
April passed by like some gush of wind in my face that I barely noticed that the last month of summer has arrived. It’s like sleeping on the last day of March and waking up to May 1st. I have so much catching up to do, so allow me to remember the d...

Pages from my new favorite book, Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, a collection of the shortest stories by talented writers, brought to us by Joseph Gordon-Levitt's immensely popular collaboration group, HitRecord.

Inutak is a variety of kakanin that is harnessed in the kitchens of Taguig. This creamy delicacy is made from ground sticky rice imbued with coconut milk that is slowly baked to perfection. On this coming weekend (March 24 and 25) this Taguig orig...

With all the information and emotional rollercoaster that I was forced to drink in last week, I barely had the time to jump from one moment to the next. I was swinging from one department to another; making ocular visits while drafting proposals; tal...

Charlene Gonzales nailed it when she answered the question: "how many islands are there in the Philippines?" with another question: "high tide or low tide?" While a lot of beauty contest commentators dismissed that move as too much of a smart-ass (wh...

Ma'am Ging will always be one person whom I admire. I spent my last two years in UP under her tutelage and by that, I can tell that she has greatly influenced me on how I perceive our society. I would occasionally send her text messages, asking her q...

BUSY AS A BEE: Anna Vanessa Carvajal-Lo at work. I have Annaliza Javier-Penullar to thank for a lot of things. For one, she laughed at my corny jokes during class breaks back in UP; and two, she introduced me to Bunny. I was looking for a new...