Quincentennial Imperatives and Quintessential Beauties By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THIS is my third attempt to write about how the church can be a source of creativity for its remaining believers. On all attempts, I am intermittently distracted unable to give a coherent ending. As I write, the fire tree on…
Faces of War By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo AT least 17 poets will be reading poems during the “Summer Solstice Poetry Reading” in celebration of the summer solstice dedicated to ending war and fostering peace to be held worldwide, simultaneously in at least 30 countries. The poetry reading in the Philippines…
The past and the volatile current By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – Great Gatsby SOME try to recapture the past especially if it brings back memories of love, especially love that was interrupted in between. Some want…
Bolasi By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WHILE researching on the word “bolasi”, I found a site called “bucaio”, featuring the food and culture of the Philippines. Among the features were landscapes, products and resources of Pangasinan and Cavite. Bolasi, according to the writer, is called abukos or asobe in Cavite. In…
Tourism and Waste Matters By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo PANGASINAN has prepared a draft Provincial Tourism Development Framework Plan 2019-2025 which was presented to the members of the Provincial Tourism Development Planning Committee created under Executive Order 0068-2018. I am a member of this committee, but I was not able to…
Millennial consciousness By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE Pew Research Center recently classified the generation of Millennials as those born between 1981-1996 (23-38 years old). Michael Dimock, the President of the Center clarified that these “cutoff points aren’t an exact science.” These are tools to analyze “the different shifts in how age…
La Cucaracha By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I used to sing the song “Samonsindakit” with other children in Sangilo, where I grew up as a child. It is a joyful song which we sang and danced to on top of our voices, without understanding what it meant. “Samonsindakit sinidana! Samonsindakit sinino…
“Home along da riles” By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo BACK in 2003, I had the chance to watch Home Along Da Riles (Home Along the Rails), a Philippine situational comedy series that aired on ABS-CBN. The title was inspired by the film “Home Alone” retaining the main character’s first name, Kevin. The…
Between the Devil and the deep “Red” sea By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE Philippines could be the frog holding on to the gaping mouth of a crocodile in a photo titled “Frog and Crocodile, South Africa”, shot by Jonathan Blair of National Geographic. Whether the frog holds on to the…
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