My Thoughts and Ideas

Money is it really the most important thing in the world? Does it really make the world go round? They say money is the root of all evil. Money is the basic necessity in this world or is it food. Whichever it is you can’t buy food if you don’t have money. Money can [...]

We have different roles that we play in our lives. Just like me, for example. I’m a mom to my lovely daughters, a wife to my husband, a daughter to my father, a sister to my sibling and a friend to my peers. But whatever roles that we play in our lives, each role contributes [...]

My friends will always be my friends for life. It’s just sad to think that I can’t be with them whenever I need them or just even bond with them because of the distance. I’m here in the states with my family and they are there, back in the Philippines , also busy working their [...]

I drink ice-cold water from a coffee mug. I have long abandoned the delights of a hot coffee because no matter what time of day I take a sip, the caffeine keeps me awake all night like a bad conscience. I’ve kept the mug, though, because it’s hefty, it’s comfortable, and it makes me happy. [...]

I happen to see quite a number of Korean tourists in the Philippines when I was there about two years ago. They said they are from South Korea . And now, according to the news, Koreans are no longer tourist in the Philippines . Most of them are already migrating in the Philippines . There [...]

When we speak of leather, nothing really beats the fine hand-made leather that the Argentineans make. Their products are genuinely leather and it is really worth the price. My father used to stress that when I was young. He’s very particular with having the original leather that would last almost a lifetime. I really believe [...]

They say that this new public utility jeepney is the only solution to the current oil crisis that we are experiencing now. Just like our electronic gadgets you can recharge its batteries through electrical outlets or plug. With an 8-hour charging it can run to 120 kilometers a day with at most 40 [...]

All of us have been so close to a temptation that we’ve lost our perspective. It may have involved something as small as a rumor that we knew shouldn’t be passed along, but the urge to gossip blocked out our sense of love and good judgment.
Adam and Eve faced a similar problem. They became so [...]

While my nephew and I were hiking in a state park last summer, we noticed a trail marker that pointed toward something called The Devil’s Soup Bowl. Intrigued, we took off for this geologic formation. As we went, we joked about the kind of soup we might find in the bowl.
When [...]

Breast-feeding may last as long as two years with both my child and me gaining tremendous health benefits. But by six months, my baby takes interest in solid food—she shows actions that she is now ready for the experience by holding her head up, opening her mouth and taking food from a spoon [...]