happy christmas everyone…

From the crowded and busy streets of Hong Kong to the eagerly festive moods in the Philippines, I am extending my yuletide greetings to everyone and everybody around the world a very very happy Christmas.
Wish you today, Christmas day may bring you hope and a possibility of fulfillment to whatever you desire in the coming [...]

Overnight stay in Johannesburg

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa. I left the morning of December 18 from Luanda for my month’s vacation. How time really flies, how fast, how fleeting. About four months ago, I posted a blog: THE TIME HAS COME about my vacation after several months of working in mina and now [...]

A stunning and incredible victory for Pacquiao

Just as always whenever Manny Pacquiao has a bout, our life in the mining camp is turning from a boring to an exciting effect.  This goes to Filipinos all over the world.  Another successful ending by our idol Manny Pacquiao as he battered Oscar Dela Hoya saturday in Las Vegas Nevada USA.
My Filipino colleagues here in [...]

So long – Kuya Freddie Aguilar

A sad day today for Filipinos here in Angola.  A very good friend of ours, Freddie Aguilar has just passed away today afternoon local time.  I hate goodbyes and the event of departure from life.  This is my first time to experience a death of a friend, and what a feeling of pain of loss.
I received a phone [...]

Eating your way to a healthy heart…

One way to have a healthy heart is through your diet.  Your manner of eating the right food.  Perhaps this topic has been elaborated by our doctors most of the times but I feel that I need to share this to you as I believe this is really very important to each and everyone of [...]

Yes we can!

I was just getting up and out of my bed today around 5:30am Angola’s time (GMT+1), I automatically turned on my boobtube on DSTV’s channel 401 on my favorite tv channel CNN, and whalla! a crowd of 125,000 jammed into Chicago’s grand park euphorically waiting for Senator Barack Obama, well now I can sure enough [...]

Application Lodged!

My journey to Down Under has started today as I successfully lodged my application for migration to Australia as a general skilled migrant.
After 4 months of gruelling preparation, today is the day of the end and the beginning.  The end because it ended my application preparation like the National Institute of Accountant assessment as skill assessment [...]

It is all about the SEED!

I want to share with you an inspiring story I recently read with a lesson that is applicable to our day-to-day life on how we attack the hubbub and brouhaha of our world today. I wish there are more Jim in this earthly concern despite the fact that we are surrounded by people full of [...]

Angolanos – Go out and exercise your right of suffrage!

Today, September 5, 2008, we have no work, yehey! and I am in Luanda and not in mina.  And today is a very special and important day for all Angolans since for the first time in 16 years, they will go out of their house to cast their votes in the election.
The election that is [...]

Malembe’s Song Pick for September 2008

It is my pride and pleasure in introducing my song pick for this month of September 2008. Make way for the songs of JOURNEY.
Congratulations to MR. ARNEL PINEDA, a Filipino, being the lead vocalist of JOURNEY. how is that for an achievement! Another reason to be proud of being a Filipino. Journey welcomes ARNEL PINEDA [...]