filipina at home on August 25th, 2010

I went to the doctor recently after the dull pain on the right side of my head would not go away. I was afraid that it might be something serious, or something that could potentially turn into something serious. I had a suspicion it was originating from my ear so I went to an ENT [...]

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filipina at home on August 15th, 2010

The headlines in the first week of August shocked Filipinos: Ivan Padilla, leader of the car theft gang at 23, dead in a shootout with police agents. It wasn’t his death that people talked about. Mostly, it was the fact that at age 23, he was a criminal, the leader of a gang that stole [...]

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filipina at home on August 6th, 2010

I was a grade school teacher once. Aside from the subjects I taught, it was also my task as a class teacher to prepare my class for school competitions. It was hard for me because I have always disliked competitive environments. Competition tends to breed hostility among people and this always causes a lot of [...]

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