It started with the long wait under scorching heat for a taxi. Unable to get one, my daughter and I decided to take a jeepney instead and endured the hour-long traffic jam from our place in Consolacion…
As the canteen in our college building closed as soon as classes ended, my colleagues in the faculty decided to have a “checking and wronging” potluck party at the office last Monday. I wasn’t able to join…
The piano at the lobby of our college building has been a source of pleasant surprises for me. It is normal to hear someone struggle to play a rendition of a popular song or just hit the…
Everyone was talking about it. Yet no one could describe it without going into a long discussion. From what they said I couldn’t figure out what it was really. It sounded like something strange was happening to…
Over a century since it was invented in Europe during the 19th century, we now know that the idea of a nation is a myth, a necessary one. A people had to be convinced that aside from…
Aside from sharing the cute bomber jacket when we were babies, another thing that we passed on as siblings was my mother’s Tugaris watch. It was a Swiss-made wind-up watch that my mother first wore when she…
If you feel like having your usual joe in your usual coffee shop, why not try something different, a local brew for a change? You can go to Barako Haus at the corner of Maria Cristina and…
Noise,” Friedrich Nietzsche said, “kills thought.” The story goes that people were coming to the house of Martin Heidegger, another great philosopher, to interview him. His wife met them at the door and said: “I’m really sorry,…
Controversy hounds the new car plates the Land Transportation Office required not just for new car owners but also for those using the old ones. The latter questioned the need for and cost of replacement. Critics found…
Unlike other photographers who brandish their gear like fashion accessories, Bob Lim is not usually seen carrying a camera. It’s kept in the car, just in case. Or when his third eye sees something while driving, he…
Except for those very rare times when friends hand out a really good cigar, I don’t smoke. I grew up with weak lungs so I took seriously the doctor’s advice to never smoke. Yet somehow, I have…
As I write this, I head to a resort in Cordova to members of the Today’s Carolinian, the official student publication of the University of San Carlos (USC). The paper’s editor-in-chief, Kathleen Belleza, my current student, told…
