If only dancing were like blogging, it would have been a cinch, a walk in the park… and I’ll come out walking tall, with self-esteem and dignity intact. But alas! Dancing is really very much unlike blogging, were eloquence is expressed by the gyration of the hips, and grace is displayed as the whole body [...]
Tags: dance, dancing, grand alumni homecoming, high school, performance, reunion, strugglng blogger
Back in 2004, my eldest son Ralph Emerson was in his first year in high school. I was still working then. I came home quite late one day, my son told me they will have a classroom presentation the next day… and he was the appointed leader of their group. He asked me to prepare [...]
Tags: adjective, adverb, class presentation, conjunction, creative writing, game show, high school, interjection, noun, parts of speech, play, preposition, pronoun, Ralph, Script, SSC, strongest link, verb
After stumbling on the news about the World War II bombs found on the US Embassy ground, I found another news that is yet again related to World War II. This time, it’s a contest launched by the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Philippine Veterans Bank. The contest is dubbed World War II True Stories contest. [...]
Tags: contest, high school, students, war heroes, war stories, war veterans, world war II
I grew up watching Jacky Chan in training – Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master and seen how he transformed from a weakling into a martial art expert. Each time incorporating his brand of comedic flair that became his trademark. I must say that I enjoyed watching him during his ‘trainings‘ then than [...]
Tags: 1984, Drunken Master, high school, Jacky Chan, Jaden Smith, Karate Kid, kung fu movies, Mr. Miyagi, Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, trainings, Will Smith
