Imagine this situation, if you would. Your brother just died in a foreign country, far away from his home. You are mourning deeply for his loss, quite sad. When your brother died, it was under unfortunate circumstances which caused an uproar, only making your loss more painful. Your brother’s body is shipped back home from […]
Family Feud
Last week I was so excited to get a phone call from my agent Mae. She knows, of course, that we are on the lookout now for a new place to live. She told me on the phone that she had a house for me to look at and its not that far from my […]
$$$ Check-Up Time
Well, dear readers, it’s that time of year, again. Time for a little health check-up of your finances, year-to-date income, and – gulp – your estimated income taxes for 2010. Readers who’ve kept up with my articles know that I’m a CPA and I love my work. Helping others do “battle against the beast” is […]
Major, major results
For those of you who don’t know, Miss Philippines scored a big result last week when she placed 5th place in the Miss Universe pageant. I don’t normally follow beauty pageants, but I am very happy for Miss Maria Venus Raj, the 4th Runner Up in the Miss Universe contest last week in Las Vegas, […]
A Pox on the Internet?
Back in May I signed on to Facebook, only because after Googling an old friend and I found him on Facebook. Some people swear by Facebook, me not so much. A lot of friends and relatives did show up, and that was a good thing. But my ex-wife? Please! The one thing I’ve worked so […]
The Manila Massacre
Last year, we had the Maguindanao Massacre, where the Ampatuan family allegedly murdered around 60 people, mostly from the Mangudadutu clan in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao Province. The legal part of that massacre is still unresolved, but now we have another massacre to talk about, the Manila Massacre. I’m talking about last week’s hostage situation in […]