Will the Filipino people react to the death of Filipino president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo the way they are reacting to the death of former president Corazon Aquino? Former President Aquino, or Tita Cory, as we knew and loved her, was far from a perfect president. Six failed coup attempts, sub-par economic performance, a “for-show” agrarian reform program, and lukewarm environmental policy were among the many things that happened...

Last night, I ran into an old college buddy. His first words to me were “Ang taba mo!” Pasalubong from Ps Bernard. This box was literally full of chocolate. 30 people shared it, but they left the spoils with me. Ouch. See that large untouched plate in front? That’s mine. Round two. The Dezaato Pan cafe amerikano was delicious (touch of sugar, that’s all). You don’t see the berry bread. You don’t see the...

As I mentioned in the previous post, I have been on a podcasting frenzy. I’ve downloaded a slew of informative podcasts on a variety of topics, including the environment, worship, finance, and faith. I take advantage of “me” time – the time from when I drop Cathy off at work to arriving at work, and vice versa at day’s end – to listen to a few podcasts and learn from what the experts are saying. As I...

Wow, this week just flew by, didn’t it? Friday mind dump! Victory@25! Everyone’s there… save me. I’m at home with my wife and son, who are both nursing fevers. I’m Nurse Daddy today. Weight issues. I confess I’ve gained a lot of weight back. I can tell because my double chin’s back. I seriously need the fear. The Ganns Podcast. It started out as Thinking Green with Ganns Deen, but after listening...

This is a mind dump, more than anything else, really. Worship went well: Praise God worship at Victory Greenhills went really, really well! Co-worship leader Ayi and I were blessed with a fantastic team: musicians Domini, Ken, Josh, and Charles were on fire, and the singers Jayne, Jessica, and Cielo were anointed that day. Tight harmonies and great energy. Several people blessed us by coming up to us afterwards and said that the worship...

Thanks to a link from BrownPau, I learned that TreeHugger recently posted ten images of wasteful packaging. Ellen DeGeneres spoke about it in one of her stand-up routines, and I’ve had to deal with it so many times it drives me absolutely batty. Packaging solutions in this day and age seem more like problems. From the USBs and scissors packaged in plastic so tough you need a pair of scissors to get to your pair of scissors, to the...