Where were you when the Rogers outage happened July 8? It was an awakening experience for one who just takes for granted that the internet is always there for you just as one is sure as rain that the sun rises every morning. Well, on that day, the all mighty internet was nowhere to be found. At least… Read More »
Quoting a line from a film: “Put your mind into it; accomplish anything.” My friend quipped: “What ‘it’? And fracture my skull?” He’s got a point. But never mind, wala pa yata ang utak sa bungo. I’m done! ***** Third advice: “Stop thumping your chest too much. It takes time to heal a broken heart.” Rebuttal: “A rib… Read More »
LAST MAY 11, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden called President-Elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to congratulate him on his recent election. President Biden expressed his intentions to continue strengthening the alliance between the two countries. Biden said that he looks forward to working with Bongbong to continue strengthening the century-old US-Philippines alliance, “while expanding bilateral cooperation on a… Read More »
PART II Anything above zero in this part of the north is tropical. At 52 deg. North and just below the tree line, by mid-Oct. ice starts forming in the lakes. By Nov., the kids are already playing hockey. So by late December, it is hard to find open water in any of the lakes surrounding this Reserve. … Read More »
“There are lots of things that do happen in life and lots that could, but you’re just left waiting for them. It seemed to me that more things I wanted were coming very slowly, and when they did happen it wasn’t the way I’d wanted and planned; they’d all taken too long, as if to annoy me, and… Read More »
Many Filipinos have made Canada their home, a place of work and sometimes, of play. Celebrating a birth anniversary or any other milestone away from the homeland, family, kin to the nth degree, BFs or GFs, hometown BFFs, former schoolmates, barkada, etc. can be a good reason to juggle memory cells. “Sana, nandito silang lahat.” Emotions may run… Read More »
Among the interesting things I have learned about Canada— I just found out that the possible origin of the name “Canada” comes from the Huron-Iroquois word “kanata”, which means “village” or “settlement”. In the early 16th century, the French explorer Jacques Cartier was told by some Aboriginal guides, about the route to “kanata”, referring to the site of… Read More »
Canada’s population is aging, and its consequences should be taken seriously. Not only Canada will likely experience a declining labour force, but 30 percent of the older adults will also likely be at risk of becoming socially isolated. In fact, In Toronto, one in four who are over the age of 65 are living alone and they are… Read More »
WITH BARELY A WEEK LEFT before President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. takes over the government, one has to look at the people he has chosen to be his alter egos and wonder: Are they ready to run the administration or is Bongbong ready to be president on Day One? Looking at his published list of cabinet members, he… Read More »
“Lebensraum… is impossible without invading other countries or attacking other people’s possessions. Further successes can no longer be attained without shedding of blood. It is a question of expanding our living space…” – Hitler. “When at last the cat woke, the bunny asked her friend, who was much older, ‘Where do we go when we die?’ The cat… Read More »