October 2007

Thank you, Tita Carmen!

“Rhoda, why aren’t you allowing Gem to come with us to watch Insiang at CCP?”
There’s no mistaking. The voice on the other end belongs to Carmen ‘Baby’ Prieto.
When she called, I had just finished talking to Gem, and told her - no, she couldn’t go with Tita Carmen, Paul and Tetris to CCP. My reason […]

On fences

THIS is our fence as viewed from the outside.
Too secured you say? Try living in our neighborhood.
‘Good fences make good neighbors’. - Robert Frost

Why Desperate Housewives picked on Philippine medical schools

Though the issue on the Desperate Housewives’ slur about medical schools in the Philippines is now a week old, let me share some of my thoughts.
What could have “inspired” the writers of the show to use the Philippines as a point of reference with regard to inferior medical schools?
I don’t believe the DH writers […]

Back to regular blogging

Hello, dear blog friends! I have resurrected! I am home! Yes, after being away for several weeks, here I am now, happy to be back.
Well, I was not actually completely away from the blogosphere, because I had much fun “gallivanting” to other sites (while staying away from mine -hehe), and been a frequent visitor/lurker of […]