Writing & Creativity

The Small Things That Tell Me I Live Here Now

Immigrant life does not always arrive through dramatic moments. Sometimes it arrives through an Uber ride, a Tim Hortons order, a grocery trip to T&T, or the quiet act of checking if your wife is still beside you before sleeping.

When Life Got Louder Than the Music

There was a season when P-Pop filled almost every space in my day. Then life arrived with new worries, new responsibilities, and the quiet realization that survival sometimes asks us to pause the music we love.
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Dinagyang: A Religious History

This post is kind of late for publishing since the events that I cover here are held before the proper Dinagyang festivities. But I...

Hail to the Queen of Philippine Festivals: Iloilo Dinagyang!

As an Ilonggo, nothing could be more exciting than to be roaming the city streets during the Dinagyang Festival. Even though I'm not a...

“Suspicious” Quotation Marks: Funny? Mostly! (via Away with Words)

I just love this boggling blog that led my bloggering blogging mind to reblog it. Yeah! I've never really told anyone this, but I'm...

Examerrific Week!

I wonder how people celebrate their exams week all over the world. Well, for me, I do it with a little bit of studying!...

Still two months…

I can't think of anything but my happy memories while at UPV. Because how could happiness be overlapped by sad memories if one wants...

What Sudden Change It Will Be!

I've been staying in this room for almost three months: I felt at home in this place kahit paano. But it will be changed real...

Christmas, Where are You?!?

Honestly, I feel like Pasko/Paskwa/Navidad/ShengDan/Noel/Christmas never came by and greeted me this past December. People were unhappy, distressed, and saw Christmas as a burden...

I Find Them Funny

Really. Isn't blogging an extension outbreak interconnection elongation of feelings? So this post is dedicated to how I laugh at the I Can Has Cheeseburger network....

Mind-Boggling like WOW

Yeah. Mind-boggling like World of Warcraft. I know some of you guys read my blog. Maybe you see it because it is on WordPress.com. Maybe...

Happy New Year 2011!

Here's for you on this New Year!

Food not Foods!

I saw a sign at a resort we are staying at here in Guimbal. It goes like this: "No Foods and Drinks Allowed." I...

Try watching “Wiling Willie” with Shalani as Co-Host…

I admit it, our family missed watching Willie Revillame on TV. My dad loves him! He even says that though he may speak profanity...