Our school corridors, all four of them, are where I say “hi” and “goodbye” to students. Once in a while, someone starts a conversation and I...

My foray into blogging began in November 2006 , six years after my first books were published. I therefore had not been able to blog about ...

As of last year, 2018, there are 505 million bloggers in the world.  That number is huge. But I wonder how many of those consistently and pe...

Out of nowhere, someone messaged me asking for some of Annie’s photos. “We are putting together a commemorative book to celebrate our grad...

The artists whose works I love are those that reflect the beauty of God’s creation: Georgia O’Keeffe , Claude Monet, Winslow Homer, Paul Céz...

"Can you lend me P100?" asked Rico, a friend at work. "I have no money for my ride home." He was not asking for a mill...

In its original form, pen pal is a term used for a person with whom you become friendly by exchanging letters—written with a pen and sent vi...

I must have seen close to a million banana trees in my lifetime but none as small as what BoyP (my former colleague and friend) has in his b...

To celebrate Women’s Month, March, my publisher OMFLIt, featured their women authors under the theme or hastag #UnstoppableWomen. For the...

Way back in 1894, a Sunday school/public school teacher, D. T. Miles, in Hopedale, Illinois, felt that time spent on teaching Bible to child...

This number caused me to wake up at dawn so I could freeze it in time. I knew it would come sometime in the morning so I went to bed early s...

Many Christian churches have outreach ministries—usually in communities where poverty-stricken people live. Our church has quite a few, moun...

In the language of millennials, this Facebook hashtag means: what happened, COMELEC? It begs for answers to explain the multiple mishaps and...

It’s been six days since our mid-term elections, and the grief I feel is still lodged deep in my heart. I share this grief with many friends...

That intense feeling of attachment to someone that usually visits young people does not last long. It is romantic love that is transitory, a...

This is a TV/radio show hosted by Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, identified as Ballerina ng Bayan (Ballerina of the Country). I think it is a most a...

Approximately 61 million voters in the Philippines will trek to polling places today to select local government officials and members of...

In four days, we will go to the polls and elect 12 senators, representatives, and all city-and-municipal-level officers. For three years, ...

The awarding ceremony of Gawad Balagtas capped the 45th UMPIL National Writer’s Congress with the theme: “Literature, Healing, and Wellnes...

So this is how it feels to receive a lifetime achievement award , I thought when I heard the loud thud-thud of my heart. As soon as my na...