Category: personal

  • Farewell, Melanoma

    Farewell, Melanoma

    Written January 12, 2013. In the simplicity of your existence: grooming, cuddling, nibbles of food, then sleep; it’s easy to forget that pets – our babies – do grow up. In a way, some months ago when I realized that you’ve been with me for over 10 years – I prepared myself for a day…

  • miiShots: Left Behind

    Flowers left behind, or flowers left for someone who left? Who knows. Taken on January 16, 2012 with a Samsung Galaxy Y phone and Camera 360 app. Makati-Mandaluyong Bridge.

  • 12 for 2012

    I’ve been going to Church Simplified for a year and a half now, and rekindled my faith as a Christian. Each end of the year, they send the congregation off with a glass filled with marbles – 52, one for each week of the year. The idea is that as each week passes, a marble…

  • We need a little Christmas: Mia’s Christmas Playlist

    I live in the country with the longest Christmas season, and that gets damn tiring. I’m a humbug (I’d rather that term than ‘Scrooge’, indulge my frivolous wordplay) as soon as mid-October when the most bizarre Christmas mash-ups start blaring on public speakers. I like the spirit of Christmas: ever since Mom died, and my…

  • We need a little Christmas: Mia's Christmas Playlist

    I live in the country with the longest Christmas season, and that gets damn tiring. I’m a humbug (I’d rather that term than ‘Scrooge’, indulge my frivolous wordplay) as soon as mid-October when the most bizarre Christmas mash-ups start blaring on public speakers. I like the spirit of Christmas: ever since Mom died, and my…