The Workplace

I normally post on status my Bible reading and a very short reflection on it. But today my reading and reflection was quite interesting for a few comment to jot, this seems to be worth note taking.
Here are the excerpts from Mark 8: 22-26 the story of Jesus healing a blind man in Bethsaida.
…some people [...]

Who was Jenny? Why was he popular? Why was he loved? Why was his life celebrated and his death received an out-pouring sadness from the students and alumni of the two prestigious academic institutions (DLSU and CSB) in the Philippines? Why was he given respect that he has a Facebook Fan Page? What did he [...]

I rode a tricycle this afternoon from my bestfriends’ place to MRT station here in Metro Manila! On the way I remembered that in my last travel to Bangkok I rode a toktok from a, now burned, mall to the hotel where I stayed.
I find a very close similarity between these two mediums of transport [...]

“Parapluie” and “Parasol” are two French words for umbrella: yong una pag ang payong ay ginagamit kung tag-ulan (pluie is for rain), yong pangalawa pag ang payong ginamit kung tag-init (sol is for sun).
Earlier when I went down of our residential building for the day’s errands and responsibilities it was raining. I didn’t bring an [...]

Today’s earthquake tips are what to do during the earthquake:

If you are indoors stay there!
When I was a little boy, I was taught that the safest place indoor during earthquake is under a table, yet lately there was an unofficial report that the best place to be during earthquake is at a receiving room [...]

There has been a lot of fears brought about by successive massive earthquakes around the world: Haiti, Chile, Indonesian, Mexico-West Coast USA, Afghanistan, Spain, China and, just yesterday, in Australia! We are very much anxious about it here in the Philippines because we are in the Ring of Fire region.
The fearful feelings of people are heightened by apocalyptic [...]

Today eventually let me tell you the best carinderia near my place.
This carinderia has no name only “Bulaluhan” – which they serve more than bulalo but all sorts of ‘totoong’ lutong bahay dish. They have seafood, vegetable & the best cooked rice for a carinderia!
What made it exceptional from all the other carinderias I mentioned [...]

Today here are the carinderias that I like but still place as my third and second choice…
Carinderia 3: The food of this store is really lutong bahay. The friendly lady-owner told me that her mom is the one who do the marketing and prepares all the food also, in fact it [...]

Near by my place are several Carinderias with lutong bahay delicacies.  And all of them offers serving price excellent for thrifty clientele.  There was one that I became a regular patron. Here’s why I choose that Carinderia. I will start with the one I least like to the one I like most…
Carinderia 1: This place [...]

This coming Friday is one of the most bloody Fridays of the year in the Philippines. This bloody day, a part of the Lenten Season is planned – infact there is people exodus going on in the major cities to have both religious and grand weekend long vacation to visit families and to see bloody [...]