Author: PJ

I find myself frequently picking up a calculator and crunching numbers figuring out how much it costs me to drive to and from work. I spend my weekends in Manila with my family, and on weekdays, live and work a hundred-plus kilometers up north, in Clark. Based on the current market price of unleaded gasoline…

We recently celebrated CJ’s 6th month last May 22. Here he is posing with mom.  CJ’s a toddler on the run. He learned to use the old-fashioned wooden baby walker (no wheels here) when he was just 5 months old, which is quite a feat considering his age. Toddlers normally use walkers, without assistance, from…

March 16, 1983: I can vividly recall the evening my mom arrived, pedal-to-the-metal, Mustang engines roaring a hundred decibels louder than what we had been accustomed to hearing. She was crying really hard while trying to tell us the bad news: my dad, a fighter pilot, was declared missing-in-action; his plane was said to have…

I had my baptism of fire. Today was my first day as part of senior management, and it started out with a bang.  That being said, the Spidey fan in me affirms my childhood hero’s bitter pill: “With great power comes great responsibility..”

They beat to circulate blood. The rhythmic beating tells us that we’re alive. It beats faster when you’re in love, and it stops when in despair.  I heard hearts beat yesterday afternoon. I heard three hearts to be exact. I heard a mother’s, and her child’s, and the third one? It was beating a mile…