Month: February 2008

Our country is now in a state of moral and political crisis. But it is appalling that some people have chosen to remain neutral, silent, or indifferent to what’s currently going on. Here are some quotes on neutrality that I hope might spur some people to action. “I swore never to be silent whenever and…

I haven’t been feeling 100% these past few days. It’s mainly due to a fishbone that’s still painfully lodged in my throat for four days now! I’ve already tried different remedies like stuffing my mouth (and throat) with bread, rice, bananas, swallowing like crazy, and even drinking some vinegar, but it’s no use! Can someone help me…

It’s my dad’s birthday today. He would have turned 58 today if he were still alive. I don’t know how much my brothers remember him, as we were still quite young when his plane went down (he was a Philippine Air Force fighter pilot) about 25 years ago. I was six years old then. But…

We could finally take a family vacation at Puerto Galera over the weekend. Conne has been egging me all these times to try Puerto Galera out, and so, off we went. This was sort of a post-valentine date, family vacation, and celebration (Conne’s promotion to manager-lvl2) – rolled into one – event. Conne, CJ, and I had lots of…

I received another bit of good news today. Conne finally got her much-deserved promotion at work. Thank God. This calls for a celebration! 🙂

Today is Ash Wednesday. It marks the first day of the Lenten season and occurs forty (40) days (hence the local term, “Cuaresma” for Lent) before Easter. I’m glad Conne and I could go home in time to attend the 7:30 PM mass and have ash imposed on our foreheads. And I noticed the queue heading…