Baguio Connections 90
LAST week, some basics about the incoming Year of the Rat. This week, more. As mentioned last week, this column’s current favorite Youtube go-to for things Year of the Rat is Joey
Yap. He broadcasts predictions and advice for each sign, and not just that.
He also encourages one and all to head to his website to get a Bazi reading.
That Bazi reading used to be a pain to compute and arrive at. I arrived at mine a loooong time ago, manually. Then, you could also ask a certified soothsayer to arrive at that for you, contract her/him for it, and it would take at least three days.
But on Joey Yap’s website, there is a section there where you can create an account (yes, but worth the time), log in, and then feed your birth details into a program, and voila, have your Bazi chart before you in seconds. The chart is complicated, but again, worth the time to study and to thus know thyself better.
One section of the chart has a four pillars destiny section that is based on your year of birth, month, day, and hour. Your birth year determines your zodiac animal sign, indicative of your general outlook. The month determines a zodiac sign that is indicative of your career outlook, according to Yap, who also advises that the day determines a sign indicative of your relationship/ s, and the hour of your inner self. Thus, the chart by itself presents a more detailed reading of what the stars say is in store for you.
Thus, too, you can manage those four pillars of your life—“destiny”—with more discernment. Mainly by taking note of what stars are up and about for each zodiac sign "ruling" each pillar. For example, this writer is a Rooster by birth year and yet other signs by month, day, and hour. The Rooster reading is indicative of my general outlook, but the other signs of career outlook, relationships,
and inner workings, as per my Bazi chart.
Joey Yap’s Youtube channel broadcasts what’s “in store” for each animal sign of the Chinese zodiac with some detail, and likewise advises you on auspicious and not so auspicious stars in place for each sign for this Year of the Rat. Yap also speaks of what each pillar holds for each sign, and how to use those energies to have a good year. So yes, find this sage on YouTube.
As for general outlooks, Yap’s “Thrivers” are those who “have all the best stars watching your back and 2020 is going to be a stellar year.” Yap also gives advice on how to make those best stars work with you in each pillar of the Bazi charts. “Go-getters” are those who are to go after luck with an eye to succeeding. Yap’s words: Go-getters, “Make things happen,” in this “year of change.” The “Givers” are those who will have “new connections, new friendships, and new beginnings.” More on the Year of the Rat next week.
officer Lt. Chungalao. “No reported actions on this day January 15 except for 4 Japanese bombers flying cris-crossing the skies of Ifugao. “On January 16, the sounds of heavy guns were heard from the eastside, most probably in Isabela or Nueva Vizcaya provinces. I counted 55 shots. Those big bombers could be seen flying above Nueva Vizcaya and further south. “At about 2:35 in the afternoon, Ms. Lottie M. Spessard of the American Christian Missionary walked into camp. She is one of the ladies we had been hiding together with Miss Myrtle Mitzger and Mrs. Cloggy. Miss Spessard was enroute to the Regimental Hospital to report for duty, she being a full pledge nurse by profession. She was escorted by Mr. Eladio Malingan, the district president of Kiangan. We were all very glad and happy to see her. “She and I had interesting and confidential conversations about how they hid whenever Japanese patrols were reported close to their place in the forest. She also mentioned and thankful for the useful information I relayed every time and then. She too was happy to see me and Mr. Mariano at the HQ camp. “In the late afternoon, radio news revealed that some 100,000 American soldiers landed in San Fabian, Pangasinan under escorts of 200 ships and planes. There was loud and joyous welcome of the good news. Miss Spessard, in the evening, gave an inspirational talk giving everyone hopes for the eventual end of the war. “After the short welcome party for the American lady, Mr. Mariano and I prepared and sent a letter to Capt. Bunol inquiring our status, for until this day, we never received formal calls to active duty, or papers accepting us for enlistment. “On January 17, some soldiers came ahead, reporting that the Battalion Commander, Captain Bunol, will arrive in the afternoon. “Lt. Chungalao received some letters from RHQ, and Mr. Mariano was accepted as lst Lt. to become Executive Officer, relieving Lt. Chungalao. “I observed Lts. Chungalao and Mariano talking in confidential manner and I felt that there was something wrong about me. I was made to understand by Capt. Bunol, on December 25, 1944 that he will make me his executive officer, so as to have an older man with experience as his right hand man. In my humble opinion, I probably fitted for the assignment. I was kept in suspense. “Lt. Puguon also arrived with some of the new arms he got from Benguet. “The Captain did not arrive this day as scheduled. All was quiet from every sector. To be continued. Note: The narrator is the youngest son of the late Luis I. Pawid of Kiangan, Ifugao and Angeline Laoyan of La Trinidad, Benguet. He is a journalist by profession, former town Mayor of La Trinidad, Benguet, and former Executive Director of the defunct Cordillera Executive Board, Cordillera Administrative Region. He now resides in New Jersey, USA.
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