Archive for the ‘Eye-opener’ Category
Thank you all for your prayers! A few weeks after the short post regarding my condition, I’m now back to work with a full smile. In the morning of March 28th, I woke up with a really bad headache. It was quite weird because the headaches that I had were all on both sides. This [...]
I don’t like to admit it. But like many people out there, I often complain or let the pessimist in me take over when things don’t go well. And many times, I come to think that it is OK to do so, until I see other people. I got these photos from a forwarded email [...]
I was 14 years old when I first visited Manila. Having spent my life in a rural area, I first thought it was really an awesome place: tall buildings, wider roads, more cars, and there’s the train! So my family and I got on the LRT and enjoyed the ride until we passed through the [...]
I saw this interesting article from Kerygma Magazine (May 2006 Issue): A Closer Look at the Differences between Men and Women: Grapefruit scent will make middle aged women appear six years younger than men. The perception is not reciprocal and the grapefruit scent on men has no effect on women’s perception. Women blink twice as [...]
“Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder” or “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart“… What happened to these quotes now? Man’s, or should we say mass media’s measure of beauty drove lots of women to plastic surgeries and cause many cases of anorexia. In short, it is [...]
Just couldn’t sleep without fulfilling at least one broken promise… Child labor is a serious issue we have been facing in the Philippines. Despite the meager efforts of the government, children laborers are present almost everywhere, including sugar-cane plantations. The GMA i-witness documentary: Uuwi na si Udong (Udong is going home) reveals the story of [...]
This image was taken from WikipediaI have been watching a lot of i-witness documentaries, one of them was Sisid Barko which was shot in the Babuyan Islands. The place is really awesome… it’s paradise! Aside from its pristine white beaches and clear blue seas, humpback whales abound there. Moreover, there are dozens of sunken shipwrecks [...]
