In Search of Holy Places
Tomorrow and it’s another long weekend. I have nothing planned except the customary lunch at the park, a drink with friends on Sunday, and some time with the kids. I just calculated how many Saturdays I would have till I breathe my last. 2,456 days (if I live to be 85). And yet I always […]
MoreI do not know why I had to be good Samaritan today. It was almost disastrous. I went to a COMELEC satellite office to register. As I had registration forms filled-up (download here), I did not have to wait in the line that was now a zigzagging serpent devouring time and sanity. I marched up […]
MoreI was at the beach, without Internet for three days. What a delight, a forgotten pleasure, overlooked and tucked aside for the glare of the screen. I had nothing to do except sit on the shore. I had a book, thought up a pretty picture with me leaning against the fallen log, driftwood that was […]
MoreJust the other day, I saw two men (literally) taking shots to woo a couple of ladies in a bar. Realizing it was futile, they decamped and moved to a bubbly group in the next table. A few hours and a little hammered later, they made headway. The hitch: Two men had ensnared only one […]
MoreWe’re planting 350 seeds on October 24, 2009. Here’s the plan. Take one day and wield it to stop the climate from going haywire. October 24, 2009 is the International Day of Climate Action. The goal is, wherever you are on Oct. 24, organize an action using the number 350 as a symbol. Why 350? […]
MoreI honestly had no clue. Except that a few weeks ago Climate Change stared me in the face: 700 dead and Metro Manila turning into Waterworld. A month’s worth of rain in a day escorted by a storm that would not leave. As if Nature is forewarning us: “You’re in deep water.” Climate Change and […]
MoreRead from More Minimal: “We are shopping our planet to death.” Consumerism, and that includes our voracious desire for plasma TV, this laptop computer, that Iphone, and “I cannot keep wearing the same outfit” needs. Think about it, when people recently donated to flood victims, they sent truckloads of clothes. Now tell me, why did […]
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