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Children of the rain

by Tingting Cojuangco - July 19, 2009 - 12:00am

It’s the wettest day of the week. One man described it as the day most like a woman: fickle.

Getting old

by Tingting Cojuangco - July 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Closer to the “above” somebody seems when you have to take them to the emergency room at ungodly hours.

Less is more

by Tingting Cojuangco - June 8, 2008 - 12:00am

We have to learn to evade the common-place that does not allow us to save and instead explore the idea that we can be distinctive with less. Where might that “commonplace” be? At the cosmetics count...

The Latin side of Mindanao

by Tingting Cojuangco - May 18, 2008 - 12:00am

A child in the skyworld

by Tingting Cojuangco - May 11, 2008 - 12:00am

Flashback.

Lipata by the sea

by Tingting Cojuangco - February 3, 2008 - 12:00am

Safari

by Tingting Cojuangco - January 27, 2008 - 12:00am

Is there a safari nearby?” Lulu teasingly asked me as antique aparadors, chairs and tables were being carried by guards and houseboys down the hill. Glancing upward after that comment I saw my staff’s...

Mariel y Juan

by Tingting Cojuangco - November 25, 2007 - 12:00am

Love & courtship in two different worlds

by Tingting Cojuangco - September 17, 2006 - 12:00am

The matter of Moro-Muslim men being allowed to take as many as four wives has always been a source of fascination to Christians. This, despite the fact that some Christians "keep" more than four women in...

A man for all centuries

by Tingting Cojuangco - August 27, 2006 - 12:00am

If you see him walking beside me, you’ll wonder: who is he? He can’t be a guard, he can’t be a secretary, he couldn’t be a former seminarian, he can’t be a carpenter, he can’t be...

To learn and serve

by Tingting Cojuangco - August 13, 2006 - 12:00am

Call it providential, but nowadays more and more women survive the tough jobs normally assigned to men, like Karina David and Patricia Santo Tomas. Having a woman as President of the Republic could be the...

To learn and serve

by Tingting Cojuangco - August 13, 2006 - 12:00am

Reasons to smile

by Tingting Cojuangco - August 6, 2006 - 12:00am

No matter how grouchy you’re feeling, you’ll find a smile more than less healing."

Luuk where the roads lead to

by Tingting Cojuangco - July 16, 2006 - 12:00am

My neck was tight. My shoulders felt heavy as if I was carrying bricks. The left side of my waist was cracking in pain. What’s happening? "Saan ang manghihilot? (Where is the masseuse?)"

Body language

by Tingting Cojuangco - July 9, 2006 - 12:00am

Action speaks louder than words" is a popular adage. A gesture is better understood than words. But the manner of doing it is equally important. Giving with a frown instead of a smile negates the positive act....

Lessons in June

by Tingting Cojuangco - July 2, 2006 - 12:00am

June may be the bridal month, but for my maturing family, it is a blessed month for a vacation where we silently close the doors that are wide open the whole year for everyone’s woes. June gives the family time...

Lou and behold

by Tingting Cojuangco - June 18, 2006 - 12:00am

You don’t have to be brave to go to Tondo, at least in Louie Baltazar’s barangay. The tanods stop the traffic, the pedestrians, the obnoxious dogs in order to assist drivers into, and back out of Louie’s...

CSI, Philippine style

by Tingting Cojuangco - June 11, 2006 - 12:00am

Sherlock Holmes solved crimes through material evidence, so he must have been an advocate of forensic science or criminalistics. That’s the criminal investigation procedure beginning at the crime scene, where...

CSI, Philippine style

by Tingting Cojuangco - June 11, 2006 - 12:00am

Eight reasons to be proud of our past

by Tingting Cojuangco - June 4, 2006 - 12:00am

It’s ironic that, as we observe Flag Month, many people are unaware of their nation’s historic past. Manileños in jeeps don’t even know they’re passing by a Chinese parian in an ancient...

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