IT’S THE SMALL THINGS And just like that, it is the first day of the second half of the year on Monday. Before we know it, Christmas bells will be ringing and carols will be playing on the radio. Suffice to say, the first half just passed us by. Given the crazy start of the year I had, and...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Last week, I wrote about the start of an era simply because we are so used to celebrating the end, we often overlook that every ending has a beginning. In the same manner, we must not forget the fact that for a period of time to be memorable, we must live it – to the...
Anne Curtis turned 39 on Saturday, Feb 17. She celebrated this by posting several hot photos as taken by BJ Pascual on social media. "Birthday ko? Barefaced birthday," she wrote as caption. One of the photos is a close-up shot of her face. Another photo has the actress-TV host pairing a...
The original sang’gres of hit GMA fantasy show "Encantadia" made a huge splash appearing on "It's Showtime" on Tuesday. The effort happened as spearheaded by Karylle for the show's "Magpasikat" segment. To those not in the know, Karylle is among original sang’gres, playing the role of...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Yesterday, Sept. 8 was the birthday of Mary, the mother of Christ. Although I have always prayed the “Hail Mary” and in many ways, prayed to our blessed Virgin, it was not until I moved to Mexico two years ago that my affinity with Her, I have felt, has deepened. Multiple...
"Mini Miss U" contestant Eury Eleandre Villena from Tondo, Manila, made "It's Showtime" hosts cry recently sharing a cute, little story she made up about them. In it, she described Vice Ganda, Anne Curtis, Kim Chiu, Vhong Navarro, and Karylle as "tagapagtanggol ng kasiyahan" and bestowed with...
Netizens are up in arms. They are not happy that the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) as led by Lala Sotto, summoned "It's Showtime" producers for the alleged "indecent act" displayed by hosts Vice Ganda and Ion Perez. Some believe the agency over-reacted to a...
Producers of the noontime variety show “It’s Showtime” was summoned by The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) over complaints concerning alleged indecent acts performed by hosts Vice Ganda and Ion Perez. In a memorandum, the MTRCB said the scene, which ha ppened ...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS *“He makes all things* *beautiful in His time.”* That’s a church hymn I learned during my years at the Assumption, and which I have never forgotten. It’s one I sing to myself from time to time, and hum at random. So much so that I never really realized how meaningful...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS According to the Britannica, “happiness, in psychology, [is] a state of emotional well-being that a person experiences either in a narrow sense, when good things happen in a specific moment, or more broadly, as a positive evaluation of one’s life and accomplishments...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I was recently asked by a friend of mine during a random conversation – if there are two traits or attributes in a person that you seek when either hiring an employee, or finding someone to work with, what would they be? Although, of course, there are so many more, the first...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Although I always make it a point to listen to homilies, sermons and the preaching of revered individuals, it is very seldom that one resonates so deeply with me. I do not know if it was the timing — the words I needed to hear on that day — or the delivery, but the homily...