My Life Journey as an It Specialist.

 It was the early years of the eightes and I just graduated from High School at the famous Bamboo Organ church in Las Pinas City. It was then a province of Rizal and more of Rural part of the area. It was a rice field area where there re still padies. I grew up in an area where your nearest neighbor is aound 20 meters away and the nerest store is around 50 eters away. I remembered our firstmyear there that we dont have commercial power and used a kerosene lamp at nightime to study our lessons at school. where we go to school on muddy and unpayed road, where we got stuck in a daily basis to push our car to go on our road trip. My Dad was already an ofw and I was preparing for College. More than the usual activities I did when I was younger, I was using my first computer dad bought from abroad for me to learn programming, a Commodore 64 pc. Just then I took a short course at ama in Makati learning the basics of programming. though at that stage in time, even big corportion doesnt have a pc. I was too advance for the matter. Like a kid that I was, most of my activities are playing the game of galaga, where programs are loaded using a cassete tape rather than a hard disk or a floppy. To be able to load a program, it can take you 30 minutes before you can play a game.  I used the pc playing the game until dawn and soon after it became unusable for it was still an electronic device and is succeptible to get ruined. At that time, a pc technician can be found nowhere and so I was forced to study and lern how to fix it The only school offering the course was in Pasig. It was in Ultra, where I studied computer technology. For two years, I studied fixing my computer. It was my vocation. And that is why I studied Electronics and communication in College. I enrolled as Engineer in Mapua as a Freshman. Being the eldest, there where nobody to guide me. Away from other relatives, an with my father working abroad, I entered the school of life in general, as a curious lad that , I experienced social life in full.  find my self joining fraternities in college. And enoyed hving Lot of friends because of having my first car. I learned so much about cars because of my Dad's interest in them. I learned driving t the age of twelve. assisting my Dad in parking to our garage capable of accomodating five cars simultaneos  even experienced running over a person and almost experienced jail time at the age of 17. I am not proud of it , Its just worth mentioning here. When my Dad retired,  He want to venture in Bakery mking the famous pandesal. Something we have no background and experince about. we bought all the equiptments and opened multple branches at once. And since the social fabrick in kowing your eployee, particularly the baker, we cant fnd a reputable one. And so the business failed.  I want to dedicated this blog of mine to my beloved Dad because this experiences defines how legendary truly he is. I was  task supposed to find an ncome for myself and the family, since I was the eldest of all. I taught about working as a driver or a fastfood crew. But even a service crew at mac donald are elite students of Lasalle who have their own cars. Copetition ws so stift. Our father was the one who made way for the 3 of y siblng brothers. As he regularly Roa around the Divisoria area, he introduced e to an electronic shop. So I was roaing around the rea particularly reina regente, I was introduced to Bytes and chips. A privately owned shop owned by a chinese engineer. As I visit his shop, I noticed m, otherboards of apple 2e motherboards,  since I studied computer repairs, I was familiar with its appearance. Eng kiong go knows there are few people who knew what he knows about computers so he was quite interested abouut me. At once, I asked him if, he need somebody to help him. But immediately  he said know I told hn I can just work s ajanitor clearner because I know handle his motherbord which was stocked there aounting already to hundreds. I told him I will work for free just to live ad be able to sleep there.So he tried to ccomodate me. In a weeks time I befriended his buu nephew who is a previous drug dpendent and undergoing rehbilitation thru his care. fter bout two weeks, eng kyong Go, asked me juust to teach his nephew and he will pay me 60 pesos a month. That was my starting slary. There I learned very mch, just using his books specially te IC aster. the bibble of IC I learned how to solder and desolder better tht the laboratories at school. My friends and classtes encourage e then to tke for a board exam so I can take the board review for my course in Engineering, But my priority is earning. I have transferred to five schools already because of y activities. Schooling the was very hard for me. Soon, Eng kiong was entering into supplying pc for Income. It was then becoming a trend for businessman, especially chinese. I began delivering and assembling business, to the area , until I saw nothe job openning in a comercial building in juan luna. They were outsourcing pc because their services are on doing Lan Networking 

, when windows was just a stand alone and lan tehnolgy ws just peer to peer and using additional card as a pheripheral or additional from the basic setup.

