Transmission

Hi guys,

Sorry for the delay. Been slacking lately :)

I'm well and good, I was a bit off last week with the accident and food posioning but I'm back on track again. Spending a lot of time in the garden, loving my space more and more each day.

I realized last week I am working on too many projects at the same time, so yesterday I came up with a plan on how to streamline and focus more. I came up with 7 focus, just I wanna share it with you so you know. It's not arranged chronologically, they're all equal. :)
It's just that, the past weeks I feel like I'm a headless chicken running all over the place. I know one must really just flow, but lately I feel like I'm just floating around withpout direction. Or sometimes I feel that I am focusing too much on community work or my bread and butter job that I put aside some of my passions - say filmmaking and screenwriting. I remember one of the main reason i moved to Palawan is to write a script. I never really had the opportunity to do that there because there's always too many people in the house, that's why having all this space is a blessing and now I have no excuse but to write the sacred script!

Also, there may be some interest that I have that is not really 'spirtual', say modelling or hanging out with my filmschool friends. Before I really try to supress this 'wants' because it's all about going back to the 'basics', and pushing ourselves higher and higher each day. But sometimes I just want to be a girl and pose in front of a camera or spend a fun night with my friends. Before I would feel so guilty to even entertain this thoughts... I would tell myself, LJ you are on your way to ascension how can you be still attach to the material or if Pi can stay in an siland for two years.. etc .. but I realised now to each its own. I have my own path to thread. .. and, as the song goes, if it makes you happeeeeeeeeee it can't be that baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

So I plan to create a balance between things that may not be 'spiritual' but makes me happy (what is spiritual anyway??) and spiritual work (which always makes me happy :).


So much for the introductions..... :)


SUMMER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Now back to bussiness, school is over so I, TitoJoe and Erecson sat down together for the plans this summer. We will still celebrate Earth Day on 22nd of April - Tito Joe really wants to celebrate this - and do a community activity day with both out of school youths and some students. It will be a whole day event of river clean up, orienteering around Oikos (ala Amazing Race), eco-workshop facilitated by Tito Joe, moi and one more teacher (maybe Marwin?!? if you can come?) and a bonfire at night. If we are able to raise enough budget we will camp in for the night. I'll be writing the proposal tomorrow and hopefully we could get funding form the local gorvernment.

Then we will have the May event on first or second week of that month. As per conversation with Pi, he would be writing the proposal for this. It will be faciliated by PI, Lisette, Marwin and Moi. As per Tito JOe, the may event is bigger (more kids, longer) than the April. We are targetting around 30 kids for the April event.

BIND ECOFARM
I am almost done with the repair of the toilet, just a little bit of painting. I spend around 7K on it, haven't computed the exact amount yet.

This month will have electricity fixed, sometimes the power will just goes off and on again. And have to have more lights put up in the area. There's only light inside the house and it is a big garden and could get really dark.

Will also have the shower hut built this month.

No worries by May, it will be decent enough so that all of you can stay here. There's a spare bedroom and the living area is huge. The hut is triple the size of BK.

OIKOS
As per phone conversation, everything is well. Will send more details on the land/monetary on a seperate email. Tomorrow na, I'm getting sleepy :)

BIND
The kids are off for summer internship in the city, so I'm basically free the whole of April! Planning to take up on gardening a lot, and do some self-processing this easter. I'd have the whole 5 hectare garden on my own for a month. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

TRIP
Just so you know, I'm off to cebu this weekend to get some supplies, hangout with friends, discuss possible film projects, shoot, etc. I'm not planning to stay more than a week as we have to start organizing the Earth Day event soon and also have to be here for the repairs.

On May 15 I'm leaving for Manila for my girlfriend's wedding (theres four of us and im the only one left unhitched!!!), I'll be bridesmaid. :)

I'm also producing two indie films at the moment (virtually) and the shoot will be on May-June in Manila. Looking forward to that, I kinda miss shooting.

I'll be heading back to Bohol before my birthday on June 14, which is when class starts. By then, will have the plan for the BIND Fellowship, what projects activities we will be working on, how we can help them grow spiritually, etc etc.