Throughout 2022, Outrage Dominated Social Media. Did All This Outrage Change Anything?

There’s always outrage when what’s deemed a significant event occurs. Inevitably we jump on our social media accounts to display our anger, our “outrage,” which results in the ultimate lazy and hypocritical act of protest, virtue signalling. Social media has made it extremely easy to be theatrically outraged to get likes and clicks between sipping your Starbucks Caramel Brûlé Latte. On both sides of… Read More »

BIANCA’S BANCAS & MORE

As the festive air of the Christmas holidays thickens, I am reminded of the heart and soul of Christmas – generosity.  True – Christmas was meant to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ by Christians. But it is also a time for giving, of togetherness, of thinking of others, and a time to let go of negative feelings… Read More »

EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME

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 »

Christmas is Love

I will be very personal this time. Almost two weeks ago, I tested positive.  I got rattled, a bit jittery, and didn’t know what to do – I was going to have my fifth vaccination when it happened.  I called friends to inform them of my status as they were with me on the last 3 big events… Read More »

Snowing Elephs & Hippos

Ayon sa mga dalubhasang weather-weather, ang unang pagbagsak ng niyebe o first snowfall ay madalas mangyari sa buwan ng Nobyembre; ngunit maaaring maganap din sa Oktubre. Subalit nuong 2009, sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon in 162 years, hinayaan ni Inang Kalikasan na gawin ni Autumn what the season was meant to do – shed off its colourful beauty, prepare for… Read More »

Your Compassion can Rekindle Hope

As we approach the holiday season, it’s important to remember the seniors around us who are living in poverty and isolation, and often spend the holiday season without the warmth of a shared meal or a support system. Social isolation has been a growing concern putting many seniors at risk of living alone and disconnecting them from the… Read More »

My Name is Infinitus

“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 »