Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is my birthday. I am 49 years old. Happy birthday to me! Yes, dear readers, you are not mistaken. I am greeting myself, and doing so makes me happy. It gives me satisfaction. I am telling everyone that today is my birthday, short of reminding my friends that it is my special day. Weird, [...]

To My Husband, All My Love on Valentine’s Day

I am sure you do not want flowers on Valentine’s Day (they’re too girlie), nor plants, nor a new shirt, nor a pair of pants (though you should have new ones, having lost a lot of weight lately), nor a pair of expensive shoes (you already had them on our anniversary in January). I can [...]

Sexy Mom - Vindicated!

The best seller among my posts, with 2,700 hits so far is Sexy Mom – Bared! written in jest in response to Annamanila’s tag for a meme. Sometimes when I talk about my folly with friends or kin, baring from the most shocking secrets, to the most shameful, puzzling, miserable and vain, I would like [...]

National Shrine of St. Therese of the Child Jesus

Related Article: 1 October–Feast of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, The Little Flower of Jesus

Today, I met with my good friends of more than 20 years, Maripe and Merle. And a different kind of tour we had! We went to the National Shrine of St. Therese of Lisseux (or St. Therese of the Child Jesus). [...]

Trumpet of Doom

Another vignette written in a Creative Writing Class with Barbara (Tweetums) Gonzalez.

Trumpet of doom
Don’t chase me now with your reverberating tune
I run away
I can’t bear to listen
I can’t bear to look back

Another Dreamless Night, Almost A Dreamful Day

Apropos to an earlier post, I meekly accept my failure. In as much as I wished before I slept, last night was another dreamless night. Nothing that I can recall of. Gosh, what face will I show Barbara and my classmates? What will I read aloud in class? Having failed miserably, I was debating what [...]

Maan Mari, Bless Her Young Soul

Yesterday when I fetched Angela (2nd yr high school) and Pauline (1st yr hs) at Miriam College, I got the chance to watch the last 30 minutes of their Teachers’ Day Celebration. I was enjoying the cheering and laughter, when at the end of the program, one of the teachers asked everyone to pause for [...]

Wishing Oneself to Dream

Tomorrow, Friday, is another creative writing session with Barbara (Tweetums) Gonzales. Our assignment is to write about a dream, preferably a current dream. Until now, except for one blurry dream, I have not yet had a lucid dream that I could recall when I wake up. Each night since Friday last, I [...]

Take Charge of Your Health

“Take charge of your health.” These were the very words of a dear friend and colleague, Paul Chang, a few months before cancer took him away. So sad, diagnosis came too late, x-rays as far as 2-3 years back were not read correctly. He is right, bless his soul!

Having our illnesses, and those of [...]

True Confessions: My Children Are Abnormal (Part 2) - - The Alien Tongue

The Magical Threat

10-yr old Alan, Jr. was the happiest when I announced my retirement 4 months ago. He must have observed at that time that my working hours were longer, travels more frequent, including Wednesday or Friday nights out with friends, and nights out with his dad. I would even miss out on important occasions like birthdays, [...]

A Miracle Indeed

Yesterday afternoon, after hearing Mass, family went for snacks to Jollibee in Katipunan. It has been months since our last Jollibee visit. We then went to National Bookstore, one the kids’ favorite nooks. While Angela and I were flicking through the pages of some magazines for prom clothes and homecoming gowns (she has been invited [...]

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