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In Beauty Tuesday , Community , Higher Ed , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Yours Truly on 12/29/2015 at 04:44
4:44 ~ make a New Year’s wish!!!
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Study Saturday , Technology , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 12/26/2015 at 15:00
Happy One-Week Anniversary of my Doc Grad !
This is where I reminisce about GOD’s plan .
When I thought that things were going wrong just because they didn’t go my way, it turned out that everything fell into place perfectly:
My Intent
What Went Wrong
GOD’s Perfect Plan
To wear my medal at my public dissertation defense and graduation
I couldn’t find it where I thought that I stored it … or anywhere else
Bishop Mike Pope Francis rosary
To have my professors sign my dissertation with our dissertation signature pen
I misplaced it from the special spot where I set it aside for the past few years
Brought the “I Thank GOD for You” pen that Sister Jyothi gave us Religious Education teachers
To film my public dissertation defense with the tripod from Bestie Evie
Despite deleting Fast and Furious iPhone 6 plus , I still ran out of storage space as I presented results for my 15th out of 17 null hypothesis
Lessons learned: don’t consume too much memory on my devices or include so many variables in my research – but at least I recorded the majority
To walk across the stage without falling flat on my face – while wearing my cowboy boots instead of stilettos (like my high heels at my previous graduations)
I faced my school President while my dissertation chair hooded me instead of the crowd like the rest of the doctoral candidates
Bestie Evie
To reserve the restaurant for my luncheon 3h after my graduation start time
Car accident on the major incident delayed our graduation procession, and major traffic jam getting out of parking lot delayed my reception
Time to catch up with my dad’s fellow Filipino Catholic USAF buddy with whom he was stationed in Germany and his wife (so we didn’t join impatient drivers and passengers) – shared stories
Thanks: GOD, my parents, my bestie Evie & her family, Drs. D & C-B, my colleagues + Team Dr. D for sticking w/me through my PhD journey! Scored this goal, now onto my next role #TitaElaine #MiniCOOLEYonTheWay #AnydayThisHOLYday #DISPObustAFlow #DrDISPObustAFlow #DISPO #TeamDrDISPO #TeamDrD #DrD #PhD #DoctorOfPhilosophy #3rdDegree (3 stripes) #OurLadyOfTheLakeUniversity #OurLadyOfTheLake #TheLake #OLLUSaints #Saints #WingsUp #PTL #PraiseTheLORD #PreciousTreasureLady #PrettyToughLady #WhatAWayToWrapUp2015 #YearOfFinishing #appreciate #graduate #celebrate #cheers #salud #GODblessUsEveryone ☝🏽️✌🏽🙏🏽👐🏽💒🏤⛲️🎓🎤🏅🏆🏈🏀⚾️🎾⚽️⛳️✨💫🌠🎇🎆🍾🍹🍷🍸🍻🍝🍨🍮
¡Gracias a Díos!
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Spirit Sunday , Sports , Sports Sunday , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 12/06/2015 at 12:50
Two-Day Game Warning: Almost the End of Regulation !
As I approach my Big Day (Public Dissertation Defense ) to complete my Doctor of Philosophy , my journey toward this ultimate goal may be drawing to a close while my next one toward my career advancement will begin.
However, my Ph.D. pursuit has helped me grow, not just professionally , but also personally , and most of all: spiritually . Furthermore, this undertaking couldn’t have been accomplished single-handedly: GOD’s grace provided, JESUS’ example was all-sided, and the HOLY SPIRIT’s light guided, in addition to Team Dr. D, who had my back. I forever will be grateful to the †Heavenly HOLY TRINITY† and my positive supporters here on Earth , who’ve rooted me on all the way , leading up to this Tuesday, December 8 ~ save-the-date
My next anticipated title this Advent : Tita Elaine .
