PAALALA ni Edwin Esteba Kung ako man ay nagkamali Sa paghingi ng tawad hindi mag aatubili Sa kabutihan mo ako ay may isusukli Kung kinakailangan tanggapin ko na ako ay mali Wala naman perpektong tao Wala naman ipinanganak na santo Kaya kung nagkamali man ako Sana ay patawarin mo Hindi ako mapagtanim ng galit Oo minsan ang ulo… Read More »
“It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” Anne Frank. We all have our dark nature, capable of harming our own kind and other creatures, with or without provocation. In wars,… Read More »
JANUARY 2023. The first month of an odd year feels forebodingly hopeful. A bit contradictory, isn’t it? But that’s the feeling I have after a rough couple of years but now facing a more promising and encouraging prospect in the year ahead. What caused this optimism could be a natural response from the relaxation of COVID rules for… Read More »
Lunar New Year begins on the date (in East Asia) of the second new Moon after the winter solstice, which always takes place in late December. This means that the first day of the Lunar New Year can occur anytime between January 21 and February 20. In 2023, this new Moon occurs in China on Sunday, January 22, marking the… Read More »
“And it arose not because of mystical ‘ghosts from the past’ but as the result of specific actions of people who disliked their existing democracies. They disliked them because they were too weak or too imitative, too indecisive or too individualistic – or because they personally were not advancing fast enough within them.” — Anne Applebaum, Twilight of… Read More »
Plastic street barriers Doubtless, these knockdown stick curb bumpouts set up by the city government in some corner streets in Toronto effectively protect pedestrians. These devices are traffic-calming measures to slow down vehicles making a left or right turn onto a road. These knockdown stick barriers are supposed to protect the city’s pedestrians, but if you look around… Read More »
DECEMBER. It’s a month of significance for a lot of us. It is the time of the year of thoughts of another year past. I don’t know you, but for me, this time around is not like any other December. Could it be that I have ended three-quarters of life and now heading to the final quarter that… Read More »
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” – Louise Penny, The Madness of Crowds (2021) “A future that might bring about our end does not negate the majesty of the journey we are still taking.” –… Read More »
You cannot do all the good the earth needs, but the earth needs all the good you can do. – Jana Stanfield To help those in need is one of the most selfless actions we can do, so why don’t we do it more often? I understand that one action of ours may not register to our critical… Read More »
“Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” Ernest Hemingway Life I sprung up from somewhere in circumstances right or wrong without my consent. I would have liked it but conditions were less than ideal. There were lots of struggles… Read More »