adventures in neverland

"he soon became aware that there arose in his heart the desire for desires - boredom." leo tolstoy in anna karenina. "sixteen hours of the day had to be filled somehow..." at a dinner with a very dear friend at a tony hotel near roxas boulevard, she asked me quite frankly, a bit out of the blue: so what do you do all day? this, while i was about to swallow a spoonful of grilled gindara and japanese fried rice. instead of answering her back, i continued eating, while my mind was quickly looking for an answer. my friend, by the way, is a witch. she usually knows the answer already before she asks the question. but because she was paying for dinner, and because i love her so, i searched for an answer. mentally. hmmmm...let's see. tick tock...tick tock.. as i was munching the food. the gindara was really tasty, by the way, and so was the japanese fried rice. for those who have not been following this widely read, award winning blog (nominated for an academy thr...

"at first i was afraid, i was petrified.." life is full of twists and turns. they are scary because most of the time, nothing prepares us for them. ******* who would have thought that less than a year into my new job, i would resign? i thought that when i came back to hong kong last december (after packing my things exactly a year earlier), i would be in a job that will be my last until i retire. i wanted it to last this time. so i worked doubly hard, even harder than when i started in my journalism career nearly twenty years ago (when all i wanted was to be lyk my hero and idol ninoy, be a journalist and report what's happening in the country, be able to contribute to the public debate on issues that affect us all). oh yes dahlins, i was once an idealist. what can i say? i was young and wanted to help uplift the country after more than twenty years of devastation under martial law. ^^^^^^^^^ but things happened. and here i am. in a week's time, i ...