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The fire victims 8 Jun 2013 | 04:18 pm
The way he boarded the jeep took us all by surprise: first he slid a plastic drawer, no doubt part of a cabinet, with a jersey shirt covering the contents. Then he hoisted a little girl without shoes,...
The pamanhikan tradition 8 Jun 2013 | 04:16 pm
In this day and age, marriage has become optional, and even commitment too. Just take into account the various permutations of relationship statuses these days: just going out, hanging out, just frien...
Kindness on the streets 8 Jun 2013 | 04:13 pm
Sometime last week, I was walking on Timog Avenue in Quezon City toward the car I parked. Some pavement tiles on the sidewalk were missing on the tight spot right next to the driver's door. Gingerly,...
'Bagong Lipunan', the Metrocom, and my other memories of Martial Law 8 Jun 2013 | 04:11 pm
To my five-year-old mind, something was up. I was too young to make sense of it all, but I do remember walking over with my mom and my sisters to the house of our neighbor, Tita Vita, one night. All ...
What theater does to us 8 Jun 2013 | 04:06 pm
It's been a week since I watched Ballet Philippines' (BP) restaging of the 80s pop ballet hit "Rama Hari" at the CCP and I'm still humming "Magbalik Ka Na Mahal," that haunting melody that speaks of l...
Nakikiprobinsiya 8 Jun 2013 | 04:04 pm
"Be my laydeh..." Martin Nievera crooned as I entered the bus, this first bus I saw with a "Dau" sign on the dashboard, on EDSA near Munoz Market. "Comfort me through all the pain and be my laydeh......
Why I vote 8 Jun 2013 | 04:01 pm
On my Facebook wall the other day, I saw my friend's post saying she might not vote this coming May for the national and local elections. "Why bother when nothing has changed all this time?" she said....
Hope for millionaire-wanna-bes 30 Jun 2012 | 02:53 pm
My sister kidded me a few years ago, saying she's not like me who writes down every expense in a notebook. I chuckled. It must be the CPA in me, I reasoned out. The truth is, I want to know if I'm ov...
To Sendong victims from an Ondoy survivor 11 Mar 2012 | 12:25 pm
Dear Sendong victims, It took me a while to write this letter, although it’s already been on my mind for a month, ever since I heard about the monstrous flash floods that took lives and swept away ho...
A Pinoy diaspora Christmas 11 Mar 2012 | 12:19 pm
It's three days before Christmas, but our home here in Manila is quiet. We don't even have a Christmas tree or a belen, although we do have some Christmas stockings up. There are no gifts in the livin...
