EDGAR ABANIL BLOG

We recently visited the proposed site of  GCCNHS-PUNDASAN ANNEX and mark the places where the posts for the school building will be erected. The three barangays of Punong, Daan Lungsod and Santiago shared resources to procure the necessary materials for the makeshift building.

A truckload of books, specifically 26, 000 volumes of used books from Children International based in Kansas, Missouri, United States of America is being turned over from Children International Philippines in Quezon City to DepED, Division of Gingoog City. Children International is represented by Mr.Domingo Buenaflor. I n attendance are the DepED officials headed by SDS Domingo V. Samson, CESO V, the school heads of the 85 schools in the Division of Gingoog City. This book donation came from the intiative of Dr. Nancy H. Abao, the OIC-ASDS when she was still in the Division of Malaybalay City. Sensing that she will eventually be transferred to Gingoog City, she wrote an anticipatory letter to Children International in Missourri, USA, signing in as the Assistant Superintendent of Gingoog City division.It's a year ago and the fulfillment of that forward planning is now manifest in this turn-over ceremony.   This books will augment the meager supplemental reading materials that...

The trouble with being educated is that you bear the burden of having humility in the face of challenges from lesser educated ones. If you pick up a fight with an ignorant idiot, people will tell you: you're the educated one. You should be humble and patient because that one is a poor ignorant and misguided person." It is as if you're at fault because you are more enlightened than that rogue. Hayyy!!!! buhay!

Fengshui literally means "wind and water". In Chinese lore this is called geomancy. Many rich taipans reportedly make good use of fengshui principles to let them stay in business from generation to generation. For some it is the art of placement, of being in tune with the Earth's constantly changing energy patterns. Being able to attune with this energy flows and to counter negative energy is bound to enjoy good fengshui, which invariably means good health, big wealth and having good descendant luck. Other people regard fengshui as a sort of divination and hence a sort of pagan practice that should be shunned by people who must practice good Christianity. Fengshui enthusiasts, however, maintained that fengshui is not a religion and does not go against any religious beliefs, even if the practice of fengshui originated with the Taoist and Buddhist disciples. Most of the fengshui masters are either Taoist or Buddhist priests. Whatever the truth is, the truth is, many cla...

     It started as a dream. Now it has become a reality.The visionary leadership of Dr. Myrna S. Motoomull dreamed of having a multi-story building for the largest central school in Gingoog City not only to solve the classroom shortage but also to have a higher place to serve as refuge during floods. Begun in 2007 with the initial funding of more than 2 million pesos, the first two classrooms and foundations for the whole building appeared. In 2008 there were no funding allocated. But in 2009 double allocation for 3 classrooms and 5 classrooms were given. The building slowly rises. After the funding was exhausted, only 3 classrooms were lacking. Then in 2010 the funding for the completion was released. The works started by late August. Finally by December the whole fifteen- classroom-three storey school building stands proud, a fitting legacy for those that dreamed- and believed.

We always seek ways to prepare for the future. We save money to buy things we want to have and those we need to have. We go to school to land a good job after wards. Some buy a lot to build their houses on it later on. Others build good will to draw on it when the need arises. Talk of promotions, finding a job and even winning a PTA post. Others even prepared for the penultimate: death. Buying pre- need plans was a taboo then. The mere mention of death is to be avoided lest it will come true sooner. But now people a re more practical. It's even a truism that in big cities it's very expensive to die. Even in the barrios today it's not easy to die. Talk of the expenses incurred and you know what I mean. From dust we are and to dust we return. But it's an act of responsibility to prepare for that eventuality.

December 14, 2010 Gingoog City Teaching is said to be the noblest of all professions. At least it should be. Teachers, even if they are paid, have done a lot of sacrifice. Their lip service is only a perception by non-believers, those who do not have faith in the teaching profession. We hear today of teachers inflicting corporal punishment to their pupils, collecting contributions from their pupils and parents, committing immoral acts against their stakeholders and against their marital partners. On that scene teachers are seen as opportunists, ready to spring on to their prey at the right moment. Yet despite all these negative perceptions, teachers remain to be the most challenging of all jobs. The spoon fed pupils might a thing of the past but the role is basically the same-facilitating learning and effecting change for the better in the youth of the land. Along this thought, I am extending my teachers' day greetings to my fellow teachers in the Philippines and around the world. ...