11.28.24FamilyFeature Articles Gratitude Knows No Borders: Thanksgiving and the Immigrant Story Thanksgiving Day is one of the most significant and heartfelt celebrations in the United States (U.S.). It is...
10.31.24HolidaysSpirituality Holiness Is Possible: Answering the Call With Faith, Hope and Prayer Reflecting on All Saints' Day, I remember a past experience when I was abroad, where I had the opportunity to...
10.06.24HappinessSpirituality How the Daily Holy Rosary Draws us Closer to God and Deepens our Faith Today, October 7th, we come together to honor the Blessed Mother under her revered title, Our Lady of the Hol...
09.29.24EducationEnvironment Young Eco Guardians: School Kids Take Action to Protect Mother Earth There are several environmental related events throughout the globe being observed and conducted every year b...
09.08.24BirthdaysSpirituality Guided by Grace: Remembering the Power of the Litany on Mama Mary's Birtday Our Blessed Mother holds an essential and loving role in our spiritual journey, especially in guiding us clos...
09.07.24EducationFamily An Eldest Son's Loving Tribute to His Beloved Mother MUTCs Foreword: The eulogy authored and delivered by Leonides R. Cajucom (the eldest of the 11 siblings) ...
03.31.24Feature ArticlesHolidays The Radiance of Resurrection: A Night of Joy and Celebration of Life at Easter Vigil Last night, we were fortunate to partake in a deeply meaningful and joyous commemoration of the Resurrection ...
03.27.24Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings on Holy Wednesday: Embrace the Love of Forgiveness and Guard Against Kiss of Betrayal A passage taken from the Gospel reading today states that one of the twelve Apostles, who was called Judas Is...
03.25.24Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions Empowering Change in Social Media: Spread Love, Not Hate As a frequent user/visitor of social media platforms, I have observed troubling trends where individuals reso...
03.20.24Feature ArticlesSpirituality Faith Amidst Peril: Honoring the New Martyrs Courageously Spreading the Good News This blog is in consonance with Pope Francis prayer intention for this month of March 2024 specifically for ...
02.29.24Daily RoutineSpirituality A Guide For the Youth During Lent and Beyond: "Baby Steps" Towards Holiness As Holy Week is few weeks from now, there is still enough time to avail of some precious opportunity to refl...
02.20.24BirthdaysFeature Articles Birthday Celebration at Shangri-La's High Street Cafe: An Affair To Remember Backgrounder: The Shangri-La Hotel group is a renowned luxury hotel chains based in Hong Kong, known for i...
02.13.24Love When Hearts and Ashes Share the Limelight on February 14th: A Reflection on Earthly Bonds and Spiritual Devotion What an intriguing coincidence! This year, Ash Wednesday and Valentine's (or Heart's) Day fall on the same da...
02.09.24Holidays From Binondo to Broadway: Unveiling the Global Influence of Chinese New Year's Traditions With a population approximately 1.36 billion people, the Chinese community boasts the largest diaspora in nea...
12.28.23HolidaysLove Reflections On The Spirit of Christmas: A Joyous Tale of Love and Commitment Hello, I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas Day and are still enjoying the remaining days of the holiday...
12.05.23Feature ArticlesHolidays Embracing Advent Vibes: Illuminating our hearts with Hope, Joy and Love As December unfolds, our spirits dance with joy, transcending the challenges of a world still battling the sh...
11.06.23Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions Musings on Jesus' Timeless Lessons: Dining with the Heart, Not Just Meals! - Forget the "Who", Embrace the "How" In our busy lives, we often hear homilies from priests in our respective parishes, offering insights into the...
11.03.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Understanding the Catholic Doctrine About the After Life Realm: The Importance of Prayer For the Souls in Purgatory For us Catholics, we are taught that the Church comprises three segments: a) The Church Militant, consisti...
11.01.23Feature Articles Celebrating Saints: Inspiring Young Hearts to Grow in Holiness in the Age of Social Media Today (the 1st day of November) is dedicated to honoring the saints (Solemnity of All Saints Day), which pres...
10.07.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Embrace the Power of the Holy Rosary: MUTC's Unsolicited Advice To The Youth For Catholics, the month of October has been dedicated to the Holy Rosary, particularly today (7th of October...
09.29.23FriendshipSpirituality Guardians and Protectors of the Faith: Archangels and Guardian Angels On 29th of September, the Catholic world commemorates the feast day of the 3 principal Archangels, namely: S...
09.28.23Feature Articles San Lorenzo Ruiz: A Beacon of Faith and Resilience For Filipino Communities Worldwide While processioning along the streets from 86th Avenue to 111th St. and then to Myrtle Ave, finally reaching ...
09.26.23BirthdaysFamily A Mother's Love, Wisdom and Grace: Reflecting on Her Impact Inay, or Mommy "Aying" to some of us, was an extraordinary woman who navigated the challenging role of mo...
09.23.23EnvironmentFeature Articles Sowing the Seed of Desperation: Lessons from the Parable of the Sower While pondering the Parable of the Sower from the Book of St. Matthew, I was particularly struck by the profo...
09.17.23Feature ArticlesHappiness Forgiveness as Strength: Anna's Inspiring Journey to Healing In the Gospel today of St. Matthew, Jesus is telling us that there is a transformative power of forgiveness, ...
09.14.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Honoring the Holy Cross: A Reminder of God's Love, Sacrifice and Victory The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross which falls today (14th of September) is one of the feast days ...
09.08.23BirthdaysSpirituality Celebrating Mama Mary's Birthday: A Thoughtful Journey into Faith and Love For us Catholics, the 'BER' months bring even more reasons to celebrate, as they mark the observance of some ...
09.01.23HolidaysSpirituality The "Ber" Months Spiritual Significance: Preparing Our Hearts For The Season of Giving This blog shall attempt to discuss (from a layman’s point of view) the significance of the Ber months and ...
08.31.23BirthdaysFamily Embracing August Abundance With Gratitude and Love Before this month of August ends, My Useful Tips.com (MUTC) would like to express its gratefulness to God for...
