Margaret Atwood’s newest novel was my trusty companion when I went on that crazy solo trip to Palawan where I got drunk with strangers, rode a killer bus, scored a free tour, walked around Puerto Princesa at four in the morning, fell asleep on a speeding motorcycle (don’t ask), and basically did 101 things that … Continue reading »
Posted in May 2011 …
It’s the End of the World As We Know It
What better way to spend the eve of the end of the world than with free beer, good food and great friends? Bring it on apocalypse. I feel awesome. But I’m more willing to bet that we’ll still be around tomorrow and the crackpots blabbering about rapture and doomsday are going to wake up wondering … Continue reading »
Pahiyas 2011
It’s that time of the year again when a throng of tourists armed with straw hats and fancy cameras terrorize the quiet town of Lucban, Quezon for the Pahiyas festival. This year, I was one of them although I was way too cool to wear a straw hat so I ended up with a sunburned … Continue reading »
New Kid on Twitter
Although I’ve never been big on social networking sites, my recent writing gig has required me to maintain a Twitter account and post at last seven “tweets” a day. (Good grief, I still can’t get used to that word. It sounds icky and gross and for some reason it makes me want to wrench out … Continue reading »
My Mother is a Superhero. Seriously.
I got a text message from my mother at 1am the other day saying she just made it back to the health center after delivering a baby. The patient was giving birth at home so there were no hospital equipment, no doctors and nurses; just a midwife’s kit and probably a horde of curious relatives … Continue reading »
Reading on the Road: Texaco
Waiting is probably one of the less enjoyable things about travel. From delays at the airport to being cooped up inside a jeepney while the relentless “barker” (someone with a really loud voice whose job is to call out passengers) tries to fill it to overcapacity, waiting is an unavoidable inconvenience. Patience is not one of my virtues; … Continue reading »
Two Bunk Beds and a Cabin: The CDO-Bukidnon Adventure
In the three nights of my Cagayan De Oro-Bukidnon trip, I managed to sleep in three different places. It wasn’t something I planned (not that I had any solid plans to begin with) but it turned out to be way more awesome than I expected. The trip had an anti-climactic start: an eight-hour delay at … Continue reading »
