Test, JWb Admin Nadia The House Built for Absence My parents were never able to buy property while they were alive together. My Nanay’s dream was simple: to have a house of her own. She used to say that she only wanted a roof she could call hers. It ... May 19, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia Life Spent Preparing Life Work was never meant to become the sole reason for living. From the very beginning, man worked so he could live. In the days of Adam, toil entered the world because survival demanded it. “By the sweat... May 19, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia What Remains When the Hands Begin to Fail Dedication is not always something you see from the outside. It doesn’t always look impressive. Most of the time, it looks like repetition—long hours, mistakes, corrections, and starting over again. I... May 3, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia ROOTS A seed is placed upon the soil. it drives itself downward. It forces its way into the ground, pressing through dirt and darkness, never knowing what waits beyond the depths of oblivion. There is no gu... Apr 24, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia Back on Square 1 There is a particular kind of disappointment that comes like a whisper. It neither demand attention, nor does it erupt into anger. Instead, it settles like dust on a surface that was once carefully cl... Apr 16, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS There was a time when a man came to me not as a businessman, but as someone standing at the edge of his life. He had built something large—machines, warehouses, projects that reached into the skyline.... Apr 6, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia THE URN MAKER (The Hands That Build—and the Things We Leave Unmade) It has always been a Filipino "kaugalian"—an almost unspoken truth—that the carpenter who can build beautiful homes for others often leaves his ow... Apr 6, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia PATTERN RECOGNITION My kuya introduced me to the game of chess. Like every kid learning it for the first time, my moves were predictable—from the opening all the way to my defeat. What made it worse was this: I wasn’t ju... Mar 26, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia The story behind an expedition The goal of travelling is to reach the destination. Yet, it was the story of the expedition that will be told more. A mountaineer will dream of reaching the peak, but the climb will fill the pages of ... Mar 20, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia TOGETHER APART My Tatay owns a furniture business. He had men who worked for him. Yet there was something in woodworking that always drew him to unbutton his polo and hang it somewhere so he could work in a small se... Mar 10, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia FROM RANDOM There are moments in life when beauty appears without warning—waiting at the corner of an ordinary day. Today was one of those moments. I happened to pass by a small flower stall, the kind that people... Mar 6, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia THE JOURNEY OF SHARING When I started in 1988 in my mother’s backyard, I was completely alone. I worried whether I would ever be able to pay wages if I hired anyone. After all, I wasn’t even 18 years old at the time. I was ... Mar 4, 2026
