(I just had to use that line. Again.) This is my version of Street View: the 5-minute walk from where I’m staying in Staten Island to the nearby public library, one of my hang out spots here. (You know me,…
Hello from New York
Hello, I made it to New York! My first weekend here has come and gone. An Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship concert at Calvary Baptist Church in Manhattan, home-cooked dinner by David’s mother, and the Pacquiao-Margarito fight welcomed me on my first…
Thoughts About Packing and Pocket-Sized Mothers
It’s hard to keep up with my life sometimes. I relocated from one apartment to another in the past 5 years faster than I could empty out boxes from my previous move, I would repack my bags even before I’ve…
If I’m going to be really honest with myself
There was this moment the other night, at a family get-together, that got stuck in my head. My mom and her sisters, Nanay Maura and Tita Aida, talked with hushed voices as they watched over Isaac sleeping on the sofa…
I want to fall in love
Two, three years ago, I made a firm declaration in front of some friends that I was never going to leave the Philippines in this lifetime. That’s not to say that I don’t want to travel and explore the world,…
On Dead Ends and Closed Doors
You know how we sometimes get heartbroken over closed doors and how it feels like it’s the end of the world when God answers us with a “NO”? The ironic thing about closed doors is, while they, more often than…
