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Movie Review: The Joy Luck Club (1993) 7 min read

• Ancestry
• Movie/Film Reviews
• Purpose & Spirituality

Movie Review: The Joy Luck Club (1993)

The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel by Amy Tan about four Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco who form a mahjong group called... Read More

Fire Horse 2026: Reset and Warnings for All Zodiac Signs 13 min read

• Astrology
• Relationship
• Wealth

Fire Horse 2026: Reset and Warnings for All Zodiac Signs

The Fire Horse Year 2026 characterizes speedy movement, independence, and risk-taking. The year exhibits the strong Mars energy of Aries and Leo, giving off those... Read More

Seeing Fear Clearly: What It’s Really Trying to Tell You 4 min read

• Purpose & Spirituality
• Relationship

Seeing Fear Clearly: What It’s Really Trying to Tell You

Fear is not such a bad thing. It is not a monster or a hindrance to success, or to stepping forward, or to moving up.... Read More

You Are Your Family’s Healer – Are You Ready for It? 5 min read

• Ancestry
• Purpose & Spirituality

You Are Your Family’s Healer – Are You Ready for It?

“Cursed” family? Is it true that generational family crises are the result of curses? Personally, I do not believe in sumpa (curses). Once you acknowledge... Read More

An Impeachment with Nine Lives 5 min read

• Purpose & Spirituality
• Society and Politics

An Impeachment with Nine Lives

An old English proverb (“A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays”) and... Read More

A Nation of Peace or a Cog in Global Conflict? 6 min read

• Purpose & Spirituality
• Society and Politics

A Nation of Peace or a Cog in Global Conflict?

The Philippines is set to build one of the largest U.S. ammunition and storage facilities in Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales province, located in... Read More

Why We’re Sold on the Illusion of Plenty 5 min read

• Culture & Lifestyle
• Purpose & Spirituality
• Society and Politics

Why We’re Sold on the Illusion of Plenty

Recently, I went to a neighborhood store to buy some vegetables. I saw that they were also selling Lacatan (Cavendish) bananas, so I bought five... Read More

Is the Philippine’s Marcos Jr. Too Quiet for a President? 7 min read

• Astrology
• Society and Politics

Is the Philippine’s Marcos Jr. Too Quiet for a President?

What President Marcos Jr. Should Be Doing—But Isn’t (Clue: His Sun Sign) Pressure is mounting on the President Marcos Jr. administration….yet could the president’s low-profile... Read More

Pet Personality? It’s Written in the Stars! 5 min read

• Astrology
• Culture & Lifestyle

Pet Personality? It’s Written in the Stars!

I do not own a pet, but I wouldn’t mind having one. Nonetheless, we had one when I was a young kid—an aspin or asong... Read More

To Tell or Not to Tell: Moral Dilemma of Breaking Sad News or Keeping It Secret 5 min read

• Purpose & Spirituality
• Relationship

To Tell or Not to Tell: Moral Dilemma of Breaking Sad News or Keeping It Secret

Are you at a crossroads about whether to tell your elderly parent or ill relative that someone close to them has died? “Don’t tell mama…”... Read More