With my own eyes, I witnessed how people are celebrating death and the spirits of the underworld today. I had an appointment somewhere in...

Hymns had been a huge part of my growing-up years. At church, we sang nothing but hymns. I could still sing many of them from memory. In the...

Is it possible to have silence in this noisy world? Extremely difficult.  I just wrote a book about the din that drowns out our attention....

My friend Caloy, a versatile art director and a painter I greatly admire, calls me up occasionally before he begins work in the morning. We ...

One thought baffles me now and then. Why do some people fall for chain letters?  There are basically three categories of chain letters tha...

As soon as she saw my latest painting, Rose gasped and purred, “Please paint me a rainbow with musical notes." Music is an integral par...

My husband is a history buff. Each time I need information about the past, I run to him instead of reading up on it. When he said he wante...

First, she attached this intriguing photo to her Private Message (PM) on Facebook. Hannah and I have never met, although she's one of my...

Yes it did, and I wasn't even close to dying. This phenomenon known as "near-death experience" is a sensation in which a per...

Midway into writing a funny book about the workplace, I was given a “pressing, priority project titled Present! ” by my publisher, OMFLit . ...

What does grammar mean in one word? Rules. That is how I try to simplify my introduction to the English Language in my Business Commu...

A madness among young parents, which is contagious like a disease, has become endemic on our shores.    They bestow upon their newborn a n...

Much talk has been devoted on Senator Grace Poe , a foundling. She and her supporters have taken advantage of the poignant story of her orig...

Reality hits you hard between the eyes when you watch Philippine indie films. They depict life as raw as it can get, not the life I choose t...

This weather forecast comes with a forewarning.  I would often hear it in the spring when I was living in the US. Although the day would b...

My husband had just dropped me off in church for a prayer meeting. While I was intently listening to our pastor’s exhortation, he called. ...

Last summer, I was into painting. I still am, but not as much as I was in the last two months. My real life has taken over once again. T...

When I was still green in the workplace, wise people I looked up to would always advise me,  “Nobody is indispensable.” They were teaching...

Once a year, for two hours, I lose my bangs, my trademark. My whole body is swathed in black, making me look obese. I literally and figur...

I was outraged when I read this news yesterday. And I continue to seethe. “Three-year-old Philippine Eagle named Pamana [heritage] was fo...

In the advertising world, a TV ad is not done till you actually see it on TV. Even after the ad has been given a standing ovation and appr...

We met up to see the new condo unit of our friend, Dolly, on the 50th floor. Up in the clouds, we gasped at the breathtaking view beneath an...

Ehud, the Assassin That would make a perfect title for a bestselling book thriller adapted into a movie or a Broadway play. Ehud’s story, ...

The text message surprised me. It came from a name (let’s call her Eve) I could hardly recall. But her words were intriguing. Anything that ...

In modern history, there are several monarchs or leaders whose reign did not last very long. The shortest rule ever recorded is that of Luís...

Adrian , the smart little boy who happens to be my one and only grandson, blew into town, blessing us with the privilege of doting on him fo...

After three posts on nondescript Bible characters, let's shine the spotlight on one major player: Thomas. A very compelling scene in t...

(This post was originally written for the OMFLit blog page to celebrate National Children's Book Day, today. I am re-posting it here fo...