Category: View from an Expatriate
BY GREG CASTILLA – Dateline Seattle: True Friends Never Part Bicol Mail – June 9, 2022 There were eleven of us Jesuit novices who entered the Sacred Heart Novitiate (SHN) in Novaliches, Quezon City, in May of 1967. We all…
Dateline Seattle: So Much to Thank ForBicol Mail – 1/13/2022 IT”S 2022 and I have so much to thank for.While I cannot refrain from thinking about the possibility of people I know dying of Covid-19, I cannot avoid making a…
BY GREG CASTILLA – Dateline Seattle: Birds of the Same Feather Flock Together – Bicol Mail – December 9, 2021 The attempt by Bongbong, the son of the dictator Marcos, to retake Malacanang may not be through the use of…
BY GREG CASTILLA – The third Sunday of June is celebrated as Father’s Day in many countries. It’s a special day set aside to honor all fathers and the role that they play in the family and in society in…
BY GREG CASTILLA – Xavier is our first grandchild who turned six years old last April 4. As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc and majority of us are under stay-at-home orders, I’ve started to feel the quarantine blues. I guess…
BY GREG CASTILLA – IN TIMES of great crisis like the unspeakable sufferings that the coronavirus has inflicted on so many people, young and old alike, it’s more than natural for people to ask: Where is God? Asking the question…
BY GREG CASTILLA – IS THE WORLD about to end? What a scary question to ask. But there are some people who, because of the coronavirus outbreak that remains unmitigated, have asked that question. Asking the question may sound premature…
I recently saw a Disney movie with my wife, two young grand kids and their parents. The title of the movie is Onward. I thought I would not like the movie because I’ve never been a fan of animation, which…
I NEVER DREAMED of going back to Disneyland, popularly known as “the happiest place on earth.” It was in 1986 when my wife, two young daughters, and I visited this park, which is a collection of exciting rides and shows…
BY GREG CASTILLA – TBT stands for Throwback Thursday. People use TBT in social media, like Facebook, to share old photos of themselves to reminisce the past or for nostalgia. In my column today, I am “posting” a TBT article…