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What Really Matters Is What You Believe
(On Da Vinci’s Codes and Concerning Criticisms on Similar Controversial Literary Works) {A tribute to one of my favorite authors of this generation, Christopher Hitchens (13 April 1949–15 December 2011)} I am yet to
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The Precious Lifeblood of a Master Spirit
(On Some More Randomly Selected Books Reviewed) Last issue, I started reviewing books selected randomly from my vast collection. Here are my short reviews of some more books in that collection. 1. The Art
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Each Single Petal Contains a Hundred Words
(On a Few Randomly Selected Books Reviewed) Starting this issue I will write every now and then short reviews of a number of randomly selected books from my collection of more than a thousand
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It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Super… No! It’s Captain Barbell!
Perhaps the first-ever superhero, Superman (who debuted in comics in 1938) remains one of if not the most popular superheroes. In the comics world, a superhero is a character with superpowers or special skills
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Doon Po sa Amin, sa Munti Naming Kusina
(On Some Kitchen Words and Their Corresponding Names in Filipino) The kitchen is many people’s most favorite part of the house, especially for those who love eating or cooking. Why not, when it is
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Santa Claus and Rudolph Are in Town (Of Course! It’s Christmas)
(On Distinguishing Reality from Fantasy yet Still Maintaining the Excitement) A coworker asked me if I encourage my kid to believe that Santa Claus is a real being. I said, no. I prefer to
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What’s the Weather, Mr. Postman?
(On Some Filipino Meteorological and Geographical Terms) Being an archipelago and a tropical country, the Philippines has a national language whose vocabulary is rich in terms about the weather, the land, and the waters.
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Bahay Kubo, Kahit Munti, ang mga Prutas Roon…
(On Some Fruits Found in the Philippines and Their Respective Names) Fruits are common wherever you are, regardless if the country or region where you live is tropical or not, simply because there are
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Bahay Kubo, Di Na Munti
(On Some Parts of the House and Their Filipino Names) About a century ago, houses in many parts of the Philippines were chiefly made of nipa, bamboo, and other wooden materials. This is obviously
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Smells like Petrichor…What?!
A sister of mine asked me if there’s an English word for halák. I said yes, there is. She was surprised and amused at the same time, because all along she thought that there
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