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Summer break in the Philippines is almost officially at an end. Students will be trudging back to school next week and responsible parents, guardians, doting grandparents and vigilant yayas will be waking up at dawn to get their kids ready for the task.

I’m going to sing another if-only song, this tme in honor of my oft-unmadeup face, mainly due to the lack of natural acne treatment in my teen-age years when I needed it. Don’t get me wrong, I have tried applying makeup to this tired old face on special occasions in the years past, but I’ve [...]

The computer, boon and bane of my middle age, has not only taken away my ability to write legibly, it has also made me forget about adequate lighting. These days, adequate lighting for me is the one that comes on when I hit the Fn and PgUp keys on my office-issue IBM T43.
Along with [...]

A couple of weeks ago I was at a client’s site on a meeting. The place was just across the Paco Park so I couldn’t resist skipping over to the historic park when the meeting was over. Sad thing was it was a Monday, and the park was closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Serves me [...]

I have often wondered how this government, in the span of 6 years, have managed to sell almost everything this country has, most especially its people, to other countries that benefit from the sale while leaving us Pinoys with hands in empty pockets.
This is the paradox of our Overseas Filipino Workers. They brave the heat, [...]