I've been losing (too much) weight for the past two months. I'm beginning to worry. I've lost 8 pounds without even trying. This despite my pigging out habit almost every day because of the holidays. In fact I ate four servings of rice during dinner a few nights ago. Like a carpenter, ...
IT seems like we're getting busier every year, a friend said. I can only agree. A decade ago I thought I was busy, today I couldn't believe I could have been busier. But nobody warned me about that.That friend who said that is your regular young professional who took time to enjoy ...
Not every piece of classical music is, or was meant to be, an awesome masterpiece. In this short essay I would like to discuss a few examples of classical music that are good, but not profound or complex. Such pieces are well-thought-out works, yet they are not in-depth, complex, profound works, nor ...
MAHITUNGOD sa pamalak, ang bantogang magbabalak Thomas Stearns Eliot, mas naila sa kalibotan sa katitikan isip T.S. Eliot, nagkanayon: "Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." Tinuod ang maong pahayag para kanako. Ang balak kinahanglan adunay sambog sa kayano--kayano sa pagkasulat, kayano sa mensahe, ...
I FIRST saw it while on a bus on my way to Compostela for a lecture."May Japanese restaurant sa Tibungco!" I texted Trish.But since I wasn't looking out for it, all I could do was look for a landmark soon as the bus zipped by, in a stretch of a ...
I WAS late for work, it was already past 1 p.m., blame the Pacquiao fight for that. As the taxi prepared to enter the gate toward the back door of the office since it was a Sunday and the front office was usually close, I noticed the guard at the front door ...
Basmati is pregnant. My vet friend Alex said that she might give birth in two weeks, considering the signs -distended belly, waxy teats, increased appetite, and nesting. She has become anti-social and demanding, preferring wet food to kibbles. Baby shower this Saturday. Everyone is invited.