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)
Electoral campaign
Posted on July 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It has often been said that the Philippines has the longest Christmas celebration in the entire world. When the first “ber” month begins, Filipinos can already taste Christmas. But it isn’t just Christmas that we celebrate the longest — we have the longest electoral campaign period too. Not too long ago, when political aspirants blatantly ... (more)
The anatomy of a rumor
Posted on June 25, 2009 · 60 Comments
After writing a few articles about my firstborn who is now a college freshman, an obviously curious reader e-mailed me asking why my daughter was taking up a vocational course. I said she wasn’t and explained that A.B. Photography is a regular college course. But there’s no such thing, she said. Yes, there is, I ... (more)
Play to win
Posted on May 6, 2009 · 17 Comments
[Note: The following article was published in Code Red magazine. I wrote it a couple of months ago and I wasn't really planning on republishing it here, but I am in the midst of making yet another tough career decision and it just seems relevant, for me at least, to be reminded of what I ... (more)
The evening news, some two years ago
Posted on April 29, 2009 · 3 Comments
This video has been in YouTube for over two years having been originally uploaded in February of 2007. I’ve never seen it until a fellow lawyer shared it in Facebook. It really redefines news reporting. What I don’t know is whether it was aired in the interest of balanced news reporting or to provide entertainment. ... (more)
Crime and privacy
Posted on April 21, 2009 · 20 Comments
(Today’s column) Just about every Filipino I know has been talking about the tragedy that struck Ted Failon’s wife. And just about everyone discussing it is, at the same time, conducting a guessing game as to whether it is a suicide or a homicide and, if it is the latter, who the probable killer is. ... (more)
Chip Tsao on Spratly Islands issue
Posted on March 28, 2009 ·
UPDATE on April 1, 2009 @ 1.38 a.m. Yesterday’s column is dedicated to the commenters who who fancy themselves to be patriots. Sad that they will never understand what Mark Twain meant when he said that a patriot is “the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.” I got ... (more)
The right cut
Posted on March 19, 2009 · 5 Comments
First of all, thank you to those who e-mailed me their congratulations on my new food column. I’m curious though. Why the e-mails when posting comments is just as easy? And I’m wondering whether there are people who do not want to announce publicly that they read my blogs. LOL It’s okay, really. I know ... (more)
Just when I thought I hit a plateau…
Posted on March 18, 2009 · 17 Comments
Below is a screen shot of the index page of Pinoy Cook (Home cooking rocks!) as it appears today. If the text is too small, you can click here to read the entry. If you know of anyone who is an opinion columnist and a lifestyle columnist at the same time, please let me know ... (more)
Excuse me while I brush up on my photography skills
Posted on March 13, 2009 · 8 Comments
Starting today, I am obliging myself to take at least a dozen photos everyday of various subjects and using different photography techniques. My writing career is taking another twist and, this time, my writing will be accompanied by my photos. No, not another blog but another print media gig. I’ll tell you about it when ... (more)
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