While I am writing for my blog, a super tsunami has just hit Southern Asia . More than a hundred thousand people were killed. Fortunately, the Philippines was spared. But what if the massive tsunami had struck us? Are we prepared to face what comes before us? We need to be. Every moment of our [...]
I was the teacher’s pet way back in grade school. I enjoyed all the attention and took full advantage of the additional privileges. For example, my teacher would use my notes in giving out quiz questions so my notebook served as the perfect reviewer. She would ask me to help her grade our test papers [...]
I was playing billiards with my cousins and uncle a sometime ago. Solids and Stripes. The objective was for a team to pocket either all the solid colored balls, or all the striped ones. In one shot my uncle accidentally pocketed a striped ball when he was aiming for a solid one. Laughing hard, my [...]
When you see someone lying on the road, don’t just walk by. He just may be your child or your sister or your mother… When a family member is hurting, and we don’t even bother investing our time to pay attention, to listen, to care… Because we’re in a hurry. Because we’re busy. Because we [...]
It was graduation day. All the students were fussing over the seating arrangements and my aunt Nene, as their teacher, supervised them. When everyone had settled down, I found my aunt standing next to the Valedictorian. She asked him “So, you made it all the way to the end and all the way to the [...]