Things, issues, and happenings I rave and rant about.
A beautiful lady named Marisse sent us a message on Facebook asking for tips on how to cultivate a reading culture at home. I have bad news: I’m not a reading specialist or expert. But the good news is: I’m a mother of three, a daughter raised in a home …
I’ve been writing poems since I was 11 or 12 years old and that has become a therapy during my awkward teenage stage when I couldn’t quite figure out what I want in my life. I had issues then which I viewed as the biggest problems in the world. I didn’t care …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Here’s a confession: my eight-year-old dream came true last Tuesday, January 17 and my job has something to do with it. I was eight years old when Charlene Gonzales represented the Philippines in the 1994 Miss Universe pageant. Hopes were high for Charlene to win that year. She won Best …
Our resident cutie pie, Jeff Junior, is one year and four months old. He is adorable. I say that, of course, with all the biases and favoritism in the world because he is my son. But really, any person who came across our Jeffrey Peter Jr. speak of the same cuteness and that he …
Sometimes I think I am too harsh on my children but Jeff, who serves as the logical voice in my head when I am an emotional wreck, often reminds the reasons why we teach our children cooking, sweeping, swimming even when we have Ate Joy and Ingrid to do these …
