The year is about to come to a close in a week and three days and checking this blog, I only wrote two entries for this month. As much as I loved writing, realizing that I never wrote anything much the past weeks...

Besides seeing places like malls and streets decorated with glittering lights and Christmas trees, one of the things that makes one realize that this event is just around the corner is the emergence of TV ads and station IDs related to Christmas. in...

Teddy bears don't need hearts. They are already stuffed with LOVE. Much has been said and witnessed about the victims of the recent calamity that left a huge devastating effect to the country, most of them were in the point of view of...

For the last three years or so, I have never witnessed the celebration of Angono's Higantes Festival. Doing so was mostly out of choice. Blame it on the fact that I know I am getting old each year, I just want to stay...

Seeing Typhoon Yolanda's aftermath in the news has been heartbreaking that it made everyone concerned and alarmed. I myself went through a restless period. I can't even watch TV anymore because seeing the kind of mess the tragedy left behind both to property...

The past two days, the term "right against self incrimination" has been ringing a bell. In the middle of my duties at work, I took note when one senator explained when should this term be appropriately used. I never knew the term would...

Good things come to those who wait. If he works like hell while he waits. The previous week was something that's far from the usual. I can't say it's a breezy, manageable one like before. The last three days particularly were hectic especially...

Those were the exact words that kept ringing in my ears since Tuesday. After having the test recommended by my doctor done (again) today, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I've been worrying about it this week especially when the first...

For two weeks, my lower extremity had been aching. And this week, I finally took a break from work to have them checked. And the appointment taught me four things. At the moment, I am doing some sacrifice, health wise. No soda, no...

Click image for better resolution. One of the things I hope to learn really soon is using Instagram. But since, I don't have an IG capable phone yet, it was a blessing to have discovered some accounts worth following. More than just photos,...

Because save for a few musts on the list and doctors appointments together with the work week that went for two days, this week has been one of those breeziest periods ever. And this one has been playing in my head for countless...

Photo source I don't know how many times have I heard these lines from someone: "Love is a wonderful feeling. It should not be put to waste." I never thought that in the face of grief, love will find a way to shine such...

The daily grind. But life's better here! I have been married to my job for a year, six months and a day as of this writing. 18 months of doing the routine but I never felt like it's been that long. This morning,...

I don't normally get to watch TV these days. Save for some "feel good" TV shows, I don't get to hear and see local primetime news for a long time given that when I come home from work, I only want to do...

Three years ago, I wrote a post about going through what they call quarter life crisis. I was actually done going through the said phenomenon when I wrote it down. The experience isn't unpleasant but I can't say it's something good either. In...

Photo: Francis Malasig/ EPA/Yahoo Philippines News It's another rainy day of August. I cannot say that it's the same as last year, because today, the torrential, persistent rains (running for three-four days now) is scarier than before. Manila is submerged in water, a...

I was going through my old journal from 2009 tonight and chanced upon a note I have written with the same date as today. It was around this month that year when I was diagnosed with glaucoma and had been undergoing treatment since....

"Faith is being sure of what we hope for. But do not use faith to live a life of complacency. Your regrets are not what you did, but what you did not do. Whenever you do something, treat it as if "it could...

The guys are off to Spain! It's been a long time since I last saw a basketball match and last night's game and eventual win by Gilas Pilipinas was one of the best games I have seen. I was just at home, the...

"The things you expect the least are actually the things you need the most." -Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever- This was among the photos posted by my friend on my Facebook wall a year ago. Out of a bad hair day moment...

*Note: This is the first among my long overdue posts. :-D Despite being a bookworm, chick lit is a genre that is actually the least on my list of "to reads". My first try with this kind of literature was in 2009. While...

"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues." When I first learned about this viral photo of the policeman, PO1 Joselito Sevilla crying as caught by the...

I was on a rather earlier schedule in the office the past week. Indeed traveling to the office at 4:30 am and having my lunch at 10 (while others are just having breakfast) is an alien concept for me. Good thing though is...

"You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well."Yesterday, when I went on my routine Facebook check, I received a message from someone I have ceased talking to for a...

Today, I found myself listening to this song while I try to unwind away from a busy afternoon. This one just brought back a lot of things -- both happy and sad memories and things in between. It might seem to be a...

Just before hitting the sheets last night, this shocking news caught my attention: Photo taken from CBS News website. Read the story here. At first, I was caught up in disbelief thinking that the death of Cory Monteith (or as everyone knew to...

If you have been reading my blog, you probably know about what I do for a living too; and while working in a law firm meant wearing suits, blazers, pencil skirts and stilettos, mine's the opposite. Given that I am in Manila and...

*This entry can also be found on my Facebook page. A few days ago, as I arrived home from work, I was greeted by an uncommon compliment from one of my neighbors. “Uy, alam mo, blooming ka lately. Sino’ng reason nyan?” It caused...

For the longest time,  I've discreetly known this place to be cold, dark and silent. You cannot blame me. After all, this silent piece of ground kept some of the loneliest things in my memory. I've watched the rain and greeted the sun...

A month has passed since this note was penned on my schedule. It was one the days I have long waited for and while all my thoughts were about going on a temporary hiatus and isolating myself from the noise and stresses of...

They're just like rain on a summer day. Exactly a year ago, I remember having this lengthy conversation with a friend who I got reconnected with after years of not seeing each other (okay, technically, I tend to meet him but during the...