Sudden departures are good fodder for deeper thinking. I learned this the hard way when a neighbor’ s father passed away last year in an accident. Mr. Adams was a man of few words. He worked hard for his family for most of their lives, in a job that although provided well for their future [...]
“All for one, one for all!” This is the famous battlecry of the legendary Three Musketeers, a movie I’ve seen as a kid. And when you’re in public service, especially in the defense of the people against crime, this should also be your life’s motto.
As you might have surmised, it was my being an avid [...]
This was my impression when I had my first European language class with Mr. Sabio, an Italian who happens to be an expert in most European languages. The first language that he taught me, naturally, was in Italian. After almost a year of Italian language lessons, conjugations, listening, and speaking practices, Mr. Sabio asked me [...]
Infrastructure has, since time immemorial, always fascinated me. Back in first grade in my little hometown at Canberra, I remember gazing with fondness at the buildings, the houses, the highways, and the bridges, wondering how they were made, wishing I could, someday, be able to put to rise such useful structures as these. My parents [...]
One’s existence can be superficial if you are leading a life with no concrete goal for yourself or for others. Sadly, I meet individuals who say they don’t know the cause of their miseries despite having achieved so much material things but have neglected opportunities to enrich the other parts of themselves by helping others. [...]
My earliest memory of healing is that of an old lady administering a poultice of leaves to a little boy’s forehead on a cold, stormy night. We were then still in the Philippines, and I was watching my grandmother soothe my younger brother as he tossed on our bamboo floor with a fever. I watched [...]