2009′s darkest: a memory unburied

If moving on is about thinking ahead of what’s coming, then a part of me stlll isn’t.     One of the events that left my thoughts still clinging to 2009 is the most heinous of crimes ever done to 57 innocent people in Maguindanao, Philippines on the 23rd of November. Their gruesome massacre defies anything I [...]

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Christmas is not all laughter (part 4): life after the sinking

Christmas time is all about going home — a time to reunite with our folks or with the loved ones whom we left behind. As the date of this reunion draws near, the thoughts of both the one coming and the other waiting become more alive in keeping with this expectation. Yet, how painful it [...]

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Christmas is not all laughter (part 3): razed to the ground

Days ago, it had me wondering, what is Christmas like to families and to individuals whose homes were snatched away from them at the time when the world is merrymaking. What does it really feel like for these now-homeless folks? On the morning of 23 December 2009, over 800 families living in Pasay City, Philippines lost their [...]

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Christmas is not all laughter (part 2): the Mayon event

One more night to go and its Christmas day! Revelry is in the air, people go around in shopping malls readying for the big day, the youth hanging out with their friends. The thoughts of most people nowadays are all into finding ways – a thousandfold even – on how to produce and multiply enjoyment [...]

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