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I turned 60 a decade and a year ago, and started kicking my heels to the tune of Glenn Miller’s “In The Mood.” I’ve also been enjoying the benefits of a senior citizen, like the 20-percent discounts…
Three women in their 60s called me “prehistoric” during meetings of our fledgling Philippine Society for Freshwater Science, and during the 3rd Philippine Symposium on Freshwater Biodiversity and Ecosystems at the Ateneo de Manila University in November.…
Before the pandemic, my wife and I visited Singapore many times and enjoyed the beauty of this Lion City. We stayed with our daughter and her family on Choa Chu Kang Avenue, a 45-minute Grab ride from…
I was 12 years old when I learned how to bike. I managed to cajole our seven-year-old neighbor to lend me his bike by giving him ice candy. So I learned how to bike on my own,…
I belong to a Bible prayer group (the aftermath of our Cursillo days) that meets at the house of Alice Lejano every Monday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. After the session we would eat out. Here’s a…
We never understood why our mother avoided my father’s grand aunt like the plague, until we spent a beautiful vacation in her big house in a sea town in faraway Ilocos Sur many decades ago. We were…
Ask any lawyer what he wants to do after retirement and, most likely, he will tell you—farming. And that’s exactly what most of my lawyer friends and I did after semi-retiring from the very busy and tension-filled…
I turned 70 this year. The feeling of reaching this number didn’t seem that much different from when I turned 60. It is one of mixed emotions: dreading the number, but at the same time, truly grateful…
On Aug. 1, 2019, I retired from the World Bank. I hate to admit it, but my work was my safe haven for close to 25 years. I could have stayed for five more years, so it…
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