Month: August 2011

Brown Envelope

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While thumb twiddling in the elevator hoping that the day would end soon (it wouldn’t, it was just 9 am), who should come in when the elevator doors opened but…. The Daw! The Daw was visibly frantic, because she had… Read More ›

The Greater Depths

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In the midst of all this bitterness over the tragedy that our lives have turned into (exaggerated of course, we don’t want to sound ungrateful for our blessings but we must keep up a veneer of whinified distress), Smoketh and… Read More ›

Bula

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A few weeks ago my parents visited me and brought me dinner. Home cooked meals are precious and always a welcome change from the Jollibee/Wow Ulam/COOP trifecta, more so in this era of abject poverty. Precious does not even cut… Read More ›