Our apartment “handyman” was installing a doorknob over the weekend (our old doorknob wouldn’t open from the outside anymore) and we girls were busy watching him when our other housemate suddenly broached an interesting topic: “How can you tell if you’re in love?” It’s a cliché, sure, but that particular question coming from that particular […]
Weight Woes
Most of my officemates give me THAT look whenever I unwrap a sandwich for lunch. They seem to have this idea ingrained into their heads that a meal is never complete without rice and that anyone (me, in this situation) who would do without rice would be better off sticking a knife into herself rather […]
Living In
One of the questions our landlady asked us when we checked out our place was, “Are you sure you guys can cohabit peacefully?” We responded with a strong “yes.” Perhaps she was afraid eight people living under the same roof would eventually turn on each other. Perhaps she believes in the saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” […]
Distinguished Guests
We girls were watching “Interview with the Vampire” on my laptop in our living room when Maya’s voice came from outside the window asking us to open the door. I opened it after her persistent knockings. But instead of her, who should come in but Johann, our college batchmate, the one we hadn’t seen since […]
How We Found Our Home Sweet Home in Makati
“There’s no place like home,” says Dorothy of Oz. How right she is. When Gay, Zenie and I first came to Makati, we stayed in the Dursleys’ boarding house. No, they weren’t really the Dursleys, that was just what we called them because living in their abode was very much like how Harry Potter must’ve […]
REFreshing
It’s midnight, and I’m wearing a spaghetti-strapped top and boxer shorts with the electric fan turned up high. But I’m tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep, as the sweat trickles down my neck. Agh! It’s so WARM!! It’s summer indeed. There are signs everywhere – halo-halo being sold on every stoop, brightly-colored bikinis […]
Fanatic
We saw ASAP Fanatic live in Glorietta last Sunday. My feet were killing me coz we were standing up, and part of me was wondering if all this pain was worth it just to see Lucky, Bea, John Lloyd, Heart, Shaina, Roxanne, Joross, Hero and other SCQ stars. Really, I mused, what’s the big deal […]
Wayward Wallet
I woke up late this morning and managed to get showered and changed and ready to go in half the time it usually takes me. My boss’s voice was booming in my head. I cannot possibly be late! So I hailed a taxi to get to the office faster. After a few minutes of traffic […]
Ambition Should Be Made of Sterner Stuff
If you’ll look at my elementary yearbook, you’ll read that as a kid, my ambition was to be a doctor. That was a lie. My real ambition was to be a journalist. That was what I wrote, but when I submitted that to my moderator, he gave it back to me and asked me to […]
Tears
About a month ago, due to a work related issue, I wasn’t able to keep tears from spilling onto my cheeks while I rode a passenger jeepney home. I kept my face turned outside, so that the other passengers wouldn’t see. I did not expect, however, that the driver of the Fed Ex truck behind […]