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Jeansen

January 4, 2010 - 8:53 pm No Comments

It’s amazing what nostalgia does. In my case, it made me cry 15 hours before New Year, while watching an infomercial for hand dryers. For some strange reason, the hand dryer reminded me of home. And, home wouldn’t be home if not for the amazing but mostly grubby-while-little kids I grew up with.

I miss my sister Jeansen. I took care of her from the time I was 9 years old and she was 2 – when our mama died – until I moved out of Bohol to go to college.

Two nights before New Year, she called us, crying. She says it feels strange to spend New Year without her sisters.

I love Jeansen and I’m proud of her. She doesn’t party, she doesn’t shop, she doesn’t go out with friends. She stubbornly refuses to join beauty pageants because she doesn’t want distractions. She gets good grades even though she does all the chores at home. She said no when I offered to pay for rebonding because she says she’s a student and students have no business pampering themselves when they can’t pay for their vanities themselves.

Really, I’m proud of my sister. I don’t worry about her so much. I know she’s like the classic Timex watch: she can take a licking and keep on ticking. She’s kind, and thoughtful, and tough, and hardworking. Above all, she’s beautiful in the ways that matter.

My sister and my daughter

My sister and my daughter

Isn’t It Amazing I Have Friends?

October 21, 2009 - 7:21 pm 8 Comments
At the Philippine Blog Awards

At the Philippine Blog Awards: I hosted, they rooted.

In Bohol, with my friends since grade school. I obviously need more sun - too pale!

In Bohol, with my friends since grade school. I obviously need more sun - too pale!

Happy (and in yellow) at my 27th birthday

Happy (and in yellow) at my 27th birthday




Sometimes, I wonder why I have friends. I am not friendly, not friendly at all. I very rarely go out. I live without a cellphone. And, we almost never have people over, too. It doesn’t help that I’d rather be lost in a sea of books, kitchenware, or office furniture rather than in a sea of people. But yes, I’ll have you know that even though it confounds me how I came to have them, I have friends — and they’re a wonderful lot.
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Knowing

October 12, 2009 - 4:37 pm 1 Comment

There are things in life you don’t have to see to know. For instance, I have never seen cherry blossoms  but I know the sight of one tree in full bloom will take my breath away. I have never swum my way to the middle of the sea (because I can’t swim) but I know it’s one place I can simultaneously peer at the sky and my soul. I have never touched a snowflake but I know it will feel like Christmas to me. I have never smoked Dutch Master cigars but I know they will send me running for the nebulizer. (more…)