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I bought this caramel syrup from Starbucks today to have my very own caramel macchiato at home and at work. Yippe. So after the show, Mom and I tried it. Ahh.. I so love it! So the effect of coffee was to get me hyper. And so I was. This is good because I intend to write and do a couple of things first over the night. But now that I'm starting to get the move on (work, more writing and all those stuff), I suddenly felt sleepy and tired. The effect of coffee on me is really... poor? lame? undefined? It's not even decaf! Oh my. Will I ever trust coffee again? *sighs*

(hehe, ang laki ng probema ko, kape lang pala. tsss!)

Peace!

Mr. Chris Lowney, motivational speaker, renowned author of “Heroic Leadership” and former Managing Director of JP Morgan, is once again coming over to the Philippines to launch his new book, “Heroic Living”. He will also be giving talks and workshops on leadership.

In this connection, we would like to invite everyone to be part of his talk slated on March 26, 2009, Thursday, 5:00pm to 7:00pm and on March 28, 2009, Saturday, 9:00am to 12:00nn at the Auditorium of the Ateneo Graduate School for Business at Rockwell, Makati City. This scheduled talk on heroic living is specially tailored for public officials, government executives, and leaders alike.

To defray cost, we will be charging Six Hundred Pesos (P600.00) per participant; that includes a copy of his new book (Heroic Living) which we are selling at Three Hundred Pesos (P300.00).

We hope you can join us and find the way forward through HEROIC LIVING!

For further inquiries, please call us at the Jesuit Communications office at 426-5971 to 72 local 114 or 112.

Deep Sigh.

Some months ago, when Papa (my grandfather) was still with us, I would visit him in the hospital and hear his stories. Then came August when he was brought to the ICU in the state of coma. When he had awaken and regained his strength, I can once more hear his stories.

One of them was one of a kind. He was lying sick in bed. Someone came in to take care of him. It was Francis Magalona, he said. I found it bizarre that Papa dreamed of Francis M (of all people) until I heard the news that he was diagnosed with Leukemia. I believe that somewhere in the oblivion, they bumped in to each other. Papa narrates then that Francis even helped him clean up his mess.

Papa joined our Creator last September 2008. Francis brought tears to the country this March. In my prayers, I would talk to Papa and tell him, "Papa, magkasama na ba kayo diyan ni Kiko? Pakisabi naman po 'Salamat.' Mula sa mga nagmamahal sa kanya."

So I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Francis M - even in the midst of oblivion, he is still a one-of-a-kind Filipino, full of compassion for his countrymen. To dear Francis Magalona, for being an inspiration to all Filipinos, I salute to you and your Pinoy art. Astig maging Pinoy.

Good job, Kiko. Well done.