06.20.2009
When I was a kid, I imagined the world in the year 2000 and beyond would be some kind of a utopia. I remember back then, there were some crazy rumors that the end of the world was coming at the turn of the millenium. But I, for one, thought that the world would already [...]
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08.18.2008
Lazy Sundays make me reminisce those days when we used to go to Lola’s house in Batangas.
We would leave the house at 5am to avoid the traffic . The four hour ride that followed was usually spent sleeping but in between, we’d have snack breaks of sandwiches, chips and juice that my mom packed for us. Along the way, we’d buy boiled peanuts and sweet corn from street vendors who hang around bus stops and terminals.
Having grown up in the city, being in Lola’ s house up in the highland was always a welcome retreat.
Back then, the house was just made of a nipa roof, wooden walls and bamboo floors held up by wooden stilts dug deep into the ground. There was never any need for electric fans or air conditioners because the surrounding plants and trees always ensured a cool breeze.
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