We expect my future niece or nephew to arrive around CHRISTmas time ~ the very 1st grandchild of my parents , who recently celebrated their ♥wedding♥ anniversary . Yes, my family is very blessed . Regardless of these joyous times, I pray that we’ll always turn to the LORD , as we lead our lives here while preparing our eternal home in Heaven .
Sending peace and goodwill to San Bernadino, CA, in the wake of this terrorist tragedy. ✌
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Study Saturday , Technology , Travel , Weekly Wonders , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 10/14/2015 at 19:00
Happy National Dessert Day!
My peers who’ve preceded me in finishing their doctor of philosophy degrees can agree:
Cleaner and clearer are better.
That means: clean desks and clear minds …
Plus clean PowerPoint s to clear our minds !
Two of my esteemed classmates who graduated a few years ago and whose guidance I sought for my paper and slideshow both explicitly pointed out that I most certainly must cut back
Down to 120-140 slides, no more than 150!
As the ☼summer☼ drew to a close ~ during my most recent hurdle (that lasted four months as we entered fall term ), my statistics ~ I already reached 300+ slides and reached 300+ pages of my dissertation
Yet that’s way too many to fit into a two-hour presentation (including professors ‘ Q&A) ~ so I’ve reduced down to almost ½ so far!
This slide: an indicator that I measured a TON of stats ! I ended up taking out 50+ slides last night … Shooting to eliminate more. Next issue: making sure that the fewer slides that I look less cluttered
Just as I’ve had to minimize my clutter-bug and shutter-bug ways, I’m also de-cluttering / cleaning and clearing up my PowerPoint
That way, I can advance into the next round !
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Study Saturday , Technology , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 09/26/2015 at 08:00
During this week’s conference call with my dissertation chair , she called me
conscientious .
I not only accepted this ~ to ♥heart♥ and absolutely at face value ~ as the best compliment from her (when we were discussing the running and re-running of my statistics for my research results ) but also am ensuring that I live up to this standard .
When my cohort members and I were admitted into our doctoral program , conscientiousness * happened to be one of the personality traits for which we tested and that we studied in our leadership theories literature. It comes from the (1b) Big Five OCEAN ” acronym:
O penness (or O riginality)*C onscientiousness (or C onsolidation)
E xtroverion ~ I’ve also consistently tested high for this in the (2) Myers-Briggs ENFJ for E xtraversion • In tuition • F eeling • J udging) both when I took it as a psych minor for my undergrad and again in doc school A greeableness (or A ccommodation)N euroticism (or Emotional In stability) ~ the reverse of this attribute as leaders and doc students is ideal to deal
According to the (1a) instrument provided by my doctoral degree program , someone who is conscientious is “achievement”-oriented and “self-disciplined” ~ so this implies that conscientiousness involves intentions (definitely something for which I strive ).
Currently, my conscientiousness has stuck with me through school ~ as both a scholar educator
This past week, I taught my students about literary terms , so I tied them into ♪music♫ and pop culture:
Asyndeton ♫George Strait ♪The Chair♪
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Irony ♫Alanis Morissette ‘s ♪Ironic♪
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Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Jeremy Lin How to Fit in the NBA
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Personification plus Alliteration and Assonance Funny Face Audrey Hepburn
If it (Quality magazine) won’t speak to me, it won’t speak to them.
~ Ms. Prescott, Editor-in-Chief
D for
D own * D reary * D ull * D epressing * D ismal and * D eadly
B anish the B lack * B urn the B lue * B ury the B eige
Think pink * Red is ead * Blue is through * Green ‘s obscene * Brown’s too boo
Now I know that my advisor wasn’t trying to flatter me, but her acknowledgment meant encouragement of the ♥heart .
I challenge you fellow servants and leaders to consider which personality traits that you have in order to enhance your strengths and improve from your weaknesses!
Site Sources
Big Five OCEAN http://ipip.ori.org/ and http://oaks.nvg.org/big-five.html Myers-Briggs http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/
Another Reference (when I minored in psychology)
Oldham, J. M., & Morris, L. B. (1995). The new personality self-portrait: Why you think, work, love, and act the way you do . New York, NY: Bantam Books.
