And thank God I managed to pull through! I am referring to our Christmas party – a party with four attendees including me as the emcee. It was our traditional family Christmas party which my three kids and I hold every Christmas Eve. We are now on our third year of doing this family tradition. [...]
Tags: Christmas eve, Christmas Party, Dela Cruz Family, family, family christmas party, games, Noche Buena, parlor games, Pinoy Henyo, tradition
Feeling under the weather for a couple of days, I was literally dragging my feet just to move on. Searching deep within for something to lift me up, but my search produces nil result… so the dragging continued. I was not really expecting that the “lift-upper” could come from an unlikely place… from someone I [...]
Tags: Dreams do come true, feel-good, guest speaker, inspiration, inspire, motivation, Roy dela Cruz, SM Clark, UN Day parade, writer, writing
Honestly, I think my life is just as ordinary as any Juan dela Cruz out there. There is nothing extra-ordinary in it. True, I have struggles. I’ve won some, lost most of them, and there are many times I can’t even make heads or tails. But that’s just how it is — life. And all [...]
Tags: blog, Channel 5, drama, Gelli, Letters To Mama, My life, Real Confession, Roy, television, TV 5, TV show, TV5, Wendell
Sharing another story I received from my email… though it seems to be humorous, it’s actually something worth thinking about Who is smarter? A scientist and an artist were traveling in the same compartment on a train. They had never met before, so naturally there wasn’t much conversation between the two. The artist was minding [...]
Tags: contest, email posts, humor, intellect, smart
It was far from perfect, I know. But my first talk just went fine, nonetheless. I goofed up on a few lines, but I do hope I was able to inspire young people to write. It was my first, though I offer no excuses. It was a golden opportunity to make a difference… I just [...]
Tags: Combined Hearts High School Edition, guest speaker, poem, reflection, Roy dela Cruz, SM Clark, speech, Winners, writer, writing
In less than a week, I will be having my first talk as a writer. Yup, you read that right… I will be talking in front of many people, in a public place, about writing. The date: August 26, 2011 The time: 6:00 p.m. The place: SM City, Clark The event: Awarding of winners of [...]
Tags: Angeles City, guest speaker, Light Crystal Publishing, Roy dela Cruz, short story writing contest, SM Clark, The Struggling Blogger, writing
Having no internet access at home, I rummage through my hard disk to see if it needs some trimming and cleaning up as well to find something interesting. And I found this old file which I received in my email four or five years ago, with the title Doctor’s Advice. Of course, if you read [...]
Tags: Doctor's Advice, email file, fun, Health Q & A, just having fun
Yes, I still get to be online from time to time. Although not as frequent as I used to do, and not as long. Thanks to Internet café’s, I find means to go online, albeit with a limited time. With a limited time, however, there are lots of changes in my internet behavior. The most [...]
Tags: Blogging, Facebook, Internet time, online opportunities, prioritize, priority, Roy dela Cruz, social media, social network
As if the high cost of tuition fees are not enough, in which our government can’t, or won’t, do anything about, private colleges and universities still has to cunningly find some ways to milk parents and make education even more commercialized. Being a parent who sends kids to school, this commercialized education is really hurting [...]
Tags: CHED, DepEd, Education, educational tour, high tuition fees, Philippines, private schools, private universities
Either we’re just too curious or we’re not really paying attention. Facebook was not created yesterday… and so were those malicious links and applications that always appear in your news feed. I can’t believe people are still clicking on those links! No matter who, or how many people post a warning not to click those [...]
Tags: Facebook, Facebook applications, Facebook malware, Facebook scam, Facebook spam, social media
