Friday, January 21, 2011

Unsorted

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I've been going over some random memories. Please excuse the incoherence. I remember being around five years old and sliding belly...
Saturday, January 08, 2011

Dear Adi,

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I am going to miss you. I have spent everyday of the past two weeks with you, your Papa and Mama, and your Tita Mae. This has been the fir...
Friday, November 26, 2010

The 100 Books

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Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Instructions: C...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Broken Into

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I suppose getting burgled is not very interesting in the whole scheme of things. If anything, I am just another part of the statistic, some ...
Sunday, June 20, 2010

My dear nephew Adi,

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I bought you two new books today. After hearing mass, I passed by a bookstore and saw two books that were very familiar to me. They are from...
Monday, May 10, 2010

Some thoughts from Precinct 0440A

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I consider myself fortunate that my polling place at UA&P is just a five-minute walk away. My friend Crystal and I decided to go early t...
Sunday, May 09, 2010

Mothers' Day

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When I was in preschool, my mother used to hold teaching sessions for me and my sister in the afternoons. Actually, it was more of a monitor...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Stay Down or Stand Up

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Fire is fire. Everyone goes through fire. Whenever we go through personal trials, we go through fire. And it is how we react to fire that re...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Learn to Soar

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Today's Sunday service prayer meeting was about eagles. Those majestic birds and the very interesting manner they learn to fly. Eagles a...
Sunday, March 07, 2010

Kesz

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I shook the hand of a great person today. After this afternoon's casual keynote talk, he was just sitting quietly in a corner. My friend...
Saturday, February 13, 2010

Toby and Tyra

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I just found out that my mother's pet dogs already passed away. Our neighbors in the old house who were taking care of them for us texte...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Some-degree burns

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Ok, situational pop-quiz. It's Tuesday night. As part of the Christmas party committee, a few officemates and I went to a resto-bar to f...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Fallen

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Though news of any accident involving myself may not come to most people as "news" but mere "eventualities", I'd j...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Ticked Off

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There's a standard phrase that Luz and I say out loud before we (frantically) leave the room in the mornings. "Money, phone, key....
Monday, July 20, 2009

Normalcy

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She seemed like just another normal kid. She sat on her bed indian-fashioned, still wearing her jammies. She watched Ice Age with us in the ...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Flashbacks

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I dreamt about my mother the morning of her birthday. In the dream, I was with my brother and sister seated around a small table. We were sh...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Transubstantiation

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I've heard a very interesting story today. A true one at that. Juicier than any of the showbiz tsismis . More incredible than any of the...
Thursday, June 04, 2009

Torrents (the non-digital kind)

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I feel a little guilty for enjoying the heavy rains of this week. I know a lot of people find it bothersome - those who live in easily flood...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

I owe fries.

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I lost a bet today. Not really a bet. It's a result of my initial gullibility and subsequent skepticism. Dens claimed that McDo has intr...
Sunday, May 10, 2009

Mothers' Day

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On Sunday afternoons, I try to sleep. Sometimes during those moments I am about to transition from sleep to consciousness, I sense my mother...