The Desert Pilgrim

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Thank you Dad

Posted by: fcbaula on: June 28, 2008

Today, my family and I had rice, adobong kangkong, ampalaya salad, sinigang na baboy, paksiw na isda, fried chicken and indian mango for lunch. I ate with my uncle, his son, my aunt, her partner and her partner’s daughter. We had no electricity, for some unknown reason. But we were all eager to eat. Then [...]

Frank HIT me

Posted by: fcbaula on: June 22, 2008

Pray for us. Pray that the rain will stop.

That’s part of the text message my mom got from my aunt in Iloilo City at around 3:30 pm today. They’re stuck at the third floor extension of their house. REASON: Typhoon Frank.
Where was I then? MALL.
The agony of guilt.

A Change of Heart

Posted by: fcbaula on: February 17, 2008

It was all about him this week.
He made my life as a Christian terribly difficult ever since he testified at the Senate last February 8. Because if thoughts could kill,then many of the people he mentioned are already dead. In my mind, I have already killed them. And not just one shot to the [...]

Who’s Next After Iraq?

Posted by: fcbaula on: November 13, 2007

(laughing) Go back to what? There’s nothing left in Iraq. There’s no water, no electricity, no oil, etc…If the US can suck AIR out of Iraq, there wouldn’t be any air left in Iraq.
What that Iraqi man said struck me so much. I’ve never thought about it like that before. I couldn’t disagree.
My cousin shared [...]

Money, no money…

Posted by: fcbaula on: November 8, 2007

Isn’t it nice to go to the mall on a weekday (excluding holidays)? It’s like, you have the mall all to yourself! Especially when you get there at the dull hours of the afternoon or early in the morning, it would only be you and the sales people. Haha!
You can go to any store [...]

Pardon Granted to Erap

Posted by: fcbaula on: October 27, 2007

Yesterday (hours ago), Former President Estrada finally came home to his wife and family in San Juan. He was granted Executive Clemency last Thursday.
I’m not going to speculate or judge what has just happened and the motives behind such a decision. All I can say is that pardon is a hard and rare thing. [...]

Why People Say Life’s Unfair

Posted by: fcbaula on: October 15, 2007

I’ve just watched another edition of CNN’s World’s Untold Stories. This episode is entitled “That Sinking Feeling” and it features the Carteret Islands in the Pacific which could be the first in the world to sink or disappear because of global warming.
I’ve watched the people there and they’re so isolated from the world. They [...]

Price Increase and Others

Posted by: fcbaula on: October 10, 2007

I overheard my mom and my aunt complain about the price increase of pandesal. One peso has always been what was needed to buy one pandesal. But now, time’s changed. Now you need P2 to avail of one pandesal.
I overheard mom and the delivery guy talk about the sure price increase of gas next month. [...]

Escaping N. Korea

Posted by: fcbaula on: October 6, 2007

jdfhsdifoaf
*unfinished

Erap is guilty but who isn’t?

Posted by: fcbaula on: September 13, 2007

Today, well technically yesterday, history happened. Well, technically again, history happens as every day becomes a yesterday. But that yesterday just happened to be the day when our former president of the country was proclaimed guilty of the plunder charge against him. Yesterday also happened to be the arrival of my period.
It’s a war. [...]

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