This is it! for Cebu inmates

How poignant is this line from the MJ song? “All we’re really saying is,they don’t really care about us.” As I look at the Cebu inmates (as I’ve seen then from other performances in the past), I can’t help but shed mixed emotions for them. I’m proud to see them doing something worthwhile as the…

Conversation no. 11: to love or to let go

Di ko matiis na di sabihin sa kanya na wala syang maaasahan sa kaibigan ko. So finally nung sinabi ko, nagpasalamat sya. Ngayon, nalilito sya kung anong susunod nyang diskarte. ME: Natatandaan mo ba nung umpisa pa lang, tinanong kita kung seryoso ka? Sabi mo noon, oo. Ngayon, ganun pa din ba ang sagot mo?…

Day 1, 2010

I woke up early despite having slept for only 4 hours from the previous night’s new year revelry. Then again, sleep has never been my ally. So this first morning of 2010 has nothing new to offer…or so I thought. I swept the floor of the house from the second floor down. Then I swept…

A visit from Tatay

For the first time since Tatay passed away six years ago, he came to me in my dream. In my dream, he held my hand firmly. He gave me reassuring words that everything will work out. He said they are talking things out as we speak. In my dream, his hand felt so real. It…

Cory’s final parade in Ayala

For the last time, ex-President Cory Aquino paraded along Ayala Avenue. Yellow confetti dropped before, during, and after she passed by…and maybe, just maybe, for generations to come.