WANTED: Live in Caregiver – Seniors

Location: ON L3P 4J6Seeking female applicants only to care for elderly mother. Morning/Day/Evening shiftPay rate $16.55 ro $17.00 per hour/40 hrs per week.Requirements: 1 – 2 years releated work experience, minimum High School certificate, First Aid Certificate,  please apply by email with your resume and cover letter to Kannama.caru@gmail.com

Robert n Barbara

 When I heard that Robert Arevalo died (last Aug 10th), I sat down – and for a few minutes I was motionless, tears trying to fall.  Robert was such a good friend, a multi-awarded actor, a big loss to the industry.  But what made me real sad was about him and his now widow, Barbara Perez – their… Read More »

The Parent of All Virtues

Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato, Greek philosophers whose names are familiar to us, were among the first recorded, to deeply examine human existence. They wrestled with compelling ideas such as morality, happiness, and the purpose of life. They speculated that there are universal truths and used those truths to teach a system of justice and law based on human… Read More »

Climate Change: Believe It or Not, It’s Here to Stay

Climate change and global warming are often used interchangeably, but each one has a different meaning. Climate change is a long-term change in the normal weather patterns which defines local, regional, and global climates. Some of the key indicators of climate change may include land and ocean temperatures; rising sea levels; melting of glaciers; and the frequency and… Read More »

Let’s support our “Scarborough Gen” Hospital

In whatever seasons, when we either get sick or need emergency treatment, our community hospital, officially called Scarborough Health Network Foundation is always on hand to serve us. Although it’s a public-funded institution, it still needs the private sector’s support to enhance the quality of its healthcare treatment.  Aside from donating online, in some corners at the hospital,… Read More »

SIGN OF THE TIMES?

Something is afoot at the Philippine Consulate General of Toronto.  And it is a welcome change. For the first time (after around 4 or 5 years), there was a real, living, breathing person who answered the phone at the PCGT. I trust that these are changes due to the initiatives of the newly appointed Consul General Angelica C.… Read More »

A Job Seeker’s Biggest Asset: Being Likeable

Undeniably, having solid and proven skills and abilities (e.g., technical, project management, problem-solving, communication. sales) are essential for landing a job. However, there is a personality trait, a soft skill that can be learned, that is of far greater importance than your hard skills; being likeable. Being likeable is critical because the foremost question running through your interviewer’s… Read More »

Our Seniors’ Ways of Doing Everything Online

With the new technology, those so-called Baby Boomers, those seniors in our midst, are now forced to learn everything online. Of their little knowledge of navigating cyberspace, most of the time, they have been victimized by scams. While writing this piece, a friend back home asked me if I knew someone from the Philippine National Police because her… Read More »

Food, Music and Culture

 July 22/23:  Oh yes, we cheerfully sizzled with so much fun on both days at Fun Philippines’ Street Festival on Bathurst n Wilson (called Little Manila).  On its second year, the street fest had about 1,000 plus food vendors with top famous Pinoy foods (lechon , sisig, kare-kare, BBQ, etc) and unlimited choice of drinks (aaah, the sugar-cane… Read More »

God lets me in on The Secret

“But God gives to it the body that He plans and sees fit, and to each kind of seed a body of its own” – 1Corinthians 15:38. “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” – Gospel of Matthew 26:39. I hear Him clearly,… Read More »