How killing your ego makes you happier
MOST people rely on something to make them feel important. You could say it’s their idol because it replaces God in their life or the place where God should be.
Movie Review: Auggie Wasn’t Wonderful, The People Around Him Were
I loved the fact that a little child who was “disfigured” and weak since birth was able to elicit so much goodness in the movie Wonder. For those of you who haven’t watched the film, it is a positive slice of life where Auggie, a 9-year-old adjusts to entering school for the first time after being homeschooled all his life by his doting parents. We also see a glimpse of the lives of the other characters that orbit around the sun that is Auggie, his sister, his friends and the hows and why’s that made them so.
Purpose
HAPPINESS is sweet and cloying. It is sunshine and roses.
I kissed dating good-bye
IT all started with my deep dissatisfaction with how dating seemed to be going about in the millennial generation.
My advice to fight depression
THE statement “I’m depressed” gets thrown around pretty loosely nowadays.
Automating the work of the ‘Bumbay’
MY helper, Ate Tes, couldn’t get to my house to start her job because she didn’t have enough money for transportation. She said there was no Bumbay, a common cultural loan provider for Filipinos who have no access to credit. I gave her the money she needed. Other Filipinos are not so lucky.
Writing is about caring, sharing–‘e-Book Queen’
SHA Nacino is a prolific author of six books, a public speaker and a book-writing coach.
My Yolo
WHEN people say Yolo, they mean “You Only Live Once”. To the common millennial, it would be understood as a license to do stupid things because he or she will never get a chance to do stupid things again.
Mansplaining explained
’MANSPLAINING” is a new jargon that essentially occurs when a man talks condescendingly to someone—most likely a woman—about something he has complete knowledge of with the mistaken assumption that he knows more about it than the person he is talking to.
On Facebook, remember basic rules of etiquette
AT the center of etiquette is just respect. And though it may seem like we are not dealing with real people with feelings in virtual reality, we are.
Of ‘selfie’ haters and narcissists
I’ve been seeing a lot of shy girls apologize for their “selfie”, as if they needed permission to take a picture of themselves. They apologize and say: “It’s ‘coz I like my make up,” or “Pagbigyan na lang kasi good mood.”
Giordano executive’s steps to entrepreneurial success
By Maxine Nicole Mamba
Belle: Then and now
I watched Beauty and the Beast in the movie theater with my mom many years ago, and I watched the musical live-action film just recently. As much as I would have wanted to avoid comparisons, I think it is just human nature that, being there is a reference, there would be comparisons.
The alpha-male effect and DU30
MANY people glorify our President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte, while some are still appalled at his words and behavior. Both camps are equally sided and you have to wonder, what it is about this man that strikes such unequivocal loyalty and hate, all at once.
Beating bad habits
I noticed something was clearly wrong with my habits: I was procrastinating. It reached a degree that my procrastination has gotten in the way of major life processes, like getting deadlines down and meeting important appointments. It was like something inside me was working at cross-purposes to what I wanted to do.
“Don’t Forget the Parsley” speaks of an OFW Family in America
By Maxine Mamba
How Cats are Like Some Women Like Me
IT is my first time to own a cat and I am noticing some huge similarities between felines and women. It’s written here in such a way to help other women in their dating scenarios.
6 things why I saw myself a God lover
WHEN I was small, one of my favorite movies was Sister Act. It was about Dolores, a lounge singer who got involved with the wrong kind of people and had to hide in a convent as part of her witness-protection program. Being that she was liberated, ostentatious and outspoken, she posed a challenge to the nuns.
Taking a Cue from the Movies on How To Live Life to the Fullest
SOMETHING that makes advertising successful on milennials is that they always operate on the ideal: that is the best and highest principle of the matter.
The U.S. shouldn’t define our freedom
ARTIST Lea Salonga was bashed by Twitter fans for her comment on June 12, Independence Day: “Our country is not yet debt-free, poverty-free, crime-free, or corruption-free. So what are we free from exactly and why do we celebrate it?” (@MsLeaSalonga)
Of flip-flops and the ‘bakya’
By Maxene Mamba / Correspondent