Jun Limpot: My Long Time Basketball Idol

I started watching the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in 1994. I was a second year high school student then. It was only because I admire a tall, athletic and a superb player who is a gentleman and a very good person as well.

Zandro "Jun" Limpot. . . my long time basketball idol is married to an Escudero! She is truly a "lucky" lady for being Zandro's better half.

Limpot is a Cebuano-speaking athlete who hails from Surigao. Originally a tennis player, he decided to play basketball after the urging of his uncle, the late Governor Jose Sering.

He started his basketball career as key player of the De La Salle University Green Archers, later on played for four years with the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) where he won an MVP award, and eventually became part of the PBA.

He was in the Sta. Lucia Realtors wearing jersey number 72 when I began following his career. Towering at 6 feet 5 inches tall, he and Dennis Espino was known as the Twin Towers of Sta. Lucia but Limpot is also known as "The Main Man". He never experienced playing and winning a PBA championship match. It was only when he moved to Ginebra wearing jersey number 9 he had a taste of being a PBA champion. Limpot, being a very talented player, also became part of the Philippine Basketball Team who competed in the Asian Games.

Through my high school years I keep on collecting Scoreboard magazines to see updates about my idol. I even used some of his magazine pictures as cover of my notebooks. Sounds a bit of an obsession, isn't it?

I stopped following his career when I transferred to Kidapawan. Why? I honestly do not know. But I still find time to read news items about him.

With the presence of the new breeds of PBA players including a large number of Fil-Ams, I still consider Zandro Limpot as one of the best basketball players the PBA has ever produced. And so I am very proud to be one of his avid fans who up to now never stop admiring him.

JUN LIMPOT and some PBA LEGENDS visit KIDAPAWAN CITY

After 15 long years, at last I have seen my idol in person. Last night, I went to the Kidapawan City Gymnasium to witness the basketball match between the PBA Legends versus the Catamco Dream Team of North Cotabato.

I availed the Php 250.00 ticket so that I can have a courtside view of my idol Zandro "Jun" Limpot who still looks like a college student.

That experience renewed my admirations towards Jun Limpot. He may not be as good as he was during his younger years but still he displayed his excellent skills as a player.

I wish and pray that I could still see Jun Limpot in person play in a real PBA match.

Welcome to NDKC Bro. Manuel V. De Leon, FMS

TEN-POINT AGENDA FOR NDKC

By Bro. Manuel V. De Leon, FMS

The New NDKC President

(Presented during the Turn-Over Ceremony last May 18, 2009 at NDKC-SMC Student Center)

1. What is Education? - More Education is More Wisdom. It means to say that education is supposed to produce, preserve and promote wisdom towards fullness of life.
2. What is Wisdom? - It is to view the world through the eyes of God. It is important to discern, contemplate and obey His will.
3. What is the role of the Catholic School? - It is to spread the Good News. The Good News is the Word of God. The Good News are the Gospel Values of faith, hope, and love.
4. What are the Marist Characteristics? - As Marists, we have some distinctive marks, namely: Simplicity (i.e genuine relationship, not complicated), Presence (i.e pedagogy of good examples), Family Spirit (i.e welcoming, supportive, challenging), Love of Work (i.e one becomes co-creator of God), and Mary's Way (i.e Mary at the crib, cross and the altar)
5. What is Marist Education? - Marist Education is integral education or towards the development of the total person. The total development of the person includes his physical, social, emotional, intellectual, cultural and spiritual aspects.
6. What are the main functions of Tertiary Education? - Tertiary Education is supposed to promote research, quality instruction and community involvement. Thus, it is important that NDKC should be known for the quality of researches, instruction and community involvement. In other words, every program must integrate these three components.
7. What is my leadership style? - I believe in empowering people. Empowerment can only happen when there is high level of trust in the goodness of people who can work together as a team. I am a believer of dialogue or consensus building. I am action and result oriented. As a team, we need to share both the success and failure of the endeavor.
8. What is a system approach? - We need to put up a system in order to make our values, content, resources, technology, and structures achieve our desired goals to the maximum. Most of the failures are caused by the failure in the system.
9. What is the importance of financial viability? - High morale in the organization is a function of a good financial management. We will manage our financial resources and temporal goods as good stewards. We will strive to keep our balance sheet in good health. Otherwise, we will end up poorer than the poor we want to serve. Our philosophy in managing our resources will be based on stewardship, sustainability and equity.
10. Ours is a Journey - Kairos is in God's time. We are all pilgrims here on earth. We are on our way to Holiness. Our actions or inactions contribute to our Wholeness. Let our actions be a product of contemplation. Actions without contemplation are shallow and lacking in wisdom. We are all participants in this journey. No one is a bystander, an audience or mere spectator. Let us make our community expandable. We reach out to the universe by making our "Circle of Influence" wider and bigger. But we cannot give what we don't have. It is therefore imperative for us to build a community "inside out". The best way to gauge our success is when we adhere to the three pillars integrity, excellence and service.

