‘Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick’
“Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”
October 16, 2011
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“Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”
Tonight is the culmination of months of hard work by a whole lot of people working to raise funds for charity. The Red Charity Gala presents the dazzling works of featured designer Michael Cinco, a Dubai-based fashion maven whose works have brought him international renown.
There are: Seven days a week Seven elementary grades Seven is the lucky number Seven is the age of reason Seven (original) planets Seven dwarfs Seven layers of Filipino heaven
All my life I’ve dealt with strong women, starting with my late Nanay, who imposed her will over my bad-boy inclinations, and now with my 2-year-old grandniece Moshi, a mischievous beauty who can command me to play “no pass” anytime.
Blood tests don’t lie. My own, taken after years of showing me normal, if on the high side, for the very first time indicates a capital “H” (for ominously high) beside the count for blood sugar and cholesterol.
I once heard someone say that parenting is not all it is touted to be; that all that hype about becoming a complete person only when one becomes a mother or a father, is just that—hype; and that the thrill of parenting fades soon after Junior’s first colic.
Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day is celebrated every June 30, commemorating the heroic defense of Baler in Quezon Province by a group of Spanish soldiers who refused to believe the war had ended. President Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed them heroes.
There we were—Vic Lactaoen, a fellow writer, and I sniffling because we were crying while watching the film, “There be Dragons,” at the SM Mall of Asia Premiere cinema. Written and directed by Roland Joffe (believed to be an agnostic), the film tells the life of Father Josemaria Escriva (played by British actor Charlie Cox) during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and his escape with members of Opus Dei to Andorra through the Pyrenees mountains which divide Spain and France.
The announcement said it’ll be at the theaters until Oct. 18, but if we were you, we’d dash to the cinema right now to catch the ultra-spectacular 25th anniversary celebration concert of “The Phantom of the Opera,” which was filmed live during its performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall recently, and is now being screened in select theaters worldwide, including some in the metro.
So the wakeboarders have discovered the Philippines, and the surfing scene is alive and stoked. After almost 1,000 dives and 22 years of making bubbles here and abroad, I still believe that, illegal fishing and embattled coral reefs notwithstanding, our country offers some of the best diving on earth.
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