Every once in a while, I would receive an email from friends that they too, would embark on that great adventure 'moving to a foreign country for good' that I took nearly four years ago. They would often ask me for advice: What should they bring to their new home?
Punch Lines: Caught in a tug-o-war
My son and I were watching a Filipino movie one night. Not understanding any words spoken, he asked me why the little girl was crying, clutching her father's arm. I was dumbfounded, not being able to give him a quick answer for the first time.
Over a Cup of Tea: Ang buhay 2
Isa pang madramang kuwento o pangyayari na naging bahagi ng
aking buhay noong panahon ng aking kabataan: Her name
is Pochie. She's not so beautiful but she's got the looks. Our special
friendship started when we're fourth year high school students. Then, we
called ourselves bestfriends. Our house was just a "stone's throw" from
theirs. We usually went to school together just as together we went home
after class.
Hey, weyt a minit: What is life all about?
A
recent family crisis has brought me into thinking if I have really learned
a lot about life. What is life all about? Faced with a blow after blow as
we get the bad news from our family and friends back in Manila, I felt so
bad. Then, on 26 August, I got a text from my sister that my favourite
cousin succumbed to breast cancer. She was just 49 and she was a mother to
a daughter whom she loved to bits.
Mind, Body & Spirit: Ills of our society - the Top Ten
The
1999 Health Statistics showed that more than 28,000 die in NZ each year,
the number of males at 50.4% being just slightly higher than females. The
No. 1 killer group of diseases is the heart diseases, including
cerebrovascular accident (stroke), accounting for more than 30% of the
mortality, and it looks like women are less adept than men in managing
affairs of the hearts.
Youth Corner: Talking the talk?
Have you ever met someone
who seemed so nice, but who influenced others in a bad way? Have you
ever trusted some salesperson who came knocking on your door, selling a
product which seemed to be 'too good to be true'? Have you ever been
deceived by demonstration which promised some guarantee? Have you ever
listened to a person testifying about their religion, but afterwards
witness how they live a wicked life?