Never Give Up

I was already ready to retire from my activism when something happened: Some snakes wiggled up to my toe and blame me for someone’s disappearance. Why am I always blamed for somebody’s inadequacy and insecurity? and now for someone’s disappearance? There you go : personalities clash  when there is stress and some goons become snakes […]

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My effort, blood, sweat and tears have come to fruition

                              https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive        /2017/03/new-atheists-philippines/518175/   In the heavily Christian society of the Philippines, nonbelievers meet with little respect, and they sometimes become targets of open hostility—as the founder of HAPI knows first-hand. Marissa Torres Langseth, known as “Miss M” among volunteers, now lives in the United States. But she is a stalwart of the Philippines’ fledgling […]

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No good deed goes unpunished

  On February 10, 2017, my husband  did a wonderful job removing  the snow in our block with his brand new snowblower. He does this for free, no remuneration, declined all help including gas money. He is such a perfectionist, he tried to remove the snow  left remaining in our long driveway. Lo and behold, […]

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Crab mentality and Gossiping

Crab mentality is very much alive. In fact, it is very common in the Philippines. No,  it does not mean being crabby nor irritable. Crab mentality means, people try to pull you down hoping you will not fly your lovely society. It is an act of  desperation to bring you down. It is an act […]

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