“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Philippine Star columnist wrote about me and the country's first president, Emilio Aguinaldo in her column yesterday: Aguinaldo's role comes up every June 12 FROM A DISTANCE By Carmen N. Pedrosa (The Philippine Star) Updated June 23, 2012 12:00 AM Every June 12, I try to write about General Emilio Aguinaldo. His role in the… Continue reading Aguinaldo and Philippine History
Today is the so-called Independence Day of the Republic of the Philippines. While the Philippine government is throwing another party extravaganza to celebrate Independence Day, it would be much better to analyze what happened during those times 114 years ago. Despite the heroic efforts of the Filipino patriots in 1898, the independence that they proclaimed… Continue reading Independence Day?
In the 1970s, when it comes to dance music, Donna Summer was queen. In the '70s, we were under Martial Law. And we had a midnight to 5 am curfew. Because of the curfew, parties should end either at 10 pm to give time to travel home or to continue until 5 am, after the… Continue reading Remembering Donna Summer
Last week, when Corona's defense counsel Atty Roy told the impeachment court that the Chief Justice will appear as a witness provided that the Ombudswoman and several other people who are accusing him of having a US$ 10 million bank account are subpoenaed by the Court, I was reminded of an ancient saying wrongly attributed… Continue reading The Fall of the Crown (Corona)
April 4 is the birthday of my late mother, Hadja Sitti Rahma Yahya - Abbas. Sometime ago, one of the news talk shows of ANC (ABSCBN News Channel) featured young Moros and labeled them as “Modern Muslims.” For some people, modern means young. Yet the young could be very old-fashioned, dogmatic and narrow-minded. There are… Continue reading My Mother and The First “Modern” Moro Women
When the Prosecution in the impeachment trial was presenting evidence, I was constantly irked by senator-judges acting as prosecuting lawyers. Now, the same thing is happening. The senator-judges are doing the job for the defense. Yesterday, the Defense lawyer seemed inexperienced. He called the Land Registration Authority administrator Atty. Diaz III, Pres. Aquino's classmate and batch… Continue reading Senator-judges doing the job of Prosecution and Defense lawyers
