Monthly Archives: March 2024

CHANCE MEETING A FORMER STAFF

It’s almost a decade since I left government service.  By skipping usual routine, I was very serious in my entry into the world of modest pensioners.  I have folded and kept my mementoes in boxes, threw away unncecessary items and … Continue reading

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NATURE’S WAY OF CUTTING DOWN VANITY

I remember Matt Monroe’s song, If “I Never Sing another Song”, the front lyrics goes this way— “In my heyday, young girls wrote to meEverybody seemed to have time to devote to meEveryone I saw all swore they knew me…” … Continue reading

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SENIOR MOMENTS

For those who reached the 60 year-old threshold and has been legally acknowledged as senior citizen, it is actually an entry into a different “world.”  It could be a world of medication, a world of disability, a world of discount, … Continue reading

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METRO MANILA BLUES

I was down South for years and chose to stay there when pandemic raged.  A number of my close associates, friends and contemporaries thereabouts were unfortunately struck down unbelievably by the viral menace and survival dictated at that time that … Continue reading

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ON THE ROAD TO THE HOSPITAL

 I still consider myself of regular built, physically fit and lucky enough to have evaded commorbidities related to the dreaded pandemic which contagion a number of my peers fell.  I still look hale, hearty and lusty, well except for a … Continue reading

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COURTESY CALL ON DAPECOL CHIEF

Chief Inspector Edgardo Mendoza Jr., never thought that he would ascend the apex of regional correctional leadership but on the last quarter of the previous year, he was directed to superintend Davao Penal Colony (Dapecol).  He is currently the Chief … Continue reading

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MANILA TRIP

After hibernating in my choiced hide-away in Mindanao inclusive of the years of pandemic, I decided to brave the skies once again to visit dear old Manila—the fountainhead of my youth, the engine of my strength and yes, the source … Continue reading

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