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This article was published on www.mindanews.com:  https://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2021/03/tausug-in-doha-tomorrow-is-never-a-promise/ Tomorrow is never a promise!  By   GAMSON JR MAWALLIL QUIJANO  - MARCH 21, 2021 4:30 PM Let someone you love know how grateful you are for having him/her in your life and how indispensable they are to you. When you are able, pamper someone valuable to you with material things which would make him/her overjoyed. When someone precious to you becomes ill and requires medical treatment, find a good way to do it. Value and compliment each effort by someone just to make you feel priceless. Tell someone who is valuable to you, like your parents, the most endearing words they would have heard from you. Forgive people who sincerely ask for an apology; likewise, those who didn’t ask. Remember to do these promptly because tomorrow will never be a promise! As times go by, everything gradually changes. The complete company ...

This article was published on www.mindanews.com: https://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2021/01/tausug-in-doha-the-greatest-fear-of-an-ofw/ The greatest fear of an OFW By   GAMSON JR MAWALLIL QUIJANO  - JANUARY 16, 2021 4:00 PM Being physically and distantly apart from your beloved family and those who are dear to you is one of the saddest things in life. What more if this separation is not only temporary, but forever? Isn’t that excruciating? One of the greatest fears of an OFW is to be forever separated from members of the family and loved ones by death. This is inevitable and everyone has to be ready because it could happen anytime. However, isn’t it more excruciating when this happens when you are miles away and oceans apart from them as in the case of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW)? You cannot immediately go home and be with your family during your bereavement. “I was so devastated, depressed, and frustrated when my youngest brother from the Philippines informed me ...

This article was posted on www.mindanews.com:  https://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2020/11/tausug-in-doha-qatars-ofws-promote-health-and-friendship-by-cycling/ Qatar’s OFWs promote health and friendship by cycling  By   GAMSON JR MAWALLIL QUIJANO  - NOVEMBER 16, 2020 3:50 PM DOHA, Qatar (MindaNews / 16 November) — Cycling has now become a common hobby of many foreign workers including Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Qatar to stay fit and healthy, especially now that the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening. There are also people whose homes are right next to the workplace using bicycles for transportation when they go to work. There are many groups of OFW cyclists in Qatar that whenever they are free or off from duty, they take a ride as a group in many places across Qatar. One of the OFW cycling groups here in Qatar is the Gagandilan Bikers. Most of the members of this group are OFWs from ZamBaSulTa (Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-tawi). As a group, they go biki...

Heavy downpour in Sulu By Gamson Jr Mawallil Quijano The heavy downpour in Sulu last Friday, October 23, 2020 caused high floodwater in many areas downtown and hugely affected the businesses of people. The floodwater outside reached almost one's waistline and has also entered many houses and business establishments. I believe it has damaged many foods, drinks, gadgets, furniture, household items and commercial products, too. I hope not.  Photo and caption from the FB page of Barangay San Raymundo:  BDRRM/ Emergency Response Team Ng Barangay San Raymundo agarang rumusponde sa mga pamilyang na trap ng baha sa Sitio Lubbak at Hassan Bridge. Certainly the aftermath of this heavy downpour would make everyone extremely exhausted because of immense general cleaning of the huge filthy muds and garbages that flowed along with the floodwater.  Sulu Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office works intensively to respond quickly to help the affected communities and families o...

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...

  A True Friend is a Lifeline for OFWs By Gamson Jr Mawallil Quijano