IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Many people found hope this week as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took oath as the new president and vice-president of the United States of America. After 2020, it seems that more people are more attuned and open to change (at least in my opinion) and no longer...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque After 42 weeks, I decided to junk what I had chosen to title “The Quarantine Chronicles: Week __” simply because life, has to go on – albeit with vigilance, precaution, and within the boundaries and rules set forth by our respective local government units...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque One week into the new year. As people are easing into 2021, nothing much has changed since last year. While some offices have resumed work, Zoom is still very much booming as the platform to meet and connect these days. When will life ever return to “normal”...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque If there is one thing about myself that needed the most adjustment in 2020, it was flexibility in terms of making plans. I finally had to embrace spontaneity to an extent, and had to let go of the obsessive compulsive nature of writing everything down in my...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque I write this on Christmas morning in a little corner on my dining table as Christmas wrapper, ribbons, and undelivered gifts have taken over most. This past week has been pandemonium. Considering that I spent months on end at home, I procrastinated more than ever...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque One of my favorite Christmas songs opens with the lines, “Do you remember me? I sat up on your knee. I wrote to you in childhood fantasy.” This song, “My Grown Up Christmas List” has always made me nostalgic. It has reminded me of so many aspects of...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque As the first day of the last month of the year came around, I could not help but think about the year that’s been. And while I suppose I have done much more pondering this year than any other, I could not help but go through my Instagram account to find that...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque I write this on Thanksgiving Thursday. To say that 2020 has been a year like no other would be a total understatement. Redundant even if you will as I personally feel I myself have said it many times over in this column alone. Yet, in the spirit of Thanksgiving...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque On Thursday is American Thanksgiving. Although by custom it is not celebrated here in the Philippines, more people have adapted the tradition of serving turkey and gathering around the dinner table to give thanks on this day. Falling right smack in the middle of...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque As the weeks pass us by, and as things seem to become more “normal,” I cannot help but look back and reminisce at travel plans that were supposed to be, but did not push through this year. Then, I fall into the black hole of reminiscing and looking back at...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Here we are, still in the midst of the world’s longest quarantine. Yet, on most days, it no longer feels any different. I guess as human beings, we are adaptive creatures by nature, and so eventually, despite initial resistance, we all adapt and assimilate into...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Slowly, but surely, the economy is opening up. Restrictions are being modified, if not lifted. To some extent, we are going back to some semblance of normalcy. Halloween season is about us. That means, All Saints and All Souls Day too. But many traditions this...
