Update: This article was written decades ago, and may still behold truth like many of you discussed below. Copyright to the Manila Chronicles. Some years ago, a friend of mine observed that in Japan, the bookshop seemed to be the most popular feature of practically every street block. While in the Philippines, instead of bookshop, it was the beauty parlor vying closely with … [Read more...] about Filipinos are not book lovers
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Education in the Philippines, at its worst
We have recently received a lot of complaints coming from a lot of students from different schools scattered all over the Philippines. All, with a related dislike, which they want to raise the attention of, and that's the education here, in the Philippines. One of our readers from the Holy Spirit School complained about the lack of presence of certain proctors during his … [Read more...] about Education in the Philippines, at its worst
What's hard in saying sorry?
I have posted a interesting topic on my Poetry / Emo Blog wherein you'll find more about the hard stuff behind the simple word of sorry. Difficult as it appears to be, or as easy at it seams at first. After reading the post I hope that you'll learn more about the difference of a forced way to say sorry and the sincere way of doing so. Sorry isn't that simple, forgiving ain't … [Read more...] about What's hard in saying sorry?