154. Bad Luck

Bad luck happens to anybody...today, its me! Well, rotten bad luck has been affecting me when it comes to my work with IFMR. It didn't help that my last work was not taken well. I cannot please everyone, and I don't intend to. Enough is enough and I just want to forget this happened. 

153. Sancho Emmanuel Tibayan - Ramos

The day is a day of thanksgiving for our family as our newest member is born. Sancho Emmanuel, my nephew. Born after years and years of waiting, SAM as he will be known fondly is named after my late father and the Tita Emma, the mother of my brother-in-law. It was, for me, a day of excitement and anxiety as I want just want him to come out healthy and that my sister should not have any difficulty. At first, I could not express my happiness as I want to know if both of them are doing well. Only when I was told that they are both out of danger did I feel the excitement of welcoming SAM into our family. 

152. Judging another writer...a group of writers!

I was invited to be one of the judges on the regional essay writing competition for ICSE Schools. I was quite excited to see what these young writers have to offer. Cold they be better than writers of my generation, or even the generation ahead. There were about 28 participants and I realized how amazing these young people are, in terms of their ideas and the way they present them in writing. I would say 300% better than most journalists in my generation. The influx of information has done a great deal of help and support for them and it is clearly visible in the facts that they put in to their writing given the short time limit during the competition.