Let’s join and give our hands in the “Clean Toronto Together” campaign. The City of Toronto’s annual Spring Cleanup scheduled from April 19 to 22 this year is a commendable undertaking considering its impact on our community and its environs. Our families, friends, and neighbours can do our part to help clean up litter in parks, beaches, streets,… Read More »
It’s no doubt a painful and bloody sacrifice, having oneself nailed on the cross, but perhaps for the devotees, it’s the only way to salve one’s conscience, although I don’t know for sure. What’s clear is that in this nation of 116 million, there’s no lack of rituals during Holy Week, especially on Good Friday. Men – young… Read More »
Solar eclipse ano ba kahulugan? Karaniwang tao kaya bang ipaliwanag yan? Iba’t ibang haka haka naglalabasan Para sa akin siyensa lamang nakakaalam Buong mundo ito ay inabangan Sabi nila taon uli ito bago masilayan Kaya pagkakataon hindi sinayang Isa rin ako sa mga nag abang Nang ito ay aking masilayan Tuwa ng aking damdamin ang narandaman Sa hindi… Read More »
By the time this issue is released the solar eclipse frenzy will be over. And the state of emergency in the Niagara region would have been lifted by now. (Imagine that?! Niagara had to declare a state of emergency because of the solar eclipse? Insane but understandable! Niagara was one of the places expected to experience maximum coverage… Read More »
My March column, Do Smartphones Have a Place in Schools? generated a diverse range of opinions, notably from parents concerned that their child’s excessive smartphone usage is significantly reducing their one-on-one social interactions at a time in their life when they should be developing social skills that’ll play an essential determining factor in their child’s future success. Based on my… Read More »
THE MAKING OF “MEMORIES AND REFLECTION”. I never fully understood the phrase “Labour of Love” until I embarked on this long self-publishing journey. Having no publishing experience but a ready manuscript ( the book is a collection of the articles I have written in the last ten years ), I thought, how much more do I need to… Read More »
“It seemed that human sorrow was always based on regret and pain in the past, and that neither time nor location nor history made much difference.” — Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart (2017). By Rey Moreno We distinguish. We discriminate. We love ranks, hierarchies and categories. It’s them versus us. Love your own kind. Belonging and identity define us;… Read More »
Many job seekers spend their time and energy focusing on job searching factors beyond their control, namely how an employer designed their hiring process. Regular readers of this column know I stress the truism that employers own their hiring process, not the job seeker. Hence, rather than criticizing an employer’s hiring process, job seekers should work with it.… Read More »
“Zen” is derived from the word “Chan,” which comes from the Sanskrit term “dhayana,” meaning “meditation.” In Zen practice, zazen or meditation plays a central role that allows a practitioner to experience the so called “ultimate reality or the absolute.” It is a practice that encourages deep meditation and understanding of reality beyond conceptual thinking. Zen had a… Read More »
Life in Canada is both enjoyable and anxiety-filled existence. For Filipinos, it’s a kind of family-centered living; we will do everything for our family. We go to work, go home, sleep and work again. In short, our life revolves around our families. Our survival instinct always comes into play when our family’s welfare is at stake. Most of… Read More »