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September 18: My Fondest Memories in Sulu By Gamson Jr Mawallil Quijano Nostalgia engulfs my heart whenever I suddenly remember all of the fondest memories that I have had spent with my family and loved ones in my beloved homeland, Sulu. As a Tausug who was born and raised up in Sulu, I couldn’t forget it. For as long as I am still mindful, it will always be part of whom I am today. I can still vividly recall when I was still a kid, whenever it is September 18 in Sulu, all of us in the house and together with our neighbors, we were excited to watch the parade outside of the vicinity of Mohammad Tulawie Central School. It would pass along the Scott Road, just only a few meters away from our house in Lower San Raymundo, Jolo, Sulu. The parade was the opening of the week-long celebration of the Sulu Centennial which was organized by the LGUs of Sulu in commemoration of the founding anniversary of the Governance and Public Administration in Sulu which was established by Sultan Shariful H

My Blog's Brief History I couldn’t remember the specific date, but certainly, it was September 2009 when I went to the Garden Orchid Hotel in Zamboanga City to attend a focus group meeting related to the Hijaab-Niqaab issue with Kah Choy (Dr. Nur Danial) and Kah Warina Sushil Jukuy. On the sideline of our meeting, Kah Choy introduces to me the idea of creating my own blog for my writing in which I elatedly accepted it. Candidly, I was so exhilarated to have my own personal blog because somehow since I had an ardent passion for writing, thus, whenever I want to write randomly about anything that comes across my mind, I now have the platform to feature and preserve some of my humble pieces. Noteworthy to remember that it was Kah Choy, who personally made the blog for me. Then, Kah Warina, my patient, and immensely knowledgeable writing mentor named it for me as NEOCATALYST because it is a blog of a very young neo catalyst for change. Since then, every time I have a new piece, I publi

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