Category: Life


  • San Francisco 2013

  • It’s been a week since my son, Aidan, was born. And it has been great. Paternity leave rocks! I get to watch my son all the time in his first days of life outside the womb. Friends and family have been happy for us. Officemates are gladly covering for me while I’m away. Even some…

  • I regret never even wanting to go with my mom to Boracay back in the early 1990’s, when it was still in pristine condition, hardly touched by development. It had become a very different place by the time I finally made the trip in 2009. Still, even though it was crowded and loud with all…

  • There are two renewals which I don’t look forward to. One is for my driver’s license, where I have to endure long slow-moving lines every three years. I hate falling in line. Who doesn’t, right? But what beat all the lines I queued up for in the four LTO offices I’ve had my license renewed…

  • A few music ideas

    I haven’t really done much writing since finishing Pat Pattison’s Songwriting in Coursera. I guess I’ve been occupied with other pressing matters. Managing my photography course has been time-consuming. Another course of mine started earlier today. That’s going to take up some of my time, too. And when I do pick up the guitar, it’s…