Adopt-a-Community: Embarking on Relief and Rehabilitation After Yolanda
Super Typhoon Yolanda had left us wondering what hit us. Described by many scientists as among the strongest typhoons ever recorded, it caused the loss of more than 2,000 lives and
Crying cops tell us when anger is futile
PO1 Joselito Sevilla, I am sure, did not plan to cry amid the sea of men and women one afternoon in July 2013, when the President was delivering his State of the Nation Address.
Gratitude Wall (inspired by Geminids Meteors)
HAPPY NEW YEAR, friends and readers! (And happy birthday to my niece, Jarmaine Abby Trilles!) May the new year bring you many more reasons to be grateful about. I began writing thi
Of doing good for public health, The Champ, fresh seafood, and more of Sarangani
I feel a little guilty for being away so long! If my blog can ‘feel’, then he must be feeling abandoned already. :-O Nevertheless, I will try my best to make up for i
Religion and beauty pageants: Why our Shamcey did not win the title
This is my first time to write about beauty pageants. I have nothing against this type of competition but I also think that the pageants can be a lot wiser and more gender-sensitiv
JR meets JR (A Tribute to a Hero’s 150th)
Jose Rizal and I share the same birth date, June 19. I thank my Mom and the heavens for choosing this date for my day of birth. One trivial reason is that it makes it hard for my l
Tornado hits my neighborhood in New Manila, Quezon City
We were caught by surprise. We were preparing our late breakfast of toasted bread and sunny side-up eggs when suddenly, the winds outside roared angrily, as if crying out, warning
Dreaming of a Philippine Leadership Academy
(A repost of a blog posted last December 7, 2010 in my previous site, http://meilbox.asyanna.com) If I have the means, I will build an institution and name it the Philippine Leader