Wanted Family

I'm a single parent with a 7-year old child. Given a chance, I would like her to have another sibling to grow old with, to have someone to to be there for her aside from me. If ever I'm financially and emotionally stable, I'm considering to adopt. Not because, I wanted to, but I feel …

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Realize. Empathize. Actualize

I just bought a new pair of eyeglasses over a thousand pesos. And it's for spare. Watching this documentary pulled my feet to the ground. I forgot to give and not to spend too much on unnecessary items. I'll charge it to experience. But now, I want to share this documentary. One of the eye-opening …

Picture-less Post #32: one of them, one of us

I just saw an old man in dirty rugged clothes crossing the street of Buendia in Makati. He was crossing with us; we, in corporate attire, ready to begin another boring day at work.  Helplessness. That's how I felt when I saw him. I wondered if he has or had a family. I wondered what …

Picture-less Post #31: blessing

Musing again. I have a habit of reading during lights off. Just the phone or a little lamp as a source of light.  Suddenly I thought, what if something bad happen to my eyesight? What if I suddenly go blind? Just the thought made me cry.  I realize that we sometimes, no, most of the …

7,107 islands’ gratitude to the world

It is all over the news, the tragedy my country is enduring. Stories of loss, survival and hope are shared with the destruction caused by the Super Typhoon Haiyan. With all this, the help we are receiving is overwhelming, from international agencies, local and private sectors, celebrities, to individuals. First hand, I saw that "bayanihan" …