What triggers my allergies? Same-o, same-o. Dust, hairballs, dustballs, smoke, pollution… Food? Eggplant triggers my allergies. Chocolate triggers my children’s allergies as well, especially those dark, gooey chocolates… I love to cook. However since I am very much aware of the food allergies of my children and myself, I tend to veer away from the “bad ingredients.” Usually eggplants and some seafoods, trigger the...

When one is economically strapped, one tends to shake and roll on the signs of any sickness. Sadly, my children and I are often plagued with allergies that triggers our asthma attacks. After awhile I have not have any asthma attacks, only those pesky allergic rhinitis which just means endless sniffles in the morning and goes away as the day progresses. But now, the asthma is back. I whizz at night and early mornings now… I went to the...

He is not here; but far away The noise of life begins again, And ghastly thro’ the drizzling rain On the bald street breaks the blank day. Absence, Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) When my mother died, I went blank When my brother died, my world stopped. Death has a strange way of putting our own lives in perspective. In my lifetime, I had 2 close friends who died when I was under 12 years old and 2 family members. My brother died when I was...

My first Oblation Run was in 1993. That was my first and only Oblation Run. I remembered my blockmates and I were all elbow to elbow, sweating along with alot of excited freshmen at AS 101 lobby. We were all busy discussing who amongst our batchmates were applicants of the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity and if we could guess who is who just be seeing their uncovered bodies… There was even two television crews waiting for the APO men to pass...

The price of rice in my next door sari-sari store has increase again. From P44 to P46 per kilo. Though I do not buy rice by the kilo, I am very much aware with the daily increase of the price of rice. What has happened? My friend at the Department of Agriculture swear there isn’t any shortage of rice in the country and that the cause of the increase is that rice all over the world is simply increasing. Well… might be true. Everything...