Oct 29 2007
Does birth order shape who we are? According to this Newsweek article, there is increasing evidence that the sequence in which we and our siblings pop out of our mothers’ womb has an impact in our lives.
In my family, the power of the order may be summarized in the following scenario which had been [...]
Oct 22 2007
Do you remember when in the movie Superman Clark Kent was clumsily crossing a New York street and he got bumped by a cab? Clark was okay but the taxi was heavily damaged. Well, there may be no Superman in Cambodia, but we do have… Supercow!
Supercow is often seen strolling leisurely in the [...]
Oct 20 2007
Is it slambook or slumbook? I could never remember. You know those cutie autograph books in gradeschool with either Little Twin Stars (with the ridiculous names… Kiki and Lala) or Hello Kitty covers? You have to fill in the entries about yourself like name, nickname, age as well as personal stuff like [...]
Oct 18 2007
This is the Chanchhaya Pavilion or the Golden Pavilion, one of the popular buildings inside the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is used as a classical dance theater, for Royal receptions and banquets, and most importantly, it is the place from which the King delivers speeches to the public who are [...]
Oct 14 2007
When I was a little girl, people would often ask me, “Sino kamukha mo? Mommy mo o Daddy mo?” (”Who do you take after? Your Mom or your Dad?”).
After mulling about it a bit, I would reply, “Sa katalinuhan, si Daddy. Sa katabaan, si Mommy.” (When it comes to smartness, my Dad. [...]
Oct 11 2007
“Honey, Honey!†I shrieked while surfing channels in the living room. “Look, the football players are fighting! They’re having a brawl!â€
And Honey stopped cooking whatever it is he’s cooking and rushed from the kitchen to see what I was talking about. (Obviously, he’s cooking while I’m watching TV). A mob of ball [...]
Oct 08 2007
Wil’s post Traffic Tickets reminded me when I was caught with a traffic violation in Edsa in the mid-nineties. At that time, in order to decongest the traffic on Edsa Highway, the authorities implented a color-coding scheme wherein cars with certain plate numbers were not allowed on the highway from 5 pm to 7 pm. [...]
Oct 06 2007
Today, the sixth of October, I remember Lolo Roman, my grandfather on my mother’s side. Lolo was very fair with smooth baby skin which is very soft to touch. (Note: Lolo is Tagalog for grandfather). Because of his old age (he was 88 when he died), the skin on his [...]
Oct 03 2007
No, despite the advertisement on my sidebar, I haven’t monetized my blog. Well, at least not yet. I’m seriously considering it now because come August 2008, we will be going back home, our precious allowances will come to a screeching halt, and we would be living in virtual poverty. And with the [...]
Oct 02 2007
I just saw in Anderson’s Cooper CNN show 360 that Britney Spears lost custody of her children (see CNN news report here). Poor kids… it’s not as if they’re going to a better alternative. Their father is, after all, Kevin Federline. And poor Britney as well… living an alcoholic and substance-laden life [...]
"We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. This is how writers must think, this is how we must sit down with pen in hand. We were here; we are human beings; this is how we lived. Let it be known, the earth passed before us. Our details are important. Otherwise, if they are not, we can drop a bomb and it doesn't matter."
Natalie Goldberg in Writing Down the Bones
