As they say, if there’s no photo it didn’t happen. But I have all the sights and sound in my mind.
Moonstruck
In situating the story locally, some changes were made to the Tagalog translation, loosely following the now classic version of the late senator and playwright Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo.
American adobo
Someone reacted sheepishly, ‘At least, napag-usapan.’ I could just shake my head. Shouldn’t we all react just like Uncle Roger?
ROTC
After three years of wearing the same uniform that my mother laundered, starched and ironed the right way, after polishing my boots and garrison belt buckle to a blinding shine, I was just thrilled to finally be done with military training.
Paranoid
People were elbow to elbow, their masks off, chatting as if Covid doesn’t exist. You can just imagine my shock.
Under water
Although we are in typhoon season, the recent cases of flooding in downtown Manila, which engulfed areas not known to…
Dining solo
Dining solo isn’t that tragic. I find that I enjoy eating alone, because it allows me to focus solely on the food.
RFV
Every Saturday of the week, we would be at Kalayaan Hall in Villamor Airbase at such ungodly hours to board an Air Force Fokker jet to accompany the president to one of his provincial jaunts.