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Olsim: Bryan and Bryan

“I WISH you would step back from that ledge my friend...” echoed Third Eye blind’s song from twenty years ago.This comes after the internet algorithm gods directed me to a tragic live-video of a rockstar who jumped to his demise ...

From 321 days ago

Olsim: Chosen fate

“Ironically, to believe in destiny, one must choose to.”DRUNK debates would often divide the one-time philosophers into two groups: those who believe in fate or destiny, or a perfect plan by a transcendent being which cannot be altered, and those ...

From 328 days ago

Olsim: Duting tan Kape

“BLESS the ground of the Strawberry Town” we included in the dozens of proposed Strawberry Festival themes we listed for the Strawberry Fest Executive Committee review and approval. Word masters ease to opine that “Farmers, Friendship, and Fun” is the ...

From 335 days ago

Olsim: Better Year

WHEN I was younger, I often make a list of similar propositions from dozen “Life Guide” self-help books. Surely, it was an acknowledgment that these life gurus from different lifetimes and their registry of “trial and errors” have at least ...

From 344 days ago

Olsim: Of Bullies and Follies

A RECENT bullying incident resuscitated concerns about the said social problem. Nevertheless, it ironically awakened the mob-mentality of many of us which we justify as classic unadulterated justice – an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Reading ...

From 350 days ago

Olsim: High and low

I JUST got back from “the home of the winds” for a very short errand (not official travel). A quick run is always fun, before going back home to LT’s "Kekkan"--although the skies there are bluer during the summer, the ...

From 355 days ago

Olsim: LT’s Awards year

DESPITE the usual challenges of local governance and community development, the local government of La Trinidad will be ending this year with humbling awards and recognitions – definitely inspiring the program implementers, the whole officialdom of the town, and the ...

From 363 days ago

Olsim: La Trinidad’s Yuletide 2018

WE TAKE part in celebrating the essence and light of Christmas just like the stars aligned, man-made or from the skies, which should guide us to meaningful joy and salvation. Just like its neighbouring towns La Trinidad, as the Benguet ...

From 370 days ago

GOODBYES are really not for me. Whether they are for a short while or permanently (heck, things change and no one stays in this world forever after all). But even if the absence is only for a couple of years, ...

From 377 days ago

Olsim: Adivayan Muwan

WE HUDDLED around the fire echoing the squeal of the self-appointed chant leader: “Aaaaddiiiivvvaayyy! Huuuu! Huuuu!”. There were about five or six more bonfires around the BSU oval – each with their own concerts and theatrical exhibitions. It was already ...

From 384 days ago

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