Tag Archive | Sentiments
Pilipino Ako: Malaya. (A 111th Philippine Independence Day Post)
Photo by enggul** My apologies to my foreign friends/readers: I had to write this entire post in Filipino in honor of our 111th Independence Day. Please use Google Translate widget at the rightmost side if you need a rough translation. Thank you. ** Ngayong ika-111 taon ng kalayaan ng mahal kong Pilipinas na kumupkop sa [...]
And My Vote for Philippine President Come 2010 Goes To…
Photo by looking4poetry You guessed it right, dear. Manuel “Manny” Villar. No, it’s not the “Itik” commercial that plays several times a day during “primetime” Philippine TV. No, it’s not the “OFW assistance” commercial that played regularly months before You guessed it right, dear. Manuel “Manny” Villar. No, it’s not the “Itik” commercial that plays [...]
Waiting For My Real Life To Begin: A Personal Reflection In Anticipation Of Year 2009
There are no words for this post. The song says it all for me. Every line is my life spelled-out. I thank you for the inspiration while I sit here in anticipation of the year ahead… While I wait eagerly for my real life to begin. If only you can be there with me when [...]
"Don't You Know Me?": The Question To Fear Or The Question To Loathe?
Photo by 19melissa68 As if the CARP issue and the alleged continued corruption are not enough to contend with, DAR is now faced with another issue of headline material — this time, a story that if only for the news sources that covered it and the blogged story of the family member who was there [...]
The Revolution Within
This guy Joma just won’t give it a rest. Miles away from where we are, he is still “trying” to cause trouble here. And I say “trying” because from what I know, his “all-talk, no-show” antics have proved detrimental to the once-powerful group he “once” lead. Twenty years in exile and he hasn’t figured out [...]
The Year That Was: A Look Back at 2008 — The Wonderful, The Woeful and The Wishful ( "A Day In The Life Of RJ" 2008 Year-End Post)
We’re only a few days away from 2009. As we bid adieu to 2008, let us look back at a few (or at least those I can still remember) of the significant events that changed the course of our future — as a nation, as a race or maybe even as a person. The Wonderful: [...]
8 Reasons Why Political Rallies Have Become Overrated
Photo by bobster855 1. Filipinos are hopeless romantics. Oh, we know this all too well. We are in love with democracy. Nothing wrong with that, really. What’s wrong is when we play the part of the naive girl who gives her all to the man of her dreams who turns out to be nothing more [...]
The Prodigal Son is Not Welcome
Forgive me if I’m not exactly jumping for joy over the latest stunt of former House Speaker Jose de Venecia. As you may have realized by now, I haven’t even bothered to write about it even after a few days the news broke-out. I just had the urge to give you a piece of my [...]
The Reality of Poverty
The reality of poverty, for most of our brothers and sisters follow them to their death — as is the case with Mang Pandoy — the man showcased in the SONA (State of the Nation Address) by then President Fidel V. Ramos as a representative of the poor whose lives he aims to improve. Many [...]
