Faces

I and the rest of our company escaped the onset of Ondoy’s fury. For 3 days (but 4 days for me and the other members of the advance party) , we were marooned in Kabayan Resort in Batangas. It was time for our highly-anticipated annual retreat and outing. Let me introduce to you who I [...]

warm greetings from a cold country

I love my country!
This is what I always say under my breath whenever I’d have to get out in the cold and subject my body to the freezing temperature here in the birthplace of Mickey Mouse. I am not particularly fond of the cold. In fact, I can even survive some nights in my [...]

Say “Cheese!”

 

Gandhi: Can you believe it? Who would have thought I’d be standing next to these guys for a photo op!
Methinks it’s a shame that Billy Graham was standing on the other side of the room, with Bill Clinton on his side (the former is probably giving the latter spiritual advice). It could’ve been a totally [...]

Written on a paper napkin

12:33am. Continental Airlines just served us dinner and I was pleasantly surprised to be handed stainless steel cutlery instead of plastic ones. Just had a few forkfuls of the fish and rice before I gulped my meal down with a plastic cup of apple juice.
I’m off to the US again. My parents and my sisters [...]