A Dialogue With K

I’m giving recession the finger

I‘m totally feeling the effects of the current economy. Summer was hot, humidity was so bad and the occasional downpour doesn’t help my wallet that much. I’m drained. The hotter the weather, the more you feel like staying indoor and turning the air-conditioning on will only keep you at least feeling refreshed for a few [...]

Noah’s Ark

After my moved, I literally felt much closer with my brother’s family. We are just two buildings away, so that make sense. And to celebrate the weekend, we took a ferry to the Noah’s Ark Park which is very new to me – also a newly added local attractions away from the city. The ferry [...]

Moving in

The moving is almost done. It’s just so basic really. I’m starting to getting used to the new studio flat, walking two levels up on stairs and getting off the street with a new surroundings. Not really, still looking the same – just the new kind of different. No security guards. No lift, just a [...]

A transient cold spell

I‘ve finally made up my mind. In few days, I am leaving my old apartment for many reasons. First, the recession made me realized that I do not need a bigger space. Although my current is really not that big - it’s small that I’ve barely enough room to keep my shoes and a few [...]

Eighteen

Once you reached the adult stage, did you wish you were eighteen again? Life just keeps getting better for me. Sure, there are ups and downs, problems are more complicated than they used to be, but I really enjoy the things I am experiencing now. Just remember, things do get better as we age. Life would [...]

Mailbox

Every traditional letter is different, because every stamp is different, every envelope, paper and what most important are the letters by hand. When you see the choice of paper, stamps and handwriting in a letter, you can feel that you are hearing from real people. I miss those people I know ten years ago who sends [...]

Any man can be a father, it only takes a special person to be a Dad

I had a short but rather funny memories about my father, so short that it stuck in my mind and never go to fade. When I was in my very young age, during school break, he would privately tutor us to read Eslava for hours. A Eslava is a music sheet written in Spanish by [...]

June 13th

According to historians, there were 13 people at Christ’s Last Supper and Christ was crucified on Friday 13th. So, Friday 13th is considered as unlucky. But thirteen may be considered a ‘bad’ number simply because it is one more than 12, which is a popularly used number in many cultures (due to it being a [...]

Unrecoverable past

Some day, when I’m awfully low, When the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you And the way you look tonight. A mile from my family home, I miss that old bench, the coca-cola on the plastic. I woke up from the loud voice of my Mother. “Wake up! wake up! we are not [...]

Lanterns

“Faith means living with uncertainty – feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark”. Wala lang, I just feel like singing this song. Click! Click! Click! Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin by: Martin Nievera, Me singing (and trying) Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin