Open Space...

This is the letter sent to me by one of our Friars. He was asking help if i can post this letter in my blog hoping that someone might see this and could be of help, in whatever way, especially in locating her niece who is in Singapore right now.. please spare a little of your time in reading this letter and perhaps forward this letter or this blog to your friends who is in Singapore or to those who could be of help..thank you very much and may God help us all... Dear Melskiens, Our family has been alarmed by a call of our niece working in Singapore. Her name is CHERRY MAE “Mecai” CAINOY GLODOBE. She’s been working as an OFW since October 2008. The address of her location is c/o Kohmci Jacelyn, 3 Jalan Khamis, Singapore 577849. The other day, February 24, 2009 (Tuesday) my cousin Armondo Cainoy Tagocon, in Baungon, Bukidnon received a frantic call from her… she was crying very badly and seemed on the run. Between sobs, she requested that our family sends $600.00 to her. When she...

i just want to raise the awareness of the people out there to be vigilant in the plan to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. As we all have known, this project has been mounted with anomalies and corruption since it was built in the time of Marcos. From time immemorial, this facility has never been used but we already spent millions (billion)of pesos just to pay for the debt we owe in building this facility. the amount of money could have spent to a more productive endeavor such as giving priorities in education, health or in poverty alleviation. This facility has many defects and this was confirmed by the engineers of University of the Philippines. You could have just imagine the effect of the disaster this might cause in the near future if we allow this to operate. We know that this can generate power and can supply electricity to the whole populace but considering its anomalies and the danger it will cause, i guess no amount of energy can repay to the possible casualties it may b...

i received a message last night sa aking phone, around 12:00 midnight ng gabi sa isang brother din sa ibang congregation...simple lang naman ang text nya: First: Isn't it strange how a 100 peso bill seems like a large amount of money when you donated it to Church, but such a small amount when you go shopping? oo nga naman,minsan pinipili pa natin ang pinakamaliit na halaga na peso bill na nasa bulsa natin, 20 pesos, buti nga ngayon kasi 20 na, dati kasi meron pang 5 peso bill or 10 peso bill...minsan naman may nagbibigay nga ng malaki, with all the names in bold stroke and in capital letters na nakasulat sa envelop, minsan ipinapabasa pa talaga sa pulpito, kapag hindi man nabasa, maghanda na ang sekretarya ng parokya...(buti nalang hindi ako nagbibigay,hehe, kuripot!)... ang iba hindi rin nagbibigay...iniisip siguro ng iba na pangbibili lang ng alak o kaya ipang-mamajong ng mga pari (sad to say, may iilan)... pero matanong ko kayo, Sino ang mas malaki magbigay? ang mayaman na minsa...

i have nothing to write for now...i posted here instead an e-mail i received from my brother priest about a foreigner's view on Filipinos...and it's worth posting here... Filipino Catholics Here's something very positive written by a foreigner named Steve Ray, about Filipinos. Steve Ray authored many best-selling books, among which are, Crossing the Tiber (his conversion story), Upon This Rock on the papacy), and just recently John's Gospel (a comprehensive Bible study guide and commentary). STEVE RAY'S OPEN LETTER TO THE FILIPINO CATHOLICS: We stepped into the church and it was old and a bit dark. Mass had just begun and we sat toward the front. We didn't know what to expect here in Istanbul, Turkey . I guess we expected it to be a sombre Mass but quiet and sombre it was not - I thought I heard angels joyously singing behind me. The voices were rich, melodic and beautiful. What I discovered as I spun around to look did not surprise me because I had seen and hea...

I'm on top of a mountain. Wind hover my entire body, never had a chance of escape loomed over its coldness. But then here I am standing still, holding my bow and about to stroke the four-stringed instrument...music fills in... I’m now staying here in our Carmel Spirituality Center in Brgy. Milagros, Ormoc City. I would say this is the culmination of my intervention year as part of what I have asked in the formation – to be in the place where I can reflect. My previous assignments were from different communities also. You see, I’ve been traveling around the country. And whenever I go, I bring with me my violin. This is not about being a musician who performs to any part of the country. I’m no like Mozart who, as a young prodigy in music, had all the traveling experiences from Salzburg (his birth place) to Austria, Munich, Augsburg, Brussels, down to Italy, Venice and so on and so forth just to promote his talent, eagerly supervised by his father Leopold, parading his son like an ord...

