It’s hard to believe that a week has passed since my last blog posting. That was from Amsterdam, in transit from the board meeting of the Global Campaign for Education.
I have just come from a three-day workshop in Cotabato City, for 102 Instructional Managers from the Synergeia project sites in mainland Mindanao. A similar workshop [...]
Just before flying from Manila, I had 30 minutes of free internet service at the lounge, but the text somehow got lost when I posted it.
Am now in transit at the Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, and I have another 30 minutes of internet access, though not free; it’s 6 euros. But I thought I should repeat [...]
It is the first hour of July 11, and I am officially 65 years old. I really don’t know at what hour of July 11 I was born in 1943.
This is a very short blog.
In a few hours I will fly by KLM to London via Amsterdam. The board of the Global Campaign for Education [...]
Am in Davao for a workshop with PMTs - Project Management Teams - convened by Synergeia from 11 LGUs in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.
Synergeia is one of three implementing organizations of EQuaLLS 2, a USAid funded program on basic education in ARMM. I knew about its earlier participation in EQuaLLS 1, but was [...]
“If you can get only one book this year, make it this one.” That is quite an endorsement for a book from one of my favorite blog sites, Garr Reynold’s Presentation Zen.
The book is Brain Rules by Dr. John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist. His professional title can be intimidating, but don’t worry, his writing [...]
In the Bible the number 40 means a very long time. When we read that “it rained 40 days and 40 nights,” that is not to be understood literally; simply that it rained for a long. long time.
This morning, I thought of the biblical meaning of 40 when I met Atty. Camilo Sabio at [...]
Today I took part in three meaningful liturgies. No, I did not attend three religious ceremonies, though one included some prayers.
In the seminary, I learned that the word “liturgy” combines two Greek words - laos (people) and ergon (action or work). We can translate liturgy either as “public works” or as “mass action.”
As a young [...]
Today started early, with a breakfast discussion at the Alliance for Rural Concerns office about the looming food crisis. Prof. Ted Mendoza took an early bus from Los Banos to brief us on the global and national dimensions of food shortage.
Some take away quips from him: “This government suffers from a shortage of targets.” Based [...]
Last Tuesday, I went up to Silang to speak at the Synergeia annual retreat. My topic is “Community Organizing” as it applies to EFA. My voice was still hoarse, and when they asked for the reason, I joked that I had stayed up all night listening to Jun Lozada’s confession.
That drew some laughter, and instant [...]
Today’s headline of the Philippine Daily Inquirer used the juicy quote from Rodolfo Jun Lozada: “Moderate their greed.”
That was Romulo Neri’s instructions as he left him to negotiate with the Philippine principal players in the $329 million National Broadband Network project. As far as I can gather from all the news reports, the amount started [...]
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