My sons go to a lot of trouble reading food and restaurant reviews. Based on their research, they conclude that a restaurant with consisten...

The event gathered over 600 women of various persuasions in one room—the Grand Ballroom of the Apo view Hotel.        The invitation for me ...

Just flew back in from Davao, with a suitcase filled, crammed, and tamp-packed with grace. I left Manila early yesterday morning and came ...

When my book signing events fall on a holiday, I get three bonuses in the form of three escorts: a husband and two grown-up sons. I honestly...

I have always been a fan of Rina Jimenez-David , who regularly writes about women and other pressing issues in her column "At Large...

It's all over but the proclamation of Noynoy Aquino as the 15th President of the Philippines. It won't be long now. I decided to v...

(This day must be pretty special. This is my second post in less than seven hours.) Consider this a prayer—an ardent one—and hope, rather...

The whole country has been on tenterhooks the last couple of months, especially in the last two days. There have been many—far too many—...

In less than 48 hours, those who care for the future of this country will go to the polls and vote. I have chosen candidates who I person...

This little fellow, the apple of all our eyes, and who can twist us around his little finger, arrived from the USA with his parents for a th...

The Baguio of my youth smelled of pine trees, not of diesel. It was thick with fog, not with smog. It had old low-rise buildings, not new h...

The word "euro" gave this country a bad name when it became a prefix for General. If you recall, the Euro-Generals' scandal...

This sounds like the scientific name of one of these exotic flowers, doesn't it? Well, Pityriasis Rosea isn't a flower, it's...

After my mother was laid to rest, my siblings and I were not surprised to find that she hardly had any material wealth in her home—only the ...

This time it's not Tony's kind of dancing I am describing. It's my kind of shopping. I have totally lost touch or control. ...

Someone asked me what sort of books did I read as a child. I mentioned over a dozen, but the first one that came to mind was The Secret Gar...

Each time we drive past this footbridge with this streamer, questions rush in to confuse my mind. 1. Why are we thanking the highest offic...

A friend and fellow writer, Marlene, called my attention to this photo on Facebook. The little girl, Bea, is seriously reading, studying, re...

" He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. . ." Matthew 28:6 And to mankind came an undeserved windfall: the grace of sal...

My family was in the middle of action (or darkness) during this year's earth hour, not by choice but by circumstance. We were in Shang...

In October last year, I began writing my latest book with approximately 118,000 words, due March this year. It's been more or less six...

Every Thursday I don my respectable look (blazer, high-heeled pumps, and a knowing smile) and hie off to the transnational university where ...

During last Sunday's sermon, one-year-old Elijah (grandson of one of our church members) went straight to the front pew and listened to ...

In my travels, I always bring a book—aside from my Bible—with me. I am an early riser so after my quiet time, and while waiting for the wor...

The red flag was up. About one million protesters and supporters of fallen Prime Minister Thaksin were supposed to march while we were ther...

Together with eight of my clients cum friends, I am off to Bangkok. My netbook will be safely left behind so I can soak in the sights, soun...

He was a cute little boy, only about six years old, when he started playing the drums in our church's praise and worship team. At first...