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Nine (9) months ago, Gohn came to our life as an ordinary dog. A German Shepherd by breed, he has that typical huge built and a ferocious stance. Children in the neighborhood became wary in playing near our house because of the big dog. They never knew that he can be so gentle and playful.

He endeared himself to me when I was on the dawn shift. He would be there to acknowledge me as soon as I get out of the house at 3 am while preparing to go to work. It’s just like having another human being to watch your every move or someone to keep you company to ward off the feeling of being frightened in the middle of the night. To some members of the family, he became a nuisance because once he sees a cat, he would surely bark outrageously.

Two weeks ago my brother told our friend who is a Veterinary doctor that he would want to have Gohn given up for adoption as he can’t afford the dog food anymore. I thought it was just a joke , but a week later, a couple came to the house and checked Gohn out.. Last night, they came back bringing another man with a vehicle and took Gohn away.

I can’t help but feel sad with the recent turn of events. Before he was taken away, Gohn clung to my brother and me. I felt that he doesn’t want to be given away. I did took the man’s phone number and told him that we will be checking in on Gohn from time to time. He was not sold, so we felt that we still have the right to know about Gohn’s new life.

Today I woke up missing Gohn’s outrageous barking . I hope he will be taken cared of by his new Master like a part of his family the way he was with us. I just hope!

I was in Grade School when Ninoy Aquino was shot at the Tarmac. Young as I was, I sensed then that something major has happened because of the hushed talks among my teachers. We listened to the radio and the news were all about the incident. I have never fully understood the impact of what had just happened but along with many Filipinos, I cried for the man. I cried not because I understood the implication of his death to the nation but because I felt the loss like he was my own father.

Having been born during the Martial Law years, I grew up believing that the then President Marcos was a permanent fixture. For years, our books in school bore his signature which we used to copy but can’t. His picture has always graced every classroom that I have been in since K1. I never knew that 3 years later, something would happen and he was going to be replaced, and by a woman at that.

President Cory became the first woman President of the Philippines and the first woman to become President in the whole of Asia.

The very first thing that I admired about her was the way she spoke. She has a very good diction and was very soft-spoken. The next thing that I liked about her was her piety. I believe that she was the only President who prays a lot. It was not just for show because long after her term was over, she never stopped being a faithful believer.

She has always been dubbed as “the plain housewife who became President”. What she may have lacked in political experience however, she more than made up with her intelligence and courage. Her term will always be remembered as the one that brought us back our democracy. One we are enjoying so much today.

If it were not for President Cory, we would never have been this free to blog about anyone. In fact, we may still have been under the Martial rule, a different President perhaps but definitely under one of Marcos cronies.

She was instrumental in the transition because nobody during that time was morally credible enough to be pitted against Marcos.

Her death is such a big loss to the nation but I would say that she has already lived a full life and she has done her part. Let us just pray for strength for the family she left behind and for the people of this nation to remember what she has stood for when she was alive and cherish it. That’s DEMOCRACY..

To President Cory, you are such a good soul and will always be remembered fondly. It is time to reunite with your husband because both of you have done your part for this country.

May your soul rest in Peace!

My fear for the H1N1 virus coming in close proximity within my kids immediate environment has unfortunately happened. XU Grade School where my daughter is studying suspended their classes because of the alleged 8 confirmed cases in the XU High School campus. They have also done the same for the College level so all of XU community has no class right now.

Considering the number of foreign students in their campus, it has always been my fear that this thing should really happen. I have realized though that any one can be a carrier so my apology for the bad thought.

I have talked about that fear in my previous blog. Up until now, I still nag them about all the precautions that one should follow. We can never be too careful with our children. They should be able to digest the reason behind all the precautions themselves.

Classes will resume after 10 days, and hopefully, no other case will come up again, otherwise we should expect for the classes to end in April. I am sure our children wouldn’t like that ?

Just tonight, I have heard that other schools have followed suit. They have suspended their classes as well, and this is not good. That means that the virus is really all over the city.

I hope this pandemic will be over soon. One can only hope that a vaccine will be discovered for this, but as the rate things are going, it would not be very soon. One can only hope then that it will have run out of victims because our immune systems are too strong for the strain of the flu virus.

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I heard the news about Michael Jackson’s death while I was at work at 4 am dawn. Since I am on graveyard shift now, I don’t have that much time to blog.
It was a sure thing though that I would blog about it. There may have been a little delay but here I am.

I cannot pass on the chance of talking about this phenomenal icon.

I am not really a great fan of his but nevertheless, he was a part of my growing up years and so I have formed quite an opinion about him. I didn’t get to see him perform during his popular “Ben” years as I may have been a newborn baby during that time. I only got to notice him when he was already doing those to- die- for dance moves.

I liked the way he performs but I didn’t like his reputation of being a pedophile. So no matter how good he strut on-stage, I cannot bring myself to really like him as a person. His music was good owing to the golden voice, his dance moves were much imitated. But as much as I tried to like him as a whole, I cannot do so because the thought that he could be a mean person if he could be abusing little boys in exchange for giving them money made me feel angry.

Of course no one can really say how true it is, but as they say, if there’s smoke there is at least fire”.

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Father’s Day is still a week away but as early as today however, my brother and brother in law have received messages of greetings from various friends.. The reason for the confusion maybe because in other countries, they celebrate it every 2nd Sunday of June.

Based on my readings, there are even countries that celebrate it in a totally different month and date. Thailand for instance celebrate Father’s Day during the birthday of their King. So whoever is the current King, his birthday becomes the Father’s Day celebration. In Taiwan, it is celebrated on August 8. In Russia, it’s on February 23. In Australia, it is every 1st Sunday of September. In the Philippines, we celebrate it on the 3rd Sunday of June along with the majority of other countries.

It’s common knowledge that it was the idea of a woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd from Spokane, Washington that started this all.

Father’s Day celebration was born in memory and gratitude of a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day just like we honor our mothers on Mother’s Day. She wanted to honor her father William Jackson Smart who raised her as a single Dad after her mother died. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Since her father was born in June, then she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June.

In our family, it has been a tradition to make both Father and Mother’s Day a bit special. However last year’s celebration (2008) was a sad one for me. It was the first year that we were not able to celebrate it with my Dad as he passed away August 2007. I just blogged about it at http://augustaffair.blogsome.com/2008/07/08/fathers-day/.

As early as last week, I have been hunting around for little gifts that I can give to the “Fathers” in my family. I will continue my hunt this week and will post the picture of whatever I will find in my next post.

To all the kids, I suggest that you strive to make this day a special one for your fathers. Time is really fleeting. We will never know how much time we still have so let us make the most out of it.

To all the fathers “Happy Father’s Day”.