2016-03-19 18:53
. In an attempt to organize my life yet again, in what is surely the umpteenth time, I browsed the great Internet for clues. Hours of browsing helpful how-tos, bright ideas, tips and tricks… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
. Even as I am spun around in the vortex of work, my mind wanders off at the oddest of moments. As I walk across the street to a waiting taxi, I think woefully about how lately, things, inst… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
It’s a Friday night, I am tired from a hellish work week, I am almost cross-eyed from staring at the monitor. I know I need some distraction. So as I close up shop (desk, actually) and… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
. A few weeks ago, I was able to finish an entire book. That I am even marking the act of being able to finish a book as an event tells how derailed I have been from the life I envisioned fo… Read More
2006-05-22 10:27
For today’s first order of business, I have been asked this:
“Are you there? Like there,
there.As in a non-Nietzsche kind of way?” To be asked this on a Monday, of… Read More
2006-05-12 11:14
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.- John le
Carre
I suspect that I am suffering from diminishing lucidity. It’s a condition that causes one to lose clarity of… Read More
2006-05-10 03:44
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And just because I can, I unleash before you a beach poem by e. e. cummings, one that has stayed with me over the years. It lives in my inner ear, has stayed there for so long its rhythm… Read More
2006-05-09 10:05
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.I haven’t really felt the need to justify my love for Macs—yes, those gorgeous wonders of technology that just keep getting better and better with each new product… Read More
2006-05-06 01:06
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He left the book on the topmost row of the shelf where I keep
the television. It is a new book, one he knows I haven’t read yet. I do not like how he
continues to keep knowledge… Read More
2006-05-01 06:46
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.A hop, a skip, and a jump later, we arrive in lovely Bantayan Island. I squint under the bright sun and maneuver the strap of my one small bag over my shoulder. Stepping gaily off… Read More
2006-04-28 12:47
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If all goes according to our sketchy plan, a friend and I
might just be sipping some liquid similar to this a few hours from now. At a
pretty little strip of beach. Can’t wait to… Read More
2006-04-24 12:35
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I look at that little calendar on the right column and I see that I’ve been remiss in my posts. Much as I try, I just can’t snatch the time to get my thoughts down into the… Read More
2006-04-04 09:07
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Even in the streets of Cebu, it seems as though the much-examined Ang Lee
film, Brokeback Mountain has a few runaway parodies.
While stewing in
the hot confines of a taxi unde… Read More
2006-03-29 04:30
.And all the people that you know
Will turn their heads as you go by
But you'll be hard to recognize
With the top down and the wind blowing, blowing
You’re Not The Girl You T… Read More
2006-03-27 10:00
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Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain
Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time
Better Man… Read More
2006-03-26 11:52
.Romping with my boys this weekend took up all my energies. We wreaked havoc on the beddings and most of the furniture. It was more demanding than a 3-hour session at the gym! They squealed… Read More
2006-03-22 15:27
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There is an oxymoron for the condition I have observed in my
sweaty neighbors at this workout place I go to—it’s gym giddiness.
Maybe it’s the rush of adrenal… Read More
2006-03-15 07:22
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The Gypsy Tea Room has these fun little pillows you can smoosh on the couch.
.One of the fun things friends and I did during our Bacolod
escapade was go to a tea/coffee place, whi… Read More
2006-03-14 03:07
Today is pi (pie?) day. Get it? March 14 = 3.14 = Pi. I remember my struggles with pi, the
bane of the equation-challenged. This pi in the face is a throwback
to my… Read More
2006-03-09 05:33
. Yes, it’s all gone to yellow. What better way to rise out from the doldrums than to change one’s costume, eh? I wanted an intimation of the summer colors soon to come, so the f… Read More
2006-02-28 15:04
1wan·ton
Pronunciation: 'won-t&n, 'wän-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from wan- deficient, wrong, mis- (from Old English, from wan deficient) + towen, past p… Read More
2006-02-20 04:26
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Towards the end of
January this year, my life was like boot camp. Both my kids got sick simultaneously, with what would turn out to be a mean attack of
gastroenteritis. One had to be tak… Read More
2006-02-14 15:22
.Even with eyes closed, I see clearly how my present has
overturned the past. Years ago, today would have been a day invariably colored with all
the hodgepodge accompaniments of the… Read More
2006-01-11 13:32
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Overnight it seems, I find myself coming home to a clubhouse
of toddlers. There are little communities of Lego blocks underfoot. Long outgrown shoes look out like sentinels… Read More
2006-01-09 13:47
I was standing in line at the department store, waiting for
my turn at the cashier's. Right behind me was an elderly couple—gray-haired,
frail looking, very senior citizens… Read More
2006-01-01 10:40
So did you have a blast ushering in the New Year? Happy
2006! I was stuck in vacation limbo for a long while there, I enjoyed the time
spent away from work way too much. I almost regret… Read More
2005-12-12 12:16
.These past two months was a hectic time for me. Work was uncommonly stressful, I got sick, the kids took turns getting sick, our little household
had a yaya turnover, my finances took a nos… Read More
2005-12-08 15:08
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Three of us sat down to a late night drink under half a roof and a smattering of stars. There was fragrant French wine (red), juicy jamon serrano (moistly pink), and a warm balmy night (in… Read More
2005-12-07 09:29
Image above taken from an e-card sent by the lovely Jane.
