*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...