Category Archives: Personal musings

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Merced

I can still hear the words emanating from my sputtering, 1980s vacuum tube TV; from a robust and suited-up German Moreno yelling his GMA Supershow spiel: “Maraming, maraming salamat sa aming mga sponsors, Birts Tree [sic] and Merced Bakehouse!” Forty years later, I cannot believe that one of Kuya Germs’ major sponsors would be anContinue reading “The Unbearable Lightness of Being Merced”

SAN JUAN AND THE BLISS OF OCCASIONAL SOLACE

I am surrounded by people the whole day. It is rare that I have a moment alone. If ever I do, even for 30 minutes, I celebrate it with an ostentatious cup of coffee, or an overpriced cocktail, just because.  But before children, lovers, parents to take care of, and the bustle of people whoContinue reading “SAN JUAN AND THE BLISS OF OCCASIONAL SOLACE”

An Honest Post

I’m taking a one-day break from design babble to talk about how ordinary folks are represented in lifestyle articles. I’m sure you have your fill of “fave-celebrity-doing-normal-things” viral posts, but when a call for a lifestyle or inspirational article about people like you and me are brought up, the editors sometimes get a knee-jerk reactionContinue reading “An Honest Post”