My Take 8

My Take 8
Published in USA in July 2023 by
TATAY JOBO ELIZES, Self-Publisher, under the permission and authorization of
RAFAEL E. EVANGELISTA, author and copyright owner.
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About the author:
Rafael E. Evangelista is a retired capital partner of Baker McKenzie, the largest international law firm in the world.
This is the resume' of Rafael E. Evangelista -
Lawyer, banker, diplomat.
Co-founder, Task Force Good Governance;
Board member, Bank of Commerce (former vice-chairman and executive committee member);
Various memberships in corporate boards
including the Rizal Chapter and the Makati branch of the Philippine National Red Cross;
Board chairman of the NOVA Foundation for the Less Abled;
National Commander, Defenders of Bataan and
Corregidor; and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania to the the Philippines.
Retired Capital Partner, Baker & Mckenzie (international law practice),
and Member, Board of Trustees, Ateneo de Manila University.
Attended Ateneo de Manila University (A.B., Ll.B.),
Georgetown University (Master of Laws), with an honorary Ph.D. from St. Louis University. Recipient
of the Lithuanian Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.
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1-What If? - p9
2-- Dedicated to the 100+ classmates and friends
from Ateneo Batches GS 52, HS 56, Col 60 who
have passed on - p12
3-A Bitter Lesson Learned - p13
4-- Social Redemption For Cockroaches
During 2021 - p15
5-- The True Meaning of Christmas -
Portrayed by Charles Schulz and his comic
character Linus - p16

6-THE MAN, A BOY - p17
7-- The Mayflower and the Nuestra Senora de
Esperanza - p19
8-Christians - p22
9-- Nine First Fridays Devotional To The Sacred
Heart Of Jesus - p25
10-Swaddling Clothes - p26

11-- TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR GOVERNANCE
FOR DEMOCRACY TO SURVIVE - p27
12-- The Case for Banning of Chinese Tourists - p29
13-The Province of China - p32
14-Trying - p33
15-Good Intentions are Not Good Enough - p35

16-Trump and Duterte and the Virus - p38
17-- Have the People finally seen the Con Man
behind the curtain? - p39
18-Where Has All The Greatness Gone? - p41
19-- Social Volcanoes: the United States/HongKong/
the Philippines - p43
20-Are We Still Christians? - p46

21-Any Man, At Peace - p47
22-- The Barangay: Disaster Response and
Resiliency - p51
23-- QC LAW ENFORCERS TAKE PICTURES,
VIDEOS AT MASS - (PDI, Monday, July 13,
2020, pA2) - p54
24-Testimonial - July 8, 2020 - p56
25-Haiku - p60

26-The Man in the Reflection - p61
27-Sometimes/Alltimes - p64
28-My Five Dogs and Me - p66
29-- The US Recission Act of 1946 On Feb 20,
I946, - p70
30-- RELEVANT BIBLICAL REFERENCES: cautioning
on immortality, specially excessive drinking of
alcohol - p72

31-- The United States Congressional Gold Medal
(CGM) - The Highest Civilian Award
Of The US: - p73
32-Smile - p83
33-- Pinoy word puns and their ridiculous
interpretations. - p84
(More insdie, up to Article 41)
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