 I was fortunate enough to find out tht the HR Manager was my schoolmate who was ahead of my batch nd her siser was my batchmate. Though I still needto passt through no books nnan interview with their chef technical head, the copetion was very stift since they only need one for hundreds of applicants from prestgious schools. Wioe no official course of this dicioline is still availble. the best candidates are Electroncs engineer because it was its fondation because of trnsistors and the IC technolog. I was shortlisted with one individual fro lyceum, who was  fll scholor nd  genius. He looks like  nerd and wears a thick prscriptio glasses. I came to encouter him to the elevator for our final interview. That is how I learne about him and the final interview was a prctical one. He told me that tie tht he get 100 percent on the theortical nd design exm but I got the reommendation because of my exoerience nd maybe ecause the HR Manager was from my school in high School. The interviewer ws so impressed with me because of my zctual knowledge of the matter, for no school taught such know how and no boos was ever published. When he asked me how I knew everyting I told him about Eng kiong nd I worked there. because of his chinese origin, He knew about the guy and was surprised about being entrusted. He was then forced to recommnd to hire the two of us to hire because of it.  The other engineer became my kumpare i.  the end because we were forced to get a place to sleep because the use of the amount of work we have to deal with. The industry is just booming and we serve as the pioneers in the industry. Right then our job securty  have been  established cause every time someone hire us, our salary is douled salary   because of the scarcity of our skll sets, wit just a year I was offered a job i Jeddah, saudi arabia from one of our client in nai, a piot of sudia airlines with a salary of 1,000 usd. That is already eqivalent to 80,000 pesos monthly, and I was sof happy. It is a privately owned copany of the pilot faily and offered me to fly with him asap on a business class. It was first time to fly by plane and it was already a business class. The flight was eight hours and initially was in Riyad, the city, so I got to ride a lcal plane going to Jeddah. I got shocked riding that plane for the passengers are locals and they carry baggaged was live animals. Once I landed in Jeddah, I ws fetch by a limousine car by the brother of the pilot. It was my first time riding a limousine and I feel really special. There I met my fficeate on the office. I suddanese engineer an the senior technical person who is my boss who was an egyptian. For one I was only an asian, 2nd  was the only christian, And they want me to live with them. I realy ant beear their hygiene and smell and their food are relly strange for me, and so I ask my boss to gie me my housing allowance so I can get my own flat. As I was sourcing out, people in the streets do not know how to speak engliah, so I try to do sign languge ,  just to find out from the filipino friends I met that, its really har to find a place there if you are not married and hoe owner who do rent a place there ask for your ikma for proof of your status, which I do not have, because I surrendered it to my employer. And so,I find myself roaming around and living homeless ike a paurper. I also experience temporarily living at flats with other friends because it is owned by their coaony and they have no rights, to rnt it to others. I never experience such lifestyle ever in my life like washing off my used clothes on public toilets just to get buy with my daily activites. It was very difficult, but I learned ironing the clothes effectivy because of that's experience. I was in the state of very religous, ad the Lord really took care of me.  I aso lifed like a fugitive because I wsnt able to witstand my egyptian manager that I reesort to physicaly retaliating after all the bullying I never thaught I can commit such crime but luckly it was just a physical assault. And so I find myself hiding with a nother filipino collleague who I happen to work with while I ws in Binondo. Lukiy too, the unle of my girlfriend was also there and helped e through his arabic boss helped me n the situation and helped me, return back to the Philippines. It was my worse experience that it became one of my trauma in my life. That was the reason, why I never tried working abroad again and beng an ofw. when I was ble to return back home.  was too ebarrase because I promissed my girlfriend that I will marry her in june when I returned. I remember it was already january at that time and I still have 5 months to go. So I went back to my previous employer in juan luna i Binondo. where the hr manger was my schoolmate. They then hired me back and I ws now the technical manager of the company. While I was workng , since I know all by now the sources of the parts in doing the pc machines.  ws able to be businessminded and offer the service as a freelancer.. During that tme my good kumpadre was working with Uniwide sales. He is working there as the IT guy. And they have a requirement to buy PC of about 20 units. Since I kow many sources ad suppliers I know where to get it cheaper. I was able to negotiate and buy it with a 20, 000 mark up and find myself earning about 400,000 pesos. Enough to get married. And so the married life was never halted I got arried and my IT carrer continous to flourished. My next IT project was the Information Bulletin in Ayala. The touch screen technology. I was sent to Malaysia to be trained about it. ng I was IIt was the start of my career bom a was pirated continously after I met people who trusted me of technical know how to lead on new projects particularly on telecommunication, which I was able to train to the States to pioneer the internet in the philippines. While training in the I was offered to work because I was training the much coveted skillset of a network Engineer in Cisco. The pay was  $ 8,000  a month but I was just starting a family, and a good friend entrusted me with his precious name that recommended me to his uncle that hired me and entrusted me of leading the new project. Ang because of the traumatic experience with my father, I ont want my son to experience the same fate as we did. And so I decided to go back and honor my promise. And I never regret it. Work have been very good to me and my family and enjoyed the fruits that it brought to me.while, working learning new technologies have been embeded to my character. Since most of my job are technical management. Most of the authority is me and even the top management or company owner, trusted whatever judgement and recommendation honor my idea. Even overpaid consultants usully european expats are my equals, in terms of technological development has no endings until I was forced early retirementical. My company was bought by its competion and because I was connected from that compony before and I already avail retirement from them I an not elligible to be absorbed. So that was my fate since. .My son nows continue my skill set because he study the same dicipline. And we contines to explore posibilities. Though my health is in Question, we re considering Agriculture combining with Ai. So now, that is what our current situation.