07.18.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings on the Eucharistic Life: Placing the Eucharist At the Heart of One’s Life Journey For this month of July, Pope Francis shares his prayer intentions, guiding the faithful towards meaningful sp...
06.17.23BirthdaysFeature Articles A Taste of Home: The Delight of a Quasi-Outdoor Dining in a Tranquil Oasis My Useful Tips.com (MUTC) had been invited by one of her siblings (the owner of An Asian Traveler blog) who c...
06.04.23BeautySpirituality The Beauty of the Blessed Trinity: A Mystery to be Lived and Celebrated During my early years of learning on some of the basic catechism of the Catholic Church, particularly on the ...
05.13.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality A Reflection For the Month of May: Inviting the Blessed Virgin Mary Into Our Hearts, Homes and Families The month of May holds special significance for Catholics, as it is dedicated to honoring the Blessed Virgin ...
05.08.23EnvironmentTravel A Friend’s One-Day Escapade in Tagaytay: Episode Two (Tagaytay Highlands and Crosswinds) 1. Tagaytay Highlands After enjoying a sumptuous meal at Balay Dako, we hurried to Tagaytay Highlands to m...
04.08.23Spirituality Musings on Easter Season: Reawakening Our Faith and Keeping the Spirit Alive After a period of silence and reflection during the Lenten season, it is now time to celebrate the great joy ...
04.05.23Others Musings on Holy Wednesday: Judas' Kiss of Betrayal Our Lord Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) was a day of exuberance. People welcomed Him ...
03.29.23FriendshipTravel A Friend's One-Day Escapade in Tagaytay: Episode 1- Balay Dako! My phone rang, and I wondered who could be calling. To my surprise, it was a dear friend from my childhood/te...
03.25.23EnvironmentSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Earth Hour 2023: A 60-Minute Lights Off Moment From our humble webplace, we’re far from being an avid green activist, but as being part of this world, it ...
03.21.23AnniversaryFeature Articles Musings on Discernment: Its Value and Relevance The month of March is devoted to St. Joseph who is considered as the saint wearing many hats! Apart from bein...
03.05.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings on Benefits of Prayer, Repentance and Forgiveness: A Lenten Reflection As followers of Jesus Christ, it is important that we strive to be spiritually healthy not only during the se...
02.21.23LoveSpirituality Musings on Love and Lent: A Gift and A Sacrifice Just like in previous years, Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday (which kicks-off the season of Lent) fall duri...
02.17.23Feature ArticlesFriendship Inspirations from "Milagros": A Memorial Tribute To A Dearest Departed Sister and A Faithful Friend/Co-Worker Milagros is a Spanish word for “Miracles”. This was the name given to her by our parents when she was bap...
02.16.23EnvironmentTravel MUTC's First Encounter with Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar: Useful Tips and Thoughts Apart from those information posted by Las Casas, as shown in its official website, everything about the plac...
01.05.23Feature ArticlesHolidays Musings On New Year: Rekindling and Deepening Our Faith in God We have just crossed the doorway that leads into Year 2023! A HAPPY and BLESSED NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL! A...
12.17.22Feature ArticlesHappiness The Joy of Advent and Christmas A friend was on his way to a wedding engagement when the car before him slightly swerved hitting part of an i...
12.03.22Politics and OpinionsSpirituality The Essence of Advent: Forging A Right Path for God's Coming For us Christians, we consider Christmas as the wonderful time of the year as we commemorate the birth of our...
11.24.22FriendshipHappiness We Are All God's Gifts: Happy Thanksgiving Day! “Persons are gifts.....they come all wrapped so differently, some so loosely, others so tightly, but wrappi...
11.21.22LoveSpirituality Giving Our All: Lessons Learned from the Poor Widow's Offering Who among us these days would put all our money from our own pockets/wallets into the collection baskets as p...
11.19.22HealthSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Having a Decent "john": A Human Right? Did you know that there is one particular day in our calendars devoted for our “Johns” throughout the wor...
11.11.22BeautyFeature Articles Musings on the Mystery and Relevance of Purgatory: Does that Ring a Bell with You? Few years ago, when we were briefly discussing about the feast of All Souls Day, I accidentally unleashed a f...
11.02.22FamilyLove Keeping the Legacy Alive: In Memory of our Tita "Sisters" in the Family Today is the Solemnity of All Souls. Lord God, we pray for all the holy souls in purgatory, our departed lov...
11.01.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality Who Are the Saints-in-Making?: Are You One of Them? Who do you think are the saints-in-making? Would they be the living (those who are still on earth doing extra...
10.23.22FriendshipSpirituality The Golden Rule for Praying: Follow the Rule and Be Blessed While I was drafting this article, I received a message from a friend requesting me to pray for her as she ne...
10.19.22HealthSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocating for Pink Month: Breast Cancer Awareness Month My Useful Tips previously posted a blog on this matter in honor of a dear cousin “Amalia” who was initial...
10.16.22Feature ArticlesFriendship Is It Necessary To Be Persistent In Our Prayers? Guys, have we asked ourselves on the following: How is our prayer life at the moment? How persistent are we ...
09.25.22Politics and OpinionsSpirituality Rich Man, Poor Man: A Wake Up Call For Everyone! The parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus is not new to us. We have been hearing this, at least once a year, ba...
09.15.22LoveSpirituality The Sorrowful Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary: A Brief Musing Yesterday we celebrated the Exaltation of the Most Holy Cross while today we are commemorating the Memorial o...
09.08.22BirthdaysFeature Articles The Relevance of Our Blessed Virgin Mary's Birthday In Our Faith Journey For us Catholics, there are more reasons to celebrate during the “BER” months as some of the major holy d...
08.31.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings on God's Do's and Don'ts of Attending/Hosting Banquets: Humility is Key Before the month of August ends, it would be good to know that many of the readings for this month delve on t...
