DAVAO AT LAST

Just this past Tuesday, a made a business day trip to Davao City. It was a brief look at where another root of my family originates from. My grandmother was from Agdao, you see. She grew up in that area... She told me that one of her brothers spoke the dialect of the Mandaya tribe. Interesting coincidence because... I gave a short speech at the Royal Mandaya Hotel

NAMES & DESTINY

Interestingly enough my last name was enough to get me recognized. My great-grandfather sure is well-known by the older generation, primarily because he wrote the textbooks known as "The Philippine Readers" series. Every time something like that happens, I become uneasy. It seems that when they look at me, the expect something of me... perhaps a contribution to society on the same level, or of higher caliber.