Refocusing Perspectives

IN solidarity with the indigenous peoples in Mindanao and the rest of the country who are celebrating and are also continuously in a creative assertion of their identity, lives, and their struggle to right to self-determination.                          

If these are the models for personal reflection, I think I am a mixture. Swierczek, F. & Hirsch, G. on Joint ventures in Asia and  multicultural management, in National Culture and International Management in East Asia. Swierczek, F. & Hirsch, G. on Joint ventures in Asia and  multicultural management, in National Culture and International Management in East Asia.

Jerry Julian on Facilitating Project Performance Improvement, p 63

  “ Grade 3 ka na?” “Kung Grade 3 ka na, kanina pa nagsimula ang klase .” Lex's classmates met him at a classroom’s doorway. He was overwhelmed in shyness that he cannot respond to any of them. What amused me most were the cynical queries raised by these children, as if they did not march together in a closing ceremony few months ago. Unlike in Grade 2 when children attended school half a day, he will devote more hours in school this year. Posted on the left side of the doorway was a paper signed by the school head. It details schedule of subjects and their respective teachers. Values. First subject and it’s a daily course.  I immediately felt the desire of the institution to mould children become good persons; to nurture them become better decision-makers; or, to capacitate them distinguish good against bad deeds from the moralist purview. Great! The subject should not be considered as mere supplemental course in classroom instruction or in a ...

[Behind father Ben's old photo was a poem  addressed to my mother. ] Be with me always Take any form. Drive me mad if you will. Only please, don't leave me Alone in this dark Where I can't find you, I can't live without you, I cannot die. I was in a kitchen, in a conversation with a colleague, when the latter reminded me of an instance when a friend was disheartened that she  wasn't  informed of the reason why I returned home.  This was many years ago. I received a call asking me to return home; to go directly to a hospital. No, to a morgue. I said, I was sorry that she  wasn't  informed. Touching the laptop’s keys in razed for a deadline, I related, I  didn't  even had the moment to grieve my heart out. When my colleague left for an errand outside, my mind recoiled on those cold bare feet, the only part of his body visible to me from the seats of a funeral parlor where he was cleansed and readied for his ...

Photo sourced from Maleficent2014.tumbler.com The story, for me,  isn't  just a fairy tale of a sleeping beauty cursed to sleep forever. It is a mirror for us to reflect in this lifetime. Here are the five major lessons I learned from watching the movie.      1. The need to protect the forest from destruction and human greed . Angelina Jolie, a winged-fairy who recently represents an international campaign on stopping violence against women in conflict regions, embarked in a symbolic fairytale movie to remind viewers about the relation of human populace and the need to protect the remaining virgin forest reserves of all countries. Wanton logging and mining of minerals in forested areas and waters contributed to the depletion of our natural resources and of the ensuing ecological destruction wrought by corporate greed. [1]  Whence a child, in the story, Maleficent asked the little vicious prince to return the gem stone which she thereafter thre...

The quality of interaction will depend on the nature of communication and the principles used in articulating an idea, an agenda, or a subject for discussion. Communication should be constantly affirmed as vital in the performance of duty or in the completion of a task. Know when a matter require informal or formal letter and/or medium of discussion. Many significant matters ended in an inconsequential result because there are those who presumed that everything is understood, process are already fully articulated, and all matters are taken up. Everything is in a continuum of possibility. All the more that communication is essential within this range. Realize that common sense is different from telepathy; presumption is antonym of accuracy.

     San Pedro Cathedral, 1974.

   Ang litrato sa bata nakutlo gikan sa Google. [ Naaghat nga tubag human mabasa ang usa ka statement sa usa ka lokal nga opisyal sa dakbayan sa Iligan nga nangutana kung nganong wala pay suhulan ang mga kaswal nga mga empleyado sulod sa hapit lima na ka bulan .] Ang mayor namo sa Iligan city usa ka ghostbuster. Tanang empleyado nga naa sa listahan sa job order, nadeklara na nga ghost employees.  Kung mauhon ni, daghang bakante nga pwesto sa among lokal nga panggamhanan. Pwede na kaha ko mangaplay sa imo, Mayor? Kung madawat ugaling ko, hinaut imo kung itratar nga tawo. Ghost. Sa bisaya pa, kalag. Sa kadaghag nadeklara nga kalag sa Iligan city, siguro ato na lang pud saulugon sa mabulukong pamaagi ang Kalag-kalag permi. Ambot unsay naa sa hunahuna sa atong gobyerno nga nganlan man nila nga job order ang usa ka trabaho. Ang mga tawo wa nay job, pasmado na, unya ang trabaho orderon pa. Haska jud nilang swelduha! Dili jud ni mahuman ang banging pamulitika sa ...

Three days after suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) attacked Phil Alstron Mining Corp.  at Purok 4, barangay Tagmamarkay of Tubay town in Agusan del Norte, there is apparent inaction of local agencies to care on impacts of violence in the region. In a phone conversation with local officials in Agusan del Norte, none professed full information of the details of the incident despite their proximity in the area. Both Erma Suyo, provincial civil defense officer IV, and Romina Altorino, part of the secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources in Agusan del Norte, said they still have no accurate information about the mining company attacked by communist guerillas. “We were not given information from investigating authorities about the attack and we have no information about the mining company either,” said Suyo in a phone conversation on April 7. Police Inspector Roderick Aranas reported that at about 1 am dawntime on April 5, rebels swooped down at th...

Lex Ian with his class adviser, Ms. Linn Antonette, and classmates in a recognition ceremony. Today, I am forever a proud stage-mom photo-documenting pieces of his successes.   Lex and me. 3.25.2014.

I was 10, at school, in a province when they occupied Edsa and declared revolution in 1986. They unseated Marcos whom they loathed for his wealth & power. I don't remember Marcos leadership except for what was written in history books & the presence of eloquent rebels who knocked at my grandparents home,near our farm, on some rare nights for quick accommodation. My grandparents didn't have qualms and was innately a peaceful family, solving problems & managing farm like a daily chore. They were easily humbled when they saw armed men. They didn't want violence. I was barely a teenage girl, not interested on television, when soldiers attacked some parts of the hinterlands in our province. Some Cafgus said, 'this could be the end of revolution.' This was post-Edsa period. This was when Cafgus beheaded a rebel & showcased to media workers--which was highlighted as a 'political horror' in national dailies thereafter. Walking from school, I thou...