I received a package from Ani last month which contained 4 books written by Filipino authors and published by Anvil:

“Lies My Yaya Should Have Told Me” by RJ Ledesma

“Pulutan” by Elmer D Cruz and Emerson Rosales

“Children of Two Seasons” by Lara Saguisag

“The More the Manyer” by Elbert Or
I would like to thank Ani for the books. Being [...]

According to the Law Encyclopedia, money laundering is the process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. After reading the articles, I found out why we should be concerned about money laundering and “Bank Secrecy”. I posted my views…

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.”— Scottish philiosopher and economist Adam Smith (June 5, 1723- July 17, 1790) -author of “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”

Happy World Environment Day. This year’s slogan is “Kick the Habit!”

“Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” — Psalm 25:4-5

If the completion of formal education is not possible, I hope we can find some inspiration from drop-outs who have made it big, the most famous one being Bill Gates, who left Harvard in his junior year to start a software business. On June 7, 2007, Gates received an honorary degree from Harvard and he delivered the graduation speech for the class of 2007. If you wanna be entertained and inspired, watch the videos…

“If we can really see a problem, which is the first step, we come to the second step: cutting through the complexity to find a solution.” - Bill Gates

Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and Al Gore were in an airplane that crashed. They’re up in heaven, and God’s sitting on the great white throne. God addresses Al first. “Al, what do you…

To you, O Lord, I lift up my eyes. - Psalm 123

I’m sure you’ve seen this forest conservation ad featuring Harrison Ford released last May 22, but it’s good to watch it again (and again)…

“Is it possible that my people live in such awful conditions? I tell you, Mr Wheatley, that if I had to live in conditions like that I would be a revolutionary myself.” — UK’s King George V ( June 3, 1865 - Jan 20, 1936)

One day a zookeeper saw that the orang-utang was reading two books — the Bible and Darwin’s Origin of Species. In surprise he asked the ape, “Why are you reading both…

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;
establish the work of our hands for us
—yes, establish the work of our hands. - Psalm 90:17