what we lost

RIP Alexis Tioseco. 1981-2009.

look at the stars

I'm glad to have met you. Bye Cory! I'll never forget.

Bye Tita Cory!

Bullit Marquez, AP.

RIP Cory Aquino, figurehead of a revolution that toppled a dictatorship and made her our first woman president. While she missed out on carrying out a social revolution by enacting a land reform bill that helped keep her family's estate intact, and while she tried to block a Senate vote to kick out the US bases, I can't help but feel strongly about the passing of the woman who had the courage to modestly step into her dead husband's expansive shoes, face down numerous coup attempts, and restore our country's freedoms. While Ninoy said, "The Filipino is worthy dying for," Cory, always the simple and religious one, said, "Nagpapasalamat ako sa Diyos na ginawa niya akong Pilipino. Karangalan ko iyon (I thank God for making me a Filipino. It is my honor)."

Cory! Cory! Cory!

The Man From Manila

Francis M, 1964 to 2009.

ABC CBN
Philippine Star

RIP Mike Francis

Wow, Mike Francis passed away a couple of days ago. He was 47.

goodbye Computer!

Majel Barrett, wife of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, erstwhile Number One (for the pilot, The Cage), erstwhile Nurse Chapel, whose love for Spock was forever unrequited, and also known as the voice of many a Federation Starship Computer died a couple of days ago.

Majel Barrett's video round up at the National Post.