Quezon City Chronicles: Duality My father turns 91 this Sunday. My siblings and I were supposed to celebrate with Mama and Papa in a big celebration but sickness got in the way—cancer, COVID. The big Cs. Although in the back… Read More
Quezon City Chronicles: Landing I’ve been back in Chicago for about a month now, after a two-month stay in the Philippines. Although this visit had not been my usual airport-hopping, street-food-tasting, beer-drinking (which necessarily follows the former) experience, it was,… Read More
“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” —Marcel Proust Many of us have been isolated for months now, in surroundings that are so familiar they have become mundane. Earlier during the pandemic,… Read More
