Yesterday was day two for TLDP2 and I was late. Sheesh. I didn’t do it in purpose but I lost track of time. And the most embarrassing part is, they actually waited for me to start. Imagine that. Tsk, tsk, tsk. But the day ended well. We all learned a lot and after over a year, I finally got an email from my MDP wavemates. Jai, the most friendly of them all, sent out an invitation for a get together. Papang replied and so did Junyx. I replied as well asking those who are in Cebu to get together and have dinner since it has been a year since we’ve graduated from MDP and since Junyx is here so I think now is the best time to celebrate. I will have to check my email later to see if the other agree to my proposal for Junyx will be heading back to Manila soon.
Remember I talked about this disease a couple of months back? For those who was not able to read the article, mesothelioma is a kind of cancer that can be caused by a significant level of exposure to asbestos. This is according to the studies on groups of workers with cummulative exposure ranging from 5 to 1,200 fiber-year/ml which can be a result from a 40 years occupational exposure to air concentrations of 0.125 to 30 fiber/ml. However, I was a bit puzzled about this for from what I remember, most developed countries have stopped using asbestos in constructions way back in the 90’s I think, because of the studies on Mesothelioma. But it turned out, asbestos is not only used on buildings. Because of its good heat and electric insulation quality it is used on a lot of other products that we use everyday. From brake pads and clutches to boilers and furnaces. So people who works as automechanics, broiler makers, merchant marines, carpenters, painters etc. has a high risk of getting an exposure to the said mineral. Sheesh, no wonder there are still around 3000 new cases of Mesothelioma in the US and majority of them are men.
Training Day 1 is done and I was right. Junyx is the facilitator of our training. It felt like MDP all over again with the exception of my co-trainees though. But anyhow, he’s still the same old Junyx. Funny and very accomodating. And oh, demanding too. Hehehe… It’s really fascinating to see people who can keep a discussion interesting for everyone who has different backgrounds in a room. These is the reason why I can never be a trainer. I mean it’s really hard to get the attention of a certain number of people and keep them for the next 8 hours. Having Junyx as a trainer makes me miss my MDP wave mates though. I hope we will be able to get together one of these days.