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My Life Journey as a Dog Breeder

I started in Dog Breeding in  the year, 2004, It was almost the same year that i was breeding gamefowls too. Actually it about really my interest with Genetics just like in gamefowls. I met a friend in the sport of gamefowl then who happens to have the much famous show type breed at that time named shaq. He was a mini pincher dog with a red color. He was very beautiful nd just resembles like his father. I was so proud to have him tht I brought him along whenever I bring my son and wife during out of town assignments. It was a trip to the Bicol region particularly in naga that my then assignment ws to be held. I hve always enjoyed the shores of Gumaca Quezon as much s the zigzag part of the Quezon national Park as well as thelong  and radio road of Ragay. I hve a lot of stores to tell about the bicol region because I frequent the Place in  monthly basis. After some time I becamefriends with the Uncle of my son,s best friend in High school at claret. He was handling dogs on Dog shows and Paris Hilton was a wave. chihahua was the in breed that tie and I was happy to join the wagon. I purchased a couple of Dam, a fawn and a white, And one of the best apple head stud of my ow choosng through the marketplace of facebook was soure out successfully. I produced 25 puppies all and all and it was the first tme that I recieved an ROI within a couple of year. Altough breeding toy dogs was quite an adventure,we learned a lot and with a glad soul for it is a family affair. from tubing our firstborn pp to doing the vabeen vaccination myself with alll the puppies were quite a roll I have to fill in. My veternary skillset started to protection, Obeience and shubecause I have  bee doing this on my gamefowls. For quite sometime,  met a friend that imports  Belgian Malinois. The famous Tarot Line at that tie was quite a material and I have access to it My dogs name zoe from that breeding was my first working Dog, I build her a very Nice steel Cage using my hands. Its one of my skillsets of DIY projects.  learned to train Dogs for protetion, obedience and shzhund. I fell in love with the Dog because of her intelligence and drive. Thogh I received a lot of bite marks due to ball play, I never saw a dog with such speed and drive. She would catch or fetch the ball whether it went under  car. It's  the first time a cried when my Dog died due to platelet lost because I temporarily borrowed her steal cage, while I am up in the North performing wind banding for a Gamefowl Organzation for which I  the vice president, For two weeks out ther in Isabela Cagayan, this Dog waited for me like a zombie, Upon seing me, she trieher vy best to approach my call upon arrival. At once we went to the vet clinic to revive her. Three times we revive her from death but unfortuately, I lost her. My tears were uncontrollable and I have never felt such pain losing a dog. Until now,any years passed and I stll long to own one again. Its one of my wishlist for my success, Nowadays a cane corso is what I want, though I own  couple of Dam of the xl blue bape  American Bully and a nano merle americn Bully. I am still serchng for a ice stud to start my Breeding. And its always a joy keeping a dog as your company. 

