I wept as I watched Supertyphoon âYolandaâ destroy lives and homes in Tacloban with end-of-the-world fury. Millions of others, too, watched in tears. Hope and help were also blown away by the storm.
In 1968, Mr. John Gokongwei, 45 years younger and not yet a top Asian taipan but already a bullish food and beverage entrepreneur, made me feel 10-feet tall, without him even knowing it.