Wonologues

1. I was born of my parent's prayer to have a baby girl. (They said I was such a princess.) 2. I was born a cute girl and they named me WOW. (believe me, my aunts told me that since I can remember) 3. ...but my younger sister can only utter wo-wo. (Thus my nickname now) 4. I am a cry baby 5....

Everybody’s been talking about it, yes, the Piolo-KC break up. They’re trending topic almost everywhere and I guess I just have to give a comment. What went wrong anyway? Both parties are giving us all question marks and here we are who just love to talk about people, making assumptions. Being both public personalities and famous artists at that, they just can’t live...

How to choose fish: The smell should be fresh and light. Any kind of ammoniac smell, except in stripe fish, should be thrown away. The meat should be hard and elastic, with sticky scales, wet, covered by a light transparent mucus. The abdomen should neither be inflated, nor have signs of tear. The eyes must be clear, shiny and convex, and occupy the...

Tatay (grandpa) died today four years ago. It was a sad moment of our lives just like most people experience when a loved one pass away. We were in tears but he was too precious to God, he was taken away at the right time and had not been allowed to suffer in agonizing pain. He was 86 at that time. The doctor's...

“Push yourself to the limit”, that’s what we’ve been taught. “Strive hard and you’ll succeed”. “Good things come to those who wait”. Nah, being born and raised to follow those who have authority and the elderly; I have learned to endure a lot of obstacles throughout my life, hurdling through to get the inked parchment paper that would become my passport to what...

In this world where all we can trust is ourselves, it's really hard to avoid getting hurt. When all we wanted was to be happy and we do all the goodness and kindness in the world, we could not completely spare ourselves from all kinds of pain. Those kinds of pain we learn to get used to, the pain that causes us inconsolable...

Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind. But not all family is created equal. Just like where nobody's perfect, family comes in all sorts of forms and sizes, with unique experiences and situations. Where everyone tries to please everyone and end up disappointing people who love to criticize, the family as the basic unit of society is no safe from...