My Journey in Sabong

 I was posting in one of the groups that I joined in my fastbook page when twice on its execution that I lost track and all of my written post was lost, without saving and so I decided to just write it into my blog which can be easier since a draft is able to be created as usul. So sharing this blog is y oppurtunity to share my current endeavor in Lif as a general. I will start again fro scratch so forgive my indulgence. As I was saying. I am trying to invite anyone to a new project that keeps bugging my mind eversnce.  Because the advent of A.I. was developing I have the oppurtunity to make this project independently with your help. But let me give you some background on where is I comming from. Is a test for my mental health to further developed patience and if you will also read from my previous post that Iam undergoing a physical theraphy currently that enables me to type articles and exercise my stiff fngers of my rght hand. So maybe that is the reason that I have to type in twice on what Iam writting now. To  begin with, Let me tell you about yself and how my journey as a ethusiast started. It started in 1996 when I started working in  telecommunicatiions in an NOC environment For people wo are not famliar to the acroninym, it is called Network Operations Center or the infrastructure where the Internet was developed. Its more on the System responsible for providing the subscriber or client to be connected to an ISP or what we called Internet Subsciber. Almost ll telecommunications nowaday have shifted their service from voice to data. It was where I started my inquiry about the sport for I was very fortunae to be blessed by  faster connection and better service. It was the that my son was the gretest motivation triggered by my Dad who wasgreat influence of mine. I lost him fro a heart attact so that year too so let me honor him through this blog During that time, we were visiting my cousins and grandother fro my other when I heard my son shouting excitedly. I run as fast as I can and found out he ws watching two roosters on a sparring session brought about by my cousin sonewhere in Calamba Laguna. When the fight was over my son who was just 2 years old embrace m and pleaded me to get him  rooster. I was ore of  pigeon guy onthat time and it was the european fanciers that I was mostly spending my research. But because of that rquest, I began searching for gamefowls. There was then a form for such enthusiast calle Pitmaster. It was an American website of mostly american people and just a few Filipino member enthusiast. If I remember correctly it was admiistered by a ex Nasa guy who was also a filipino by birth and ws the brother of the ex beauty queen from the Philippines. I posted  very controversial question the about the greatest bred of gmefowl here in the philippines. There ws some that say it was the leon 84 but majority answered the zamboanga white was the best. And so I inquired about the Geneology of the breed It triggered controversy about the matter specially between the aericans and the filipinoes. The americans claimed it was the Claret that originated the whites , some said it was the kelsos. but One Filipina claimed it ws an offshoot from two Lemon reds that produced the zamboanga white. It was then that the filipina invited me to hr farm soewhere in Muntinlupa Her name is Primcess Naldo also known through her online handle Golden Dragon. She ws the aunt of the famous actor Ronnie Rickets and was an architect of Boy Primallon who was gifted a stock of whites which she propagated. It was maintained by one of his son Henry which was quite controvertial therefore it was not well maintained, It was then that I was introduced to the late columnist and writer Mr. Rolando luzong, a well connected persolality and the previous host of Tukaan if you can recall. We beame good friends and together we build nd sare connection tht have established our skillsets. Since the Internet ws emerging media, its not difficult that our carr interest hve coon grounds. friendship flourished nd both introduced connections that contributed to our passion. I introduced JC Bernardo or known admistrator of sabong.net. He was a new friend I met being a corporate client of my ISP who happens to have an intereest in gaefowls too. He was the son of conchitit sevilla, the beauty queen and the Godson of the Araneta clan to begin with. I was telling you this so you cn connect that dots of how things developed. In return they introduced me to the late Emoy Gorgonyo, who died on Bukidnon who was the host of the famous Gamefowl tv variety sunday shows the. Lando was a good friend and a colleague in writing articles regarding gamfowls. So forgive me if at ties I will tell you stories bout some controversy about different personalities. The Gamefowl industry hve many ontroversies like showbiz too. It was round that time that we conceptualized sabungero.com. Initally, it was the cyberfriends was our group, but they were the elite class and previoustly, it was housed to our then comunity forum called sabong,ph . Originally the board members are copose of the four of us. Princess Naldo, Rolando Luzong, JC Bernardo and myself. Being naive as who really am I. I see friends as loyal beings and find no wrong bout somebody. It was hard to known some business people who you taught is your friend. I was kicked out from the board because I was not able to ttend a meeting which I dont Know about.  