Whenever I go out of town with family, I keep wishing I had a better camera than my five-year-old-point-and-shoot Kodak. It has never captured the beauty...
My friend, Letty, once said I am a slogger. Not to my face, of course. She told another friend—behind my back. After all, slogging is not...
The eternal challenge (and joy) in writing for children is painting with words. Authors like kids to actually see and feel the excitement, the characters and...
Two years ago I was in Leyte province for a series of talks. One of the must-see places to where our host took us was the...
Typhoon Yolanda, which slammed the Philippines with ruthless fury, “was so powerful that instruments can’t measure it’s force.” according to Hugh Willoughby, professor of meteorology at...
If you’re looking for an example of a young over-achiever, you should meet my student Ike*. Everything he does is an overkill. When I assign the...
Color has played a big part in our political scene. During campaign periods, parties become brands; they choose a particular color to distinguish them from other...
The earthquake of 7.2 magnitude that shook, and is still shaking the Visayas this month, made me fully understand what verses 1-6 in Psalm 19 mean.
Can I do this? I repeatedly asked myself midway through the first draft of the first chapter. My writing voice, according to my editors and readers,...
Whoever created this movie title, “The Good Die Young,” in 1954 would have to be thinking of someone like Kae, our dearest Kae.
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