Daydream

Life moves fast, so I don’t have much time to take a long look at myself anymore and think of what I may have lost, except for those rare moments that are worth considering and appreciating.

Manila—Be kind to yourself. The world is cruel enough. Of the dozens of life hacks that I read about almost daily, my favorite is the one...

Manila – A work-related trip recently brought me to Subic Naval Facility, the site of one of the two former U.S. military bases in the...

Munich  – My first view of Munich was the sight of the dark orange sun setting outside my airplane window. The plane was touching down at...

Manila-- I’m an early riser. I usually get up at 5 a.m., sometimes even earlier. We early risers have our own routines. I know people who...

Manila– There is always something delightful living in an archipelago. But I only got to know about this in grade school, when our...

Manila—As we are no longer the angst-ridden girls in our 20s grumbling about how life drags on and that things may be different one day,...

Manila—As I’ve been into movies lately and since we’re still reeling from Hollywood’s oldest award-giving body and the last to give out...

Manila--I’m not comfortable with people saying journalism is dying or that newspapers are dead. I may have semi-retired when I left my...

Manila – As the writing and activities such as back-to-back media seminars wrapped up with the last days of the past year, I found time...

Manila – Stories about goodbyes are hard to read. Chats and exchanges about death, dying, leaving and being left behind are conversations...

Bangkok – In this city that has the lingering smell of incense and curry, you can get lost and find yourself ecstatic in the chaos. This...