PARADOXICAL

 Lament of the oblivious I dunno why I’m getting the blues these days. I didn't just boycott the Olympics and the 27th anniv of the EDSA...

December 2025 Photo Dump and a Hesitant Year-in-Review I spent the whole of 2025 without being cognizant of it being declared as a "Yea...

  A Meditation on Extreme Wealth (A reflection on my visit to Baluarte, Vigan City, a side trip from Byaheng Tirad Pass 2017) Nothing prepar...

Like Squeezing Blood from Stone (A post-mortem of a high school grand alumni homecoming at a time of high inflation rate, from the perspecti...

" We too can be so quick to judge others, especially in a religious context. It is easy to assume who is 'in' and who is 'o...

Can't There be a Unanimous Word of the Year? Every end of the year, this word lover is on the lookout for the word of the year. Out of c...

This Week in Pinoy Parlor Games Last year (2024) saw a sudden spurt in the number of creative party games or parlor games. In our home last ...

April 2025 Recap It's only the middle of April and yet the news is already too much for my little brain to handle. There are way too man...

Why I Take Pics of Food A young staff who has grown too comfortable with me that he has become more of a young friend or son to me, asked, ...

  “Minsan kailangan masugatan ang ating mga mata, para mahugasan ng luha, at makita natin ang hindi natin nakikita.” So beautiful because so...

Another Mentally Challenging Month (December 2025 Recap) Whew, December appears to be another mentally disordered month. In other words, cra...

Red Flags to Watch Out for in Human Character Some say we were all born good and kind-hearted. I don’t think so. We didn’t start out as blan...

Yes Fap? (Normalizing sex addiction) I read with extreme interest this alleged scientific study saying men should masturbate at least 21 day...