WikiPilipinas:Filipina Writing Contest

Just a little backgrounder before we go to the business of the details of this writing contest. Since the birth of the Portal, Filipina Images: Reshaping the Filipina Image Online, launched by Noemi Dado, her sister Lorna Lardizabal-Dietz, and myself Dine Racoma last 9 August 2007, a lot of momentum has already been gained. [...]

Would You Rather Be Skinny Or Sexy?

I am re-posting this very popular article (9,420 hits to date), as I continue to get comments from both sides of the fence: skinny and sexy. More than half a year after I have posted it, the girls in my family have continued to be conscious about it, myself included—though I can only [...]

Munificence–The HeArt of Giving Generously (by the Ateneo B-Boys08)

A few days ago, son Vince, 4th year high school Ateneo student asked me if his class, 4-B could hold a garage sale in our home. I gladly agreed, thinking it was just space they would need—our garage. Little did I know that I would witness munificence in its pure form—the heArt of giving.

Thursday, Vince [...]

28 Years Married–still on solid foundation!

28 years ago today, I walked down the aisle to say my “I do”. Two simple words, very simple, easy to keep in mind—yet very powerful. They meant a life-time commitment. I was so young then, 21 going 22. Did I know where I was going to? Did I know what was in store [...]

Peace and Quiet

yes, an empty bench
amidst peace and quiet
refreshing thoughts
calming
inviting…

Sexy Mom’s Sexy Mac Shots with Sexy MacBook

With nothing better to do and with the days ticking away before Sexy Mom turns golden, Sexy Mom and youngest son Alan Jr explored the delights of Sexy MacBook’s Photo Booth. Photo Booth is a feature of Macs. It has always been an entertaining piece, with its different effects—normal, sepia, black and white, glow, comic [...]

Hello GLOBE–Lines went dead! Schedules gone kaput! AGAIN!!

Now, 18 January 2008, Friday, there are 3 messages in my Outbox, unsent. And I keep receiving the message, “Message sending failed. Check details.” But I do receive in-coming text messages.

Have Globe lines gone dead again? I wonder.

Second Visit of the Pilgrim Relics of St. Therese of the Child Jesus

From Lisieux, France to the Philippines, the Relics of St. Therese of the Child Jesus will come to the Philippines for the second time—from 15 January to 13 March 2008. The Relics first visited the Philippines in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000.

Arrival of the Relics will be at 2:15 pm on Tuesday, 15 January, [...]

Lessons in Sibling Rivalry

My eldest son, J Angelo, now 27 yo, was born 3-1/2 years before Monica, now 24 yo.

Ateneo or UP?

Now that both ACET and UPCAT results are out, I am reposting this, for the sake of you, dear students, who passd both ACET and UPCAT. Now you are lucky, as you do not need to pay a non-refundable reservation fee (P4th during BA’s time) at the Ateneo if UP is your school of choice. [...]

2008 UPCAT Results Now Available–ONLINE (Update as of 13 Jan 2008)

What a pleasant surprise, to receive news at past midnight—that Vince passed the UPCAT (BS Business Administration)! Congratulations, Vince! Now, it will be your choice—Ateneo’s Management Engineering or UP’s BS Business Administration. The results were posted at past 10pm, Friday, 10 December. Vince is away on a Tagaytay retreat, but a friend Patrick called up [...]

What’s in a Name?

Some people say none. But look what I found. It’s amazing how, except for the reference of not “finishing the projects you start”, “rather quick fading of enthusiasm”, and “flaky and irresponsible”, most of them kinda reflect my personality.

Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet, says, “A rose by any other name would still smell as [...]

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