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Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE: THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE - p5 1. The Battle of the Sexes - p5 `Everyone should have two mates in life' - p7 2. Final indignity of Doña Josefa Marcos - p9 3. Presidents should drown their relatives - p12 Theory of Relativity & Relatives - p14 4. Full moon and empty arms - p12 5. Credit cards make the world go around - p20 American Express credit card is useless - p24 Amex traveler's checks and charge cards - p19 6. Dragon Lady, pirate of the high seats - p28 7. Rotarian forged passports, hired whores - p31 8. We are screwed and ruled by Mr. Escumbro - p33 9. We are heirs to Frankenstein's Monsters - p35 10. How a dead man keeps a law firm upright - p38 Buaya, tuta, duwag constitute fair comment - p40 Libeling public figures and officials - p43 11. Christmas is the festival of surprise - p45 The Mystery of the Christmas Coffin - p48 We are children of the stars - p50 CHAPTER TWO FAMILY AND FRIENDS - p53 12. Gado: Do not stand at my grave and weep - p53 13. Cats own us, make our home their own - p55 14. Please God, give us one more Valentine! - p58 15. Assumption: The last refuge of the 12th century - p61 The closest thing to heaven on earth - p64 CHAPTER THREE: THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT - p67 16. Boobless babes and fags with falsies - p67 Transfiguration of worm to butterfly - p69 17. Avalon: the shining moment of self-discovery - p72 18. Day of the Jackal and the Jackass - p75 19. We plant the seeds, the rest is destiny - p77 20. Toupee or not toupee, that's the question - p79 21. Pianist John Em Cruz's music of the spheres - p82 22. Song of Streets, Ballad of Barricades - p86 Songs changed this nation beyond recall - p88 Touching the least of our brethren - p91 23. Ode to slide-rule; calculator riddles - p93 CHAPTER FOUR: PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD - p97 24. Dear Ambassador Nicolas Platt ... Hoy, Kulas! - p97 Duck, dog, snake, beaver, it's Platypus! - p100 The Great Wall of Emperor Kulas Platypus - p102 25. Welcome, Dan Quayle, O Prince of Fools! - p105 26. Patriotic act of hanging Tony Cuenco - p107 27. Lorna: Posterity will stand in judgment of us - p110 Christ lost to Barabbas in referendum - p112 28. The US and the Philippines: In Our Image - p115 The three lessons of Tiananmen Square - p117 30. Swiss gnomes will never give up Marcos wealth - p119 31. History repeats itself and no one listens - p122 32. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind - p124 33. The best and the worst of times - p127 34. Good luck Cory, swim with the sharks - p129 35. The end of every journey is to come home - p132 End of Book - p134 ---------------------------------- Dr. Hilarion M. Henares Jr., known as Larry Henares, is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila, University of the Philippines, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an engineer, economist, educator, big businessman, writer, civic leader, public servant, and hobbyist (guns, books, amateur radio and electronics). He is a writer known for his essays on economics, history, art and culture, a front page columnist in the pre-martial law Manila Times and the most widely read column in the Philippines, according to all surveys, the daily "Make my Day" in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, after the EDSA revolt.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781986624022
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 136
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Weight: 190 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1986624021
  • Publisher Date: 19 Mar 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Make My Day - 4 - Enhanced Edition
  • Width: 152 mm


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