Always be thankful, always be kind

I always believe that we need to say “thank you” to the people who need it more at a time when they expect it least. Grateful for the opportunity to deliver virtually the graduation message to primary students at my alma mater in the Philippines, Silliman University. When you are a person who is thankful,…

Sermon: “Siri and ‘The Way'”

In the animated Stone Age, whenever Pebbles was curious, she would crawl and babble to Wilma or Fred Flinstone. She would point to the stars, the moon, that giant toothpick from a bone of a dinosaur’s hind leg. She would ask about anything that sparked that firefly in her head. When dictionaries and encyclopedias were…

The willing victims of the ‘lumpiang ubod’

When I asked what they could serve for a gathering in the office this afternoon, Nico of the Silliman Cafeteria, without batting an eyelash,  suggested: “lumpiang ubod”! Of course, I knew what it was; but that for an afternoon snack got my intestines tangled up. Nico was adamant though. “Lumpiang ubod it is then.” No…

Silliman Caf’s Homemade Burger

It’s not gourmet. Not quite fast-food. At one look, it may not even appeal quite so well. But it tastes damn…hmm…filling. Believe it or not, the Silliman Cafeteria serves a good burger. Of course, you just have to wipe off high expectations born of high social stratum. I’m not really a burger person. I could…