The D Spot

Christmastime for most Filipinos is one of the happiest times of the year. People look forward to parties, family reunions, exchange gifts, and everyone feels the festive mood all around. In a few days it would be Christmas, but some people may not be feeling the Christmas spirit for various reasons, including the loneliness of [...]

Discipline is much needed and sorely lacking in the country today. It is probably why things are the way they are. There is chaos, no order, no system. It’s a mess! Promises aren’t kept, there’s no palabra de honor, there’s no delicadeza and the values that can help keep society cohesive are slowly eroding. All [...]

Everyone has the right to adequate shelter, according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. If so, then about 1.6 billion people living in substandard housing have been violated of their rights. More or less 4.5 million of these people are Filipinos. Worse, these figures might rise to about 40% in 2030 if the problem [...]

Congratulations, EFREN!!! You make the Filipino proud! <object width=”560″ height=”340″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/f1laPDyaECI&hl=en_US&fs=1&”></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/f1laPDyaECI&hl=en_US&fs=1&” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”560″ height=”340″></embed></object> Here is the transcript of Efren Penaflorida’s speech at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Short but full of meaning. EfrenPenaflorida–one to emulate. “Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and [...]

Yesterday, Globe launched its BANGON PINOY Program–a massive effort to help Filipinos affected by the floods in rebuilding their lives, through relief operations, financial assistance, network restoration and a series of community-building activities. It is  spearheaded by its President and CEO  Ernest Cu.  The program was presented to the press–trimedia and the blogging community yesterday [...]

It was inevitable–it was coming, the only thing that is certain in life–death. Tita Cory has has passed away on a Saturday morning, 1 August 2009. She was 76 years old. When she died, and days before that, millions of Filipinos, even non-Filipinos, have joined each other, lifting her up in prayer, 24/7. What greater [...]

Here’s sharing with you an Easter musing—I’ll be with you…but not yet, from Kuya G, Chaplain of a large medical center. He calls himself a secret fan of The D Spot (I am humbled). Remember the last scene of the movie ‘Gladiator’? When, Juma, Maximus’s  African friend, bid the great gladiator farewell? He said something [...]

As my regular readers, you would probably know that I have resigned from my work, effective 13 February because of personal reasons. I was very happy with my work, until…let’s leave it at that. I am probably one of the very few people who gave up her job amidst the global economic crisis. Who in [...]

UPDATE: 26 Jan 2009 Got a text message from Angel–after the blood transfusions, his wife’s platelet count has increased to 73, a good sign. She’s being monitored by the doctors, hoping that the count will not drop anymore. His daughter Angelene might be discharged this afternoon. Let’s continue to pray for him and his family. [...]

Everyone thought it was a mismatch–how can Manny Pacquiao, shorter in height by 4 inches and shorter in reach by 6 defeat the Golden Boy, a Legend? It was a mismatch, indeed, realized only during the fight–how can Dela Hoya, shorter in agility and speed defeat the Pacman? Yes, Manny Pacquiao did it again. He [...]

Blogging? I was clueless–that was two years ago. But now…two years and three awards later: Emerging and Influential Blogs in 2007 The 2008 Philippine Blog Awards: Best Blog–Family and Living Category Digital Filipino Web Awards 2008: Best Blog–Personal two other blogs: Poems from the Heart Dine-a-Bite and three others: The CRIBS Blog (my advocacy) The Filipina [...]

Today, on my 333rd blogpost, I would like to introduce to you, The CRIBS Blog. The CRIBS Blog has been a dream project of The CRIBS Foundation. It has been provided in the website by the volunteer programmer who must have thought that soon, it would be filled with contents. The CRIBS Foundation is inviting [...]

UPDATE: 25 JULY 2008 From ABS CBN News Hotline . Matthew David Samudio, the three-year-old boy who was reportedly abducted inside a video arcade at a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, was reunited with his family Thursday. A security guard found the boy walking around the Sta. Rosa Commercial Complex in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

It is not just a Batman movie, not just an action movie or a thriller–there are many truths in life that could be found in this movie. Knights in shining armour, give hope to the majority, though sometimes these knights are far from perfect (in the case of Harvey Dent the District Attorney, even if [...]

Babies are a link between angels and man. – Author Unknown A baby is born with a need to be loved — and never outgrows it.Frank A. Clark Another Sunday, another day we always look forward to. For us, Sunday morning is CRIBS Day. We see to it that we are there by 9 am [...]

Just last Wednesday night, right after dinner, my family and I were having our usual bonding moments. We talked about, what else but the rising cost of fuel, goods and services, the most talked about topic nowadays. BA even asked our permission to ride a bike to UP so that he could save on gas [...]

Almost late I woke up at 11:45 am, with just 5 minutes to take a shower, dress up and grab a cab, hair still dripping wet, to catch the 12 noon mass in UP. If nobody can drive me, I always take a cab, following the advice of a Buddhist friend–when you go to church, [...]

“If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the [...]

Vince, who has been my companion in watching 6 Degrees to Change the Earth on the National Geographic Channel has asked me to plug the premiere of “An Inconvenient Truth” on HBO. “An Inconvenient Truth” is an Academy Award-winning documentary which showcases Al Gore’s persuasive argument that global warming is a big moral challenge rather [...]

I have been seeing this glossy magazine for a few days now in the house, and my curiosity got into me when I heard Vince and BA discussing about minimum wage, the plight of jeepney drivers, the street vendors, and the plight of the poor. They were discussing the articles that they read in a [...]