DRIVING THOUGHTS Those who watch motorsports on television, or online sites, but have never sat in a grandstand to view a race should make time to feel the experience. The noise of the car engines, the crowd cheering, and of course, the sight of cars speeding by, taking a turn on a racing...
DRIVING THOUGHTS “At the end of the day, behind every person in this room is a teacher who once nurtured our dreams. And if teachers can change the lives of so many, then we must do our part in changing theirs for the better.” Those were the inspiring words of Aniceto Sobrepeña,...
DRIVING THOUGHTS The number — three million trees — seems daunting, if not just ambitious, but after listening to the presentation on how much forest land needs to be reforested, planting three million trees is a small number. I learned that two days ago at a roundtable discussion organized by...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Until today, almost 43 years since I joined Manila Bulletin, I still say — “No day is the same for a journalist.” You start a day with coffee and plans to have dinner with family — but that does not always happen. The weather, a politically-charged statement, an...
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 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...
OGGIE KAPETANOVIC “If you don’t smoke, don’t start. If you smoke, quit. If you don’t quit, change.” The unexpected statement comes from Oggie Kapetanovic, president of Heat-Not-Burn at Philip Morris International (PMI), who repeated what he called is the “mantra in the company” which...
