Planning to Retire Soon!

If you are planning to retire in the Philippines soon, I suggest you visit several excellent websites on pro's and cons of retiring in the Philippines. However if you want to retire in the provinces, where life is simple, standard of living cheaper, less traffic congestion and pollution, availability of fresh seafood and vegetables compared to the big cities, my island province is the place for you! If this is your first time in my site, welcome. Some of the photos and videos on this site, I do not own. However, I have no intention on the infringement of your copyrights. The photo above is the front yard of Chateau Du Mer- Our Retirement Home in Boac, Marinduque, Philippines

Sunday, September 26, 2021

My Four Children Accomplishments for the StoryWorth Book of Memories

Parents are always proud of their children accomplishments. And I am not an exception. I am indeed a very proud Father of my four children professional accomplishments.

Here's Linked-In Accomplishments of My Four Children for My StoryWorth Book of Memories. My 4 adults children are Dodie (1958), Dinah ( 1961), David E III ( 1962) and Ditas (1965).

Ditas Master's Degree Graduation, USC, 1993

Here's Ditas Katague Information from LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ditas-katague

Expert in civic engagement, racial equity/inclusion, culturally congruent outreach and communications and the Decennial Census. Change Leadership, Fundraising, Development and PAC, Strategic Planning. Grief Yoga Teacher

•2019 Capitol Weekly’s Top 100 most powerful movers and shakers in California politics
Leading the State of California's efforts for a complete count in the Decennial Census (2000, 2010, 2020) Convene, coordinate, collaborate and build capacity to engage the diverse California communities in outreach to the hardest to reach populations.
. Chief of Staff to Public Utilities Commissioner covering all issues including telecommunications, water, transportation, energy, energy efficiency as well as legislative policy in these areas. Oversaw complex rule making and proceedings with evidentiary hearings, public participation hearings, administrative and procedural policies, including rate setting, quasi-legislative and adjudicatory cases.
* Accomplished Public Affairs professional able to manage legislative and regulatory advocacy efforts in 15+ Western States, with a legislative agenda including mortgage lending, privacy/security breach, employer sanctions, licensing, housing, and flood insurance.
• CEO and Chief Operating Officer for the most successful statewide grass-roots outreach program (using “GOTV- get out the vote” tactics) which has become a National model The "California, You Count!" Census 2000 and the "Be Californian, Be counted." Effort in the 2010 Census.
• Coalition builder, mediator and community organizer among diverse, multi-cultural groups
• Agile event planner & project manager that leverages strategic community relationships
• Political Action Committee (PAC) Assistant Treasurer and Operations manager for an employee PAC for a large national financial services company
• Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of the Business, Transportation & Housing Agency
• Relationship manager for large State Agency interfacing with Chief Information Officers and vendors (Information Technology and Management Consulting Services)
• Experienced project manager with a strong background in public/private partnerships, business process re-engineering, transition planning, economic and community development policy, information technology (IT) and change

Ditas early retired from the State of California last June 30.

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Here's Dinah's Information in Linked In

Dinah Katague, CAMS

Dinah Katague

Compliance Officer, High Risk Member Unit, Technology Credit Union

Dinah started her career in BSA/AML in 2011 at Bank of the West. Within three years she was managing a team of 27 contractors to clear the FDIC items of the previous year’s audit. She was instrumental in growing the new department of 5 to 42. In 2017, Dinah joined Umpqua Bank as the CDD/EDD Manager. She managed two departments of EDD Analysts and CDD Specialists. Living in the “heart of cannabis growing country”, Dinah navigated her teams through the intricacies of the current political climate regarding marijuana, hemp and CBD, to become the subject matter experts for the bank. In June of 2020, Dinah joined Technology Credit Union as the Compliance Officer/Manager of the High Risk Member Unit. Her main responsibility is to help create, cultivate, develop, maintain and monitor the marijuana businesses direct and indirect program for the credit union. Dinah has been accused by some of creating a “Dynahsty” where ever she goes and they would be correct!

Experienced Financial Services Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the banking industry. Skilled in Analytical Skills, Software Documentation, Leadership, Financial Risk, and Risk Management. Strong finance professional with a Bachelor of Arts focused in Liberal Studies from California State University-Sacramento.

