Envi Planning: Let's do this!

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I'm thinking, I should take the Environmental Planner Board Exam, so I could become legit on that profession. As I'm currently scouring the web for scholarship programs for degrees on urban planning, sustainable architecture and the like (one of the reasons I came back really, to build my portfolio for a proper application for scholarship grants...) – and most of all, I'm passionate about environmental planning and all things sustainable, which is definitely way important, more than the "title" – I might as well take the leap. Made me think, why didn't I do this, this June? (exams are slated June each year) And I remember, I was out all of May for the research field work. So, there. Anyway, there's always next year. And I'm writing this and letting the universe in on my plans. 

Some information on the subject from PD 1308 (Environmental Planning Law):

Environmental Planning refers to activities concerned with the management and development of land, as well as the preservation, conservation, and rehabilitation of the human environment.

Scope of PracticeThe practice of environmental planning, within the meaning and intent of this Decree shall embrace, inter alia, professional services in the form of technical consultation, plan preparation, and/or implementation involving the following:

•  Development of a community, town, city, or region;
• Development of a site for a particular need such as housing, centers for activities concerned with research, education, culture, recreation, or government, industrial estates, agriculture, and water resources, including creating a spatial arrangement of buildings, utilities and communication routes;
• Land use and zoning plans for the management and development, preservation, conservation, rehabilitation, and control of the environment; and
• Pre-investment, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies.

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Yep, I definitely, got to do this!

BUT THEN...  I may not be able to meet these requirements, just yet:

Applicants for environmental planner board examination shall, prior to the date of the examination, establish to the satisfaction of the Board:

1. He/she is a citizen of the Philippines.
2. He/she is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
3. He/she is a holder of any of the following:

• Masteral degree in environmental planning, city and regional planning, or town and country planning, or its equivalent acceptable to the Board; 
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning, city and regional planning, or town and country planning, or its equivalent, and with two (2) years of environmental planning experience certified by a registered environmental planner;
• Masteral degree in either architecture, civil engineering, economics, public administration or sociology, and with one (1) year of environmental planning experience certified by a registered environmental planner; or
• Bachelor’s degree in either architecture, civil engineering, economics, public administration, or sociology, and with two (2) years of environmental planning experience certified by a registered environmental planner.

So, I guess, I need to have that Master's degree first. ALRIGHT, then.

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Alright, one more time, let's do this!

DIY Guitar Capo

I discovered and (re)discovered some amazing music this past week, and I wanted to like play some of them with my guitar, well, you know, I wish, but I try anyway...

So, yah, I was watching Dear John the other week. I've watched it way before but it was on HBO several times a day practically so you are bound to watch it   <<< scratch this story. It's gonna be long and boring.

I googled for the guitar chords of this song and was in a fix because it required a capo. I knew there was one beat-up one somewhere in the house, but after a minute (!) of searching for it - I was on my desk googling DIY capo, instead. And voila! - a DIY capo that took me just 5 minutes to assemble (materials collating, included). It turned out good. Just as the song required. 

Korny Post Warning: Kettle Korn iz in town!

I love Kettle Korn. But only the Sweet 'n Salty variety. At BQ Mall today, after the media event at Bohol Divers in Alona, I was delighted to see a new food kiosk at the activity center - Kettle Korn. I'm mostly kinda broke these days, but I had to buy one! Yum.

a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes

REALITY BITES, the seminal 90s film, however, is one of my favorite films. I don't ever get tired of watching it. I still get goosies in the critical Troy and Lelaina scenes.  And I still pine for my Troy Dyer.

"You and me, and five bucks."

"You want to be a band, then be a goddamn band!"

"Honey, all you have to be by the time you're 23 is yourself."

"I don't know who that is anymore."

"Laney, sex is the quickest way to ruin a friendship."

"I'm Nuthin'..."

Oh, Troy Dyer...  *swoon*

Sec. Robredo: Hope Floats

Still waiting for updates on the whereabouts of DILG Sec. Jesse Robredo and companions after hearing news of his plane crash near Masbate.

Two words: HOPE FLOATS.

Image sources: sea , sec. robredo

Here comes the sun...

So, there.

It's again come to this. I am at a precipice. I know, because I led myself here. It's time to get a move on.

It is time.

I'm bored.

Coffee, please!

Cappuccino and choco carrot cake by Bo's Coffee Club.

I could use a really strong coffee just about now. As in - now. 

Pizza Treat by Pizza Hut

Mozarella. Ever since having overdosed on them
with Persian labneh's, the rubbery cheese on
pizzas don't dazzle me anymore. 

A few media men and women were treated today by Pizza Hut with some of their newest pizza pasta offerings. Not really a Pizza Hut fan (more of a Sbarro, definitely Sbarro, and probably, I'd like to imagine, Yellow Cab and Giuseppe's Pizzeria because I've only tasted their pizzas once or twice, but I think I liked it.) But Pizza Hut pizzas are delicious, not just my kind of delicious. But that's not gonna stop me from writing about them and  promote them, even, if duty calls. 

New Bohol Bee Farm Fave: Fresh Veggie Lumpia

This Vietnamese spring roll inspired veggie lumpia is too yummy. 

We got fortunate, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Bohol gave us the opportunity to peek into their successful program SETUP or Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program which "aims boost small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) productivity and competitiveness by assisting them in adopting technological innovations to improve their operations."

We got a chance to visit and interview some of their grantees. Bohol Bee Farm, being one of DOST's pioneering grantees, albeit not necessarily with SETUP (probably with Manufacturing Productivity Extension (MPEX) Program), we had our lunch there and was given the pass to observe their tea-making operations, as well as some of their self-made innovations that help Bohol Bee Farm become the Bohol Bee Farm we all love.

This new ice cream (sorbet) flavor - TOMATO - however,
gets a D for not tasting like tomato, at all.
It's delicious, no doubt, but where's the tomato?

Of course, the squash muffins never fail and so are
the signature 'palaman' of the Bohol Bee Farm!

I like them slightly burned.

Dinner. Pan-grilled pork with spicy rub. Corn kernels and crispy
burnt caramelized onions on the side. 

Tryin' out our new electric stove and non-stick pan. Besides, I haven't eaten the whole day and was cravin' for a real good meal, with meat, preferably, pork. This was yum. Even the onions.

Newest bar in town, I mean, across town!

Decent dig. Not really. The food's not yet there, yet.
The ambiance could get a little more punch to it,
like a triple scotch, maybe. But, hey, it's new! Tara!

McGen Coffee Lounge & Bar is located in Totolan, Dauis. So you could make sense of the 'kitsh' name, it's supposedly named after the owner, so be kind. ;) It doesn't help that the logo makes you think fastfood. So, oops.