Addendum
After I helped lead my †Church† in prayer at Vigil Mass, Fr. Bob Pastor , greeted me as “Soon-to-be Dr. Dispo ” ~ to which I replied, “GOD-willing ,” and “to glorify GOD .”
Happy Belated Birthday to our Fr. Kumar
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In ♥ & Soul , Beauty Tuesday , Community , Health , Home Sweet Home , Public Interest , Relationships , Travel , Weekly Wonders , Yours Truly on 09/01/2015 at 10:00
Welcome, S eptember! With s chool in full s wing☼s ummer☼ s eason on the brain!
☼S unkissed S ummer
1. What is your go-to product for a sunkissed summer glow?
natural ☼s unshine : *FREE* Vitamin D !
2. What book would you recommend for a summer read?
Dulce Candy Ruiz ‘s The Sweet Life Dr. Karen Kelsky ‘s The Professor Is In
both of which hit bookshelves exactly 4 weeks ago!
3. What’s your signature summer scent this year?
Victoria’s Secret Bombshell Summer Edition Sephora samples in my handbags
4. The sun is shining and it’s time to get outside! What’s your favorite thing to do?
simply bask in the ☼sunshine☼ through ALL of my s enses ~ including the s mell of fresh air
5. You’re on the boardwalk and starving! What’s your go-to summer beach food?
banana ice cream , paletas (popcycles) or raspas (snow cones) ~ anything frozen treat to beat the heat!
6. What’s your dream summery date?
watch a blockbuster & ☼sun☼ fun run or walk on the beach + chow down
7. After a day in the summer heat, what do you do to cool off?
chillax with my shows + consume cucumber ~ on my eyes & in H2O #DISPObustAFlow
8. How do you wear your hair in the summer?
braids for days
9. What’s your must-have nail polish for summer 2015?
this Tiffany Blue hue
Fitting name for this shade
as Audrey Hepburn
10. What shows do you recommend for summer?
my share of sizzling series : network nighttime dramas + home/real estate reality TV
11. Do you wear liquid foundation, BB cream, or tinted moisturizer in the summer?
occasional base but more powder to offset sweat
12. Sunglasses or Hats?
Exhibit shown below
I always must sport ~O-O~specs~O-O~ anyway ~ I usually rock my Coach Fendi Gucci
13. What is your summer jam this year?
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♫Locked Away ♪ ( not that I’m doing anything to get locked up ~ I really dig the ♫beat♪ & ♫Adam Levine
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♪Bad Blood ♫ (so cliche, but I ♥heart♥ the graceful ♫Taylor Swift ♪ ~ not to mention that you can’t take the ♪hip hop♫ out of this chick)
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14. Do you have a summer bucket list?
mainly to finish my doc docs (paper & PowerPoint to prep to present for dissertation defense ) ~ since I’m not completely caught up, my Plan B is to have them done by Labor Day now that Fall is upon us and the BiG Day draws near + added bonus: relatives reunion , check √
15. Bikini, tankini, or one piece? Show us your fave bathing suit this year!
I’ve already built up quite a two-piece collection through the years but wouldn’t mind adding a mono kiniVS chevron top & ombré bottom (see No. 5 “paleta” link for sippie selfie in said swimsuit)
16. What’s your favorite sweat proof product?
Banana Boat Baby Faces ☼ sunblock
17. If you could create your own ice cream flavor, what would it be?
Champ Hoop Scoop ~ to score an ice cream dreamy combo of my faves:
S also is for …
Filled up in August & as we approach September
$ Therefore, S also is for : S avings $
NO
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Feline Friday , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Manic Monday , Motivational Monday , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Study Saturday , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 06/22/2015 at 03:30
The Purr fectData Scoring Manual …
Meet Angel Annie Stats Cat !
She’s following in her Big Sis Asia Grad Cat ‘s paw steps
Asia Dallas Cowboys desk chair
Despite not spending as much QT with my Cuties hard at work!
