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Recently, I have done about three guidebooks on finance and business as the knowledge products of our USAID project. The first two was easier to prepare since it were patterned from a developed guidebooks only for different end-user. But the last one was painstakingly developed because everything is fresh and the only pattern available was the actual experience. So much so that the field experiences were so difficult to translate into a standard manuscript. Anyway, everything is done, printed and soon will be in use. I always ask myself this question, "How to write a guidebook?" I assumed that the available answers in the google.com are directly related to what I actually meant, that is, the writing of a technical guidebook. What appeared on my screen however is about writing a good guidebook on travels. Well, this interests me because I am fond of traveling around the country. Thanks to my nature of work. And I dream of traveling around the world, which I already started w...

My call to teaching started at an early age. I have been teaching groups of people since I was 11 years old. That was when I joined the parish youth council in our parish. Then, immediately I became one of the youth leaders. I was endorsed by my school during my high school years to join a facilitator's training. I was actively involved in May catechism every year. I grew more in the diocesan youth formation team in my college years until my few years as an employee. My very first employment entailed purely of teaching. Upon passing the CPA board exam, I immediately took post as an Accounting Teacher for 3 years full time; 2 years later as part-time. Teaching was my part-time job when I worked as an accounting in my hometown's government center. When I left for Metro Manila, I thought I ran off from teaching. It ran after me instead and so I still do teaching in many trainings and workshops. As facilitator or trainor or mentor, despite the fact there is no more grade prepar...

I always wanted a "real thing". Basically because I know I am real; I am very true to myself and thus to everyone. Being real, no matter how awkward to everyone's own description or version or concept or framework, is essential to maximize your full person, your gift, talent, ideas, potentials. That is why I can always relate to this song "Real thing". I love this song. The very first time I hear it from my bestfriend and sister Joy Fortaleza from her file of jazz musics, I fell in love deeply. Indeed whenever I found a boyfriend, I always thought of this song: Real Thing by Bobby Caldwell. Happy singing people! Real Thing Bobby Caldwell Here comes the night Once again I'll be feeling lonely Oh if only things could work out like you plan Where can love be Tell me why it's so hard to find somebody Who will stand by me And take the time to understand And so may love again *I want the real thing Or nothing at all I need someone that I...

STEFANO LANGONE Born February 27, 1989 in Kent, Washington ,  Stefano Langone   is 22 years old who auditioned in San Francisco, California with Marvin Gaye 's " I Heard It Through the Grapevine ". He performed Stevie Wonder 's " Sir Duke " in the Hollywood week and his own composition "Come Home" for his final solo. He survived a near-fatal car accident in 2009 being hit by a drunk driver. Initially eliminated from the Top 13, Langone was chosen by the judges to rejoin the competition during the Wild Card round. He is my current BF AI 10 (Bet and Favorite American Idol)! He has a wonderful rendition of one of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs, "Lately". He hungered me more of him in his over-the-top performance and rendition of "If You Don't Know Me By Now". Gosh! In loved na ako sa kanya... Watch out for my boyfriend in the Idol!

Today shall mark the celebration day for Ma'am Rebecca Febrero, CPA to leave the teaching profession. She retires from teaching Accounting and related subjects after the challenging and grueling 20 years in  Saint Paul University Surigao, formerly known as San Nicolas College. The BS Accountancy Alumni has collaborated to realize a "Tribute to Ma'am Bec-Bec" event. Most of the transactions happened and being facilitated by the Facebook. And today here it comes. I did not go home to attend the ceremonies but I was requested by Dupong, my classmate, friend and colleague in the profession, to prepare a poem in dedication to Ma'am Bec-Bec - Nanay Bek. A poem? Are you kidding me? I only wrote a poem once in high school and have it published in the college school paper. I can not even remember what it contain. I don't even know what and how to word a poem, much more a poem for my favorite mentor? But the request came this afternoon and Dupong will be reading it ...