I was checking out my old Facebook photos and saw this picture of my little boy during the summer before he turned 2. That day we went out, not sure where but during the short interval from getting off the car Read more…

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I amazed myself at how fast I finished reading this book. If it were a food, I would have looked like someone beyond famished trying to wolf it down in as fast as I could. Nonetheless, even if that were the case, it could not be said that I finished it off without trying to really taste the wonderful different flavors meshed in this dish. In fact, the book took me from love, pain, to rage, fear, hilarity and back. It is so satisfying that like a dog completely gorged up in his meal, that he ends up licking his chops trying to relish whatever flavors still left in his mouth, I ended up lingering on the book for a bit, trying to replay the scenes in my head over and over again. Read more…

Sunlife Financial Philippines, has just launched it’s newest TVC and the new endorsers are no less than Asia’s songbird – Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, husband song writer Ogie Alcasid and their little bundle of joy – baby Nate. Read more…

God Loves Broken People: And Those Who Pretend They’re Not by Thomas Nelson Publishers

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I got the book from Booksneeze in ebook format. Here goes the review:

Things I Like about the book:
- I like that the author seems to be a book lover herself. The book is peppered with stories, insights and excerpts from other books she’s read. Read more…

In the US alone, suicide is ranked as the 10th leading cause of death, sadly it is a preventable public health issue. You could just imagine what the rates may be for other countries that is not considered a first world country, which means they have more poverty, less institutions that could address issues preparatory to suicide, and less capability of affording such services. Read more…

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

***Spoiler Alert***

Story: The book is about a country with 12 districts, each district is known for their specific trade or skill. The Capitol, where the president resides, has this barbaric annual reality show called the Hunger Games, where each district will have one male and one female tribute for the game, where all tributes will be placed and the whole country will be watching them kill each other until only one remains. The game is supposed to tell the people that everything is controlled by the government. Read more…

Audiences in Manila are set to be dazzled by Cirque Mother (CircusMama) Africa when it rolls into town on April 19th – 22nd presented by Establish Events in cooperation with Media Central. Philippine audiences are familiar with Cirque Du Soleil but this time, they will be challenged and mesmerized by the sights and sounds of Africa.

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I’ve been off the corporate set up for more than half a year now and one of the things (yes, there’s a few) that I miss about the corporate life is attending management training or workshops. Back in the one of the companies Read more…

I saw the movie The Shunning a few days ago, thanks to YouTube. It’s a Hallmark Channel movie and I found out about the movie via Twitter. The sequel of the movie will be released next year and it stars Katie Leclerc, who of course is one of the lead in ABC Family’s Switched at Birth. She will be playing the role of Katie Lapp, replacing Danielle Panabaker who previously played that part. Although, I would have to say that it would have been great if they still have Danielle to play the part, but since I’m a big Katie Leclerc fan, I am so not complaining.

The movie is about a 20 year old girl who was about to wed an Amish bishop Read more…

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Living in this century has indeed a lot of perks. Compared to our predecessors who did not enjoy the perks of electricity, various means of communication and travel, Read more…