Where Happiness Lies
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Posts Tagged Family
Home Again
Am in the Philippines. Since Friday. Enjoying so far. Not much time, nor chance for blogging. I am where life is simple and unadulterated. Home.
Young Husband
He sauntered to the public faucet with a playful smile. Many eyes were on him, mostly teasing. He then took a confident squat and examined the task
A Lonely Man’s Supper
It’s supposed to be summer here already, but it’s still cold outside. Not my favorite weather, as I have always said. But I’m hungry. My not-
Missing Sunshine
I now sport baked skin, courtesy of the blazing sunshine that graced our island town.Unlike before when I would avoid it, I actually pursued the heat
The Mystery of the Blue Envelope
Note: It’s too early for Valentine’s Day, but what can I do? :-) I never expected a follow-up, convinced that somebody was just moneyed enough
The Mystery of the Blue Rose
Somebody just pulled a prank on me. But I’m tickled pink. If I have done something good to deserve it, I don’t know. But that the sender exe
Yet Another Penniless Christmas
The merciless Grinch did it again. Just when I thought I've had him deported to the dreadful icebergs of Antarctica, he came back with a wide grin.
Home, Revisited
The place now looks different, but not strangely familiar. There’s no denying I recognize its every nook and cranny, although they have already be
Missing A Father
Our father died in his early fifties. Most of us then were quite young - me, fresh out of college and just starting to find my niche in the
Treading The Road to Recovery
The worst is over. Nanay is now out of the ICU and has been transferred to a regular room where she could recuperate. I know it’s still a long wa
Tale of a Heart 2
Nanay finally had her heart bypass yesterday. She was brought to the Operating Room at 9:00 a.m.. We tried to comfort and encourage her but it was
"Kid-napped!"
It was a Saturday like no other. For instead of spending it somewhere downing bottles of beer with drinking buddies or in the gym feeding the fantasy
Tale of a Heart
This is about my Mother’s heart. She’s scheduled to sign-out of the Philippine Heart Center anytime today, after having an angiogram yester
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