Thank you for the prayers

This is for all my friends and relatives who prayed with and for me before, during, and after my hospitalization at NKTI last week.

I know who you all of you are, and you know who you are.

I also thank my doc, Dr. Benita Santos Padilla, her partner in the procedure, Dr. Morabe and Benita's doc friends, her discussants (discussing my case)

My most heartfelt thank yous to all of you.

Looking at the American Heritage Day

We all know about John Smith and Pocahontas, right?  After all, all that Disney magic couldnt have fallen to naught.  The writer in the article - see link - discusses honoring Native American traditions, which under President Obama - has been announced to be celebrated today, 23 November.

Click to read the story on native american heritage day

What, you would say, has that got to do with Filipinos?
Very simple, like the Americans, we are a nation of many different parts - we have regional characteristics and sometimes these traits serve to divide us as a nation.  I say pooh to that.  We, like them, must come together as a people, and move for the greater good.

While we celebrate our differences - variety is THE spice of life - we must also be as one.
Let us make change for the better.

We dont have much time.  Dec 21 looms.  *winks*

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends in the USA

Happy Thanksgiving.

It would be wonderful if every country took a day off from toil to say Thank you to their Creator, or if they were atheists, to say thank you to a still beautiful world.  As we use the US thanksgiving day to say our thank yous, may all of us be reminded that the world can only remain beautiful if we do our part to keep it so.

I hope we all do our part.