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In ♥ & Soul , Beauty Tuesday , Community , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Sports , Technology , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 06/02/2015 at 15:00
Two months ago …
Tito Regie (visiting from the PI🌴): When’s the BiG day ?
Yours truly : 🙏GOD-willing, December 2015 !
Uncle Reg meant when I’d become Mrs. So & So , & I meant when I’d become Dr. Dispo ! 💒💍🏤
#DISPObustAFlow #DISPOsAlwaysFly #NotLookingForAGuy #PhD #DrD #TeamDrD #DrDispo #TeamDrDispo
Just like many brides👰🏽 may 👣step👟 up their 🏈A-game🏀 to get wedding -ready, I as a 🎓Ph.D. candidate am doing everything in my power that backs up my dissertation , up until the day of my full defense:
First of all, I’ve been wearing my class ring on my left hand since I received it after my candidacy (compare engagement/popping-the-question to comprehensive exams/answering-the-questions )
Waking up every morning with it on my mind and tuning those thoughts into actions that support it (contacting folks [like in wedding planning], writing [like in marriage vows])Posting affirmations to remind me of my goal everyday, including this gorgeous reminder ~ inspired by TIU ‘s K&K👙 in FFF📖 dashboard )
YES, I made it up: PhD for Pretty HOT Driver ~ what can I say? This. Is. LEGIT. #fuego
Keeping my defense dress👗 hung up in plain view ~ so I can see it and envision myself presenting🎤 my paper📜 (I’ll also have a dress👔 rehearsal/run-through to practice while wearing it ahead of time)
Exercising both my body and my brain for the physical and mental fitness to endure and persevere
Hitting the sack one night closer from turning this 🌈dream💭 into a reality🏆
Last, but certainly not least and actually the most important :
Always PRAY .
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Sports , Study Saturday , Technology , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 05/30/2015 at 12:20
ConGRADulations, 🎓Class of 2015 !!!🎉
Throwback : School Portraits of yours truly from Pre-K-12th Grade
My H.S. Grad: Abilene Cooper , Class of 1999
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Bachelor of Arts in Communication, McMurry University , 2003
I’ve been beyond blessed to have taught college students who were valedictorians (No. 1), salutatorians (No. 2) and top-ranked out of their class ~ two during this graduation season alone who are speaking🎤 at their commencement:
Student Body President (female 💪🏽powerlifter) from last 🌞summer🌼
Valedictorian (state 🏁championship🏆 🏈football🏉 player) from this past 🍀spring🌷
Master of Arts in Communication, Angelo State University , 2006
We present … The Graduates!!!👏🏽 {☝🏽️GOD-willing🙏🏽, I’ll walk👟 for my doctoral degree}
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Sports , Study Saturday , Technology , Travel , Weekly Wonders , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 02/28/2015 at 09:00
With all of the abundant activities that have called for my attention lately, I’ve been mustering up every extra waking moment away to work on my dissertation ~ which is why I’ve actually appreciated these recent snow days .
Some of my colleagues have considered their own hours per day of dedication on their doctoral research as shift work
Others have only been able to devote even just a few minutes per day to their study
Lately, I’ve fallen under the latter category, rather than the former. Once upon a time, I was able to spend a whole work day’s worth, but with countless demands , I’m fortunate to invest up to an hour or so; for instance, with the additional studies that my department requires for us to review for our doctoral degrees , I’ve included at least one more per day. Regardless of how much time I’ve been able to write and research, the process is paying off as I keep making progress
Because not a day passes without my discipline and determination
Unless you count my cat astrophic pleasant distractions, including my neighbor , who’s welcome to chillax ’til her ♥heart’s♥ content snow or ☼shine☼
#DOnotDisturb mode
And with †GOD’s† ☼grace☼
For 🔔high schoolers, I’m imparting advice💭 that worked to my advantage when I prepared for college🏤 and throughout my career:
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