JASMINE IN MY MIND

In a spectrum of talents, skills, and beauty – would you rather be ordinary or go stellar? I remember a favorite author who said that only in being ordinary does a person attain ONENESS with the truth. Contemplating on it, I must say he’s absolutely right. Communing with all forms of life, in simple terms, [...]

How I view things at the moment, how I respond to life’s unpredictability, and where I take my strength to be in good stead amid challenges all constitute one divine grace. Somehow I keep losing track of my direction. But as others would blurt out when faced with a similar situation, “every cloud has a [...]

hi·a·tus – noun, plural -tus·es, -tus. 1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. 2. a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript. 3. any gap or opening. 4. Grammar, Prosody . the coming together, with or without break or slightpause, [...]

Bago ang Babae. – Rebecca Anonuevo Mabuti na lang at sa panahong ito ako Ipinanganak na babae. Hindi ko kailangang manahimik Kung kailangang magsalita. Hindi ko kailangang magsalita Kung nais kong manahimik. Hindi ko kailangang ipaliwanag O hindi ipaliwanag ang bawat pagpapasiya. Hindi ko kailangang sumunod sa inaasahan Ng lahat, tulad ng pag-aasawa. Kung mag-asawa [...]

My choice of music is what you’d call diverse. In terms of genre, I can go for pop, jazz, rhythm and blues, ethnic (when feeling artsy-fartsy), classical (esp. when I’m child-bearing), rock and roll, rap music, reggae, hiphop, or folk. But if I am to choose the best musical era – it would be the [...]

Health advocates will probably castigate me for this, but I still find myself swearing off to using pure palm oil in any way conceivable. Palm oil contains zero cholesterol and is fortified with Vitamin A. It’s perfectly good for those wanting to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Research likewise shows that it is many times richer in beta-carotene [...]

The high school reunion event is a powerful ritual occasion, whether you decide to go or not. And the real reunion is not with other people so much as it is with yourself. Daily, we reunite with self in the bathroom mirror. The first high school reunion is an invitation to look into a larger [...]

The steady hum of air-conditioner inside Chowking was the only thing I noticed amidst the sea of faces inside. Everybody appears to be intent at enjoying his meal. If any, people spoke in whisper-y tones. Really, food has this certain control over human behavior. One thing you will notice in our culture is the obvious [...]

Another summer day has come and gone away in Paris or Rome, but I wanna go home maybe surrounded by a million people I still feel alone, just wanna come home.. I miss you..you know

At night when sleep becomes next to impossible, I can’t help but wonder if I am a distant relative to Dyesebel’s. There’s something quite peculiar about me that makes me want to believe I was a mermaid in past life. No, I haven’t grown fish scales all over my legs nor have I developed a [...]