Tattoos go back thousands of years. Humans have marked their bodies since ancient times. Tattoos then served many purposes: amulets, status symbols, signs of love and...
My gratitude for being on sabbatical leave from teaching is so immense. A sabbatical leave is a one-whole academic year leave from teaching in the University that...
Patience: a word derived from the Latin verb “patior” that means, to suffer. Ergo, patience is the inner strength to bear what gets our goat with...
Has the world of children turned dark while I was sleeping? I recently conducted another Creative Writing Workshop for kids ages 8-12. This batch had an...
Patience was what I tried to summon for two weeks, but miserably failed. Within those dates, I had alternately cajoled, instructed, and warned one of my...
Five years ago, I blogged about the 24/7 noise inside my ears—tinnitus—a symptom that my hearing was slowly leaving me. The noise is still there. Whether...
Who gets annoyed when our mothers and fathers scold us too much – shouting at us without any concrete reason, getting pounded every time they have...
Being a principal sponsor or witness (ninang) in a wedding is, for me, a big responsibility. I take it seriously especially because the pastor usually asks...
Long ago, when I was a starving art student in Chicago, my small circle of Filipino friends, all faith brethren, and I would treat ourselves to...
The bruising presidential campaign/election in the country has left the electorate black and blue. Sensibilities, personalities, ideologies, and especially egos have been savagely smashed, leaving a...
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