I had forgotten so many things about my previous life, whether purposefully or just because of brain cells that have long expired. But in my feeble mind’s effort to leave the past behind it had also erased some of the wistful memories that I should have kept. The kind that when someone reminds you of [...]

Just when you think we have the franchise on downturned smiles we give you a snap like this
This is Kuya Maui and me at our joint birthday lunch. Kuya’s birthday was on the 12th of July, mine will be on the 23rd. Maui had just turned 16, and I’m hitting the big 45. [...]

16 years ago today he was the one in the bassinet. I was separated from him for two years, and then he became my baby again when he was eight years old. It’s been eight years since he joined me here in Manila, and he was twelve when he became Kuya Maui. He dotes on [...]

Sam’s brother Rowley, also known as Bunso, and who was witness to our wedding, is getting married. And it’s about time too. Sam and his brothers seem to have the monopoly on tying the knot way past the age of 30. Maybe it’s because they had such a cared-for childhood and finding a girl “just [...]