Some people approached me these past few days and asked me to write some poems for valentines. Here are two that I wrote tonight. It's a few feet shy of the usual poems, but I think it will creep into the hearts of many. I hope you like it.
Love,
Rose
Valentine Promise
By: Rose T. Ada-Hocog
The road we travel
Is a long and difficult road
Your troubles and mine
We both have heavy loads
Yet, through the many heartaches and pain
Through all of life’s demand
Through our rough and tumble years
Together, we still stand
Now, I don’t what tomorrow holds
Nor do I care
Today is all that matters
Cause today you are here
I cannot promise to love you for the rest of your life
I can promise my love for you will last for the rest of mine
I Love You,
xoxoxoxoxoxo
Your Sweet Valentine
Ol’ Mr. Cupid
By: Rose T. Ada-Hocog
I’ve always wished for a perfect life
A perfect partner, a perfect home
Perfect friends
To be well liked and well known
Many times, I wish myself into migraine
Not living my perfect life, has always been a pain
Well…..
Many storms later, I realize
My imperfect life is perfectly swell
I breathe, I live, I laugh, I cry
I sleep, I wake, to a bright blue sky
My life is not perfect, I do not care
Cause…to my left, to my right
My imperfect friends and family are there
So on the day that Ol’ Mr. Cupid draws his bow
I want them to remember, I want them to know
My life was, is, and will always be
More than perfect…cause they’re sharing it with me.
These poems are the personal property of Rose T. Ada-Hocog. Requests for reprints must be emailed to rosetada@yahoo.com or rose.tadahocog@gmail.com. No reprints allowed without permission.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
You know you are chamolinian if....
My nina, Janice Sablan, sent me these jokes that are just great. I want to share it with you. I hope you like it.
There was this Chamorro man lining up at an ATM. Henoticed the first man in line was Japanese. When theJapanese man put his credit card in the ATM, JapaneseYen came out. The Chamorro man was a bit confused.
The next man in line was a Pilipino, and when thePilipino man put his credit card In the ATM, pesosstarted to come out.
The Chamorro man was surprised and put his credit cardin the ATM to see what kind of currency would comeout...... Food Stamps started to come out!!************************************************************************
Jose was passing by Pedro's house and noticed thatPedro was on his boat in the front yard.Jose couldn't help but notice Pedro holding an oar andwas paddling like crazy.
"Primo, What are you doing,Lai?" said Jose.Pedro replied, "I'm trying to get to the other side."
At this, Jose got pissed off and yelled at Pedro "Youknow what, prim, you're the kind of people that'llembarrass the Chamorro race, coz if I knew how to swim, I'll go over there and slap your face!"
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Tun Jose still enjoyed chasing girls even when he gotto be 75. When his wife Tan Josepha was asked if she minded,she answered, "Ai, adai, why should I be upset? Evendogs chase cars, but they cannot drive."
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Kin comes home and hears hard breathing female noisesfrom inside the house; he walks inside to find hiswife on the floor of the living room, naked.
His wifeyells, "Ayuda yu, (help me), I am having a heartattack". Kin runs in the other room to call 911, when one ofhis kids ran up to him and says "Daddy, Daddy, thereis a naked man in the closet".
Kin opens the closet door and sees his friend, Juan.
He yells at Juan, "Lanya adai, Juan, my wife is havinga heart attack and here you are trying to scare thekids!!!"
There was this Chamorro man lining up at an ATM. Henoticed the first man in line was Japanese. When theJapanese man put his credit card in the ATM, JapaneseYen came out. The Chamorro man was a bit confused.
The next man in line was a Pilipino, and when thePilipino man put his credit card In the ATM, pesosstarted to come out.
The Chamorro man was surprised and put his credit cardin the ATM to see what kind of currency would comeout...... Food Stamps started to come out!!************************************************************************
Jose was passing by Pedro's house and noticed thatPedro was on his boat in the front yard.Jose couldn't help but notice Pedro holding an oar andwas paddling like crazy.
"Primo, What are you doing,Lai?" said Jose.Pedro replied, "I'm trying to get to the other side."
At this, Jose got pissed off and yelled at Pedro "Youknow what, prim, you're the kind of people that'llembarrass the Chamorro race, coz if I knew how to swim, I'll go over there and slap your face!"
