Today is the 10th day of the 10th month of the year 2010. Numerologists and seers say it is a lucky day. I am neither a numerologist nor...

It was an odd, inactive day at the office of our medical transcription school. I was pinch-hitting for the office manager who was on a holi...

Talk about timing, perfect timing. The week I caved in to have my facial warts burned, was exactly the same week I got invited to watch Ca...

By now, Tony is so at home with Ilocano traditions that he often thinks he is an Ilocano, too. I can't say the same for me with Chine...

Birthing a book is like birthing a baby. Your publisher, like your obstetrician, has a general idea of the date of delivery—"Give or...

My father had been gone for so long—28 years tomorrow—we don't very often talk about him anymore. I find myself missing and reminiscing...

Golden Book is the English translation of Gintong Aklat . It is awarded by the Book Development Association of the Philippines, in cooper...

"Ladies with blue sashes will meet you at the entrance parlor," texted my friend Louie, a professor at St. Scholastica's Colle...

Generally an early bird, I am hardly late for any event. For the 60th Palanca Awards Night, I was an even earlier bird. One hour too early,...