Warning: Teenager lives here! These were the glaring words printed on a big colorful poster we glued to our room’s door when I was still a student. We loved it ‘cause it sounded cool and meant some authority and independence. However, as we graduated and got some boarders who shared our room, they pasted on […]
You can tell a person’s true character at times in his life when money stares at him in the eye. Take for instance an incident about a lady who accidentally left her bag at a cemetery during All Soul’s day. That bag contained a large sum of money. She was so distraught and hopeless that […]
Is money really evil? In itself it is not. It is only a form of exchange for buying, a piece of paper with some amount printed on it. Man’s attitude towards money is what makes him bad or good, an evil person or a saint. The heart’s motives for having money and the way it […]
Excuse me po. I’m Lovely, an out-of-school youth, selling candies (at 2 packs for Php20 or 1 pack for Php12) for your support to my daily financial needs… The above sentence was part of a computerized text printed in a piece of card. It was handed over by a teenage girl in jeans to my […]
Being a woman is a gift in itself. But I only realized this as I grew up and got rid of my childhood dreams of wanting to be a boy. When I was still in my early teens, I always thought boys were cool and tough, and girls were just plain little sissies. Boys have […]
“Nobody sees a flower — really — it is so small it takes time — we haven’t time — and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” Georgia O’Keefe I’m back after two days off from the blogosphere. Nope, I didn’t go to any of those beach resorts, I spent a […]
It’s going to be a long weekend ahead considering its Holy week. These are days when you see the wheels of life grinding slowly over a lengthy time off from work, a better time to reflect on the deeper meaning of our lives. While some of us go to beaches, mountains, and other paradise-like […]