Monthly Archives: September 2008
Personal connections
The honking of the garbage collector truck early this morning startled me. I forgot to put the trash in one black trash bag, so I quickly got up like a mummy from her tomb and ran downstairs to get the trash. I don’t know whether they would be collecting the bio or non-biodegradable today, and [...]
Bluer than Blue: the UAAP Season 71 Championship
UAAP Season 71 Championship, Sept. 25, 2008 For a moment there, I thought LaSalle would pull through. But when the shots mattered most, they didn’t come. Then two of the most important players in the LaSalle bench, team Captain JV Casio and Rico Maierhofer (who allegedly gave Rabeh the dirty finger) were fouled out on [...]
the epic rivalry is on again: Green and Proud
As I write, Ateneo leads 9 points and I am almost sure they will win Game 1 of the UAAP Finals. Before I finish this blog, I would have already screamed with every power my lung can give and still wonder why the heck J.V Casio isn’t his usual self and why they aren’t shooting [...]
Departure
There is a time for departure even when there is no certain place to go. There’s a line from Sarah McLachlan that goes, “I have the sense to recognize that I don’t know how to let you go.” And I feel that way with you now. What is letting go? I’ve heard about it from [...]
Special Olympics MedFest
The Special Olympics MedFest 2008 just concluded last Friday. Praise God we had about 2300 registrants all in all! It exceeded my expectations in numbers, and i am so, so thankful for the wonderful and very able volunteers we had (registration, marshals, doctors) who gave their time and energy freely to this cause. Special kids [...]
To do likewise
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go back in time and do things differently. My life is full of scenarios of what-ifs and could-have-beens, and with them come regrets sometimes. I think about choices I’ve made and having to live with those choices everyday. I think about losses: lost love and lost [...]
Real men
The world needs more real men –men with convictions, men who will stand by their words, who will count the cost when sacrifices are to be made. I want a man who has a higher purpose in life than simply ‘playing around’. I’m certain he is out there, doing something great and heroic for this [...]
Gaya ng Dati
Dati-rati Laman ng puso mo ay ang pangalan Ko Lagi Ako sa isip mo Dati-rati Inaawitan pa lagi ay may ngiti Mga mata’y nagniningning Ngunit ngayon nagbago ka Nasan na ang init ng pagsinta Pangako mo’y hindi magwawakas Di ba’t noon Samyo ng bulaklak at ihip ng hangin ay kapansin-pansin Di ba’t noon takbo ng [...]
Weighing scale
I wish we could all go back to being kids every time we have to be an adult over something. Like handling questions. Kids can always get away with irresponsible answers like “eh kasi sabi niya eh” or “hindi ko po alam” and people will not take it against them. They can get away with [...]
McDo, Pacquiao and bulging stomachs
Today, at around 5 in the afternoon, I tried calling 8Mcdo, to no avail. The phone just kept ringing and ringing and nobody was answering. I called around 10 times to make sure it’s not only happening to that particular call. I called PLDT 187 to inquire about other McDo delivery numbers because the 8Mcdo [...]
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