The Boracaynon

 By Gil delos Santos Contained inside the house in most times of the community quarantine to follow the rules can only give you the impression that 2020 has been a dark episode. You'd never like the chapter especially after coming from the last days of 2019 empty handed as Typhoon Ursula wrecked the island and the livelihood that lies underneath. Not until a little gleam of light gives you another opportunity to look at the deeper meaning of the situation. Not in the mind of questioning "why" anymore but in the intention "how" to carry on with a brand new outlook. Life has been greatly generous before everything ran out. The life convenience run out, the opportunity to quickly bounce back run out, the people whom you depend on at some point run out. Thanks heavens that the creative mind, the flexible mind did run out. Flipping the dark chapter to sneak into a small streak of light is a skill, an acquired knowledge, if not a natural strength.  It'...

By Gil delos Santos  Aklan will be in the GCQ status soon. I have a mixed feelings in as far as expectation in the days to come is concerned. As long as no vaccine come into existence, widely produced; and distributed worldwide, life will never be the same again. We can never be complacent to do the things we regularly do everyday without considering the fear of infection anytime we're socially out to do the usual everydaylife. This is the reality we have to face as soon as ECQ is lifted. Instead of rejoicing, be more cautious. What's scary is the possibility of covid's second wave attact that might claim more lives, bring more crisis. Learn the story and the lesson of the spanish flu that occurred after the ww1 that claimed millions of life. The two most significant measures to address this pandemic problem in reality are not the easiest to achieve: mass testing and vaccine creation. Expect that the next 12 months would still be a full circle apprehension and...