08.27.22EmploymentSpirituality Accounting of "Talents" In an office setting, each employee is given certain duties and responsibilities by their employers based on ...
08.22.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality The Glorious Assumption and Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Its Relevance The months of May and October are usually regarded as the Marian months. However, the month of August has two...
08.20.22Happiness Humility - Is It Missing In Our World Today? Anywhere in the world, we may have heard some news about violent road rage accidents. In Manila (where tra...
06.24.22Feature ArticlesLove Devotion To The Sacred Heart: A Gesture of Love and Gratitude While drafting this article, I happened to browse through the pages of USCCB's (United States Conference of C...
06.19.22FamilySpirituality Eucharist And Family - The Real Deals: One Bread, One Body, One Cup of Blessing I was waiting for a friend in one of the mall restaurants when my attention wandered again and again to a tab...
06.12.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings On One God, Three Persons: Our Faith and the Mystery of the Blessed Trinity With the little knowledge acquired from my mother and a catechist in school about the Holy Trinity (whose Sol...
05.29.22Politics and OpinionsSpirituality Responding The Call To Obedience: Its Beauty and Rewards While the entire month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Mother, it is still however under the Easter seaso...
04.24.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality The Suffering Souls On The Feast of the Divine Mercy: How To Be Of Help To Them? Nowadays, we almost celebrate everything for everyone. We have Mother's Day, Father's Day, Grandmother's Day, ...
04.16.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality The Relevance and Rewards of Easter Season: We Are An Easter People! The season of Easter in our Church calendar does not only involve Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday (some of us ...
04.14.22Feature ArticlesLove The Washing of The Apostles' Feet: Holy Thursday Reflection Today is the time wherein the feet of many of our Christian brothers throughout the world are being washed by ...
03.22.22Feature ArticlesHappiness Musings On The Significance of God's Policy On Forgiveness: Let Go and Let God Vatican News reported that in one of his Catechesis on the “Our Father”, Pope Francis reminds us “that ...
03.19.22HappinessLove The Go-To Saint For Mr. Right The month of March is referred to as the month of St. Joseph (although St. Patrick's Day is also being celebra...
03.18.22LovePolitics and Opinions Musings On The Journey of Lent: Utilizing Social Media In A Good Way Few weeks ago, Catholics throughout the world celebrated Ash Wednesday signaling the official start of the Le...
02.24.22FamilyFeature Articles Wanna Be A Sister or A Nun? - A Tribute To The Women In Our Lives Who Have Entered The Religious Life This blog post about women who have consecrated themselves to God is relatable, something that is close to my...
01.15.22EducationHappiness World Day of Peace: Starting The Year Right As Instrument of Peace The Catholic Church's World Day of Peace is being commemorated every 1st day of the year, January 1st, primar...
12.19.21Feature ArticlesSpirituality A Catechist Journey: A Joyful Advent Experience Each month, Pope Francis through the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network consistently appeals to the people parti...
12.11.21HolidaysSpirituality How To Get Ready For The Lord's Coming: The Treasure of Advent and Christmas In certain life's situations, particularly in dealing with problem encounters, we often pause for a while to ...
11.11.21Feature ArticlesHome Decor MUTC Attitude of Gratitude: Calme Scented Candles There were times in our lives where we have encountered acts of kindness and good deeds from loved ones, kin ...
11.02.21BeautySpirituality Do We Believe In Purgatory?: Its Beauty, Hope and Light I recall it was a day prior to Halloween eve, the young students in my previous CCD class in NYC were surpris...
10.09.21Community DevelopmentHappiness Are You Ready To Be A Disciple of Christ?: A Mission For Every Baptized Person Pope Francis, in his monthly prayer intentions and discernment (as posted in the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Netw...
10.07.21Feature ArticlesLove The Secret and Power of the Holy Rosary: Full of Mystery! I recall my childhood friends and I would pass around a slum book (a.k.a. “slam book” or any OG “notebo...
10.02.21Friendship Angels Are Real, They Exist: Do You Believe? The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that, "[T]he existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings tha...
09.24.21Feature ArticlesHappiness Spreading the Good News: A Mission Worth Striving/Investing For Thousands of years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ has trained and commanded His disciples to spread the Good News...
09.14.21Feature ArticlesSpirituality Why Should We Exalt The Holy Cross: Its Significance The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross which falls today (14th of September) is one of the feast days ...
09.04.21HolidaysSpirituality Laying The Foundation: The "Ber" Months On The 2nd Year of The Pandemic The Ber Months has just officially started and the excitement for the upcoming holidays are still being felt ...
08.23.21HappinessSpirituality "Don't Work For Food That Perishes...": Challenging Words For Challenging Times Most of us basically inherited our Catholic faith from our parents who taught us the basics of our religious ...
07.17.21Feature ArticlesSpirituality The Need For A Good Shepherd In Our Faith Journey Jesus was “moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd (troubled and abandoned); ...
07.10.21BeautyFamily The Beauty of Marriage: Is Divorce Necessary? Let's call the subjects of this blog article “Marian” and “Nathan”. This is based on a true story…...
06.14.21Feature ArticlesSports The French Open 2021 Finals: Guardian Angel Intervenes! We were watching on tv last night the Fench Open (also known as Roland Garros) men's tennis finals of Novak D...
06.07.21Spirituality Musings On The Relevance of the Institution of the Eucharist: The Summary of our Faith Under the Liturgical Calendar for the month of June, there are 2 important feast days in commemoration of the...
05.26.21FamilyLove A Man of Great Wisdom (The Late Judge Cajucom) - From the Hearts and Minds of His Grandchildren: In Memoriam A man of great wisdom who led an inspiring and remarkable life” - This is how “Joan” CD, one of his gra...
05.22.21Choir OrganizationCommunity Development God's Gift of Love, Obedience and Friendship: Her Experience In the Philippines MUTC's good friend, Ms. Wenn, spent her vacation in the Philippines late last year, quite a long respite from...
