Kape at Keso

Ang pagbalik sa kaniadto, ang masinati pag-usab ang yanong kinabuhi ug balikon ang nangagi, gikahinaman sa atong katiguwangan. “Sus, sa amo kaniadto…” pangagho ni Tatay Elyot, dayong saysay sa mga sugilanon sa iyang panahon, nga sagad maoy litany sa mga edaran, kay naghandom sa unsa ang gahapon itandi sa karon. May basihan ang maong pangindahay. Kay paspas ang modernisasyon timaan sa pag-usbaw sa usa ka nasod o sa usa ka dapit; apan buyon sab sa maong pag-uswag mao ang pagkawala sa mga kabilin ug mga butang sa kakaraanan. Tungod kini sa kawalay pagtagad sa pagtipig sa handuman sa nilabay nga mga panahon, o di ba kaha adunay kakuwang ang mga tunghaan sa pagsilsil sa kaamgohan sa mga tinun-an sa kabililhon sa kasaysayan ug sa atong gigikanan. Tungod niini, ang Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) molusad sa pirmirong kwarter niining tuiga sa labing unang edisyon sa Monograph on Culture and Heritage. Ang unang isyu maghisgot sa The Parian of Cebu City: A Historical Overvie...

Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. Uttered by President Snow of the Hunger Games series, these words reverberate a remarkable sound of triumph over an encompassing adversity. It's undeniable that life narrates of unending battles that humans ought to face and overcome. Include cancer on the list. This has been known as a deadly disease that the mere mention of the word is feared and stings into the mind, creating undesirable thoughts of struggle, of loss, of mourning, or simply of death. After a review in January 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO), through their webpage www.who.int, listed cancer as the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 7.6 million deaths in 2008 and projected to continue rising up to an estimated 12.1 million deaths in 2030. These figures, however, should not be seen as a hopeless picture of loss, but rather as a motivation to take steps towards significantly reducing these estimates through positive measures. ...

Pain is inevitable; it's our response to it which makes a difference. If I would recall the exact words he sent me, my heart would crush like pieces of glass scattered on the air. Nonetheless, it helped me to become a stronger person, feeling the pain until it hurts no more. I know I have prepared my self for such situation but it's undeniable that it somehow stopped my world in a while. I trembled and almost fell on my knees yet I thank God he created me as a strong woman. I kept on telling myself, "Take a deep breath". I repeated those lines until I finally helped myself to calm. It was painful. Just imagine yourself undergoing an operation without anesthesia. Exaggerated! Yeah! Call it one, but I'm telling you, if you haven't invested your emotion to someone better not dare. I'm not being bitter it's just that, when we get overwhelmed with our feelings we sometimes forget ourselves and unnoticeably act immature over it. It will be to...