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WHILE GENSAN is celebrating it’s Tuna Festival this week, my hometown, Alabel, Sarangani Province also celebrates its 8th Kasadyaan Festival, which opened today with various activities.

The activities scheduled today include the inauguration of  government projects in the different barangays, tree-planting at the septage treatment facility and in school sites, opening of the agri-fishery fair, thanksgiving mass, fireworks display, and acoustic concert.

I took part in the tree-planting activity early this morning with Junior Ecologist Movement (JEM) members at the Septage Treatment Facility (STF) in Barangay Bagacay.

THIS YEAR’S celebration of Alabel’s Foundation Anniversary might just be the most extravagant in the town’s 38-year history.

Set to kick-off tomorrow, the 8th Kasadyaan Festival has been allocated with Php 3.7 million-budget.

Bombo Radyo reports that Php 3 million pesos of the allocation for the festival was donated by Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, who is vocal about his political plans in the  province.

Various activities have been lined up for the Kasadyaan Festival, including the Manny Pacquiao Php300 Dart Tounament, which was held on August 29, the Basketball Exhbition Game with the Pacman Team,  and the much-talked-about Comedy Night with Pokwang.

IF YOU are on Facebook, the most interactive and the coolest social networking site, you can now get updates on the 18th Mindanao Business Conference via the 18th MinBizCon page.

Be a Fan!

See who’s coming to join the MinBizCon and what are in store for those who’ll attend the two-day conference.

The Mindanao Business Conference is the biggest annual gathering of the business leaders and government policy makers in Mindanao and the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) region.

For those who are attending the MinBizCon, here are the recommended accommodation in Koronadal City:

WHEN YOU are in a situation that is as boring as  mine right now, you would always desire for an extra-exciting life. For how can your life have a bit of excitement if you work from Mondays to Saturdays and you go to school on Sundays?

What I need is break from my routine and start doing something different. A business of my own, maybe?

Here’s what I found on the web. It’s something from Pablo Picasso. Yeah, the painter. I’ve known just now that there’s more to him than being a magnificent artists that is known the world over. He also gave the world seven tips for creating an exciting life. And here they are:

IT TAKES a community to rear a child.

That speaks for how great a responsibility it is to equip a child with knowledge, skills, and attitudes he will need when he becomes a grown man or woman.

I’ve realized just recently that becoming a parent is a gigantic role. Not that I am already one…uhm, aren’t teachers considered second parents?

I’d just like to share how I feel right now about being a classroom adviser. It’s a first for me and I find it challenging. If in last two-and-a-half months, I was still trying to familiarize myself to the roles and responsibilities, this time I can feel how important it is to get my eyes open to my students’ behavior and what messages these behaviors mean.