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Dad was, to be sure, far from perfect. But, if anything, he was sweet and wise, considerate and giving in his own unique ways.
Our oldest uncle, Peping, will be 99 in September. He’s been recently bedridden for an injured hip. Typical of the Roceses,
Every time I go to Boracay I’m not your regular tourist, but a sort of VIP. A veritable red carpet...
I’ve lived through many elections—my own Dad won five consecutive victories, from 1953, as representative of what was then the second, now the third, district of Manila.
My world has been turned upside down—I’ve been without a maid for nearly a month, and we lost the election. But it’s precisely in times like this that I discover my strengths and a whole new set of coping mechanisms.
My Lanie is gone, and if I may borrow from William Wordsworth, “Oh, the difference to me!” I got a text message from her telling me of her heartbreak with her only child, a son.
I kept away from Facebook until my editor told me it was my business to be where the action was. When came Twitter and Instagram, I was already too happy on FB to venture anywhere else.
My Dad was no worrier. Life was just another challenge, another game to win, despite its foreseeable and natural ending....
I can’t get the image out of my head, though I can’t remember exactly when I saw it on TV: a beached whale on a provincial shore, its belly full of plastic, leading experts to conclude it died in severe pain.
We discovered the joys of cruises rather late in life, but at a perfect time, considering the temperament and disposition we have grown old into. We’re just right for the pace, and we feel we’ve earned the delayed gratification.
