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Talk about Regrets by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Mar 10, 2012. REGRETS. We all have them. But we’d rather not focus on them. We’d rather focus on the positive side of things. Talking about regrets doesn’t seem so positive, so we wouldn’t dare allow our regrets to come to the fore of our...

Pagtitiis [Making Do], Contentment & Change by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Jan 27, 2012. We Filipinos tend to ‘make tiis’ of bad situations. There is not enough food on the table? Magtiis. The bed is hard? Magtiis. The job is low paying? Magtiis.  The rented room is too small and doesn’t have a comfort room? Magtiis. Better that...

Silence of the Fiend by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Aug 13, 2011. She shrieks at me again This silence with a hoarse voice. I close my ears to her ramblings But she pries open my soul Her tongue sharp She cuts me to pieces Wounding me like she has wounded me Many times before.   I try to kill her — my tormento...

Potential and Opportunity by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Jul 23, 2011. Potential and opportunity are two of my favorite power words. They both lead to coming into being, to advancement and improvement. But here’s the catch. They both require action. To be truly meaningful, opportunity must be seized; and potential,...

Me on Facebook, 2010 by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Feb 12, 2011    What better way to remember the past year, than to review the words that dripped out of my pen? Friends, let me share with you some of my FB shout outs in 2010. Just like in last year’s edition, please let this be my humble way of thankin...

Time Out by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Jan 29, 2011. There are times we need to call for a timeout. But while life may be a game, its rules are different from those of the ordinary games we know.   We cannot call a timeout and expect life to stop. It goes on, even if we are severely injured, or too...

Of Beginnings and Endings by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Jan 23, 2011  . We know things end in order for some other things to begin.   Perhaps things end because some things realize their significance only at their conclusion. Or because there are things whose beauty we can appreciate only when we have viewed them...

2010: The Year that (almost) Was Part II by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Dec 22, 2010. Read Part I here.   Another new thing in my looking-back series for 2010 is a collection of my favorite Facebook Statuses for the year. In a way, this isn’t really new because I did this last year as well. I posted about 20 of my fave statuses i...

Poinne: A Love of Different Kind by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Nov 5, 2010. When I saw her scavenging for food near a pile of garbage looking helpless and vulnerable on that drizzly night of October 31, I instantly knew I would bring her home.   But still, I hesitated. RESPONSIBILITY was written all over her in bold lett...

Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Jul 23, 2010. Hi friends. For the second time, please allow me to post in this site a piece that was not written by me. It’s inspiring, and I thought you’d love to read it. It’s from Spiritual Short Stories. . Here we go.   Carrots, Eggs,...