05.08.21AnniversaryCommunity Development The "Jill" Of All Trades: An Empowered Millenial Mom on Mother's Day Katrina in her late 30s has been an achiever in her own right. She is very low-key simple woman, far from bei...
05.05.21Community DevelopmentSpirituality Flores de Mayo/Santacruzan: Is There A Celebration In The Midst Of A Pandemic? It was a hot summer time and the kids were taking their month-long school break, so it was an opportunity for...
04.30.21BeautyEnvironment Arbor Day 2021: Only God Can Make Trees Do you still recall the poem entitled, “Trees” published 100 yrs ago (1913) by Alfred Joyce Kilmer, an A...
04.27.21Spirituality A Joyful 50-Day Period: Yes, It's Still Easter Time! Hi Guys, how did you spend your Easter days so far? Hope you are all having a blast having quality and wond...
04.22.21EnvironmentFeature Articles A Call To Restore Mother Earth Amid A Pandemic: Earth Day 2021 The month of April is packed with environment-related events such as the National Gardening Day (14th), Earth...
04.04.21Feature ArticlesHappiness The Relevance of Easter: A Joyful Recollection of An Easter Sunday In non-tropical countries, Easter season occurs during springtime, the season of the year when cold days are ...
04.03.21Feature ArticlesSpirituality Honoring The Blessed Virgin Mary On Holy Saturday It will be observed that the Holy Saturday which is part of the triduum or the 3 days before the Resurrection...
04.02.21Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings On The Beauty of Good Friday Have you ever asked yourself? What is beautiful during Good Friday? A once-upon-time friend of mine who has no...
03.26.21AnniversaryFamily A Memoir of A Wedding In The 90's: A Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebration Amid A Pandemic It was a beautiful sunny afternoon when their wedding was held in the 90's in an area where there was a non-s...
03.13.21HappinessSpirituality The Journey of Lent: "Baby Steps" In Following Jesus Holy Week is just few days from now and we are still given the opportunity to focus and ponder on God's love ...
03.08.21Community DevelopmentSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Women Empowerment: A Tribute To All Women On International Women's Day MUTC would like to dedicate this blog to all the women out there (her Mom in Heaven), her Mom-in-law, sibling...
03.02.21Feature ArticlesSpirituality Prayerfulness: Deepening Our Relationship With God Some, if not almost all, of us have prayed to God and received an answer in return. Whether or not it is long...
02.24.21Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings On The Temple of God: A Lenten Reflection Every time we attend the Holy Mass (in-person or virtual), we hear from the presiding priests time and again ...
02.17.21LoveSpirituality Musings on Lent: It's All About LOVE It's been over a year now since first reports of Covid-19 virus allegedly came out in Wuhan China, and became...
02.14.21Feature ArticlesLove The Gift of Loving: Love Wins When Rightfully Done What could be the better time to talk about “LOVE” than the month of February, where “Happy Valentine's...
02.12.21FashionFeature Articles A Two-Toned Color: The "It" and "In" Thing For 2021 I am far from being an art and fashion connoisseur, but surely I'm an enthusiast enthralled at seeing various...
01.20.21Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings On Making Room For God: A New Year's Resolution Many of us have probably pondered and attempted to plan and initiate some changes in our lives to kick off a...
01.16.21Feature ArticlesSpirituality What Do WE Bring Into The New Year (2021)? We have just crossed the doorway that leads into Year 2021! May we greet first, A HAPPY, HEALTHY and BLESSED ...
12.21.20Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings On The Beauty of Advent And Christmas Seasons Amidst A Pandemic The Advent season of the liturgical year has started last Sunday (29th November) and it will be followed by t...
12.17.20Feature ArticlesMDG-Poverty Musings On Walking With And Helping The Poor: "Not A Fad But A Theological Requirement" MUTC just posted last month about the celebration of the World Day of the Poor, which is being done every 33r...
12.15.20Feature ArticlesHolidays How Advent Differs From Christmas: Making A Way for Jesus' Coming Why is it that when December kicks in, we have this feeling of joyful zest and happiness in our hearts even i...
11.26.20Feature ArticlesHolidays Thanksgiving Day Celebration During Pandemic: Are there Changes? Traditionally, most Americans before Thanksgiving Day are all agog for this momentous celebration in their fa...
11.21.20Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings On The Relevance of the Rosary For the Souls For Catholics, the month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary while November is devoted for the departe...
11.18.20Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions Poverty: A Serious Malady One of the days of November is dedicated for the World Day of the Poor, a day established by the Catholic Chu...
11.09.20Feature Articles 7th Anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda: What Have We Learned? November 8, 2020 marked the 7th Anniversary of “Yolanda” (with an international name Haiyan), the powerfu...
11.01.20Feature ArticlesSpirituality The Saints-in-Making Who do you think are the Saints-in-Making? Would they be the living (those who are still on earth but doing s...
10.21.20Feature ArticlesSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Feeding The Hungry: How Can We Help? While some of us are having hearty full course-meal today, there are hundreds of millions of hungry people th...
10.17.20EducationFeature Articles Evangelization-A Christian Duty and Calling: The Role of Filipino Catholics It's been eight years now after the launching of the 9-year “spiritual journey” focusing on faith, evange...
10.12.20HealthPolitics and Opinions Musings On Multilateralism: In Line With God's Commandment To Love Our Neighbors During Pope Francis' virtual address to the General Assembly during the 75th Year Anniversary of the United N...
10.08.20EducationFeature Articles Learning Under The New Normal: From A State University Student's Perspective Prior to the full opening of classes few days ago for elementary, secondary (K12), and technical related stud...
10.01.20Feature ArticlesSports LAKERS Beats HEAT In 1st NBA Finals 2020: Look Who Watches It Outside The Dome! Who would have thought that the NBA Finals for 2020 would be held inside a Bubble, or under the Dome, so to s...
09.29.20Feature ArticlesSpirituality Michael, Raphael and Gabriel: The 3 Principal Archangels In Heaven Today is the feast day of our beloved Archangels: Saints Michael, Raphael and Gabriel. Though these 3 Archang...
