Our daughter Kara, the woman who will try everything once, intends to climb Mt. Apo again just before New Year’s Eve so that from the summit, she may report on the first millennial sunrise. I wanted her to stay home. I am quite certain it will rise the same way, I told her; it is … Read more
The dawn of a new millennium may be, for some people, just a day like any other. But for the rest of us who are captives of time, the day must signify something so vital as to make its slow breaking out of the shadows of the previous night a wonder worth watching. Except for … Read more
At no point, even when it was tempting to do so, did I ever doubt the competence, goodness, and sincerity of the doctors who attended to my mother throughout the period of her recent hospitalization. And I still do not. And if I may, I will use this occasion to thank them for their kindness … Read more
Manny Pangilinan, Philippine Long Distance Telephone’s and Smart’s top gun, began his keynote address at the 16th Philippine Advertising Congress in Cebu with these thoughts: “I retain a strong affection for Cebu, and I’m always inspired when I visit this beautiful city. This is where Lapu-Lapu, a Filipino, slew Magellan, a Tisoy. Any contemporary similarity … Read more