I just arrived from a book fair sponsored by my company’s foundation (located at one of the lower floors of the building). While browsing through some of the books, I came across a very familiar name which brought back a bad memory.
Begin flashback. I was such a bookworm back in high school. Aside from the [...]
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Remembering My Hero
Just A Thought
As I was sojourning on my way to work this morning, a funny thought popped into my mind. I wonder what will happen if our politicians would actually step down from their sheltered pedestals and out of their comfortable bubbles and be one with us MASAs even for just a day.
Will they be more [...]
National Thank You Day + SERT #3
I saw this billboard near the Quezon Ave. MRT station yesterday and its about the country celebrating a National Thank You Day. The curious george that I was searched and came across the site and read what its all about, as soon as I got in the office.
I’d like to think that aside from [...]
The Filipina Campaign
Filipinas were once stereotyped as maids or domestic helpers, then eventually were tagged as mail-order-brides and overseas nurse/nurse aides. And now, when you search using online engines like Google and Yahoo! (don’t even try searching for images, ugh!), another ugly stereotype comes out- as dates for hire.
Filipinas are more than that and we all know [...]
