C.E.L. Ruffolo, Author at Reading Ruffolos

Long Bus Rides and the Sunrise

C.E.L. Ruffolo September 26, 2016 September 19, 2016 Raves & RantsLeave a comment

I love long bus rides. I especially love the ones which last for eight to 12 hours. The kind that involves only two rest stops. Those rides that makes your bum numb from seating for four hours straight. I love the sound of the engine roaring as it makes love …

For My Pedro

C.E.L. Ruffolo September 19, 2016 September 17, 2016 Raves & RantsLeave a comment

I write about my life as a woman (wife, mother, learner) twice a month in Cebu Daily News’ Opinion Section. This article was published on Sept 17, 2016. Click here for the link to CDN’s website. Dear Jeffrey Peter Junior, I look at you and I see a happy baby. …

Ruffolo Travels: Off to Banaue

C.E.L. Ruffolo September 16, 2016 September 12, 2016 Ruffolo TravelsLeave a comment

I am in a burger bar, a few meters away from the Ohayami Bus Station, where I will be boarding Bus No. 3 and I will be seated Chair No. 37. The bus will leave at 10:00 P.M. and I am heading off to Banaue. This will be a long …

Responsible Parenthood: Save the children from misery

C.E.L. Ruffolo September 12, 2016 September 10, 2016 Raves & RantsLeave a comment

The first three months of a baby’s life is horrible for parents’ sleep. Forget about beauty sleep or a straight eight-hour slumber. You ain’t gonna have it folks! Waking up at 7:00 a.m. feels like having a hangover except that the night before, you didn’t have mojito ans tequila… you …

Boy and his cab

C.E.L. Ruffolo September 5, 2016 September 10, 2016 Raves & RantsLeave a comment

I write about my life as a woman (wife, mother, learner) twice a month in Cebu Daily News’ Opinion Section. This article was published on Sept 3, 2016. Click here for the link to CDN’s website. There are several issues which come with being married to a white man and …

Happy Birthday Jeff!

C.E.L. Ruffolo August 28, 2016 August 31, 2016 Raves & RantsLeave a comment

Dear Jeff, Before Nick, Toni, and JJ, there was you and me. There was just you and me, the frequent travels to mainland China, Hong Kong and the Philippines, and the promise to keep the long distance relationship last. Everything that happened between us happened so fast.

Language of love

C.E.L. Ruffolo August 22, 2016 August 31, 2016 Raves & RantsLeave a comment

I write about my life as a woman (wife, mother, learner) twice a month in Cebu Daily News’ Opinion Section. This article was published on August 20, 2016. Click here for the link to CDN’s website. The teacher announced during the regular monthly meeting that parents are encouraged to present …

Super Plan 30

C.E.L. Ruffolo August 15, 2016 October 18, 2016 Raves & RantsLeave a comment

Written March 12, 2016 The calendar is not joking. It really is 2016. This year, I’m turning 30. Wow!

A fitting gift

C.E.L. Ruffolo August 8, 2016 August 31, 2016 Raves & RantsLeave a comment

I write about my life as a woman (wife, mother, learner) twice a month in Cebu Daily News’ Opinion Section. This article was published on August 6, 2016. Click here for the link to CDN’s website.

Graduate school is tough.

The overconfident 2014 version of myself did not realize this. I was a mother to then one-year-old twins and the family was based in Guangzhou, China.

The original plan was to work on a communication-related master’s degree but as I was checking the different programs of the University of the Philippines Open University, my eyes got stuck in the Faculty of Education’s Language and Literacy program.Continue reading“A fitting gift”

The Month in Pictures: July State of Affairs

C.E.L. Ruffolo August 6, 2016 September 1, 2016 The Months in PicturesLeave a comment

Our family’s July state of affairs is along the theme of education. After 2.5 years of toiling for a graduate degree, I finally graduated last July 30 under the Language and Literacy program of the University of the Philippines Open University. Jeff and I went to the University of the …