************************************************************************
Tun Jose still enjoyed chasing girls even when he gotto be 75. When his wife Tan Josepha was asked if she minded,she answered, "Ai, adai, why should I be upset? Evendogs chase cars, but they cannot drive."
************************************************************************
Kin comes home and hears hard breathing female noisesfrom inside the house; he walks inside to find hiswife on the floor of the living room, naked.
His wifeyells, "Ayuda yu, (help me), I am having a heartattack". Kin runs in the other room to call 911, when one ofhis kids ran up to him and says "Daddy, Daddy, thereis a naked man in the closet".
Kin opens the closet door and sees his friend, Juan.
He yells at Juan, "Lanya adai, Juan, my wife is havinga heart attack and here you are trying to scare thekids!!!"
CNMI Accomodations
When my utilities where disconnected, I brought my family over to the Chalan Kanoa Beach Club to stay for the night. I was impressed at the congeniality of the phone operator, the front desk ladies and the accomodations.
When I went over to the counter to check in, their smile and attitude immediately made me feel at ease. My utility issue dissolved and the frustration of packing up my family, loading them into the car, and making the noisy trip down to the hotel just about disappeared.
The accomodation was great. The price was the lowest on the island. The room was clean and neat. The beds were comfy. The amenities were great. My family immediately felt like they were at home. It was the best thing that happened to us that day.
Unfortunately, we got there in the evening and were unable to swim in the pool, but there is always a next time. I also did not ask about their wireless capabilities, but I will next time.
The next morning when it came time to leave, my children practically begged me to stay another night. But because my job was constantly screwing around with my pay and I had to visit the folks at CUC to turn my power back on, I had to break their hearts and say no.
I recommend that others stay at the Chalan Kanoa Beach Club. It is a great place with a great price.
When I went over to the counter to check in, their smile and attitude immediately made me feel at ease. My utility issue dissolved and the frustration of packing up my family, loading them into the car, and making the noisy trip down to the hotel just about disappeared.
The accomodation was great. The price was the lowest on the island. The room was clean and neat. The beds were comfy. The amenities were great. My family immediately felt like they were at home. It was the best thing that happened to us that day.
Unfortunately, we got there in the evening and were unable to swim in the pool, but there is always a next time. I also did not ask about their wireless capabilities, but I will next time.
The next morning when it came time to leave, my children practically begged me to stay another night. But because my job was constantly screwing around with my pay and I had to visit the folks at CUC to turn my power back on, I had to break their hearts and say no.
I recommend that others stay at the Chalan Kanoa Beach Club. It is a great place with a great price.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Immigration & Federalization
I am not alone when I say, this whole issue of Immigration and Federalization is getting quite old. Everytime we open the newspaper there is always someone writing about it. It has just gotten so that it is quite annoying. I read an online news that I feel would explain exactly how the President feels about this whole issue.
Here it is:
Citizenship on hold for many immigrants
By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush is asking Congress to spend money to help businesses root out illegal workers but he did not request additional funds to help legal immigrants become American citizens more quickly.
In his budget proposal issued this week, Bush asked for $100 million to expand E-Verify, the system employers use to check whether they are hiring documented workers. He didn't ask Congress to allocate money to chip away at millions of citizenship and other immigration applications that flooded the government last summer, before an increase in the agency's filing fees.
Instead, Citizenship and Immigration Services will rely on $468 million in fees to pay for reducing the backlog by 2010. Those funds are a portion of the total fees that came in with the applications this summer.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the summer's fee increases will give the agency the money it needs to get back on track.
"People always argue well you ought to fund this, you ought to fund that. That's great, but the pie is only as big as it is and no one ever comes up with this slice they want to give back in return for this," Chertoff said.
A total 7.7 million applications for various immigration benefits poured into Citizenship and Immigration Services in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2007. That's 1.4 million more than the previous fiscal year.
"The backlogs are pretty much back where they were when they started and the agency is back to doing what it used to do, which is robbing Peter to pay Paul. Right now they are taking resources from permanent residence to do citizenship," said Crystal Williams, associate director for programs at the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
The immigration agency increased fees in July largely to raise about $1.5 billion to pay for modernizing computer equipment, hiring and training more workers, improving field offices and other spending.
Becoming a citizen now costs $595, up from $330. The price to get a green card is $1,010, up from $395. Applicants for both pay another $80 each for digital fingerprinting, a $10 increase.
