Family

Customized Alarm Clock

Coming from our 5-day vacation in Davao City from last weekend and the early part of the week, Borski and I can’t help but notice that despite the short stint there, we had grown accustomed to the “alarm clock” of DadMa there. I am talking about the music coming from the nearby mosque, about 2-3 [...]

Underwater Escapade

As I was about to depart back to Manila to report for work about a month ago, Borski and I discussed that we would once again try out diving. We tried this out and surprisingly, enjoyed the experience so much that we talked of getting licenses once our schedules and wallets could make room for [...]

Mañanita for Daddy Andy

Today is a special day. Today is my father-in-law’s birthday, and he just turned 58 years of age. I woke up at 4:15 AM and cooked corned beef with diced potato, one of the pitch-in goodies that will be brought to the birthday potluck. At exactly 4:30 AM, Nitz, Albert, Sovi, Kent & Weng (our [...]

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Last Saturday, as I watched my brother Andrew go through the pre-departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA 3), I couldn’t help but feel a little a little heavy, especially since considering the present crossroads that I am in this point in my life. Although it was but a trip from [...]

Busy-ness

Just got back to Manila a few minutes ago aboard a Philippine Airlines flight. That was the first time I was able to travel on board one of their larger jets. By larger, I mean the fact that there was a center aisle that seats 4 people, while there were 2 seats on both the [...]

My brother the Bartender

My brother Andrew will be leaving for the US come March of next year, courtesy of a study and work program in the USA wherein local universities in the Philippines are partnering with Hotels and Restaurants in the USA to invite on-the-job trainees to come work for them on a limited engagement. In a way, [...]

Finally, he has a facebook account

For a long time already, Borski and I kept on convincing my brother Ray who is in Dubai to create a Facebook account. He told us that Facebook was restricted on his internet service provider. I don’t know about restrictions like that on the culture that they have out there, but just recently, I learned [...]

International connection

Ever since my brother had left for Dubai, he has been ringing up the numbers in his fonebook, usually during dawn. All our badminton buddies have been asking me last night if I knew the number that kept appearing in their missed calls list usually during dawn time. LoL. Between the Philippines and Dubai, there [...]