“How are you, tita? What are you doing there? Are you still pretty…like me?” Ain’t that a sweet wake up ‘kiss’ at dawn? The text message was from my dear 6-year old niece Gwen who’s been endlessly bugging her mom and dad for my phone number. Unmindful of the 15 pesos per message charge, she [...]
I was on the phone with mom an hour ago. She’s in her hospital room, been there for over a week. They’ve been running tests on her for the blood clot in her stomach and her heart ailment. Nine months ago, I got this terrible feeling of utter loneliness when she was in the Intensive [...]
The last couple of months I lived in Taipei in 1999 was spent on night joy-rides during week-ends. Xiao Shuang and Chiu Lien would sneak me out of the building whenever they come on Friday nights just to spend time with and cheer me up. They live and work in Taichung City, a four-hour drive [...]
