PhzzzzzT! Phzzzzzzt! Why the heck do flying cockroaches follow you when all you want to do is get out of their way? Is it kamikaze, cockroach style? I read somewhere that cockroaches that fly are about to die. Well, this particular cockroach caught me on a bad day. I didn’t care if it was about…
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Making happy father’s day
I can remember at least one day in his lifetime when I made my father’s day. It was the day I told him I wanted to become a broadcast journalist. Tatay passed away seven years ago, and I still am not a broadcast journalist…never will be. I may not have fulfilled that young dream, but…
Memories left by Lola
She lay lifeless, rigor mortis slowly setting in. I held her cold hand and tried to close her slightly open mouth. I’m sorry, Lola, for not helping you during those times when you needed me at the hospital. I stared at her face in an attempt to understand if she is leaving us happy and…
Lamentations of a four-year old on death
“Ninang, bakit sinunog si Zak?” I was stunned with the question, coming from a four-year old who had just lost his newborn baby brother. Kai had wished for a baby brother. And now that his wish got granted, it was immediately taken away from him. I screamed inside my head, “Anak ng iskandalo naman, sino…
Salamat, Gibo
Pinakita mo kung gaano kahalaga sa iyo ang magiging kinabukasan naming mga Pilipino matapos mong maranasan ang hirap at pagod — mula Ondoy hanggang huling araw ng kampanya para sa eleksyon. Sabi mo nga, ito ang dahilan kung kaya pinili mong maging positibo sa iyong kampanya mula umpisa hanggang katapusan. Pinatunayan mo na pwedeng lumaban…
beingKirei 