She was introduced to us near noon time. The left side of her body was partially paralyzed. Her speech and facial expressions were normal, but her left hand and foot could as well be just dead weights. Yet though her movements were strictly limited, her speech was definitely unhindered. I was standing at her bedside [...]
The word was on the tip of my tongue, but it was stuck there –for almost a week! My quest started last Saturday night when during a community bible study group, I joined in a conversation regarding the concept of “messiah” in books. Our neighbor said that the Wheel of Time concept of “messiah” was [...]
Her life was the last and final pillar of the EDSA Revolution. Ninoy’s death was the first. Cardinal Sin’s call was the second. She was the final piece in a construct of a swarm of humanity that effectively toppled a totalitarian regime and restored democracy.
While still in denial mode regarding the end of the Philippine summer vacation, I opened my Textbook of Medical Physiology by Guyton & Hall. Then it was as if the soul of Guyton* came alive through the text. I felt as if he was personally speaking to me about the human heart. The mystery endless [...]
Hidden beneath a thin layer of Islamic art in the dome of the Hagia Sophia, if it still exists, is an icon of the Cristo Pantocrator. Dome of the Hagia Sophia. The Cristo Pantocrator is a largely unknown theme of representing Christ in Western Christianity. It is, however, popular with Orthodox Christianity. Pantocrator is the [...]
Here is a clip that claims innocence, but is ridden with political and religious implications. And did I mention it’s from Tiny Toons, one of my favorite cartoons from childhood? Btw, did anybody notice that there’s a Muslim pig there? On another note, I have recently been interested in Byzantine history. Here’s my take on [...]
I should have finished the previous post earlier. In fact, I did finish that post about Legend of the Seeker earlier. I finished the original with a fiery passion akin to the Muses’ influence in classical Greek literature. Yet my work became like ashes as the last five paragraphs were lost to cyberspace oblivion. I [...]
A/H1N1, otherwise know as the “swine flu”, has caught the world holding its breath for fear of it breathing a lungful of contaminated air. With a current casualty rating of 151 deaths, thousands of sick and infected persons, and stopping an entire metropolis in its tracks, A/H1N1 can no longer be ignored by the international [...]
Congratulations to the newlyweds Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo. After years of being in a relationship with each other, the two have finally tied the knot on April 28, 2009. For such a high profile couple, the wedding was surprising in that the details were kept secret. Most of the 80 to 100 guests [...]
With no end still in sight for the current financial crisis, the average consumer is faced with the problem of buying goods at increasing prices with his income at a fixed rate. In order to survive, he must learn some bargaining skills in order to extract the best possible deal with the lowest possible resources. [...]
