WITNESS

by Arnold De Villa
January 1, 2013
The clock moves towards 12, the last 2 numbers of our current year, soon to turn 13. Channels surf as we watch the routinary parties from different parts of the city, this country and around the world. Excitement is both offered and fabricated while hedonistic rituals inspired by toxicating substances push through this nocturnal vigilance. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
December 16, 2012
Despite our good intentions – helping others, being kind, listening to other people’s woes, maintaining a friendly chat – there will always be moments when someone crosses our point of saturation, tamper with our equilibrium and ding our patience. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
December 1, 2012
After Thanksgiving, driving around the neighborhood, inflated plastic Turkeys, pumpkins and pilgrims left the front yards of our block while colored lights arrived and glittered trees, bushes and rooftops. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
November 16, 2012
If you know what you knew then or know what you did not know, would you act on that new knowledge or would you behave as if you did not know? In one of the many Thanksgiving parties I attended, despite the jovial atmosphere of friends sharing the fellowship of so many reasons to be thankful. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
November 1, 2012
When metaphors transport the symbolisms of art into a representation of reality, the impact of what we see creates the memories of what we live. CIRCA-Pintig and AFIRE, two organizations that have relentlessly worked for the Filipino Immigrant have opened their house in a way that is so unique from other open houses that I have seen. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
October 16, 2012
Somewhere in Du Page County, friends gather across time and through various generations because they share so many things in common. Culture, profession, birthplace, racial history and culinary propensities are just some of these things that bind them together. I did talk to one of their former Presidents more than a year ago and she told me the stories of how they started and continued from parents to children handed down to their grandchildren. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
October 1, 2012
There are not so many Filipino American organizations that start as an offshoot of an academic pursuit. Something like this should be present in every Suburb and City of Illinois. Chicago has been fortunate that someone pursuing a degree in Medicine and Public Health from the University of Chicago chose to utilize the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship program to meet the health needs of the Filipino senior community. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
September 16, 2012
Until I get tired or when I ran out of themes to pry on, I will try to be faithful to my column’s byline. I will ask questions, talk to people, snoop on websites, or read files on anything that contains any word about Filipinos, Philippines, Filipinas or the like in the State of Illinois. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
September 1, 2012
On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, a former Governor of Massachusetts and a hedge fund investor, Mitt Romney will officially challenge the former Senator from Illinois and incumbent President Barack Obama. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
August 16, 2012
At around this time of the year, each year and ever since I can remember, our country experiences heavy rainfall, envied by those who suffer from the lack of it. It is a blessing that allows for abundance of crops and sea life and other nature’s wealth that make life easy. Continue reading →