Anger Issues

A Taiwanese friend of mine broke up with her HongKong-based Persian boyfriend recently. He accused her of possibly cheating on him because she was still in touch with her ex-boyfriend. Now, “in touch” by definition is her forwarding Happy Chinese New Year/good luck emails to all her friends, which unfortunately also includes ex-boyfriend’s email. They […]

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Guy Critical

Last week has been a weird one for me. I spent S.A.D. (Singleness Awareness Day) among a handful of fellow hot singles sipping a nice-looking mocktail and chowing on delicious Japanese fusion food in Dozo. My friend had this bright idea that singles should get together and console each other on Couples Day… Loved the […]

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Reunion

I met up with some former high school classmates last night for dinner at the popular Serendra in Makati. It’s amazing on how much we’ve grown over the last 9 years. Bee is now working in the family business and is doing well. His current girlfriend of three months is again Filipino, and again disapproves […]

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Bricks and Mortar

I find Scheherazade’s metaphor of bricks and mortar beautiful. Bricks and mortar — these are words to describe what and how you choose to share yourself with those surrounding you. A brick is when you share about a big-ass project you’ve done all the way in New York. It’s about the trip to India you’ve […]

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Moment of Clarity

I think one of the reasons I like placing my thoughts down on paper (or via a blog) is somehow, ideas that were formed in my head suddenly become a lot more real. From their formlessness springs reality, and everything just became a lot clearer. Case in point, this was a week where our entire […]

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