February
7
On Hip Hop Abs and Sitting All Day
I’ve been working non-stop for EPH since February of 2009, and it made me hog the computer for hours on end, sitting on my chair like I had quick-dry cement on my butt. The experience was pretty challenging since that was the time I started to have leg cramps. Too much sitting can do a number on your leg, so I tend to limp my way around the house and to my so-called office just to check if I have revisions waiting in my inbox.
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January
19
Before we continue with this week’s post, let me first get something out of the way.
I. AM. A. GIRL.
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January
16
Back when I was in third grade, every single one of my friends/playmates had his own Batman: The Animated Series action figure. I wanted one as well but my father refused to buy me any toy, purely out of principle.
If you want an expensive toy, he would say, you have to be hardworking or smart enough to come up with money for it on your own.
So I robbed a bank.
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January
1
Vowing for change in the coming year is not something I do. In a few hours, we’ll say goodbye to 2010 and say hello to 2011. As usual, the only thing you would constantly hear (or read) from people would be their New Year’s resolution.
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December
8
Two Thoughts That Crossed
About a thousand thoughts or so run through my mind each day. It’s not easy to just grab hold of one and make it stay – especially if it makes you feel good. And because you’re reading this, I am now dragging you to take a peek inside my bustling mind… (run while you can!)
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November
24
A Very Belated Adieu, my Dean
The promising life of success and financial security beckons on my young and idealistic mind as an incoming freshman at the University of the Philippines, College of Architecture many years ago. I remember saying to myself “Five more years of hard work and concentration, and I’m done. Just five more years.”
And so I thought.
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November
17
Ang Pinoy Nga Naman
Encountering a fellow Filipino abroad can be a very interesting experience.
You know you’re in the presence of a Filipino when their ears suddenly perk up and they turn their heads the moment they hear you speaking the native tongue or recognize your Filipino accent-laced English. And then comes the question, “Taga-saan po kayo?”
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November
8
“I need to talk to you in private,” Meg said as she grabbed my wrist. Then she smiled at the other guests and politely nodded – a gesture that is meant to excuse both of us from the dinner.
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November
3
Shabbat Shalom
I had the privilege of working as an executive assistant for a boss who was an orthodox Jew and had no apologies about it. To him, the fourth commandment of the Torah was non-negotiable.
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October
31
I find it easy to regale people with stories about my time as one of the pioneer EPH writers, but I have never been comfortable when it comes to sharing details about how I became an EPH staff. Primarily because I find the whole thing boring and not worth anybody’s time – it was simply too fast, too sudden, and completely devoid of spectacle or drama, with me earning my position just by being in the right place at the right time.
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