I was the only one on the board who was working fulltime and inpossible to attend a meeting on an odd time which was schedulled during their derbies. Princess was a businessman, Lando was a freelance and JC was the owner of the company named Chemphil in sucat. I was  very naive person then and I thought that the aue good friendship. It was late that I realized that because of his connection to aranetas that the ws a factor of business interest going on and it was that business that triggers the greed in the group. anyways I never spoke to JC since then while I let the maintain their friendship unconditionally on my part. Slowly princess and Lando was kicked out too. And so we were all leftout oneach our own, so we decided to put up our own gain named sabunero.com. Lando and I became good friends nd introduced me to his god friends in the industry.  Engr. Sonny Lagon, the Ampil Brothers, Mr. Lacson, Plaza Brothers, Lance De latorre, Mayor Juancho, and some others. It was when I was gifted the gray Blacks of Richard Bates and started creating websites from this celebrities aking capable to get stocks of trios fro the fanose Bruce Barnett seeters and the Yellow Legged Hatch of the Ampil Bothers. During those time Word Slasher in Araneta was the event to contest for, so I frequent the competion during their championships and was able to stablished a good rapor on those breeders.  It was those breeders thaat enables e to have  very good stock nd enable e to be the champions of 6 cock derbies and even a fastest kill, it was because of this that i was feature to cockfights magazine edition 8 which feture my current profile here on facebook. I did established a good friendship wth the Ampils and ecame a close friend to Gerard,  I was hving so much fun and the time of my life. Especially during celebration of their chmpionships which I usualy a mainstay during that period. It was arond that time that ubba was formed. which was quite the opposite of cyberfriends. I became friends with manny of t members who established their careers i the industry too. Oliver Osario became  marketing Guy of Patrick Antonio and his son and actively in the business. Not forgetting Patrick who ws one of their original DJ for their Online fights.  I wont forget my late uncle who originally own  hatchery in tatay rizal  who produced me my first chapion wrriors which mde me  champion in roligon. And kap rolly Mnalo in alfonso cavite who ws my far nager in my gamefowl farm. It was around the year 2000 that I ventured into a poultry supply where y clients taught I was a vet too and they frequently address me as a doctor. It was then that I learn much bout conditioning becuse I lerne to experiment  lot about medicines and its application. It was then that ejoyed a lot fighting with  authorities in tupadas nd fronting as a comoner and betting dehado using my ricchard Bates Bloodline, I learned how to attached my gaefowl knife because I agee to recieve payments from my knivemakers like agustmon. Now adays they are my collection. You see every facets of the game I tried to learn just to have perfection. I was originally introduced to the riginal Japanese, who introduced the Online technology. It was during that time when I used to be with the late Boy Marzo and Lando Luzong. It was how the onle saine bong reached Atong Ang when Lando and I became enemies or ceased to be good friends. We had a falling out that is why we had our own ways until his death a couple of years ago. I learned writing from him nd even ws a columist in the famous tabloid style larga. That is where I became friends with Mon avorque which is now missing in action after, our venture with GBI an Online Platform which unfortunately stopped because of mismangement. I was the overall Techncal Officer at the time because of my affiliation with engr. Baldo who ws a goodfriend of the ampil Brothers. He ws my good friend until now, but focusses onhis business lso in telecommunication today. It was there that I earned my 2nd six cock derby lso in roligon. Anyways its tie to tell you bthe reason behind this blog. I want to create a computer program that predicts the outcome using A.I, not only will t enable us to give intelligent avice base on probability and historical events. So who ever is interested will have a copy that I will be mking thru a shared google sheets that I will need to base my program. Initially I will start with this. Along the way, I intend to develop another program that will make our venture very fluorizing.Fyi the link to fill is indicated here. Please feel free to downlad it and contribute to our passion.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-laa1bVovt97esSL0ZvEkK9I9bOopwlhMMAp_lNlhPk/edit?usp=sharing. Message me too so i can include you and be notified on progress and updates.