I'm on a remote place in Ormoc and all I can see are the mountains and all the trees and birds flying over it. There are no internet connection, big establishments, vehicles, etc. Houses are hundreds of meters away from the place where i'm into. During night time, the only thing you can hear is the whispering sound of the wind and some night insects singing their nightly lullabies. The night is inviting you to sleep as early as 8:00 pm. Thanks to the television we have (not a cable one). I can stay a bit late than 8 pm...(watching local tv shows) Sometimes i find it awkward to watch "telenovelas," some of them make you stupid because of the seemingly so obvious scenes that the writer or the director wants to portray to us presuming we do know nothing. But the situation i have this time offers me no choices at all...I'm not saying that those who do watch are stupid because right now, i'm always in front of the TV set for the "teleserye" I'm...

i want to explore things in writing but then my old blog name "Seminary life," doesn't allow me to do such. Since i am a seminarian, it would be unthinkable if i write something that do favors about Atheism, or some critics about the dogma of the church or perhaps my appreciation about some concepts in communism and the like. I can actually write about it but amvibalence might dwell on the minds of te reader. I decided to change it. I was thinking then of a new name for my blog, and still would have a taste of the Carmelite tradition and Spirituality. I came up with the words "Open Space." And where did i get this name? I copied and pasted an article here and this explains what Open Space is for the Carmelites. (I guess it is ok to Arie Trum if i copied this in my blog...anyway, the copyright belongs to the Carmelite Institute) SOME REFLECTIONS BY THE ARTIST ARIE TRUM In the early spring of 1992 one of my best friends Kees Waaijman, a Dutch Car...

Daghan na kaaung blog nga mga author kay pinoy, uban sa ilaha taga bisayas ug ang uban taga mindanao, halos tanan sa ilaha gasulat sa pinulungang englis ug kung dili pud, tagalog. Ambot nganong wala may magsulat ug binisaya nga blog nga kung buot hunahunaon, mas daghan man ang gasulti ug binisaya sa tibuok pilipinas, mas daghan pa ang cebuano speaking kaysa sa tagalog speaking gyud (daghan lang nakabaw kay national language man nato). Siguro dili "in" ang binisaya, or kung magsulti ka ug binisaya "you are not speaking the language of the gods" toinks!... Pagxur mo oi! Aw, kung buot hunahunaon mas daghang makasabot sa imong gisulat kay ang mga mubasa sa imong blog dili man lang mga bisdak, pangkalibutanon man ang nahisakupan niini nga pwede mubasa sa imuhang mga gisulat, mas PRAKTIKAL gyud kung mag-eninglis ka sa imuhang blog, or kung dili, magtalaog ka, isip atong nasudnong pinulungan. Pero, pareho ra gud na sa ubang mga pinulungan, dili tanan kamoa pud mag tagalog ...

Kadiliman! Multong umaaligid. Sa mga biktima ito’y nakamasid Krimeng nagaganap, sa kadiliman gustong manahan. Sa panandaliang aliw ay may paglalagyan din. Problema nasaan, Hanapin mo’t nasa kadiliman din Bulag na paligid, nasaan? Halika’t subukang hanapin, kapain... Liwanag! Lumulukob sa bawat sulok. Taglay ay init, nanunuot sa bawat hibla ng damit. Mata ay gumagalaw, pumaparito, lumalayo Tanglaw ay mundo, kulay ay halo-halo. Nakikita, mga taong naglalakad Destinasyon hindi malaman, Silayan, mga daang tinatahak, Sa liwanag sya ay gabayan.. Maraming mga pagsisimbolo sa liwanag. Maraming kahulugang pwedeng iugnay sa pangkaraniwang galaw ng buhay ng tao. Ngunit paano mo ito mas lalong maiintindinhan kung ikaw mismo ay hindi nakaranas ng kadiliman? Kadiliman at liwang ay dalawang realidad na hindi dapat ihiwalay bagkus magkasama upang mas maiintidihan natin ang bawat isa. Ang linawag ay ang unang nasisilayan ng bagong silang na sanggol. Malalaman mo na nasa huling bahagi ka na ng lagusa...