Why Retire in the Philippines/Marinduque Vacations: Leif, Carenna and Ditas will be Moving Soon to Washington, DC

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

Monday, April 11, 2022

Leif, Carenna and Ditas will be Moving Soon to Washington, DC

Leif, Carenna and Ditas will be Moving to Washington DC Soon

Ditas and Carenna- Leif is at home-he was not allowed at this Party in Washington DC.

I am super proud as the aging Father and ex-Federal employee of Ditas Katague with this news today. She will be moving to Washington DC in the end of June to work for the Federal Government. This is her SES dream job. Of course her pet dog, Leif will be moving with her as well as Carenna. Carenna will be enrolling at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University. I will miss their frequent personal visits but we could always text or video call using my new cell phone with the What's App application that Ditas recently downloaded.

Good Looking Leif moving to Washington DC soon-in an airplane?

Again, my congratulations! A very, very proud father, indeed!

Here's the official announcement:

From: BOC BROADCAST (CENSUS/DIR) <boc.broadcast@census.gov>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2022 11:28 AM
Subject: Staff Announcement: Ditas Katague, Associate Director for Communications

To: All Staff

From the Desk of Robert L. Santos, Director . . .

I am pleased to welcome Ditas Katague to the U.S. Census Bureau as the new Associate Director for Communications. Ditas will lead the internal and external communications activities, including media relations, congressional and intergovernmental affairs, customer service, internal communications, stakeholder engagement, and web and new media services.

Prior to joining the Census Bureau in 2022, Ditas was director of the California Complete Count – Census 2020 Office, the outreach and communications campaign that worked to ensure a complete population count of historically undercounted Californians. This built on her experience leading the state’s decennial census outreach efforts in 2000 and 2010. In 2000, as chief deputy campaign director for the Governor’s Census 2000 California Complete Count campaign, she led a groundbreaking multilingual, multimedia outreach effort that resulted in a mail-in return rate that outpaced the national rate. She also served as chief of staff to the California Public Utilities Commission, where she improved public participation and access to the energy and telecommunications utility rate and regulation process.

Ditas also served on the Census Bureau National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations from 2012 to 2018, including three years as its chair.

Ditas is an expert in multiethnic outreach and civic engagement. Since 1998, she has served on the Sacramento Center Advisory Board for the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California. She holds an M.P.A. from the University of Southern California and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Please join me in welcoming Ditas and thanking her for being willing to serve the Census Bureau and our country.

Meanwhile enjoy this photo of my first cacti bloom in my backyard

Here's the organizational Chart of the Bureau of Census showing 6 Associate Directors below the Director and Deputy Director for your information.

https://www2.census.gov/about/orgchart.pdf

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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.

The Rambutan Tree and Fruits

The Lanzone Tree and Fruits

The Jack Fruit Tree

The Durian Fruit Tree