My dad’s here and I decide to go with him to Fairview (dubbed as “farview” by some people because it’s so far from Makati) to visit my stepcousin Airic. Stepcousin. Now there’s a term you don’t hear everyday. Airic is actually the son of my dad’s sister. So that makes him my aunt’s stepson, and […]
Seek and You Shall Not Find
Have you noticed that when you misplace something and you turn the entire house upside down searching for it, you won’t find it? Then just when you’ve already forgotten about it, or worse, you’ve already bought a replacement, you suddenly stumble across it. Happens to me all the time, that’s why I’ve learned to stop […]
Lonely at the Top
Lately, thanks to the wonders of compressed DVD’s, I have been able to redicover Ally McBeal episodes. In one episode, there was a case wherein a janitor was petitioning the court to allow the hospital to let him and his bestfriend the CEO exchange hearts. Long story, but what touched me there was when the […]
My Johari Window
It always interests me to know what people think about me. Not that I need to win their approval or anything, I just need a self confidence boost every now and then. The Johari Window provides just that. Here are my results. Arena (known to self and others) cheerful, confident, independent, witty Blind Spot (known […]
The Perks of Being Single
If you think being single is hard enough, try being the only single girl among friends. It’s a nightmare. Especially if they all think that your state is considered abnormal and they want to play the helpful friend part and pull you out of your misery by pointing out to each new guy who arrives […]
Unfinished Business
Another project of Performing Musician’s Guild (PMG), an org in our company, is to host voice and guitar lessons. They were both held today, and despite typhoon signal number one, I dragged myself to the office to attend them both. In the morning we had voice lessons. All my team mates (from cluster 3) — Jo, […]
Ode to Mothers
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 […]
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?) […]
Common Topics and Realizations
Whenever we housemates gather around the dinner table, infront of the tv, or in the bedroom, we always find something to talk about. I just noticed that some topics are usual. Like when we gather round the table to eat, expect either of two topics to emerge. The “I can’t believe I used to hate […]
Preserving Memories
When I went home over the holidays, one of the things I was looking forward to was the chance to browse through my old memories again – my diaries and other old stuff in my room. I should have seen it as a bad sign when my mom told me she had given away all […]