Christmas 2016
Published by Lex and
Jegs Librero
Why This Newsletter?
More than a
decade ago, a family newsletter titled similarly ceased publication. It was a case of “we just dropped it because
the editor (which was Lex) started having too many things to attend to.” Since then, there have been major changes in
the family, like Lex had become widower and got married again after some years,
and King himself got his own family.
Over the years, friends have been asking where that “Newsletter”
is. Besides, we have not been able to
share with friends what had been happening in our lives. Hence, we are reviving the “newsletter.”
The basic
difference with this “newsletter” is that it shall now focus on the major
activities of Lex and Jegs, although we would mention special things about the
Libreros and the Garcias (Jegs’ family side) every now and then.
We don’t have to
elaborate on this. Just take a peep into
our lives up to the point we can permit you to do so.
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Lex
Slowed Down on Activities
For 2016, Lex reports having completed
the manuscript of his latest book titled Agcom-Devcom Crossover, A
Participant-Observer’s Journey,
an account of his professional growth and development in the field of
agricultural communications and development communication. The book has just been submitted to the UPOU
as an output of his project as Professor Emeritus. He
hopes that this book would be useful to students of development communication not only at UPOU and UPLB,
but in other universities and higher education institutions as well. Of course in previous years, he had various publications
and research projects.
This year, he
has slowed down having retired some 8 years ago (he’s now 73).
He continued to
serve as President of the UP Open University Foundation, Inc., a position he
was elected to under two years ago due to
the requirement that the Chancellor could not legally serve such
position concurrently with the Chancellorship.
He took over from then UPOU Chancellor Gigi Alfonso. Lex
was awarded in 2008 by UP the honorific title of Professor Emeritus, a lifetime
title from the University of the Philippines System.
Beginning this
year, Lex has been appointed Chief Editor of the International Journal on Open
e-Learning (IJODeL), the official online academic publication of the UPOU.
Of course, as
Professor Emeritus, Lex continues to serve as adviser or member of the academic
advisory committees of graduate students at UPOU, on top of teaching one
doctorate course per semester.
Lex is also
serving as volunteer writer for BUHAY,
the revived newsletter (online and printed) of the UPLB Alumni Association.
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Multiple
Achievements for Jegs
One, in June,
Jegs received officially her PhD degree in environmental science from the
UPLB. This newsletter is proud of such
achievement. Her dissertation was on
ecotourism in Batanes, which she visited four times from 2012 to 2015.
Two, one of her
photographs (of a bug) was used in a book titled The Class Lady Bug, A Polka Dot Winner. This book, authored by Luz Enriquez-Lombos, was
published in the USA during this year.
Three, in
November, Jegs published a book of photographs about Panyesanan, the farm of
our late Kuya Flor in Bgy. Rizal, Lipa City.
It’s a beautiful coffee-book type publication, which, incidentally, has
caught the attention of some friends and have actually started inquiring if
they could buy the book. Jegs is doing
it step-by-step. She did not do it for
commercial purposes initially, but that could be included as one of the
objectives now.
Four, in the
previous year (2015), Jegs presented a paper in the First National Conference
on Integrated Natural Resources Management, held at UPLB. The title of her paper was Biodiversity in Key Ecotourism Sites as
Potential Priority Conservation Target in Small Island Settings. This was later accepted for publication in
the JESAM Journal, published by the School of Environmental Science and
Management (JESAM), titled as From
Baseline Data to Improved Biodiversity Knowledge and Conservation: the
Ecotourism Trail Experience in Batan Island.
Five, the year
before last, she passed the professional Board Exam for Environmental
Planners. That made her a licensed
environmental planner in the Philippines.
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Updates
on the Extended Family
Jegs assisted
Marjo Duritan, our niece, in organizing a get-together of members of the
Librero Clan on October 16th, the 82nd birthday of our
late Kuya Flor, who died on September 24, at 11:16 p.m.
***
Al attended
various conferences in Europe and Asia during the year.
Vani (Librero)
presented a paper in an international conference on breast-feeding in Vietnam
in December.
As a family,
they have travelled to Europe and Asia during the year. It’s a good thing that the Apo, Aidan, is
experiencing international travel early.
***
Both Jay and
Blanche (Garcia) have found work in Pampanga.
Jay, however, is trying to seek a new work in Laguna. Basti, their son,
is growing up well.
***
Danyelle
(Garcia) is doing very well at school, Xavier Nuvali, where she has a
scholarship grant. She’s now a young
lady, and is growing up an independent teener.
It’s nice that every now and then she consults with her Tita Jegs on
school matters. Binay is doing well in
guiding her daughter grow up.
***
For now, Nonie (Garcia)
is very busy with his two pet cats. Of
course, he knows that taking care of cats can be expensive and time consuming. He’s obviously enjoying them, though.
***
Sis Nita
(Juanillas) and her children have been doing well. Ja, the eldest, is back to school. She’s pursuing her MS at UPLB. Jon, a licensed chemist, is enjoying his work at San Miguel,
and has been travelling quite frequently.
Kin, a civil engineer, has transferred to the private sector from
UPLB. Fatima is working in Kuala Lumpur
where she undertook her OJT. Nita, who
just retired, is still working part-time with the LSPU, enjoying the perks of
being member of the Accrediting Committee of PASUC.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY
NEW YEAR TO ALL
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