These are some of the highlights as September ended and a new month began. I started the week with two (2) lectures on cultural diplomacy on a Monday morning, which were rescheduled twice because of Sept. rains and storm. This was followed by a despedida lunch for a dear former boss and mentor who is…
Tag: Christmas
Christmas 2024
It’s 3:55am and sleep is elusive. This is not too good for my plan to attend the 8AM Christmas mass. But let’s see. It is still raining, has been raining for over 12 hours now–a lazy, continuous rain that started in the early afternoon as the delivery man bringing some boxes of muffins that I…
Poem on a cold December morning
(Looking outside the window, I see the gray sky and the branches of trees, mostly brown also with brown leaves, slowly swaying with the wind and I hear the sound of lazy rain, with some of the raindrops making a metallic sound as they hit the windowpane. Every now and then, a slight rumble of…
Happy Yuletide!
It is the time of the year again when families and loved ones gather. This year is different from the previous years when family and loved ones can come together and have big celebrations. For some, it is even more difficult because of losing a loved one, having the business closed, and being laid off…
40 Days Before Christmas 2020
It’s mid-November now. It’s as if time flew by like a shooting star or a meteorite. But unlike a minute fragment of a heavenly body hurtling through space, leaving with it a trail of fleeting light, and giving the superstitious who were lucky enough to be looking at the dark sky when it passed by…
My First Vienna Trip
Last week of December 2018. I loved the serene vibe of the city. The streets were clean, the Prater park where we strolled and where we walked from the apartment to church was spacious and relaxing, and traffic flowed slowly where I stayed. There was no frantic honking of horns nor rowdy speeding cars. The…
Beyond Routes 