Bet ‘ya! It is summer, isn’t it? While an overhead cloud or an occasional drizzle is cool, we still cherish the ideal bright sunny day that begins before the rooster crows and extends way past a health buff’s bedtime. In between the alpha and the omega, how about setting aside – for a while – great memories of… Read More »
By the time this June 16-31, 2019 issue of your favorite Balita hits the streets, Jurassic Park has closed. The wining and whining will have long ended. Toronto’s downtown core is back to its usual self. However, the city does not forget summer, which will usher in itself in a few days. Toronto is a city of more… Read More »
From up high, Dr. James Naismith would surely be smiling and be so proud to witness how far basketball has evolved in his native land. Born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada on November 6, 1861, Naismith invented basketball in 1891, a year after moving from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts,… Read More »
Inahen: Tandang, salamat sa korona. Reyna ang peg ko nitong Mother’s Day. Tandang: Sino’ng gumupit ng palong ko???!!!! ***** ‘Ika nga, huli man din daw at magaling, late pa rin. It does not change any circumstance, but although this comes really late, allow me to greet the Mothers in the universe a “Blessed and Happy Mother’s Day.” The… Read More »
When politics rears its ugly head, a gullible voter gets the tail end of a bad deal. Did you hear about Juan who died, went to the great beyond and signed in before haloed and white-robed Pete The Rock and red hot abs-baring Mephisto? Just to be clear: There would be no wrestling match and The Undertaker had… Read More »
Halos binalot ng nakasisilaw na liwanag ang fastfood center nang siya ay bumungad. Sa bukana pa lang, nag-uumapaw na sa mukha ni Impong Tasyo ang nagniningning at sobrang saya. Mayroon siyang anunsiyo: “Mga katoto, spring na!” “Wetaminit, kapeng mainit!” dighay ni Tiyo Pilo. “Naghahanda ka na naman ba sa darating na winter?” KJ talaga itong si Pilo, ‘di… Read More »
A few days back, I got in touch with my younger brother Dennis. Momentous it was, as we exchanged “Happy Birthday” greetings, at a time when we simultaneously marked our birth anniversaries. I turned 65 on March 12 and it was about 9:30 p.m. in Toronto and he turned 62 on March 13 and it was about 9:30… Read More »
January’s polar vortex (whatever the rocket science is) invasion sent many Canadians and their southern neighbors chilling to the bones, as they sought refuge from the icy Artic blasts, heaping thicker bundles of clothing over their bodies if they can’t keep out of the elements. Hot and warm are cool and chill words that resound whenever this weather… Read More »
I was hoping that with the coming of the Chinese Lunar Year of the Earth Pig on February 5, I would be kicking off this column with that figurative celebratory blast, through a pompous display of imaginary firecrackers. What else to start this column on a cheerful note? It’s the Day of Hearts and Love on February 14!… Read More »
American writer Max Ehrmann’s famous prose-poem Desiderata (1927) states with finality: And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.… Read More »