Zenie’s mom and her sister are here in Manila for a three-week vacation. They are staying over at our apartment during the entire duration. On their first day, you could already detect a difference in the apartment. And it has remained so eversince. The apartment’s actually clean! The floors are free of dust, the sink […]
Archives for April 24, 2006
Looking at my Neighbors
My mom has one story she always keeps telling me, and I do remember the scene quite well. I was still a child and we were standing in our house yard, looking out the fence towards our neighbors houses. Then I turned to my mom and asked, “Mi, pobre ba ta?” (Mom, are we poor?) […]