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 You tend to be understated and under appreciated. You have a hidden force to do amazing things, doing them your own way. People may see you as strange and shy, but they know little. Your unconventional ways have more power than they (and even you) know. Your strength: Standing up for what you know is true Your weakness: You tend to be picky and rigid Your power color: Silver Your power symbol: Square Your power month: April |
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
My Birthday
30th Birthday
I just turned 30 last Thursday. Team 2010 offered a Mass for me and I was also given a very simple tribute with a simple merienda that followed. I wrote this that morning while on a break. Just a little scribbling of my thoughts.
30TH BIRTHDAY
It is my 30th Birthday today.
What have I done in the past 30 years?
*Become a University President.
*Marry the Greatest Love of my life.
*Graduate from UP Diliman on time and without any problem to my parents.
*Graduate from Maryknoll (Miriam College) High School with an outstanding library club president award.
*Read the Da Vinci Code and making my faith stronger than ever.
*Become a person of faith.
Truly I can go on and on and count all my blessings but what the only achievement that I can boast is the fact that I have friends and kept them through the years and I have been lucky that these are friends who have been with me through thick and thin.
I am lucky because I do not have to conform for them to love me.
I do not have to lend them money or treat them to dinner and gimiks for them to appreciate me.
I do not have to be thoughtful, God knows how much I have on my mind right now, for them to be loyal and true.
I just have to be me. Without any pretensions. Without any masks. Just me.
As I look on towards the next few years, I think of what more should I do with my life to make sure I do not destroy the purity I have earned through the years and I realized I just have to be my own self and not be swayed by the tides of time.
I still have so many things to do. Not achieve, DO!
Problems are a dime a dozen, and it seems very difficult, but when you look at the half full glass of every issue, you will realize that solutions are a dime a dozen too. It just needs the right amount of leadership and integrity to be implemented. I am not afraid.
30 seems to be a big number. I don’t feel thirty. Age truly is just a state of mind.
I remember walking through the corridors of UNEP and overheard a student talk to another how young their President is. They even said, “Bagana la pa ka igin iginon.”
Others would have felt offended but I just smiled to myself, because that is ME. I am this igin-iginon and transparent little girl who just does what is needed of her. This is who I am. That is my trademark.
As I look ahead and see the work that still needs to be done, I just say,
“Thank you Lord for your belief and faith in me. Thank you for the thirty years of loving family and friends who have nurtured me to be who I am now. Thank you for your everlasting faithfulness. I pray for more.”
30TH BIRTHDAY
It is my 30th Birthday today.
What have I done in the past 30 years?
*Become a University President.
*Marry the Greatest Love of my life.
*Graduate from UP Diliman on time and without any problem to my parents.
*Graduate from Maryknoll (Miriam College) High School with an outstanding library club president award.
*Read the Da Vinci Code and making my faith stronger than ever.
*Become a person of faith.
Truly I can go on and on and count all my blessings but what the only achievement that I can boast is the fact that I have friends and kept them through the years and I have been lucky that these are friends who have been with me through thick and thin.
I am lucky because I do not have to conform for them to love me.
I do not have to lend them money or treat them to dinner and gimiks for them to appreciate me.
I do not have to be thoughtful, God knows how much I have on my mind right now, for them to be loyal and true.
I just have to be me. Without any pretensions. Without any masks. Just me.
As I look on towards the next few years, I think of what more should I do with my life to make sure I do not destroy the purity I have earned through the years and I realized I just have to be my own self and not be swayed by the tides of time.
I still have so many things to do. Not achieve, DO!
Problems are a dime a dozen, and it seems very difficult, but when you look at the half full glass of every issue, you will realize that solutions are a dime a dozen too. It just needs the right amount of leadership and integrity to be implemented. I am not afraid.
30 seems to be a big number. I don’t feel thirty. Age truly is just a state of mind.
I remember walking through the corridors of UNEP and overheard a student talk to another how young their President is. They even said, “Bagana la pa ka igin iginon.”
Others would have felt offended but I just smiled to myself, because that is ME. I am this igin-iginon and transparent little girl who just does what is needed of her. This is who I am. That is my trademark.
