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The human heart was—and remains—a mystery to me. But I’m learning. I have to. —Anthony Bourdain

Thanks

  • You light up my life

    I have been wanting to get one of these since we saw them more than 5 years ago. Thank goodness for small favors (and the randomness of shopee) that we’re now able to have this on the car, it feels a bit more like Christmas. This year is going to be so different in how… Read more

  • Midyear Thoughts

    Lately I’ve been thinking about how my year has been going. It has not been the smoothest, and definitely there have been some curveballs that I’m still figuring out how to deal with.  Suffice to say there’s no shortage of whining and crying about how things have not gone my way. I keep hearing myself… Read more

  • Can I keep you?

    Lately I’ve been thinking about loss. With my sister and a friend going to wakes one day after the other, another terrible number up on this year’s wake count, I cannot help but think of who we can keep. Honestly, I am quite lucky, my parents are both here and generally healthy (I say generally… Read more

  • Wistful Wednesday

      In Lazi in Siquijor, there was this beautiful old church with an even more beautiful tree in the back. Isn’t it amazing? Almost unreal really. This week’s wistful Wednesday is the hope for more trees like this around us, and the space and time to enjoy it. Read more

  • Thankful Tuesdays

    This Tuesday I am grateful for: Globe’s quick turnaround for our backup internet. Finally on Fiber after 6 months! Life hack that saved me from buying a replacement travel tumbler. 200 and a very helpful salesguy and my beat up Starbucks tumbler is back in business! Queer Eye. I love each and every one (but… Read more

  • To gratitude

    In my life, I have had a lot of things to be thankful for. Experiences that have made me who I am. People that have encouraged me to do better. Opportunities that have gotten me places I never thought possible. Recently I have had  to say thank you for a lot of things as well,… Read more

  • Well, for one thing, lists. I like lists. They give me a semblance of organization, a purpose, and with my ten second memory, it’s a heck of a good way to track things that I may well soon forget. So now, let me tell you about the things that make me happy today: 1. People… Read more

  • A couple of weeks ago, I caught a free concert by the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra at the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman. We saw the posters one day at the campus and decided to go, the day before my sister’s birthday. They were celebrating the 106th commencement exercises at the UPD, and… Read more

  • Happy Easter!

    I like Easter in the Philippines. It seems like everything shuts down, and people get their choice of what to do to spend the really long weekend doing. If you want to brave the crowds at the beach or popular tourist spots, book early and pack a lot of patience. If you want to spend… Read more

  •   I found out about CARA’s rescue of the pit bulls a long time ago but I only found the time to get there last year, and my outlook of love for animals has changed since. You see in March of 2012, hundreds of dogs were rescued from a dog fighting operation in Laguna and… Read more