Crisis situations have a way to bring out the best and the worst in all of us. Though we are faced with the same dilemma, we have different ways of engaging the enemy, so to speak.
Wrong decisions and moments of frailty will haunt us, reverberating from our past towards our future. And in a world where we are beset by daily worries, financial concerns remain as perennial as inflation and taxes. Read the rest of this entry »
By Reyna Tabbada
When my mother left for the U.S., all she had was a gray carry-on, betraying the fact that she will be staying there for good. It took a lot of negotiations and compromise to fill up the void of her absence. However, the pieces start to fall in its rightful places, together with valuable lessons of a mother separated by 7,000 miles from her daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
Rise. Tumble. Fall. Such are the rules of this universe – hard lessons that must be learned outside the comfort of a university’s hallowed halls. Congratulations graduate, here is the moment you have long waited for, a goodbye kiss to nagging parents and distracting schoolwork. Read the rest of this entry »
March seems to herald everything that pertains to the fairer sex: beach, summer blossoms, and hotter-than-thou temperatures. Incidentally, it is the celebration of women’s month, where equal rights and opportunities go beyond bikinis and piña coladas. Read the rest of this entry »
Something hit me a few weeks ago. It was like a breath of fresh air, much like the first sprinkle of rain after a long summer. I feel the heat escape in such a beautiful rush of emotions. Serenity replaced an otherwise chaotic mix of fear and apprehension for the future. Read the rest of this entry »
