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Been A While…… by A Man of My Town on Sep 13, 2011Filed under: In My Thoughts...

“Buhat” by A Man of My Town on Feb 7, 2011This post and the following video clip from a pre-war Filipino movie are lovingly dedicated to the memory of my dear grandmother. The clip above is from a 1939 Filipino movie called “Tunay na Ina” (“Real Mother”) and the two a...

… by A Man of My Town on Feb 4, 2011If I could take you to heaven, that will make my day complete. Thanks, Mr. Furnier. Filed under: In My Thoughts...

A Thought by A Man of My Town on Oct 15, 2010“Years from now, when you talk about this — and you will — be kind.”  – Tea and Sympathy (1956) Filed under: In My Life, In My Thoughts...

Two Years by A Man of My Town on Jul 14, 2010Today marks the second anniversary of my dear Uncle’s passing.  That today is his death anniversary was one of the first thoughts that came to me when I woke up this morning.  Yes, it’s been two years but there are still moments when...

A Big Downer by A Man of My Town on May 30, 2010About seven or eight years ago, my father gave me a wristwatch as a gift.  It was a special watch because not only was it solar-powered, it also kept very accurate time.  In fact, the only instances when I had to adjust it was whenever we switche...

Now Absent From The Senate by A Man of My Town on May 17, 2010Based on the election results for the Philippine Senate, it is sadly certain now that when the newly elected senators take office in July,there won’t be a single member of the Muslim faith among them.  Sadder still will be the fact that not a...

The Lady In The News by A Man of My Town on May 12, 2010This was a shocker for me personally. For quite unhappy and unpleasant reasons, a lady I know and used to work with got herself in the news today.  She owns a small travel firm that our company uses to book our business trips.  Though I’ve ne...

I Die Each Time…. by A Man of My Town on Mar 13, 2010…. I hear your name. Thoughts bring me back to a day many years ago when a classmate, one I hardly knew at the time, walked up to me after class and simply said, “Yours is a face of waiting.”  I asked him what led him to say that.

Life is Brief by A Man of My Town on Mar 9, 2010I was watching an old Akira Kurosawa movie this evening called Ikiru (“To Live”) from 1952.  The movie is considered as one of the great Japanese director’s masterpieces.   It’s the story of a man, a long-time bureaucrat wh...