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Anghel O Demonyo: Lost in Translation
Dahil po sa Buwan ng Wika ngayong Agosto, gusto ko pong kilitiin ang inyong isip tungkol sa ating wikang Pilipino. Heto po ang isang maikling tula: Ikaw sa aki’y isang anghel, Na hulog ng langit,...
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Masamang Damo At Masayang Kabayo
Sa Pilipinas ay mahigpit na ipinagbabawal ang pag-gamit o pagbebenta ng “damo” o marijuana, kahit na anong anyo nito. Maari kang makulong o magmulta ng milyon-milyong piso kapag ikaw ay nahuli at...
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Not A Yellow Cab
Do you know why we call them red onions when they are really purple? There are many violets that are blue, but we still call them violets, right? All of us know that a green thumb is not really green....
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Chasing Sunrise Revisited
Last week I went off to work before sunrise (photo below), as I have to drive an hour and a half to get to our outreach satellite clinic. This reminds me of an entry I wrote 8 years ago about chasing...
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Slurping Allowed
When my kids were little, we enrolled them to an etiquette class, as my wife and I feel that we cannot rely on ourselves to teach them the proper manners. Where I grew up, eating with your hands and...
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Pinoy Pilgrims and Thanksgiving: A Throwback
Thanksgiving here in the US is a week away. I would like to repost an entry I wrote back in 2010. This was also published in Manila Standard at their Diaspora Section on November 11, 2010. **********...
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Bumibilis Ba Ang Takbo ng Panahon?
Manigong Bagong Taon sa inyong lahat! Parang kailan lang, ang mundo ay nagulumihanan sa pagpasok ng taong 2000 o Y2K. Sabi nila magkakandaloko-loko ang lahat ng mga computer o sistema nito dahil hindi...
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Walang Urong
Ayokong mag-urong. Pero bago kayo humusga na ako’y sobrang tapang dahil ako’y walang urong at puro sulong lang, ay hindi ang uri ng urong na ito ang ibig kong sabihin. Ang urong na hindi ko gusto ay...
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Meryenda ng Tanga
May mga pagkain daw na nagpapatalino, gaya ng mane. Peanut ang ibig kong sabihin at hindi ‘yung ibang iniisip mo. Pero meron din bang pagkain na nakakapagpabobo? (*interestingly, it is marketed as a...
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Sampayan sa Mall
Sa lugar kung saan ako lumaki, doon sa Sampaloc Manila, ay karaniwan lang na tatambad sa iyong paningin ang mga sinampay. Ngunit may mga lugar sa ibang bansa, gaya ng kung saan ako nakatira ngayon, na...
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