Happy birthday to me and our beloved her, GAT JOSE RIZAL! Now is a good time to love our country more. Don’t forget, we can change presidents every six years. But the FLAG remains. Please love our country more, a little more each day. Every mindless or unfounded rant–no matter how well-intentioned–hurts OUR COUNTRY more,…
Jose Rizal lives on
Today is June 19 and I am celebrating it with you, Dr. Jose Rizal. I count myself lucky to share your birthday for it always reminds me about the love you have shown for our country and how you dedicated yourself to the service of others. I am devoting this page for you but in…
JR meets JR (A Tribute to a Hero’s 150th)
Jose Rizal and I share the same birth date, June 19. I thank my Mom and the heavens for choosing this date for my day of birth. One trivial reason is that it makes it hard for my loved ones to forget my birthday! π Seriously, I consider it a beautiful coincidence that the sun…
Dreaming of a Philippine Leadership Academy
(A repost of a blog posted last December 7, 2010 in my previous site, http://meilbox.asyanna.com) If I have the means, I will build an institution and name it the Philippine Leadership Academy. It will produce graduates with the integrity and courage of Mahatma Gandhi, intelligence of Jose Rizal, and spirituality of Mother Theresa. The graduates…