Good Things In Life

Archive for January, 2009

It was 7th day of June 2007 when I attented a Canadian Orientation Seminar Abroad Session held at IOM Office @ 24th Floor, Citibank Tower Condominium located at 8741 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines . The lady in the picture is Diane Bienvenue one of the facilitator. Her companion is Louise Belanger but I failed to take a picture of her only Miss Diane. The Canadian Orientation Abroad Project (COA) is a world-wide and official pre-departure orientation project funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The orientation seminars offered for free charge with drinks and snacks. It is important for me to attend the said seminar for me to know the do’s and don’ts in traveling abroad especially in Canada. My main purpose of participating it is to learn the survival tips for a successful adaptation in Canada concerning arrival requirements; basic settling-in procedures; reliable information on issues and concerns regarding Canadian labour laws, contract expiry / extension, permanent resident status, sponsorship and learn about practical tips about life in Canada.

Hello! good morning to everyone. I received a letter from Canadian Embassy today. I felt so happy upon reading the letter informing me that I passed the Spoken Proficiency in English Assessment and Knowledge (SPEAK) test done last 3rd day January 2007 at Manila. Speak test is an oral proficiency test that measures how an applicant understands and expresses in spoken English language. The test is specifically designed for the applicants to Canada and includes evaluation of the applicants knowledge of the basic skills required in LCP. The test cost PHP 2240 (including VAT). An now I passed the said exam and because of that the embassy make an expedited decision on my application and continue to process my work permit. Thanks to God …

Barangay Rizal is located in the Northern part of the Municipality of Monkayo. It is 8 kilometers away from the proper town of Monkayo. The barangay is accessible by all types of vehicles, for it is along the National Highway.

The opening program of Araw ng Rizal together with the barangay officials and teachers.
Visitors Hon Vice Mayor Avelino Cabag and the Municipal Councilors of Monkayo

Hon. Board Member Armando Codilla of 1st District Compostela Valley Province.

Dance presentation of selected Grade I pupils of Mrs. Sherly N. Cañeda.

Field Demonstration of Grade II pupils under Mrs. Ma. Elsie G. Moning.

Grade III pupils field demonstration under Mrs. Norma S. Murillo.

A nice field demo of Grade IV pupils of Miss Gimma T. Fernandez

Another field demostration by the grade V pupils of Mrs. Gina B. Cabale

My grade VI beautiful angels with their field demo intitled Awitin mo, Isasayaw ko…

Barangay Rizal has one Women Organization, which is the Barangay Council of Women (BCOW).

The Barangay Council of Women is the active women’s organization operating in the barangay.

It was 4th day January our first Sunday of the year 2009. We, the group of Filipino Christian Fellowship held our first Worship Service at Room 128 Parkview Church here in Guelph. The fellowship service started around 4pm by Nerie Dador who led the songs to praise and worship God. Pastor Helen Rojas gave her nice message to the group. The members were very happy and more bless to worship God.

The Canadian Orientation Abroad Project (COA) is a world-wide and official pre-departure orientation project funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
June 7, 2007 is my schedule of attending the Pre-departure Orientation to be held at IOM Office, on the 24th Floor of the Citibank Tower Condominium, at 8741 Paseo de Roxas in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.( see map ).
These orientation seminars are offered of free charge with drinks and snacks. It is important for me to attend the said seminar for me to know the do’s and don’ts in traveling abroad especially in Canada.

My main purpose of participating it is to learn the survival tips for a successful adaptation in Canada concerning arrival requirements; basic settling-in procedures; reliable information on issues and concerns regarding Canadian labour laws, contract expiry / extension, Permanent resident status, sponsorship and learn about practical tips about life in Canada.

I will leave the Philippines and soon to be in Canada but my heart will be left here in the Phil…

Education plays a vital role for the good future to any individual especially the youth today. Rizal Memorial Elementary School is located seven kilometers from Poblacion Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province. It was a school along Philippine – Japan friendship National Highway from Davao City in the south and Butuan City to the north. It is a public elementary school with the total population of three hundred ( 300 ) students and seven ( 7 ) teachers from grade I to VI. I am handling grade VI, 30 boys and 23 girls with the total of fifty three ( 53 ) pupils. Rizal Memorial Elementary School was situated at 2 hectares land area donated by Cabusora family of Barangay Rizal . The school has a beautiful playground, heroes park, sci – math garden and a flower garden in the front. We have also vegetable garden and a rice field at the back. Then a banana plantation on the other side. The pupils are very cooperative, attentive, polite, kind, cooperative and intelligent. Valedictory Address
Years and years of efforts, of struggles and of sacrifices have rolled on little by little until at last we are graduating today. Like everything else in this world, our happy school days in Rizal Memorial Elem. School have come to an end. All through these years of incessant endeavors, we have been dreaming of this occasion rich with never- fading memories, one brief moment in our lives when we can share with you the glory and happiness for having achieved another rung in the ladder of success. It is not the end to all our endeavors not as the last milestone on the long road to success and happiness, but it is only the beginning of greater things, the stepping stone to the greater and bigger achievements. In this gathering today, I see the reason for those beautiful sacrifices of our dear parents and in those sacrifices I see the reason for the happiest, most contented countenance that their faces wear this day. Thank you, thank you my dear parents. To our teachers, how can we even repay you for the wise instructions, your unselfish devotion to our welfare and your motherly guidance which we all had the good fortune to share? Thanks to those happy years of physical, intellectual, moral and spiritual growth under the loving care of our dear teachers, we can safely say that we have been very fortunate indeed. To our Alma matter Rizal Memorial Elem. School which is our school and yours too. This school grows and is destined to grow simply because it counts with the support, moral and material from each and everyone of us especially our teachers, PTCA officials, Barangay officials and parents. So, to our Alma matter there’s nothing much better and much happier than to have you all with us today; for your most welcome presence is a good sign that our school will live and will continue to live perhaps much bigger and much stronger through the years; capable of living up to the highest expectation. Thank you and good day to everyone.School with adequate facilities that employs committed and effective teachers and provide quality education in order to produce graduates, proficient in communication competent in academic and technology, and upright in morality and spirituality in preparation for the higher learning level. Every school year our school have rendered educational programs and services that leads the students to learn and develop proficiency in communication, competence in academic, technology, morally and spirituality upright to prepared them for the higher learning level.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL..BATCH 2007!..Party! Party! Party!!!!!!!