Milo's Corner

i am pretty much okay over all (lols)...  the pandemic is officially two years in a  few weeks from now. it was officially cited by the united nation in december of 2019 as worldwide pandemic but there were few cases already in wuhan a few weeks before that.  it is a known fact that covid19 will not disappear anytime soon so we need to learn how to live with it as the new normal but cautiously now and onwards.  i never get infected so far but i'm very much affected by it directly. some people i know got infected and few died. i saw on fb newsfeed some friends tested positive and some lost their loved ones to the disease. the past two years were challenging in every life's facet - personal, career, family, health, and spiritual  i always felt that everyday the past two years were just days trying to survive and to hope for the best that each day will turn out well.  nevertheless, i'd been an spiritual person since i was young. probably losing a father at a y...

how are you doing in this time of pandemic? first of all, hope we are all well and surviving this pandemic in god's grace. i never expected the impact of this pandemic to my life would be really great. i lost my job and source of income at the onset of the community quarantine. i relied on other people's help and my meager savings to weather the few months into the pandemic. i was uncertain what the future would bring.  covid19 brought so many changes to our lives from the way we socialize to the manner of how we work. the virus changed the landscape of our society - no gatherings, standing a meter away from the other person in public and common spaces, wearing face mask and face shield for protection, etc. working from home became the norm. though i'd been working from home for almost seven years already, i'd never seen this situation where almost all the people i know were force to work at home due to covid19. new normal   i lost my job and can't find one for over...

this was my post about a father that i talk to eleven years ago on my taxi ride going to work... happy fathers day!! i salute all fathers - real father, surrogate father, step father and aspiring father. i like to quote here a story of one of the taxi drivers story i listened to. this is one of those days i commuted to work and the traffic gave me a chance to listen to manong for his story. i started the conversation to relieved boredom. since the taxi was old and sounds rickety. i asked him why there was a sound coming from the right back side of the taxi as if the wheel will come off anytime. he said that there was something wrong with the lpg tank tube right at the trunk compartment. it make a noise as it passes thru the tube to the car's engine. trying to say it with humor. i was so worried after that. i saw pictures of me being embroiled in the flaming taxi on the middle of the road in my head. manong continued his story. he said that he'd been driving for almost 24 hours ...