If you haven’t seen the latest episode of How I Met Your Mother (S08E23: “Something Old”) and don’t like spoilers, you might need to skip this blog. So in this episode, Robin digs all over Central Park to find a locket she buried in there years ago so that she can use it as her […]
The Right Person
Modern Family is one of my favorite TV shows because it has both comedy and heart. You will laugh at their antics but at the end of most episodes, there is usually a lesson to be learned that makes you appreciate your loved ones, especially your family. In the latest episode (S04E17), “Best Men,” gay […]
Something Borrowed + Something Blue (Book Review)
I live for moments that make me laugh out loud literally, even though sometimes I worry that other people would think I was crazy for laughing by myself, out of nowhere. Today’s moment came when my friend April discussed a scene from the book Something Borrowed with me. I agreed that it was very romantic […]
Deng, Ang Bato!
Palabra!!!* They’re engaged!!! So happy for them!!! So happy indeed that I volunteered to do their wedding AVP for them too. Wedding is December next year. Read their love story here. *Palabra is the Chavacano word for “word” but became our internal joke to mean “wow.”
Ignorance is Bliss
This happened some time ago. “I deactivated my Facebook account,” she said when we saw each other in the pantry over lunch. “Why? Is it because of him?” I asked. Just then, I noticed the ashen complexion, the bags under her eyes and the haunting sadness in them. “Are you ok?” I asked. Apparently that […]
How to Get Over Someone
It’s not easy to get over someone you love. But if loving him is only hurting you, it’s best to move on. So how do you go about doing that? (1) Wallow. Talk to close friends, let it all out, cry your heart out and let it out of your system. It’s okay to be […]
Colour Everywhere
Last month my friend Gay emailed me to ask if Rodel was the only guy College classmate that we had who was in Singapore because an officemate of hers had said that her bestfriend’s boyfriend knew Gay for that reason. “What?!?” I replied. “Are you telling me that Rodel already has a girlfriend that I […]
The Rock that Launched a Thousand Tears
Her parents got a letter from him. A picture of him and her had been printed out with his words written at the bottom. He said he loved her very much. That she knew him above everyone else. That it was her hand that he held when he was in difficult times. His hand that […]
Dead Stars
While emailing with a friend today, we somehow got round to the topic of her ex boyfriends. She told me about how her first boyfriend, many years ago, had asked her to elope with him before his grandmother could bring him to America for college. So they made plans, but she changed her mind and […]
CinderGella
I’m a huge fan of musicals, and though I’ve watched and loved Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Into the Woods, Mamma Mia and Moulin Rouge, I only saw them on video or in moviehouses. Thus, I had every reason to be excited last Saturday as I got all dressed up to watch Rodger and […]