Asian Works Last year, I began exploring Asian literature more by delving into contemporary Asian works, mainly that of Japanese authors like Haruki Murakami, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Gail Tuskiyama. I’ve also read some of the older Japanese works by Lady Murasaki and Yasunari Kawabata. This year, I still intend to continue this trend and read […]
Category: Keeping The Fire Burning
A Brokenhearted Letter For You
Dear Reader: I am starting with a caveat for what you’ll read is an anathema so deeply buried and so deplorably mundane it took indomitable courage to even string words, adjectives and superlatives… Source: A Brokenhearted Letter For You
Rizal Trilogy Hike: An Assault to the Top Part III
Last Chapter: Mt. Hapunang Banoi Elevation: 517 MASL Difficulty: 3/9 Type: Limestone And so, our journey is about to come to a close as the third mountain looms over the horizon. After a couple minutes rest at the junction, the remaining seven of the original twelve began the trek to the summit of Mt. Hapunang Banoi. But before we begin, […]
My 2017 Travel Resolutions
2016 in Travels Travelling, for me, has become one form of therapy, a way to avoid the stress of urban living. It is a way to recuperate, to heal wounds, and to rejuvenate emptied manna. 2016 has been a great year for travelling. I got to visit and travel to different destinations around the country, whether […]
Stepping Back, Looking Forward
To Somebody I Used To Know, In a sea of people, I often find myself isolated. Whenever I feel isolated I stare into empty spaces. These times, my mind is emptied of everything, and even my heart is purged of emotions that usually burden it. But tonight is quite different. Tonight, unexpectedly, I find myself filled […]
MY P&A Grant Thornton Experience
It was about four years ago today when a very green young man walked in the four corners of one of the country’s leading auditing and accounting firms, Punongbayan and Araullo. I just passed the May 2012 CPA licensure examinations and was quite clueless about the bigger world outside my comfort zones. At first, I […]
Flying Solo, Defying Gravity
“As someone told me lately, ‘Every one deserves a chance to FLY!’” Inside of us is a clamor to go chase things that our hearts so long desire, that clamor to go beyond our comfort zones and discover uncharted territories. This was at the back of my mind earlier this year when I booked that flight to Coron, […]
The Void
How do you fill the void in your soul? We were born into this world with the belief that we are perfect beings, that in some way or another, we will live perfect lives. And yet, in an age of advanced knowledge and cutting-edge technology, we experience tragedy aplenty, in a bustling world, where an […]
Wielding the Pen: Rekindling that Lost Spark
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” ~ Anne Frank I used to take writing for granted, just a pastime, something to do during those most obstinate of days. Writing was an outlet, a way of redirecting excess energy of youth. Over time, I have realized that with the […]
