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RICHARD: Woman(with new haircut): “You like my hair honey?” Man(who does NOT LIKE it, but so as NOT TO HURT his spouse): “Yeah, it’s okay.” Many months later, with piled up resentment from a web of offenses, they got into a vicious argument and from out of nowhere the man yells, “And that haircut? I […]

   RICHARD: It starts with a tingle I have for a desirable person. Slowly, with more “together experiences”, the tingle grows until I hit “Cloud-9”—an emotional high like no other. Unknowingly, the euphoria of “Cloud-9” gives me an ILLUSION that: 1. I am SELFLESS. “I couldn’t think of doing anything to hurt her. My only […]

  “How will I find my ‘true love’ ?   RICHARD: How in the world did I know???  I vowed NEVER to get married because of the negativity I saw growing up with separated parents… I envisioned myself growing old having a girlfriend,  separate after a couple of years, finding a new, attractive girl to […]

    He likes the out of the box, exciting, spontaneous,  and unplanned. Midnight of April 9, my taping was cancelled. Three hours later we found ourselves driving to Tagaytay for “breakfast” bulalo. We came home from our early morning date at 8am!       Behind the singing, he plays  guitars and  arranges a […]

  Going about the house the other day I stumbled upon a black hairpin beside the bathroom sink. Later, I found another hairpin on the sofa. And another on the dining table. Another on the bed, and so on and so forth. For a male who has been living alone for more than a decade, […]

When my dad and mom split up, I didn’t see my dad for 15 years. They broke up before my first birthday. Fast forward to age 23, I was sitting in a small group Bible study. The leader, Steve, had a simple point: “The Bible says ‘honor your father and your mother, period.’” “God tells […]

  In my elementary years, Mom & Dad got into some misunderstandings. And sometimes, with all the accumulation of angry words thrown here and there, I yearned to seek comfort under my “godparents/ninongs/ninangs’” wings. But sadly, I could not find them.Alright, I admit, I immaturely saw them(godparents) as SOURCES OF MATERIAL GIFTS, esp. on Christmas!But […]

Many years ago, my good friend Erickson always tolerated my SELF-PITY PARTIES—He would listen to me pour out my negativity and insensitively smoke one cigarette after the other(unknowingly staining his NON-SMOKING room with burnt tobacco scent) until ONE NIGHT… He walked out. I was internally surprised. I didn’t expect him to leave. I expected him […]