A Curious Lassie

Remembering Uncle

2010-02-16T21:19:00.000+08:00

The past two weeks had been both happy and sad for our whole clan. He went to the big city for his monthly checkup with his cardiologist. He felt chest pains. He was immediately admitted in the hospital and within two weeks he died. He struggled with diabetes for years. This coming April was supposed to be his kidney transplant. A new life. A better life. That is what we all dreamed of. What

Blogger Template and Blogger Background for Dummies

2010-02-03T17:57:00.001+08:00

As if you are not having trouble enough thinking what to blog about then here comes the trouble of choosing a blog design. I know newbies like me like to browse the web for that perfect blog to get inspiration from.Then trouble begins. "Oh, I love this blog's design!" " Oh, I love this one, too and this and this..." Open Google search. Enter "free templates". Click download. Go to your blog's

"How to be Free"

2010-02-01T09:22:00.003+08:00

Sometimes we don't even realize we're being boxed in. We forget how to be free. Until one day the barriers we always thought were there suddenly weren't! I just have to post this. This cures a "robin moment" , don't you think? What a lovely, funny, even heart-warming commercial by LG. I might just buy that TV (SL Series LED LCD TV), too. I hope they have stuffed toy versions of the birds as

We Are What We Believe

2010-01-31T16:03:00.002+08:00

"To believe that the young do not feel deeply, desperately and wondrously is a grievous mistake." Robin Easton We are what we believe and I believe I can sing. Well, not American Idol material (although I'm secretly dreaming I am the next Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood), but I can sing. I never thought I had the voice until one day my grade school teacher called me to sing for her a song. I

"Got Goat?"

2010-01-28T17:24:00.001+08:00

Let's say you are being charged of corruption but thanks to an amnesty deal, you are free to go about your business without any fear of prosecution. Suddenly that amnesty deal is nullified, made ineffective. What do you do? Well, sacrifice a goat of course! Apparently, that is what President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan is doing (at least in the eyes of his critics). Sadaqah, an Islamic term for

Blogging my Way Out of Limbo

2010-01-26T19:36:00.004+08:00

I'm back! I'm sorry to have been gone so long. It's partly because I don't know what to blog about and partly because I don't really know how to blog. So, I have been reading a lot about blogging and I have never been overwhelmed in my life on such a topic! There is blogging for fun, blogging for a cause and to my surprise- blogging for money. I want to learn how to blog in this time where I am

"Education in a Pushcart"

2009-11-20T20:08:00.012+08:00

I have never heard of the CNN Hero of the Year until today. What is the CNN Hero of the Year? Most importantly, who is Efren Peñaflorida? As I read about all the answers to these questions in this article, I am humbled by Efren's work. Truly, he is the change that this world needs to be. Source: YouTube, philstar.com

"I Missed the Leonid Meteor Shower"

2009-11-18T15:57:00.014+08:00

Did anybody see the Leonid Meteor Shower? I'm so busy lately that when I get home I just take my dinner and just sleep early. Oh, I really feel terrible especially when I heard that in Asia it would be like 500 meteors per hour at its peak- which was last November 18, 2009! I remember when I was younger, my sister and I along with my Dad would just stare up the sky and wait for "wishing stars"

"New $399 Notebook from HP"

2009-10-15T16:55:00.007+08:00

There is a new notebook arriving in town on October 22, 2009 called the Compaq CQ61z and it costs only $399! So what are the specifications? HP has not disclosed it all yet but here's what I know so far: Black and silver color combination 15.6-inch display 2 GB RAM 160 GB hard drive DVD drive Windows 7 Operating System 6-cell battery

"A Rescuer's Story about Typhoon Pepeng"

2009-10-14T09:58:00.009+08:00

They call him Mr. Dario. I found out he was one of the rescuers who came to the aid of a pregnant woman on top of the roof of a house in Pangasinan during the fury of typhoon Pepeng (Parma). It was an ordinary day for me but this man's story was extraordinary. I have not fully recovered from the news about typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana). Everywhere I look there's a sad news about the victims- lost

"San Mateo Inmates Survive Typhoon Ondoy"

2009-10-06T16:27:00.003+08:00

I was greatly disturbed by a news I heard from a friend that the inmates at the San Mateo Jail in Rizal were drowned by the flood caused by Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) last September 26, 2009. After searching the internet for some clues, I stumbled upon this article by Amita O. Legaspi. The inmates are all alive thanks to these jail personnels who responded to the inmates' timely rescue. To the

"What's Your Sign?"

2009-10-01T06:26:00.003+08:00

Have you ever read the morning newspaper and browsed through the horoscope page? Are you a Libra? Your horoscope says you will find Mr. Right today! Unfortunately, you are not. Worst, you always seem to get a wrong forecast whenever you read your horoscopes. Well, you just might get your forecasts right this time. How is that? You might not be Libra after all. You could be an Ophiucan. It

"Dear God"

2009-09-07T19:20:00.004+08:00

I wonder how one finds time to pray in this age of seemingly growing fast-paced lifestyle. I am as guilty as some in this aspect. Sometimes I go to bed planning my activities for tomorrow and the next day, barely awake, I plan some more. But people find the time and even go all out. Just ask Alon Nir. Reuters found this Israeli university student who opened a Twitter site hoping that people