Redoble Family

Nong Agustin passed away last year December 2009. He left behind a lovely family.

His forever young looking nurse wife, Nang Linda, was responsible for giving us our immunization shots in our childhood, and “grates et amore”( free of charge). Our family will always be in her debt and would never forget those humanitarian acts. We [...]

One day, I had a late lunch in a popular fast-food chain here in the Philippines.  I was tired after my morning class then in Centro Escolar University at Mendiola, Manila.  I was hungry, and I needed food!  I did not go into the fastfood chains near the university as they were full of hungry [...]

On Monday, November 10 will be the 20th year anniversary of Berlin Wall’s collapse. It’s a metaphor of the demise of East Germany’s communist system, but how much do we know of what really happened? What causes it? Who’s responsible?
 
It was a Freaky Friday back then when it happened. Early morning that day East and [...]

I have to apologize to all the readers who get offended by the title of this article. I am not a religious person, well I use to be, but the title is not meant to malign one’s religious belief nor to antagonize the believers, for I am a believer too.
 
This is a story about [...]

Gotocola leaves.
I am 46 years old, my age is ticking faster now and my blood pressure is racing up with it. Twentytwo years ago, the nurse in Chong Hua Hospital in Cebu City recorded 110 over 70 blood pressure(BP) during my entrance physical examination for my first employment.  I could not even remember my next attempt to it because there’s [...]

Last Saturday, my son Khalil joined his first Milo Chess Tournament in Cebu City, and his first as a member of the Don Bosco High School chess varsity team. The opening day wasn’t a good timing since we had chores to run on that sunny morning. We were so excited in dropping him off at [...]