The Struggling Blogger

If I write, will you read? If I beg, will you feed?

Archive for October, 2009

Angel in the winners’ circle!

Yes! You can indeed say that I am one proud father, seeing my daughter’s Cinderella story in the same list as Zorlone, Justin and Jennifer. Her story was picked as one of the winners in WOOF Writing Contest for October 23, 2009! Angel is in the winners’ circle along with these great writers! In my [...]

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My daughter, a writer

Call me a stage father, but I just have to brag about it. My daughter Angel is also I writer. I guess I’ve already said that I couple of times in my blogs. This time she was asked to write a script for a story, and she was given a theme even! She was required [...]

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Changes for Christmas

This coming Christmas, there will be a lot of changes… but all for the better. For one – my attitude about it. Last year, I wasn’t really receptive about it although we celebrated it for the sake of the kids. This year, we will celebrate it still, but I’ll make sure that I will have [...]

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Frustrated writer no more

I once met a writer from a magazine during a product launch in my previous employment. Chatting with her, I said I am frustrated writer. I wished to write when I was younger. She replied, “There’s no such thing as a frustrated writer,” and she added, “perhaps, the only frustrated writer is one who has [...]

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Vanity and being a single parent

Assuming the dual role of both parents since I became a single father, it is not surprising that I would lean more on the ‘masculine’ side of things and sometimes dismiss about the ‘feminine’ side, which is what most mothers’ priorities are. Cooking food was fine, and so was doing the laundry. But it has [...]

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Filipino Efren Peñaflorida vie for CNN Hero of the Year

He was featured last March as a modern-day hero by CNN because of his simple act of teaching poor children how to read and write. His trademark ‘kariton‘ (push cart) always goes with him wherever he goes on a mission. That recognition has brought Efren Peñaflorida to the Top 10 CNN Heroes of the Year [...]

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