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
It used to be just but a dream… a wishful thinking… something that I never really thought would happen… not by a long-shot! But fate knows better. And what was but a dream became real… and I was able to see it… to be it. I was able to live my dream. I had my [...]
Tags: Angeles City, Art at the Park, book launching, Museo Ning Angeles, reflection, Roy
“What’s your field of discipline?” I was asked by the girl at the registration, and I reluctantly replied, “Writing?” She looked at me like I didn’t make sense at all, paused for a while, and finally wrote “Literary” under my name on the nameplate. It was the first ever gathering of Kapampangan artists held on [...]
Tags: ACTO, Angeles City, discipline, Kapampangan artists, Music, Pampanga Artists Guild, theater
Last year, I wrote about the FGNHS Choir, where my son is a member, and how they won first place in an inter-school chorale competition. A year after, here I am writing about them again, and for the VERY SAME REASON! Yes, the FGNHS Choir are Champions once more! Held in the same venue, Robinson’s [...]
Tags: Angeles City, champion, Choir, Choral competition, Christmas songs, Edga Allan, FGNHS, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, holiday, mall, Robinson's Place, SPA, Special Program for the Arts, What Child Is This?, winner
FGNHS stands for the Francisco G. Nepomuceno High School, a public high school located in Pandan, Angeles City where my son is in his third year under the SPA section (Special Program for the Arts) So, what’s so special about the FGNHS Choir anyway? Well, aside from my son, Edgar Allan being a member of [...]
Tags: champion, Choir, Chorale competition, Edgar Allan, FGNHS, Himig Pasko, Pandan, Pasko sa Clark, Robinson's Place - Angeles City, SPA
Last month, I joined the whole nation in its campaign to help Efren Peñaflorida win in the search for the CNN Hero of Year. This time, I join the whole nation in celebrating because Efren won the CNN Hero of Year award! In a headline entitled “Pushcart educator named CNN Hero of the Year,” the [...]
Tags: 2009 Hero of the Year, CNN, CNN Hero of the Year, Dynamic Teen Company, Efren Peñaflorida, Filipino, Kariton Klassroom, Philippines, Pinoy, Pushcart Educator, YouTube
The Philippines was included in the National Geographic’s list of “25 Best New Travel Destination in the World in 2010,” and it cited the country’s ancient cultures, structures and biodiversity as main reasons to visit the Philippines. The magazine, in its November 2009 Adventure issue, said that the Philippines has “as many islands as the [...]
Tags: 25 best new travel adventure, ancient culture, Coral Triangle, Filipino, ifugao, National Geographic, Philippines, Pinoy, rice terraces, tourism, tourist destination, Wilderness Travel
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 [...]
Tags: bloggers all over the world, fulfillment of a dream, Inspirational Book, inspiring stories, Roy, support, The Struggling Blogger
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 [...]
Tags: CNN, Dynamic Teen Company, Efren Peñaflorida, Filipino, Global, Hero of the Year, heroes, Kariton, online voting, Philippines, Pinoy, Raymundo Gonzalo, Top 10 Heroes of the Year
Architect Gonzalo “Jun” Raymundo, 55, based in Quezon City saw the announcement of a design competition on the web. Seeing that it was easy to join and there were no fees to pay, he came up with a design and joined. Now, this Filipino architect is one of the top 10 finalists in prestigious Guggenheim [...]
Tags: Architect Raymundo Gonzalo, Bamboo Shelter, Filipino, Filipino Architect, Guggenheim Art Shelter Design Competition, Philipines, Support for Filipino Architect
