Please accept this apology.  I realize I have been remiss in updating my blog since the last week of May.

Apology comes from the Greek word “apologia.” It is a legal term which refers to a document submitted to a magistrate explaining why no penalty should be meted.  This blog is my apologia or an update of my various activities:

1. The Annual Bible Research was held at Project 8 BBC on the last week of May.  The study was entitled “Defending the Faith.” It was a study that involved the major doctrines of what is referred to as “heterodox” cults (those religious groups that hold to another religious text as a foundation for their beliefs).

2. Because of the mental, emotional and spiritual effort involved in preparing the study and teaching it, I got sick afterward.  I suffered from hyperacidity because my meals were irregular. I also got my menstrual period early and I was in a great deal of discomfort.

3. Orders came from the Court of Appeals and the NLRC requiring papers to be prepared and filed ASAP.  This required my focus and attention.

4.My daughter qualified to take the DOST Qualifying Exam so she can enter the Special Science Class at her high school.  She dutifully went to the review classes for ten days and took the exam. She passed. She is now slugging it out in the Enriched Science Curriculum Program just like her brother.  She has to be in school at 6:45 am and she stays in school until 4:30 p.m. with only an hour for lunch and half an hour for snack time. When she comes home, dinner has to be ready so that she can rest, recharge and do more studying at home.

5. As with any start of school term, books have to be purchased, named, covered with plastic and brought to school to be stored in the lockers.  School supplies have to be bought.  Each teacher has a particular requirement on the kind of notebook the students should have. Rulers, protractors, compasses, paints, crayons and other art stuff are also necessary. So, trips to the bookstore are necessary.

6.Then there’s the grocery shopping for portable eatables that are nutritious as well as flavorful for teen-age taste buds.

7.Also, I teach one class at the Bible School in Bulacan, another class at the Bible School in Quezon City and I also facilitate a seminar at the same school.  So, I have to prepare materials and meet my students for the first time. I have 6 students in Bulacan and 10 students in QC this term.

All these have kept me from going on line and updating my blog. Once all the hoopla dies down and things settle down to the usual pace, I will have free time to update the blog.

Again, please accept my apologies for not updating this blog.  Something exciting happened to me last week that I need to tell you about but I have to organize  my thoughts….I won’t keep you waiting too long.