Two decades, part 2

We literally burned the night oil so to speak. Our house was a mess.
But Tatay had a good reason — "Pag makalat ang bahay, ibig sabihin
lang nun, busy ang tao. Pag busy ang tao, mas maganda kasi may
ginagawang mas kapaki-pakinabang ang lahat…" My youngest sister Niela
picked that line effectively. She doesn’t care now if our [...]

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Two decades

It was roughly a year ago when a big loss happened in my life. It was a brief passing, a supposed welcome to motherhood. It was a heartbreaking pace of my life I don’t want to experience again. A glimpse to motherhood.
A week after today, we will remember my mother’s two decades of passing. In [...]

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“Why English?”

My teammate, a Chinese, who currently trains me on the team’s operations suddenly asked me. "Why English?" He is just amazed that I being Asian and Filipina,  can speak  good  English fluently.
I answered back, "We were exposed to Americans some decades back. It is considered our second ‘national’ language. Our documents are written in [...]

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