Archive for February, 2009

Kankabatok Tacloban – Part deux

I looked up to the tiled ceiling and traced the outline of the rusty hexagon that was fixed on the varied hues of brown. It held the less ornate chandelier that had lit the main door of the Sto. Nino Shrine for several years. It used to be the presidential house, built by President Marcos, along with 28 [ READ MORE ]

Kankabatok Tacloban – Part Un

I could have posted a story about my re-visit to Tacloban a few days prior yet there’s such a thing called memory collapse or data file corruption and it was too late when I realized that I lost a lot of my articles and office files from such disaster. Now I am trying to reconstruct what I’ve written about this main [ READ MORE ]

Vingt-cinque (25) Encore: My Sci Hi

Off-shoot from the notes-tagging activity over at my facebook account, here are 25 random experiences and facts about me and my Science High School Life. 1. Five (5) Oplimo siblings got in and studied at Cebu City National Science High School:  Beverly, Myself, Karen, Ellen and Lester. Yes, we helped our parents save a bit [ READ MORE ]

Rounding Cotabato

Sometimes, stories heard in the news or in national broadsheets were exaggerated and over hyped. News on how unsafe or how dangerous the places in Central Mindanao were just ‘misdescription’ of the actual condition of the areas which are predominantly populated by our brothers of the Moslem faith. Through the years, media may have delivered [ READ MORE ]

Vingt-cinque (25) Facts About Moi

As an ‘ambush’ task, I came up with 25 ‘trivial’ or simple facts about myself.  I want to share these with you. I already shared these over at my facebook account. 1. My complete name is ADDISON PINEDA OPLIMO JR. Yes my father’s name is ADDISON too. In his birth certificate, his complete name is [ READ MORE ]

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