Monthly Archives: November 2011
Of Peeping Toms, Marine Rescue, and Lost trails in Pico
Our year-end climb for C4C was at Pico de Loro, one of my favorite day hikes. I wrote about Pico a year ago and every time I go back there, I always have a new appreciation for the mountain. It’s just a thing of beauty. What I think is different with Pico compared to other [...]
Il dolce far niente!
I heard this line in Julia Robert’s Eat, Pray, Love which came out early last year. When translated, it means “the sweetness of doing nothing.” There’s no making that phrase any simpler. The sweetness of doing nothing. Since I resigned from work three months ago, I’ve been short of this Il Dolce Far Niente experience. Maybe, [...]
A year of Departures
2012 will be a year of departures for me, and I couldn’t be more than excited! I’m finally going to Korea after so much delay! And, I’m also going to leave Manila for good. 2 years is a long time to be gone, but it seems that this is the direction God is leading me [...]
A Song of Ascents: Mt. Talamitam
“I look up to the mountains: does my strength come from mountains? No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.” (Psalm 121:1-2) Vast verdant fields and a Pulag look-alike are descriptions of Talamitam. It’s on the other side of Batulao in Nasugbu, Batangas and can be climbed in less than [...]
Doctor, Doctor, I am sick.
“Is it okay if I pray to God that I want to marry a doctor someday?” I asked my mom one day. I was 16. “Sure, why not, you can pray for anything as long as it is God’s will.” I was determined to marry a doctor or at least I hoped I would someday, [...]
The fun in Quiz Nights
“How did you know that?” I couldn’t believe Ruel knew about Skunk Anansie or had memorized practically all the sets in TV sitcoms. “Life of a potato couch”, he casually said. To give him more credit, Ruel’s one of the smartest, wisest guys I know. Ever since he joined our Wednesday Bible study for Professionals, [...]
When it’s right to say, “Indulge yourself”
Any existence deprived of freedom is a kind of death.– Gen. Michel Aoun “Freedom!” Imagine how protesters and rallyists say it, and right about now that’s how I’m saying this word. Perhaps because, for the first time in a very long time, freedom became very real to me, as though I can taste it in my mouth, [...]
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