Manila is beautiful. Believe it or not. I went on the tour of Carlos Celdran and it made me realize how important it is for us Filipinos to have an understanding of the glory days our past so we know what we were capable of, so that we know what we can be capable of becoming.
This is partly a nostalgia trip. and partly an indictment of the things we have done as a country and as a people over the past fifty years. I hope we are shamed enough to do something about it. We have the capacity and the potential to be great once again.
A leader has to be many things to many men. But this is one of the best descriptions I’ve ever heard of what a leader is.
About two years ago, I featured a great movement called BUY SHOES, SAVE LIVES. It’s great to know that they’re still at it. PREEMPTIVE LOVE is the company behind it.
There are untold thousands of children in Iraq today suffering from heart disease that threatens to take their little lives if they do not receive surgery outside the country. And time is running out because years of war and corruption have led to a health care system that is entirely ill-equipped to handle the enormity of the task.
I have a secret. I love cleaning bathrooms. Back in the Jesuit Novitiate, bathrooms are called JAKES (that’s stuff of Philippine Jesuit folklore); and it was one of the dreaded manualia assignments. But it’s not a problem if I was assigned there.
Now that I have a condo unit, I’m in charged on cleaning the bathroom myself. My sister takes care of everything else in the house (well, the cooking and the tidying up of the kitchen), but the bathroom is my kingdom. It’s not a fetish, it’s just something I love doing.
These are music videos that showcase actors or actresses in surprising (and not so surprising) cameos. There are a lot more, and I’m sure many of you have your own choices, but these are mine. You can suggest more mtvs in the comments and I’ll come up with a second (longer) list.