The lure of Bicol is quite irresistible. The traveller's itch in me is reignited. It wasn't dormant...Just hibernating. I jumped at Fely Bernaldez' ( a bosom friend since Sokoto, Nigeria day… Read More

SJS BatchmatesThe lasting impact that amazing SJS  Grand Homecoming fostered in us IS the Sisterhood - a-merry-go-round of ' for your friends are my friends and my friends are your frie… Read More

RUN for a CauseTo run for your own health is good. To run for a noble cause is commendable.  The double benefits make one healthier plus a sense of well-being.The PCIC management called… Read More

We Love YouTime flies. Goodness, spare us the rhetoric. Don't we all FEEL this, fellow Josephinians?But since that unforgettable Grand Homecoming, seems to me time stood still. Or should I s… Read More

Do you know why you sleepso well, Nanay? Is it because youknow you are well-loved and cherished?Just look at your three remainingyounger sisters how they laugh atshared memories, sing your f… Read More

SJNHS '72There was something remarkable about this homecoming. Something like deliberately and painstakingly materializing with love. Yes. With love and care. As if for special people. After… Read More

A World All Our OwnThe euphoria of the highly successful unequalled SJS Alumni Association Homecoming held last April 2015 had not died down. If ever, it even stoked the fire of camaraderie… Read More

...plant thou no roses at my head nor shady cypress trees..                                   … Read More

I really envy the children - and I miss the children of my childhood - bakya-wearing girls, dirt-covered nails, rubber-bands won from pitik-bulag and caught from the mound underneath (with t… Read More

Right! it's September 26, my birthday. This morning, I'm seated beside Mother, 93 years old. Sipping my black coffee; she, her ovaltine. Every minute, she picks a slice of pancake my sister… Read More

Superwoman: MOTHER                             &nb&hell…Read More

The Saint Joseph's School grand alumni homecoming was a REVELATION. Of what? Of what? of something, of someone everybody already knew - a politician? a diplomat? an entertainer? an… Read More

HALLOWEEN, Masks, et al... But what does Halloween remind us of? ...Aside from its commercialism of course. Being a Roman Catholic, I know, rather learnt that All Saints’ Day offici… Read More

The '60's - flower  people - make Love, not War; Peace man, peace; who would forget this era? Hippies andscrapbooks; Beatles, Petula Clark, Everly Brothers, Bee Gees; Amalia vs Susan; S… Read More

VALENTINE’S DAY RECAPThe calendar wouldn't be much fun had it not contained all those big events associated in our lives. Having stated that, those fixed events which ar… Read More

MCST Missionary Cathechist of St. Therese (of the Infant Jesus)Living abroad for more than three decades and seeing the best places brochures of different countries had promised, I was amaze… Read More

Safe Journey, Mr. and Mrs. HammannShe came in February 2006. Soft-spoken but firm and decisive. Fitted like a glove to the varied and busy schedule of the Managing Director of Dantata and Sa… Read More

Mico and RosaWas there any other couple as diverse and well-loved and respected in and out of  Dantata and Sawoe as Mr. Mileta ‘Mico’ and Rosa Ilic? Mico from Montenegro and… Read More

MTA Small Vehicle Supervisor: Mr. Karl-Heinz KlagesAll loses are painful. Wherever and whatever it may be.More so if the loss is within ones circle. Karl-Heinz Klages had been an integral pa… Read More

Were we created in God’s image? Every now and then, when we, frail human beings are besieged with righteousness and the conscience bestowed on us is collectively pricked, we question… Read More

FLOWER TALK only....Have a nice weekend.Lily pads picture taken at the man-made lagoon Lubao Lake, Sablayan Penal Colony taken on 30 Dec. 2011 Read More

This poster caught my attention. Oscar Wilde said, ‘I can resist everything except temptation.’ Homo Sapiens, that is how we are called scientifically, the species of modern hu… Read More

WASH DISHES, ANYONE? As soon as my arms can comfortably reach the sink, I was shown how to wash the dishes with THE STERN warning…’if ever you break a plate or any of these, I… Read More

PHYSICAL (AND SPIRITUAL ) HEALING, ANYONE?I am back from the holidays – and as this was the Christmas Season, well, the inevitable (for me and my cohorts) Resort World and malls malls… Read More

‘LADIES NIGHT’ OUT October 13, 2010. Got an urgent call from MCST Sr. Aurea at 5:50pm. I have to go home right now, dress up and I’ll be picked from there! Tall order. Qu… Read More

It is often said: To err is human; to forgive is divine. I think it is just one of those maxims to be revisited. _________________________________________________________________ It happen… Read More

BIRTH DAYS Big deal! At the age of 11, not so cool anymore. Suddenly it’s a BIG BANG at 18! And who wouldn’t? ALREADY a young adult and treated as such. And on and on and on&hel&hell…Read More

SACRIFICE It is another weekend yet again. And with me is the first book of Marie Corelli written in 1886 – A Romance of Two Worlds. Maybe, I was just ‘skimming through’ m… Read More

A WISE MAN IS NOT NECESSARILY A SMART MAN!!!Keep this in mind the next time you are about to entertain a rumor or spread gossip. In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely laude… Read More

The Bible in a NutshellThrough the eyes of a child: A friend sent this to me this early morning, and I am laughing heartily – my boss is calling me and I am still chuckling!Do children… Read More

JUST A REMINDERA short puff can go a long but fast way down the cliff.A recent health advice shows that lifestyle changes in areas such as smoking, diet, exercise and sun exposure can play a… Read More

SADDEST LOVE STORIES IN MOST UNUSUAL ANGLESMATH tells us three of the saddest love stories:a. tangent lines who had one chance to meet and then parted forever,b. parallel lines who were nev… Read More