23-Month-Old Sophie Reads a Book

by Gil Camporazo

In one evening as I was busy updating my various blogs for a written articles, I noticed my two granddaughters who were playing in our visitor's lounge. The older one was singing her favorite song while the cute younger one was attentively watching and listening her.

Moment later, the older stopped singing, grabbed a big book and started reading. The kid took a small book and pretended to be reading it. She's too curious to know how to read. Her interest in reading is great and she wants to do what her cousin is doing too.

I was referring to Inday Sophie who is 1-year-old-and-11-month old has joined with her first cousin, Adgel Camporazo-Tolones, 11-year old and a grade V pupil in reading a book.

How To Print School Building Inventory Pages

by Gil Camporazo

All public elementary and secondary school buildings are required to be properly accounted an inventory being scheduled. It had already started and it should be encoded online to the respective school's EBEIS account on or before December 12, 2014.

Most of the schools concerned would like to have their own printed copy directly from the site. Since there's no feature or button for printing, this tutorial is created to assist their printing needs.

To all school physical facilities coordinators, property custodians, ICT coordinators, feel free to familiarize with this simple printing tutorial.

Listening Is Reading in Disguise

by Gil Camporazo

As the pupils listen to the stories read to them, their desire and love to read develops. And this could be possible. This had happened in the school children of Balabag Elementary School in La Carlota City Division in their recent reading activity. Not only the pupils enjoyed reading, but the storytellers did too in the said reading day.

Storyteller Ernalyn C. Aguinda

Every November, the Department of Education (DepEd) has observed as the National Reading Month to support the Ten-Point Agenda of the Aquino Administration and to commemorate the birth anniversary of the late Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. who was born on November 27, 1932, and to celebrate his ardent desire for reading, according to the Regional Memorandum No. 167, s. 2014 disseminated by John Arrnold S. Siena, Director III, Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Regional 6 Director.

In compliance, the Balabag Elementary School, Division of La Carlota City conducted a reading session for its pupils during their recess period, though, it was late on the scheduled day, November 27 due to the heavy rains brought by a Tropical Depression "Queenie" which affected the Southern part of Visayas.

At 63, Am I Old Enough for Scouting?

by Gil Camporazo

TL Malihan and me

I am recalling my unforgettable experiences when I attended the recent 5-day 75th Diamond Jubilee Jamborette of Negros Occidental Council of Boy Scout of the Philippines held at the Gawahon Eco-Park, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

More than 6,000 boy scouts and troop leaders were registered attending. They came from all Boy Scout councils all over the towns and cities of Negros Occidental.

A day before the formal opening of the jamborette, the camp site was heavily soaked by a whole day downpour, making the place muddy, slippery and not conducive for outdoor camping especially for the kids and for the inexperience.

However, in any scouting activities especially outdoor camping, it is not complete without rain. Veteran scouters, scouts are already used to that kind of inconveniences. Whatever matters, they've to survive. That’s the life of a true-blooded scout.

2014 Area IV Meet: One in Purpose, Spirit, Determination

by Gil Camporazo

All roads lead to a costal town of Pulupandan which hosts the 3-day athletic meet in the 4th congressional district of Negros Occidental. Pulupandan is one of the 19 municipalities in the Province of Negros Occidental in Region VI, Western Visayas, Philippines. Pulupandan's name originated from a local dialect, Hiligaynon phrase "Pulo sang Pandan", that is, "isle of pandan".

Area IV Athletic Meet 2014

In an-hour rites, Pulupandan Mayor Miguel C. Peña welcomes the athletic delegations coming from Pontevedra, San Enrique, Valladolid, La Carlota, Bago and including the host, Pulupandan athletes in this year 2014 meet held at the oval of the public plaza.

In a statement, Peña said that sports activities are an important aspect of education in order to produce well-rounded student. He further said that event's purpose is to foster goodwill, friendship, and sportsmanship between the competing students and schools.

Pontevedra Mayor Jose Maria A. Alonso, in a statement too, said that teem building is practised to its fullest and each participant feels being a part of the whole. He continued that the area meet indeed develops the participants to be themselves and also be member of their teams striving for self-identity and recognition.

Why I Love Scouting?

by Gil Camporazo

"I love scouting. I love scouting. Hail. I love scouting all the way." There goes the community singing led by Institutional Head (IH) Alejandro Ticao, Scout Course Leader and at the same time the Scout Field Commissioner of the Division of La Carlota as the 3rd Patrol Leader Training Course (PLTC) and Crew Leader Training Course (CLTC) in its opening ceremony.

BSP Logo

As one of the members of the support staff and discussants, it starts refreshing my 54 years in scouting. It reverberates in mind the scouting ideals, oath and law, its history, its founder, its role in character and nation building.

And it also freshens my unforgettable experiences in various scouting activities like outdoor camping, hiking, orienteering, stargazing, knot tying, cooking without utensil, putting up of the tent, and scouting games, songs and yells.

My elementary scouting days and how my mother permitted me to participate in my first out-of-town outdoor camping as far as Cadiz City in the north, noted as city of whales and as far as Himamaylan in the south, and as far as Alibunan, Calinog, Iloilo Province in Panay Island, across Guimaras Strait. And the farthest place in the country which I attended as far as national scouting jamboree is concerned was in Subic, Pampanga in Luzon.