What could the Philippines had become if the first EDSA revolution did not prosper? I was born a few months before the People Power Revolution in EDSA happened. Probably, I was just beginning to grasp things with my tiny hands and started eating semi-solid foods when the whole country unite …
Read More »10-Year-Old Filipina Maria Aragon Moved Lady Gaga to Tears
And then the world gets another YouTube sensation. Maria Aragon, a Filipino-Canadian 10-year-old girl who sang her own rendition of Lady Gaga’s current single Born This Way, will get to sing onstage with the pop superstar. Maria’s Born This Way cover via a video uploaded on YouTube has earned 10,156,696 …
Read More »Some Notes to the Soon-to-Be Graduates
A few days or in a few hours from now, thousands of college students would have to face greater challenges and more complicated situations all summed up and tagged as REAL LIFE. It doesn’t mean that you’re not living a real life when you are in school. The phrase just …
Read More »Mang Tomas! Pabile!
Isang araw sa tindahan ni Mang Tomas… TOTO: (pasigaw) pabili hong SAFEGUARD!!! Mang Tomas: (galit na sumigaw) wag kang sumigaw dyan!!! hindi ako bingi!! anong SIMCARD? Globe o Smart?
Read More »Over the Weekend: Highs and Low
How was your weekend? The weekend brought a couple of highs and lows for us. And since it’s Monday, I’ve browsed quite a number of seemingly ‘manic Monday’ posts on Facebook early this morning but hey, at least you have another week to face. HIGHS Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, …
Read More »Toto at Panaginip: Mutya ng Batangan
Isang umaga sa parke… Naguusap ang magkumpareng Toto at Nino NINO: Pare, anu gang iniisip mo at pagkakalalim ata? TOTO: Nanaginip kasi ako kagabi pre. Kasama ko daw ang 23 contestants ng Mutya ng Batangan! NINO: Swerte mo pre! Eh ano pa gang problema mo? TOTO: pare ako ang nanalo!!!
Read More »The Goal-Getters and Why You Should Read this Post
For the past two years (almost), this website had been my everyday (almost) ally in my battle against writer’s block and whether a personal blog or a Batangas-related blog should be done first. Really, I don’t know where I’m heading with this one. I can’t even find the right words …
Read More »The Truth on Loving Oneself (Last Wave for Valentine 2011)
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” — Moulin Rouge And that starts with loving your self first. There are a lot of ways to show your love for others. Likewise, there are a number of ways on how to show your …
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