the lighter side

(This was drafted December 4, 2008 yet, but it’s published only now, as I’ve waited for the time to show it first to the one concerned, as a matter of respect.)

This write-up is already late but I still push through with this, for one deserving to be acknowledged, and my way of congratulating my dear SIL (son-in-law), yeah Boyet, Cookie’s dependable and loving hubby.

Last year, as you can read in his blog entry, instead of a cup for the tournament winners, he got a cap – a sauna cap! – for having placed third in the tournament.  “I’ll win next time”, he was determined, and I gave an encouragement, by faith, in my comment of that post: “cap for a cup!  hehehe that’s nice..you’ll get a cup later, just don’t give up )

Still, it’s unbelievably soon! Maybe he could do it in a few more years? Or so I thought. But no, he did it already this year! Isn’t this a real feat, being Champion for this year’s Areva Annual Golf Championship in Finland? He himself openly admitted that even he did not expect it, as there were many better players than him, that’s what he thought. But as he said, there’s no secret, only hard work and divine intervention! I would say, also determination, a trait of any achiever. Well, Boyet is a born achiever. Graduating with honors (cum laude) in the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Mindanao State University, he proceeded to his masteral in engineering (in the field of industrial management) with full academic scholarship at the AIT (Asian Institute of Technology) in Thailand, and this was where he met his beloved “sweetie”, who is also an alumna of the same institution.

Now, as you can read in his site, concretepixels.com, he is handling a truly challenging job as one of the consultants - or specifically as one of the concrete technology experts - of Areva, where he is the only Asian among them. Would you be surprised if I’m one proud mom-in-law? Aside from this, we are “attuned” (call it vibes?) to each other as we both are in the same profession – civil engineering!

Congratulations, Boyet, shine on, be it in sports or in the profession, as an add-on to your being a shining star already as a family man! We thank God for you!

Tags: academic scholarship, AIT, Areva Annual Golf Championship, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, cap, champion, civil engineering, cup, determination, divine intervention, Finland, golf, hard work, masteral, Mindanao State University, Thailand, tournament

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