He had me at “Woooh!”

Let me be a fangirl for this moment. Taylor Hicks just won American Idol (Season 5), so allow me to say: SOUL PATROL! WOOH! Around the time that hurricane Katrina was cracking her knuckles to strike New Orleans, gray-haired Taylor was booked for a flight back home to Birmingham, Alabama. I don’t know about what…

Pagbabalik

Ang salik sa pananahimik ng plumang panitik ay ang masang walang imik sa mga lintik, nalintik, lumintik. kailan madirinig ang mga paggibik? di kaya maulit ang pangyayaring si Hudas ay humalik, nag-alay ng koronang tinik? huwag sanang mauwi sa paghihimagsik kung di man mahugasan ang dungis na putik. sa isip, tayo’y hitik sa gawa, tayo’y…

Oh, baby!

Last Sunday, a friend of mine forwarded to me a text message that, in so many words, greets me a happy mother’s day. (See, this is what Globe’s unlimited text service can do — non-stop forwarding of undigested messages. ) So I texted that friend back: “I think I should be greeting you instead”. She…

Where’s your luggage?

So lost luggage aren’t really lost after all! Last night at Late Show with David Letterman, there was a feature about a place called Unclaimed Baggage Centre. I thought it was a joke at first because the guy hosting the segment was a stand-up comedian (his name escapes me now). Apparently, it’s tru. The place…

Go back

Something about my brother’s back made me feel a little pinch inside. He was leaving us for the first time, and I didn’t even feel the vacuum that he was creating. Until I saw him walking away. I wanted to call him back, but I knew that if I did, we would both regret it….