Apr 27 2006
Nothing interesting in my life today so I checked if history would have better luck. Sure enough, I searched “April 27″ on Wikipedia and I found some interesting things that happened today in history, and two of them were in the Philippines.
First, according to this Wikipedia article, today in 1521, the Battle [...]
Apr 24 2006
If I’m Toe, my six, I mean my sis is Six Toes. Why? Because she has six toes on her right foot. You don�t believe me? Behold! (Do not continue if you are queasy or eating something).
No! No! No! My sister does NOT have two right feet! Now, [...]
Apr 24 2006
I know it’s unpatriotic and quite selfish but my spirits dampen whenever the peso appreciates. I’m not an economist but I’m sure the strengthening of the peso is good for our economy and would be beneficial for the poor. But it would not be beneficial for me at all. In fact, I’m terrified [...]
Apr 22 2006
Here are some fun (showbiz) things Pinoys may want to know about Cambodia:
1. The first Philippine ambassador to Phnom Penh is the 50s movie heart throb Rogelio de la Rosa. That was way back in 1965. Rumor has it that he made quite good friends with then King Norodom Sihanouk and even [...]
Apr 20 2006
I have never been a poetry person. Poems are too esoteric for me and I couldn’t seem to understand what they’re about. Somehow, I couldn’t form the images I’m supposed to form in my head with the words of poems. And maybe it’s because I like reading fast and quietly. It has always [...]
Apr 19 2006
Pilipinas miss kita
Dal’wang taon pa
Bago kita makita.
Haha! That’s my pathetic attempt at writing a Filipino haiku – a short lyric poem of Japanese origin employing strict rules of rhyme and meter. Anyway, if you’re any better than me at this, you may want to join the Pinoy Haiku contest sponsored by [...]
Apr 18 2006
Cambodia is indeed a land of contrasts. On one hand, it reached its peak of greatness when the Angkor civilization flourished between the 19th to the 15th century culminating with the construction of the majestic Angkor Wat. Yet on the other hand, it reached its deepest decline between 1975 to 1979 when about [...]
Apr 17 2006
Part 1 2 3 4
Previously, in Limang Dipang Tao:
Limang Dipang Taong nagtutulakan sa Avenidang aking napagdaanan.
Nag-aabang ng masasakyan patungo kung saan di ko malaman.
Sa aking dyipning sinasakyan mayrong natanaw na mama.
Sa dinamiraming nagdaraan ikaw pa ang nakita, may kasamang dalaga.
Para! Mama! Dito na lang! [...]
Apr 16 2006
Staying home with Honey this Easter Sunday and just blog-hopping. Following up on Noemi’s discussion on how laughter is good for the health, here are some funny posts that I’ve found in the blogosphere.
This post by Oneduasan entitled How to Wear Shoe demonstrates (complete with demo pictures) how, well, how to wear shoe. [...]
Apr 15 2006
Toe’s note: I have a written a follow-up on this topic on this page in my blog. I have also started a series on the Realities of the Foreign Service here.
Are you below 36 years old by December 2006 and a college graduate? Are you knowledgeable in the economic, political, and social [...]
"We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. This is how writers must think, this is how we must sit down with pen in hand. We were here; we are human beings; this is how we lived. Let it be known, the earth passed before us. Our details are important. Otherwise, if they are not, we can drop a bomb and it doesn't matter."
Natalie Goldberg in Writing Down the Bones
