I got into advertising (my career for over 20 years) not by choice. Uprooted from home base for almost five years (I was in the US for sch...

One of the editors I work with, Beng, posted on social media about waking up from a nightmare: being unable to solve a Math problem! That ...

I have been busy packing for a month-long trip in the last two months. Yes, packing takes me that long. It's always like an epic movie...

If I followed my blog rhythm, my next post wouldn't be due until two days from now. However, this day is too important to pass up. Thi...

The school year 2016-2017 has ended. While encoding my final grades, I felt happy and sad at the same time.  Out of 25 students, seven got...

Eleven years ago, Medical Transcription (MT) was the in thing, a sunrise industry. It had become a law in the US—all doctor-patient encounte...

A phenomenon that never ceases to baffle me is the nation’s adoring love for our new president, Rodrigo Duterte. Since assuming office in Ju...

Over a few years, my friend Yay and I have had practically the same college students because we teach in the same university (albeit differe...

I sometimes meet people who so love writing, they think of nothing else. I know the feeling. Seventeen years ago, after leaving the workplac...

Years ago, when my family and I moved into the small house we bought with our savings (where we still are, till the Lord calls us to our rea...

One of the most frustrating responses to those on the receiving end is the silent treatment. It can make them feel powerless, invisible, ins...

It is a fact of life: credit grabbers are everywhere. Indira Gandhi, the only female Prime Minister of India once said, “There are two kinds...

Voting 216 to 54 (with one abstention), Philippine Congress overwhelmingly approved last week the re-imposition of capital punishment (death...

People have defined friend in countless ways—all of them good. “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”...

How can one create memories? Science says it is an extremely complex process that happens in our brain.  Our 100 billion specialized cells...

One of the non-traits of millennials that I have observed in my encounters with them is: sense of urgency. They take their own sweet time wi...

Most of the boys in my class of 20 on V Day (Valentine’s not Veterans) were missing. One hour later, they came trooping in like a gaggle of ...

Three to six months. That was the timeframe then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte promised the Filipino people  to rid the country o...

   I was completely floored. One of the kindest, nicest, wisest, most helpful, most generous, most caring, and most cheerful men I have e...

Lest I get locked up by the President’s men implementing his ruthless, relentless anti-drug campaign, let me explain. In my various circle...

Next to childbirth, probably the hardest thing to do is to organize a family reunion. It’s like birthing a million ideas to keep 160 people ...

This we know, yet we do it: use the word “love” so lightly it has become banal. Anyone can say it to anyone, without meaning it.   Downsiz...

Clock watcher. That’s what I’d been for most of my life in the corporate world. Barring any snags beyond my control, I finished every chor...

In my writing journey, listening to voices is part of the process. From these voices, I make my choices. The varied voices I hear either a...

Red eggs used to be a staple on our breakfast table. They go well with juicy tomatoes and fresh mountain ferns; eaten with fried rice; then ...

In the last five years, or maybe even longer, I have slowly been losing interest in activities that I used to love. Movies have become dul...

Looking back to our clan’s 72nd reunion, which my family branch hosted, I go through a myriad of deeply reflective emotions. Sometimes I chu...

Our 72nd annual clan reunion themed “ Timeless ,” which was hosted by my family branch, ended on January 1, 2017—one year to the day we acce...

Over many Christmases in my married life, I have created some traditions, which I impose upon the family—all boys. These fall under their tr...

“You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 Thank You, Lord Jesus, for yo...

Merry CHRISTmas! That’s how I greet kith and kin around December 25—not “Happy Holidays” or “Season’s Greetings.” Much as I try analyzi...

In the years before my dear friend Sonia left for her appointment with Jesus, she’d always have a reminder for me every December. She’d say...