To him who made me walk on the moon

The first time I danced willfully—that is, without coercion brought upon by my newness in the job (I danced folk years ago during my company’s anniversary celebration)—was when I was in Grade 5. During our Christmas party, I did the moonwalk. To the tune of “Billy Jean.” With my equally fanatic classmates who thought that [...]

Coming soon: My next book with DM

After writing several children’s books, a short romance novel, and contributing numerous articles and book reviews in magazines, I’ve decided to try my writing hand on something else: co-authorship.
Unknown to many of you (even to my closest friends), I have been writing with a popular Christian author based in the US. In his next book, [...]

Reading my way to health

A portion of my free day yesterday was spent in a bookstore. This time, not ours but in SM Megamall, at the first ever branch of Powerbooks. I decided to while away the time there waiting for my college org mates for an impromptu reunion that was planned and finalized just hours before. Of the thousands [...]

Notes from the desert

A blogger I met in person for the first time just recently commented that most of my blog content is positive. While I appreciate the impromptu assessment, what he said made me think. No violent reaction from me, that’s for sure, but why has that [his observation] been the case? Have I inadvertently made the [...]