I’m going to sing another if-only song, this tme in honor of my oft-unmadeup face, mainly due to the lack of natural acne treatment in my teen-age years when I needed it. Don’t get me wrong, I have tried applying makeup to this tired old face on special occasions in the years past, but I’ve [...]
The computer, boon and bane of my middle age, has not only taken away my ability to write legibly, it has also made me forget about adequate lighting. These days, adequate lighting for me is the one that comes on when I hit the Fn and PgUp keys on my office-issue IBM T43.
Along with [...]
The advent of the Internet and email has completely changed the way we communicate with other people. When before we would have pen pals and engage in stamp collecting (an offshoot of having pen-pals from abroad), today we send email and digital photos over the Internet. Which brings me to the question: Is the mailbox [...]
I remember the old houses in which I had the privilege to live. They had high ceilings, expansive living areas, and front lawns. They even had carports even if the owners didn’t have a car. I suppose this was standard design back in the 50’s and the 60’s, when middle class Manila had the [...]
