How time flies

Quo vadis, Pinoy?

We got this letter that has been circulating on the internet, and posting it on Independence Day is definitely very apt.
It was written by a certain Juan dela Cruz, obviously a pseudonym, who seems to challenge all of us, Filipinos, to reflect on the current situation the Philippines has found itself in.

Tuition blues

Fresh graduates of the Holy Family School, with Joseph Benjamin Parungo (right), modeling for this post

Schoolyear 2008-2009 officially opened yesterday. And for sure, many of us are among those who have been affected by the spiraling cost of college education in the Philippines.
Consider yourself lucky if you can still manage to send your children [...]

7 types of friendship

For our upcoming class reunion, we thought of having this as our theme: “Celebrating 30 years of friendship.” But how do we define friendship? We just found an interesting article about this topic and we thought of sharing it with all of you.
And by the way, we are now busy conceptualizing the reunion program. Any [...]

‘Pisay’ in Amsterdam

Have you seen “Pisay”? I was supposed to watch it last week in a theater here in Amsterdam, but failed to do so because of a two-day company meeting I had to attend. Tough luck! Anyway, try watching it. I heard we all can relate to this film, which documents the [...]

Brave Belinda

Thousands upon thousands of students are graduating this year. And it is customary for media outlets to churn out graduation stories that are really of interest in this country that puts so high a premium on education. We are sharing with you this moving story we just read in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Poor, brave Belinda [...]