Last I spoke to Mai was December of last year 2021. I greeted her on Christmas day and she managed to respond two days later. She said she just had two surgeri…

After more than a year of being away from home, I was able to finally make a short visit back to our hometown and be with my family in Silang, Cavite. If it we…

On 12 January 2020, Taal volcano started to erupt spewing ashes to the north of it's crater and nearby areas. It was one of the most frightening natural ca…

I went on a two-week vacation last month by flying back to my home town in Silang, Cavite in the Philippines. It felt like a long-overdue rest for I have not…

From where I sit, I see a Singaporean society that has matured. Gone are the unstable political conditions that characterized its post-independence years. Th…

What is it like to live in Singapore? This was a question that has been answered for me since moving here the start of 2017 for work. I am now officially an Ov…

March 5 of this year (2016), I underwent a medical operation called Mastoidectomy and Tympanoplasty at the De Lasalle University Medical Center (DLSUMC) in Das…

Most people want to live as happily as they can. They want to get the most out of life because they realize that our time is finite and short. And because of …

All my life I’ve been trying to change myself by focusing on my weakness. I have been constantly concerning myself with ways to improve my flaws for I believe…

When I was young, I remember people telling me that I should learn to speak up more often. I was just too quiet for a lot of them. Sure I got the occasional pr…

I recently had the misfortune of having to deal with a detached passport cover. I thought it was no problem and didn't think I had to have it fixed. In fac…

If there is one thing that I can wish for the Philippines, it would be the happiness of it’s people. But wishing happiness for everyone is easy. Making it a re…

There are people who argue that goals are unimportant. They say goals restrict your actions to a certain path and leaves you no room to adjust when opportunity…

The images of suffering and destruction in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda after it hit the Vizayas (central Philippines) are powerful reminders of why we need to …

Many people have been motivating themselves with material things. I once read about a self-help book which says that you ought to put pictures of that beautifu…

I wouldn’t say I am a traveled man. I have been to a few countries but I’m certain more people have traveled to more places than I have. Still, my recent trip …

Sometimes work can consume our time and thoughts so much that we forget there is life outside it. To relieve ourselves of the stress-induced work environment, …

Earlier today, a friend of mine was laid to his final resting place. We were born on the same year and I have known him since we were kids. Besides being a rea…

There’s a nationwide discussion going on right now about guns in the Philippines. Gun control, gun proliferation, gun bans and gun laws are some of the topic…

I have been a father for over five years now. To be quite honest, I can hardly believe it. I didn’t realize it has been that long already. Parenthood is an e…