Thursday, July 24, 2014

Justice for Dr.Carolina Tolentino-Talens


Lady Doctor found dead in Nueva Ecija/ABS CBN News

It had been 53 days since ABS CBN aired this news, when my classmate Efren sent me a private message “tell me about your sister”. USTMD class 75 commensurates with our prayer that justice be served. They wish to be enlightened about Carol’s abduction and brutal murder. Like an alcohol rubbed on yet unhealed wound, the request generated another bout of anguished emotion too great to bear. Truth is, we the closest of kin are at sea why a deed as devious as that was done to an ordinary citizen whose only preoccupation was striving hard to raise her children well. As a matter of fact, maybe even Carol did not have an inkling why she had to undergo such an ordeal.

Friday, May 23, 2014

Potipot Island: The Zambales Traverse

"I tried to make travelling and film making a career and it sucked. It pulled out all the happiness and just made me angry with it. This is just to say that not everybody will be happy in the career you are happy with and we shouldn't be pushing our careers to anyone's face just because of that"....so says my son Dane. Tongue-in-cheek, this made me consider the 'what-could-have-been' in my life.