I Am Issa

A chilling wind greeted me as I was heading to work this morning. I woke up with  bloodshot right eye. Coldness enveloped my already freezing heart. Call it mood. Or blues. Point is..I want these shaken off. The toughest part of the year is about to come: the ending. As my favorite quote reminds me: Better

Who doesn’t want to receive some presents? Who doesn’t want to befriend a cheerful giver? Nobody. Everyone wants something. However, at times, we can’t help being baffled by a seemingly easy question: What to give on Christmas? Roaming around Wafi City for hours didn’t help me find gifts that match the people I have in

Uso sa mga nangingibang-bansa ang makipag-usap sa sarili. Hindi ito senyales ng kabaliwan – ngunit maari rin. Sa halos dalawang-taon kong pananatili sa UAE, ngayon pa lang ako nakatagpo ng kasambahay na maituturing kong “uncle”. Madalas kasi sa mga kalalakihan dito, palainom, palakain, palatulog. Di mo sila masisi. Karamihan kasi isang araw sa isang linggo

In 2002, an announcement flashed on our TV screen: 1 MILLION TEACHERS ARE in DEMAND in the US. My parents hurriedly selected Education as my major. They were funding my college tuition, I should follow their orders. Have you ever stumbled upon NEA.org? This site has information on the current teaching job market as well

Skeeter, a white American raised by a black nanny during the 1960′s Civil Rights movement, decides to feature the stories of American-African housemaids – their sorrows and hardships as they daily serve the white families. She comes up with a book, The Help, in which “colored” housekeepers reveal their grievances. If you think the plot

Scanning through a list of posts I could write about, I came across a client who wanted articles on Numerology. I instantly downloaded a Numerology e-book entitled “The Power of Numbers” and went through it until I got all the figures I need to know my life path, Expression and Soul Urge. There are more,

Flushed with fever, red-hot cheeks, mouth filled with oranges every hour. I savored the light emitted by my laptop’s screen. Every sick person is a grouch, so here are the DON’T’S I learned from Lizzy. Perhaps more will come if I get sicker. (Note: Lizzy is Elizabeth Bennet, the main character in Pride and Prejudice by