Weekend Photos

   There’s nothing like a weekend trip home. You’ve got fam. Good food. Lots of good times. And don’t forget the religious reminders along the highway that always make me feel so EXCITED for life. If you can’t read the second picture, it’s the Ten Commandments. Don’t worry, Adonis was driving, I was in the […]

Submission for Catholic Women’s Experience

I am submitting this essay for consideration to be included in an anthology that explores the catholic women’s experience. Copywrited, 2007. There Are No Memoirs What would you say if I said that I feel forgotten by God? Would you say that it’s ludicrous because God never forgets? That I must not have strong faith? […]

LAX…DUKE Depression

picture taken from amazon.com How I wish those letters were referring to Los Angeles Airport, LAX. But, no, we do not live in a life where my blogging concerns the details of luggage delays and incredibly long minutes of terminal waits. How I wish I could write a comparitive dissertation on mainstream airports such as […]

No Reget

 I took this pic several weeks ago in my apartment, on a day when I was feeling particularly restless for change and new possibility in my life. I recently picked a new Contemplation card out of the pile. This is what it read: REGRETShould’ve. Would’ve. Could’ve.Regret is like a noose aroundyour neck pulling you backward.Let […]

Two Hundo

This is my 200th post. Celebrate. What I have been thinking about is my future. What does the future hold for me? In many ways, this is not a big deal. People look for jobs everyday. Everyone faces this uncertainty at one time or another. For me, I see this as a crossroad, an opportunity […]

1,000,000 Words

Pic off of bfp. Rarely will I post a photograph that someone else has taken, but I love this picture. It’s poetry.

Marie Stefanie Martinez

From The Anti-Essentialist ConundrumA Filipina-American teenage girl was beaten on a bus for “looking Chinese,” and the driver, after she reported it to him said to “go find a priest.” Read the rage here. Think this is a hate crime? Sign the online petition here. This goes to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYPD Hate Crimes Task […]

On a Lighter Note

From Gallery of the Absurd. Thanks to BFP and Athenaeum, I found out that Angelina is adopting yet another child. A daughter, from Chad, will be gracing the most famous adopt-friendly family in Hollywood. Not much of a Hollygossiper, but this cartoon got me rolling…

LABAN

Laban means fight in Tagalog, the native language of the Philippines. Though it’s a little hard to hear and a bit fuzzy at times, this powerful video captures the spirit of so many women in the Philippines, my untouched homeland.