UAAP: Ateneo and La Salle Magkasangga Para Sa Katotohanan

It has been announced: ADMU and DLSU, the blues and the greens, will have a friendly match, in search for the truth, on Sunday, 16 March 2008, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Araneta Coliseum. The players for UAAP Season 71 will rally behind Engr Jun Lozada.
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Beijing in 2000: An adventure (and witnessing actions for bid in 2008 Olympics)

I was in Beijing in 2000, from July to December—that was the time when Beijing was planning its bid for the 2008 Olympics. Imagine! THE DRIED GRASS WAS PAINTED GREEN, large pots of flowers, fresh and natural were placed in strategic place all over the parks and streets, and the city was decorated (the likes [...]

Tomorrow’s Leaders, our YOUTH: What if they suddenly want to do it their own way?

Let me plug this one first:
What: Team RP CONCERT FOR TRUTH, ACCOUNTABILITY, and REFORM
When: 4:00pm-8:30 pm, 25 February 2008 (Monday)
Where: Gate 2.5 Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Height, QC

Our YOUTH—they are tomorrow’s leaders, the hope of our land. Now, with all the activities, pro- (are they genuine ones?) and anti-administration, happening here [...]

Moderate Your Meat

‘Tis again the season of LENT—it officially kicked off on Ash Wednesday 6 February and will culminate on Easter Sunday, 23 March. Lent, for most Christians, is the 40 days liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter. During Lent, 2 days are days of fasting—Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, while all other Fridays are [...]

In Search for the Truth–The D Spot Opens its doors to your opinions, suggestions, reactions, atbp

Inspired by son Vincent’s gallant gesture when he gave Engr Lozada his St Ignatius pin, a pin he worked so hard for this school year, The D Spot would like to open its doors to your opinions, suggestions, questions, etc. on the current issue—IN SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. If you have written about this, send [...]

Truth and Accountability Mass@ATENEO

Date: Monday, February 18, 2008
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Church of the Gesu, Ateneo de Manila University

Vince and I attended the Mass—-it was a mass in search of TRUTH, ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM. It was a mass concelebrated with [...]

Jun Lozada’s Testimony: Will Sec Romulo Neri stand up please? and BLOGGERS, UNITE!

Not only I, but the whole nation perhaps, except the powers that be, would like Sen Neri to stand up please. On the urging of the Senate—to speak up the truth and nothing but the whole truth (so Help us all, God), Engr Jun Lozada, who has been consistent all the time, is talking some [...]

Gold for the Golden

Oh yes! The Golden deserves only the Gold. And what have I got? A Golden Retriever—we named her Mucci or Moochie. Her original name was Raisin because her eyes looked like raisins and her other 8 siblings were named Butterscotch, Cinnamon, etc.), but the kids thought she deserved a name that is cuddly, cute [...]

Happy Birthday to Me. Am 50! Am 50! Am 50!

I have postponed writing this piece till the last moment, as words would not form to catch that truly awesome feeling of turning gold—a milestone in my life.

Years ago, I would have dreaded turning 50, imagined myself to be gray and weary, old and cranky, wobbly and wrinkly. It was always a guessing game when [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day–God’s Small Wonders

Love fills the air on Valentine’s day, but won’t it be best if each day is filled with love? Not just the cheesy type of love, but the love that endures all—love of kith and kin, love of family and friends, and love that is sensitive of the needs of those who have less in [...]

Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon

Also called Window in the Sky, Bhutan’s other name is the Land of the Thunder Dragon. It is a land in the Himalayas, about 25,000 feet above sea level, its mountains hiding it from the rest of the world, shrouded in legend and myth—its supernatural beings, ancient monasteries and fortresses amidst a breathless sight.

WYSIWYG with Happy Slip

By now, Christine Gambito aka Happy Slip would have been back to the USA. But definitely, she has left a mark in the hearts of many Filipinos—those who have known her just recently (through her trips around the country and TV guestings) or to the many who have been her fans for a long time [...]

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