March 2006

On Filipino Food

I READ from Gerwin Co’s (a former ace student of mine from 1992-1996, who is now based in Hong Kong) entry in his blog - an interesting observation about Filipino food. Here goes:
“I’ve always wondered why Filipino food never attained the acclaim reserved for other Asian food. It’s always Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese. But never Filipino.
I’ve […]

Overseas Filipino Workers are thriving everywhere around the globe

They say that if a person can live and is able to survive in New York, then he can survive in any place in the world. I say, however, that if you are a  Filipino, you can survive anywhere.
Indeed, the Filipinos - in whatever part of the world they may go to work or travel, are notably […]

Forest fires, natural calamities and balance of nature

by Louie Tacker 
Last week, not far from where I live, a brush fire raged along the shoreline, burning wildly for over five hours inside a government owned park/beach area. Flames were over 30 feet high at times and many families were evacuated, as the fire jumped wildly, upredictably from spot to spot, as over 200 […]

Manny Pacquiao wakes up the nationalistic spirit

I woke up this morning to the sound of Manny Pacquiao’s voice, singing ‘Para sa iyo ang laban na ito’ (This fight is for you) over the radio. In between the song were voice clips from his Las Vegas fight - announcing… “and we have a new champion…. Manny Pacquiao!” followed by thunderous cheers and applause […]

To teach… or to preach…?

by Louie Tacker
RECENTLY here in America, a rash of student complaints have surfaced, both from the high school and college levels.
These complaints are alleged on the frightening number of teachers and professors who have taken it upon themselves to use their classrooms as platforms to preach their own political views… mostly far left views. The […]

On Proclamation No. 1017 - “Pushing the limits of fakery”

(Time and Tide Note: The following is an article authored by Alan F. Paguia, lawyer, and former law professor at the Ateneo de Manila University College of Law. Atty. Paguia is a stalwart advocate of truth and justice. He is firm in his stand on the unconstitutionality of President Gloria Arroyo’s mandate when she took […]

Stars or snobs?

Contributed by Louie Tacker
OSCAR night being behind us now, I find myself reflecting on just what the wild rage is all about.
Why do we - as a society in general - throw ourselves at their feet, worship, adore, praise and honor them, when time after time they, the ‘modern day movie stars’ snub their noses […]

How are you now, my son? (mom’s sentiments)

How are you now my son? It’s been almost two weeks since we last talked, and over two months since we were last together…
I wonder how you are doing now. I can easily pick up the phone and dial your number. But the last time, our talk was not very pleasant. You insisted you were right and […]

Smokin’ hot, smokin’ away

There is this local publisher in our community who used to be a chain smoker. He started smoking way back in his teens and had since smoked one or two packs a day. Now, he has quit the habit, only because he was diagnosed of lung cancer.
He is rapidly losing weight - an indication that […]

Reading a reader’s thoughts…

Getting up at 4:30 a.m. today to finish some paper work, I opened my email and pleasantly found an article sent by one reader from the U.S. I find it very relevant, very substantial and well written, so I am sharing it with everyone.
 
Gay Marriage - to be or not to be?
by Louie Tacker
Well, with Oscar […]