Congress gave the immigration agency $100 million a year over five years through 2006 to reduce the immigration backlogs. Agency Director Emilio Gonzalez announced in September 2006 the backlog had fallen to about 139,0000 cases. About 1 million applications in the backlog that were incomplete, from people still awaiting visas or whose FBI name check was delayed, were not counted.
The administration deserves credit for securing the $500 million from Congress for the backlog, said Doris Meissner, former Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner under President Clinton.
"They broke through the idea that this should just be purely financed by the applicant fees themselves," said Meissner, a senior fellow with Migration Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. "But it was finite."
Since 1988, the work of Citizenship and Immigration Services and its predecessor, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, has been largely paid for by revenue from application fees. Congress has provided money for specific projects over the years, but generally those have been limited to a few years. Sometimes fee money has been diverted for things like detention centers.
The result has been an agency constantly shifting resources to respond to the latest crisis, critics say.
"Every time the system breaks down, they are incentivizing people to say, 'Screw the system, I'll just overstay my visa.'" said James Jay Carifano, a research fellow with the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank.
Immigration officials say they will be able to chip away at the backlogs as 1,500 new workers are hired and trained. Things should be back where they were before the application spike by 2010, the agency's spokeswoman Chris Rhatigan said.
Williams thinks that's an optimistic prediction. The 7.7 million applications the agency received last year amount to about three years of work, she said.
If this does not explain the issue and where the president stands on it, then I don't know what will.
Here it is:
Citizenship on hold for many immigrants
By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush is asking Congress to spend money to help businesses root out illegal workers but he did not request additional funds to help legal immigrants become American citizens more quickly.
In his budget proposal issued this week, Bush asked for $100 million to expand E-Verify, the system employers use to check whether they are hiring documented workers. He didn't ask Congress to allocate money to chip away at millions of citizenship and other immigration applications that flooded the government last summer, before an increase in the agency's filing fees.
Instead, Citizenship and Immigration Services will rely on $468 million in fees to pay for reducing the backlog by 2010. Those funds are a portion of the total fees that came in with the applications this summer.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the summer's fee increases will give the agency the money it needs to get back on track.
"People always argue well you ought to fund this, you ought to fund that. That's great, but the pie is only as big as it is and no one ever comes up with this slice they want to give back in return for this," Chertoff said.
A total 7.7 million applications for various immigration benefits poured into Citizenship and Immigration Services in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2007. That's 1.4 million more than the previous fiscal year.
"The backlogs are pretty much back where they were when they started and the agency is back to doing what it used to do, which is robbing Peter to pay Paul. Right now they are taking resources from permanent residence to do citizenship," said Crystal Williams, associate director for programs at the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
The immigration agency increased fees in July largely to raise about $1.5 billion to pay for modernizing computer equipment, hiring and training more workers, improving field offices and other spending.
Becoming a citizen now costs $595, up from $330. The price to get a green card is $1,010, up from $395. Applicants for both pay another $80 each for digital fingerprinting, a $10 increase.
Congress gave the immigration agency $100 million a year over five years through 2006 to reduce the immigration backlogs. Agency Director Emilio Gonzalez announced in September 2006 the backlog had fallen to about 139,0000 cases. About 1 million applications in the backlog that were incomplete, from people still awaiting visas or whose FBI name check was delayed, were not counted.
The administration deserves credit for securing the $500 million from Congress for the backlog, said Doris Meissner, former Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner under President Clinton.
"They broke through the idea that this should just be purely financed by the applicant fees themselves," said Meissner, a senior fellow with Migration Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. "But it was finite."
Since 1988, the work of Citizenship and Immigration Services and its predecessor, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, has been largely paid for by revenue from application fees. Congress has provided money for specific projects over the years, but generally those have been limited to a few years. Sometimes fee money has been diverted for things like detention centers.
The result has been an agency constantly shifting resources to respond to the latest crisis, critics say.
"Every time the system breaks down, they are incentivizing people to say, 'Screw the system, I'll just overstay my visa.'" said James Jay Carifano, a research fellow with the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank.
Immigration officials say they will be able to chip away at the backlogs as 1,500 new workers are hired and trained. Things should be back where they were before the application spike by 2010, the agency's spokeswoman Chris Rhatigan said.
