When I went home, my mom introduced me to the newest member of the household – the five-month-old bundle of fur (and fleas) named Maningning. She looks like a feather duster to me! Later, my brother comes up with the idea of a family picture with our family of dogs (Maningning with her Ma and […]
Marriage Contract
One sleepy afternoon during the summer of 2002, we blockmates drafted a ‘marriage contract’ out of lack of anything better to do. The contract stipulated: We, the undersigned, do solemnly swear to bequeath a REFRIGERATOR of good quality to the first in our block to marry, provided that the following conditions have been met by […]
Home for the Holidays 2007
My Top 10 Must Try’s in ZC (not in order): 1. Morning Sun’s or Jimmy’s Satti 2. Antonio’s butong pie 3. Manang Terry’s chicken inato 4. Marinated bangus 5. Curacha (a kind of giant crab) with Alavar’s sauce 6. Cheap seafood (try kilawin, it’s my ultimate favorite dish) 7. Master Baker’s super cheese bread and […]
Home for the Holidays 2006
Home for the holidays again! Okay, so my round trip fare cost me 7,500 bucks, but some of the best things in life actually come with a price. Zenie and I had the same Cebu Pacific flight and there was major chaos in the teeny Domestic airport that even though we got there an hour […]
My Big Little Brother
Exactly 22 years ago, my mom had her second c-section and delivered a bouncing baby boy into the world, much to her 1-year-and-9-month-old daughter’s chagrin. From the very beginning I regarded my baby brother with much suspicion, as can be evidenced by a picture he has in his album. In the picture, my dad (who […]
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 […]
Home for the Holidays 2005
Rather than the usual detailed narrative, I will summarize my ten-day vacation in my hometown in snippets because 10 days worth of activities is kinda overwhelming and kinda exhausting to write about. ***Was at the airport before 3am, almost 3 hours before my flight, because I was warned that there would be long lines. Reggie, […]
The Day My Past Lives Came Back to Haunt Me
Today, my past lives came back to haunt me. First there was my first crush in High School. He was my classmate, and for some reason I developed a crush on him because I was the one who always checked his testpaper whenever the teacher asked us to exchange papers so we could correct each […]