I thought I was the only person who was irritated by that Olay commercial. Â The question Boy Abunda asks is: Why do women lie about their age? Â What irritated me was that it was a faulty over-generalization. Â Not all women lie about their age. Â Some men lie about their age also. I am proud to… Continue reading No, Boy Abunda, not all women lie about their age
Let me say that I most strongly object to the performance bonuses that the SSS Board has authorized for itself. Â My basis for objecting is my personal experience dealing with the SSS. I have a client whose husband was a SSS pensioner. He died in 2009. Â When his wife (my client) applied for the death… Continue reading Why the SSS performance bonuses are UNDESERVED and UNCONSCIONABLE
Just last week, I had occasion to counsel a  teenage student. The student came to me with a question weighing on her mind.  A friend from school overheard their adviser talking about her and said that she had an attitude problem. Her friend told her that she thought the same thing: that she had an… Continue reading Attitude problems and baby steps: learning how to obey the will of God
The morning after our wedding, we came home from the Manila Hotel to our small apartment in Quezon City. It was a hole-in-the-wall near hubby’s office in Banawe. Years before, hubby had bought a small house and lot in Meycauayan. He was induced by his office mates to apply for a GSIS housing loan. He… Continue reading There goes the old neighborhood
I heard of a Christian couple who consulted a lawyer because the husband, a high school teacher, faced a sexual harassment complaint. As it turned out the complainant was not even 18 yet so a complaint for child abuse was also filed against him. They were understandably distressed about the whole thing as it humiliated… Continue reading Stand still