My Second Home... The Notre Dame of Kidapawan College

There are lots of BEST schools in the Philippines and in other countries. Why? Simple. . . it's because a lot of people believe that their alma mater is the best!



I won't say that the Notre Dame of Kidapawan College (NDKC), my dear Alma Mater, is the number one school in the Philippines but I must say I am proud to be a Notre Damean because NDKC, through its holistic approach, has taught me to face this very challenging life.

Listen to the testimonies of successful graduates in the radio and we can also say that we are at par with the top universities of our country.

NDKC continues to grow as it fulfills its vow of educating the young the Marist way.

And so I invite you to consider NDKC for your college education.
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Baccalaureate Degrees

1. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS)
2. Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT)
3. Bachelor of Science in Information System (BSIS)
4. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE)
5. Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering (BSECE)
6. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
7. Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (BSA)
8. Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA / BSC) with majors in Marketing Management, Financial Management, and Human Resource Development Management
9. Bachelor in Elementary Education (BEED)
10. Bachelor in Secondary Education (BSED) with majors in Biology, English, MAPEH, Filipino, and Mathematics
11. Bachelor of Arts with majors in Economics, English, Mass Communication, and Political Science

Graduate Degrees

1. Master of Arts in Mathematics
2. Master of Arts in English

Graduate School Extension of Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU)

1. Master in Nursing
2. Master of Arts in Engineering Education
3. Master in Public Administration
4. Master in Business Administration
5. Master of Arts in Education
6. Ph.D in Education
7. Ph.D in Language Education
8. Ph.D in Science Education major in Biology

Grades in IT 231 (Summer 2009) -- Everyone PASSED!

Congratulations to the following students who passed the IT 231 subject. Only the code names will be disclosed except for Jake Constantino whose code name I forgot to get. Anyway, there’s nothing to be ashamed of because he is the topnotcher. =)

The first two grades specified below are your midterm and final term grades, respectively.

1. Constantino, Jake O. (84, 94, Final Grade: 89)
2. XJ (89, 87, Final Grade: 88)
3. Betsy (83, 85, Final Grade: 84)
4. Vlad (79, 87, Final Grade: 83)
5. Blessed (83, 81, Final Grade: 82)
6. Fat Boy (77, 84, Final Grade: 81)
7. Boom (78, 83, Final Grade: 81)
8. imBlue_15 (80, 80, Final Grade: 80)
9. fugitive (72, 83, Final Grade: 78)
10. Jimboy (68, 85, Final Grade: 77)
11. Pacman (74, 78, Final Grade: 76)
12. Seminar (71, 79, Final Grade: 75)
13. humana_ang_finals (69, 80, Final Grade: 75)
14. CodeX (72, 77, Final Grade: 75)
15. Blue Bay (73, 77, Final Grade: 75)

The following students failed BUT I decided to give them a passing grade of 75%.

1. Mr. D (70, 77, Final Grade: 74)
2. Pink Lover (72, 74, Final Grade: 73)
3. Sword of Union (71, 74, Final Grade: 73)
4. Naruto (75, 73, Final Grade: 74)
   

For clarification, you may see me in person or just email me.

Ciriaco tops Programming Class

Eliezer Ciriaco, a promising first year BS in Information Technology student, once again topped the Programming Class for the Second Semester School Year 2008-2009.

This time, he led the CS/IT 121 - Computer Programming Class of the Notre Dame of Kidapawan College. He was a consistent topnotcher in all terms giving him a 95% final grade in the said subject.

Congratulations!

