We don’t say “yaya” at home The word is banned from our home. My children don’t know the word because they don’t call Marie Joy Ebcas Bentoy as their “yaya”. She is “Ate Joy.” To those of you don’t know Ate Joy, she is the woman who helps Jeff and …
It is a universally accepted and undeniable truth in the Philippines that the Internet is less than optimal. Actually it sucks rocks.
SINGAPORE — This Chinese eatery seemed to be calling me by my first name when I passed by it last night as I was trying to locate the backpackers’ hostel, Coziee Lodge, my home in the Kallang Area for the next five days. Photos of beef noodles, stir-fried vegetables and …
Dear Jeffrey, I was wondering if you’ll be up to edit my first paper for this semester but you’re in deep sleep as I started to condemn the speed of Philippine Internet connection as I have only 25 more minutes left to go before I miss the deadline of this …
My Basadours’ story started in 2012. I got a call from Cebu City Public Library chief librarian Rosario Chua inviting me to be part of a group. I met Maam Ruth in 2008 when I interviewed her for a story in Cebu Daily News. This was during the time when …
Time is a funny thing. Isn’t it? Cris went to Manila earlier this week to attend the Miss Universe coronation event – she had previously attended the swimsuit presentation here in Cebu as a working journalist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Let me start this review with a confession. This is my first time to read a literary work that has something to do with the revolution that happened here in Cebu. Since I just started my foray into the world of Cebuano history, heritage and culture, I feel like Emil …
MALL OF ASIA ARENA – It is 7:30 a.m. and I am right here in the very venue where 86 of the universe’s loveliest ladies gather to vie for the Miss Universe 2016 crown. Not withstanding technical glitches, this post will be published at 8:00 a.m. Per Miss U program …
Truth be told, I have participated in too many massive open online courses. I also took one graduate degree on an online platform and I am still finishing another one still in the same digital learning environment. You can say I am a little bored with it. So when I was told …
I hate you Robert James Waller — and I hate myself for only knowing you just recently through your book, The Bridges of Madison County, which, without my editor Edra Benedicto’s recommendation would have sat for ages on my bookshelves gathering dust, waiting to be read by their book hoarder of an owner. …
