Blowfish, for me, no longer means that cute looking sea creature that you’d want to pop when bloated. Instead, the adjectives fun, funky and fashionable now best describes the word. And this is because of Blowfish Shoes, the new line of fashionable footwear from designers of famous brands like Rocket Dog, Esprit, Hippopotamus, Aerosoles and [...]
I miss my grandmother. I can’t believe it’s been four years since my grandmother passed away. Her death was very sudden so it took me a long time to accept it and finally move on. My memories of my grandmother are ambivalent actually. At one end is an ugly scar I have on my cheek [...]
I don’t really understand why people smoke. Ignorance of the ill effects of this vice is not really the issue since awareness ads on this campaign have come and gone since time immemorial. Who will forget the 90’s anti-smoking mascot Yosi Kadiri? (Who, I recently learned has been replaced by a new mascot named QuitsS) [...]
Once, while discussing the stages of development in Psychiatry back in second year, a doctor-professor of ours commented how medical students are in a stage of extended adolescence. I can’t help but agree. At 20 years plus, it’s a little embarrassing to admit how most of us in medical school are still dependent on our [...]
I ain’t exactly eating healthy. I don’t like my greens. Although I love cows (the black and white spotted kind, not the boring, native ones), it doesn’t equate to being one of them and gobbling down grass for heaven’s sake! I am not a fruit lover either. Just last week, my friends looked at me [...]
There’s a Filipino saying that goes:
“Batu-bato sa langit, ang tamaan ay huwag magalit. Ang pikon ay laging talo”
(As I am not really very proficient in translating from one language to another, I won’t attempt to translate it anymore so I’d like to apologize to my non-Filipino speaking visitors.)
Back when I was younger, people around me, [...]