Blog Posts on i heart phils

The child is gone by Zen Bitchin' on Jan 31, 2010Something remarkable happened to me a couple of days ago. I was logged in Facebook, looking at the wall of status updates of my friends. A name popped up in a friend’s status update comments. A blast from the past. Before I could control myself...

Hero by Zen Bitchin' on Aug 1, 2009Yesterday marked the passing of one of the most prominent Filipinos I’ve known in my lifetime. After more than a year of battling colon cancer, former President Cory Aquino passed away peacefully, amidst the flurry of prayers and support from F...

A rose is still a rose by Zen Bitchin' on Jul 31, 2009I already did this in my Facebook page. Joined my fellow Filipinos in praying for the recovery (if not the peaceful passing on) of former president Cory Aquino in her struggle with the big C. They’ve been doing this around the Philippines. Also...

The sound of silence by Zen Bitchin' on Jun 27, 2009For two times in February 2008, a group of Filipinos here in Phnom Penh gathered to talk about the political climate in the old country and its implications on us. It was the height of the ZTE scandal, and we were fortunate to have Dinky Soliman and...

Lupang hinirang by Zen Bitchin' on May 5, 2009Lupang Hinirang – Gary Granada As the Pacquiao-Hatton fight unfolded before the world, I was traveling by bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. The bus was inexplicably late (almost an hour, imagine!) and it is only now that I realized–could...