Category Writings
Groundhog Day
(Well, hello. Blank page, it’s been about forty-five minutes since I last saw you.) I had more than enough ideas for this last night as I was staring at my Google Calendar for the week. But whether it’s the weird heaviness on my eyes* from the persistent sleep troubles or something else, the fact of […]
Grim Reaper
That quirky lady in black goes here at 9:30 every morning. She sits at the table beside the window where she waves to black crows (who knows where they come from?) gleefully hopping at the other side of the glass. By 9:37 AM, she’d walk up to the counter and place her order. The wooden […]
So far
It has been so long that I don’t remember when I last opened this blog to write. Life went haywire: I found myself deep under piles of tasks, responsibilities, and varieties of stress. Â I was exhausted and overwhelmed and the usual short-term remedies of weekends, coffee, or planning/organising days could no longer work. A lifestyle […]
Summer Skies, 2015
…so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy. (Psalm 65:8) God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning–the first day. […]
The Detox Program You Have to Do ASAP (And Why)
THERE’S A DETOX PROGRAM you have to do right now. No, it’s not on fruits, or vegetables, or juice. It’s good for your health, but you don’t have to diet. What you do have to do is to close your computers… after you read this. I had been MIA for a while. I made a […]
Find Stillness in Me – A Lenten Prayer Concert
Last March 14, Xavier School Nuvali held a Lenten prayer concert right after its regular 5PM Saturday mass. The prayer concert, entitled “Find Stillness in Me,” featured the inspirational vocal ensemble Hangad. The School glee club, Xavier New Voices, did the opening performances. Hangad means desire in Filipino. It is a group of friends, young […]
Summer and Keeping Up With Productivity
“So, how’s summer so far?” my friend asked me just before day one of summer ends. I tried not to message her a list of everything I did (“OMG! I was super productive like I did this, studied that, made a ton of plans, then slept for the rest of the day. You know what, […]
Book It: October – December 2014
The last quarter of 2014 was mostly for catching up and planning for the next year. Although having no goals for my Book It challenge, I was able to read 8 books from October to December. 8 Habits of the Happy Millionaire by Bo Sanchez Just to get back on reading (after quite some time […]
Plan Your 2015 With Passion and Coffee
December and January aren’t just for winter wear and holiday feasting. In these months, bookstores are usually filled with planners, to-do list templates, and other organizing tools to help those whose resolutions are to be more organize, to manage time effectively, or to be more productive.
In Retrospect: 2014
150101 2014 Highlights: To wrap up the past year and to kick-start this new one, here are fourteen things that made my 2014 an awesome 2014.
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