Refocusing Perspectives

(Four years after giving birth to my son, I wrote this in a blog which was hacked, frozen, and was thought inaccessible. But it was my blog and my email and recovering what's deemed part of historic narrative of my personal story remained a personal responsibility.) Brian Cabasag. He was my lover, my partner, my friend. His first gift to me was his love; second, his partnership; third, an adorable smart son;  fourth, a contract from a Canadian owned Concentrixx company based in Cagayan de Oro city and a sign pen as a regular  product support specialist; and fifth, a rubberized keyboard for my laptop. Brian had just inked his promotion as a technical support engineer...

I make my own choice. I am my own choice. I resolve my own circumstances. I need nobody to police myself. I am responsible primarily not to anybody but to myself. I love all that I am. I mean what I say and say what I mean. I think, I will and I act. My hand is my life. My world is my ink. My thought is its soul. The transformations of my thoughts into written words are my strength made visible. I don't believe in dreams for dreams are proof of mediocrity. I believe my mind, my reason, my self-esteem. I take no pride from anybody.  I desire for peace through generous toleration of mutual differences. I love pluralism of ideas, but I know that the most logical is the most convincing. I'd like to see myself as a fulfilled homemaker, a constant gardener, expert on information technology, a development worker,  a peace advocate & journalist and a person constantly endeavoring to translate principle-centered leadership. I used to hear people talking about "working wi...

Hall of Peace, Apo Agbibilin Community, Brgy. Songco, Lantapan, Bukidnon July 24-29, 2010 Nine candles were lighted and solemn prayers were said in memory of the departed ancestors of  Mindanao and Luzon’s tribal leaders whilst offering the drafted 10-point Agenda of the Indigenous Peoples who gathered during the fourth State of the Indigenous Peoples Address (SIPA) at the Hall of Peace of Apu Agbibilin community within the Talaandig tribe of Bukidnon from July 25-29 th , 2010. “They offered the drafted agenda to the souls of IP leaders who have returned home to God and whose lives were spent with the passion of advancing and protecting the IPs rights and welfare,” said Carl Cesar Rebuta, team leader of   Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center of Cagayan de Oro Regional Office. State of the Indigenous Peoples Address 2010 Kami, mga lider katutubo mula sa iba’-ibang tribo ng Ata-Manobo, Ayta, Ayta-Mag-antsi, B’laan, Hanunuo, Hanunuo-Mangy...