Month: November 2024

The Surprise Weeknd

Our flight to Sydney was delayed an hour, then two hours, then three. The Qantas staff said it’s some engineering concern. Three hours later we still hadn’t boarded, so we just gave up and assumed it wouldn’t push through. Besides,… Read More ›

Velvety Star

Back in elementary school one of our first quizzes in grammar involved supplying the correct article of a word. I got a zero, because “a elephant”  and “an crowbar” sounded mighty fine to me. My seatmate, Frannie Martinez, got five… Read More ›

Beware!

Was able to drop by Mt. Cloud Bookshop in Baguio to get my fill of Filipino-authored books. As a vanity exercise of course I checked if my book was still being sold, and I couldn’t find it anywhere in the… Read More ›