A few weeks ago I was in Monaco as a tourist. Yes. Tourist, sightseer, day tripper, backpacker (except mine is a charming recyclable tote), whatever it’s called these days, one thing is for sure, we are instinctively drawn to…
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Just want to give a special shout-out to THE pioneer in biodiversity conservation in the Philippines — Haribon! Thank you for the warmest welcome!!! I decided to join Haribon because I want to be able to say, “Hi there…
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So one day , my sister Natasha announced to me that there’s a blueberry nestling in her belly. I appreciate that she considered my love for food and that I’m terribly dumb in Science, but I think…
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so that we may hold them accountable … The recent spate of droughts and dry spells has put many provinces in the Philippines under a state of calamity. Thousands of impoverished small farmers lost crops and profits as watersheds…
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In 1891, the French sculptor Auguste Rodin was commissioned by the Society of Men of Letters of France to work on a Balzac figure, in memory of the great French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Rodin spent years and years…
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PART I : Thank You! I braced myself for yet another hospital trip on my birthday last February, especially since I’d spent my last couple of b-days, confined for busted lungs in 2013 and last year, for breathing issues. My…
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I have a cousin named New Year. (New Year, if you’re reading this, PEACE ü ) He is the son of my dad’s first cousin so technically, he is my second cousin. We don’t see each other all that much…
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Years ago as a crime reporter, I got a tip from some concerned citizens that a 12-year-old boy was found dead, hanging by a rope inside a shanty in one of the poorest parts of Manila. Body still there, wanna…
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I’m so rude. My baby sister, Natasha, celebrated her birthday last November and I didn’t even have the decency to greet her, here. Happy Birthday Tashing! I get along with my sister so well, she’s a Novemberian — Novemberians are…
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