IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Last week, I wrote about the start of an era simply because we are so used to celebrating the end, we often overlook that every ending has a beginning. In the same manner, we must not forget the fact that for a period of time to be memorable, we must live it – to the...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS We oftentimes hear the words, and celebrate “the end of an era,” yet we somehow never give much attention to the start of one. I am a firm believer that every ending is the start of a new beginning. Whether that is a happy, sad, unexpected or planned beginning or ending,...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Regardless of religion, faith (or having one, rather) is a trait that unites a lot of people. In the same way that the presence of faith gives us strength and the promise of pulling through, its absence, or even the compromise thereof, can also exacerbate situations in which...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS It is no surprise that Mother’s Day which we celebrated last Sunday falls in the month of May. After all, if you are Catholic, May is the month the church has set aside to honor Mama Mary. Although no words would suffice or do justice in truly giving her the honor that she...
TWU co-founder Aldrich Tang, Sihoo chairman Luo ‘Jack’ Huiping, TWU co-founder Rose Sunga, Scoliosis Philippines Support Group founder Amanda Bonife, Sihoo general manager Andy Liu, and sales director Alex Cheng TWU Furniture Corporation (Things We Use PH), together with Shenzhen Sihoo...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS For some reason, this Mother’s Day hits differently from the rest. Having my own now, the definition of the word, and the role has most certainly transformed right before my very eyes, and continues to evolve everyday. Three months later, and suffice to...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS There has been an unexplained and abrupt silence in this space since January, and I heavily apologize for that. My last piece was a welcome to the new year and ended with the desire to share my goals and set my intentions for the new year (as I always do) but alas, that never...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS “And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” — Eliot And that is exactly where I start this piece from. The holiday frenzy and pandemonium very much took me over the last week of December, explaining my absence from this place last week....
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Twenty twenty-three. What a year. It tried. It tested. But, it also triumphed. If I were to summarize what it has been to me, I would need to borrow the words of Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Suffice to say, all is well that ends...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this on the twelfth of December – the feast day of our Lady of Guadalupe. While I have always been aware about our Lady, and know a few devout devotees to her, I was never awakened to her presence and power until I lived the last two and a half years in Mexico....
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS It is the second of week of December – Christmas is truly here again! Though to be honest it sounds quite redundant saying that given that we Filipinos have been celebrating since September came around. I write this on a long haul flight en route back to Manila from a...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS This coming Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States. Although this is largely an American tradition – a very major one at that – it is a holiday, and celebration of sorts that I have come to really grow to love. While the reason to celebrate has evolved from pilgrims...
