Julie T. ChanVolunteering, 2007-08 No. 2 The day arced in, thieves of light,and no one explained themselves. The differentia was apparent(Dave Benson, “The Day Arced In”*) Back in 2000, I was presented with a unique volunteering opportunity: to assist in managing an e-zine– Poetry Sz: demystifying mental illness –which would…

Walk the thought, 2007-08 No. 3 If only people knew to love more, give more respect, be more responsible, then we will have a better Philippines–now, that’s commonplace knowledge, you say. Why the cliché? Because it has grown trite and we (adults?) have grown weary. Desensitized, numbed, by the monotonous…

Volunteering, 2007-08 No.1 Time is money. Sometimes, time and talent are worth more than money. Especially when it’s corporate time and talent offered to community organizations that need additional human resources. In this era of corporate responsibility, the new buzzwords “social equity investment” means just that: to invest business talent…

Walk the thought, 2007-08 No. 2 On New Year’s Day, I declare: I am going to have a great time volunteering with Time this year! First, I will leave the past where it belongs–in the past. After all, Time moves forward, not backward. Disappointment and old sorrows about others (including…

Walk the thought, 2007-08 No. 1 Today is Christmas Day. Howard Thurman’s well-loved Christmas poem echoed resoundingly to me this dawn, as if bent on being remembered. When the star in the sky is gone, when Kings and Princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the…

Issues, 2007-08 No. 1 On top of an old van, a group of Muslim and Christian women traversed across Maguindanao. Other women waited at midday by the open-air ferry terminal in Northern Samar. Some trekked mountain trails or crossed murky rivers in the hinterlands. Their mission: to administer the oral…