Archive for September, 2006

Womb Wars

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

It’s strange how the people who decide to abort are the ones who’ve been allowed their birth.

One will not have the right of choice, if she was not let to live.

I recently heard the statistic that more people were killed through abortions in the US, than through all the wars in the history of time.

A Different Take

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

An American was complaining about the "Filipino sense of time." I didn’t have the defense then. But soon realized I didn’t have to have one.  Countries and peoples have different sets of values. We are all different, and there isn’t anything wrong with that.

78 million tourist spots

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

I rarely tajke a trip outside  Manila when I go home to the Philippines. I go there not to tour but to just be with my family and friends.

Because more beautiful and amazing than any spot in Boracay and Bicol is the kindness of the people who greet you at the airport, restaurants and stores. There’s just a genuine, almost innocent way of dealing that Filipinos manifest in social settings.

Truly, the tourist spots of the Philippines are the Filipinos. And they’re here, there and everywhere.

The Present

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Woody Allen once said, "90% of success is just showing up." For me, more than anything "Your presence is the present."

Because the most important gift of all is just being there.