THE FILIPINO BIOLOGY TEACHER

MARIA CORAZON "CORY" SUMULONG AQUINO January 25, 1933 - August 1, 2009 FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OF ANY COUNTRY IN ASIA The Saint of the 1986 People Power Revolution From Shakespeare's "Mark Anthony's Oration Over the Dead Body of Caesar" THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM BUT THE GOOD IS OFT INTERRED IN THEIR BONES.

For two days (Aug. 1 & 2), we were stranded at Caticlan because of the tropical storm "Jolina". It was Saturday when we decided to go home and waived for our previous plan of going to Bacolod. However, Orley's mind changed because one of his kids is sick. Our other comnpanions informed us that there was no trip to Tablas so they proceeded to Boracay. We packed our things instead and bade goodbye to our hosts, Ate Me-ann's cousins, and drove towards Caticlan to join our co-teachers for the Sunday trip. The trip from Iloilo to Caticlan lasted for about five hours. When we arrived, news spread that a motorboat capsized with 25 passengers and 6 crews on board at around 11:30am. That was the last time we had a contact with our four co-teachers who informed us that they were already on the boat heading to Caticlan. I watched Ate Me-an and I felt a sudden chill all over my body. No! No! This could not be! But after a while, we reached them. They were ok. It was not their...

On July 31, we sidetripped to one of the famous universities (ISO certified) in Iloilo City. An AROPAD member watched over the boob tube a show featuring a stove ran by rice hull and we were asked if we could possibly check the product. It was awarded the Grand Prize winner in the Panibagong Paraan National Competition for innovative ideas. CPU CARES (College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies) is the one manufacturing the product. The College has also availed of P1M grant from PEF for the product marketing. Seen above is Dr. Randy Pabulayan, the University Research Director and the three rice hull models which evolved through research and development. Below, is a picture of the team with the Dean of the Graduate Studies, Dr. Fely P. David (the university's research diva). It was Dr. David who comforted me when my Master's Thesis Proposal was turned down, and insulted by my panel. She is one of my inspirations why I like research. I bought her book where she wrote a perso...

Roxas City is the capital of Capiz, one of the four provinces in Panay island. According to its Governor during the opening program of REDTI's National Convention at Filamer Christian College, gone is the notion that Capiz is home to bewitching imaginations. It has finally come out of such stigma captured in "Captivating Capiz" campaign. Claiming to be the Seafood Capital of the Philippines, the city boasts of its well-preserved cultural landmarks particularly those located at the heart of the metropolis: Capitol building, the church and various antique houses. It also has an economically vibrant coastline interspersed with food stalls of local make-up offering wide-range choice of seafoods for cook: inihaw (grilled), sinigang, whatever you wish. I was a part of the RSC team who went there to present my work about rubrics. We were billeted at the Halaran Hotel. One night while we were savoring the Capiz ambience a woman came running and shouting towards our way: "Non...