You love books.  And isn’t it just perfect that they are readily available anywhere now more than ever? I myself was a voracious reader when I was a kid.  Moving from mom’s Mills & Boon to the thicker, more seductive books, all hand-me-downs from I don’t know where (or did mom buy…?).  I was hooked. [...]

I love seminars.  Don’t you? And it’s not just because of the insider information that you get from it, but the people that you meet and re-meet who may just clinch the next deal for you. Really, you don’t know what you’ll get in those – sometimes it is the education (which is the reason [...]

Many want to go this route – using the pipes to have a go at their wildest dreams. And some have seen their wildest dream come true too, if the batting average of American Idol – or other singing contests – are anything to go by. Before my memory goes to oblivion, let me share [...]

http://bubble-cast.com Two years ago, many people witnessed on television a family of 5 sitting on top of a floating roof. A wave came, and only one family member remained.  But it was not a film or a teleserye everyone was watching, but real life, and Ondoy (Ketsana). It was then that everyone realized that during [...]

Hubby likes men’s magazines and comic books and art books and Sun Tzu.  And that is perhaps the entire repertoire of stuff that he reads. So it was a surprise to me when he picked up my book -Able, one of the books sent to me for review (one of the more wonderful perks of [...]

  My alma mater called and requested that I give an inspirational speech during the graduation rites of its Grade School Department. Odd. A week before, I made a self-assessment and determined I wanted more training / experience in public speaking.  Hmmm…  What can I say?  The universe will conspire to get you what you [...]

Sun Moon You can read the first part here. A friend told me about Sun and Moon Home for Children.  This is its story: After its successful opening in London, “Miss Saigon” went on to open in other major cities in the world.  Every year since then, Claude-Michel Schonberg became a familiar face in Manila, [...]

  Going to orphanages, or the home for the aged, or seeking out the poor and the downtrodden – to reach out, to help – it is not something one thinks about on a day to day basis. But they – the abandoned, the old and forgotten, the poor, the downtrodden – their existence is [...]