Cha as an FK Participant

7:44 PM | Posted by cha_jedidiah

Fredskorpset (FK) Norway is a Norwegian government agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. FK supports the exchanges between personnel of partner organizations in order to promote the mutual exchange of knowledge, experiences and skills.

For this exchange program, I am representing the Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF), a resource center and advocacy body on gender mainstreaming and co-operative development. It has members in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

I will be posted for 10 months in the Credit Union League of Thailand (CULT) as an International Relations Officer. CULT is a secondary federation of credit unions with a membership of 490 primary credit unions, around 800 million individuals in over 77 provinces.

My learning tasks for this exchange program is to:

· Attend basic Thai language courses

· Attend orientations and exposure study to observe CULT program implementation, services and operationsLearn about the credit union movement in Thailand.

· Learn about gender mainstreaming in Primary Credit Unions and CULT

My sharing tasks on the other hand is to develop the International and Public Relations Staff by:

· Conducting English Writing Courses


· Creating a manual on the roles and importance of IR for CULT

· Assisting the IR/PR Staff in the implementation of IR activities and orienting international visitors

· Producing promotional materials

· Translating the company website into English.

After the program, I have to submit a terminal report about the exchange, and do debriefing and follow-up activities for AWCF.

As an FK Participant I am expected to embody and promote the FK values of Reciprocity, Diversity, Transparency, Solidarity, and Equality during my posting.

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The Awesomeness of an Unexpected Beauty

7:15 AM | Posted by cha_jedidiah

Anawangin, Zambales

The alarm turned on at 5 am... waking us up for an early trip to Capones Island. I was the one who woke up first and my first instinct was to unzip the tent and greet the morning sunshine...

But to my utter amazement, what i saw was the vast sky, proudly hanging like a chandelier lighted with thousands of stars...

"ANG GANDA!!!" (It's beautiful) i exclaimed and woke up Karl and Joanne. I can't stop saying ang ganda ang ganda over and over again while pointing to the sky....

The view was so amazing that I got up and went to sit on the nearby swing... with the cold morning breeze playing with my malong... i sat on the swing staring at the awesome wonder of the sky... not contented enough, i transferred to the hammock right beside our tent...

Lying there, the moon shines through the pine trees, stars lighted the sky... and even FIREFLIES danced around and appeared like floating gold dusts... with tears, I cuddled on the hammock and savoured that awesomeness until it was slowly engulfed by the brightness of the sun.

It was one of those moments that I'm thankful to be alive and see such awesome wonder... It was those moments that fuel me to explore more places and experience life abundantly.

I didn't attempt to take pictures of it and my descriptions is incomparable to its awesomeness...

It was a scenery that you must see and experience for yourself. :)

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The Warrior Between

10:42 AM | Posted by cha_jedidiah

The Warrior Between

By Gang Badoy


I am a warrior in my sleep. I gather people and lead armies to victory.
I protect women and children and calcify men with inspiration.
Awake, I worry about rent and the gears of my car.

I am a warrior in my sleep. I speak against corruption and stand fiercely steady upwind.
I feed the hungry and balm the hurting.
Awake, I fuss over cell phones and petty cash vouchers that need to be signed.

I am a warrior in my sleep. I draw my sword against those in power and make them do what is right. I calm the anxious and revive my people’s hopes.
Awake, I fret over fashion and what unimportant others perceive me to be.

I am a warrior in my sleep. I fight for this country and embrace it with my blood.
I breathe the air of my ocean and build my roots on its shores.
Awake, I line up for a foreign visa and envy the lucky who have left.

Asleep, I am truthful.
Awake, I deceive.

Now I stand at the split between.


Awake.

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Stallone-Pacquiao The Movie

1:31 PM | Posted by cha_jedidiah

Another laughtrip from Chico Garcia... hahaha :D

At the time, we did news that Sylvester Stallone wanted to do a movie with Manny Pacquiao. Looking back, I guess it might not push through, since we’ve never really heard anything about it since. But who knows, Hollywood has come up with some of the oddest pairings, so why not a Sly-Pacman movie?

