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‘Man plans, God laughs’
There’s this saying that goes, “Man plans, God laughs.”
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Puto maya and sikwate
“COME Saturday morning/I’m goin’ away with my friend/We’ll Saturday-spend till the end of the day/Just I and my friend/We’ll travel for miles in our Saturday smiles/And then we’ll move on/But we will remember long Saturday’s gone.”
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How to judge properly
WE, of course, have heard Christ telling us: “Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you…” (Mt 7,1-2)
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Bilo-bilo addiction
THERE’S this bilo-bilo which I believe is the best in Cagayan de Oro. Is it safe to say it’s the best in the universe?
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Whispered warnings from a caller on Iran and Trump
I was struck by a caller’s story on a recent radio program discussing the Iran-Israel conflict.
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Chronicles of a caffeinated critic in loafers
THEY say, write what you know.
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Kuwentong Peyups: Happy 117th birthday UP!
THE Oblation statue of the University of the Philippines (UP) depicts a man facing upward with arms outstretched, symbolizing a selfless offering of oneself to his union.
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We always need to purify our intentions
GIVEN our wounded human condition insofar as our spiritual and moral life is concerned, we really need to make the conscious effort to purify our intentions in everything that we do.
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Oust. Ouch.
BEFORE the May 12 mid-term election, banks were running out of 50- and 20-peso bills. Ulan-ulan, anyone?
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Only I knew
POLITICS is here, there, and everywhere in Pinas, and gotta start ‘em young through the Sangguniang Kabataan, the training ground for the future barangay kagawad, future barangay captain, future city councilor, future vice mayor, future mayor, future congressman, etc.
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Independent from what?
WHAT to do on Independence Day? Oh. Take advantage of the non-working holiday by not working at all. Independence from working by reading books the whole day. That’s how a holiday should be spent: staying home, sleeping, eating, reading, the same sked I prefer for weekends.
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Fairy godmothers in barong
THE castings are over, the tarpaulins are gone, and so are the motorcades that block traffic like they were entitled to a police escort from God. But the fairy godmothers in Barong? Their magic lingers — especially in the hearts of those who received their “blessings” just weeks before castings.
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