, although I have work lined up to do as well.

I also miss spending time with my dear pets! But I intend to "walk the dogs" this weekend.

By the way, I am about to have a new fish pet - a flowerhorn! Turns out my boss has this fish pond somewhere in Malolos and he breeds flowerhorns. They say it's lucky when it is given as a gift, so here's hoping I get luckier! =)

The break tomorrow will give me time to set up a new fish tank for my new pet.

I'm sleepy now... Till then.

This is exactly how I feel...TIRED and SLEEPY

PASS THE RH BILL! NOW NA!!!

I was busy typing some report when the news item caught my attention - the RH Bill in the plenary! The session was suspended, as the debate was getting (as expected), a little heated.

Hey Congressmen, NOT ALL CATHOLICS BELIEVE WHAT THE CHURCH DICTATES! Remember this, The Church is the People, the Faithful. Not the clergy! And ninety (90%) percent of Catholics believe and awaits government funding for RH care and services. These are the things that matter, not some dogma from whatever and whoever who has not seen the plight of mothers and children in the Philippines!!!!!

hmnnnn...

Today's a special day and even if I am so sleepy I wanted to blog about it. We just got the electricity restored, and we lost it since 10am. Naturally, I couldn't sleep so when the light turned on, I got up the bed and logged on the net. =)

I just wish I am not this busy. The past week was full of meetings and this week's pretty much the same!

Haay... Good Morning...

The Weekend getaway

I had one of the best weekends last weekend. For quite a while, I never felt that happy the way I did during the last two days I spent out of town with someone I love so dearly.




Wish it could always be like that, and my life would be perfect. =)

Being a teacher

I am done with Tuesdays with Morrie. I feel like I have to blog about it since I mentioned it in an earlier post.

Actually, it just took me one sitting to finish that book because once you start reading it, I can't really put it down. I consider it now one of my favorite books.

A teacher indeed affects eternity, as you can never tell where his or her influence stops. Thanks to the author, he shared all that was passed on to him by his professor Morrie to us.

I used to be a teacher, well I never really gave too much meaning to it, it was just an opportunity that arose when I was in law school and I took it, so I could have my extra-money aside from my allowance while studying the law. The funny thing was, I was teaching Math, particularly Algebra as my college degree was Math major in Computer Science.

Anyway, recently I got this message from a former student I don't really remember through my nephew's blog and she said she has been looking for me and found me through a picture posted in my nephew's blog. She wanted to thank me because I made her like MATH that she became a Math Whiz in her class. And now she's also in law school. =)

That was one of the best compliments I ever got. It felt good knowing I have touched her life the way I did. Priceless.

On reading

I am done reading The Witch of Portobello and what a "reading journey" it has been.

The concept of "blank spaces" is something we all could relate too. Read the book.

Now, I'm suppose to start reading "the Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini as recommended by a very dear friend, but I'm reading "Tuesday's with Morrie" first. This is one book I have always promised myself to read but never got to buy the book then.

This is another heartwarming story I will definitely write about.

About the future

"The future is not some place we are going to but one we are creating."

Which means I have to start creating the future I really really want huh?

Paulo Coehlo and his books

I have to admit that ever since I read Paulo Coehlo's The Alchemist, I developed a liking for his works. The book was a recommended read by my best friend in law school, Raffa. From thereon, I have read his other novels, The Valkyries and Eleven Minutes.

Now, with this new project I manage, I find myself being able to do a lot of reading. =) And so after that sweet book of Marley and Me, I am now reading another Coehlo - The Witch of Portobello. Interesting. I am not done with it yet but the first fifty (50) pages are quite intriguing.....

Will try to share my thoughts about it next time...

*** next in line is "the Kite Runner" which I realized has been developed into a major motion picture...