LIFELONG LEARNERS
A Birthday Gift St. Pio’s Novena
When I turned seven, My mother made me wear A red terno dress, Continue reading
Girl Asks Pope Francis: “Is There Room in Your Heart?” (A Fictional Interview)
The pope greets a young girl outside the Vatican. Continue reading
The Mother’s Christmas Story
The Mother sat by herself before the fireplace as she waited for her family to come down for mass on Christmas eve. To the side of their fireplace was their Christmas tree. It was an artificial tree which had been in and out of the same box for the past ten years. “Old, but it still looks good,” she told herself. Continue reading
Annie D. Ant: Readers Theater Edition Part 3
Bilfrid Militante was a 12-year old young man. He loved Anime, basketball, and Scouting. He had a Facebook account, just like me. But Bilfrid Militante and I could never, ever become FB friends.
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Part 2 Annie D. Ant: Readers Theater Edition
Climate change is real. It isn’t just an “inconvenient truth” (Guggenheim, 2006) in a documentary film starring former US Vice-President Al Gore. It’s been happening in the Philippines. Furious typhoons and ruthless droughts. Continue reading
Annie D. Ant: Readers Theater Edition Part 1
Is Christmas just a shopping spree? Is it a self-centered annual occasion aimed at collecting as many gifts as possible? What if you are in the midst of a war zone or a natural disaster such as devastating floods or scorching drought? Continue reading
A Gift: Children’s Rosary Learning Journey
How much do you spend to give yourself a birthday party? The birthday party of your loved ones? How much would you spend for the birthday of Mother Mary, the Mother of Christ? What gift would you give her? Continue reading
Kampung Boy and Childhood Paradise
Creative Writing Tutorial 3 for Quincy. Continue reading
Koala Lou: “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not”
Sometime in 1990, I attended a Creative Writing Workshop led by the award-winning Australian author Jackie French at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. Continue reading
Caraga Diary
The Caraga Region or Region XIII is one of the 17 administrative regions of the Philippines. Located in northeast Mindanao, it is composed of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and Dinagat Islands. Continue reading