09.28.20Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions 2020 Uncertain Times For The 17 SDGs: After 5 Years and During UN's 75th Year Anniversary While this is not her first involvement campaigning for some programs of the United Nations (UN), MUTC (My Us...
09.26.20BirthdaysFamily A Memoir Of Our Mother For Her Birthday In Heaven Our mother (Inay Aying) would have been in her early 90's today (Happy Birthday Inay in Heaven!). She passed ...
09.25.20EnvironmentFeature Articles World Environment Health Day 2020: Environment Health Essential In Disease Pandemic Prevention She just realized that there is a so-called World Environment Health Day (WEHD) which is being celebrated eve...
09.13.20Spirituality Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Its Relevance The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (which is commemorated today, every 14th of September). is one of the feast...
09.12.20EconomyFeature Articles Manila Bay "Beach Nourishment" Project: The White Sand Controversy Manila Bay ("The Bay") is somewhat close to her! Yup, she and The Bay have seen each other for many years and...
09.06.20Feature ArticlesSpirituality Mortification: What Is It? How Useful Is It To Us? My religion classes and spiritual meditations (with my "once upon a time" friends at the Opus Dei) taught me ...
09.01.20Feature ArticlesHappiness The "Ber" Months Under Pandemic: Let The Christmas Countdown Begin, No Matter What! Today, 1st of September, is the start of “Ber” months: SeptemBER, OctoBER, NovemBER and DecemBER. Actuall...
08.31.20Feature ArticlesMusic The Wonders of Angels: My Guardian Angel The quoted phrase below is an excerpt of the song “Angels” by Robbie Williams, one of My Useful Tips fave...
08.29.20Feature ArticlesHealth COVID19 -A Test In Our Faith In God? Before the month of August ends, I would like to share with you some musings lingering in my head which I tho...
08.28.20Community DevelopmentEmployment Musings On Building Strong Foundation For Catholic Migrants: Inclusion Matters Moving to a new country for the first time may not be easy as it seems. One needs to adjust to the new life,...
08.27.20AnniversaryCooking Look, Cardinal Tagle A Chef At The Vatican?: Tips on How To Cook "Simpleng Fried Rice" a-la Tagle! Opening one of my social media apps this morning, the first thing that caught my attention was a video posted...
08.26.20EducationFeature Articles DepEd New Normal Blended Learning: SSJB Readies For It! For School Year 2020-2021, about 23.2 million students from both public and private schools have already enro...
08.24.20FamilyFeature Articles Tiktok Challenge: The Cutest Tiktokers In Town! For those who are new to this entertainment platform, Tiktok is a “Made in China” video-sharing app (init...
08.23.20About My Useful TipsAnniversary Yay! At Last, New Look: Happy 10th Anniversary My Useful Tips! Gee, it's been a decade since My Useful Tips birth in New York City (NYC). Yup, My Useful Tips was planned an...
08.21.20EnvironmentFashion Abaca/Banana Fibers: Fabric For Sustainable Fashion Who would imagine that a stiff hard fiber sourced from an “abaca” plant and/or banana plant could be used...
08.20.20Feature ArticlesSpirituality How Do We Respond To God's Call: Full or Lip Service? While I was about to do this write-up on the subject, I recall this very thoughtful story which I bumped into...
08.18.20Feature ArticlesLove The Online Romance of Brad and Angelina: Part 3 (Tips and Thoughts) When Angelina confided her story to me via Internet, I was both vexed and perplexed. Based on her accounts, I...
08.16.20Feature ArticlesSpirituality Lukewarmness: A "Wishy-Washy" Attitude Towards Faith in God I remember it was “Opus Dei” (a catholic lay and clerical organization which literally means “Work of G...
08.10.20FamilyFeature Articles The Online Romance of Brad and Angelina: Part 2 As a backgrounder, Angelina and I met in one of social networking sites for some small business engagement. S...
08.08.20BirthdaysFamily A Tribute to my Mother-in-law on her 91st Birthday I've known my mom-in-law for more than 2 decades but because of the distance from our place to theirs, we don...
08.07.20Love The Online Romance of "Brad and Angelina": Tips and Thoughts Online romance/dating have been and are still currently considered as a convenient and legit way of seeking p...
07.31.20Feature ArticlesHealth She Beats Covid-19 Virus Despite Underlying Health Conditions: How? (Part 2) Going back to my sizzy's Covid-19 encounter, it can be gleaned that the strategy her family adopted contribut...
07.30.20FamilyFeature Articles She Beats Covid-19 Virus: How? Few days before my “sizzy” (our newly coined term for sister-like friend) was stricken by Coronavirus19 (...
07.28.20Feature ArticlesFriendship The Wind Beneath the Priests' Wings: A Tribute (In Memoriam) Did someone ever tell you you're the “wind beneath my wings”? Said expression which happens to be the tit...
07.16.20Feature ArticlesSpirituality Reinventing the Church for the "New Normal": Effect of Covid19 Pandemic It's been about 150 days that the world has been beset by negative effects of Covid19 pandemic (more than 500...
07.15.20EducationEmployment The Journey That Started It All: A Leap of Faith! It was a sunny yet cool December day when the consul of the Pakistan Embassy gave me back my passport with the...
07.12.20Community DevelopmentEnvironment Be Good Soils: The Challenge of the Sower When I opened the Bible (which I seldom do as most of the time the web is more accessible) to check on Gospel...
06.29.20Community DevelopmentHappiness Seeing God's Face In Our Neighbors - Don't Be Judgmental! Who among us have seen the face of God, I mean His real face? For sure, none of us have seen God in person. B...
06.26.20EducationEmployment Supreme Court Makes History - Swears In New Batch of Lawyers Online Today, June 26, 2020, the Philippines Supreme Court conducted a virtual oath -taking of 2,013 new Lawyers, re...
