The Philippine Times is Australia’s longest-serving Filipino newspaper.
Home » Archives by category » Lifestyle » Colours of Life – Dina Delfino

What is in your bag?

COLOURS OF LIFE By Dina-Mananquil Delfino I am rather alarmed how much time I spend on personal grooming. And yet I know that this physical body that I “glorify” will not last – it will fade and die one day. Every day a new wrinkle sets in and more health concerns are added to the [...]

Emptying the bag

No Comment

“Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares…” –Hebrews 13.1-2 . The last few months have been exhausting for me and my family. My dad had not been too well, was recently operated for a bowel tumour and was in hospital for twelve days. He now [...]

Continue reading …

I ain’t heavy

No Comment

For we walk by faith, not by sight rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. – 2 Corinthians 5:7 . During one of the school holidays my daughter asked me to buy her a puzzle as boredom-buster. There was only so many parties to go to, so many [...]

Continue reading …

By Dina Mananquil-Delfino In my life’s journey, I needed to accept that there are critical moments when the Lord moves me out of my comfort zone and throws me into a wilderness period of reflection, purification and renewal. Often these times are painful, isolating and dry. It seems like a pit of stagnation when nothing [...]

Continue reading …

As we ushered in 2010, I looked back at 2009 with much thanksgiving and reverie. The many blessings I have received, along with the trials and tribulations are gifts I needed to nurture and learn from. The birth of my grand-daughter Eva Marie is one of the most wonderful events for 2009 for us as [...]

Continue reading …