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By Randy David
OVER THE holidays, as the old year was coming to a close, I found myself pondering, like everyone else I suppose, what it means to put order and meaning in one’s life. Most New Year resolutions take the form of lists of what to do to achieve greater efficiency in everyday life—how to keep work from piling up, how not to be late for appointments, how to stay healthy, how to free one’s self from vice, etc. But some resolutions go deeper: they involve a fundamental reorientation of one’s life. Instead of asking how, they ask why.
Posted: January 3rd, 2013 in Columnists,Columns,Editor's Pick,Featured Columns,Featured Headline,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Kristopher Raymund M. Endrinal
I am presently at sea. I hope this will reach our shores.
Posted: July 26th, 2012 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
Do not be surprised that I am giving a feedback on an article written by Gilda Cordero Fernando in 2002 about our countrymen (and women) globalizing the whole world with our values and way of life. (“Filipino as a superbeing: Filipinizing the world,” Inquirer, 11/17/02) Over the past 10 years, what Fernando said has been [...]
Posted: March 29th, 2012 in Inquirer Opinion,Letters to the Editor | Read More »
Many years ago on Salcedo Street, Legazpi Village, a woman standing on the curb could not get into her car because of the heavy rain. Then a man with an umbrella proffered his umbrella so she could get into her car. Tucked safely inside, her hand waved out into the rain with a P20-bill to give the man. The man just walked away and another man watching, just looked incredulous and said “kawang gawa” lang ’yun.”
Posted: December 29th, 2011 in Inquirer Opinion,Letters to the Editor | Read More »
By Ed Gerlock
It is a jarring feeling to watch an old woman, hand extended, begging for alms on a busy street—this, in a society that has traditionally held elderly persons in high regard. A few weeks ago, the malls celebrated Grandparents’ Day—replete with glowing photos in the papers. Not to be outdone, the Philippine government has declared [...]
Posted: September 26th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Rina Jimenez-David
RECENTLY, MY husband and daughter and I had lunch at a Chinese restaurant and one of the items on the menu was “fried pork intestines.” I ordered the dish at once, prompted by a memory fragment that brought me back almost 40 years ago. I was then an incoming sophomore at the University of Sto. [...]
Posted: August 16th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Irhine A. Quintana
Is it everyone’s dream to be No. 1? Honestly, I don’t know. All my life I can remember only three instances when I landed on the first spot. The first came during grade school when I bested the whole class in our spelling contest. It was not a big event, just a class exercise, but [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Desiree M. Negad
I was scanning the pages of a magazine in our school library recently when a simple quote caught my attention. It’s a maxim by US President Abraham Lincoln that says, “If you cannot have what you like, perhaps you like what you have.” I smiled upon reading this because it perfectly captures the feeling I have at this point in my life.
Posted: July 26th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Paolo Lopez Azurin
LET ME tell you about my Lolo. He was quite a smart guy, a good writer, and based on the stories of my relatives, he was quite a witty guy, too. He has an impressive list of published books, although none really made it to the bestseller list at any time, much less to Oprah’s [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2011 in Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
LAST MONTH I received an anonymous letter in response to a letter of mine that was published in the Nov 30, 2010 issue of the Inquirer. The sender did not give his/her name and simply identified himself/herself as “a senior citizen” from Paco, Manila. He/she did not even put a return address. My letter was [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2011 in Inquirer Opinion,Letters to the Editor | Read More »
By Michael L. Tan
RAYA SCHOOL, a progressive school in Quezon City, recently asked me to talk to their teachers about cultural literacy, a fancy phrase which means an understanding of culture or, in the Philippine context, getting a sense of what it is to be Filipino. Raya believes cultural literacy should be instilled as early as preschool, and [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2011 in Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Mary Antonette H. Abello
HAVE YOU ever reached a point in your life when you wished the ground beneath your feet would just open and swallow you alive? Have you been so overwhelmed with shame that you wanted to just vanish from the face of the earth? Well, you are not alone. While munching a donut and talking about [...]
Posted: May 10th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