Williams thinks that's an optimistic prediction. The 7.7 million applications the agency received last year amount to about three years of work, she said.
If this does not explain the issue and where the president stands on it, then I don't know what will.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
My CNMI, Your CNMI, Our CNMI
Hafadai and Tirow Wami. Niot and Niora to those I need to amen.
First of, although I’m a few weeks late, I would like to extend my congratulations to the members on the 16th CNMI Legislature. While some of you are new, many of you have been in that office for many years and have played a great role in the shaping of our CNMI. Like the people of the CNMI, the newcomers will be looking to you for guidance in the daily operations of that prestigious office. Many voters, young and old, trekked to the polling station that hot day and placed their mark on your names; I hope you don’t think that it is just that…a mark or a vote, nor is it just something to be counted. Those pen/pencil marking are indicators of the lives, the hopes and dreams, the desires and aspirations of those who are here now and the many that will be coming.
Speaking on behalf of those who supported me from north to south and east to west, I would like to remind you, young and old legislators, that we are no longer operating a virgin government. We have made many mistakes in the past. We are not human if we did not. But that is exactly why it is in the past. Let’s not continue to stumble on the same rock. We are looking to you now, Mr. and Ms. 16th Legislature, to work with us, the people of the CNMI, and recall on the mistakes of the Past, so we can fix it now in the Present, and prevent it from happening again in the Future.
Secondly, I strongly believe that the crisis we are in now is a blessing in disguise. In the past years, we were the envy of many. But all good things can come to an end if we are not careful, and we have not been careful. As the world is round, we have been brought back to the starting point. We can’t afford to let our egos lead the way now. We now need to sit back and appreciate what we once had, figure out how we were able to get it, what we did to lose it, and start coming up with legal ways and ideas to get us out of this grave and cover the darn hole so that we don’t fall back into it again.
I understand that some traditions are addictions. We have an unspoken tradition/addiction here in the CNMI. That is the “gatcha” tradition. Applied to you, Mr. and Ms. 16th Legislature, this is when someone who is not part of your circle has a great idea that you feel in your gut can work or is worth trying, but because he/she is not in your circle or party, you go against it and or try to ruin the person the process. But let me remind you that you, Mr. and Ms. 16th Legislature, are not the majority. We, the people sitting out here looking in, the people whose very lives you hold in your hands, along with the tender fingertips that are close to your heart, are the Majority. It is an honor to be placed on that pedestal you are on now. Please don’t knock yourself off it.
Many of you had been given the chance to enjoy the pleasures of such a prestigious position. You are the seniors in that high school. Please don’t forget that. Leave the playground for the K-5 and elementary school students.
For you newbies, righteousness will lead you only so far and then you will eventually hit the reef. It is best to be adaptable to the point where you won't hate yourself. You have embarked on an important journey and in your sweaty palms you hold everyone's desires, hopes and dreams. I know you are eager to make changes and make your mark, but it is not about you. It will never be about you. It is and will always be about our CNMI.
You and me, Mr. and Ms. 16th Legislature, we have a huge responsibility. For, it is not just the Governor’s responsibility, but also, yours, mine, and every single person who lives here. It is our job to stand up for the land that we have been feeding off for many years. It is our job to lift the CNMI and place it on the very pedestal you are standing on. It is our job to serve our CNMI. Remember this as you contemplate on the next bill that is introduced, THERE IS NO “I” IN YOU, THERE IS NO “I” IN ME…BUT THERE IS AN “I” IN THE “CNMI”. I know that, in our culture and tradition, it is disrespectful for me to speak to you this way, as many of you are older than me and many of you are my uncles and brothers, but I will carry the burden of your curse and anyone else’s, in the name of our people, in the memory of our ancestors, and in the name of our CNMI.
IN DIRE STRAITS AND EMPTY PLATES
In dire straits and empty plates
A sinking ship taking fire from guns for hire
Covering each hole with pieces of our soul
A chant. A prayer. Cussing here and there.
Looking to our star to lead us far
Sailing despite a dim moon light
Our faith and belief will quell our grief
Our ship will sail. We will not fail.
To survive the ocean we must put our plans in motion
Sail through storms of different forms
Paddling hard and playing our cards
We will find many shores to rest our oars
Our forefathers will guide us through these stormy waters
They will help us soar and raise our oars
For In God We Trust…. and by-golly we must
Lift our heads up high, reach for the sky and fight to save our CNMI.
