The millionaire
IN DUMANGAS, people stop me all the time for all sorts of things.
They call out my name when I’m running for fun, or when...
‘Ang Millionario’, the Series
IT’S EXHAUSTING to be a known millionaire in the Philippines.
Why do people feel that they are entitled to peddle you anything from fresh fish...
Wonders unfold
FIVE TIMES in my life, I bought real properties without understanding how big they are.
Or what they contain.
If someone tells me it’s a good...
Balete lover
IF THERE is a chance for me to recast myself as a less sexual person, I will not do it.
I am a very sexual...
Panagbo, in the mall
I LIKE my life in the farm.
Since coming home to Dumangas last month, I’ve been partying a lot like a mad hatter after the...
My life as provocateur, Part 3
THE GUY who tried to pick me up was good-looking.
A little sweaty and dirty, but still handsome.
Do I want to roll on the beach...
My life as provocateur, Part 2
I DON’T know about you, but I feel that Iloilo, and the Philippines, has become unbearably hot.
Oppressively hot.
If this is not climate change, I’m...
My life as provocateur, Part 1
MY RISE to being the region’s premier agent provocateur started in 2000, when I was tapped to write for a new newspaper, and was...
How to be ling in Pinas, Part 2
“IT’S 5 o’clock somewhere” is a concept I got from my late husband.
He drank a lot, and we agreed that he could only drink...
How to be king in Pinas, Part 1
LAST week, two boys (ahem, legal age!) visited me in Dumangas.
Well, I’m not going to give it all to you.
But either they visited me...