O,kita nyo na? Lifted na ang martial law sa Maguindanao. Martial law was declared a week ago on the basis of, according to the national leadership, namumuong rebelyon sa probinsyang iyon. Isang angkan lang naman ang tinarget- ang mga Ampatuan na, habang lumalakad ang mga araw ay tuluy- tuloy din ang pagkakadiin sa Maguindanao ‘massacre’. Ikinanta na sila… Read More »
ANO BA NAMAN?????????ANG GANDA NA SANA NG TAKBO!!!!!!!!! Daig pa ang nag- hire tayo ng the best PR company sa balat ng lupa sa napakagaganda and inspiring news stories about our country, the Philippines that appeared in media- print, broadcast, the internet- worldwide yan, ha, take note! Si Pacquiao, hayun, the first international boxer lang naman na naka… Read More »
My family has always been optimists- Papa Porfirio, Mama Brigida, brothers Tony and Hec, sisters Tesi and Joy. It is no wonder that this outlook in life is the same thing that allows the new generation of this family to cope up beautifully in the most trying of circumstances. We were taught to make ‘diskarte’ of situations that… Read More »
Pinoys waited for Ramil for days. The experience and the lessons learned from the two strong typhoons ‘Ondoy’ and ‘Pepeng’ created the hoped- for reactions. Citizens, government, and NGOs and private groups got themselves ready. Rubber boats were deployed to the north which was the expected target of the onslaught; Trucks and other vehicles were stationed in the… Read More »
Sobra naman! This is what many utter in the country these days as two typhoons came one after the other and devastated almost the whole Philippines- first, Ondoy which surprised the whole of Metro Manila with the briskness with which floodwaters submerged the cities of Marikina, Cainta, Antipolo, San Mateo, Pasig and lower parts of Manila. A big… Read More »
The race for the Philippine Presidency has intensified and will continue to as the deadline for the filing of candidacy for the 2010 elections is nearing- that’s November 15, 2008.. Intrigues galore, may natumbang hopefuls, may bagong emerge, and may holding on to their dreams kahit na yata alam nilang wala talaga silang kapag a pag- asa. Unang… Read More »
On August 5, rainy Wednesday, we bid farewell to the gentle person of our country, former President Cory C. Aquino. Sa tindi ng information technology ngayon, I know that nakita ninyo kung gaano katindi ang pagmamahal ng mga Pinoy kay Pres. Cory- tens of thousands joining the funeral cortege and many more lining up the sidewalks to wave… Read More »
Hello, dear friends from Toronto and everywhere! Hoping you are taking in our summer with a smile- we do that with the rains that come in almost everyday during this period in the Philippines. Pero parang medyo iba na-Ayaw ng mga kids magbaon ng kapote at payong, ano ba yan? Kaya hayun, my own 5 children all went… Read More »
Carlos Bulosan I will not call myself a nerd( di naman ako ganun ka- square and serious at napakaderogatory ng connotation ng word na ito for me)…kahiya ding sabihing isinasali ko ang sarili ko among the intellectuals…dahil hindi talaga totoo. But, ever since childhood, I have loved reading (- hayun, dun ko isisiksisk ang sarili ko among ‘voracious’… Read More »
Maganda at mapayapang araw/ gabi ang pagbati ko sa iyo/ inyong bumabasa ng kolum na ito sa mga sandaling ito! Alam kong maraming mga magulang and other elders ang masaya these days kasi panahon daw ng graduations diyan sa inyo sa Canada. Ang Pinoy talaga- kahit saan mang panig ng mundo,igagapang ang mga anak para makapagtapos. It is… Read More »