January 15, 2009 → The Top Ten Titles For The Stallone-Pacquiao Movie – Jose de vengenge

1. Tomodache – “Pac You!”

2. Pancakes – “Buksingin Mo Ko, Lalaking Matapang (Akin Ka, Balboa)”

3. Pancakes – “Ilyen Birsus Pridator”

4. Alias Pusa – “Manny, Kicking Pinoy”

5. McMaki – “Mani At Rambo-tan (Para Sa Yo Ang Mubing Ito)”

6. Rodel – “Stop, Or Manny Will Talk”

7. Jesse Jude – “Rocky Sibin”

8. Lagendairy/McDenzel/Bobidax – “Hidden Soldiers” (Tungkol sa mga sundalong may balakubak)

9. Pendongs – “Si Rocky At Ang Taling Nagkapilipilipilitpit”

10. The Game – “My Quotes And I” (About Manny and Stallone who plays his coach)

11. Curt Smith/Danyel – “Blow By Blow (Brokeback Boxing)”

12. Simon Walker – Manny And Sylvester (Ay Towt Ay Tow A Putiket)”

13. Chelsi – “3rd Rocky From Gen San”

14. Draco’s Biatch/Ang Manunusok – “Toilet” (Manny and Sly as vampires)

15. Acer – “Let’s Get Ready To Rambo!”

16. Lyra – “Extreme Bok-Sing”

17. Specialist – “Pasko, Paksiw, Pacquiao”

18. PigDoctor – “Akin Ang Gen San, Yours Is Da L.A.!”

19. Mr. Perk – “Pacman Eats Talong”

20. Chito Resurreccion – “You, Me, & Jenky”

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Greatness

8:12 AM | Posted by cha_jedidiah

To achieve greatness
start where you are,
use what you have,
do what you can...

~~Arthur Ashe, Tennis Champion
(July 5, 1943 – February 6, 1993)

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HEARING vs LISTENING

5:29 AM | Posted by cha_jedidiah

To hear is to be able to perceive sounds.
To listen, on the other hand, is to hear with a PURPOSE.

Hearing is just physical. Listening enables you to understand that sound. Listening takes attention, to actively listen means that you encourages communication.

I love talking… BUT I love conversations more. Conversations with friends, families build relationships. It enables me to share my thoughts as well as listen to theirs. Conversations fuel relationships. Hence, we have all sorts of communication mediums. We spent a great deal conversing with people. It is in our life-blood.

The sad fact though is that sometimes other people forget to listen, actively listen. They are sooo engrossed with their own ideas and what’s happening in their life that they go on talking and talking and talking… Sure they listen” but even if the other person is not yet finish with what he is saying, they already have an idea in mind and blabber about it.

The sad fact is, it can be really tiring when you’re on the receiving end… It sucks out the life in you that you would rather choose to HEAR than to LISTEN. And that you would rather choose to shut up so that the conversation won’t turn into a debate. In debates, there are winners and losers. But in reality, there’s no point in being the winner because you lose the person on the process. (I’m discussing debate on the context of relationships).

Conversations fuel relationships. So do know how to listen and share.

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Ray of Hope

10:41 AM | Posted by cha_jedidiah

When frustrations cave in due to disgusting situations... you feel like you're in a deep sh*t that you can't be free off...

When frustrations cave in due to unmet expectations... you want to shout till the end of the world, how you hate it...

When frustrations cave in due to horrible people... you want to knock the hell out of them...

BUT there will always be a ray of hope... hope that eventually things will be better... IS BETTER...

AND hopefully be reminded of that RAY of HOPE when frustrations start to cave in again...

Until then, enjoy this moment and be thankful for it.

I just did.
all smiles for the exciting challenges/opportunities to come... :D

kampai!!!

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