I was browsing through my social media accounts, and I chanced upon the page of People’s Television, the state-controlled media of the Republic of the Philippines. It shared a photo of the EDSA Shrine. It was bombarded with adverse reactions and worrying comments from Filipinos who deemed the revolution a waste of time, even...
Continue readingAn unassuming attitude towards the frequent changes in lockdowns in PH
Hey, we earned it. The Philippines has officially made it, and as of this writing, most of the country has been under one of the longest lockdowns in the world, spanning almost a year and a half after the first local transmissions were recorded in 2020. My last post on this blog was about...
Continue readingSurvival: The Ides of March, Colonization of the Philippines, and the Endless Quarantine
I am writing this as St. Patrick’s Day is ending and filling up my head with images of snakes fleeing Ireland because of the dear saint’s banishment. He preached the Trinity well to the Irish people with the cloverleaf that became a symbol for Irish and Catholics worldwide. Just in time to discuss the...
Continue readingReformation500: The Comity Agreement between Protestant Churches in the Philippines
Aside from being a full-time medical student, I also serve our local church as a worship leader and head of publications in print and online. This year, Christendom will be celebrating the 500th year of the Reformation, which was led by Martin Luther, giving way to reforms in the whole Christian church. Every week,...
Continue readingSeptember 2017 Physician Licensure Examination results
The results are in! After just four working days, the Professional Regulatory Commission has released the results of the recent licensure exams for physicians. 3,340 out of 4,064 takers passed. The list of all passers is available below. Congratulations to our new doctors! For more information, visit the PRC website dedicated to this here....
Continue readingReformation500: How Reformed Christianity Reached the Philippines
Aside from being a full-time medical student, I also serve our local church as a worship leader and head of publications in print and online. This year, Christendom will be celebrating the 500th year of the Reformation, which was led by Martin Luther, giving way to reforms in the whole Christian church. Every week,...
Continue reading100 days before Christmas 2017
Well, there are only 100 days before Christmas this year. And if you’ve read my post about Filipino Christmases, you would know that we celebrate the season for months. For others, today marks their true countdown for the celebration. And if these early Christmas festivities can take away all the bad things that...
Continue readingFilipino Christmas: Celebrating the Holidays for Four Months
It’s nearly September, and your friends might be sharing this meme for several hours on the first. In the early days of online social media, Filipinos would post Christmas messages at exactly 12:00 AM of the said day. But nowadays, people would make fun of this overly-advance holiday spirit and place Jose Mari...
Continue readingNew Generation Bills – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Again, I present the new generation of Philippines bills. I deleted the post I did back then. Here, I’m posting the pics again. My opinion against it is still intact. Euro design, USDollar security, Photoshop layout, and poor scientific research. Add to that the insult to the Philippine writing, baybayin, which was presented half...
Continue readingParaw Regatta Festival: Another Festival Milestone of the City of Iloilo + Sinamba sa Paraw Regatta Pics
I love posts about festivals. It hurts me that I don’t have the guts and glory (i.e., money) to attend all festivals in the world. Perhaps I also lack the DIGITAL CAMERA.haha. But my love for festivities is only rivaled by my pure adoration for my city. There has never been this kind of...
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