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Mama told me not to build castles in the air, but of bricks. She was the one who constantly pushed me forward and stirred me to strive to be the best that I can. In the countless times that things went south and continued to fall apart, there she was,…
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A short meeting with a fellow Filipino in Brookings weeks ago got me into thinking to scan my old pictures and salvage them from further wear and tear.
Read moreNumbers and complex solutions fuel me. I crave mind-boggling formulas and mathematical theories. I go where Pythagoras, Des Cartes and Pascal abound. These are the reasons I love the engineering profession. I never liked the teaching profession. When mom advised me to get a degree in education and be a…
Read moreI do not care about evidences of heartburn, anxiety, high blood pressure, hyperactivity and many others that caffeine, a type of drug or stimulant found in coffee beans, appears to be a causal factor. Let the medical experts and researchers keep themselves busy gathering compelling evidences of the side effects…
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Friday blackness. That is how it is this very moment. Interstate 90 looks like one of those highways in horror movies where creatures drop dead from the skies and into your windshield. The absence of light that could have come from civilization along this area in Wisconsin makes it hard…
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Online, I thought she is as old as my mom. Truly. That explains why I always addressed her as Ma’am or Madame and never by her name. However, the first time I met her in Michigan barely a week ago, I have decided to call her just Miss Carlota. Carlota…
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The Philippine-American Picnic in South Dakota could be traced back to 1981, when it began as a small group of 40. After 26 years, the annual tradition has grown eight times bigger and happier. Tina Kauffman, I call her Tita Tina, started it all. Filipinos bring different ethnic foods –…
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Just spending time with friends in Brookings, SD. Thanks Marcela for the invite.
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