Flowers From the Rubble

“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” TS Eliot

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Poor Choices?

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"Oh no! It costs 2.50 per text. Only people with cash will be able to vote." If there is one thing that adherents both for an...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Road Trip: Naga City, Bicol

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Image by rodrobles™ via Flickr I thought that my recently concluded road trip to Naga City, Bicol, would be a test of endurance. Instead, ...
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Adventures in Gastroenteritis

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It's that time of the summer once again. One minute, the kids are healthy. The next, they're not. Lucia was hospitalized for gast...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Azkals: World-Class Football!

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Courtesy of  Fritz Gerald Dalida Photography The Azkals play world-class football. Does this mean that our players possess the vision ...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Binibing Paniqui 2011: Keeping Love Real

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Image by ~MVI~ via Flickr The city of Paniqui, Tarlac is beautiful in a way that only provincial cities are beautiful. Everything is but a...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Bad Writing? Good Parenting!

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Image via Wikipedia Sometimes, the worst writing conceals the best of intentions. I learned this from  Gene Weingarten's heartwarming ar...
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Monday, March 07, 2011

Snarky Reviews on a Beautiful Monday

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Image by Getty Images via @daylife Imagine this on your pants. Still cute? Allow me to start the week on a light note by presenting the ...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Bannister Academy is Giving Away Scholarships for SY 2011-2012

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At Bannister Academy , we’ve realized that education isn’t just about students learning from teachers. It’s also about teachers learning f...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Alternatives to RH: Keep Love Real

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The proposed RH Bill isn't only a flawed piece of legislation. It is also the single, most divisive proposed bit of legislation in Phi...
Monday, February 07, 2011

Movies that Move: Inception

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Image by Profound Whatever via Flickr Ten years ago, I watched Christopher Nolan's Inception. It was intellectually demanding. It was...
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John-D Borra
Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
"Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an innocent interlude, a tender and fugitive frame of mind; praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul. Pessimism is at best an emotional half-holiday; joy is the uproarious labour by which all things live...Christianity satisfies suddenly and perfectly man's ancestral instinct for being the right way up; satisfies it supremely in this; that by its creed joy becomes something gigantic and sadness something special and small." I celebrate life. Do you?
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