DRIVING THOUGHTS Writing is what I do for a living. I’ve been writing since I graduated from college in the seventies, and have not stopped. In the recent past, I’ve introduced writing to people who have never thought of themselves as writing their thoughts....
DRIVING THOUGHTS A casual observation of vehicles moving in traffic, or stopping at intersections for traffic signals, will show the prevalence of motorists using mobile phones – for navigation, entertainment, or communications. And although there is a law that prohibits the use of mobile devices...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Will you make time to list your New Year’s resolutions? Or will you think that will be a waste of time as you have not followed one up to the end of the year? According to studies, only nine percent of New Year’s resolutions are done until the end of the year....
DRIVING THOUGHTS It’s the morning after Christmas and the world is still around me. I hear rain and nothing else, not even the occasional broom-broom sound of the tricycle or a motorcycle, or an engine revving up to go. After the noises of movement in the past days, the quiet morning was a...
DRIVING THOUGHTS The Christmas parol is out, perhaps by the tens of thousands around Metro Manila, bringing the warmth of the season in multi-colored lights. Hanging along the main thoroughfares and side streets, windows of houses and shops, churches, gardens, and government offices, the...
DRIVING THOUGHTS During the holidays, try camping. Drive out of the city and stay overnight, not in a resort, but at a campsite with basic amenities that will likely be inconvenient and uncomfortable to most people. The rewards are many, some intangible, but will give you a different kind of...
DRIVING THOUGHTS I will tell you a story of how things can go very wrong when you trust your vehicle for a paint job and some body dent repair with an auto shop you found only in Facebook. Read on to learn lessons – and get entertained too. After six months of waiting for his Nissan Patrol...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Local government units (LGUs) can learn much from a pilot project on a public transportation system that serves short, but popular, routes that’s been ongoing in Pasay City and Santa Rosa City, Laguna. This is the Toyota Community Shuttle (TCS) project which uses...
DRIVING THOUGHTS According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 1.3 billion people –about 16 percent of the global population – currently experience significant disability. “This number is increasing due in part to population ageing and an increase in the prevalence of...
DRIVING THOUGHTS What is most important to take along for the next stage of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage walk? A rain jacket, water, food, foot anti-blister pads, mobile phone, power bank, roaming Wi-Fi gadget, extra socks, shirt, anti-allergy medicine, ballpen, notebook, pack of chocolates,...
DRIVING THOUGHTS (My dear friend, Toto Sicangco, passed away Thursday in his home in North Carolina. I’m reprinting a story I wrote about him which was published in the book – Sugar and Smiles: The Negrense Legacy Beyond 2020, as my tribute to that man who had brought many audiences to another...
DRIVING THOUGHTS I called her “Deedee,” not “Tita Deedee,” as many did because she had always made me feel like an equal even if I had just joined Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation as Tempo deskwoman/reporter in 1982. Then, she was already Deedee Siytangco, well-known in...
