ACQUIESCENCE: WIN SUCCESS OVER FAILURES!

Toledo City- The Province of Cebu is known for its tourist attractions.   Both locals and foreigners are amazed  with the  charms located in several places of the province. One of these dandy creations is a  unique and man-made lake located in Brgy General Climaco (or Casoy), Toledo City. Locals commonly called this lake as “Dam”. But now, the Local Government of Toledo City and other organizations called this as Malubog Lake.   Historically, Malubog Lake or Malubog Dam is a man-made lake originally from Malubog Creek. It was created in the year 1970's, more or less. A Mining Company developed this artificial lake to supply water to its mining activities.  Now, several fishes are growing and the locals catch these fishes basically for meals. Some caught from smallest to biggest “Tilapia” (cichlid fish), milkfish, and carp. A number of tourists already discovered this fascinating body of water.   When you reached the lake, you could imagine the ser...

In the light of the on-going pandemic, health is really our wealth to sustain.   Becoming ill at this time is really expensive. But there is a simple technique to become healthy - boosting our immune system! Our immune system fights the virus and bacteria inside our body. Good immune system means good health. To be healthy it does not mean that you have to spend a huge amount of money. We can exercise. We can spend time with our love ones.   We can eat healthy food. These activities could boost our immune system and fight the virus-the carrier of COVID-19. We usually do going to the market place to buy something to eat. In the market, we could find numerous fruits, vegetables, eggs and other food which could boost our immune system. Let us focus on Avocado and eggs. According to research Avocado is an alkaline food. It has 15.6 pH level.   Corona Virus has pH which varies from 5.5 to 8.5. Therefore, to eliminate the virus we have to consume more alkaline foods above...

My wife and I are lucky together with my Toledo Law Office family to experience a unique and innovative fine dining at Lag Kaw Bar and Restaurant located at Magsaysay St., Poblacion, Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines. It was an absolute capstone. The event is a memorable journey that starts from an amuse-bouche menu and ends with a rich dessert. Each menu is superbly prepared. The sauces are deeply flavoured to particularly suit the mouth-watering food. The ingredients are really impeccable. Every dish is exquisite and could magnify your taste buds. The fine dining ends with a healthy and carefully balanced dessert that is indeed palatable. Everybody is in awe as a new menu is being served. Each dish produces a stunning look and a delectable taste. Every food really represents a pinnacle way of cooking. Thanks and Congratulations to Atty and Chief Roquesa Joyo-Alcomendras and the rest of her team.

I n the Philippines, the month of November is the BAR EXAM Month. So, I would like to share with you how I prepared for the Bar Exam. This guide has an acronym, PHESST-LAWYER . Take time to read because this guide might help you.  Act like a Priest – Every day you should have to pray before anything else. I am a Roman Catholic and I have to act like a real one. Be close to God every day. Do not decide without consulting the best consultant, God. Taking the Bar examination is one way to get closer to God. Depression because of pressure will be eased. Unfortunately, the pressure is inevitable but you have to bow down to your master. ACT LIKE A PRIEST Act like a Happy Shopper - When I took the Bar Exam, this pace was very interesting yet very luxurious. I presumed that you know the books that you will use for the review of the bar exam. You should know what books you will buy for the eight subjects, you should buy notebooks for you to write, you should buy markers to ...

I wrote this chapter during Good Friday. My younger brother and I went to church at 3 PM and I was honestly amazed of the rituals or let us say the procedure of the liturgical celebration. It was my first time for my entire 27 years in this world to experience the said celebration. I was so shocked! Why? Because it was the first time that I attended a celebration where there was no entrance song. It started when everybody kneels. When the priests, the lay ministers, the psalmists, and the knights of the altar reached at the altar, they sat, then bent and kissed the floor for a minute or two. I also observed that the center of the celebration is the cross, giving respect with the cross as a symbol of our salvation.         I was reminded with the cross of our LORD.  Indeed the cross that was carried by Jesus Christ was too heavy. I imagine if I was the one carrying that load I might say, “Oh, no!!!” One, two , three or four steps… I am sure...

W e have started to learn to love every step of what we want to do. We know that God is speaking to us as if He is beside us. That is actually the truth! GOD is with us because He loves us!!! This Chapter will bring you to another experience. This experience really teaches me to stick with the LORD. Indeed, every experience has a lesson. Why? After the whole first semester of being a second year law student, words of the Lord are being so clear to me. Not just during the mass but during the whole week. He said:   “I serve to show my love for you. I suffer because I love you and I die because of my love for you. But where are you? You’ve been too far away from Me. I called you but you did not listen. I protected you but you never protected yourself. I ask you to be righteous but you disobey. And you ask, “Why are you forsaken me? “                 Because of these words that are too clear for me as ...

W e have learned from the previous chapter that in whatever we do, we should scrutinize every experience by asking what does the Lord want me to do in such situation? As we continue, I will bring you to my other experience with the LORD. This is about a trek during my law school days. I consider this as very important activity that happened in my life. August 9, 2009 is a date to consider that I made myself proud. I led the group to praying not in the prayer meeting, not in the church, not in a small group discussion, not in a seminar, not in my own prayer time but in an activity with my fellow law classmates for a very heartbreaking, exciting yet breathtaking ala survivor nature trekking… Yes! This is not an uncomfortable harness that shackles us into hard labor…This is experiencing God’s faithfulness through a once in lifetime activity… Imagine! I was the one chosen by the majority of my classmates to lead the group in prayer. This is really a good opportunity to bring people...