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Category: Life and Inspiration
Inevitable
It’s still the weekend or to be more precise, Sunday night, a time when reflective thoughts often come. I realized that in the past few months and weeks, several people whom I knew and two of our pet kittens (our rescues) bid goodbye to this world. One was the artist Robert Alejandro; Two were my…
Random Acts of Kindness
Once, I was walking to the transportation terminal in BGC, carrying a paper bag with fruits, when I crossed paths with a sporty woman in her 30s. We exchanged slight smiles and perhaps noticing the brown bag I carried like a baby in my arms, she offered her Metrobank eco bag. I declined at first…
Thank you, Amazing Women
As part of the celebration of International Women’s Day, I would like to allot an hour today to think of and write about the amazing women that I had the fortunate opportunity to be with, come across with, or work with: My mom Emma – I am blessed that she is my mom. She is…
Of Scents and Freshness
Ms. Beng, my fellow Toastmaster gave me a lovely and blossomy soap package earlier today as a birthday gift. I liked it very much. In fact, what inspired me to write this was the fresh scent of this gift. Haha! I like soaps, body wash, long baths. Bathing’s invigorating and it’s part of my daily…
Post-birthday Musing
I recently had my birthday and I wanted to post something on the day itself to mark it. But I was busy–I went to work, had lunch and snacks celebration with officemates, etc. and got home around 9p.m., fell asleep due to tiredness, and woke up before 11pm to eat the sotanghon that my mom…
Yearend thoughts
I woke up at 7am today and realized that it’s the second to the last day of the current year. Looking outside the bedroom window and the partially opened door to the balcony, I saw the leaves of plants and trees still wet from the rain at dawn. The sky and surroundings too looked fresh,…
Meandering Thoughts
I feel that one of the saddening moments of life is when a person suddenly loses interest and enthusiasm in things that previously made one happy or fulfilled. Like Veronika in Paulo Coelho’s literary world or in a lesser extent, John in “Brave New World” by Alduous Huxley, or Equality 7-2521 in “Anthem” (I like…
Sunday
Early morning calm The freshness of the leaves and the dewdrops The smell of brewed coffee Hot pandesal from the bakery (How delicious the scent!) Singers from the 70s to 90s crooning in the background Your mom or lola/lolo puttering in the kitchen (How nice is fried rice with danggit and atsara!) A few scribble…
Adulting 101
After years of renting, I finally got a townhouse in 2020 and my family moved in there in 2021, a few months before I returned from my Paris foreign assignment. I felt relieved to finally get a place in Manila that we could call our own and where my mom could have her mini garden…
Beyond Routes 