Rainy Tuesday at CPK

First time—it was my first time to be at CPK in Glorietta. It was hard to miss the signage from the outside, with ALL CAPS letters flashing the resto’s name in full. It was where Abaniko wanted us to meet. When I got off the cab, struggling to keep myself dry, my right shoe [...]

Pichay by golly wow

One hour from now will be the day when the Philippines will again be exercising its democracy. Voters will endure the long queues, fingernails will be indelibly inked for a day, and names will be written on ballots.
But wait, why am I starting this post on a seemingly serious note when my title is [...]

Keeping my sanity

Some people go to the gym, or shop for clothes, or watch a movie to keep their sanity. I turn to the computer keyboard to keep mine. My life at the publishers necessitate that I think of words, write or edit them, breathe them into my system from the time I swipe in until I [...]

Labor daze

May 1: (1) One of the Philippines’ many non-working holidays, Labor Day, (2) First day showing of Spiderman 3, (3) My blog migration.
Gone will be the days when I would sometimes feel like a fake for not being a real painter. In my previous blog, my opening line went: “If I were a painter, I’d [...]