Rein Winds

It was raining, and it was traffic. Situations like these, roads to and from Manila are thanklessly tiresome.

At about 30 minutes past 8 pm, hunger was starting to strike me. Exhaustion was beginning to haunt and defeat me. Good thing I was seated beside a very jovial father whom I instantly shared a chat with. Read the rest of this entry »

Came home late tonight.

Had to get our tarpaulin banners done for our school paper grand exhibit is scheduled next Saturday and my co-teacher and ever-loved adviser-mentor asked me to have them ready by Sunday. She requested me to have the announcement streamers be posted by tomorrow, Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

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Did you know…?
the Philippines’ organic red rice
(Oryza Rufipogon) comprises five bioactives and biological effects?

1) Organic red rice contains the powerful antioxidant Co - Enzyme Q10
which counters histamine. This helps asthma and allergy sufferers.

2) It has Tocotrienols (which are 6,000 times more potent than Vitamin E)
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Thanks to DepEd’s suspension of classes last Monday, June 23, I was able to fulfill my promise to my gems.

I treated them to a movie, Urduja. The trailer of this all-Filipino, full-length animation film has been shown on TV for quite a while and I personally have committed to support it.

Aside from the resolute and resilient character of Urduja that simply personifies an unconventional woman (I must say unconventional during its epoch - remember that Urduja is about a legendary warrior-princess who is recognized as a heroine in the province of Pangasinan.) it is Wang, dubbed by ace character actor, Johnny Delgado, whom I enjoyed the most. He is one true reflection of greed and wickedness.

Besides, too, the love story that Urduja myth is famous for, social satire is what the animation presents. Trying to infuse historical element of Spanish colonizers’ viciousness towards Filipino native dwellers during Pre-Spanish and Spanish era, Wang’s musical of Simple Lang ang aking pangarap… ang nais ko lang ay ang ilalim, ibabaw, panabi at paligid (to that sort) and his ripping of the Philippines from the map was apparent. Read the rest of this entry »

How could the very person who gave you joy be the very same person who could give you sorrow…

How could the person who made you smile be the very same person who could make you cry…

How could the person who brought you love be the very same person who could bring you hatred and indifference…

How could the person who caused your delight and bliss be the very same person who could cause you agony and pain…

How could the person who comforted you be the very same person who would leave you broken.

Tell me how…please tell me why? I don’t really understand how…I can’t comprehend why.

Do you fear number 13? Or you love it because it is your lucky number?

Today is Friday, the 13th. How do you take it?

I have never been conscious about the date, especially now that a new school year begins. At work, we have been very busy orienting and meeting classes for the first time and preparing for the grand exhibit our school publication is up to (this I will definitely share with you soon!).

But when I opened the mails this morning, I got an unsolicited message about how I can be lucky on a Friday the 13th. Grinning, I simply shrug my shoulders off, and as usual, delete the spam from my folder. Read the rest of this entry »

And so the scent of a newly sharpened pencil, completely unused notebooks and crisp pad papers and the sight of new, colorfully eye-catching school bags (luckily for some who can afford) bring me the nostalgia of the school opening. And I guess, these also drive the schoolboys and girls in frenzy as they look forward to going back to school anew.

New and/or old friends to enjoy and share daily activities with, new set of teachers to deal with and learn from: these and more excite my Gia and Geline, and perhaps many of the young students here in the Philippines who are to report to school tomorrow for the opening of another school year.

After jostling and haggling for what we thought were the best school materials for our children, we, parents, then took time to neatly cover and label all of their things. Read the rest of this entry »

AM now upset.

I am supposed to be sleeping already to get ready for an early dawn mountain climb. But since my climbing buddy has his own personal reasons why all of a sudden backing out, am here pounding this keyboard to write about this disappointment or I will end up neurotic all night. Read the rest of this entry »

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