The Struggling Blogger

Thinking of a new topic to post on my blog, I remembered the e-mail I received sometime last week. The e-mail delivers a message of warning and horror, so to speak, as it tells of an earthquake of big magnitude to happen in the Philippines soon. I searched for the e-mail copy in my inbox, unfortunately I can’t find. I may have deleted it already since I always believe that such messages were a waste of time.

But yesterday, when my daughter arrived from school she told they had an earthquake drill. They were told that there was a prediction about the earthquake that would happen in the Philippines. I was surprised because, somebody is taking the prediction seriously. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the fact that they are preparing for such an event, but to instil fear in the minds of children is a different. My daughter told me that one of their classmates even cried in fear during the exercise.
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“I never doubted that Pacman will win!” this remark puts a smile on my face when I heard it on the radio. A representative from the palace quoted the state leader as saying so. Yes, I know Pacman is an excellent boxer, but he is still not Superman. He is as vulnerable as any boxer he faces on the ring. And the fact that he is facing a fellow champion doesn’t give him an outright advantage at all. Diaz is not a pre-schooler in professional boxing, so to speak.
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