Last night while visiting mom, something she used to say all the time echoed in my head. “Hindi pa ako mamamatay. Aabot ako ng 100!” She would often remind me of that “fact” whenever someone we knew died. I thought to myself, mom is 89 now. Next year after she turns 90, that will only…
At the Port of Dumaguete. October 2022 Whenever I travel in the Visayas region I can’t help but think of my mom. I just came from Siquijor, and now I am in Dumaguete. When we got off our Oceanjet fastcraft, I saw these two vessels across the port. I had to take a photo with…
I was in the 7th grade at Maryknoll when mom became widely known by her screen persona, “Aling Idad” - the character she portrayed on one of Philippine television’s longest running soap operas, “Gulong ng Palad.” Everywhere we went between the years 1977 to 1985, people would call out to her “Aling Idad!” Often, they…
Travels with Myself 
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