Last February, I spent my 77th birthday in the ICU of the Asian Hospital, stricken with attacks of asthma and pneumonia, and worst, exacerbated by my fibrillating heartbeat. I felt like my lungs had frozen like a concrete slab.
MY PATIENCE ran out when typhoon “Reming” (circa 2009) destroyed my rambutan and lanzones orchard in Majayjay, Laguna.
My column last April 21, titled “Writing for my target audience,” dealt with the relevance of content, with the interest of my defined audience, psychographics and all.
When my grandsons are adults, their lifestyle will be vastly different from mine and that of my own father. But I’m also sure that they can’t resist the pull of their ancestors’ memory.
Every week, my challenge is to find a theme that my target audience can relate to. I go for the high involvement of my readers when they read my column. I choose themes with a sense of originality.
There’s a new gal in the tech-savvy executive suites in California who’s pitching for the old hackneyed game of feminism. She is Facebook’s boss, Sheryl Sandberg, and she wants to change the balance of management in the corporate world.
When she grew old, my late Inay Aurea was fond of telling stories about her life when she was growing up in our hometown. It’s her way of transmitting our family’s history. Her stories were full of fun. Now that I’m in my senior years, I’ve got my own to tell. I picked the best ones.
POVERTY IS the worst and biggest curse of humanity today. Widespread. Systemic. Unsolved. Malignant. It is more evil than war.
A protestant who entered a Catholic church for the first time had the shock of his life when he saw the huge cross with the life-size body of Christ hanging—dead, bloody, hands and feet nailed on the cross.
When I was young, I was fond of daydreaming. It gave me many hours of pleasure. I usually daydreamed of scenic places that looked like paintings.
Knowledgeable, concerned constituents in the tens of thousands, including me, condemn the existence of dynastic politicians. We deplore them when their wives, children and grandchildren run for elections to perpetuate dynastic rule.
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