For the newly bereaved, November 1 hits them with the reality that it’s their first All Saint’s Day with their precious loved one. It’s their first time to honor the dead with the rest of the country. No wonder, grief is once again featured in the magazines , TV and radio. Last Sunday, Cory Quirino [...]
It was my dear husband who reminded me to dress up the little girls into witches for Halloween. “Halloween?” I thought Halloween was only done in the Western countries. ” Yes you have to dress them up as witches”. As a little boy in the late sixties, he pranced around the neighborhood begging [...]
Michael Tan’s Opinion column on the “World’s Best Universities” which he based on the Times Higher Education Supplement-Quacquarelli Symonds (THES-QS) World University Rankings provided so many insights on the state of Philippine Education . I’m glad to see that the universities of my two girls made it to the top 500 , including two other [...]
While waiting for our purchase at the drugstore, my husband starts “playing” with his laptop’s Globe Visibility Mobile Internet feature. Hehe, how I wish I had mobile broadband.
This afternoon, we dropped by at The Hub in Glorietta Mall to see if they could provide a demo for my Macbook. Well, we couldn’t because [...]
On the way home from Baguio, I caught the colorful array of Christmas lanterns on the roadside of Gerona, Tarlac.
“I want to take photos” I begged my husband to stop.
The long stretch of bright Christmas Lanterns was captivating. I had no plans of buying Christmas decors but my husband (the Grinch) thought it was rude [...]
It surprised me that there is a scientific explanation for those drivers that are just stark raving mad on the road. Scientists call it “Road Rage” Disorder or Intermittent Explosive Disorder. I thought they were just rude , annoying drivers. Excuse me!
To you, that angry, horn-blasting tailgater is suffering from road rage. But doctors have [...]
I’ve mentioned before of our plans to move back to the childhood home of my kids. It’s the house I sold to my paternal auntie so I could defray part of the medical bills of my brother who was sick of leukemia and had to be brought to the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. Just when [...]
I just received this email.
October 20, 2006
Dear Representative,
Congratulations!
Your Web site, Touched by an Angel, is one of the Pre-Finalists in the Blogs Category of The 9th Philippine Web Awards. You have been qualified to move on to the Pre-Finals round that will take place on October 20, 2006 and will end on November 8, 2006.
As [...]
As a resident of Makati City, I am aware of corruption rumors on Jojo Binay’s 20 year reign for the longest time now. Binay always loses in mayoral elections from Makati’s exclusive villages but he gets most of his votes from the squatters of Makati City. Oh yes, they are there right [...]
I was laughing when I saw a comment on my entry, Computer Game and Internet Addiction
i also believe that you are a old-fashioned and controlling parent. times have changed.
The above comment is partially true . I am an old fashioned parent, a child of old fashioned parents but the difference is I have adapted [...]
Filipina mom) and my journey to a "new normal" after the death of Luijoe , my beautiful 6 year old son. Recovery is a work in progress.... read more?
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