Happy New Year! It is 2012! What are our expectations? About the state of the nation, the survey says that the general outlook is positive. In fact, one paper states that optimism for 2012 is at its highest level. God willing, it will be good!
My introduction to mythical dragons was the image of Archangel Michael hacking at a dragon which catapults into eternal fire. Eventually, it becomes the iconic label of a gin bottle. Michael with the vanquished devil is also the figure on an anting-anting medal selling in Quiapo. It is supposed to bestow courage on its wearer.
We’ve had conversations with our parents and grandparents wishing to try out new gadgets du jour, but they often end up giving up on them, calling it too difficult, reverting to their old, trusty low-tech phones/computers.
In Cagayan de Oro City, the Christmas season usually begins with the unfolding of the Christmas Village at VIP Hotel right smack in the main business and leisure district of Divisoria.
A Feng Shui consultant and expert on Chinese charms warned Saturday that the Year of the Water Dragon might usher in a turbulent period for the government, with the last half of 2011 wrought with accusations of and retribution for wide-spread corruption.
Poetry, like a toothache, was a pain in school. Like Fr. Steinbugler, S.J. handing out Ds in third year high to us who failed to compose a poem modeled, measure for measure, on Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind.”
I got my best counsel from friends who are fantastic individuals. They dished them out to me as ego boosters, banishing instantly my insecurities and skepticism.
It must be in the water, my father would mutter to himself, each time another domestic affair broke out in the open in my parents’ house. The servants seemed given to bouts of romance, coupling in lust or falling in true and genuine love, making marriages which outlasted their usefulness around the house.
Comes another year, and I’m neither complaining nor bragging, just feeling strangely uneasy realizing I’m older than my president, as well as nearly all other presidents.
Filipino food may finally be getting its due attention stateside.
The Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu celebrated its first anniversary with one of the grandest parties of the season. The occasion also served to celebrate Christmas. Quite a crowd had gathered at the spacious lobby by 6 p.m.
