Fraud and Scams presentation

The Council of Senior Citizens Organizations (COSCO) of BC : The Voice for Seniors Since 1950 offer a variety of health promotion workshops and we attended one co-hosted by Member of Parliament Peter Julian (pictured here) yesterday at the National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre. Types of frauds and scams presented were: telemarketing, mail scams, pyramid schemes, repair and purchase scams, internet scams, cheque fraud, identification theft, ATM skimming, canvassing scams and real estate fraud. Do you know what to look for to identify counterfeit money? Ask Bert.

The importance and pleasure of research

Bert's smile was ear to ear today. One of his favourite activies is riding "hop-on / hop-off" bus tours. Today, he took a two-hour tour starting from Canada Place in Vancouver - to experience the tour that he will be recommending to visiting PICPA (Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants) delegates who will be attending the PICPA International Convention in Vancouver this May. He was particularly delighted to see Yue Minjun's patinated bronze figures that his cousin Raymond told him about months ago.

The early "Bert" catcheth the worm

Did you know that Bert loves birds? He also likes to be well-prepared and is willing to put the effort to getting a job done properly, thus the early "Bert" catches the worm.

Here is Bert with a new piece of public art at the Olympic Plaza. This is one of Myfanwy MacLeod’s 5.5 metre (18-foot) tall sparrows - can you tell whether it is the male or the female?

A for Adobo by Nelson Agustin

Bert loves both the attractive and mouth-watering photographs and Nelson Agustine's philosophy of bringing the culture of the Philippines to children and youth through Filipino food. He congratulates Nelson for creating this book and hopes that there will be more books from Nelson about other aspects of Filipino culture. It looks like a children's ABC book but it is more. Pat is also impressed that it is a dual language book - Tagalog and English. She has invited Nelson to come speak to ESL students and students in the senior photography class at the school where she works.

Review in Asian Journal the Filipino-American Community Newspaper.