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The remarkable life of Blas F. Ople
“The world pays a premium not for occasional flashes of brilliance but for sustained commitments to the performance of tasks.”—Blas F. Ople
On Feb. 3, 1927, a baby to be later named Blas Fajardo Ople, was brought into the world by Segundina and Felix...
Graphic days & nights with Frank Sionil Jose
On the last day of his 97-year stay on earth, National Artist Frank Sionil Jose wrote about the Philippines and his hometown of Rosales, Pangasinan in his Hindsight column in the Philippine Star.
In the words of his son: “He did what he...
Rain
It is raining. I said “Okay” to a meeting at the Balesin Club in Makati but it’s raining tonight. I avoid going beyond five kilometers from where I live in one of the villages in Quezon City. I am horrified with the EDSA...
COVID quarantines, the second time around
This essay is one of many written during a Memoir Writing workshop at Sunshine Place under the mentorship of Dr. Oscar Peñaranda, a Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas awardee. An educator, author, and advocate of Filipino-American studies, Dr. Peñaranda’s work includes “Seasons by...
Stepping out while staying in
“The times they are a-changin,’ come gather round people, wherever you roam...”
Bob Dylan
No doubt those lyrics of Bob Dylan were progressive and attuned to the zeitgeist of 1960s America. Yet poetically inspiring as they were back then, its context in the age...
My Tears Still Flow
Our house in Provident Village, Marikina City, was first occupied by my son Kim, who was then studying Industrial Engineering at the Ateneo. He stayed there for four years while my husband Willie and I could not yet settle down there, but where...
