While responding to a call, the patrol car of our son Oliver was broadsided by a car beating a red light in LA at about 2:30 am last Saturday. He sustained two fractures in his upper right arm. His partner,...
A few days ago, Tim’s oldest son Caleb turned five, which elicited some of his thoughts on raising boys. I’m reproducing his post from his professional blog here, because as Evelyn and I read...
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2008 HIGHLIGHTS
April: After persevering through six months of physical conditioning, Oliver was finally admitted by the L. A....
I’m back after getting over jet lag the last week, just in time for Oli and Nem’s wedding last Saturday, October 25. It was a warm sunny late afternoon in Anaheim, California, and everything...
I believe that the jeepney today, instead of being the blessing that it had been in the past 60 years, has become an archaic relic of the past, an invention that had its day, and should be encased in a museum of Philippine history.
After the elections, celebrity fans will not have to go to the movie theaters and ritzy hotels and restaurants to scream at the sight of Manny Pacquiao or Richard Gomez, they just have to attend the sessions of Congress, and the various provincial, city and municipal halls.
Last Thursday, October 1, Rachel’s school sent out over 200 staff and students in several teams to the surrounding areas hit by severe flooding caused by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” (”Ketsana”).
In the Philippines, these heroes do not have any lasting effect on the public officials as well as the ordinary citizens, as seen in the rampant corruption and social ills in the culture, seemingly unequaled in the rest of the world.