Shopping is probably one of the most tedious chores on earth for me. I like window shopping but earnest shopping: scouting for great buys, trying on things and deciding to buy it, these things don’t excite me. You would wonder what possessed me, then, to go all the way to the World Trade Center on… Continue reading The Quest for the Heating Pad
Eighteen years ago today, on a bright and brisk Saturday morning, I got married.  There was nothing significant about the date to us. Unlike others who get married in June or December, we decided to get married on November 26, 1994 because it was exactly two months after I finished taking the bar on September… Continue reading Eighteen
If you are employed, you probably have a group medical/health plan. It’s an insurance policy where the payment of a monthly premium can defray some if not all of the medical expenses occasioned by disease. Most health insurance in the Philippines is actually health maintenance policies. It can be a Godsend in times of emergency,… Continue reading Misadventures on Planet HMO
Political analysts pointed out that Obama won overwhelmingly among voters aged 19-25. To this group belong the college students and young urban professionals—the new generation of voters who do not espouse the traditional Protestant values of the older generation. In the end, Obama won 33 more electoral votes than was necessary for him to win… Continue reading Observing the Obama Phenomenon Part 2
I’m trying a cellphone app to see if I can successfully post on my blog using just my cellphone.