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( originally written 12th December 2009 ) Dear batchmates, kabayan and friends : ONE rainy afternoon in smoku,* our favorite…
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( originally written 3rd November 2009 ) Dear batchmates, batch, kabatch and friends : ULTIMATELY and in the end (…
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special busts, highly collectible, we suspect the owner won’t easily part with these hard-to-find gems. “The most authentic thing about…
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(originally written 30th December 2009. Thanks for reading!) Dear friends Sori ser abelabol lang pow…
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You Can Never Go Home Again
( originally written 12th December 2009 ) Dear batchmates, kabayan and friends : ONE rainy afternoon in smoku,* our favorite…
YLB to Unica Hija : The Audacity of Love
Dearest Nicole : TERMINAL, CHRONIC PRESUMPTUOUSNESS is an ailment that is very hard to recover from, as the name of…
Heirs of The Blue-Eyed Son of Heaven*
But the important thing is that this is reinforced in the child’s mind in many many ways, well until adulthood….
Renouncing Ice Tubig And Other Un-Pinoy Un-Patriotic & Un-Principled Unthinkables
Dear batchmates, officemates and friends : WHENEVER WE PLAYED sandlot (actually concrete) basketball in scorchy summers of yesteryear,…
Adios Vanidad / Hola Mortalidad
( originally written 3rd November 2009 ) Dear batchmates, batch, kabatch and friends : ULTIMATELY and in the end (…
Mindless Mouthfuls from a Popcorn Director Armchair Athlete & Awestruck Asian
special busts, highly collectible, we suspect the owner won’t easily part with these hard-to-find gems. “The most authentic thing about…
On The Last (Working) Day of The Year
(originally written 30th December 2009. Thanks for reading!) Dear friends Sori ser abelabol lang pow…
A Rice Monologue
We eat rice with anything. Rice with stew, rice with fried fish, rice with bagoong, even rice with patis or…
Alone in A Sea of Humanity
We got home just in the nick of time a few hours before Christmas Eve, and looking at various waystations…
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Chinese
We are proud of being Pinoy, through and through, and often our hearts are warmed whenever we are approached and…
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