ACQUIESCENCE: WIN SUCCESS OVER FAILURES!

" There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage" Martin Luther After 36 years of being single, now I am proud to say that I am married. I  marry the woman of my dreams. We both know that we are lucky. We find this relationship lovely, friendly and charming.  I met my wife when I attended the "Trial Academy". Last June 2017, we were both new lawyers then during the Trial Academy. Trial Academy is a training for new practicing lawyers sponsored by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines - Cebu Chapter. This aims to train newly passed bar examinees not to get embarrassed when appearing in court for the first time. The Executive Director of the said program is also our Boss, Atty. Paulino Labrado. My wife and I during our Post Nuptial pictorial . At first, I found my wife very serious, strict, and brilliant. I was so amazed by her character. I was just observing how she is and I kept on dreaming about h...

TODAY, God’s mercy and power reveal. I was so thankful that God shows his ways and not my own ways.  For the past two months, I was thinking of who will attend my hearing which will be scheduled on February 20, 2019 at Lapu lapu City. I am residing at the moment in Toledo City. Lapu-lapu City is approximately a 3-hour drive from Toledo City. I am so stressful considering that I am a shy type of lawyer.  Shy because it is not my capacity to ask for appearance fee even if I appeared for my client’s hearing. I will still wait that they are the one who will give me the said fee considering that my clients have already known that appearance fee should be given to the lawyer who attended their case on that day even if the hearing of the case is reset for another day. This is the complaint of my wife and my boss. I do not know how to get it and to say it confidently that appearance should be paid. Let us go back to my amazing story. I called this as amazing because G...

September 19, 2017. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources conducts a five (5)- day training for the newly hired lawyers in The  Heritage Hotel, Metro Manila.  The training aims to strengthen the capacities of the Department.     Region VII sends eight (8) participants who actively and interestingly join the seminar-workshop and they are; Atty. Alexylle Rose Concepcion, Atty. Romeo Bulotano,  Jr., Atty. Maxim  Cadorna, Atty. Cesar  Pagapong, Jr., Atty. Gleen Maravilla, Atty.  Erwin Sano, Atty. MC Aldous Castanares, and headed by Atty. JC Ma. Rose Llido. The program starts with the Department Secretary Roy Cimatu who at the same time motivates the participants to help him in implementing the different environmental laws.  He encourages everyone to help the different PENROs and CENROs throughout the country. T he Secretary exclaimed that as he traveled around the provinces of the Philippines he found out that the pro...

Look! There's a new Salary Schedule for Government Employees. To those who want to apply for the government positions, try to consider your wage " How much is my wage?".  I hope this may help! Second Tranche Monthly Salary Schedule for Civilian Personnel of the National Government Effective January 1, 2017 In Pesos. (Updated as of July 2017)  SourceFrom:  http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp=content/uploads/Issuances/2017/National%20Budget%20Circular/NBC-No.568.pdf Salary    Step grade      1                  2              3               4             5             6              7              8 1              9,981  ...

Alone in a very busy restaurant, a child’s smile caught my attention. In his innocent eyes, I see a bright future. As I was astonished, I binged on writing solutions to the recent social problem of today while waiting for my orders to be served. The Philippine government is now hammering out a bill which will later on becomes a law increasing the benefits of the teachers. However, many have raised their eyebrows as to when this would take effect. Teachers are basically molding the future leaders of the country. These teachers deserve the best benefits. However, contrary to everybody’s expectation, the leaders of today have been blinded with greediness. These leaders, although not all, only want power and wealth. Corruption becomes the malady of the government which is hard to heal. The leaders of this millennium becomes oblivious of the lesson that were taught by their teachers. The debacle that needs to be fought today is on how to educate the learners of the i...

“Look deep into nature and then you will understand thing better” – Albert Einstein Appreciating the beauty of nature is so natural. However, some abuse the mother earth with no respect. Despite of the brutality, there are others who preserve the fascinating and outstanding look of nature. The Island I salute these people! The children yet unborn could still witness the nature’s revelation of simplicity yet alluring beauty. One of these nature’s revelation is considered as one of the most visited places in the Philippines--- Kalangaman Island located at Palompon, Leyte. I have been there for four times. If you are from Cebu City, you have many alternatives in going there. In my case, I only tried two alternatives. First alternative. From Cebu City you can ride a fast craft or a big boat. For the fast craft, you may choose Supercat or To Go and Oceanjet. For big boats you have two, Roble and Light Ferry. If you arrived Ormoc City, The City of Beautiful People, you can ride a p...

E xperience is a real teacher. It gives us lessons and teaches us something such as how to improve our skills, how to improve  our personality as a whole and etc. You have learned that I failed twice in the Bar examinations. Sometimes I thought it is a bullshit life! But I am wrong. I become stronger from all those disappointments. Let me tell you my failures and all those foolish but interesting experiences. After the 2013 bar examination, I started a new year by finding a job. It is normal as you know that there are employers who will reject your application. Worst, you prepared a lot but you failed. However, after three days of unceasing hunting a job, I got one. Patience is really a virtue. You will just try, try until you succeed.        Three months after, a big news hit me. I failed in the bar examination that I took last 2013. I felt humiliated by too many people who trusted me that I will become a lawyer. I grieved by what had happened. ...