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The Odds
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - April 29, 2007 - 12:00am
In college, I took up Spanish as my foreign language. There were perhaps 20 or so classes of about 40 students each. A large percentage of our grade was based on how well we did in the oral exam. We were...
Drama
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - April 15, 2007 - 12:00am
It''s one of those days again. I''ve been staring at the computer screen thinking about what to write. My head is a jumble of ideas that start off somewhere and never really go anywhere. It''s like that crafts...
Home
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - April 1, 2007 - 12:00am
Palm Sunday marks Jesus’ triumphant return to Jerusalem. Certainly, the disciples had no clear idea that a few days later would be a crucifixion. But Jesus...
March
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - March 18, 2007 - 12:00am
March is my favorite month of the year. My birthday falls in March. And every year it is another chance to take stock, to remember with gratitude all that has been, to marvel at how quickly a year progresses...
Small talk
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - February 18, 2007 - 12:00am
As a young child, I used to be painfully shy. Although my relatives might disagree. I had no trouble performing in front of people like my weird dance steps ( I shudder at the thought!) or the new poem I...
Beauty Parlor
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - February 4, 2007 - 12:00am
The beauty parlor is perhaps one of those few places in the world where women go in frowning and actually coming out smiling. Unless of course you've been with the beautician from hell who makes you look...
Devotion
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - January 21, 2007 - 12:00am
An out-of-town friend who stayed for the Sinulog a couple of years ago wondered aloud if the celebration of the Sinulog and all the other festivities didn't border on idolatry. It wasn't, I think, a comment...
Starting Over
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - January 7, 2007 - 12:00am
I love that January always begins with rain. It makes me feel like everything is new. Like the dirt of the past year has been washed away by the rain and that I can begin again. Like I can start over.
Enough
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - December 24, 2006 - 12:00am
Christmas shopping is the only activity that ever makes me feel that my salary is not enough. Well, maybe that and looking at fashion magazines which I have since learned to stop buying. But Christmas...
The Bethlehem Summit
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - December 10, 2006 - 12:00am
I wonder what might have happened if the organizers of the ASEAN had organized the first Christmas.
TomKat
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - November 26, 2006 - 12:00am
So, TomKat are finally married. And not a moment too soon. I was getting a little bit too tired of hearing about the reports of the 'wedding of the year' and the 'most romantic event of the season.' A couple...
TomKat
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - November 26, 2006 - 12:00am
So, TomKat are finally married. And not a moment too soon. I was getting a little bit too tired of hearing about the reports of the 'wedding of the year' and the 'most romantic event of the season.' A couple...
Win-Win
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - November 12, 2006 - 12:00am
Most people effectively live their lives and make their choices looking for a win-win situation. They manage to look for creative solutions where both parties can find benefits from the situation. This seems...
Toys
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - October 29, 2006 - 12:00am
During the holiday shopping season, one of my favorite places to stop by is the toy store. My excuse is that I have to buy toys for my growing number of godchildren and my friends' children. But really, picking...
Toys
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - October 29, 2006 - 12:00am
During the holiday shopping season, one of my favorite places to stop by is the toy store. My excuse is that I have to buy toys for my growing number of godchildren and my friends' children. But really, picking...
Reel Life
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - September 17, 2006 - 12:00am
I sometimes think that watching movies has ruined me. There are mornings when I wake up and I expect the birds to rouse me from sleep, sing with me and prepare my clothes for the morning. But they don't, they continue...
Work
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - September 3, 2006 - 12:00am
I bought a gift for my grandmother at one of those little shops next to churches. Attending me and helping me with my purchases was a nun. I entered and she bid me a good morning and then she pretty much left me...
Our Town
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - August 20, 2006 - 12:00am
Unlike most people, I cannot claim bragging rights to any little town in the province. Almost everyone I know comes from this town or that province but I was city born, bred and raised. While my parents...
Judging a Book
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - July 23, 2006 - 12:00am
I have a confession to make: I judge books by their covers. (Even if, as that corny joke from grade school dictates, I am not a judge.) As much as I love the world of books and all the glorious knowledge and wisdom...
Superman
by TACKED THOUGHTS By Nancy Unchuan Toledo - July 9, 2006 - 12:00am
Strangely enough, people look for the human in the divine and the divine in the human. We are just as easily led to seek out the super in supernatural and the ordinary in the extraordinary. Which is why we give kryptonite...
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