The Spy in the Sandwich Eats the Sun

It has been a week since I got sick. The fever was terrible, and I mostly slept the days away. I’m well now, but I still don’t have my sense...

I still remember that fraught week in August 2024 when I had to churn out the preliminary bid for Dumaguete City as UNESCO Creative City of ...

I just went on an unfriending spree, because Facebook was telling me I had reached my maximum, and because my friends' list really neede...

It has been more than two weeks since we arrived from Frankfurt. The lingering feeling that I still have is the camaraderie—the bonding, t...

We got it. My hands are shaking. I still remember that fraught week in August 2024 when I had to churn out the preliminary bid for Dumag...

From arrival to the handover ceremony, it was ten days of hard work representing Philippine literature and publishing. And with this last ph...

Since Jerrold Tarog’s Quezon came to movie screens everywhere last October 15, the debates it has initiated have been fruitful, but also ...

Alas, carefully laid plans had changed. I was no longer Baguio-bound after I touched down in Manila from Frankfurt, after attending the Fran...

Last full day in Manila, and after being out to do some chores, I’m staying in to dive back to work after all those days in Frankfurt. I’m...

What a year this has been, and there are two more months to go. The highs have been really high and the lows have been really low [and somet...

So this is Europe, Germany specifically. First off: it’s cold, but not too cold—it has been perfect autumn weather, requiring just a jacket,...

I'm very surprised that for someone like me who kept very nocturnal, very erratic hours back home, sleeping at 2 AM and waking at 10 AM,...