I was just an idea when Japan invaded my old country, the Philippines. Or, maybe not. Only my parents can answer this but, they had joined their Maker a long time ago. →
TORONTO – Mayroon na naman na puting biskleta sa kato kalye nang Bloor at Unibersity. Isa na naman buhay ang nawala at hindi maalis sa akin kaisipan na dapat ito ay di nangyari at naiwasan. Ang edad nang bata ay 18 taon gulang. Lalong mahirap tangapin na ang bata ay mula sa Filipino-Canadian kommuniti. Ito’y maaring isang pamangkin, isang kapatid, kaibigan nang pamilya. Hindi ito ang unang nasawi sa lugar. Noon 2018 sa kalye nang Bloor at St. George may isang babae edad na 58 ay namatay nang ito ay tinamaan nang isang plat beded trak. →
TORONTO – There is a white bicycle at the corner of Bloor and University street. Another cyclist’s life has been claimed and I cannot help but think that this somehow could have been avoided. The boy was only 18. What makes this even harder is that he appears to be from the Filipino community. This could have been a nephew, a brother, a friend of the family. This is not the first fatality in the Annex area. In 2018, at Bloor and St. George, a 58-year-old woman was killed by a flatbed truck. →
TORONTO – Nitong nakaraang linggo, napadaan ako sa isang eskuwelang pansimula at nakita ko ang mga batang na nagkakaedad ng 5 o 6 na naglalaro nang nakamaskara sa likod bakuran ng eskuwela. Natuwa ako dahil masaya silang naglalaro. Pero nalungkot din ako kasi nakamaskara silang nagtatakbuhan. Tila hindi sila balisa sa suot nilang maskara. At, naisip ko na kung hindi ang mga bata nababalisa sa pagsuot ng maskara, bakit kaya ang mga nakatatanda sa kanila ay kabaliktaran ang nararamdaman pag suot ang maskara. →
TORONTO – Last week, I passed the play yard of an elementary school and saw children, presumably aged five and six, enjoying the pleasant morning’s tail of summer weather, running and playing games they concocted or just enjoying each other’s company. It felt good seeing kids back to school for in-person learning. But, I must admit, it also felt bad to see them all masked up. →
