2012-04-12 19:01
I can't write.Four hours has passed, and I'm still staring at a blank Word document and a blinking cursor. Whatever brain cells I have have been afloat for the past few days, and I don't eve… Read More
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2012-04-04 08:57
So for the nth time you’re heading for the beach for your Lenten vacation—to get away from it all. After all, it’s the only time of the year when you get to enjoy almost fi… Read More
2012-03-23 15:08
Wow, it's been a while since I've written here. And the funny thing is, I have a dozen or so blog drafts on practically everywhere: in my email Drafts, in my mobile phone, in my notebooks. A… Read More
2012-03-23 14:32
It is easy to show faith when a crowd is in front of you, but how is your faith when nobody is looking?It is easy to practice faith when everything is going well, but how is your faith when… Read More
2012-02-23 14:23
A fraction of an inch more from the edge of my seat and I would have found myself too close for comfort with the light brown God-knows-how-dirty office carpet.No, I wasn't dozing off to Neve… Read More
2012-02-17 01:32
Had a fruitful interview for K mag last night.Each line she threw is a validation of everything I felt before. Every question she has now is the very one I tried to find answers for then. Al… Read More
2012-01-18 05:49
Log on to Wikipedia.com today, and this is what you get.This is one of the ongoing strikes on the web today, Jan 18th, as a show of opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that is un… Read More
2012-01-12 13:11
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. - St. Augustine.It takes more than just prayer to succeed. Every victory is a combination of faith and h… Read More
2012-01-10 21:24
01.11.12: Updating this! I received as gifts a few of those listed here. Thanks to friends and family who love me so dearly [and whose arms are so easy to twist!haha!]. As said, "Ask, and yo… Read More
2011-12-27 22:44
It's the day after Christmas. Whew. The holiday rush has gotten to me real bad, I almost thought I'd end up as replacement to The Christmas Grouch. A long list of must-buys, almost-daily par… Read More
2011-12-23 03:14
Update: Donations will still be accepted until next week (Dec.26 onwards). Thanks! Read More
2011-12-11 05:50
It's that time of the year again. Why does it still feel the same way it did four years ago? I still cried a fresh set of tears this morning at the thought of what transpired at that fateful… Read More
2011-12-01 04:08
I opened the blue door, taking my steps in careful fashion. I feared the mocha-colored wooden panels that shrieked at my every step would eventually give in. A huge rectangular table clothed… Read More
2011-12-01 03:46
"I don't want you to get hurt again."I clicked on the red X on the top-right corner of my computer screen and closed the email he had sent. With tears flowing on my cheeks, I thanked God f… Read More
2011-06-20 07:39
Sometimes I think I haven't done any single thing right the first time. An initial step would almost always require two steps (at times a giant leap) back. A decision made would f… Read More
2011-05-13 20:38
It's not yet Christmas. My birthday isn't coming around until next year. So I can't think of anything to call my wish list than just that: My Current Wish List.Lord, please provide a wa… Read More
2011-04-16 02:00
“Tama na yang TV, magdasal na tayo.”Nobody moves.“Magdasal na tayo.”Still, nobody moves. Eyes fixed on the tube. Ears as if plugged with giant cotton balls.“Mag… Read More
2011-04-14 04:31
"Obey the Lord not out of fear but out of love." When I was a kid, I hated going to mass. Waking up at 7 in the morning on a Sunday wasn't really my cup of tea. Who would like to pull away f… Read More
2011-04-08 01:49
She opened the candy-colored paper bag and brought out the fillings one by one. Out went a box of crayons, a sheet of stickers, and a notebook, to which she immediately said "Ah, I'll use th… Read More
2011-03-31 05:22
I didn't want to get out of bed today, but I had no choice. I had to lest I lose my job.My cellphone-turned-alarm-clock sounded off at 8am. I winked as I search for the nuisance under my pil… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If I had a bucket list, 'travel the world' would make it to the top of the list (next to 'fit into a bikini without having people who'll see me throw up' haha!).Roadtrips. Unpopular be… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
At product photography, that is.I have been interested with photography ever since I can remember. Such interest must have come from my exposure to a dozen or so pictures of every event in m… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It's 9AM. I woke up so early today. 6 AM to be exact. I know, for some, that's not early. Everyone else must have already ticked off a dozen in their to-do list, while I was still battling w… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
"Pagsubok lang 'to. (This is just a test.)"This is one line most of us say when life throws lemons at us. If a family member suddenly falls ill, we see it as a test of our faith. If a prayer… Read More
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