in bright yellow

When I was just starting to outgrow my love for jackstones and chinese garter, she came into power. All I remember about that time, the People Power Revolution, was that our classes were suspended. Was it one week? Two weeks? I’m not really sure. But even in my young mind then, I knew something big [...]

The new face of forgiveness

They [the doctors] were laughing at me because I was concerned about having a pimple. A few months ago, I didn’t have a nose.
She lets out a giggle after saying this. And how can I not likewise smile? The amusing quotable quote came from Connie Culp, the first face transplant  patient in the US. I [...]

11:59

What if the clock got stuck at 11:59 and the next minute to midnight never did tick? What if Cinderella’s gown did not have to turn back to rags, and her golden carriage into a pumpkin?
Wishful thinking you think this might be but the long and short hands of the clock are frozen for Arnel [...]

Not an ordinary Friday

An oncoming train of bad news derailed and hit me in the gut last Friday. Minutes before my 830 workday officially started, I opened a credit card statement of account that delivered the blow. Another fraudulent transaction listed under my name, another bill that I had to dispute. Prior to this unfortunate incident, the purchase [...]