My son was listening to The Carpenters’ song “Talking to myself and feeling old. Sometimes I’d like to quit. Nothing ever seems to fit… What I’ve got they used to call the blues …” It is a timely song for this rainy Monday. It is one of the very few songs I can bravely sing [...]
I share in the happiness of my cousin Frenie and godson Mark as they pass the June 2007 Philippine Nursing Board Exams. These two have been in my prayers for the past months. They are the only ones I know who took the exams – so, it’s a 100% passing rate for my candidates. [...]
At Sunday Mass today, I was prompted to think about how I disciplined my kids. In relation to the Gospel about how our Lord disciplined his people, Fr. JBoy asked who were disciplined by spanking? by grounding? and lastly by withdrawal of privileges? My daughter Aei shook her head for each of these choices and [...]
“Long-term and persistent efforts to achieve do not come from the head; they come from the heart.” – Johnson and Johnson, 1989 I have just finished reading researches on cooperative learning (for my EducPsych report for Prof. Olegario’s class) when my daughter Aei comes home in the verge of tears because of her frustrations with [...]
Today, my youngest sibling and only brother, Arthur, celebrates his birthday. I can still remember how my two sisters and I eagerly prepared for his grand entrance in our home and looked forward to taking turns carrying Arthur in our arms when he came from the hospital. Arthur was healthy, strong and big unlike most [...]