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Decoding My Journey into Artificial Intelligence

 

The Spark: When "Magic" Becomes a Goal

It feels like just yesterday that Artificial Intelligence was something straight out of science fiction. It was the HAL 9000, the T-800, the stuff of movies. Then, almost overnight, it was everywhere. It was suggesting my next song, finishing my sentences in emails, and generating breathtaking art from a simple text prompt. My initial reaction was pure awe. My second reaction was an insatiable curiosity: How does it actually work?

That question was the spark. I decided I didn't want to just be a user of this "magic"; I wanted to understand the wizard behind the curtain. And so began my journey into the complex, challenging, and incredibly rewarding world of AI.

The First Steps: Taming the Mountain of Information

Starting out felt like standing at the base of Mount Everest. The field is vast: machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, natural language processing, computer vision... where does one even begin?

My first breakthrough was realizing I didn't need to learn everything at once. I decided to focus on the fundamentals of Machine Learning. Here was my initial roadmap:

1. Python, the Lingua Franca: I knew I needed a solid programming foundation. I dedicated time to mastering Python, focusing on libraries that are the bread and butter of AI: NumPy for numerical operations, Pandas for data manipulation, and Matplotlib/Seaborn for visualization.

2. The Mathematical Foundations: This was the part I dreaded. I hadn't touched calculus or linear algebra in years. However, resources like Khan Academy and the 3Blue1Brown YouTube series were lifesavers. They didn't just teach the "how," they taught the "why" behind concepts like gradients (∇f) and matrix multiplication, making them intuitive instead of terrifying.

3. Structured Learning: I enrolled in Andrew Ng's famous "Machine Learning Specialization" on Coursera. This course was a game-changer. It provided the structure I craved, breaking down complex topics like regression, classification, and the core logic of neural networks into digestible pieces.

The "Aha!" Moments and the Debugging Nightmares

The journey wasn't a straight line. There were days filled with frustration, staring at a screen of error messages, wondering why my model's accuracy was stubbornly stuck at 50% (no better than a coin flip!). Imposter syndrome was a constant companion.

But then came the breakthroughs.

