Category Archives: Philippines

Catch That Story…part two

Part two of the story: He was 2nd born of 5, in their family. His older sister, by 3 years was already working as a teacher in Daet. Due to the scarcity of teachers, even graduates of high schools were recruited. His father had a good means of livelihood, being an administrator/secretary in the local…

Catch That Story…

“I almost lost this story. Good thing, I caught it in time, even if partially.” This particular story is about the young love episode that occurred from 1929 to 1931 in the Philippines between two people in their late teens. After a short courtship and whirlwind romance, they married quite so young that one is…

Reminiscing part of my younger life..

I have always believed that affection, particularly love, must be given every day, even in the simplest gesture. This may be love for our family, for our friends. It doesn’t always have to be romantic love.

Visiting Tacloban City

December 19th to 21st was my scheduled trip to Tacloban City, considered the highly urbanized place in the Visayas region and quite historical too as the Leyte Landing Memorial of Gen. Douglas McArthur, one of the most important persons in our history.

My MRT ride..

Living in Kuwait for the past several years made me get used to its transport system and wide roads. Shuttling from one place to another comes like a breeze because the bus is not crowded at all and upon looking at the window, the open spaces refresh my tired eyes which is unlike the MRT.

Small is Big at the Ka-Entrep Seminar

Part of my busy homecoming schedule was spent attending informative and helpful seminars like the Consultative Forum for Micro & Small Entrepreneurs hosted by Ka-Entrep, which is a membership-based organization of micro, small and starting entrepreneurs. Empowering the small Filipino business person is their objective. The seminar was held last December 14, 2012 at Senden…

Feast of the Santo Nino in Kuwait

Just like in the Philippines, the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia which houses the Holy Family Cathedral Parish celebrates the Feast of Santo Nino here in the State of Kuwait. With over 160,000 Filipinos in this place, the show of support for the festivities was remarkable. The faithful and devotees of Santo Nino gathered altogether…

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