Name: CIRIACO, Eliezer A.
Course/Year: BSIT - 1

High School Graduate of Kidapawan City National High School (Science Curriculum Class)

Performance in IT 121 - Computer Programming 2

First Trinal

• AQR / Lab Exers. - 48
• Examination - 45
• Raw Score - 93
• Grade - 93

Second Trinal

• AQR / Lab Exers. - 50
• Examination - 43
• Raw Score - 93
• Grade - 93

Third Trinal

• AQR / Lab Exers. - 50
• Examination - 48
• Raw Score - 98
• Grade - 98

FINAL GRADE: 95%

What's behind number 12?

The question may not be that catchy but I hope you will enjoy reading this simple post of mine.

I just realized that I have already spent twelve tough years with the Notre Dame of Kidapawan College. Tough but still worth remembering. I believe that this institution had taught me a lot in facing the realities of life and for the next few years I still expect to grow as a better person.

I arrive in Kidapawan last April 26, 1997 together with my parents and brother. My father decided we should transfer to this humble place because he believe that the simple life Kidapawan could offer will make it easier for us to survive.

I have to admit, I never dreamed of studying here in NDKC or anywhere in Mindanao. Modesty aside, I felt that I deserve a better school because I graduated with flying colors at Holy Child Catholic School in Manila. I even inquired for student assistantship in De La Salle University and Adamson University. However, I had no choice. My parents wanted me to go with them to Kidapawan and gave me three options: to study in CMC, NORCIT (now CdK) or NDKC. And so I chose NDKC being the "most famous" of the three.

I thought I was entering a mini forest the first time I entered NDKC. I was just not used to a campus with so many trees. I visited the Guidance Office and inquired about the curricular offerings. I enrolled in the BS Computer Science program because at that time there's no Mass Communications program in NDKC.

My little knowledge of the Cebuano dialect made it difficult for me to communicate with some of my classmates, not to mention two of my former teachers who keeps on code switching but mostly using the local dialect as medium of instruction. But this difficulty did not hinder me to make my stay in this Marist institution a fruitful one. After few months, I learned the dialect and up to now the learning process continues.

NDKC gave me a lot of opportunities in college. I am happy to say that I performed well academically. I was also chosen as representative to some competitions in the region such as NDEA Academic Contest 1998 (2nd r-up), NDKC-NDMC Debate (Best Speaker), NDKC-NDMC Academic Challenge (Winner), YCSC-National Oratorical Contest (Champion), Statistics Quiz (4th I think) and Regional Super Quiz Bee (just 5th). Thank God I won in most of these contests.

Thank you also to the chance given to me as delegate to various significant gatherings such as the Mindanao Youth Congress in Davao City and the YCSC National Evaluation Seminar held at Teacher's Camp, Baguio City.

I also discovered that I can be a good leader when I was chosen as the Governor of the Computer-Information Department, Vice President of the Youth Community Service Club (YCSC) Kidapawan-Arakan-Mlang Council, and News Editor of The Almagan, then NDKC's student publication.

I have to say that the best experience was given to me by YCSC. Not only I was able to go to Baguio but also I was able to join a Six-week Immersion Program dubbed as Barrio Rehabilitation Program at Sitio Palusok, Brgy. Meohao, Kidapawan City. Together with other active members of the club, I experienced living in a remote barrio where we conducted various programs in coordination with the Students Assistance Committee for Community Development (SAC-CD), NDKC Community Extension Services (CES) and the Provincial Social Welfare and Development (PSWD).

I finished college in 2001 and received some recognitions. I bring back all of these to the Lord Almighty. Barely two months after, I was hired as a full-time faculty member. In 2004, I became a tenured faculty and was elected as President of the College Faculty Club. A year later I was appointed as Coordinator of Student Affairs, a position I handled for three years.

At present, I belong to the Engineering and Technology Department of Notre Dame of Kidapawan College. I am also on my second and hopefully last year as President of the NDKC Faculty-Employees Association (NDKC-FEA). I am still part of the Youth Community Service Club as Moderator. I am also gald to be part of the Champagnat Movement of the Marist Family.

I sincerely thank God for these twelve years and hope that I will still grow as NDKC continues to grow.

I may not be a perfect teacher. . . not a perfect officer. . . not a perfect son or kuya. . . I may not be a perfect person. . . but I hope and pray that the Lord will still bless me, my students, my co-teachers, my friends, and most specially my family.

At Camp Sabros, Kapatagan, Digos City