Through the course of my 15+ years’ experience, I’ve enjoyed the chance to manage and motivate teams toward consistent success. Colleagues will tell you I have a deep and intuitive grasp of business and team capabilities, and use this instinctive approach to expertly allocate staff and resources. A focus of my work has been employee engagement: by promoting an engaged and collaborative work culture, I’ve been able to develop staff members and deliver key gains to the bottom line. I also pride myself on adapting readily to new work challenges and environments.Compliance Manager, High Risk Member Unit at Technology Credit Union (Tech CU)

Technology Credit Union (Tech CU)

California State University-Sacramento

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David E Master's Degree Graduation, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh,1988

Transportation Security Officer, SMF

Transportation Security Officer

Jun 2005 - Present16 years 2 months

Ensures the safe arrival and departure of the traveling public. Screen baggage and passengers ensuring prohibited items are interdicted prior to boarding of aircraft.
Senior Information Technology Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sep 1997 - Feb 20024 years 6 months

Provided Professional Services to State and Federal Clients. Clients included Inspector General of the House of Representatives, Department of Navy, Westpac 2000, Department of Transportation - Virginia.
Policy Analyst

Executive Office of the President

Aug 1992 - Sep 19953 years 2 months

Provided management and oversight of Federal agencies, during the Clinton Administration. Required specialized knowledge of government operations and financial systems in the Federal environment

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Masters Public Policy & Public Management

1986 - 1988

Management Information Systems - Government Systems
University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis

Bachelor ScienceAgricultural & Managerial Economics

1982 - 1986
David is single and currently works for the Federal Government (TSA) in Sacramento. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from UC Davis and a Masters of Science degree in Public Management and Policy with concentration on Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University. He used to work for the Office of Management and Budget(OMB) in Washington DC during the Clinton and Gore Administration. During the time of his employment with OMB we received annual Christmas cards from the White House as well as special invitations to special events such as the Easter Egg Hunting in the lawn of the White House and Parties for OMB employees. David E is learning how to speak Tagalog. During our 50th wedding anniversary party in 2007, he addressed the guests in Tagalog and made a good impression. His Tagalog is improving but still has the American accent. Macrine and I are proud of his desire to learn the language of his ancestry. Without David's help, we will never be able to enjoy staying in our island paradise in the Philippines for as long as we desire. Today, he keeps me company in this big house and talks to me about his plans to retire in the Philippines.

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Dodie Internet In Information

Dodie, my oldest son was born in the Philippines, but immigrated to US when he was only 18 months old. He has a law degree from University of California, Davis and had been a successful prosecuting attorney in Northern California for several years. He early retired last year to devote more time writing his 3rd novel. He is married to his former classmate, Ruth Carver, also a lawyer and they have 3 children, Philip, Alix and Marina.

Dodie Katague lived at Cloyne Court Coop from 1977-79 while he attended the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated in 1981 with a degree in Geography. He graduated from the University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law in 1985. Since then, he is a prosecutor in Martinez, California. Dodie is working on his second novel, "Rock Star Planet", a Young Adult science fiction adventure. He is now retired and finishing his third novel, "Devil Mountain DA", a fictional account of life in a dysfunctional district attorney's office.

I am a very, very proud Father, indeed!

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Fruit Trees in the Gardens of Chateau Du Mer

The Mango Tree-I have three varieties in my Garden-The Indian, Guimaras and Carabao Mangoes My caretaker/gardener informed me last month that due to the El Nino drought in Marinduque, two of my Durian trees died in spite of his vigilant watering. One of the tree was attacked by insects that looks like a big fly but yellowish in color that sucks the sap of the seedling. The roots of the other tree was attacked by ants residing in the soil. However, my other fruit trees, the rambutans( 2), the lanzones(2) and the jack fruits ( 2) trees are doing well. The above eight fruit trees were given to me by Retired General Recaredo Sarmiento of Boac and Lucena., about three years ago. General Sarmiento is the “atid” of my wife. “Atid” is the colloquial term for brother. Evidently, Macrine's father, the late Bernardo Jambalos was the Godfather of General Sarmiento during his baptism and comfirmation. Gen Sarmiento's hobby is orchard planting, reforestation and farming. The other fruit trees in my garden are guayabanos, cashew, avocados, starapples, duhats, ates, guavas, mangoes( 3 varieties) and papayas as well as several varieties of bananas . Of the above fruit trees, my favorite is the guayabanos, also known as soursop tree known for its anti-tumor and anti-cancer properties . The following are photos of the fruit trees. The Durian photo is from the web. Note that it almost look like a jack fruit tree, except that the leaves are bigger and shiny. My desire is to have a passion fruit tree in the near future. You are welcome to visit my orchard and flower gardens any time, if perchance you are in the vicinity of The Chateau Du Mer Beach Resort and Conference Center.