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Be creative in social and family interactions to benefit your physical and mental health
At this time of COVID-19, when most seniors have narrower space to enjoy life because of isolation and the fear of the virus, there is a danger on their physical and mental health. We
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Creativity enhances total entertainment even from a mundane real-life story
“The Trapp Family” and the classic “The Sound of Music” Every time I have a chance or spare of a moment, I do watch the 1965 “The Sound of Music,” a musical based on
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To use or not to use a face mask?
Are we in an age of confusion? As COVID-19 seems to last for many more months, a controversy on the use of a face mask goes unabated, leading to the sheer confusion to the
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“Heneral Rizal”: raw nationalism unmasked!
There is no Filipino film which has moved the very fiber of my own self; and passionately forwarded to so many friends to let them know that there is film to be seen on
Read More »Got a time to forget COVID-19? Then, Staycation is the answer! Let’s Go!
Now that the US cross-border vacation or one-day shopping; or even going to other countries in Europe or in Asia or in the Carribean, is next to impossible because of COVID-19, this is the
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Home gardening is never so well-engaged at this COVID-19 onslaught
What would you do with your produce ( harvest) if you have planted more than 50 tomatoes, 10 eggplants, 30 peppers, 15 kabocha squash, five chayote, 10 long string beans, eight bitter gourd (ampalaya)
Read More »Oh Canada! So grateful to be here!
Going abroad is an obsession to many Filipinos (First Part of the Series) And this obsession was too high in the middle 60’s when fear of martial had been embedded into our consciousness. Many
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INANG BAYAN: “Cry for Freedom from Hunger!”
We have been raising our Filipino Flag for 122 Years to celebrate “Kalayaan;” inimically, the quality of life for more than 30 million Filipinos has not been raised. What is Kalayaan? Freedom, right? But
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Unknowingly, the Filipinos celebrate Independence Day with a smell of blood
With the four declarations of the Philippine Independence, which date would be most fitting? Buried in the countless pages in the history of the Philippine revolution is the bloody and unceremonial end of the
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Make your Summer 2020 as colourful and unforgettable amid the many cancellations of major shows
Still practice the safe protocol against COVID-19 Oh, Summer of 2020, so dreadful to celebrate when most of the major summer shows are cancelled or postponed. It would be drearily dull to spend our
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