Last year, a husband and wife team were sued when a patient complained that he could no longer sexually satisfy his partner after a penile insertion procedure. Now, it's Vicki … [Read more...]
The relevance of homework
November 11, 2008 By 22 Comments
(Today's column) Everyone who has gone to school has experienced homework and projects. I have. Some homework I appreciated because they strengthened my grasp of lessons … [Read more...]
Halloween and All Saints’ Day
October 28, 2008 By 9 Comments
(Today's column in Manila Standard Today. The photos only appear here and not on the print and online versions of the paper.) There were no Halloween parties when I was a … [Read more...]
My bucket list
October 21, 2008 By 25 Comments
(Today's column) "The Bucket List" is a film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. I saw it several months ago and it just seems like the most relevant idea to me … [Read more...]
Exploiting poverty
October 11, 2008 By 11 Comments
(Last Thursday's column. Blog Action Day calls it a "must read article on the complexities of poverty." Thank you. Two more articles on poverty will be published next week -- … [Read more...]
At the Blanco Family Museum
September 30, 2008 By 18 Comments
(Today's column. The photos do not appear in the print and online versions of the newspaper.) My family spent two hours at the Blanco Family Museum on Sunday afternoon. My … [Read more...]
Investment lessons
September 25, 2008 By 20 Comments
In the wake of the Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and AIG crises, when my brother-in-law, Buddy, and his girlfriend, Laura, came over for dinner last week, after-dinner … [Read more...]
Overacting
September 24, 2008 By 46 Comments
(Yesterday's column) A decade and a half or so ago, whenever prices of fuel and consumer goods started rising at alarming levels, people used to joke that "Si Nora Aunor na … [Read more...]
Entertain me
September 16, 2008 By 40 Comments
You'd think that with dozens of cable channels to choose from, one would never run of television entertainment. You'd think that with the number of movies that premiere each … [Read more...]
Why mothers kill
September 11, 2008 By 18 Comments
(Today's column) As we were sitting down to dinner on Tuesday, my husband asked if I had heard about the Filipino mother who killed her three children then committed … [Read more...]
Kids and money management
September 2, 2008 By 24 Comments
(Today's column) There is an interesting recap on Blogher about parents' ideas on how to teach kids the value of money. One father says, "I don't like the word … [Read more...]
Pride of the Philippines
August 26, 2008 By 28 Comments
(Today's column) The last time I watched the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics was in 1992. I was pregnant with my first child and bedridden. Those were … [Read more...]
What is pikot?
August 12, 2008 By 42 Comments
(Today's column) Every three years, my husband's eldest brother, his wife and two sons spend three weeks in the Philippines. He and his wife have been living in a suburb of … [Read more...]
Coffee, dear?
July 24, 2008 By 37 Comments
(Today's column) We had our occasional red meat last Sunday. We really wanted steaks and mashed potatoes but S&R ran out of rib eye steaks so my husband bought pork loin … [Read more...]
Making Meralco unhappy
July 22, 2008 By 17 Comments
Today's column. If you have been following the developments on the Manila Electric Co. saga, three very substantial questions are worth pondering over. First, what really … [Read more...]
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