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Walang silbi

by Doreen G. Yu - June 29, 2024 - 12:00am

I had emptied out the drawers in my desk; when my helper asked what was happening I told her I couldn’t find my National ID.

Wanted: Livable spaces

by Doreen G. Yu - June 11, 2024 - 12:00am

I was in Singapore the other week and what caught my attention, aside from the famously lush greenery (it’s just as hot there as it is here, so why isn’t a single plant or patch of grass dry and brown?),...

Guo vadis

by Doreen G. Yu - May 28, 2024 - 12:00am

Legend has it that Peter fled from Rome as the Christians were persecuted under emperor Nero. Along the Appian way, he encountered Christ in a vision, carrying the cross. He asked Jesus, “Domine, quo vadis?”...

Choco Mucho, mucho gusto!

by Doreen G. Yu - May 11, 2024 - 12:00am

Sports is definitely not my strong suit (neither is singing, if you must know), and volleyball is not something I have fond memories of.

Death of a fireman

by Doreen G. Yu - April 23, 2024 - 12:00am

A volunteer firefighter was killed in a fire incident in my neighborhood last week.

In praise of galletas

by Doreen G. Yu - April 11, 2024 - 12:00am

I have been OD-ing on galletas the past couple of weeks, since my family went to Bacolod for the Holy Week and brought me boxes of the thin crackers – Virgie’s, although Sugarlandia makes them too.

Surgeon + robot: A collaboration

by Doreen G. Yu - April 7, 2024 - 12:00am

Who’d have thought that a boyhood fascination with Voltes 5 would lead to a stellar career in cutting-edge surgery?

Life after kidnapping

by Doreen G. Yu - March 9, 2024 - 12:00am

It was a gathering of people with a shared nightmare, that of being kidnapped.

Why we were there

by Doreen G. Yu - February 24, 2024 - 12:00am

I’ve been re-reading Ruth Reichl’s “Save Me the Plums,” a memoir on her journey to and experience as editor of the venerable magazine Gourmet.

Duck duck dragon

by Doreen G. Yu - February 4, 2024 - 12:00am

There’s this wonderful animated film on Netflix called “Duck Duck Goose.

Swift, but slowly

by Doreen G. Yu - January 9, 2024 - 12:00am

It’s an odd – but good, I say – combination. I’ve started 2024 with Jose Rizal and Taylor Swift.

Resolutions

by Doreen G. Yu - January 2, 2024 - 12:00am

We woke up to a thick blanket of haze thrown over the metropolis, the hangover from the previous night’s revelry.

Hero

by Doreen G. Yu - December 30, 2023 - 12:00am

It is one thing to read history, and quite another to sense history – to see, hear and even feel it reaching out to you across time.

Living with madness

by Doreen G. Yu - December 20, 2023 - 12:00am

I was awakened at exactly 7 a.m. last Saturday by the sounds of a brass band playing a spirited rendition of the classic “Ang Pasko ay Sumapit.” It’s fiesta in my barangay.

Zipping/spinning past 70

by Doreen G. Yu - December 10, 2023 - 12:00am

Yes, I did – really! – and I have documentation to prove it.

202 13th street corner Railroad

by Doreen G. Yu - November 12, 2023 - 12:00am

We had a farewell/moving out party at the newsroom last night, after we closed the paper and before they started packing up the remaining computers and keyboards and AVRs for the final move to our new office in...

Birthdays

by Doreen G. Yu - October 19, 2023 - 12:00am

A friend turned 81 last week, and a bunch of us got together and threw her a surprise party, complete with pancit, lechon and candles on the cakes – and a hilarious 18 roses ceremony, actually just one rose...

All heart: PUSO!

by Doreen G. Yu - October 7, 2023 - 12:00am

I write this before we play Jordan for the gold, but I am basking in our win over China the other night. I watched the game on replay, only after I knew the result.

Bango ng champaca

by Doreen G. Yu - September 27, 2023 - 12:00am

My amah (paternal grandmother) had a champaca tree planted in a corner of a pocket garden in the old family compound in San Miguel district.

Home again: Bahay Tsinoy reopens

by Doreen G. Yu - September 10, 2023 - 12:00am

Finally, after being shuttered by the pandemic, museums and theaters have re-opened, breathing renewed life into the cultural scene in the metropolis.

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