There’s an idiom saying home is where the heart is. Another states that home is a feeling, not a place. I agree with both, but the funny thing is I can equally think of reasons supporting the opposite. 😀 I am writing about home again because I am back to my country after almost four…
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Seasons’ Highs and Lows
In many countries in the world, the Christmas season is highly anticipated. In the Philippines, this enthusiasm is heightened. In fact, from the month of September, people are already gearing up for the Yuletide season, playfully greeting their friends and families with “Merry Christmas.” Memes with the lines of Jose Mari Chan’s song “Christmas in…
Salamat sa mga Kababayan
Dahil sa sitwasyong kinakaharap ng buong mundo ngayon, sa banta sa kalusugan na dulot ng COVID-19, may mga ipinapatupad na mga bagong pamantayan ang mga Pasuguan at Konsulado ng Pilipinas sa iba’t-ibang panig ng mundo. Kasama na rito ang pagpapatupad ng istriktong appointment system para sa mga aplikante na nangangailangan ng serbisyong konsular, pati na…
2020 Then and Now
It’s the sixth month of the year. It’s hard to believe that in the same span of time, we’d be ushering a new year again. It seems that 2020 is both the shortest yet the longest year ever. This year altered some common perceptions of work. Now, we know that a lot of work can…
A Quest (2013)
(I would like to share with you this essay that I wrote in 2013. This was included in the book “Bakit Masayang Tumambay sa UP?” launched in 2013.) “I don’t want to be a dry leaf tossed around by a gust of wind–powerless, directionless.” -From my journal entry dated April 1998 This quote probably explains…
Mother’s Love
It’s been almost two weeks since the world celebrated Mother’s Day. I started writing two sentences that day but work and a range of emotions didn’t allow me to go beyond that, even in the days that followed. The ideas and feelings were present, but the words were elusive. My muse left me as work…
Some Days/ Paminsan-minsan/ Nagkapirang Aldaw/ Certains Jours
Some days pass by like a blur. On these days, the second rushes to catch up with the minute, and the minute to the hour. On these days, the sun races from East to West, bringing with it the rays of the sun that peep timidly in the horizon, to blaze with all their glory,…
Beyond Routes 