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I’m exactly neither the scaredy-cat type nor a daredevil but when eerie stories are told, I couldn’t help it but feel the creeps. I haven’t really seen real ghosts myself just yet so I qualify myself as lucky and matter-of-factly hope not to see one for that might change my balance and composure right off the bat - forever. Ha ha!Getting scared probably stems from the thought of death. We fear

I have to post my 2009 summer experience in Canigao Island now before these photos become totally stale (I know, the long overdue is never forgivable!) . I already have 2 posts about the island but I take the liberty to blog about it again so you may know about it or to just keep you refreshed.My early posts: Canigao Island (Matalom, Leyte)http://briefstories.blogspot.com/2009/03/

While many paid attention to the call, still more turned a deaf ear.This day, the 15th of October is Blog Action Day where bloggers all around the world unite in attacking one issue that is relevant to the global status quo. The world's most pressing concern at least today is climate change.Everyone should be reminded that the worst is gradually showing its might. What happened to the greater

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people behind the Philippine Blog Awards for the recognition as a national finalist for Best Personal Blog! Being a finalist is more than reason enough why blogging should be part of my lifestyle. I have been blogging before "blogging" was really even called as such. It was in 2000 (hmm, 4th year high school makes me a bit old). Then officially a

This is your Brief Stories once again amigos.Point-blank. I am here to proudly cast my vote for Cebu Bloggers Society (CBS) for the Bloggers' Choice Special Award on the Philippine Blog Awards (PBA Visayas). The event will be held on October 18, 2009 (7 PM) at the Ayala City Sports, Cebu Business Park, Cebu City. This is a first in the Visayas region, should be exciting!Reason. CBS is undeniably

Let's all help the victims of typhoon Ondoy. To all Cebuanos, you can drop off your donations at any of the following locations:1. CEBU MUSICIANS AND OUTPOST RESTOBAR will help Ondoy victims! Joseph Castillo, husband of musician Lia Luisa A. Castillo will send a 20ft Container to the stricken areas especially Marikina and Cainta. Details to follow. Drop in some love while you listen to some music

When we were still on all fours, the basics for survival were already imprinted in our instincts. Instinctively, we thirst for food (our mother's milk kept us nourished) then we crept to the nearest side of the crib, clutched our hands to its frame, tried to stand up, knees shaking, faltered a many times but at last came a lucky strike, reduced to on all twos (if there's such an idiom) - an early

The good remains good so long as nothing butchers it claiming only second best or worse, the worst. Love is a good thing that it deserves a place on the pedestal. But someone can always attest that it is never easy. Love on a journey is one hell of a ride! (speaking on behalf of the millions that chose to love or bumped into someone's heart - this is beyond cheesiness!).In relationships, the

For some, it is very difficult having reached the age past one’s so-called youthful stage although it doesn’t necessarily restrict the fact that old age is also a period of completion and fulfillment. Everyone is headed towards the same direction where growing out a gray hair is just part of the process, the receding memory becomes more understandable much less amusing and the circle closes in as

One can only think of foolish, absurd things if he subconsciously or readily blanks himself out with the people who truly are concerned about him. Emptying the mind with flashes of family and friends and filling it up with the conscious desire to jump to the unknown but with a surefire fleeting little evil dissolves his moral fiber (sounds familiar from the movie, The Girl Next Door?) into a

Sentiments of dissatisfaction, angst, compassion, longing, grief, loneliness, bliss, gratefulness and love are all packed in one machine that's more often called the Filipino favorite during the happy and not surprisingly the sad times. That's karaoke - everyone's magic machine. It does wonders to our soul and singing the songs of life attracts miracles to our heart, I mean literally.With it, we

Her character and charisma made her an icon. She moved mountains and inspired not only a multitude of my countrymen but people around the world that witnessed that bloodless day. The People Power Revolution was the epitome of Filipino victory after more than two decades under a regime that was plagued with corruption and deprived Filipinos of their freedom. Truly, it was meant to eventuate for

The tree-planting activity sponsored by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and the Kantipla Ecosystems Enhancement and Protection (KEEP) Foundation kicked off last June 27. They are encouraging volunteers to join the tree-planting caravan every Saturday until September 26 at Sitio Kantipla, Barangay Tabunan, Cebu City. It's for a good cause giving back to Mother Nature what she

The playfulness of the world is an adult's jealous longing to journey back to the old times. As he kisses goodbye to the carefree joys of untapped and uncorrupted world, he is met with nothing but with the absolute reality of the world - complicated and never pure and simple anymore.As we trekked to the mountains packed with a purpose, a growing realization of the world came to being. To ascend,

Lao Tzu was right, that a good traveler has no fixed plans. I should have been embarrassing myself too much had I been lost during my trip to Ormoc City. Mr. Google proved handy as usual! Exercised my searching prowess and printed every possible map. But with nowhere to stay overnight? That's a different story. It was just one of those days when you're all dressed up but with no direction.Upon