Saudi Boy

Are you an Overseas Filipino Worker? a Balikbayan? Or do you know someone who works abroad? I'm sure most of us know at least one, right?

Well, this article is for all the hardworking Pinoys abroad, Super heroes, if you may, who dared to literally go beyond the distance just to provide a decent and more comfortable life to their dependents back home.

The Opportunity Building

 

One day, John received an invitation from a friend to check out this building called, “The Opportunity Building”. “John, you need to see this! It boasts different investment and money-making opportunities every floor!”, his friend told him over the phone.

 

One week later, he decided to check the building out of curiosity and excitement.

The Reunion

Four BFFs re-connected on a social networking site and decided to meet after 5 long years. They were college buddies that shared the same sentiments of growing up from a happy and a sometimes-chicken-sometimes-egg-dish kind of family.

Although they came from the same school and earned the same degree, they each took a different path after college.

A Broke Man's Playlist

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Patingin-tingin, di naman makabili.

Patingin-tingin, 'di makapanood ng sine!

Walang ibang pera, kundi pamasahe!

Nakayanan ko lang, pambili ng dalawang yosi.

Paamoy-amoy, di naman makakain.

Busog na sa tubig, gutom ay lilipas din..

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The Parable of Stewardship: Revisited

A wealthy man goes to a faraway land to build a new housing project to expand his business,  and he'll be gone for three years. So he summoned his three faithful servants and gave each one hundred thousand pesos.

“Take this with you and grow my money as much as you can for I shall collect them with interest when I come back exactly three years from now.”, he declared.