Hello, Toronto! Biggest news on the last week of the month just passed (my birthmonth, incidentally, I am now 59) was the baranggay and kabataan elections of October 25. On the morning after, as I woke up to write this column, I found it strange that the street where I reside was unusually quiet. When I left the… Read More »
It was sheer joy to meet old friends and relatives. They all say how good I looked and how I never aged at all. I foresaw all these and of course I was prepared. I have gifts for everyone, small momentous for remember me by. After the usual round of meeting friends and relatives, and old friends my… Read More »
Hello, Toronto! Itigil ang bangayan- yan daw ang mahigpit na bilin ni PNoy sa kanyang govern-ment staff(from cabinet secretaries hanggang pinaka junior official). Panu nga naman, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth na here is PNoy calling for unity tapos ang mga tauhan nya mismo ay nag- aawayan, may pagkakahatian, may intrigahan pa (balita ko lang).… Read More »
Above the din of emotional outbursts and threats of excommunication is an article written by a Catholic priest in the Manila Standard Today last week. In his article, “Excommunication and other non-issues,” Fr. Ranhillo Callangan Aquino called for sobriety and rationality, and demanded that the Roman Catholic Church should be ready to convince the people – Catholics and… Read More »
My four kids are back to school. And they’re so glad to see their old friends and classmates who they only communicate through Facebook and e-mails last summer. I’m not sure how they could have survived those lazy afternoons without being online. No doubt, internet like food, shelter, and clothing has become a necessity. And Google has become… Read More »
It was a beautiful autumn day. The sun was shining brightly. The fall was at its peak with the treetops glorious in yellow, orange and green. The temperature went up to 23 degrees C. It must have been the Indian summer day of the year. The bus with forty one passengers, mostly Filipinos with a sprinkling of other… Read More »
Combining the stars and the elements of Earth will give us a clue on the general characteristics of a person and it can be their guide in pursuing their desires and plans in the future. AVV1010 On the first part we already gave the two elements — fire and water and the six astrological signs namely Aries, Leo,… Read More »
Lately, we have been reading disturbing reports of Filipino workers being recruited in the Philippines purportedly for good-paying jobs in the United States and Canada, only to find themselves exploited and abused by unscrupulous recruiters on a distant shore where they feel hopeless and helpless. And I thought slavery was abolished after a bloody civil war in 1865… Read More »
Or in Pinoy…paano nga ba…pag- uuwi ng tapa, lechon, anong ulam ba ang comparable sa bacon? Of course, happy kami dito- hindi muna kay Sen. Manong Johny Ponce Enrile who has made ‘gusto ko happy ka’ his very own election battlecry in the may 2010 campaign but for our PNoy coming back home from the US. Itong pasimuno… Read More »
We live in a democratic country. It is a country wherein the government is of the people, for the people and by the people. Many of us came to this country to escape autocracy from our native lands. Living in a new land is not easy. We have to adjust to a new environment –different weather, different languages,… Read More »