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by Doreen G. Yu - August 2, 2023 - 12:00am

Two days after the SIM card registration deadline, I received a text addressing me by name and telling me to “Seize the rewards: Deposit 100, Get 100% up to 1,000 welcome bonus, Get 3% Extra deposit bonus....

Earth and Encantada

by Doreen G. Yu - April 25, 2023 - 12:00am

Salamat sa araw-araw Na dumadaloy at umaalon Gabi-gabi nagdiriwang Nagsasabog ng punla Araw-gabi, araw-gabi Ang biyaya ng lupa Hahagkan ng Diwata Magsisilang ang himala

April on my mind

by Doreen G. Yu - April 6, 2023 - 12:00am

I’m not sure they still study stuff like this in school, but during my time many, many, many moons ago, TS Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land” was a must in literature class, from basic English...

Barbarian

by Doreen G. Yu - March 4, 2023 - 12:00am

I was a “barbarian” in my college years at the University of the Philippines.

Rules of the road

by Doreen G. Yu - March 1, 2023 - 12:00am

I am all for the recently approved Unified Ticketing System and even the NCAP (No Contact Apprehension Policy, if and when the Supreme Court allows its implementation) as positive steps toward addressing the traffic...

Jopay & other harvests

by Doreen G. Yu - February 7, 2023 - 12:00am

Even with the iconic main building and all its performance and exhibition venues closed for major refurbishing for at least two years, the Cultural Center of the Philippines has thankfully not stopped its artistic...

by Doreen G. Yu - January 31, 2023 - 12:00am

I’m not talking about the Philippine Constabulary or pest control, but about being politically correct.

Beyond luxury

by Doreen G. Yu - January 24, 2023 - 12:00am

I am honestly perplexed at the brouhaha and negative uproar over a young girl’s posting on social media about her joy at receiving what she described as a “luxury” bag, a gift from her father. Good...

The problem with pasalubongs

by Doreen G. Yu - January 19, 2023 - 12:00am

Three of my friends who visited family abroad and are returning home in the next couple of weeks all announced to our barkada that they were bringing us onions as pasalubong.

Hang a shining star

by Doreen G. Yu - October 25, 2022 - 12:00am

We’re now deep into the -ber months, and for sure it’s Christmastime in the city. While tivoli lights and tinsel trees the malls are trying to outdo each other with taller and taller trees the symbol...

Neighbors

by Doreen G. Yu - September 24, 2022 - 12:00am

Since breaking my arm in a fall last Feb. 24 (an unforgettable black day, as it is also the day Russia invaded Ukraine), I have been under strict doctor’s orders to (1) walk as exercise and (2) get some sun...

Who are you working for?

by Doreen G. Yu - September 3, 2022 - 12:00am

Quiet quitting is all the buzz these days, with employees staying in their jobs but doing only the minimum amount of work required – or even less, if they can get away with it.

Doubt and faith

by Doreen G. Yu - August 7, 2022 - 12:00am

The nagging question around our dinner table on the shore of the Sea of Galilee was how an inland body of water could generate such fierce storms and strong waves that sent Peter, an experienced fisherman, into such...

I tried…

by Doreen G. Yu - June 25, 2022 - 12:00am

It’s supposed to be good for my health, plus it’s good for the environment, a mitigation against climate change, so how can I not cooperate?

‘Ah want mah guns!’

by Doreen G. Yu - June 4, 2022 - 12:00am

Seems very much out of character, but I once did own a gun.

Take four

by Doreen G. Yu - May 30, 2022 - 12:00am

I signed up with my local government (San Juan) for my second booster shot against COVID-19 and by that evening I got the text telling me when and where I should go for the shot and what I should bring (vaxx card,...

Colors

by Doreen G. Yu - May 21, 2022 - 12:00am

Has enough time passed for the wounds to heal and the hurts soothed by balm?

The loudest voice

by Doreen G. Yu - May 13, 2022 - 12:00am

An election is supposed to be the voice of the people. One person, one voice, one vote. At the end of the day, the loudest voice meaning the most number of votes, wins.

Voting amid COVID-19

by Doreen G. Yu - May 7, 2022 - 12:00am

Tonight, most of the candidates are holding their mitings de avance, the last big hurrah of campaign 2022.

And the winner is…

by Doreen G. Yu - April 21, 2022 - 12:00am

Pinoy creativity and humor are certainly right on the money. Within hours of the “5-star” press con last Sunday, messages and memes parodying that noontime “show” were flying around social...

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