Jullie Y. Daza

‘Digital dementia’

Those two words are in quotation marks because I didn’t say it, though I wish I had.

Manny’s Baliwag

With Olive and Niwa Ang in their car, I was able to visit again Baliwag, Bulacan, home of our friend Manny Samson, interior designer who has clients, including grand hotels, on both sides of the globe.

Arriba, Arrieta!

Two of my friends sat in the front row for Rowena Arrieta’s homecoming concert last March 14. Several rows higher up, I thought I had a better view of the pianist’s hands and her right foot on the pedal in spite of her long gown.

‘Karma’

It’s a Buddhist-Hindu concept, but no one in the Philippines can say that they don’t know what Karma means.

Catching up

First lady Liza A. Marcos was walking fast, almost running, near the Goldenberg Mansion, one of the heritage houses that she has renovated and updated within Malacañang Park. I waved at her, “Why the hurry?” and she said she was late for a meeting. Trying to keep up with her pace, I blurted out another question from the other side of the street, “Who did you meet in Hollywood?”