We can identify 1,000 corporate logos…

but fewer than a dozen plants and animals native to our home places.

think.

David W. Orr

Professor of Environmental Studies
and Politics

i’ve moved on after my affair with GRP-CCCH. Now, i am moving on with my "career"… back to being an NGO worker. it feels good to be back.. no time pressure, no one to run after, hawak mo oras.. output-oriented.. no need to report 8hrs in an office, klaro imong work!!! whoah.. doesn’t mean to be offensive or unfair. It’s just that, you can’t help but compare (siyempre nman, marami ring kapalpakan ang NGOs, but choose the lesser evil, harhahar!)..

Now, i am with PRRM for an 8-month (or less) consultancy proj. la lng, updates lng with what i’m doin with my life.. maybe, my career will revolve na around NGO works.. di nga lang stable, pero at least, may fulfillment ka. (char, drama..). Di ka tlg yayaman dito pero ok lng, maeempower nman the people you are serving to, in someway or another ha. Cool un di ba? Mahirap din maging NGO worker kasi nga, negative tingin ng ibang tao with the objectives. So be it. You can’t impress all of ‘em. Importante, you do ur job well and committed ka to help the community or ur beneficiaries. After all, sila ang dapat mong iimpress at isatisfy. Kaya nga, may NGOs kasi may mga tao that need us. Of course, the compensation is higher than a regular govt. employee receives pero the risks are much higher din.. di pa jud stable (now u work, now u don’t - ang drama).

So much for my advocacy. Baka patayuan na ako nito ng NGO which i will direct. hahaha! Hmm..on the second thought, di masama ha..

i had a one month affair… 

it started on may 11, 2006 but ended just recently - june 21, 2006. One month and ten days to be exact.. it started when a friend told me about him.. i was never hesitant to know him better. i was too eager, too excited..at first, ok ang lhat. pero weeks after, parang hindi na.. problems arise between us. waah… ang gulo na.. ng isip ko, ng lahat. with so much thinking (as in grabeng muni-muni), i realized that di kami bagay. huhuhu ansakit tlg but i need to make a choice..

i call him GRP. as in GRP CCCH. Govt. of the Republic of the Phil-Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities. Haba ba ng name nya? oo nga e, bago ko lng din namemorize. Whew, kidding aside, my one-month stint with GRP CCCH is full of memories (cliche jud pero true). Dami friends, dami experiences and dami places napuntahan. Been to Basilan! cool. at least, di na jud ko maigno unsa’y itsura sa basilan.

I never regret my stay with GRP. kasi andami ko natutunan. especially sa peace process. unsa ma’y peace process bih? hehe. basta, i’ve worked with MILF members who i thought were all war freaks but then, with GRP CCCH, ul realize na sila pa diay ang hadluk sa war. Marami lang silang pinaglalaban that people esp christians should need to understand. Di po sila nakakatakot. Sana lng, magtuloy-tuloy ang peace process at maging maayos ang resulta. drama na ito pare. harharhar. kahilakon na ko. i may have quitted with GRP CCCH, still aabangan ko pa rin what will happen next sa mga ojectives nito. Peace for Mindanao - who doesn’t need it??? Bless the people who work there. Bless the GRP and MILF na di sila magsawa sa peace-building acts nila. Bless the GRP Peace Panel (whom i had a bad memory..) na maging sincere sila (sana may matamaan!! :).

Hurrah for peace! Let us pray and work for peace. Let us support the GRP and MILF Ceasefire Committees. (mangamp anya ba?!, hehe). Now at least, nalaman nu na na may dalawa palang opisina sa cotabato city na nagkakandahirap para ma-achieve ang final peace sa Mindanao. Kahit anliit ng pinansyal na suporta ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas, tuloy pa rin with the work like peace advocacy campaigns, monitorings, bantay-ceasefire.. iniisip na lng ng mga tao dun ang magiging resulta ng final peace agreement - which Mindanao and the whole Philippines will benefit. Siya nawa.

Maybe, u r asking y did i leave GRP CCCH… oo nga noh? bakit nga ba… ah kasi, di kami magkasundo. Mahirap namang peace process ginagawa nu, if di nman kau magkasundo, useless lng din. Hehe. But i know, someday, magkikita kami uli nito.. tuloy ang ligaya, tuloy ang paghahanap sa kapayapaan (hoy magpakita ka na!!!)

ang gulo ko na, kaya gotta go zooommm…!