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I just wish to quote again Matthew 6:25-27, 34 that I have used in my previous blog entry, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, which says,

” Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value that they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life…? Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

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Following the uproar over the racial punchline about Philippine medical schools in the latest episode of Desperate Housewives, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and the producers of Desperate Housewives series finally apologised a day after Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said that that dialogue is considered a racial slur. The apology was sent through ABS-CBN’s bureau in the United States and aired Thursday by its cable news channel, ANC.

As I have said earlier in my previous blog, for sure this issue would certainly create a stir. Actually stir is a subdued word for that, a storm should be the word. We cannot really downplay the power of the internet, and the power of blogging! Lots of fellow pinoy bloggers poured out their disgusto over the slur. The ABS station was flooded by calls from angry viewers and an online petition by a fellow pinoy blogger in New York, which raised more than 30,000 names, threatened to boycott the show. (more…)

Okay, before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? Coz I would just like to make sure they are not from some med school in the Philippines. ~Susan Mayer Delfino

Those were the lines of Teri Hatcher from the hit show Desperate Housewives. Apparently, this was from a scene in the 4th season’s first episode aired in the US just recently. Susan (Teri’s character) was talking to a doctor, which I supposed was an OB-GYN.

It was purely accidental how I found out about the dialogue. I was reading Ricky Lo’s article from the Philstar website and a reader mentioned that dialogue in the comment box. The comment was very irrelevant from the Lo’s article (about an old couple who got married), so I was intrigued and googled it.

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My second child Miguel just got home from his kinder class. I just noticed, the minute he stepped in and changed his clothes to play the legos, he was so happy and kept on singing this line over and over from the VST & Co., Ahhhh, awitin mo at isasayaw ko. I would have been more amused if he danced with it, but nonetheless, he kept on singing that line repeatedly for almost 20 minutes or so. Even when he went to the loo (toilet) to you-know-what and was sitting on the throne, he kept on singing over and over! I wonder where he heard that song. I asked him why he’s so happy, he just gave me a big grin. (more…)

After writing my previous blog about letting go of my kids, I remembered Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet. I already have made the book as my reference from and earlier post, Kahlil Gibran On Marriage, and I wish to share with you again some portions of that great literature, this time about children.

It is very obvious by now that I am a big fan of The Prophet - not really of Gibran, because this is the only book of his that I read and own. This poetic essay is a collection of his philosophical thoughts on different aspects of life, love, marriage, children, giving, work, death, and even friendship, to name a few. I love collecting articles and books about life and inspirational stories, so if you’re like me, I highly recommend you to find a copy, or better yet use the power of internet and google it down. For sure, you will find all the contents of this mighty book. Oops, I just found this site from google and this contain all the poems from The Prophet. Just click the link.

Anyways, without further no nonsense, I wish to share with you Gibran’s thoughts about children - simple, philosophical, yet vital and true. (more…)