To be over six feet tall during those years in the barrio was indeed rare. Probably due to an over active pituitary gland, Bonifacio Alcon, the eldest in a family of six, grew to be above six foot while his parents, brothers and sisters were of normal stature. Many in the barrio believed that when his mother was… Read More »
After quietly celebrating Christmas Day, many people must now face reality and ask themselves: What’s ahead in 2009? How are we going to cope? The past year, with all its problems, is better left forgotten. The new year always brings new hope, but with last year’s problems threatening to worsen and bring about even bigger problems, many people… Read More »
Anno 2008 will perhaps be remembered (or best forgotten) as the year that spawned the unprecedented global economic crisis never been seen since the Great US depression era of the 1920s. No wonder, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in his traditional Christmas message warned that 2009 will be a “difficult year “. It means for all of us… Read More »
2008 has been an incredible year! Beautiful babies have been born to joyful, expectant parents. New graduates have received job offers. Motivated employees have been promoted to positions they love. Creative individuals have invented new gadgets and technologies to make life easy for everyone. New and old cities have experienced business boom. After going through loads of challenges… Read More »
I hope that you all had a Merry Christmas and you received all the best things you were dreaming to have. Now comes the New Year that almost always brings glad aspirations and certain nostalgia for fond things in the past. This time, let’s face it – times are hard and most people are looking at the coming… Read More »
“Badong, I am promoting you to Supervising Inspector,” the Transportation General Manager told him when the driver was stationed in the city waiting for passengers. “You will be on your own, and you can travel at your own desire. This will also mean increase in your salary,” concluded the General Manager. Mang Badong could not say a word,… Read More »
Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. As I sit here writing this column against the deadline, I’m reminded of my days as a young advertising copywriter when I occasionally needed a deadline as motivation to finish a boring project. The deadline did more than motivate me to finish — more often than not, it was what finally stimulated enough creative… Read More »
Every culture, every belief, every place has their own distinct quality and ritual effectiveness. In the Philippines, we tended to follow beliefs from other nations which often lead to complications of thoughts and eventual unsuccessful ritual results. AVV128 Many Filipino readers, researchers, practitioners, and believers of ‘Moon Magic’, have made major mistakes on their practice of lunar magic… Read More »
I must admit I was wrong. But so were Bob Arum and Freddie Roach. In a previous article, entitled “Not exactly a mismatch,” I dared defy veteran boxing writers and experts and even some Filipinos, who said the “Dream Match” between Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao was a mismatch, and that De la Hoya would just… Read More »
It had the makings of a soap opera, a telenovela starring a MexicanAmerican ring idol and icon, Oscar De La Hoya, aka the “Golden Boy “ of boxing, touted as the heavy favourite against Filipino champion Manny “Pacman “ Pacquaio, the underdog who many predicted stood no chances against his much bigger and superior opponent. The mega-million bout… Read More »