Brain Drain: the positives of reaping what we sow
Brain drain was a sad reality since the 70s when my aunties and uncles, doctors, nurses and accountants disappeared from our family gatherings in Manila, more noticeably when we ended up with less and less presents to unwrap at Christmas! My only understanding of brain drain then was the lure of the western way of living so attractive in Hollywood movies. More...
Three Gifts that Kings Bear
A Christmas without gift giving? Unimaginable. This symbolic gesture by the Three Kings one historic starlit night has been capitalised on and entrenched in tradition but we all hold a deep and personal meaning More...
Saving our own life
“If on your way to work, you pass a child drowning in a shallow pond, what would you do?” That was the essence of Peter Singer’s question to his students in Practical Ethics. A notable author and philosopher, More...
Meaningful Christmas Gifts
As a Christmas tradition, gift-giving takes the most of our energies, money and time. Busy working parents tirelessly stay up to the very last minute buying and wrapping presents – and in return get to watch the More...
Switched on in Sydney – Isang Litrong Liwang in Sydney
Most of us would never think of having half a PET bottle sticking out of our ceiling just to see the light of day. To Filipinos living below the poverty line – that’s as many as, or more than, the entire population More...
Crowd FUNdraising
Ever bought a raffle ticket for a fundraising project or an entry ticket for a benefit event? Or dodged professional fundraisers at the train station? Received appeal letters from an aid organisation you once donated More...
Getting our community back to ABCD
Spring is truly here. Our communities are abuzz in every corner with festivals and fetes, garden shows and gatherings of all colours and flavours. Daylight savings (for the next 6 months, yes!) props us even more More...
Evolving communities
“No man is an island, no one stands alone”… our choir solemnly harmonized this Joan Baez song in church in the 70s. Undoubtedly, we humans are social beings, definitely part of a community or many communities. What’s More...
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