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I have been quite busy…still busy

A chronicle of my activities in my almost 40 years of government service and other professional engagements in the private sector: Current Engagement: Handling subjects in the program for Master’s Degree in Public Administration, particularly Local Government and Regional Administration, Philippine National Development and Ethics and Accountability in Government Service Past Consultancy Engagements: “Strengthening the…

The Real News About Jobs in Japan

There is “news” that Japan is set to open “an estimated more than 12 million job vacancies” according to an entity called Japan Human Resource Institute. The report did not clarify whether these vacancies will be open within a 50-year period or, as some unscrupulous operators would like us to believe, within the next few…

Bachelor’s Degree?

It is possibly a universal phenomenon that young people who are college bound, together with their parents, generally aim for a college degree over technical qualifications that may be acquired through technical vocational education and training. This may generally be based on the traditional “higher” social status attached to a “good” education, evidenced by a…

Education in the Time of Pandemic

These days, people talk about distance learning, blended learning, Internet-based virtual classes, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Messenger Room, Viber Chatroom and many more. All these, because the usual face-to-face method of teaching and learning in the classroom does not seem desirable in these times of the pandemic. With all these talk about virtual classes, parents have…

The Power of Thought

It sounds so simple yet very few are really able to put it to work. The secret to the achievement of whatever we want in life is all based on the law of attraction. It is said that the law responds to what you are thinking about. For instance, if you feel bad about all…

The Big C

My dad and mom used to say that during their youth and even in their middle age, cases of cancer were somewhat rare. They said that the disease came of age only in the last thirty years or so. They were possibly not accurate in terms of how recent this disease came about but I…

Memo from God

If you haven’t received this memo, sooner or later you will. I don’t remember now who the messenger was who brought this to me, but it was nice receiving a memo from God. The memo said: “Today I will be handling all your problems. If life happens to deliver a situation that you cannot handle,…

Retirement

“I am retired.” To many who have yet to count years before they can say the same thing, this simple sentence probably evokes different kinds of thoughts –anxiety, worry, or hope, anticipation, or resignation. Having gone past this threshold for more than six years now, I must say that I am glad that I chose…

FOOD FOR LIFE

The Conquest of Mt. Fuji