I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
Read moreLife’s miracles often appear in diverse packages. A bunch of them take place in a flashing instant when you wish for them, others occur over a life span, and few more others occur when you are not even anticipating them. Regardless of the type, it cannot be denied that a…
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Here is a tale of my last Philippine island-hopping trip before I took the big leap to the USA.I wasn’t alone the last time I went to Bohol, Philippines. The boyfriend of my sister from the U.S. arrived and my younger brother who works in Manila managed to squeeze in…
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One satisfying moment for a writer is when he/she gets praises from readers for what he/she writes. That moment cannot be replaced by any other. Nor it can be bought. It is priceless. Look at how few of my readers reacted and liked my column for the SDSU Collegian Newspaper…
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Just spending time with friends in Brookings, SD. Thanks Marcela for the invite.
Read moreYou have to read between the lines: “I dwell in SDSU. Life is WECOTA building”. My life as a student and as a research assistant in SDSU is dyed-in-the-wool to seeing the building daily, to marvelling its rooms and, most appropriately, to exploring the grace of the first floor and…
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The Pantheon in Rome, Italy is a must-see for anyone visiting the country. I have seen so many places in Rome, and the Pantheon was one of my favourite historical sites. Expect to be walking elbow-to-elbow with the rest of the hundreds of tourists around, but this will never interfere…
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Online newspapers keep me updated with everything that is happening in the Philippines. As usual, there’s the unstoppable, never-dying politicking and, not to mention, the unethical behavior at all levels of the government. As a citizen, I would have wanted to interfere. However, mine is a voice so little for…
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The squirrel has finally sniffed a treasure in the middle of the field. Unmindful of me observing only a few yards away, not even signaling an expression of dim surprise, it took something from the ground. Whether or not it was food, I didn’t know.
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