Filipinos put an enormous amount of importance on education.  Parents would sell everything and anything to put their children through school to obtain the much coveted diploma.  We go through the first degree, then move on to the second and …

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Ouch they say!  Hit people with the naked truth and they convulse into mental spasms.  Their defenses instantaneously go up lying for their own protection or they quiver behind the sin of omission. Others sulk and have a little cry-cry…

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It was the Bicol Inc’s turn to have their annual general meeting and elections.  The organization prides itself as moving the seat of power on a fair rotational basis among the Bicol provinces.  This year, after doing a complete round …

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I wonder if we Filipinos are philanthropists by nature.  Do we really exude generosity and compassion or is it an invisible craving for self aggrandizement veiled as kind heartedness?

We are constantly barraged with requests to purchase tickets.  Some are …

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In the coming year, you may be invited or sold a ticket to any of over a hundred different functions or events happening for whatever reason.  Some may be simple get-togethers, some will be genuinely in the name of charity, …

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People have been dishing out awards like there was no tomorrow –  as we Filipinos would say “sampu-singko”.  But maybe, it’s simply a case of the more the merrier, not to mention safe and   guaranteed to get you on anyone’s …

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