Best wishes and congratulations! From your BARP family

Page 2 The GOLDEN YEARS Newsletter June 30, 2012
From the Editor’s Desk …
Remember our Building Fund
Intono July 28, 2012, intayto butosan daguiti lima nga
sumukat cadagiti lima met laeng nga miembro ti Board
of Trustees ti Foundationtayo nga BARP. Daguitoy ngamin nacaserbidan
ti tallo nga tawen ket kuna ti Section 2d ti Constitution and By-
Laws tayo masapul nga mabutosan ti simuruno kaniada. Mabalin met
ketdi nga maibutos ti maysa ken maysa kaniada no agkandidato manen,
ta ipalubos dayta ti Section 2e ti nasao nga paglintegantayo. Ta
ngamin, no napintas ti impakita ti maysa nga opisyal nga nagserbi,
apay nga sukatam ngay? Ngem no saan nga nakapnekan ti inna
panagserbi idi adda iti akemna, ay ket tiempon a nga masukatan iti
nasirsirib ken nagaggaget, ken naturtured pay ketdi tapno maipagnana
ti masapul nga maaramid nga husto ken pagimbagan ti BARP ken amin
nga miembrosna. Dayta met ti gapuna nga adda termino wenno panagpatingga
ti akem ti panagturay wenno serbisio ket umayen ti panagbubutos
wenno election nga kuna iti ingles.
Ket kasta ngarud, cacabsat ken kabunggoyan, makitan ti kinapateg
ti panagpipili no election. Tapno makapilika nga husto, adalem ti kinatao
diay inka butosan no maiyannatup isu iti puesto ti maysa nga trustee
wenno maipaimaan ti panagtaming ken panag-ayyuan iti bunggoytay
nga BARP. Ammona kadi no anya ti BARP nag talaga? Cayattay nga
saowen, daguiti ar-arapaap, mission, gandat wenno panggep nga aramiden
ti BARP, ammuna kadi ket makatulong nga mangipagna? Ammona
kadi ket nagaget nga mangsirpat kadagiti kasapulantayo? Pattienda
kadi isu no agsao iti pagmitingan? No makita dagiti tao iti ruar
isu, maallukoyda kadi nga sumrek wenno tumulong pay iti BARP?
Saantay kuna met a nga dapat 100% perfect diay kandidato ta ti passing
grade ket 75 to 100, ngem pillientayo a diay kangattuan ken kamayatan.
Kamaudianan na unay daytoy ti masapul nga aramidentayo: Mapantayonto
bumutos! Ta adda ket ti daddumma kaniatayo nga agkuna,
“Sige, dakayon. Isunto met la nga isu.” Saan nga casta koma! Dayta
bassit nga kur-itmo, dimo la ammo’t kadakkel ti maitulongna. Okay,
pare, mare? See you there! Ahh, I mean, at the Athletic Bowl, not 456
Restaurant, although this maybe later.. ha ha.
Meanwhile, the BFI Secretariat, as attested by Pres. Federico A.
Balanag reported that as of June 6, 2012, our over-all investment in our
Building Fund reached the amount of Php914,000.00. According to him,
our Building Fund is very much needed to fasttrack the construction of
our retirees’ and senior citizens’ center at Cresencia Village along Bokawkan
Road, Baguio City.
It is high time, then, that those BARP members who have not yet
made their investments in the Building Fund should make the move to
put their investment to the planned center. This project will serve as a
legacy to incoming generations, he emphasized.
The ground-breaking ceremonies will take place on October 6, 2012,
10:30 A.M., Cresencia Village, Bokawkan Road, Baguio City.
Political leaders and prominent citizens will be invited to this historical
day to witness the activity. Officers of the Philippine Government
Employees Association (PGREA), the Veterans Federation of the Philippines,
Baguio District (VFP-CAR); the Federation of Baguio Senior
Citizens Association (FBASECA); BARP Foundation and BARP Multi-
Purpose Cooperative; Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs; Office of the
Social Welfare and Development Agency will also be invited to this
occasion. Baguio Lone Congressman Bernardo M. Vergara, City Mayor
Mauricio Domogan and members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of
the city are all expected to be there.