Rose T. Ada-Hocog
First of, although I’m a few weeks late, I would like to extend my congratulations to the members on the 16th CNMI Legislature. While some of you are new, many of you have been in that office for many years and have played a great role in the shaping of our CNMI. Like the people of the CNMI, the newcomers will be looking to you for guidance in the daily operations of that prestigious office. Many voters, young and old, trekked to the polling station that hot day and placed their mark on your names; I hope you don’t think that it is just that…a mark or a vote, nor is it just something to be counted. Those pen/pencil marking are indicators of the lives, the hopes and dreams, the desires and aspirations of those who are here now and the many that will be coming.
Speaking on behalf of those who supported me from north to south and east to west, I would like to remind you, young and old legislators, that we are no longer operating a virgin government. We have made many mistakes in the past. We are not human if we did not. But that is exactly why it is in the past. Let’s not continue to stumble on the same rock. We are looking to you now, Mr. and Ms. 16th Legislature, to work with us, the people of the CNMI, and recall on the mistakes of the Past, so we can fix it now in the Present, and prevent it from happening again in the Future.
Secondly, I strongly believe that the crisis we are in now is a blessing in disguise. In the past years, we were the envy of many. But all good things can come to an end if we are not careful, and we have not been careful. As the world is round, we have been brought back to the starting point. We can’t afford to let our egos lead the way now. We now need to sit back and appreciate what we once had, figure out how we were able to get it, what we did to lose it, and start coming up with legal ways and ideas to get us out of this grave and cover the darn hole so that we don’t fall back into it again.
I understand that some traditions are addictions. We have an unspoken tradition/addiction here in the CNMI. That is the “gatcha” tradition. Applied to you, Mr. and Ms. 16th Legislature, this is when someone who is not part of your circle has a great idea that you feel in your gut can work or is worth trying, but because he/she is not in your circle or party, you go against it and or try to ruin the person the process. But let me remind you that you, Mr. and Ms. 16th Legislature, are not the majority. We, the people sitting out here looking in, the people whose very lives you hold in your hands, along with the tender fingertips that are close to your heart, are the Majority. It is an honor to be placed on that pedestal you are on now. Please don’t knock yourself off it.
Many of you had been given the chance to enjoy the pleasures of such a prestigious position. You are the seniors in that high school. Please don’t forget that. Leave the playground for the K-5 and elementary school students.
For you newbies, righteousness will lead you only so far and then you will eventually hit the reef. It is best to be adaptable to the point where you won't hate yourself. You have embarked on an important journey and in your sweaty palms you hold everyone's desires, hopes and dreams. I know you are eager to make changes and make your mark, but it is not about you. It will never be about you. It is and will always be about our CNMI.
You and me, Mr. and Ms. 16th Legislature, we have a huge responsibility. For, it is not just the Governor’s responsibility, but also, yours, mine, and every single person who lives here. It is our job to stand up for the land that we have been feeding off for many years. It is our job to lift the CNMI and place it on the very pedestal you are standing on. It is our job to serve our CNMI. Remember this as you contemplate on the next bill that is introduced, THERE IS NO “I” IN YOU, THERE IS NO “I” IN ME…BUT THERE IS AN “I” IN THE “CNMI”. I know that, in our culture and tradition, it is disrespectful for me to speak to you this way, as many of you are older than me and many of you are my uncles and brothers, but I will carry the burden of your curse and anyone else’s, in the name of our people, in the memory of our ancestors, and in the name of our CNMI.
IN DIRE STRAITS AND EMPTY PLATES
In dire straits and empty plates
A sinking ship taking fire from guns for hire
Covering each hole with pieces of our soul
A chant. A prayer. Cussing here and there.
Looking to our star to lead us far
Sailing despite a dim moon light
Our faith and belief will quell our grief
Our ship will sail. We will not fail.
To survive the ocean we must put our plans in motion
Sail through storms of different forms
Paddling hard and playing our cards
We will find many shores to rest our oars
Our forefathers will guide us through these stormy waters
They will help us soar and raise our oars
For In God We Trust…. and by-golly we must
Lift our heads up high, reach for the sky and fight to save our CNMI.
