At midnight tonight, we will bid goodbye to year 2009 and welcome the new year 2010 with much to thank and hope for. It is time to reflect upon the activities last year and evaluate what one has achieved, missed, forgotten to do, and what he/she thinks should be done in the incoming year.
Everyone is [...]
113th Anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s Martyrdom
Manila Bulletin, Dec. 29, 2009
By Prof. DAVID LAPUZ, Knight Grand Cross of Rizal and Professor of The Life and Works of Rizal, December 29, 2009
More than at any period of our history, there is a need for a re-dedication or re-consecration to the ideals of freedom, justice and [...]
Thinking of starting all over again with the turn of the New Year? Don’t bother because making resolutions is a near pointless exercise, psychologists have clarified. A university study found that those who fail to live up to their goals become dispirited in the process and more despondent than before.
Psychologist Richard Wiseman, University of Hertfordshire, [...]
LUCILA C. OBLENA
Dallas, TX
DALLAS, TX – Dec. 27, 2009 I arrived in Dallas, Texas on Sept. 22, 1998. Autumn has just begun. With the winter months on deck, I wished to witness a White Christmas. The winter of 1998 has come and gone, but there was no White Christmas; not even a glimpse of [...]
WEST COVINA, Dec 26, 2009 / — Where have all the years gone? In 1974, when my sister Heide and I joined my parents, Lilly and Mert Belleza and our two younger sisters, Helen and Hilda, we spent our Christmas in an apartment in Los Angeles, our first home.
There were six of us [...]
From the Editor’s Desk
Christmas is where the heart is. It brings us love and goodwill, peace and joy and promises of better things to come. Never has the essence of Christmas been more felt in the wake of the economic crisis prevailing in the world today. It is in this spirit and in recognition of [...]
Christmas Eve, which is the night before Christmas Day, is celebrated in many countries worldwide. It is a Christian observance that falls on December 24th in the Gregorian calendar.
In the Philippines, Cavinti in particular in this write-up, majority of the Cavintinians go to church to attend the “misa de gallo” or midnight mass and to [...]
Is it December yet? Yes, it is and the wind has become colder. And akin to the cold weather is the celebration of Christmas.
Christmas is one great holiday everybody watches out for. Since mid-December, parties are everywhere. There are parties in school, company parties, office parties, socio-civic organization parties, neighborhood association parties [...]
I was wondering what the twelve days of Christmas mean. I did some research and I found out in the Internet.
From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics.
It has two levels [...]
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. A very old city even by European standards, Glasgow today is as modern as the 21st century yet it still manages to keep its old world charm, some of which dates back to the 6th century.
And, like all of the [...]
A native of Cavinti, Lucila C. Oblena spent all her working years as an educator, beginning as a classroom teacher in 1944, then a Guidance Counselor and retired as a school Principal. She is also the founder of CLOTA (Cavinti Laguna Overseas Teachers Association). She is the Editor of Tipakan.com (Cavinti Diaspora).
