Boy shadow blue

Francis B. Ongkingco 03/28/2017

You mean you don’t remember, Steven?” Krishelle frowned with disbelief. “I can’t really say, Kris. Maybe the tests and medications in the facility made me forget,” Steven squinted, trying to force himself to remember what Krishelle was…

Boy shadow blue

Francis B. Ongkingco 03/24/2017

I am going to be eighteen tomorrow?” the teenager’s unbelieving voice trembled with anxiety. “Yes,” a man wearing a laboratory gown sighed deeply with unquestionable regret. “Still, all our investigations have been inconclusive!” “What will turning eighteen…

Summary executions

Francis B. Ongkingco 03/17/2017

The method of summarizing aims to make a complicated story, a hard lesson or a multi-layered event simpler and more understandable. Summarizing helps us to extract main ideas and integrate concepts to package for sharing with others.…

LENT

Francis B. Ongkingco 03/03/2017

Father, when will Lent end?” The student took a big bite off his sandwich. “Why do you ask?” “’Coz I don’t want to celebrate my birthday during Lent!” he said, swallowing quickly and trying not to talk…

Prayparation

Francis B. Ongkingco 02/24/2017

Among the interesting similarities between prayer and coffee is how they both stimulate the person. Coffee is often enjoyed for its exotic flavors that keep one going. Prayer, on the other hand, awakens the soul to God’s…

Hooked to clickbait

Francis B. Ongkingco 02/17/2017

If the internet could be described as a sea of information, then this sea would also be full of fish and naturally fishermen catching fish. A very important component of fishing is the bait. No matter what…

Internet doping

Francis B. Ongkingco 02/10/2017

  It is always very sad and disappointing to hear celebrity athletes being stripped of their titles and medals after being caught for doping. This image came to mind after watching Simon Sinek speaking about the main…

Beauty and the blessed

Francis B. Ongkingco 02/03/2017

Beauty will save the world!” These words popped out of my head when I read the daily headline announcing another Miss Universe! I pondered what this event and similar ones achieve after proclaiming another winner. Every year,…

Faceless foundations

Francis B. Ongkingco 01/13/2017

Edward peeked into his parents’ bedroom. He saw his mom busy applying something on her face. He had learned more than once that she was not one to disturb when she was doing something. He tiptoed quietly…

They looketh up

Francis B. Ongkingco 01/06/2017

As a boy, I was never bored exploring the dark vast starlit night-vault. It sparked, and continues doing so, my imagination with stories, adventures and of course Heaven. Today, there are lesser moments to contemplate this scenic…

Happy New Dash!

Francis B. Ongkingco 12/30/2016

“Happy New Dash!” Wouldn’t this be a great catchy greeting for the New Year? I bet it could easily start a cyber-trend gaining a few hundred (maybe a thousand!!!) hits and likes? Nah!!! I don’t think so.…

The First Christmas Tree

Francis B. Ongkingco 12/23/2016

Where will we get firewood, daddy?” Young Amos asked. “There, the dead tree,” he pointed at a leafless tree. Amos ran to the tree snapped off the smaller twigs. But as he tried breaking the bigger branches,…

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