'May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the...
1. You can only duplicate what you know.2. Some say yes, some say no.3. You can learn through association.4. Belief and confidence comes from what you learn.5. If you are trying, you must be moving ahead.6. Read instructions first!7. Learn to leverage. ...
The first ever local movie premiere I went to was in 1999, at the UP Film Center for the movie "Warat" starring Joyce Jimenez and Jomari Yllana. Joyce was praised for her Scorpion Nights 2 (which I haven't seen) so I thought, hey, why not go and see it? It's within the campus and it was for free if I remember it correctly....
Travel stories are tough to write because you are bound to say facts (so obviously, they have been said before) in the very same fashion, specially if the story is not a first person narrative (I don't like I's in my writing). I received an email today that made me feel horrible. Being the "i-am-a-positive-person" wannabe, I asked a few questions from my...
I am Karla and am addicted to Charlie Chan.On weekends, it's easy to have it delivered and we have been doing so for weeks now. But Yellow Cab is not that cheap. So I decided to cook on this oh-it's-a-Thursday-not-a-Friday afternoon. It's not the first time I have tried making this, though. But by far, this recipe which I am sharing (as a...
Sometimes, things happen to us that ordinary reason cannot comprehend that we have to provide them with our own cosmic explanation if we are to continue to believe in stars, in angels, in love, in the beauty of life or in the other things we consider miracles. Otherwise, we grow old indifferent; dying a little each time we think of broken trust, broken...
“Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.”- Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish diplomat This eulogy is about you. Yet, it is not.I have to admit that writing about how you were when you were alive is a veritable idea. However, I fear that I may over-emphasize facets of your character that the individual experience of the people you...