As I look ahead and see the work that still needs to be done, I just say,
“Thank you Lord for your belief and faith in me. Thank you for the thirty years of loving family and friends who have nurtured me to be who I am now. Thank you for your everlasting faithfulness. I pray for more.”
Apprehensive
Apprehensive. That is how I feel now. Tomorrow, I will be speaking in front of all the faculty members of the University for the very first time as their President.
Do you ever get that feeling that your mind is so full of stuff that you want to say but with so much thoughts you get paralyzed and say nothing? That is how I feel right now. There are so many things I want to say.
I think the best thing is just to pray and prepare well. Organize my thoughts logically and try not to offend anyone.
Do you ever get that feeling that your mind is so full of stuff that you want to say but with so much thoughts you get paralyzed and say nothing? That is how I feel right now. There are so many things I want to say.
I think the best thing is just to pray and prepare well. Organize my thoughts logically and try not to offend anyone.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
UNEP'S TEAM 2010
I slept early yesterday after a vary exhausted day at work. It was the second day of our 1st institutional strategic planning activity and it was really tiring.
Although, in a way I was disappointed because I was not able to finish the OKRAPISPATRES activity yesterday, we were able to finally come up with an institutional vision-mission that would hopefully bring all our efforts into perspective.
I was happy because at least I learned that everybody in this University was interested to promote the its welfare. Everybody also understood that this University has a great soul that has to be set free from the bonds of mediocrity. We have also decided to give our group a name, the UNEP TEAM 2010. You see, we have time-bounded our vision by year 2010. I sure hope we complete what we have set out to do.
Today, I might have woken up still a little exhausted but I am happy that UNEP has finally woken up from her slumber.
Here's to a great new day UNEP!
Although, in a way I was disappointed because I was not able to finish the OKRAPISPATRES activity yesterday, we were able to finally come up with an institutional vision-mission that would hopefully bring all our efforts into perspective.
I was happy because at least I learned that everybody in this University was interested to promote the its welfare. Everybody also understood that this University has a great soul that has to be set free from the bonds of mediocrity. We have also decided to give our group a name, the UNEP TEAM 2010. You see, we have time-bounded our vision by year 2010. I sure hope we complete what we have set out to do.
Today, I might have woken up still a little exhausted but I am happy that UNEP has finally woken up from her slumber.
Here's to a great new day UNEP!
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Fire Fear
Just a few days ago (April 27,2006) a fire gutted two (2) classrooms at the 4th floor of the Administration Building of the University of Northeastern Philippines here in Iriga.
I was in Manila when it happened and my phone was conking out at that time. They were not able to contact me. I got really pissed when I learned of the news. We are already having a little deficit problem, as it is, brought about by this weak economy were having, and the fire I think, just made it feel like the last straw.
I really do not know how to make of it. There has been a series of fires in schools and hospitals in the region lately. I remember about a few weeks ago, Ramon, my husband of just a little shy of three months told me that he had to fix the fire protection requirements of our school in Legazpi (CCDI) because just a few days before that a fire broke out in Bicol University, Aquinas Hospital and at Divine Word College, all in Legazpi City. Allegedly, there is an arsonist out there targetting big school and hospitals. Damage has only been to property, Thank God!
After this fire in our University, I was told that just a few days before the fire, University of Nueva Caceres in Naga City, CSSAC in Pili, Camarines Sur and CSPC in Nabua, Camarines Sur all suffered the same fate from this so called arsonist.
The fire in UNC gutted the whole 2nd floor of their High School Building - 12 classrooms in all, the CIDG people told me yesterday. The one in CSPC is just a small storage room. All the other fires where in places where there was not really much substantial damage.
What is really strange about the fire in UNEP is that the place that got burned was not really a high traffic area specially it being Summer and all. The two classrooms that caught fire was being occuppied as a Student Lounge so it only had a few tables and chairs. The other room is being occuppied as the office of the Dean of Commerce and Business Education. Electrical lines were also not disturbed as people in the building continued to work on their computers while the fire continued raging upstairs.
