The “pesky little mosquito” that first appeared before my right eye six months ago—and which scared me to death because if I lost my eyesigh...

My old header comes down: My new header goes up—to mark the beginning of another year:  Today I complete 365 days of blogging with this...

This was how I felt (and most certainly looked) like for almost two hours while I was in my bank today:        Now, imagine some other thi...

At this very hour, someone’s cell phone is being stolen. Cell phone thieves roam the earth; when one loses his cell phone, he loses it for e...

A story is told that in the old days when the wide, paved highways today were still narrow dirt roads, it took forever to get to Umingan, my...

We were on the road on Monday; rather, we were traveling on 3/4 of the road to and from Umingan, the small town where I grew up. It is harve...

     

Halloween (All Souls’ and All Saints’ Days) is a big thing in this country; so big our president declared two working days to devote to it. ...

Amazing Glaze is not a misspelling, it’s a doughnut. It’s the only kind of doughnut I order when my family and I take our coffee in a place ...

(Former Chairman of the Board and President, Dentsu ,Young and R ubicam - Alcantara ; former Governor of Catanduanes ; former Board Member,...

Why my nephew, Derick, would be driving westbound on an eastbound lane on Eisenhower Avenue, Chicago that fateful night, we may now never kn...

There has been too much on my plate lately. I have papers to check, articles to write, and speeches to craft. My book manuscripts need rev...

We trekked to the polls—husband, two sons, and siak (Ilocano term for “me”). I have a dirty finger to prove it.      If you're unfamili...

Just when I was about to drift off to dreamland, after a restful, wonderful respite from stress with my siblings and their families at a res...

The clock is quickly ticking and I can't seem to get it right. Page after page, nothing is flowing as well as it should. Too many thin...

Two reunions are simultaneously being organized by my long-time friends from high school and more-recent friends from college. The organizer...

Over the weekend I was invited to one of the branches of National Bookstore for book signing. At the event, Jay, an engaging storyteller fro...

This post is all about flora. So what is this fauna critter doing here? Those beady eyes staring at you saw everything my own eyes saw: th...