Life Between Spaces

This is where I write about life as a Filipino and a migrant—what it means to leave, to arrive, and to make sense of everything in between. From homesickness to new routines, cultural whiplash to quiet joys, these pieces reflect the emotional, ordinary, and sacred moments of living between worlds.

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.
Life Between Spaces

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.
P-Pop and OPM
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Eight Eyes and a Bowl of Soup

It started with a growl. Not dramatic or creepy or anything. Just my stomach. I’d been walking for what felt like forever that morning, handing out...
Gindihon

Happiness in Selflessness Part 2

When I first wrote the first part of this series years ago, I had some personal issues that led me to question how I...
Life Between Spaces

Survival: The Ides of March, Colonization of the Philippines, and the Endless Quarantine

I am writing this as St. Patrick's Day is ending and filling up my head with images of snakes fleeing Ireland because of the...
Life Between Spaces

For whom is your ‘medicine’ for?

For a medical student, Facebook is an excellent place to explore other people's ideas and connect with other students and doctors who share tidbits...
Life Between Spaces

A Dignified Death for the Ill Old Persons

As a Christian, I was taught never to fear death because I have a Savior who has given His life for my sins, giving...
Health Notes

September 23 happened and the world did not end

I'm writing this article with the world still intact and no Nibiru disturbing our affairs and chaos in this world. It's safe to say...
Life Between Spaces

Happiness in Selflessness Part 1

I was planning to write on a different topic but was greatly struck by a discussion I had with a friend earlier. It came...
Life Between Spaces

What will happen 23rd of September 2017? Get Ready…and Check the Facts

It's finally September. While the Filipinos are decking their halls for their long Christmas and Green Day fans remind you to wake them up...
Life Between Spaces

Filipino Christmas: Celebrating the Holidays for Four Months

It's nearly September, and your friends might share this meme for several hours on the first. In the early days of online social media,...
Life Between Spaces

Artistic Negros Occidental Pt. 1 – Entering the “Sweet Island” through Bacolod City: Feast Upon the “Barangay sang Birhen” Chapel

NOTE: Pictures displayed in this series are taken during the blogger's Humanities class tour last year. Taken specifically on September 9, 2010, the pictures...
Life Between Spaces

Artistic Negros Occidental – My Encounters with the Aesthetic Cities of Bacolod, Talisay, and Silay

I was fooling around on Facebook last time and saw my status a year ago when I had this field trip for my Humanities...
Life Between Spaces

Paraw Regatta Festival: Another Festival Milestone of the City of Iloilo + Sinamba sa Paraw Regatta Pics

I love posts about festivals. It hurts me that I don't have the guts and glory (i.e., money) to attend all festivals in the...
Life Between Spaces