I'll never forget the first time I built a simple neural network from scratch to recognize handwritten digits from the MNIST dataset. When I fed it an image it had never seen before, and it correctly predicted the number, the feeling was electric. It wasn't magic anymore; it was math and code that I had written.

Another "aha!" moment was truly understanding gradient descent. The idea that you can calculate the error of your model's prediction (the "loss function," e.g., Mean Squared Error: $L=\frac{1}{n}{\sum }_{i=1}^n(y_i-{\hat{y}}_i{)}^2$) and then take a tiny step in the direction that minimizes that error—that's the heart of how a machine learns.

My Toolkit Today

My toolkit has grown since those early days. Now, my projects are built on powerful frameworks like:

• Scikit-Learn: For classic machine learning models.

• TensorFlow & PyTorch: The two giants of deep learning. I started with TensorFlow but have grown to love the flexibility of PyTorch.

• Google Colab: For access to free GPU resources, which is essential for training deep learning models without an expensive home setup.

My Advice for You, the Next AI Explorer

If you're standing where I was, at the base of the mountain, here's my advice:

1. Start Small, Start Now: Don't try to understand GPT-4 on day one. Build a simple linear regression model. Predict house prices. Classify irises. Every small victory builds momentum.

2. Consistency Over Intensity: 30 minutes of focused learning every day is better than an 8-hour cram session once a week.

3. Get Your Hands Dirty: Theory is vital, but AI is an applied field. Find a dataset on Kaggle that interests you and just start exploring. Your best learning will come from your own projects.

4. Embrace the Community: You are not alone. Join forums, follow AI practitioners on social media, and don't be afraid to ask questions.

My journey is far from over. In AI, the horizon is always expanding. But looking back, I can say with certainty that the climb, with all its challenges, is absolutely worth the view from the top. Go find your spark.

Ang Tahor

 No other sports cuts accross the grain  of Philippine society than cockfightinng. From the farmer in the barrio to the tycoon in the  penthouse to the politicians in the halls of power, cocckfighting finds and obsessive enthusiast.

The attraction to the sport baffles the outsider. But listening to the tahors ( cockfighting enthusiast ) talks about the sports, the mystery easiily unfolds. 

Cockfighting is a rich subject.Historically, it expands ages, nations andd races.  Scientifically, it hews closely to the intricacies of  genetics. Aesthetically, it involves  a  proud and  beautiful creature in the fighting cock. And  as a sport,  it provides an unmatched excitement  of a duel to the death.

Thus cockfighting has lured men and women in positions of power. And  in the Philippines in particularly, where it had enjoyed years and years of patronage with persons with  authority, cockfighting has evolved into a strong brotherhood counting as it's pillars the  elite of the society. These afficionados, possessing intelligence as well as technical and financial resources have uplifted cockfighting into the serious sports it has always been meant to be. 

I am back

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Kelso

Cardinal Kelso     
         Loyce DeRouen of Louisiana is the originator of the CARDINAL CLUB KELSO. In the early 1950's, Mr. DeRouen had some Cardinals from F.F. "Chick" Hall of Oklahoma, which is a blend of Hatch-Clarets with little of Murphy blood.

         In 1961 Loyce DeRouen acquired a trio of Kelso from Emery Thibodeaux through barter with his Cardinal trio. These Thibodeaux Kelsos were excellent slashers. Subsequently, Loyce DeRouen acquired two trios (Kelsos and Murphys) from an old man who lives in Jefferson Parish, in New Orleans who is a friend of Duke Hulsey and Mickey Massa. Those two trios acquired from the old man were the secret ingredients of the bloodline which made Loyce DeRouen a fortune and improved the quality of his family's life.

         The CARDINAL CLUB KELSOS have dark red feathers, yellow legged and come both pea-combed and straight-combed. They are excellent and accurate cutters both on the ground and in the air with superb endurance and great timing. Likewise, they have good bone structure and have fantastic bodies. Furthermore, this bloodline has the ability to shred an opponent in just a blink of an eye--very fast and accurate. Aside from such trait, this bloodline is known to steal a win from behind.

