Category: Blogs

A collection of blogs from the Salesian Family

Storms are a must

Unlike the Americans, most Filipinos are laid back when talk comes to storms. After all, the Philippines is battered by an army of tropical storms

Restlessness

I recently read a fascinating conversion story over the internet. Joe Eszterhas, Hollywood’s highest paid screenwriter, wrote the story of his spiritual conversion from a

Oily Problems

No, I’m not writing about the greasy facial oil masking your skin. It’s all about sweet crude oil, the Black Gold, the OPEC-issue, today’s fuel,

Spot not the Focus

A psychological study conducted a few decades ago proved that a person ordinarily would focus obsessively on a spot in a white sheet of paper.

The Insult of Almost

“The most painful insult is ALMOST”, that’s what one of my favorite Salesian told us. Everyone of us is destined to grow and become better

Indolence of Man

A hundred years ago, the colonists have accused the Filipinos of indolence. Now I wonder if such indolence is embedded in genetics and ran in

Take a break

It happened to me, it happens to everyone. Once in a while after a long period of bone-breaking work and tedious toil, the psyche goes