Posted in off the wire, smalltown girl in the city on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
“We are all carrying so many things in our life, and inside ourselves… Where do you place the questions you carry? The sadness and the epiphanies? The quiet worries? Where can you put down the truth, as messy and new and raw as it sometimes feel?” (Sabrina Ward Harrison)
so, i was thinking. i want to [...]
Posted in smalltown girl in the city on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
this is Bono. and he is a rockstar.
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Bono: Grace over Karma book excerpt posted 08/08/05
The following exchange between Bono and Assayas took place just days after the Madrid train bombings in March 2004, an act of terrorism that left 191 dead and more than 1,800 wounded. The two men were discussing how terrorism is often [...]
Posted in confessions of a homebody, smalltown girl in the city on May 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
ok. so i may not look like this anymore… (lost a little weight! yey!)– one of the great things of being stuck in the hospital. har har. but this is not to impugn on cardinal santos’ hospital food– the meals were surprisingly good, too bad mom can’t say the same about their canteen. but well, [...]
Posted in smalltown girl in the city on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
marti got dengue. and was in the hospital for seven days. we had to cart in people to donate blood for him (and out of a dozen, only three made it to the cut). but thank you so much for the people who came and almost came to donate! he is now home, lost weight [...]
Posted in smalltown girl in the city on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Gone are the days
when you could walk on water.
When you could walk.
The days are gone.
Only one day remains,
the one you’re in.
The memory is no friend.
It can only tell you
what you no longer have:
a left hand you can use,
two feet that walk.
All the brain’s gadgets.
Hello, hello.
The one hand that still works
grips, won’t let go.
That is [...]
Posted in smalltown girl in the city on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
This is Mark. I got an unfortunate glimpse of his belly when i first saw him a couple of weeks back. He was scratching it, his red shirt lifted for everyone to see. I was reading my book at the waiting area of the neurologist my mom told me to see about my back. I [...]
Posted in smalltown girl in the city on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got a text message from Bibsy Carballo today inviting me to a memorial mass for Toti on Tuesday.
It took me several seconds to acknowledge the words, “Toti’s cremated ashes in Chicago. Don’t have details if will be brought to Manila.” and the tears came.
I met Toti Fuentes, one of the kindest gentlemen and gifted [...]
Posted in confessions of a homebody, smalltown girl in the city on March 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
so PLDT has imposed an internet fast in the Juan household, hence whenever I do get online, it’s for work, or i’m in a burger king somewhere with limited battery time. I just want to let my dear readers to know that I haven’t disappeared from the face of the planet yet and God’s still [...]
Posted in smalltown girl in the city on February 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
i miss sunsets. i used to always make a point to be there, no matter where i am, to say goodbye to the day and to stand amaze at God’s masterpiece of a sunset. i miss the silence and the calm of being alone and yet not alone.
now days pass into nights without notice. the [...]
Posted in smalltown girl in the city on February 15, 2008 | No Comments »
i interviewed Lucia Macarelli today. she’s best known as josh groban’s violinist and concert master. really gifted musical artist, with a long list of accomplishments you wouldn’t normally find from a woman as young as her. if you wanna see her in action, click here. she’s probably the oldest 24 year old i’ve ever met.
she [...]
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