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From where I sat and from where I stood…
It is almost a month now that my mom has been confined at the hospital. An aggressive bacteria called Pseudomonas aeruginosa caused the pneumonia that gave her the acute respiratory failure status. 2 weeks at the medical intensive care unit … Continue reading
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Self-medicating and hurling at church…
I had to undergo a root canal recently. It was life-changing… But before I was able to sit down at the dentist’s clinic.. I had a harrowing hurling experience caused by the intense pain of the tooth that was giving … Continue reading
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Walking past the hospital corridors….
October 10 I prepare one of my government IDs and surrender it to the guards. They use their camera mounted on top of their flat-screen computer monitor and take a snapshot of my ID and then mark my arm with … Continue reading
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Spartacus
It was very saddening to hear of the passing away of Andy Whitfield. His powerful yet vulnerable portrayal of SPARTACUS was something that was rare to see. When a friend allowed me to watch his whole SPARTACUS SEASON 1, I … Continue reading
SOS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS http://www.firstaero.org/images/Media_Story_Images/Leavitt_Rescue_1979.jpg The universality of this distress signal using the morse code is still very much evident today. While the SOS signal has been replaced by Global Maritime Distress System, the term SOS (which for mnemonics sake have been spelled out … Continue reading
Fragmented golden hearts and death of a young pilot…
They were an elderly couple struggling to serve the Church by providing pastoral care. For 10 years they labored so hard ( this I can attest) as the man would carry the sound equipment to the different halls they rented. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cessna, death of a pilot, death of a young pilot, flying, Omni Aviation, Tian Yu Wong
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When will the violence end?
It can really be too much. Too much that you just want to do something that would change this world a bit. Change it for the better. Make it respect the value of human life. 1. I grieved and am … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Caylee Anthony, death, kidnapping, sexual abuse, violence against women and children
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“it is invisible to the eyes…”
One can only see rightly with the heart; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry. There are times when we look at certain situations and cannot understand what the deal is. It frustrates us. … Continue reading
Closure
Closure. Finality. The way things are carefully stacked in our hearts, memories and thoughts as we strive to put them away. Done out of our desire to remember something in the future – but with less barb and less pain. … Continue reading
Death of a dream…
Driving through the jam-packed Quezon City Memorial Circle today for a 9AM meeting, I was listening to a news radio where the anchors Ted Failon and Pinky Webb were discussing the recent tragic death of Maico Buncio. A very young, … Continue reading