Foot and Fire

We conducted the FIRST PROJECT of Guilty Your Humor which IS A GIFT GIVING TO THE CHILDREN OF ESPERANZA last 23rd of July 2021. Thank you to all friends of Guilty your Humor - Anniv Fundraiser from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and worldwide as well, for sending your help to this undertaking, including my two friends Engr Mayleen and Ms Leah who braved the rains and muddy way today.  Our day started with the threat of Bagyo Fabian but it gave way to us. The road going to Hda Esperanza was muddy bumpy scary but we made it through.  Thank you to our City Mayor for providing us with transportation, to our two BHW Maam Marilou and Maam Arlene for the assistance, Maam Norma of Esperanza Elem School for lending us a venue for the gift giving of food packs as well as accompanying us today. We missed the children because we required only the parents to pick up their goods. Indeed, happiness is always in sharing. 11.23.21 Please check out why we chose Hda Esperanz...

Why the Children-in-conflict-with-the-law (CICL)?   The CICLs are our children who entangled with  the law whether it reached the court as a case or in petty crimes resolved in the barangay or PNP or the DSWD and did not escalate into a case. The latter children are referred as  children-at-risk. Republic Act 9344 and RA 10630 govern them and mandate the ideal services that should be given them, one of them a holding facility. In all points in time, these children should not be put in jail or PNP detention cells. They should be placed in the custody of their parents or in a holding facility dedicated to them and hopefully in a Bahay Pag-asa as envisioned by RA 10630. There are times when sending back the children to their family or community is not recomended, there comes in the purpose of a holdng facility. Because of the surge of CICLs and a painful experience of having to send back a child to a risky community just because we have no holding facility, our...

Two years ago, I set out to make my four wishes to come true. I am indebted to all friends who contributed for making my wishes a reality. The projects evolved and took shape and life of its own. Here is my inventory: Our laptop and accessories gifted to Panay Bukidnon is now being used to encode the soon-to-be book of Daddy Caballero. Previously, they also used the same to run the software for their "panubok." I am happy and proud of our collective intent to give PB a vehicle to facilitate the cultural documentation. SPECKsyal thanks to you my friends. Our bookshelf which envisions an open honest shelf  did not take a permanent spot but I was happy that your SPECKtacular gift brought me to a shopping spree at the BIG BAD WOLF BOOK FAIR in Cebu in 2018. Book readings at my garden, ongoing book loans, donation of children's book for Brgy Ayungon Elem. Sch. were achieved. I believe this will be a perpetual project you can enjoy with me... Flower ...

Though it streamed for free last May 8 and 9, I wanted to belatedly send my accolades to the people behind the "Ang Huling El Bimbo" through this blog. Hats off. It was really amazing to know that the stage production which ended last August 2019 reached a total of sold-out 115 runs. The set and the period costume is admirable, the case is vibrant, the musical arrangement is interesting and the story is too melodramatic yet the story is presented just enough to make us suspended in our seats and give an all-out cry in the end. Past and present, old self and new self, old songs and new beats merge in the poignant story.

  My journey with Specks Fundraiser had been wonderful because of your overwhelming love. In return, I am pledging my time and efforts and good judgment to see to it that our four projects will be implemented and be sustainable as much as possible. It will be a commitment I am forging with you this year on my birthday. Here are the updates as of December 2018.     There fund already raised plus the pledges to collect met the target amount to spend for each of the project.  Yahoo, thanks to you!!! I love you. ***   The design is already in place but I am still scouting for the right and best public location. In the meantime, the books I bought from the Big Bad Wolf booksale is now up for free reading. Book tasting will be held from time to time. I'm excited! ***   One good friend pledged to buy Laptop for the Panay Bukidnon and it was a heartwarming gesture I still wait before getting the tribe its new recording device. *** ...