Amid rapists and vultures
Upon returning from a four-day New Year's vacation with my family in Bicol, I started working again a day before the scheduled execution of rape convict Leo Echegaray.
The ‘real world’ phenomenon
I was spat out of the real world the day immediately after the graduation ceremony. My initial thoughts…
La vita e bella
A few years ago, a young Muslim woman was staying in Manila scouting for work abroad as a nurse.
The power of perspective
Rothko. Van Gogh. Monet.These artists, like many famous ones throughout history, have been known to have struggled with…
Goodbye for now
It’s already approved. I was driving after serving Mass at our parish in New Lucena when my phone…
Brick by brick
I want to be a lawyer because, for me, it’s a good way not only to earn a decent living but also to help mankind.
Dream job
'Lately, more and more of them are prowling tirelessly for the better deal, hunting down opportunities that will free them from the career imprisonment that confined their parents.
The systems that shape our lives
My husband went back and forth between two towns so the repeated registry number of our marriage could…
My first prescription
The first phase of my clinical rotation in various departments at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) was full…