Teaching within the four walls of a room (20 years) has taught me countless lessons which now come in handy as we can't reach the outsid...

"It's all good, but you need 5% more to make it great," my former boss said (years ago) after listening to my presentation to ...

At the rate the idiom, "a light at the end of the tunnel," is being used during the pandemic, it might soon be a cliche.  An idiom...

When the color  pink exploded on socmed, I thought it was a fluke. It's been almost two months and the endless explosion is almost deafe...

A question often asked these days is, "How are you?"  Replies vary:  "So so."  "Getting by."  "Surviving....

For whatever reason, or by coincidence, the color pink (in every shade possible) was what people used in memes and images urging VP Leni Rob...

Being stuck at home for almost two years now has left many feeling bored, irritable, and restless. These feelings are associated with a cond...

In the spring of 2018, Tony and I flew to the US to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of my oldest brother, Manong Peding—a pastor. His ...

The number of patients waiting for the doctor to arrive increased to 30, which made the clinic secretary say, "Sorry, this is our cut-o...

CSM Publishing  invited me to write a devotional for teachers because I have been teaching part-time in college (and MBA) for almost two dec...

This is how dictionaries define awesomeness : a quality that inspires awe. Its informal meaning: an extremely or amazingly good or impressiv...

Five years before turning 60, Gian invested heavily in stocks. He wanted to make sure that all through his non-working years, he would still...

Darius, aged 9 and an only son, always looked forward to his grandpa’s visits on weekends. That day, Darius asked grandpa to play chess with...

October 7, 2021, was a day like no other amidst this long, unending pandemic.  From morn till night, everything I ever learned about creatin...

My dear friend Lynnie, dubbed as "book lady," has a heart so cheerful it shines wherever she goes.  Even if plans are waylaid or a...

Bills, statements of account, library books, paper submissions, mortgages, loan payments and all other transactions have due dates. There is...

It took only one fist to take a stand on social media. And a movement was born. Tarantadong Kalbo (roughly translated as bald-headed jerk),...

One of God's most mysterious and marvelous gifts to man is music.   It is mysterious because the melody (defined as the satisfying se...