I have always loved twins. When I was five years old, I made myself believe that I was adopted by my parents, Edgar and Elena. I believed that somewhere in a faraway kingdom, I have a twin sister who looks just like me. I fantasized that one day, a gold …
I cannot move on to read another book unless I write my thoughts on this one. So here goes: I don’t know what to expect really when I started flipping through the pages of Committed, the sequel to Elizabeth Gilbert’s phenomenal memoir, Eat, Pray, Love. I guess I was hoping …
I did not realize that Dallas Buyers Club would be one of the most disturbing films in the history of movies that I could watch at home. You know that uncomfortable feeling when your photos from adolescent years are shown in public; that you want to see the rest of …
It was March 2011 and I was on my fifth month of being an Inquirer Read-along volunteer. Rosario “Ruth” Chua, chief librarian of the Cebu City Public Library (CCPL), whom I have interviewed in my previous work with Cebu Daily News told me in one of my visits that CCPL …
Cris Evert’s Note: A couple of this blog’s followers asked me about “Dad Speak” because there was nothing from Jeff since January 25 when he wrote Inflight Magazines to the Rescue. The Dad has been swamped by work related to airlines and sports but here goes his comeback article. It’s been …
Amy Tan is back after eight years with her latest book “The Valley of Amazement” and once again, she delves into a subject that she can write with much passion and jarring details. This one is not for the uninitiated lest they find themselves scandalized by several chapters of …
Many times I was called to love and many times I refused to love. And there were times in the middle of loving, spontaneous burps of mistrust and disloyalty came out of nowhere. Some love can be too much and much love can be so little that I was confused …
Why do we need storytellers – and them telling us about beasts, fairies, monsters, and fairy godmothers? Because we need people who breathe life to words and songs. Because there is nothing less tragic than to see books sitting idly in shelves waiting for the world to disintegrate before them …
Nicholas and Antoinette are two different persons and already we are seeing those personalities come out. He is mellow, sweet and physically strong. She is independent, calculating and ultimately, the strategist of all kinds of mischiefs. Motherhood is a job that does not accept resignation and request for early retirement. …
I am in search for my new, favorite font. I found her and her name is: Constantia. For a while I was enamored by Cambria, taking inspiration from its pleasant strokes and serifs that makes it easier for me to finish reports and articles. I am done with Times New …
