Sweet deal at the movies
DON’T get me wrong, I love the Marvel Studios movie “Eternals”.
I love the CGI monsters called the Deviants.
I love the form-fitting lycra of our...
The PSN versus textbook publishing
THE GOOD news: I got paid because I hired a lawyer.
The bad news: My two textbooks for senior high school are not coming out...
Sucking to the max
LATELY, I’ve been a little tired of sucking the marrow out of life.
I mean, I’m still doing it.
But could I be overdoing it now?
Or...
Eliza, Alexander, and Life
I AM a completist.
I complete things.
I read books from cover to cover.
I endure even bad movies once I’ve started them.
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I can’t afford to miss...
Perceived rich
I DON’T know who spread the word that I am rich.
I mean, I’ve always thought that I was rich because I don’t need much.
I...
Preaching to the choir
I HAVE been invited to many “Leni Robredo for President” Facebook group chats.
No Pacman, LBM, or Duterte people have reached out to me (so...
Life goes on, and so on
I DO NOT have a death wish.
I just have a passion for life.
And in times like this, when life as we know it is...
My life on the road
SINCE this COVID-19 pandemic is not well controlled in the Philippines (what stronger proof is there than my uncle dying in the hospital?), I...
Death, grief, and insurance
AFTER a little over a million pesos in a Quezon City hospital, my uncle Ted died last Sunday, Oct 24.
Which is to say, Money...
Gay on my own terms
WITHOUT a doubt, I am the gayest, and the most gay, writer you can find writing in the Ilonggo newspapers today.
In fact, I have...