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My Facebook newsfeed is flooded with news of friends getting married or getting pregnant. These are happy times, the phases of life I enjoy reading or browsing on a Sunday morning when the house is quiet because…
Spending most of my time at home the last four weeks meant witnessing the unfolding of chaos and magic in our living room. We converted a strip corner of Casa Ruffolo Uno into a children’s playroom; but…
Jeff and I were raised in homes where each of us had a parent who loved to cook. By curiousity and observation, we learned how to cook various dishes since we were children. We share the same…
If you are a mother juggling work, husband, children and graduate school, I hereby confer you the title “Goddess of Everything-Impossible-Of-Which-No-Mortal-Being-Can-Dare-To-Accomplish-Because-You-Are-Made-Of-Much-Stronger-Stuff.” I am scheduled to take an exam for one of my courses in graduate school, and…
Eleven years ago, I started a practice on All Souls’ Day where I bring along flowers and candles to public cemeteries. I would scan the tombs and ask caretakers which ones do not have “visitors.” I normally…
I recently started a museum-hopping campaign for my blog to get our three mutants out of the house and visit museums and galleries in Cebu which showcase part of their Filipino culture and heritage. We conquered Fort…
Tanah Rata, Malaysia — The road was getting narrower with each turn, and the bus driver’s eyes were fixed on the road 45 minutes after we left the main city of Kuala Lumpur. I gazed at the…
We used to celebrate Children’s Month every October, which is also Holy Rosary Month for Roman Catholics. But two years ago, Republic Act No. 10661 declared the month of November of every year as National Children’s Month.…
I grew up with a mother with a best friend who is a transgender and has a cleft lip. At four years old, I did not understand who a “transgender” was and what a “cleft clip” was.…
In a writing workshop that was held last Tuesday in Toledo City, I asked students from various elementary and high schools to write essays out of three topics that I presented. Most of them chose to answer…
Today marks the last day of the 25th Cebu Press Freedom Week, and my throat and vocal chords are 90 percent healed from the trauma and exhaustion they underwent because of a pageant and a dance competition.…
Ten years ago, my classmate Diane Luar backed out from being Ms. Cebu Daily News. Then publisher Eileen Mangubat and then executive editor Connie Fernandez agreed I was the most viable replacement for the Miss Press Freedom…
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