Staring at the Blue Moon

What's in the south of the border? What can one find at the west of the sun?

If you’re looking for an interesting book with a satisfying ending, skip Haruki Murakami’s South of the Border, West of the Sun if you happen to see it on the shelf. Otherwise, you’d be left puzzled and wishing that there’d be more pages to read. That’s the magic of Murakami books, it would leave you hanging and wanting for more. South of the Border, West of the Sun had been sitting on my Kindle…

Vampire Lestat: The Fame Monster

What do you do when you can live forever? How will you change the monotony that is bound to happen on every era you live? When you can live forever, what do you live for? Edward Cullen might answer love—true love.  Anne Rice’s vampires might give you a very different answer, especially the infamous vampire Lestat de Lioncourt—the sinister, stubborn, cry-baby, romantic, and dashing hero of Vampire…

My Weekend Action Thriller: Drive (2011)

You give me a time and a place, I give you a five-minute window. Anything that happens in that five minutes and I’m yours. No matter what. Poker faced while waiting for the burglars to do their job, the Driver silently stares where his passengers entered and glance occasionally at his wrist watch strapped in the steering wheel of the car he either borrowed or stole.  The Movie Drive is an…

OC TIta Essentials: Messy Bessy’s Germ-Busting Trio

I won’t deny that I’m slowly becoming a certified Tita of Manila. I do carry a house in my bag, and inside you can find a pamaypay, emergency meds (including Katinko), rosary and mini prayer booklet, wet wipes, and of course sanitizing essentials! I’m not just talking about your typical alcohol here—my sanitizing kit includes a hand sanitizer, air deodorizer/potty spray, and desk cleaner.  Messy…

Every Death is a Sign of a New Beginning

(I wrote this poem seven years ago (March 2009). I was new to the corporate world and felt that I’m strangled. Reading it now, I realize that this overwhelming feeling doesn’t go away as you age. We all die from time to time to make way for new beginnings.) Growing Up is Dying Growing up is dying. It’s a hellish transition. A prolonged agony, A curse you can’t escape. A pain you have to endure. A…