Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

About a week ago I had a long email discussion with Heber, and after seeing his column on the Balita, thought about starting a Filipino language blog. It sounds hideously ridiculous that one even thinks of writing in his/her native language.
Balita is a very popular tabloid read by the Tagalog-based speaking population (there are a […]

Why can’t I remember?
I spent nearly over 20 years in school (1 year in prep, 6 years in primary, 4 years in highschool, 5 years in college, 2 years in law school, 4 years in part-time post-grad). But my recollection of those years is deplorable. The worst was highschool and college. The loss of memory […]

I look at the gray and purple skirt that I have been crocheting and for several moments I feel sorry for it. It is clearly becoming very tedious work, as I have just crocheted glass beads along the hem and hand sewn its lining. A state of patience, stillness and mindlessness.
A student organization for computer […]

Unfortunately, because of doing work on the Websining website, my sleep patterns have been disturbed - and I try to compensate by drinking lots and lots of water (and now drinking tomato juice, quite good actually), and eating in between work. With not enough sleep, my skin tends to dry very quickly and so I […]

Paeng’s the name of the new typhoon that made itself felt yesterday morning. Until now, Monday morning, it’s been raining and the wind could get pretty strong. Thinking about the name Paeng, previously, local typhoon names were women’s names but now they are no longer limited to women. Some gender advocates supposely didn’t like the […]

Dear friends,
My comments on the proposed Philippine ICT roadmap is here http://www.korakora.org/projects/?q=node/163
And based on comments on my comment, I am thinking of making a few revisions. I would really welcome more comments, please. And I would be interested on other peoples / organizations inputs on the ICT road map as well.
I don’t know what your […]

Finally, I have finished “Diwa.” With over 6,000 words I may have exceeded the number allotted for each book chapter, which is 5,000 words. Anyway, what’s important is that I’m quite happy with it, especially as it develops from the earlier concepts of “communal ownership, sovereignty and autonomy” that I started working with in 2003.
Perhaps […]