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I really find this saying surreal, "When it rains, it pours!" The mother-son tandem taking respite at Seda Hotel of Cagayan de Oro City, after the business planning and financial projection exercises in LGU Manticao, Misamis Oriental I may seem like greedy but I am just trying to please everybody by not saying "No." And there is another saying that says, "To refuse an offer is an insult." So, yeah, I just said "Yes" to all my friends and referees that handed me good offers. My racketeering (in the positive sense of the word) started in November 2014. All extra works coming my way were referred to me by my former colleagues and friends. Some I already promised to do while some are news. The one I promised to render are from the USAID-funded Be Secure Project and the National Water Resource Board (NWRB)- Accredited Technical Service Provider (ATSP). The expected deliverables for Be Secure Project were just like those I have done with the ...

Tinker Bell as her second birthday's motif Wanwan's parents, En (my sister) and Jun, decided to throw her a house party to celebrate her 2nd birthday. I can remember vividly that her 1st year was a pool party in one of the resorts nearby. Photo taken during a family's lunch at Tokyo Tonteki, UP Town Center It seems like just yesterday when our baby Wanwan was so little, fragile, swaddled and cuddled all the time. But now, she can run even before she can walk, and walk on tiptoes, matter-of-factly. She suddenly turns into a two-year own toddler. At 1489 Cableway Resort, Calumpang  Binangonan, Rizal She inherited our (mine and my siblings') high energy-level. But she is beyond her own mother's adrenaline rush. She loves heights, adrenaline-pumping activities such as tumbling on foamy beds, sliding on every thing reclined, jumping, and climbing ladders up and down. Playing Daddy's laptop computer; Nanay mentoring A pose with ...

I had no officework that day, as it was local holiday in Pasig City, which commemorated its more than 2 centuries of cityhood. It was my Mama Dulcing's 70th birthday, too. I offered a small celebration with the immediate family. We enjoyed a buffet dinner at Tong Yang in SM Fairview, Quezon City. The biggest birthday blowout for Mama was the Davao City Tour. She decided to accompany me on my final trip to Padada, Davao del Sur where I got a contract with the Padada Water System Cooperative, which July 18 was the agreed date for the final output presentation. Fortunately, July 17 was declared national holiday to mark the Eid'l Fitr or end of Ramadan for Muslim brethren. So I booked our flight from 17th to 19th of July. This was my mother's first time to reach Davao City, a 9-hour bus ride away from our hometown in Anao-aon, Surigao del Norte, all within the big island of Mindanao. We got the second earliest flight and thus we arrived at Dabaw International Airp...