Dear Carter Bays and Craig Thomas,

Just recently, I had the pleasure of watching the Season 8 ending of your Emmy-nominated show, How I Met Your Mother. After five years of waiting, I -- along with a million other fans -- finally got to meet "the Mother ( Read more... )

Movies can’t help themselves sometimes ( Read more... )

(I've been hearing this phrase a lot in FB: Throwback Thursday, where people take past photos, dust off the cobwebs, and then show it to the world to illicit a reaction. Well, here is my own version of Throwback Thursday: going back to the blog that started it all. So let me just chase away the spiders with a broom before I update you with a few ( Read more... )

Last month, I was able to do something I’ve always dreamed of: To hold a writing class.

The opportunity came when a former colleague of mine, Levine, invited me to talk about Feature Writing in front of public school students. At first, I was hesitant of my ability -and authority- to instruct these kids. After all, I haven’t won a Palanca, written a ( Read more... )

I read somewhere that pre-evolution humans might have had tails, similar to a monkey’s.

Just like their simian cousins, the humans would use their tails to keep their balance while on top of trees. But when evolution struck, the humans developed opposable thumbs, flatter feet, and started to walk upright. They also began spending more time on the ( Read more... )

Some days, you just want to quit.
Some days, you just feel like hiding under the blankets, closing the window blinds and sleeping it off. Sleep it off Vanrinkle-style and wake up when everything blows over.
Some days, you put down your guard and expose your face to the punches,
wallowing in the pain because it is still a feeling, after all. Anything ( Read more... )

I’m suffering from a serious connection problem. I can’t seem to get in touch with the other bloggers in the blogosphere.

My friend says that I should put myself “out there” more, like a door-to-door salesman peddling my wares. It makes sense-- if I’m serious about a future career wherein I am able to reach and affect the public with my writing, I ( Read more... )

“So are you here to just waste both of our time?” said the doctor I was interviewing ( Read more... )

I’m sick again, for the nth time this month. I’m having difficulty breathing through my nose, and my lungs feel constricted. I wasn’t able to go to work yesterday, just stayed home and hoped that the bed-rest would be good for my health.

On a positive note, I was finally able to get the peace and quiet that I’ve been longing for; a tranquility that ( Read more... )

One thing I had to learn the hard way over and over again is to always, ALWAYS finish something once you start it.

I can't count the times when I'll write down a short story or a journal entry and midway into it, I'll go off to do something else, like watch television or check the fridge. Eventually, the entry is left forgotten and unfinished and it ( Read more... )