July 2008

Make or break

(Thanks to my son Marco for the image above, borrowed from his Flickr album.)
I am taking a long vacation (approximately 14 months). I hope to still find my blog friends and readers here when I come back. I also hope this blog can withstand spam invasion and won’t self destruct through time while I’m […]

On reducing stress

Let me share with you this forwarded email.
Christian ways to reduce stress
An Angel says, “Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn’t happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.”
1. Pray
2. Go to bed on time.
3. Get up on […]

To rant - allow me

It’s been three weeks since classes resumed for the school year and I am about to have my fourth trip to Manila on Monday to visit my daughter.  Much as I want to stay put in Dagupan and attend to my work, home and other duties, I just can’t because Gem is always on the […]

To fly high

TO FLY HIGH

To fly, I ought to have wings.
Not only wings, I say, but freedom too.
How can I flip and flap when I’m weighed down
by the evils of the past?
How can I soar above when I’m controlled
by troubles that haunt me to the last?
How can I glide, drift and float in the air
when my wings […]

Kids in charge

AS I mentioned in previous post, I turned 53 last June 21. Whew! I’m old. Well, I guess I have to reconcile with the fact that indeed, my age is advancing and I can’t stop anymore the white hairs from multiplying, and the lines on my face from becoming more visible.
I was not very […]