Monthly Archives: December 2011
Sam gives up big Manila projects, eyes Hollywood
December 1, 2011
Do you know that Filipino American actor and singer Sam Milby has rejected big offers in Manila and is trying to pursue his dream to be a Hollywood star? Continue reading
Jolina Magdangal marries Mark Escueta twice in Tagaytay City
December 1, 2011
Singer, actress and television host Jolina Magdangal has married his musician boyfriend Mark Escueta.
And respected entertainment editor and television host Ricky Lo reported that the couple even married twice – first in a private affair on November 19 and two days later on November 21 at the scenic Splendido in Tagaygay City. Continue reading
Matthew McFarlin Six Year Old Black Belt
December 1, 2011
At promptly 4:45 every Monday and Wednesday afternoon, Matthew McFarlin strides confidently through the huge gymnasium of Canton’s Lifetime Fitness Center. His destination: The Choi Kwang Do dojang (classroom). Classes start at 5:00 p.m. Continue reading
Let’s Stop “Killing” Our Children
by Rodel Rodis
December 1, 2011
Autopsy findings on “healthy” children, as young as four and five, who were victims of accidents, already showed evidences of arteriosclerosis (hardening of their arteries), a condition we expect to see only in adults. There must be something we, parents, and society are doing wrong. Continue reading
Pestibal ng Pelikulang Fil-Am sa Chicago
by Fermin Salvador.
December 1, 2011
Dalawang pelikula ang napanood ko sa idinaos na 2011 Fil-Am Film Festival sa Portage Theater sa Chicago noong Nobyembre 4 – 6. Ang una ay “Bakal Boys” at sumunod ang “Left by the Ship”. Continue reading
THE SEVEN RULES OF SUCCESS
by Fred C. Wilson III
December 1, 2011
I believe that life is an adventure not a minor event to be endured until death. Life is active involvement not passive resistance. In tribute to Steve Jobs whom I consider a great man, I’ve decided to explore his seven rules of success adding an eighth rule at the end. Continue reading
Super Committee or Super Camote?
by Don Azarias
December 1, 2011
Like what I had been concerned about when Congress was contemplating the creation of a bipartisan “super committee” during the debt and deficit deal. Continue reading
“They Don’t Celebrate Christmas Here”
by Arnold De Villa
December 1, 2011
My father-in-law uttered that phrase on our way to a Sunday Mass the other day. He then added that only holidays are observed. “Well, isn’t Christmas a Holiday, I asked?” Deep within, I knew what he was referring to. Continue reading
“100 Years in 100 Voices ” A Paulinian Sisters’ Concert
by Carmelita Cochingco Ballesteros.
December 1, 2011
“Work is love made visible,” says Kahlil Gibran (1923) in his magnum opus, The Prophet.
I always try to work with love, but sometimes, work becomes overwhelming and suffocating. Continue reading
Decrowning Corona
December 1, 2011
The Philippines is now polarized between two Titans! Either you’re for President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III or for Supreme Court (SC) Justice Renato Corona. There is no middle ground. Continue reading