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Pagbabalik sa Norma
Nakatayo ako sa bukana ng masikip na kalye sa Maynila. Mataimtim kong sinusuri ang pamilyar na lugar na ito, ngunit sa kabilang banda, ay para bagang nakakapanibago. Sinimulan kong baybayin ang...
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Terminal Waiting
I already stated in a previous post that I really don’t like airports and terminals, because I associate them with goodbyes and separation. Just ask any overseas worker or an expat, and they most...
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Angel’s Wings
It was a dreary snowy day in January. I drove to the hospital with snow coming down and with strong blowing winds, that it was almost a blizzard-like condition. Unlike schools and other offices that...
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The Wedding
The young couple looks gorgeous that day. He looks impressive in his impeccable Marine Corps Dress Blue uniform. While she looks beaming in her gorgeous flowing white dress with a beautiful bouquet of...
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Cornick, Balut, and Butong Pakwan
We Filipinos have some odd foods. The “adidas” or chicken feet, the bagoong or fermented fish, and the infamous balut or duck’s embryo, to name a few. Outside the Philippines, these foods can be met...
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Gym Watching
I admit it. I have been slacking! I have not been to the gym regularly lately. Like in the month of January, I think I only went to the gym three times for the whole month. Well, it was bone-chillingly...
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Snowballs
It’s March. Are you tired of winter yet like me? I am so ready for Spring! However, my surrounding is still covered with snow, and there’s more snowfall in our forecast. Yet there’s no use of cursing...
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Manila, My Manila
I have spent my impressionable years in Manila, so there are images of the city that are forever etched in my mind. However, being away for long, those images of the city when I was growing up, may not...
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Black Ninja Runs Again
I woke up today and decided that I will run outside. It is the first day for Daylight Savings Time (DST) this year. That means, Spring is in the air! I looked at the temperature gauge outside and it...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime
Pakbet is a traditional Ilocano dish, from the northern part of the Philippines. The word pinakbet or pakbet, came from “pinakebbet,” which means shriveled. The dish uses vegetables like sitaw (string...
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Tag-sibol
May bagong himig ang hanging umiihip, Pakingan ang awit ng ibon sa himpapawid, Tunaw na ang niebeng, bumalot sa ‘ting paligid, Lumisan na ang marahas na tag-lamig. Magbunyi o lupa, tag-sibol ay...
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Forgotten
I admit it. You’ve been out of my mind lately. Or more accurately, you’ve been out of mind, for a long time now. I’m sorry. I’ve been busy. It’s not something that you’ve done. And no, it’s not that...
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Jeepney
“Mama, bayad ko ho. Isang Quiapo, kasasakay lang. Paki abot na nga lang po.” Iyan ang naging linya ko araw-araw noon. Matagal-tagal ko na ring hindi nasasabi ito. Dahil wala namang jeepney papuntang...
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Boys’ Rite of Passage
A child was being carried by his father to the hospital’s Emergency Room. The kid was wearing an oversized skirt, which was heavily blood-stained. And the kid looked scared, and rightfully so. But...
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Quitting my Day Job
I was again on-call the other weekend. After the extended hours of working a very long week (2 weeks that blended into each other), I felt exhausted and depleted. Am I getting tired of this profession?...
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From Philadelphia with Love
Philadelphia. It is commonly referred as Philly and is also known as the City of Brotherly Love, obviously from what its name implies. (Philia means brotherly love in Greek). Last month, I attended a...
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Of Goslings and Ducklings
June has rolled in upon us. The entry of this month heralds that spring will be officially transitioning into summer here in the northern part of the hemisphere. Born and raised in a tropical country,...
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Some Assembly Required
I came home one day and saw my son in his room, busy tinkering on something. He had our tool box open on the floor. Was he working on a new project, like the time machine? Or transmogrifier gun? Or...
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A Day with the Sculptures
During our last trip to the East Coast, we took a train ride from Philadelphia to Trenton, New Jersey. Our plan is to meet our friend there, who will tour us inside the campus of Princeton University....
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