I was browsing through my computer and saw this picture of my nephew, Bjorn. Bjorn was in the stage that he would look at you and suddenly flash this kind of smile that makes you wonder what this kid was thinking. Literally like flash. For a two year old Filipino boy, that is quite rare. Oh well as the saying goes: A smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime.

My dad had a knack… That knack resulted in a lot of books brought home. That knack resulted to a lot of dust bunny residences at home. That knack resulted to me loving quotes. I was browsing through one of the books and saw this quote by Leo Buscaglia which I absolutely love. Perfect love is rare indeed – for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the...

I was preparing some files for my story telling class. No, I’m not teaching. I am studying. Who would have thought of that? Me. The homework was to bring in pics of you in it and you without it. I was checking out my small collection and found these pics. It was taken a couple of years ago during our visit in Dubai where my favorite cousin is. Atlantis Hotel’s big ass aquarium. It was crazy blue and you can imagine how it stung my...

When I hear the name Philippine Heart Center (PHC), a flashback of my yesteryears comes into mind when I was a kid. Back then, my folks would throw me into summer camps to get me away from the TV and one of them was an art class in the hospital where everyone thought we were migrating to Singapore. It was also the same hospital when my folks rushed me when I was having chest pains and we had to do a 2D Echo. And it was also the same hospital...

I have been either extremely busy or extremely slacking around! The semester has started, and yes you read it right… more details to come… SERIOUSLY!…. So… The semester has started and with all the adrenaline high of seeing friends, making newer friends, working on the projects with fantastically intellectual and respectable people, I came back to Singapore exactly exhilarated. So exhilarated that I didn’t expect it...