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10 Lessons I Learned from FarmVille

by on 22 August 2009 in Games, Life Lessons Learned, Social Media

FarmVille is a Facebook game which allows members of the popular social network to plant, grow and harvest fruits and vegetables as well as raise animals on one’s virtual farm. I only started playing FarmVille five days ago and, as of this writing, I am now at level 14 with 45,431 coins and 4248 XP. [...]

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VIDEO: It is Jesus You Seek

by on 17 August 2009 in Christian Video, Evangelization, Life Lessons Learned, Pope & The Vatican

I actually made this video about four months ago. It is my hope and prayer that this short video will inspire viewers to become more committed and faithful to Christ. It is based on a writing by the late Pope John Paul II: “It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; he [...]

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Remembering Papa

by on 4 November 2008 in Life Lessons Learned

Today is the second anniversary of the death of my father. He was only sixty-two when he passed away in 2006. Whenever I think of him, I think of happy memories. He was such a loving, selfless person – a father in the truest sense of the word. He was always there for me (I’m [...]

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27th Sunday (Ordinary Time – A)

by on 3 October 2008 in Evangelization, Homilies, Life Lessons Learned

This is a slideshow presentation based on Matthew 21:33-43, the Gospel reading for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). You may embed this slideshow into your own blog/website or download the original PowerPoint/Pdf file so you may use it in your liturgical celebrations.

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Interfaith Manifesto for Peace

by on 3 September 2008 in Life Lessons Learned, Social Issues

This morning I attended the launching of “Sowing for Peace in Mindanao”, an inititiative calling everyone “to pray fervently and demonstrate Muslim-Christian and interfaith solidarity for peace in Mindanao and to call for the immediate cessation of hostilities which bring suffering to civilian communities”. Scores of people attended the event at the Bantayog Ng Mga [...]

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Life is a Reciprocal Exchange

by on 23 June 2008 in Evangelization, Life Lessons Learned

“Be a part of something. Don’t live for yourself alone. This is what I know for sure: In order to be truly happy, you must live along with and you have stand for something larger than yourself. Because life is a reciprocal exchange. To move forward you have to give back. And to me that [...]

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Ten Simple Ways to Make Your Dad Feel Loved

by on 1 June 2008 in Life Lessons Learned

1. Play his favorite game with him. 2. Cook for him. 3. Drink his preferred beverage with him.

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Wicked

by on 7 April 2008 in Journeys, Life Lessons Learned

Before kissing Fiyero, Elphaba hesitates for a moment and declares with a smile, “It’s just for the first time, I feel … wicked”. Although at first she appears to be a menacing witch (well, she is called the wicked witch of the west) in the stage musical “Wicked”, Elphaba is anything but wicked. On the [...]

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Panalangin ng isang Blogger

by on 24 March 2008 in Blogs & Books, Evangelization, Life Lessons Learned

Aming Ama, ikaw ay mahabagin, matapat at mapagmahal. Nagsusumamo kami na palakasin ang aming pananampalataya at aming pagmamahal sa Iyo upang magamit namin ang blogging bilang kasangkapan na maisakatuparan ang Iyong mga dakilang layunin. Nawa’y maging bloggers kami ng katotohanan at tagapagtaguyod ng kapayapaan.

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Like Explaining HTML To A Cat

by on 27 September 2007 in Life Lessons Learned

I am now in a retreat house in Tagaytay. From my window I can see Taal lake and volcano. I can also see verdant mountains, sinuous clouds, and other things that make me think of heaven. But what is heaven? Is it a place? An experience? A relationship? A mystery? A state of being? There [...]

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