06.24.20EmploymentFeature Articles A Blessing In Disguise! -Light At the End of the Tunnel There was a time in my bff’s (best friend forever) professional life when she felt betrayed and humiliated b...
06.18.20Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions Cardinal "Chito" Tagle-The Poor Man's Guardian: Will he be the next to wear the Shoes of the Fisherman? I recall I had the chance to contribute an article in a Filipino Catholic magazine based in NYC about the des...
05.30.17EducationEmployment The Value of Everything: Valedictory Address I would like to share with you excerpts of the Valedictory Address authored by someone who holds dear to my ...
05.20.17EconomyFeature Articles PHL Refuses EU "Conditional" Aid/Grant- Why? Philippine Press Secretary Ernesto Abella in one of his press conferences confirmed that President Duterte has...
05.16.17HealthMDG-Poverty A Glass of Clean Water, Please? Pope Francis once made a call for everyone to recognize the importance of protecting “water” as it is the ...
04.26.17EconomyPolitics and Opinions ASEAN IN ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY: ARE THERE "GOLDEN" OPPORTUNITIES? Heads of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 10-member countries will be gracing the 30th ASEAN...
04.23.17EconomyMDG-PPP Dutertenomics: Economic Banner of Duterte Administration The Philippine Government's economic managers launched this month (Apri18th) Duterte Administration's bann...
04.22.17Community DevelopmentEducation Earth Day 2017: We Are Stewards, Not Masters of Earth Have you been a good steward of our Mother Earth? Earth Day is being celebrated yearly since its launching in...
04.20.17Politics and Opinions Duterte Places First In Time's 100 Most Influential List: WHY? Today, 20th of April, Time Magazine has officially proclaimed President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines as ...
04.20.17Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions Honoris Causa For PDuterte: An Aborted Plan! The “plan” to confer an honorary doctorate degree on Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte by the Univers...
04.16.17BeautyFeature Articles The Flame of God's Love-What An “Easterly”Feeling! The Easter Vigil with the blessing of the Easter Fire, Oil, Water and the Paschal Candle, gives me a strange f...
04.09.17Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions Palm Sunday: A Prelude To Judas' Kiss of Betrayal Today is Palm Sunday, and Christians (Catholics and non-Catholics) throughout the globe commemorate the tr...
04.06.17FamilyHappiness Faith And Family: The Joy of Love Juliet (not her real name) was a teacher in the Philippines before she decided to leave abroad for work as...
04.03.17Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions Privacy Matters Having a private space for ourselves is one of current life's essentials particularly in this tech advanced ag...
03.14.17Spirituality Living a Holy Life: A Lenten Challenge In one of my previous CCD (Catholic Christian Doctrine) classes for middle school kids, I instructed them ...
02.14.17BeautyLove The Beauty of Real Love! Ah......love, love, love.....love is everywhere! Everyone is “love-struck” when it comes to affairs of the...
11.09.16AnniversaryMDG-Poverty Rebuilding Lives After "Yolanda": The Third Year Three years ago (November 8, 2013), one of my sisters whose family is based in Tacloban City experienced...
11.01.16Community DevelopmentHolidays Halloween: It's Nothing But Just Fun! Halloween is actually celebrated on the eve of October 31, a prelude to Christians back-to-back feasts of All ...
10.31.16About My Useful Tips Yes, She's Back My Useful Tips went into hiatus for almost a year for some unexpected break! The year-long absence wasn't plan...
11.08.15EconomyEmployment A Strong US$ Makes "Mary" Happy! The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Labor Department posted an increase in job employment of 271,000 in...
11.02.15Community DevelopmentFamily Halloween Fete Now Becoming A Norm in the Philippines! I was surprised to hear reports from tri-media particularly broadcast media, aggressively promoting Hallowee...
10.20.15Community DevelopmentEconomy “The Music That Moves Lives”: A Corporate Social Responsibility Even before the word “Corporate Social Responsibility” (CSR) was coined, the business culture of giving ba...
10.13.15FashionFriendship A Fashion Show For A Good Cause: Breast Cancer Awareness My cousin who is based in Canada learned about her breast cancer 10 years ago. She was in remission for few ye...
09.18.15HolidaysTravel Visit the Philippines Pa More! In line with its mandate and the forthcoming World Tourism Day, the Philippines Department of Tourism in colla...
09.17.15BeautyFashion The "Runway Revolution" At The New York's 2015 Fashion Week! Whenever "fashion" is being talked about, the inner drive in me sparks and it comes naturally. It is probab...
07.07.15EducationMillennium Development Goals (MDGs) "Conditional Cash Transfer: How It Helps Poor Family Lydia, a widow in her late 30's and with five (5) children, lives in one of the poorest rural places in the Ph...
04.04.15Spirituality The 3 Major Characters In The Death of Jesus Christ: A Holy Week Reflection After attending the Good Friday mass at our parish, a man was standing at the back of the door and he seemed...
04.01.15Spirituality My Useful Tips Holy Week Reflection For us Christians, Lent is the time of being quiet and reflective, stepping away from the “world'” to focu...
03.29.15EnvironmentSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Earth Hour 2015: Did You Turn The Lights Off? As early this year, several advocacy groups from both governmental and non-governmental organizations initiate...
03.25.15Community Development Meet The 2015 Distinguished Fil-Am Women in NY! U.S. Census Bureau showed that Filipinos in the United States are currently the second largest Asian community...
03.23.15HolidaysMillennium Development Goals (MDGs) "Womenomics" Boosts Japan's Super Moms To Rock The Boardrooms! In line with the celebration of the Women's Month/International Women's Day, which is usually held in March,...
03.17.15Community DevelopmentSpirituality My First St. Patrick's Day Event! St. Patrick is one of the saints I admire because of his courage and endurance even at a young age. According ...
02.25.15Anniversary My Useful Tips' 5th Year In The Blogosphere: A Blessing! My, my, my! How fast time flies! Today, she is on her 5th year in the blogosphere, practically in her kind...
