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Ben Contreras .

A NEW beginning is about to unfold as we fly to Manila for a flight to Canada on the 23rd of May. Nope, it’s not I who will fly to Canada but my daughter baby daughter Kacy.

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About four years in Madonna Hospital and three years in a Singapore hospital, that would have been enough experience as a registered nurse to qualify for a job abroad. But no, she needs to do more studies in accordance to her host country’s requirements.

My second daughter Kathy has been there for a decade or more. Her initial experience was unforgettable to her. She felt the kind of discouragement that would have compelled her to come home. But she was a fighter. Her determination brought her to where she is today. She took studies that will bring her higher in the echelons of the company she works with. Today, she’s on to a three-month course.

Kacy got her immigrant visa through an agency. The fee was stiff but when you got what you wanted, it’s worth the money you paid.

Out there is an unchartered course, a new challenge in life, a new world. But she won’t be a total stranger. She has her two aunts, two uncles, a sister, a niece and cousins — still one big family I should say.

Is she prepared for it? I bet she is. Her early days may not be as one might think it is, but I trust she will manage.

Looking back, Kacy is not really a papa’s girl, but her special attachment to me is something not quite easy to understand. Things just happen and you know why.

Fledglings leave their nest when it’s time to fly just as children leave their parents to start their own lives. Thus, I have nothing more to look forward to except perhaps to earnestly hope that they make it well on their own.

My obligations are almost done. I guess I am nearing the point where I could just focus on spending our (with my wife) going places, not necessarily the expensive trips. We have many beautiful places nearby we’ve never set foot yet. They are just as beautiful as those abroad.

Would I miss my Kacy? Of course, but with modern technology, it would be like she never left us.

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From the middle of the Maharlika Bridge, I saw the traffic light turn “green.” Strangely enough, the seemingly slow movement of vehicular traffic compelled a great number of vehicles to counterflow. It was not abnormal anyway to see motorists counter flow. So, what really happened?

When I reached the traffic light, it was already red and I found myself beside three LTO vehicles. One of the LTO vehicles, a pick-up truck, was loaded with motorcycles. “What’s up?” I asked one who seems to recognized me. “Nang dakop mi ug ‘counterflow.’” They were apprehending those counterflowing.

Finally, LTO did it. Should we feel happy? No, unless they do it every day until motorists learn their lesson and stop doing it.

The act is commendable but the next time around, personnel should be on the sides of the bridge not in the middle of the bridge. They obstrct the traffic flow the way the way they did last time.

And what are the RTA enforcers doing? Would they do the same thing?

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