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Mission Impossible: World Youth Day Manila 1995
With the World Youth Day 2008 coming up this July in Sydney, Australia, I thought it would be nice to recall the WYD in Manila in January 1995. It was a very memorable event for all the persons who were there at that time: Pope John Paul II’s presence in the country for about two weeks, the amazing number of … Continue reading
Manila streets: Losing the virtues of hard work and thrift
There’s an area in Manila between Espana Boulevard and R. Magsaysay Avenue that has as its names virtues in Spanish. Too bad, we are in peril of losing them as some of the names have been changed. We have just lost the virtues of Trabajo (hard work) and Economia (thrift) to Vicente G. Cruz and … Continue reading
Subic Triathlon 2008
Last Sunday I managed to complete my second Olympic distance triathlon. I struggled at the swim, and did a decent bike and run, good enough to land me at the bottom 15! I finished with a time of 3 hours, 40 minutes, but I guess the most important part was that I was able to … Continue reading
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