02.20.15FriendshipPolitics and Opinions The Nerds and Geeks of NYC's "Lab Ratz": The Stage Play! There are times in our life wherein we encounter friends who are slightly different from the majority normal a...
02.18.15Spirituality Ash Wednesday: A Gentle Reminder/Call! Few days ago, we had Valentine's Day and this week's Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, two very important celebratio...
02.17.15FashionHappiness Feng Shui Lucky Colors For 2015: How It Differs From Pantone's? Pantone Color Institute (Pantone), the company officially recognized to select the Color of the Year specifica...
02.15.15Holidays Chinatown and Its Lunar New Year: How It Influences Us! With more than a billion (1.36bn) people, there is no doubt that the Chinese would have the greatest diaspora ...
02.14.15Love What Love Means To Me.... Once upon a time, I had this kind of love Where “I'm sorry” was often uttered “Sorry” I missed to se...
02.12.15LoveSpirituality "Blown Away": A Reflection on Pope Francis' Wonderful Journey To The Philippines! Many of us have probably seen , either in person or on television, some funny and happy moments of the Holy Fa...
01.30.15Environment Mother Nature Is Amazing: The Clouds Above Me! Lately, I have been getting the privilege of watching beautiful images of the sky and its environment from my ...
01.12.15Politics and OpinionsSpirituality 2015: The Year of Consecrated Life and the Poor! Few days from now, Pope Francis will be in the Philippines for a five-day (January 15-19, 2014) state and apos...
01.05.15Spirituality A Happy New Year and A New Faith To All! When I was young, I have learned in my catechism classes that there are three basic tenets in our Christian li...
12.13.14Spirituality Christmas And The Holy Souls In Purgatory! Here we are again, Christmas is just just a few days away! For now, I won't delve on Christmas being the mo...
12.11.14EnvironmentHealth Canada's Gift To The Philippines! The issue on Canadian's waste being dumped in the Philippines really bothered me from the time it flared up ea...
11.27.14EconomyEmployment A Happy Thanksgiving Meal to Millions of Undocumented Immigrants! For many, Thanksgiving Day is the most important holiday in the U.S. where Americans would take the holiday of...
11.22.14HappinessLove Aaah, Such A Beautiful Fall Foliage! I recall it was fall season when I decided to pursue my dreams of being able to contribute some itty-bitty goo...
11.09.14EnvironmentFamily Reminiscing Unfriendly Haiyan ("Yolanda"): A Yea After A year has passed after powerful Typhoon Haiyan (“Yolanda”) severely hit certain islands in the Philippine...
10.25.14Fashion Oscar de la Renta: The King of Suave! I just mentioned in my previous blog(Elegance Never Goes Out of Style) , re. Oscar de la Renta as one of the f...
10.24.14Community DevelopmentHappiness The Battle For World Peace! I recall in our younger years, my mother who is a Marian devotee would call everyone in the family to join her...
10.19.14Community DevelopmentTravel The Biri Rock Formation: A Jaw Dropping Wonder! Jocella, a young upbeat Manila-educated professional from Calbayog City in Samar, Philippines would dream ...
10.14.14BeautyCommunity Development Elegance Never Goes Out of Style! Don't we just love it when a facebook friend posts a picture of a bevy of beautiful ladies having a great ti...
10.13.14Community DevelopmentEducation India and Pakistan Shares the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize! The Nobel Peace Prize is probably the most prestigious, well respected and much sought after honors among arts...
10.10.14Politics and Opinions The "Sea of Umbrellas": Where Are They Now? The right to vote is a fundamental human and political right in which everyone around the world should have. A...
09.03.14EducationTravel The Journey That Started It All: The First Day (A Continuation)! The flight ended up a breeze as I had a good night's eye shut, a solid 6 hours in total sleep with no jet-lag ...
08.29.14HappinessSpirituality Feeding The Hungry: Is It Difficult? Did you know that there are now almost a billion hungry people across the globe? The report provided by the...
08.26.14Health ALSA's Ice Bucket Challenge: What's All The Hype? Local and international TV and social media networks have been super saturated with photos and videos of peopl...
08.11.14Love Love is an Art.... Active imagination occur in my most pensive and solitary moments, providing me enough artistic freedom and cri...
07.25.14BeautyHappiness Should I Have Plastic Surgery? If you’re thinking about having plastic surgery, you are not alone. According to a survey reported by the Hu...
07.23.14Travel What is "7" to Malaysia Airlines: Is it a Lucky Number? Further to My Useful Tips earlier blog in March this year on the disappearance of MH 370 (feel free to click t...
07.11.14EconomyEmployment "Making Waves" in Another Country: Is It Easy? The preceding blog on Migration, entitled “The New Wave of Immigrants in the U.S.” briefly discussed on wh...
07.08.14EconomyMDG-Poverty The New Wave of U.S. Immigrants So, why do people pull up stakes in their respective homelands, move their families out and rebuild their live...
07.06.14Sports What An Epic Finale for the 2014 Men's Wimbledon Championship At first, I thought it was a game of “Aces” as both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were darn good at mak...
06.26.14HappinessSpirituality How To Mend the Heart of A Broken Angel Angelina strove hard to mend her broken heart. In fact, she was able to compose another poem with a dozen st...
06.11.14BeautyFashion Inclusion Matters at the 2014 Philippine Fashion Week The principle of “Social Inclusion” does not only refer to certain agenda of large development and multila...
06.09.14HappinessSpirituality The Feeling of A Broken Angel: An Update About Angelina Do you still recall about the "Online Romance of Brad and Angelina". Surely, what happened to thei...
05.20.14EconomyPolitics and Opinions World Economic Forum: Will It Be Beneficial To Us? As the name implies, the World Economic Forum (WEF) is not just an ordinary forum, but a high-profile gather...
05.11.14LoveMusic Love is Real And Love is God! Love is amazing, it comes in so many formsl and in mysterious ways! But sometimes, it is crazy too, right? Go...
