June is a very
popular month for celebrations like wedding anniversaries, graduations,
birthdays, and so forth. June happens to be the birth month of our
cybergroup RDL-CLEAR and also of its founder, a great Romblonese nicknamed
Doc Simp. It may be coincidental that the cybergroup and its founder
have the same birth month but it is not coincidental that one is as
great as the other. One is great because of the other, vice-versa.
With great pride
I salute the founder because if not for him, there would be no RDL-CLEAR.
Some years back, Doc Simp organized a small discussion list known
as RDL through the Yahoogroups. The group expanded its membership
worldwide and extended its name to RDL-CLEAR, which stands for Romblon
Discussion List - Cultural, Livelihood and Education Assistance for
Romblon. Then I salute the organization and all its members because
without them Doc Simp will remain a pseudonym. Doc Simp and RDL-CLEAR
may be considered synonymous. However, there is another synonymous
word that strengthens our group, the native virtue popularly called
"sanrokan". RDL-CLEAR is active and strong because our "sanrokan"
spirit is alive and alight.
Anniversaries
are certain to come and go like death and taxes but they too have
uncertainties. A certain uncertainty is that time can only tell what
the future is for RDL-CLEAR. A certainty we must anticipate is that
time can only be useful if we share and spare it with the people we
care. RDL-CLEAR will only have as many anniversaries as the number
of years we are able to keep the "sanrokan" virtue alive.
While Doc Simp
is busy going around the province of Romblon overseeing our on-going
projects, we can be assured RDL-CLEAR will follow the strong spirit
of its founder. My friends, please join me in honoring Mr. Ishmael
F. Fabicon (alias Doc Simp) on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary
of the founding of RDL-CLEAR and its email address romblon@yahoogroups.com.
Please join me in praying hard for the continued success of our organization.
