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My Favorite Travel Companions
By Rossana Llenado What I like about traveling is that I get to discover so many things. And by that, I don’t just mean all the unique characteristics of a particular destination, but all those charming characteristics that travel brings out in my children....
So Different Yet So Alike
By Karen Galarpe As I write this, my mom is intently watching a teleserye, squinting through her glasses. At the next commercial break, I know what she'll do: pick up her crochet kit and resume crocheting something--a bag, a coaster, or a tablecloth--until the...
True to You
By Regina Abuyuan Even as kids, she was clearly the artist among us, even as her sister was equally talented in music, even when I, too, wrote poems and stories and wasn’t so shabby with the paints and charcoals. She seemed to move in a world of her own,...
Do The Math
By Mari-An Santos In school, Math was not my strongest subject. Somehow, I did very well at English, Filipino, and Social Studies--and good enough at Science, but I was terrible at Math! This is ironic for someone whose father is excellent at Math. My father...
Ladies First
By Ruth Manimtim-Floresca For the past couple of days, I have encountered several ungentlemanly men who seem to have no regard whatsoever for women. For instance, I rode a service van provided for event attendees by a very considerate PR company. After most of the...
Choosing a College Course
By Karen Galarpe It never fails to amuse people when they hear my reply when they ask me what course I took in college. Sometimes I make them guess. At other times, I blurt the truth out to save time. "Commerce. Accounting," I would say. And always there would...
Always Something Exciting
By Rossana Llenado I always get nervous when asked to speak in front of a group of people. I know that I’ve done it many times before but I still get nervous. Last week, I met with a group of bloggers, and though I was initially scared, it took me no time to...
The Best Gift
By Susan Claire Agbayani A few days ago, my unico hijo (U.H.) told me that he was done with college, and consequently, is going to march on June 2011 with a baccalaureate degree in Chemistry. About a decade ago, I transitioned from being an employee to being a...
Summer Class
By Karen Galarpe I was one of those who, growing up, almost always had some class to attend during summer vacation. There were many summers spent learning piano and the organ, and one time, when karaoke became 'in' in the 80s, I also enrolled in voice lessons...