Is there really a group out to prove themselves? Oh, I don't know and frankly, I do not really care. Right now, I will just count my blessings:
1. At least there were no loss of life or injury inflicted to anyone.
2. At least now, our Mayor has decided to focus on the needs of the Iriga City Fire Department, something that has been on her things to do list but was not really a priority.
3. At least, we would be able to renovate the office properly and it can actually become three small classrooms for major subjects. The Dean's Office is now located at Rm. 401 where the Dean likes to stay now. He does not want to come back at his old office.
4. Schools are now starting to focus on the fire protection of their school as they provide more fire extinguishers and fix their fire exits.
5. Personally, once again, it made me realize how God can throw a curve ball when you least know it so better to be always prepared.
For now, as I sit on my computer contemplating on the implications of all this on my work and life, I am thankful because inspite of it all, I still feel blessed.
I was in Manila when it happened and my phone was conking out at that time. They were not able to contact me. I got really pissed when I learned of the news. We are already having a little deficit problem, as it is, brought about by this weak economy were having, and the fire I think, just made it feel like the last straw.
I really do not know how to make of it. There has been a series of fires in schools and hospitals in the region lately. I remember about a few weeks ago, Ramon, my husband of just a little shy of three months told me that he had to fix the fire protection requirements of our school in Legazpi (CCDI) because just a few days before that a fire broke out in Bicol University, Aquinas Hospital and at Divine Word College, all in Legazpi City. Allegedly, there is an arsonist out there targetting big school and hospitals. Damage has only been to property, Thank God!
After this fire in our University, I was told that just a few days before the fire, University of Nueva Caceres in Naga City, CSSAC in Pili, Camarines Sur and CSPC in Nabua, Camarines Sur all suffered the same fate from this so called arsonist.
The fire in UNC gutted the whole 2nd floor of their High School Building - 12 classrooms in all, the CIDG people told me yesterday. The one in CSPC is just a small storage room. All the other fires where in places where there was not really much substantial damage.
What is really strange about the fire in UNEP is that the place that got burned was not really a high traffic area specially it being Summer and all. The two classrooms that caught fire was being occuppied as a Student Lounge so it only had a few tables and chairs. The other room is being occuppied as the office of the Dean of Commerce and Business Education. Electrical lines were also not disturbed as people in the building continued to work on their computers while the fire continued raging upstairs.
Is there really a group out to prove themselves? Oh, I don't know and frankly, I do not really care. Right now, I will just count my blessings:
1. At least there were no loss of life or injury inflicted to anyone.
2. At least now, our Mayor has decided to focus on the needs of the Iriga City Fire Department, something that has been on her things to do list but was not really a priority.
3. At least, we would be able to renovate the office properly and it can actually become three small classrooms for major subjects. The Dean's Office is now located at Rm. 401 where the Dean likes to stay now. He does not want to come back at his old office.
4. Schools are now starting to focus on the fire protection of their school as they provide more fire extinguishers and fix their fire exits.
5. Personally, once again, it made me realize how God can throw a curve ball when you least know it so better to be always prepared.
For now, as I sit on my computer contemplating on the implications of all this on my work and life, I am thankful because inspite of it all, I still feel blessed.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
New Blog, New Stories
Its been a tiring Thursday.
Spent most of the day in Goa solving problems.
Now, waiting for my ride back home from work.
Checked my email.
Regretted having missed iblog2.
Got inspired by the disini and mlq3 blogs.
Realized that all my internet activities were wedding related.
Now that the wedding is over and REAL LIFE started,
so many realizations... overwhelming...
an awakening to the truth...
THAT LIFE IS INDEED A SERIES OF CHOICES.
IT IS THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE THAT MAKES LIFE WHAT IT IS.
Welcome to the Dragon's Lair!
Spent most of the day in Goa solving problems.
Now, waiting for my ride back home from work.
Checked my email.
Regretted having missed iblog2.
Got inspired by the disini and mlq3 blogs.
Realized that all my internet activities were wedding related.
Now that the wedding is over and REAL LIFE started,
so many realizations... overwhelming...
an awakening to the truth...
THAT LIFE IS INDEED A SERIES OF CHOICES.
IT IS THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE THAT MAKES LIFE WHAT IT IS.
Welcome to the Dragon's Lair!
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