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When sooner is better than later

by Jerick Aguilar - November 29, 2009 - 12:00am

The shortest period I lived in a city was three months and this was in Aden, Yemen.

Is it wrong to brag?

by Jerick Aguilar - November 25, 2009 - 10:23am

I have met countless Filipinos in and outside the Philippines who brag for the sole purpose of bragging.

Why I would rather vote for an overseas household worker than an incumbent

by Jerick Aguilar - November 22, 2009 - 12:00am

I thought of writing about this but didn’t feel the urgency so I left it in my mental inbox for next year a month or weeks before we have our 2010 national and local elections.

Wealth, happiness and decency

by Jerick Aguilar - November 19, 2009 - 12:00am

I have lived in eight different countries and the mainstream definition of success is the same -- wealth.

Should fish and visitors smell after three days?

by Jerick Aguilar - November 15, 2009 - 12:00am

One of my Titas from Australia is going on vacation in the Philippines.

Luck or grace?

by Jerick Aguilar - November 11, 2009 - 12:00am

I grew up in Sampaloc, Manila.

'Damayan' overseas, Filipino style

by Jerick Aguilar - November 8, 2009 - 12:00am

I will always remember Rosa Rosal as the beautiful, ageless, and soft-spoken host of “Damayan,” a public service television show in a government channel. The show is the Philippines’...

Living and studying overseas

by Jerick Aguilar - November 4, 2009 - 12:00am

It has been 12 years since I left the Philippines to study. At that time, I thought I would be away for only two years. I thought I would just finish my studies then return home and get a job that would...

Missing the dead

by Jerick Aguilar - November 1, 2009 - 12:00am

I called a friend the other day to say hello and to tell her about a part-time job opportunity, but I didn’t hear her usually excited voice when she answered the phone.

It is never too late to study

by Jerick Aguilar - October 28, 2009 - 12:00am

“Hindi ka ba nagsasawang mag-aral? (Aren’t you fed up of studying?),” was the question that I would always get whenever relatives and friends found out about my intention to pursue, and eventually...

Marie and Efren

by Jerick Aguilar - October 25, 2009 - 12:00am

I had a student once who wrote in one of her essays that a doctor can cure a disease, an engineer can build something technical, but a teacher can make or break an entire civilization.

Who deserves to be helped?

by Jerick Aguilar - October 22, 2009 - 10:00am

The thing with public service is that it doesn’t (“shouldn’t” is the proper word in the Philippines) discriminate those who are deserving and undeserving of the government’s ...

Dining and studying with feminists

by Jerick Aguilar - October 18, 2009 - 12:00am

In my opinion, feminists are strong, confident, and brave women who know what they want and do everything in order to get it.

4 teams vie for crown in Jerusalem-Filipino cage tiff

by Jerick Aguilar - October 15, 2009 - 9:36am

JERUSALEM – The second annual Jerusalem Filipino Basketball League kicked off at the Strauss Gym last Saturday (Oct. 10).

4 teams vie for crown in Jerusalem-Filipino cage tiff

by Jerick Aguilar - October 15, 2009 - 9:36am

Basketball brings Filipinos together

by Jerick Aguilar - October 14, 2009 - 12:00am

For once in my life, I was able to watch an NBA basketball game – one of the championship rounds, at that – between the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz in front of my very own eyes.

Subsistence level

by Jerick Aguilar - October 11, 2009 - 8:30am

My first ever bank account was with the long defunct Banco Filipino.

Madonna in Manila. Not!

by Jerick Aguilar - October 7, 2009 - 12:00am

I am a fan of Madonna and I readily share this nugget of personal information whenever something about her or any other related topic comes up.

It is never too late to give

by Jerick Aguilar - October 4, 2009 - 12:00am

The Filipino clergy here in Israel has been praying for victims and their families in their regular mass service and daily novenas.

My car and 'Ondoy'

by Jerick Aguilar - September 29, 2009 - 12:00am

Living overseas, one cannot help but tune in on the latest developments after the disaster that hit our county – the floods from tropical storm Ketsana (locally named “Ondoy”).

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