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In Sunday Inquirer Magazine: An Interview with The Compassionate Friends
The following article was an interview of the co-founders of The Compassionate Friends Philippines by The Sunday Inquirer Magazine SURVIVORS’ TALES But What Do You… Read More »In Sunday Inquirer Magazine: An Interview with The Compassionate Friends
My First TV interview
I woke up in tears this morning.
I dreamt that I was kissing and embracing my son, Luijoe. In my dream, he smiled and smirked as I smacked him on the lips and cheeks. Waves of happiness filled me. Joy lifted my heart. I felt like a white balloon, floating in bliss.
Then “POP POP”
Lessons Learned From the ULTRA stampede tragedy
Wowowee will be aired again but there were lessons learned from the ULTRA tragedy. For one:
Now there will be separate entrances for senior citizens and children, who should be accompanied by adults. A blood pressure check is also mandatory for studio contestants, according to Cory Vidanes, ABS-CBN vice president for entertainment. ““Blood pressure rises with the excitement,” she explained. ““We want to make sure they can take this kind of excitement.”
Though I believe that the show promotes “mendicancy and dependency”, I am glad to know that they are having separate entrances for the children and the elderly.
There was one child victim from this tragedy and I had the opportunity to spend an afternoon with the bereaved family. This is my story that I wrote for The Compassionate Friends. (written on the day of her burial)….
my music playlist
This is the music playlist I am listening to right now:
1. Mirror, Mirror- M2M
2. Never be the same again- Melanie C
3. Feeling so Good- Jennifer Lopez
4. Oops I did it again – Britney Spears
5. Bye Bye Bye- NSync
6. Northern Star- Melanie C
7. Dear Lie- TLC
8. How can I not love you- Joy Enriquez
9. Be with you- Enrique Iglesias
10. Never Let You Go- Third Eye Blind
Sounds old right? and teeny-bopperish? Hmm…
Creative ways to remember a loved one
The topic of yesterday’s meeting with The Compassionate Friends was “The Creative Ways of Remembering our Loved one”. Why do we want to remember? Some well-meaning relatives or friends think that doing this will just bring more pain. On the contrary, we never want to forget our loved one. Luijoe continues to live in my heart and I never want to forget him. I am truly amazed at the various creative projects that some of our compassionate friends have undergone:
- Migi’s Corner in over 11 hospitals, a play area for sick children
- the Maningning Foundation in honor of Maningning Miclat
- Calendar of drawings from an 8 year old boy
- Poems written in a scrapbook
- Mosaic of photos into one big photo
State of national emergency in the Philippines
The Philippines is in a state of emergency. From what I gathered , the state can take over utilities or media and has banned rallies.
I hope that our grief support group meeting with The Compassionate Friends will still push through tomorrow. After being under martial law rule for more than 20 years, I get this deja vu feeling like it’s happening all over again.
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