My wife and I have never travelled together locally or abroad in our five years of marriage. That’s why come 2010 and in the coming years, we are excited to plan ahead on our future travel itineraries considering that local airlines have brought down airfares both locally and internationally to make it affordable for people [...]
Dec
14
2009
14
2009
Dec
5
2009
5
2009
Just For Laughs
Laughter is a good medicine, they say.
I was browsing through our December 2009 Reader’s Digest subscription the other night when my eye was caught on the Laughs! page.
Here’s a portion of the Laughs! page…This can give you some few seconds of laughs. Enjoy!
In cyberspace, they make fun of companies that keep you on hold forever. [...]
Oct
7
2009
7
2009
Binondo And Its Glory Days
As a young boy, when my mother would bring me to my grandparent’s house in Magdalena (now G. Masangkay Street) in Binondo, I was fascinated by the calesas (horse-drawn carriage) that proliferated the busy streets of Binondo.
The music, of Chinese background and a rather slow Oriental beat, greets us each time we pass over the small [...]
Sep
10
2009
10
2009
Binondo: A Trip Down The Memory Lane
Growing up and then living in Metro Manila for the past 33 years, I have grown to appreciate my Chinese roots.
Though I used to dislike studying Chinese subjects, literature, history and basic phonetics starting at age five, I slowly began to realize how important it is to have a good grasp of the Chinese language.
Since [...]
Sep
5
2009
5
2009
History “Today”: The Munich Massacre
September 5, 1972. On this day, the Summer Games in Munich, West Germany was best remembered not for the world-class athletes who dominated the various field of sports, rather, by the terrorists called Black September who killed 11 athletes and coaches from the Israeli Olympic team.
Sneaking in at the athlete’s village, five of the Palestinian [...]