It seems like yesterday when I opened the gym in Makati and my first born Alexandra, then just eight years old, would trail behind me licking her ice cream.

Barcelona is one of the world’s most popular and most successful football clubs in the world and Filipino football player Paulino Alcantara was their leading scorer with 369 goals in 357 games, until Lionel Messi, considered by many as the best football player ever, topped his scoring record in 2014.

When I got back from the US, I went headlong into visiting the sites that made it to the final eight of the Quest For Love, a quest for loving organizations that can build village economies. First stop: Maguindanao.

Late last year, I received a call from a friend who lives in France. He was so excited to tell me that he quit smoking!

While waiting for super typhoon Ompong to hit Luzon last week, I was relieved to know that Metro Manila would be spared the worst of its onslaught.