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Graduation thoughts

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - April 1, 2018 - 12:00am

When I graduated grade school, in 1983, my hair was fully braided.

Lessons from my early days as a new mom

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - November 23, 2015 - 9:00am

Who knows why I play in my head what I play in my head.

‘Life, Love and Lust’ reboot

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - July 25, 2015 - 10:00am

On suffering & all its other frightening companions

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - March 29, 2015 - 12:00am

Lately (perhaps because it is Lent?) I’ve been thinking about suffering. It is an old word, finding its origin in Latin, meaning, “to bear.” It’s safe to say we’ve been bearing long...

A dream of her own

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - March 15, 2015 - 12:00am

I think often of Jane Austen, especially when I make my to-do list in the mornings. Right there, Jane comes to me, in the middle of No. 2 (“Do the groceries”) and No. 6 (“Begin the column.&rdq...

Believing in books

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - March 1, 2015 - 12:00am

It’s almost summer now. You can feel it in the sudden rush of heat in the afternoons.

Boom clap, the sound of my heart

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - February 8, 2015 - 12:00am

I write this while waiting for bad news. Or good news. Or any news.

A valedictory address

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - May 11, 2014 - 12:00am

Last April 26, I received the last degree of my lifetime — a PhD in English Studies from the University of the Philippines!

Lately I’ve been thinking of Paul Walker

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - December 8, 2013 - 12:00am

Lately, I’ve been thinking of Paul Walker and his untimely death. I am not a Walker fan and I did wonder if my real grief was proof that I, indeed, have incurable, impossible colonial mentality. After all,...

Questions I’d like to ask my country

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - September 15, 2013 - 12:00am

Why are you so beautiful? I see the fiery orange of the sky and know that it is not so simple from where I watch.

Half the sky

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - September 1, 2013 - 12:00am

Let’s begin with the most important, dry facts: the Ateneo de Manila University will be celebrating 40 years of co-education this coming Saturday, Sept. 7.

Growing old

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - July 28, 2013 - 12:00am

Lately, I’ve been thinking about growing old. Perhaps because July is my birthday month and as soon as the first of the month appears, I turn restless, even critical of what I’ve become.

Old-fashioned

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - June 9, 2013 - 12:00am

I’ve always been old-fashioned.

Motherhood statements

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - May 5, 2013 - 12:00am

Before I knew I wanted to be a writer, someone else did. Her name is Cyan Abad-Jugo.

A student vandal goes back to her school as graduation speaker

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - March 31, 2013 - 12:00am

I was honored to have been chosen as this year’s commencement speaker for Miriam High School Batch 2013.

A teacher’s thoughts on graduation

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - March 17, 2013 - 12:00am

This is the time of year when students either come to me to ask for advice on what to do next; or a pile of recommendation letters arrive at my desk to be filled up for various things: law school, graduate school,...

How do I love my son?

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - February 3, 2013 - 12:00am

(In honor of National Autism Week Awareness, which was celebrated from Jan 20 to 27. Teodoro was diagnosed with autism at 3.)

Raised by books

by Rica Bolipata - November 25, 2012 - 12:00am

When I recall my childhood, there are many scenes of my hands passing over spines of books.

A ghost story

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - October 7, 2012 - 12:00am

They say there’s a ghost in my new house.

Convergent spaces

by Rica Bolipata-Santos - February 20, 2011 - 12:00am

This is going to be a kooky piece, so I apologize in advance. A kooky piece begins with no real point, or no clear insight or thesis statement. It’s kooky because I have a vague idea of what it is I want to...

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