The question might stump most of us for whom teaching has become a non-career, as overworked and underpaid professionals in this field quickly junk their degrees for domestic work abroad to earn more decent wages.
Some time in the late ’70s, while on an office junket to Zamboanga City, I purchased a shoe box-sized Panasonic radio cassette player—a “ghetto blaster”—from the barter trade market. It wasn’t for me, but was on a friend’s shopping list.
I felt the earth move. “Are we on a ship?” I joked, fascinated in spite of needing to find my bearings. Then I looked out the glass walls and saw the Metro’s skyline and stars. “Is this the Love Boat?”
Excerpts from Noreen Capili’s “Parang Kayo Pero Hindi”: “Parang Kayo Pero Hindi”
Everything becomes a story for Noreen Capili. Everything. The thirtysomething writer has lived an eventful life that’s been transmuted into funny, insightful stories—and that’s just as Noringai, the nom de plume she uses in her popular blog and best-selling collection of essays, “Parang Kayo Pero Hindi.”
A generation ago, back in the early 1970s, he was known as the “Kilabot ng Kolehiyala” (scourge of coeds) because his singing seemed to have that uncanny power to turn demure young women from exclusive schools into a pack of shrieking banshees. The coeds swooned over him and filled up the cavernous Folk Arts Theater during his concerts, making Hajji Alejandro a certified campus heartthrob.
The minimum objective, according to quake engineer Dr. Benny Pacheco, is to prevent damage to, or the collapse of, brittle structures during an earthquake and its aftershocks.
His fascination with earthquakes started during his teenage years, and may have been spurred by the challenging question that his professor in structural engineering had once asked: “Can you design buildings for earthquakes?”
Just like in life, there are two kinds of people when it comes to love: the haves and the have nots. If you are celebrating Valentine’s Day with someone you love, then good for you. Chances are you probably won’t need these apps because you’ll be too busy making goo-goo eyes at your significant other, while your hands are reserved for hand-holding, not for smartphone-holding. Still, we’ve added some apps that may help you make Valentine’s Day extra sappy.
Reporting unscrupulous cab drivers can now be done easily, online or through your mobile phone.