.Hey Internet, today is my birthday! I hit the big three-five
today, no kidding. This bee is getting a bit long in the tooth, bu… Read More
2005-12-03 00:20
.I have been trying to put together a complete folder of my poems, and by rummaging around various piles of old papers, I got a small surprise—a poem that I had always thought to be lo… Read More
2005-12-02 09:19
.The trouble with having an all-too real life is that, eventually, it
interferes with the virtual one. I have not been posting for days
now, not because of a lack of things to say, but… Read More
2005-11-22 05:46
.Christmas
is finally making itself felt around here. The office already has a bunch of Christmas
activities going on—the same yearly contests with new, mostly giddy
participants. I fi… Read More
2005-11-15 07:38
Some days just defy comprehension. Today for instance, is a day that will be listed up there in my annals of strange days. Those kinds of days when all signs seem to point to a U-Tur… Read More
2005-11-11 11:43
.Just today I ran into a gaggle of accountants. I find this
most peculiar, because it happened in broad daylight. The folks who crunch the
numbers aren’t usually known to bask abou… Read More
2005-11-05 10:33
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Every few months I resolve to get back to living healthy,
this means I think about getting back to the gym, cutting out those extra fats
from my diet, eating more nutritious food, eas… Read More
2005-11-04 10:14
Me talkin’ Italian? Si! I mean, I wish! I wish I had the
same peripatetic life as that lucky dude kaydee, who went on a little Italian
jaunt just recently. And he who loves to g… Read More
2005-10-30 07:51
.The thing about holidays is, they bring about a false sense of order. Yes, in the suspension of routines, you are duped into thinking that you deserve the few days off; that work, domestics… Read More
2005-10-20 09:45
.I just
found out that I was hit by (a) coffeemug, who said I should write 20
random facts about myself, and then tag the same amount of people as the number
of minutes it took me to compl… Read More
2005-10-17 13:29
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All right, so I had a good weekend curled up with some boys.
Anansi Boys, to be specific. Gaiman is a rock star, no doubt about it. He is a
literary wonder, yes he is. But that doesn&rsq&helli…Read More
2005-10-15 01:24
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What I miss most about the island I left is that the beer
there is overflowing.
No matter how busy you are, it’s always cocktail hour at
5PM, and the malt doesn’t dry u… Read More
2005-10-14 10:11
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We all have reasons for behaving the way we do. That's a given, as basic as breathing, if you're a life-form. It's among the natural order of things in the known universe.
Traffic… Read More
2005-10-13 10:04
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I have a pet peeve I’ve been wanting to air for some
time now. It’s about bathroom etiquette. The ladies room on our floor is fairly
decent; it has three stalls, three… Read More
2005-10-12 09:47
I Guess That's Why They Call It The BluesDon't wish it awayDon't look at it like it's foreverBetween you and me I could honestly sayThat things can only get better
And while I'm awayDust… Read More
2005-10-10 08:14
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Here’s what happens when worlds virtual and physical
collide: a book hurtles through space and lands on my desk early Monday
morning. Giddiness ensues for a full hour. Peopl… Read More
2005-10-06 15:10
.There's nothing like doing domestic errands to bring you crashing back to
earth. Lately I find that in my straddling various roles of mod mom, domestic goddess (ahehe), corporate drone… Read More
2005-10-03 15:40
.I exited the United States by way of L.A. that sunny expanse of palm trees and beaches, land of the Hollywood sign, the infinite dreaming, the mushrooming immigrant community.
Ah, Los A… Read More
2005-09-29 14:09
.No one was normally allowed inside the Sisters’ cloister except for the cook and the helper. No one else, that is, except me.
You have to understand; I was one of the very first hig… Read More
2005-09-29 12:55
.The nuns, they had all kinds of rules, all beginning with the word no. No talking during study hour. No giggling during prayer time. No running in the halls. No running in the stairs. No sh… Read More
2005-09-27 11:15
.I used to live with nuns. Yes, real live nuns, the kind that dressed in long frocks, with only their faces exposed. But don’t get excited, I didn’t blossom into a lady inside a… Read More
2005-09-22 15:04
.Do you remember the board
game Snakes and Ladders? We used to play it, my sisters and I, on those long stretches of
rainy afternoons that forced everyone to stay indoors.
I remem… Read More
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