The follow clip below is an inspiring story of a Dr. Randy Pausch who has received the call in the form of pancreatic cancer. He lived his life to the fullest for every day of his life until he answered the call – today July 25, 2008. Without spoiling his inspirational message, these [...]

Going a bit off of the path of comparing how the values are of some in the USA versus Philippines, I am going to do my best on a topic we all know about. Forgive me though if my science is a bit rusty as this isn’t my strong area.
Perhaps my memories [...]

In my few years here in the USA, I have seen big cities and small. I have lived in cities of 10,000 people but close to a metropolis and visited towns as small as 500 away from everything except the cows.
Today (Thursday) I must report this has been an incredibly long and tiring [...]

As a friend of mine has reminded me due to her current experiences of coming to the USA, the first year was a most interesting year for my husband and me. So how does this count as Life Here & There? The first year is about Life Here while your heart and mind [...]

In this entry on Life Here and There, I will be upfront and say this one favors the Filipinos. There are some very basics to wisdom that most people should have. Nearly all Filipinos succeed in this category. (walang kokontra!)
What category am I talking about? The category is you do [...]

So what does the phrase “Cry Me a River” mean and why am I putting a topic on it?
The reason behind the topic is actually a very simple one. All three of us were watching our Ice Age 2: The Meltdown DVD movie to pass the time as the thunderstorm raged overhead. [...]

Normally I would submit to you a phrase common to the English language to demonstrate what it means and a tidbit of wisdom behind it. However, the number of weird things to have happened to my husband and I in the last few days has us just needed to post examples of unwise [...]