FW: MY SHORT ESSAY ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES

I received this (or rather, my Husband did. Yes, I READ his mail, and no, he doesn’t mind) today from a certain Yahoo Group. I don’t normally read stuff like this, but after a few paragraphs I liked it. I hope you will too.
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As you know, we have plenty of Koreans currently studying in the [...]

Let’s get an Isuzu

It’s been raining really hard for more than five hours already. The drainage system, already clogged with garbage, probably couldn’t take it anymore so, instead of swallowing all of the rainwater in, it just puked it all over. The small barangay became flooded; people started moving their valuable furniture upstairs if they were lucky to [...]

Persona Non Grata

Yesterday, September 26, 2009, the Philippines was hit by a tropical storm called Ondoy that placed the country in a state of calamity. Non stop raining from early morning till evening meant the rivers overflowed (lots of ‘em) so some rural areas started flooding – and the flood waters reached so high that lots of [...]

Trust

“I thought you trust me”
“Yeah I do but…”
“So? Trust me on this! You can still make this work!”
“No, I’m sorry. I do trust you, but I don’t trust your judgment on this one.”
“Why?”
“Because you were lucky; you married someone who genuinely loves you and cares for you deeply. You’re not the best person to [...]

Prank

While walking in one of the hallways of a well known mall, the Family – Husband, Wife and Daughter – passed by an expensive looking store. The store sells an assortment of tech gadgets – computers, laptops, mp3 players and different accessories for the gadgets. It’s a one stop store alright – a place where [...]