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nursing a broken heart, he went back to that place that circumstance once almost forced him to call home; that place where people's skins were darker than their eyes. he wanted to once again find solace in their wisdom and their uncanny ability to reduce reality into simple, somber sentences.

it began not too long ago. coming home from work, his heart began to beat irregularly. dancing on its own arrhythmic beat, he had it checked by a cardiologist who said that he was having heart ...

I fancy how things are made--like how babies are made and why are Storks carrying a baby in a bundle of fabric. I haven't seen a Stork in real life, you know. One time, I was curious how babies are made, so... I read lots and lots of books. What are you thinking?

They say with proper and right ingredients,making babies is easy. I say, it's also about the right timing on how and when to bake one. I made one and she's a handful.

Then I read about chocolate

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More than three hours drive from Bislig, a town in Surigao del Sur is another breath-taking island destination, Bonbon Island in Brittania. Just like any other hidden paradise, Bonbon Island boasts of its pristine waters and waves that make one want to seriously try surfing.

Last April, I had another rare opportunity to be toured around Bonbon Islabd with just my sunscreen, bikinis and a lot of adrenaline rush to top what I dub as my one-of-a-kind adventure.

With the ...

My close friends have a term for me when I am in that state where I am in right now. BUBBLE. Without asking them to, they give me the space that I felt I need because my aura exudes me being lethargic. Languid. Sluggish. I love my friends for being able to know when to let me bubble up.

When I do bubble up, it’s like I have my own sense of isolation. It’s self-imposed and I feel disconnected but not really. Especially in these times that when I want to burst out of my bubble, everyone ...

I never knew my student and I shared the same sentiment as when I had asked the whole class about their definition about politics. The response I got was, "graft and corruption."

I could not anymore undo the students' notion about politics even after I had explained that the real definition of politics is that it is the art of good governance. Like me, my students have seen the grim realities that politics has achieved in this country.

Yet recently, after that ...

"It's hard to be humble if you are as great as I am," so says Garfield that lasagna-obsessed feline.

Let's admit it. It's really hard to be humble when we are beset with even the smallest feat. We either call our friends, if need be broadcast through a megaphone our much-cherished successes, may it be making a girl say "yes" to one's proposal to a relationship, earning a degree, passing the board or bar examinations to scoring high in Tetris. We love being proud ...

After graduation from high school, my father struck a deal with me. "It's either you take up education at Cebu Normal University" or you don't study at all. I couldn't afford college education, what with my meager income. Take it or leave it."

At that time (unlike now), being an out-of-school youth was a major embarrassment that none of us youth would take that path. It was always nice to be able to reply to someone who would ask, "Unsa'y imong course?" (What's ...