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 …
My fourth visit to Singapore is the cheapest of all visits. The visit was part of a 10-day solo sojourn that traced back my backpacking adventure nine years ago with considerable twists in the itinerary. AirAsia had a seat sale in late 2016 and I found myself a one-way ticket …
How on earth is it possible for a murder-mystery plot to be in sync with mouth-watering food in a precious gem of a town named Jewel Bay? The answer: Agatha award-winning author Leslie Budewitz. In Crime Rib, the second book in her Food Lover’s Village Mystery series, Leslie brought us …
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 …
