Pre-Christmas Prize
Last Saturday, our subdivision held the annual Christmas Program at the covered court. Among the most awaited moments was the raffle draw sponsored by some public officials. Though I didn’t attend it,...
View ArticleLearning the Hard Way
A few years ago, my brother’s fellow tricycle driver Lucas* teased him for not daring to drive around when his registration paper got expired. Lucas called my brother ‘softie’ but my brother didn’t...
View ArticleThe Watermelon Field
I do love watermelon! That’s why when a friend invited us to visit their watermelon field, she didn’t need to ask a second time. Naturally, we expected TO EAT as much as we could. So, we just asked if...
View ArticleJust Got Lucky
Late last year, my niece was invited to a birthday party. Since it took her and her mother a long time to prepare themselves, the food was nearly gone when they arrived. So, they just made do with...
View ArticleThe Heroic Woman
I was in high school when I heard about this story. There was once a fat woman in our town. Most of the townspeople ignored her while children made fun of her because she was fat. Jeepney drivers...
View ArticleThe Poor Employee
Arnel* was having trouble with money. He wasn’t earning much and his family’s needs are getting more. With his eldest daughter in grade school, the middle in preschool and the youngest one a toddler...
View ArticleHis Neighbor..
Well, this story didn’t happen in my neighborhood but in somebody else’s. I just find it very funny that’s why I posted it here. So, here goes. My new friend Frances* is a brave girl who doesn’t mind...
View ArticleThe Coordinator
Late last year, I learned that there will be a Grand Alumni Homecoming for the 50th anniversary of my high school alma mater. I was excited. I did well in high school and I made a lot of friends that...
View ArticleLittle League of Their Own
Sometime after Christmas, my uncle, Ray, feeling generous and in need of a little fun invited youth from our neighborhood to use his newly made drier (bilaran ng palay) cum basketball court to hold a...
View ArticleLove Month Turns Sad
In one of my visits to my former employer, I got a chance to chat with my former colleagues. As always, it was fun, entertaining and enlightening. We were so busy talking and ridiculing one another I...
View ArticleJob Opening Post
As I mentioned in my other blog, my most logical step after quitting my most previous job is to find another one. Though I’m not totally abandoning my plan to put up my own tutorial after losing my...
View ArticleThe Manager
Ruth* is every inch the manager. Smartly dressed complete with fashionable shoes and accessories, fluent in both English and Filipino and somehow intimidating. When I met her, I didn’t know if I was...
View ArticleWhen IT Stopped Being Family
Mylene* is a widow. Her husband was murdered several years ago leaving her with three small boys to raise. As is tradition to us, Filipinos, she left her children to her older sister, who has a family...
View ArticleTeach Thy Children
One day, as my brother was unloading his passenger in front of the public elementary school, a man got behind him. Quiet by nature, my brother was surprised when the man started to talk to him and...
View ArticleWhen To Do What’s Right?
My cousin was transferred to a new branch of their beauty products store. He hasn’t been there long yet, probably a few months. A couple of weeks ago, he discovered something that has been happening...
View ArticleA Good News
When I arrived from the province a few weeks ago, I heard a very good news. I learned that the road leading to the gate of our subdivision was getting repaired. Well, I’ve been living here for ten...
View ArticleSalagubang Memory
Image source: Encyclopedia Britannica Known in English as May Beetle or June bug, salagubang resembles a cockroach very much. I happen to be from a town where those bugs grow in abundance. Those bugs...
View ArticleWeekend Disturbance
Last Saturday, I went home to get my daughter from the province and bring her home here in Manila. We left around 11:00 in the morning and arrived there before 6:00 in the afternoon. I was relived to...
View ArticleThe Good Son
Randy* is a smart boy. He graduated valedictorian both in grade school and high school. Needless to say, friends and relatives have been expecting so much from him. He took up Architecture and did...
View ArticleNot Fair
*Elena has a son about 5 years old. The boy, Joshua* was in Kinder last year so, Elena was hoping to enroll him in Preparatory Level, but in a different school because she felt that the teacher wasn’t...
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