Blogs

 MARICAR: —The curious case of Sandy Rindy (Names are fictitious, of course ? ) My friend, Sandy Rindy is married, like me. Unlike me, her husband Andy has a “9AM to 5PM” job. He leaves their small apartment at 6am to go to his Makati office, and returns often around 10pm. Andy was just given […]

MARICAR: The night before the wedding, my mom was a bit sad. She felt like she was “losing her daughter.” To feel better she would say to herself, “No, I’m gaining a son.” However painful it was, her first thought was very true. I was “leaving” the family, just as she once “left” hers to […]

RICHARD: One afternoon, I heard a story of a lovely mother telling us how she and her husband fell “out of love”. She said their first 10 years of marriage were good when they were still living abroad together. Trouble started when they moved back to the Philippines to live in a house RIGHT BESIDE […]

RICHARD: I once heard finance advisor Chinkee Tan say in his seminar “If you have a debt to pay, you should refrain to watch movies in the mall.” I thought it was harsh. Until he turned the question around at me, “Richard, how would you feel if you saw a man who owed you 20,000 […]

MARICAR: When I was still studying, my family had financial problems. Good thing I had earned some money through modelling so I had enough to pay for the final installment of my tuition. But a few weeks before the due date, my parents had borrowed the money, and promised to return it in time. They […]

RICHARD: I grew up without Papa being there for graduations & many other important dates to celebrate with a son. It built much resentment in me. This was how I saw my story. Until I ran away from home. It was in these 7 years that I lost my life savings, the business closed, and […]

RICHARD: In a cab, I asked a young, single, female officemate a THEORETICAL question, “If your house was on fire, and you had time to save only one person, who would it be—your spouse or your child?” As most Filipinas do, she said, “Of course, my child.” So I turned the tables around. I asked, […]

RICHARD: Some wise, elderly mother a long time ago said to me, “Man must love woman more than woman loves the man.” I froze. Half because I think my opinion didn’t matter. Half because I DIDN’T agree. But inside I was confused—Why? Shouldn’t it be EQUAL affection for each other?” But the older I got, I think […]