05.01.14Employment The Saga of An Underemployed Immigrant: An Update Update: Ana, who used to be my mentee in one of the non profit organizations based in NYC is no longer among ...
05.01.14Health How To Battle Colds and Allergies: Tips and Thoughts Allergies (e.g. hay fever) and colds can occur any time, anywhere to any person. In frigid countries like the ...
04.28.14Politics and Opinions Obama's 4-Asian Visit: A Strategic Move For The U.S. The Philippines is the last leg of President Barack Obama's 4-nation, 8-day Asian Tour for 2014. Few days ago,...
04.26.14Spirituality Double Pope Canonization: How Are Saints Helpful To Us? Since I was a child, our family normally have few statues of saints placed on our home makeshift altar, the pl...
04.19.14Spirituality The Resurrection of Christ: Its Impact On Us Easter Sunday is one of the favorite holidays not only in the United States but in other countries as well. Ho...
04.13.14Spirituality How Can Working People Make Their Holy Week Holy: Tips and Thoughts In certain places, the celebration of Holy Week is not strictly observed unless you are situated in a predom...
04.10.14EconomyEmployment Temporary Protected Status: Just A Temporary Relief! November 8, 2013 was that dreadful day when certain parts of the Philippine Islands particularly the region of...
04.09.14Education Smart Kid!! Remember Lance who was featured in this blog as the Wonder boy? (Check the article: “A Wonder Boy, He Tru...
04.08.14Travel The Final Flight of MH370:The Greatest Mystery in Aviation History The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight No. 370 from radar detection of Malaysia's air traffic control ...
04.07.14Politics and OpinionsTravel A Safe, Convenient and Efficient Public Transport: A Wishful Thinking? In developed metro cities like New York and Tokyo, commuters would opt to take the city's public transport...
05.09.13Politics and Opinions The Power of Multi-Media in Political Campaigns No one will argue with the assertion that communications staff or public relations (PR) group of any Governmen...
04.11.13FashionFeature Articles The Iron Lady's Gone, But Her Legacy Remains! Who doesn’t know Mrs. Margaret Thatcher who became the only female Prime Minister of Great Britain (to dat...
08.28.12HappinessMDG-Poverty A Grain of Rice for the Poor! - Tips and Thoughts Did you know that there are 925 million(almost a billion) undernourished throughout the globe, majority of who...
08.01.12FashionSports High Global Fashion In 2012 London Olympics The parade of nations at the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics on July 27, 2012 revealed a surrea...
07.27.12BeautyCommunity Development Boracay Faces Serious Environmental Threat Decades ago, Boracay used to be a virgin small island (exactly located in the Panay island in Visayas of the ...
07.17.12HolidaysTravel Boracay: The Paradise To Beat! - The Second Day I woke up the next day looking forward to having a glimpse of the beach at daytime as it was getting dark and ...
07.12.12HolidaysTravel A Second Glimpse of Boracay After A Decade - The First Day! Ten years ago, I organized a workshop together with other lead agencies for certain government officials and...
07.06.12Feature ArticlesHolidays A Brief Tour of Niagara Falls - A Remarkable Feel! Featured Article - By Wenn I. My long time good friends back home were given the opportunity to visit NYC f...
06.16.12Feature ArticlesSpirituality FLORES DE MAYO: A JOYFUL FESTIVITY Featured Article: By L.F-Posecion (Contributor) A centuries-0ld popular spiritual tradition, the May Flower...
05.23.12Feature ArticlesHappiness Counting Blessings: A Secret To Happiness! "Count your blessings" is an old adage we hear oftentimes from people which most of us can relate to regardles...
11.10.11EducationMDG-Poverty Education in Science and Technology: The Focal Point Education is for everyone. This is true if all of us have the interest for it and have the means to acquire th...
10.06.11EconomyFeature Articles "I Had Been Rejected, But I Was Still In Love" - Steve Jobs (In Memoriam) I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so, I decided to start over”, are excerpts from the speec...
06.14.11Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)Politics and Opinions UN Zeroing In On Zero Targets For HIV/AIDS : HELLO? Last week, the United Nations General Assembly (GA) convened a high-level meeting to discuss critical issues, ...
04.29.11Environment How Useful Are Trees To Us - Tips and Thoughts Today is Arbor Day and some of us who are passionate and concerned about our environment would definitely kno...
03.29.11Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions "40 Years of Welcoming the Stranger": Catholic Migration Day-A Universal Celebration “Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me”, a famous...
02.13.11HolidaysLove Love Is In The Air - What's the Big Deal? As the song goes, Love is in the air, everywhere I look around, Love is in the air…… February 14 or Valen...
02.09.11Choir OrganizationCommunity Development A Momentous and Historic Event - A Personal Reflection I thought this article would document in a way the first Filipino Mass ever performed in NY Ozone Park’s St....
01.30.11EconomyFeature Articles Microfinance - A Hype or An Effective Financial Tool For the Poor? Is Microfinance an effective financial strategy to eradicate poverty particularly in developing economies? I ...
12.27.10HappinessHolidays My First Blizzard Snow Fall Experience (2010) in the Big Apple Ever since childhood, I have always been amazed of hearing Christmas stories about Winter Land and White Chris...
11.26.10FamilyHappiness A Simple Gratitude List on Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday! - Tips and Thoughts Unlike in other countries, Thanksgiving Day (T-Day for short or Turkey Day as others candidly call it) is a gr...
11.02.10BirthdaysChoir Organization Unleashing The Inner Tween In Us - "The Play" The Cast Arl – The Excellent Host Celebrant; Geo – The Mexican “Bolero”; Giorg – The Cutie Devil...
08.26.10HappinessMDG-Poverty A Time To Cry For Help - Pakistan Flood Aftermath, et al I was just starting my working career in my early tweens when I was given the privilege to embark on my firs...
06.19.10Spirituality Year for Priests - "Faithfulness of Christ, faithfulness of priests" - Tips and Thoughts Today is the culmination of the “Year for Priests” which is a once in a lifetime, one year of celebration....
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