On this occasion, our fund raising will also be launched by our program
coordinator under the leadership of Ferdinand L. Balanag.
Pledges for the project will be called for by the Fund Raising Commit-
tee. The ground breaking activity will take place immediately after the
awarding of the 12 Ginto Tala Achievers awards to Outstanding Senior
Citizens of Baguio City chosen this year.
“NAKASAGANA TAYO KADIN NGA AG-
RETIRE?”- Continuation from previous...
“Are we ready to retire?”
By: Tolentino O. Opiniano
ANIA NGATA DAGITI immuna a nagayayam iti panunotyo
ita ta nganngani kayon ag-retire? Adda innem nga nailistac ditoy:
a. Mapabaro ti pannirigyo iti biag; b. Kukuayo amin nga oras.
Saan kayon nga bumangon nga masapa , pariingkayon iti makapakulagtit
nga anaraar ti init; c. Bumassit ti maiggamanyo a pirac;
d. Rikna ti awan kaeseskanna. There is a feeling of uselessness.
Saandakayonton nga iramraman kadagiti pakaseknan ti
gimong. Kaslan naikupin a libro ti kasasaadyo; e. Agsasamusam
dagiti sumangbay a parang iti panunotyo; ken, f. Danag, dumakkel
to gasto, umadu ti pagbusbusanyo; ket no agmaymaysa kayo,
sumken ti sennaay, dumteng met ti liday.
Ngem denggenyo ti palagip ni Rick Pitino iti sinuratna a
“Success is a Choice,” “Change is what keeps us fresh and innovative.
Change is what keeps us young.” Ti panagbalbaliw isu ti
mamagtalinaed kadatayo a nalangto ken adu dagiti maaramidanna.
HAVE YOU EVER realized that in retirement, you are practically
entering three compartments or sections in your life’s history?
Here they are: 1. Retirement is the start of a new episode in
one’s life; 2. Retirement is the inevitability of going through a
new dimension in one’s earthly existence; and, 3. Retirement is a
promotion. Diac ammo no umannugot kayo iti daytoy.
Let us discuss them one by one. 1—Retirement is the start of a
new episode in one’s life. It is like organizing a new chapter of
an association. The board enacts policies, the executive officers
implement, the members observe these policies, and the community
where the association operates either benefits or is disadvantaged
by the association’s presence. You, the retiree, is the sole
officer of your veritable organization. You are the Chairman, the
President/CEO and the Member rolled into one. Your other
members or shall I say supporters may be your immediate kin,
your friends and the public. Your governing laws are crafted by
you alone. The excitement, the pleasure, the satisfaction, the reward
will all depend on you since you are the only person tasked
to manage, control, plan and monitor the affairs of your life in
retirement. If your life becomes less interesting, less thrilling, or
it becomes boring, that depends on you. Just don’t be like a sailor
trying to cross the high seas, risking his life because he is
unlearned of the use of his sails. By way of suggestion, you may
do a situational analysis of yourself in your private hours. Cont.
CREDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
The BARP Multi-Purpose Cooperative has released a total of
Php2,973,500.00for loans granted to seventy six (76) borrowers for the
month of May 2012.
The different kinds of loans applied for various purposes were: 1.
Productive loans—22 (Hog raising, purchase of insecticide and fertilizer,
vegetable and flower farming); 2. Providential loans—27 (House repair,
tuition fee, school uniforms, construction materials, and travel expenses);
3. Micro-finance loans—20 (Capital for sari-sari store, repair of
passenger jeepney, lot survey, dry goods and beauty products); 4. Medical
and hospitalization expenses—7; and 5. emergency—0.
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