I just want to say I was "star struck" (for me this means personally awed by the artist/inger or he/she is very irresistible) although I no longer recall the names of those boys (Take note: Boys) who sang this song in one of those students' gathering. I think the event was called "Student's Editorial Conference" or something.That was a long time ago, in my high school days that's why I referred them as boys. I was still a young girl back then. I was a Sports columnist in our High School paper so I was a delegate to that...

I am blogging about my brother and his family who were stranded in Manila during the height of Typhoon Ondoy (International name Ketsana), the worst flooding in Manila since 1967 (according to the accounts of my dad). They have their own share of story.At 1pm last Saturday, me and my classmates were supposed to be travelling to Manila for the Bar Ops. It was the last day of the Bar Exams for 2009. Because of the flooding, we cancelled the trip then the Bar Exams was cancelled. I called my brother who drove to Manila the...

My sister and I were in the market the other day. She asked if I want to eat this particular dish which I have associated with an uncle of mine who passed away. He is Raul, my mother's older brother who died a few years ago. And yes, I eat that kind of dish which reminded me of him.I remembered this uncle again last night. I said a prayer for his soul and in my mind, I can see his face smiling. I miss him. When we used to have this videoke sessions, other than the glass of alcohol touching his lips,...

Let me start with the lyrics of the song:I love you, you love mewe're a happy familywith a great big hugand a kiss from me to youwon't you say you love me tooI love you, you love mewe're best friends as friends should bewith a great big hug and a kiss from me to youwon't you say you love me too This is one of my favorite songs in the Barney show. Isn't it a wonder how a person like my age watch Barney? That giant, purple dinosaur has been a favorite household icon. The kids in the house, most especially Kikay, loves...

A network friend of mine from Facebook posted a portion of this song's lyrics today, the day after Typhoon Ondoy devastated the Philippines, specifically in Metro Manila. Everyone's hope is for the betterment of people affected and trapped in there.My brother's family, including their 2 kids, were trapped somewhere in EDSA yesterday when I called them. They managed to turn back in order to avoid the flooded highway. They spent their night in a parking lot of a mall, thankfully unharmed. They are still stranded there up...

My friend broke the news with me today. She is finally leaving for Singapore. I have always prayed for her plans and now it is coming within her grasp. I remember saying a Novena prayer for her and my happiness was inexplainable when I got her good news. It was sad that another good person has to leave the country for greener pasture but it was also a relief knowing that all her life, this is now her moment, albeit away from her family.I have been her sole friend and company when her family members, the last of whom was...

by BLOGTESTWe talked yesterday. It was a normal chit chat and I was so dumb not telling her how much she means to me. It was one of the ordinary conversations I was hoping would become special. I remembered singing this song for her before, when plans were all right and sailing was as calm as the seas. As a consequence of normalcy, people and things change as they say. Plans do too. And it was predetermined that life would only be made colorful by the music we hear, the songs we decide to remember, the feelings we intend...

I love my mom when she sings this song on the second voice (I think it's called the alto way of singing it). I am not really into the techies when it comes to music. I am not even sure if I know how to read the notes. Perhaps I should change course, what do you think?Anyway, I sang this song this morning. I was cleaning the house. I am temporarily the nanny of my sister's youngest daughter. She is Kikay. My sister brought her baby to school because I told her I am busy... actually, I am busy cleaning...

PART IITRUE or FALSE. Answer TRUE if the statement is true, or FALSE if the statement is false. Explain your answer in not more than two (2) sentences. (5%)[a] Amado, convicted of rape but granted an absolute pardon by the President, and one year thereafter, convicted of homicide, is a recidivist.[b] The creditor who resorts to forced labor of a child under the pretext of reimbursing himself for the debt incurred by the child’s father commits the crime of slavery.[c] The use of an unlicensed firearm...

PART IITRUE or FALSE. Answer TRUE if the statement is true, or FALSE if the statement is false. Explain your answer in not more than two (2) sentences. (5%)[a] The Denicola Test in intellectual property law states that if design elements of an article reflect a merger of aesthetic and functional considerations, the artistic aspects of the work cannot be conceptually separable from the utilitarian aspects; thus, the articlecannot be copyrighted.[b] If the Ombudsman is convinced that there is a violation...

I have always wanted to write about this song. I clearly remember this was played for several times during the commemoration of the 9/11 attacks in the US which left thousand deaths. I was a little younger when I heard my mo singing this song. Perhaps I was about 6 years old. She tried to teach this to us not really expecting that we'd get the tune and most definitely would understand its meaning. Looking through all that I have been through, I can only say it was amazing how I was saved. I tend to look the other way...

by BLOGTEST She definitely enjoys lifetime free rent in my head and in my heart. Ever experienced closing your eyes and the face you see is a familiar one, a familiar smile, a familiar place. It was not a dream, it was a picture that has surely found a spot in this small yet, highly convoluted brain. Like a camera ready to capture a moment once I close my eyes. It captures a picture... each time... I close... my eyes. Perhaps the picture has always been there, embedded even before I was born. I...

I learned how to drive when I was about 14 years old. I was already on my second year in high school.Among my siblings, my dad gave me driving lessons first. I practiced inside our compound, in the yard. It was just a plain "atras-abante" thing, meaning the lesson was just driving first gear, moving forward, then back-up. I don't want to give you the impressin that our compound was really big. It was just enough to move forward and backward, while I get accustomed with gear-shifting. If my memory serves me right, my first...

I was on my way home. I remembered when I was still in Manila, I loved this song. My friend and I even watched Keith Martin (side by side with Arnie Hidalgo, a local singer, sister of the equally talented singer Jeffrey Hidalgo) when he was the guest artist at Ratsky's (it's a bar in Manila apparently owned by the actor/singer Randy Santiago). The song was just so full of love... and so much so that I felt so hard with that song, there was a time I brushed it aside... Like I switch to the other radio station when this song...

Taxation LawPART IITRUE or FALSE. Answer TRUE if the statement is true, or FALSE if the statement is false. Explain your answer in not more than two (2) sentences. (5%)[a] A law that allows taxes to be paid either in cash or in kind is valid.[b] When the financial position of the taxpayer demonstrates a clear inability to pay the tax, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may validly compromise the tax liability.[c] The doctrine of equitable recoupment allows a taxpayer whose claim for refund has...

The Bar Exam continues... ITRUE or FALSE. Answer TRUE if the statement is true, or FALSE if the statement is false. Explain your answer in not more than two (2) sentences. (5%)[a] The doctrine of “processual presumption” allows the court of the forum to presume that the foreign law applicable to the case is the same as the local or domestic law.[b] In reserva troncal, all reservatarios (reservees) inherit as a class and in equal shares regardless of their proximity in degree to the prepositus.[c]...