A week ago, my husband and I had lunch at Genia’s in Marikina. It is a carinderia that we have been loyal patrons of for over a decade. Just like most of Marikina, Genia’s was submerged in neck-deep floods when typhoon Ondoy hit the country and we were only too happy to know that a ... (more)
Her 9th and last Sona
Posted on July 28, 2009 · 13 Comments
On Sunday evening, I thought about asking my editor if I could submit my column later on Monday afternoon so I could watch the President’s state of the nation address first and write a column about it. By Monday morning, as I looked at the cats’ litter box, the dirty breakfast plates, the dusty floors, ... (more)
Freebies and freeloaders
Posted on July 4, 2009 · 2 Comments
The brouhaha over Senator Juan Ponce Enrile’s statements about the travel record of Presidential Commission on Good Government Chairman Camilo Sabio over the past 18 months brings to mind the President’s 2004 trip to China where the official party included nannies and Chinese business tycoons. The howl of publicity prompted certain quarters to issue statements ... (more)
Some really inspired Halloween ideas
Posted on October 15, 2008 · 7 Comments
If you haven’t heard yet, the Malacañang-MILF MOA was declared unconstitutional. In terms of merit, there should be nothing surprising about the Supreme Court’s decision. It is the only logical conclusion. In terms of political reality, however, the Supreme Court justices being appointees of the President per provisions of the Constitution, the decision surprised me ... (more)
Monopoly is power
Posted on May 15, 2008 · 15 Comments
I remember reading news reports a decade or so ago, when unusually high temperatures seared Texas, quoting US government officials’ advise that residents turn their air conditioners on to avoid heat strokes. If I remember correctly, it was the same year when London residents experienced unprecedented high temperatures and commuters complained of perspiring inside the ... (more)
Ethics and product endorsements
Posted on April 16, 2008 · 19 Comments
So you’ve seen Aga Muhlach downing all that Jollibee Chicken Joy. So you’ve seen Sharon Cuneta eating all those McDonald’s burgers. And watching them do it makes you want to run to the nearest Jollibee and McDonald’s outlets to get a bite of what they’re having on the screen of the idiot box. Now try ... (more)
Now every criminal wants to be pardoned
Posted on April 14, 2008 · 3 Comments
You must have read or heard about it. The convicted military officers who staged some kind of uprising in 2003 dubbed the Oakwood Mutiny are seeking pardon. It’s been all over the news but we were furniture hunting and that was more important than writing about these… these… People… you stage a coup and announce ... (more)
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