Rose T. Ada-Hocog
Thursday, November 29, 2007
In my eyes
I've had many friends in my life. Many of whom I would give the shirt off my back to...some I would have to think twice or more than twice before doing anything. But nonetheless, they are my friends and I will be there for them....even after they have sliced and diced me. Yes, you may call me a fool but this fool has a huge heart.
Growing up I was raised to take care of all those I come to know and befriend even those who do themselves harm for it is they that need friends the most.
Rose
Growing up I was raised to take care of all those I come to know and befriend even those who do themselves harm for it is they that need friends the most.
Rose
Monday, November 5, 2007
From my HEART
To my dear friends, family, and supporters:
Words cannot express how deeply I appreciate all your support and encouragement during my candidacy. The road that I travelled during these past few months was long and lined with potholes filled with mud, but it was a road worth travelling. You made my journey smooth and fun and lined both sides of the road with beautiful scenes of flowers and sunsets that helped ease my mind. I can't thank you enough.
I decided to run for office because of my concern for my children and their peers. As a mother, I am paranoid at the thought of leaving my children behind in a world that is unkind and unaccomodating to their needs. I wanted to literally pave the road and line it with guardrails to keep them safe and rest stops with restaurants that serve nutritious meals and hotels with soft comfy beds. I wanted to literally ensure that they rise with the sun and return to bed when the moon is high with the littlest worries in their minds and hearts. I still want this and I will continually want and work hard to fulfill this "dream" of mine.
I decided to run for office because I wanted to be the voice of single parents who are struggling to make ends meet and help them provide for the needs of their little ones. I decided to run for office because I wanted to be the voice of our elders, whom as parents, share the same concern for the future of the CNMI and its children.
I may have not made it to the top six, but this minor barrier will not hinder any plans that I have to fulfill my dreams of making the CNMI a better place, a prosperous place, and once again, your place and mine. I was raised with the principle and belief that it is better to give than receive and to be there for anyone and everyone. I have lived and will continue to live my life with these principles and belief. It will take me more time to make my dreams a reality, but they will become a reality. I will not give up until I have succeeded in fulfilling this dream as it is also the dream of, if not all then, many parents.
Once again, Olomwaay, Olomwaay, Si Yuus Ma'ase, and many more Thank Yous from the bottom of my Heart and the depths of my soul to you and yours for standing by my side throughout my journey as a candidate and a child of the CNMI. Please remember, I am still here for you and will continue to be here for you.
Sincerest Olomwaay,
Rose Nelly Taman Ada-Hocog
#12 Precinct One
Words cannot express how deeply I appreciate all your support and encouragement during my candidacy. The road that I travelled during these past few months was long and lined with potholes filled with mud, but it was a road worth travelling. You made my journey smooth and fun and lined both sides of the road with beautiful scenes of flowers and sunsets that helped ease my mind. I can't thank you enough.
I decided to run for office because of my concern for my children and their peers. As a mother, I am paranoid at the thought of leaving my children behind in a world that is unkind and unaccomodating to their needs. I wanted to literally pave the road and line it with guardrails to keep them safe and rest stops with restaurants that serve nutritious meals and hotels with soft comfy beds. I wanted to literally ensure that they rise with the sun and return to bed when the moon is high with the littlest worries in their minds and hearts. I still want this and I will continually want and work hard to fulfill this "dream" of mine.
I decided to run for office because I wanted to be the voice of single parents who are struggling to make ends meet and help them provide for the needs of their little ones. I decided to run for office because I wanted to be the voice of our elders, whom as parents, share the same concern for the future of the CNMI and its children.
I may have not made it to the top six, but this minor barrier will not hinder any plans that I have to fulfill my dreams of making the CNMI a better place, a prosperous place, and once again, your place and mine. I was raised with the principle and belief that it is better to give than receive and to be there for anyone and everyone. I have lived and will continue to live my life with these principles and belief. It will take me more time to make my dreams a reality, but they will become a reality. I will not give up until I have succeeded in fulfilling this dream as it is also the dream of, if not all then, many parents.
Once again, Olomwaay, Olomwaay, Si Yuus Ma'ase, and many more Thank Yous from the bottom of my Heart and the depths of my soul to you and yours for standing by my side throughout my journey as a candidate and a child of the CNMI. Please remember, I am still here for you and will continue to be here for you.
Sincerest Olomwaay,
Rose Nelly Taman Ada-Hocog
#12 Precinct One
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