āA tale of two citiesā
PERHAPS itās my propensity of admiring contrast or comparison; perhaps it's the enigma of parallelism; or quite simply, my zodiac sign that attracts me...
āTitang Inaā
(By Rae Dawn B. Maestrado)
ITāS A WORD Iāve come across during my routine internet scrolling. I remember the caption saying something like āSafe ka...
Loving Saturdays!
SATURDAYS are my extra special days because the days prior, I devote sufficient time, resources, and preparation for an hour-long talk show that I...
The road to forty-eight
I HAVE always been thin, all my life. Itās not a mystery just in case you are perplexed. I remember gaining weight on three...
Inflight āgreen peas with dried mango bitsā
ON OUR way to Butuan City, we had an unpleasant experience with a Philippine Air Lines (PAL) personnel at the Mactan Cebu International Airport...
When in Butuan
(By Charmaine Sales)
TRAVELING to Butuan City after 30 long years ā now thatās three decades, whoa! ā makes me feel old but young at...
Writing is my second love
IN THE movie āJulie & Juliaā, Julie said, āCooking saved me; Julia saved me.āThis is quite relatable. When one goes through a dark hole,...
Politics and loss
I CAN SENSE that there is no love lost between new Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and his predecessor, Atty. Victor Rodriguez, based on his...
Acacias fronting our Taloto house
IāM TYPING on my laptop while looking at the vinyl records of my father that I intentionally hung on the wall just to have...
Writing defeat
(By Hezekiah Kit Sales Canlas)
āKIT, GAWA ka na ngĀ concession.ā
It was around 10:30 in the evening. Seventy-eight to eighty percent already counted. But the...