Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. — Mark 13:33 (NIV)

About two hours before this posting, a fire hit in two barangays in Metro Manila. A week before, one blaze destroyed hundreds of houses  in Cebu (one barangay away from our house). And in less than three months prior to the incidents, a fire broke in our neighborhood one early Thursday morning.

Even months before the Philippines celebrates the Fire Prevention Month, a series of fire incident has been recurring in the country, and in my situation—in places near my residence. Continue reading →

Seoul, South Korea the “Seoul (soul)” of Asia has developed and progressed like a lightning when its economy boomed high with the currency leveled as that of US dollar.

In the past three years, the Tourism department recorded a growing number of Koreans coming to the Philippines for English education and vacation. In fact the Koreans top the highest foreign visitors in the country.

Not only does this nationality dominated the islands of the Pacific but also influenced the Filipinos with its unique pop music. Yet these influences brings neo-colonialism anew. Continue reading →

BEING behind bars won’t stop the world-famous dancing inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) from joining the 30th Sinulog revelry.

The Sinulog festival is one of the colorful and grandest celebrations in the Philippines — and the world, having been featured not only in local media but also in the international scene. This year, the YouTube-sensation inmates would perform their grand slam number for the Sinulog. Continue reading →