         Moreover, Loyce DeRouen made different families of the same line namely: MACHINE, PICTURE COCK, RORN's and the JONES FAMILY. These CARDINAL CLUB KELSOS are excellent to cross with Roundheads and Hatches, but the Jones Family Cardinal Club Kelso is best when blended with the Blondly Rollan Democrats.

         Meanwhile, Jason Campbell of the famed Slick Lizard Gamefarm, in Nauvoo , Alabama , acquired all the four families from Loyce DeRouen before the latter died.

Dink Fair Kelso       
         Johnny Jumper revolutionized the Kelso gamefowl. Through the help of Cecil Davis, Jesse Horta, Robbie White and his clique of friends, he was able to develop the Claret-looking strain of Walter Kelso, to a good-looking, well-balanced, all-around fighting feathered warrior called the Johnny Jumper Super Kelso.

The History of the $20,000 Cock

         It was reported that the Johnny Jumper Super Kelsos originated from a rooster he calls the $20,000 (20 grand) line.
        The father of the $20,000 was a Jesse Horta ½ White Legged Sweater (Kelso) x ½ Little Walter (from Walter Kelso) which Jesse Horta gave Robbie White. Subsequently, Robbie White mated this ½ White Legged Sweater (Kelso) x ½ Little Walter over his hens, which he called the $20,000 (20 grand) line.

Johnny Jumper Super Kelso

         Johnny Jumper linebred the $20,000 (20 grand) line over his hens until the broodcock died. The offspring come dark red and white legged kelsos. However, occasionally, (especially when inbred) the progenies come blue-legged. It was admitted in an interview, that Johnny Jumper infused a Doc Robinson Hatch to his Kelsos to invigorate the bloodline, and bred it out. Through this breeding, Johnny Jumper Developed his Johnny Jumper Super Kelso.

         Meanwhile, being a good breeder that he (Johnny Jumper) is, he was able to make strains of Kelsos: The Cecil Davis Kelso strain and his famous Out and Out Kelso--the latter strain being more famous.

Johnny Jumper’s Super Blends

         From the White Legged Johnny Jumper Kelso, a secret strain of Yellow Legged Johnny Jumper Kelso was developed, which was claimed to be a better type. Reports say that the Yellow-Legged Kelsos have a 90 percent winning average. Johnny Jumper gave this strain as a gift to his Filipino best friend, the late Philip Chiongbian. However, Randy Jumper claimed that the Yellow-Legged Johnny Jumper Kelso is just a cross of Blackwater Sweaters, Johnny Jumper Kelso and Radio. As to what percentage each bloodline corresponds to, that is the Johnny Jumper secret concoction.

Dink Fair’s Version

         Subsequently, Dink Fair of Oklahoma acquired his Kelso from the well-known and respected breeder, Johnny Jumper. He bred the Dink Fair Kelso in a fashion that would suit his clientele from Mexico for the gaff. These Kelsos are smart, fast, very powerful and are high flyers.

The Secret Weapon

         However, as a typical problem for breeders; who have been breeding the same bloodline day in and day out, Dink admitted that his Sweaters and Kelsos are losing their cutting and gameness. The same predicament is true with the fowls of Johnny Jumper. Dink Fair called and begged Jesse Horta for a White Legged Sweater (Kelso) which the latter has been breeding for 45years. Based on sources, Jesse Horta gave Dink Fair, Johnny Jumper and Junior Belt a White-Legged Sweater (Kelso) broodcock and gave Larry Powell a pair. Aside from a broodcock, Johnny Jumper received two ½ White Legged Sweater (Kelso) x ½ Little Walter fowls.

         The main reason why the Johnny Jumper Kelsos and Dink Fair Kelsos, are good again is because of the secret ingredient Jesse Horta White-Legged Sweater (Kelso).