Numbers. We can’t live with them, we can’t live without them. We count how much we do and don’t do, have and don’t have, the useful and the useless…the good, the bad and the ugly…the number of times we seek attention and recognition and the number of times we failed…the number of times using the urinals, toilets, how… Read More »
The good news is that the world did not end in the 2012 winter solstice – December 2012 – as the Mayan predicted it. Thank goodness. The bad news is that we still have to put up with the world problems. It is a mess. Maybe we can petition the Almighty God to stop it as world turns… Read More »
Some Canadians as I have read a few times, believe they have no ideology unlike other peoples of the Free World. That makes them somewhat unique, truly free of the albatross or hang ups other peoples have to struggle against in their daily grind. Ordinary citizens seemed to be saying life can be lived in peace and harmony,… Read More »
The late 70s were unforgettable years for me being a party lover. There was never a weekend void of Filipino parties in the Greater Toronto area. In homes, recreation rooms, banquet halls, church halls and expensive hotels, we were full of fun. Now, we still keep going. Will we ever stop? Most of these parties were held by… Read More »
Part I. A Turning Point in History, A Source of Canada’s Pride Why this topic at this time? What prompted me back to this topic was the news my granddaughter, Kailani, shared at a recent family gathering. She was elected as representative of their Grade 7 Class to their school’s Human Rights Team. Not only was it pleasing… Read More »
THEN AND NOW: Canadian Immigrants then are so vastly different from Immigrants now. Who they were, where from and why they came to Canada tell a different story. To tell it short, one is compelled to generalize from specifics. And this needs cold searching questions. The recent Canadian policy to “dump and refund” thousands of immigration applicants is… Read More »
When Philippine Airlines (PAL) starts its thrice-weekly Toronto-Manila service on November 30, 2012, not only will residents of Canada’s largest city have a direct link to the Philippine capital, but also convenient connections to 32 domestic and 26 international destinations. PAL’s Toronto flights – the Philippine flag carrier’s first foray to North America’s East Coast since 1997 –… Read More »
Political radical, Englishman Philosopher Jeremy Bentham advocated a classic anvil upon which the sword of public policy should be tooled and retooled. Bentham said: ‘it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong …” Later on, I read its deviant as the greatest good for the greatest number should be… Read More »
Sa lahat yata ng iba’t ibang kultura sa mundo hindi maiiwasan meron itong mga bahaging salungat o puedeng ituring naghahatakan o nagbabakbakan. Dahil seguro dala ng panahon, ng hindi maiiwasang pagbabago habang lumilipas ang mga buwan at taon. Ang tao at kapaligiran ay binabago ng panahon. Sa ganitong pagbabago ang kultura lang ang pangmatagalan, hindi nababaklas kundi nadagdagan… Read More »
Incitatus was a horse. Not an ordinary horse. Aside that he belonged to Caligula, or Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the Emperor of Rome from 37 AD to 41 AD, he also was appointed to the Roman senate. Caligula known for his eccentricities treated his horse in many extraordinary ways. It was said that the horse’s stable was… Read More »