When does one conform to what the norms dictate? And when does he need to stand up for what he believes in?
John Keating, the character played by Robin Williams in the movie Dead Poets Society, teaches his students in an unorthodox manner. Inspiring them to go after what their heart desire, even if it is [...]
Tags: achieve, aspire, carpe diem, Dead Poets Society, dream, fight, inspiration, Movie, Robin Williams, Roy, seize the day, unorthodox
“What you talkin’ to, Willis?”
Those were the words I always rememberd when I was still young and watching Diff’rent Strokes on TV. I can say that it was in fact Gary Coleman, a.k.a Arnold, who was my first great influence on one-liners and smart-alecky quips.
Because I can still remember that, aside from the cartoons and [...]
Tags: Arnold, best comedy, Diff'rent Strokes, Gary Coleman, TV show, TV sitcom
In this rather late post, I would like to enumerate some of the blogging events in 2010 that I have been a part of, or at least have heard about, last year. I said late because I already made a post on the two of them.
Anyway, these are some of the blogging events that I [...]
Tags: blogging event, blogging summit, blogging workshop, emerging influential blog, iblog6, Influential Blogger, Janette Toral, Kabalen, Kapampangan, Pampanga, PBA, Philippine Blog Awards, Philippines, SM City, top 10, UP Diliman, WordCamp, Worders
Whoever photoshopped the picture above is a genius!
I first saw it on Facebook, and afterwards on many internet sites. It depicts Manny Pacquiao as a one-man-demolition team, leaving fallen bodies – boxer’s bodies, wherever he passed.
Eric Morales, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Marco Antonio Barrera and even the great Oscar “Golden Boy” Dela Hoya, were just [...]
Tags: boxing, boxing greats, chicken, Eric Morales, Filipino, hero, Joshua Clottey, Manny Pacquiao, Oscar dela Hoya, Philippines, pound-for-pound king
With everything that is happening around us – Haiti, Chile and the onslaught of Ondoy and Pepeng last year in the Philippines, it is not really impossible to think that Mother Nature is getting back at us.
Indeed we have done so much damaged to our planet, and now those actions have caused the Earth to [...]
Tags: calamity, Chile, Earth, Earth Song, Haiti, Michael Jackson, Mother Nature, music video, Ondoy, Pepeng, Save the planet
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 CNN website [...]
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
I’m sure that by now you know that Manny Pacquiao has won against (now former welterweight champion) Miguel Cotto by technical knock out before the end of the 12th round.
The victory has won for Pacquiao his seventh world title in as many weight division, a feat that no boxer in history has achieved before him. [...]
Tags: Chavo Guerrero, Erik Morales, Filipino, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Monday Night Raw, Oscar dela Hoya, Philippines, pound-for-pound king, Ricky Hatton, wrestling, WWE
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 where [...]
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
Today is the 26th death anniversary of Ninoy Aquino, the man who fought against Ferdinand Marcos… whose death was responsible for bringing back democracy in the Philippines.
But do we really know him?
Senator Nene Pimentel remembers him as a man of destiny and hero of the people.
The youth of today, unfortunately doesn’t know much about him, [...]
Tags: August 21, Benigno Aquino, Filipino, hero, Kapampangan, Ninoy Aquino, Philippines
The APO Hiking Society and nd various artists sing “Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo,” an EDSA song, after Cory’s funeral mass on August 5, 2009.
Tags: APO Hiking Society, August 5, Cory Aquino, Cory's funeral, Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo
