By:
Bennie A. Recebido
The Author |
Entitled
“We Are In The Same Boat: Recollections, Impressions, Admonitions,” the book
contains essays, speeches, and feature articles many of which were published in
Sorsogon Today, a local weekly newspaper.
Said
book to be launched is authored by Dr. Higino A. Ables, Jr., PhD in Education
and Communication which he obtained from Michigan State University, USA.
Dr.
Ables explains why he chose to use the title “We Are In The Same Boat.”
He
says in the book that wherever we may live and whatever beliefs we may hold, we
have common needs, goals and problems.
This
commonness of our concerns should “compel us all to learn from and live in
peace with each other, for we are in the same boat.”
This
volume of selected writings of Dr. Ables has four parts:
Part
One – Where We Live, is all about
Sorsogon: the small town Dr. Ables remembers as a boy, the city now beset with
its problems of traffic and sanitation, among others; and a scenario of the
city and the province.
Part
Two – How We Live, defines social
responsibility of citizens, self-fulfillment, and gives amusing anecdotes about
forgetfulness.
The Editor |
Part
Three – has some recommendations on how to rationalize higher education further,
the Sorsogon Community College, and how to strengthen universities and colleges
in the country.
Based
on his lengthy experience in University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), he
gives practical advice to administrators, teachers and students.
The
last part, Part Four – is a brief autobiography of Dr. Ables. It traces his
ancestry, his early life in Sorsogon where he attended public schools before
enrolling in UPLB on a 4-H Club scholarship.
Perhaps,
recognizing his potentials, UPLB held on to him after he graduated from college, sent him on scholarship abroad, and employed
him until he retired as professor. He
now resides in Bitan-o, Sorsogon City.
Former
Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Sorsogon Information Center Manager Irma A.
Guhit will emcee the program on December 4 at the Provincial Museum.
Mr.
Jesse Dioneda, a tenor, will entertain the audience with a vocal
rendition. Ex-Mayor Fernando Duran, Jr. will
introduce the author.
Edited
by Ferdie M. Aragon, the book includes color photographs, has 154 pages, and
will be sold at the Museum after the book-launching. (BARecebido, PIA Sorsogon)
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