Friendships Lost and Found (edited)
“ANG TABA MO!” was what Melita said when she saw my Facebook profile picture after I blocked her for about
The Blue Piggy Bank*
“It’s money! Always money! That’s your alibi. Always!” That was my mother in one of her jealous fits whenever my
Austria for Beginners
FORTY SEVEN YEARS in Austria today, September 7, and my first impressions of Vienna include the chilly weather when I
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Doing the UN Staff Summer Party 2017
It’s something past 11 pm. I got home drunk. At a party, a former work colleague called the UN Summer
My Hometown’s SOROPTIMIST Organization
I came across this story of a young girl through a cousin who is a member of Soroptimist in my
The Bitches of Bukid-non
You look haggard said Marilyn to me, a very dear friend and neighbor in Vienna, the last time she skyped
The Romeros
General, not an ordinary mortal. A military man, I imagined he would be stern-looking, you know. And the wife? Imeldific!
COVID and the Birthday Boy, Err, Lolo–Rather
I miss the joy of cooking and dining with my friends. The shared experience of preparing Asian recipes — chopping
Goodbye, My Dear Friend
You know, I struggled to call you a dear friend. You had been to me once, but that was long