Stay in good health

Today, after going for a health checkup, my physician told me I have problem with me left lung. I am diagnose with pulmonary tuberculosis. I need to under four months of treatment and I did so. I am lucky enough still that I didn't catch corona virus while I am having this disease. Keep healthy and be wise.

Moving to Makati City

I have been living in Pineda, Pasig City since 2015 and today, I am officially leaving Pasig City. I am moving to a nearby city, which is Makati City.

Moving to another city means relocating to a different geographical area, usually for an extended period of time. This can involve leaving behind familiar surroundings, friends, and family, and adjusting to a new environment, culture, and way of life.

Just beside the mighty Pasig river between the cities of Pasig and Makati.

Moving to another city can bring many changes, both positive and negative. It can provide new opportunities, such as better job prospects, a lower cost of living, or a new way of life, but it can also present challenges, such as adapting to a new environment, establishing a new social network, and managing the stress of the transition.

Moving to another city requires careful planning and preparation, including research about the new city, finding a place to live, and establishing a new support network. However, it can also be an exciting and transformative experience, providing the chance to start fresh, learn new skills, and make new memories.

History of Gamu, Isabela

The town of Gamu was established on Decmeber 5, 1741. The name "Gamu" or "gamu-t" in old texts refers to the roots of tall grasses like cogon, deeply embedded in the soil. Originally part of Cagayan Valley, Gamu became part of Nueva Vizcaya in 1856 and later joined Isabela in 1859.

San Gabriel de Batauag, the first mission, was established in 1612 by Dominican missionaries. After initial conflicts, the mission was restored in 1673, leading to the emergence of Cabagan, Itugod, and Santa Rosa de Gamu-t.

Financial constraints led Santa Rosa de Gamu-t and Our Lady of Victories of Itugod to merge in 1741, with Gamu as the central settlement. Under Dominican care until 1922, Gamu later saw leadership shifts, including Filipino priests and La Salette missionaries from 1962 to 1977.

An earthquake in December 1949 damaged the church and convent, resulting in the construction of a wooden church in 1950-1951 near the Spanish Church ruins.

It's 38 years since...

First of all, thanks be to God for reaching this 38th years of life on Earth. With the instrumentality of my loving parents, I was born in Ilagan, Isabela. It is now a city that's around 400 kilometers north of capital city of Manila. I am really grateful to reach this age and with God's permission, more years to come and go.

Second, I wish to earn more money because that's the only thing that I don't have much. I could help family members and the community I belong to more than the usual I can. This is in support of realizing our dreams and inspiration. I can also realize my personal dream of having my own house in Baras, Rizal as it now is being constructed that I got from pre-selling since year 2019.

Third, I always wanted to continue and finish my degree in Mass Communication while working in call center. God-willing, by age 40, I am already a degree holder or later than that. I want to be part of the mainstream media industry someday here in the Philippines.

Predominantly

Why are you a Catholic? It's because Philippines is dominated by Roman Catholic and you were born a Filipino. Why are you a buddhist? It's because Japan is dominated by buddhism and you were born a Japanese. Why are you a Hindi? It's because India is dominated by Hinduism and you were born an Indian.

Let's try to turn things around. You are a Catholic member, what if you were born in Japan, will you be a Catholic still? Will you be converted to Hinduism? That's the big question.

It's not because your country is dominated by this, dominated by that, then you are obliged to be there, to be part of this and that. All you need is to do is to think if you have to be there.

I was born Catholic and got baptized by them when I was a newborn. I even got the chance to meet the so-called godparents when they were introduced to me by my parents. There are only four of them, to my knowledge. And all I need to do is to think if I have to be a Catholic forever. I'm no longer a Catholic now since I was using my mind.

So I have been to many groups like born again christians, pentecostal, visisted baptist and mormon church, listened to Almeda, listened to iglesia ni kristo, listened to Vilarde but they were nothing. Until I found the radio program Ang Dating Daan during my fourth-year high school. That's the story so far.

Buwan ng wika 2021

This whole month of August 2021, Filipinos celebrate this Buwan ng Wika. In a quest for national identity, Filipino based in Tagalog became an official language along with English. Filipino, as aymbol of nationalism still borrowed words from Spanish and English. So let me explain further why decolonizing the Filipino mind is a failure experiment since 1987 and the people behind the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) are failure, too.

This year's theme: Filipino at mga Wikang Katutubo sa Dekolonisasyon ng Pag-iisip ng mga Pilipino. I believe it's no longer imposible to decolonize the thinking of Filipinos. A call Center agent like me speaks English and Spanish. In everyday life, I speak Filipino with local fellows and I speak Ilocano with my parents and relatives. Even Jose Rizal knew more than 20 langauages in his time. What I mean is, from our past, in our present and in the future, Filipinos will continue to speak English and other non-Philippine languages including French, Chinese, Arabic and more. I still consider Spanish as our own language even if its official status was irresponsibly removed by the idiot framers of the 1987 Philippine constitution.

The Supreme Court of the Philippines, in its final decision, Filipino and Panitikan subjects are no longer required in highher education. Hoping that in our future generations of Filipinos will continue to speak a better English and re-learn our own Spanish, among others.

Out of 187 languages in the Philippines, Dicamay Agta, Arta, Katabaga and Ata are now dead languages. KWF which mandated for the preservation of languages failed to preserve these Philippine langauages. Mainly because they are focused on the Filipino language.

Today, there are more 95% of Filipinos speak English as second language, around 40,000 speak it as first language. Compared to Filipino language where only 42 million Filipinos speak it as native speakers. Local Filipinos even prefer English than the Filipino language in a dissertation.

My Lobo, Batangas experience

It was July 18 when I and my colleagues at work got the chance to travel to Lobo, Batangas for our outing experience off of Metro Manila. My idea of a perfect travel is to spend it with family and workmates. This time, I am with my workmates to get some sea, sand and sun exposure for this 2-days and a night.

So our travel started at exactly 7:00 am on July 18th. We were picked-up by the van at the right time. Our first stop-over was along the expressway to get ourselves refreshed with breakfast but I never bought anything. Most of my colleagues are smokers so they had the chance to do so at the bus stop.

Upon reaching Lobo town, we were able to visit the local market to buy some stuff for food. I was able to buy a Dito SIM card on that day.

Once we arrived at the place at around 12:00 noon, we got into a simple hut to have our lunch break. Thanks to our workmate Mary Anne who did all the food prepations before hand to resolve the hungerness! Dale called the maja blanca as mashed potato!

I had to get some sleep after getting in to our room service. The room was nice and the ambiance is good! I can't even hear the karaoke singers outside of the window even though they do belching high notes of the songs being played. I just needed the sleep to keep myself healthy at all times.

We had our dinner and chit-chat during the night hours. Bonfire didn't go through. That was the plan after dinner but it's a no. They just had had their session instead, so I chose to go to sleep.

The next day, we had our free breakfast served. I was not able to go to swimming but only got some photos of my self later and more photos after that.

I am just excited to start using Dito's SIM for Internet browsing and video streaming when I got home!