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My friend, Gilda

by Paulynn Sicam - August 30, 2020 - 12:00am

When I got married, Gilda gave me a pair of small wooden slippers on which she scrawled: ‘Pangpukpok pag mag-away.’

I dreamed a dream

by Paulynn Sicam - June 30, 2020 - 12:00am

I wonder what kind of dreams or nightmares most other Filipinos are having in this uncertain season of the deadly COVID-19.

Lockdown Diary

by Paulynn Sicam - May 26, 2020 - 12:00am

I used to sleep with my room totally dark, with curtains shutting out the neighbors’ night lights, the city’s street lights, the moonlight and the sunrise.

My sister, my friend

by Paulynn Sicam - May 5, 2020 - 12:00am

My sister, Patricia Paredes Magee, whom we called “Tictac,” left us at 7 a.m. (San Diego, California, time) on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. She was two weeks shy of 78. She is the first of us 10 siblings...

No hugging in this reunion

by Paulynn Sicam - March 3, 2020 - 12:00am

February is traditionally reunion time in the Philippines.

Feeling my age

by Paulynn Sicam - September 17, 2019 - 12:00am

One day you’re doing great taking zumba class twice a week.

The essential Gina Lopez

by Paulynn Sicam - August 27, 2019 - 12:00am

I met Gina Lopez only last December when I was asked to document her achievements in a case study.

My mental health break

by Paulynn Sicam - July 30, 2019 - 12:00am

It’s been two weeks since I last shared my heart and mind and not because I have nothing to write about.

What do you do when there’s nothing to do?

by Paulynn Sicam - July 9, 2019 - 12:00am

What do you do when there’s nothing to do?

Chasing eternal youth — Not!

by Paulynn Sicam - July 2, 2019 - 12:00am

It was that kind of a week — bad vibes all around, bad words and insults tossed about like poisoned darts, bad news days, then bad weather brought strong rains that flooded my living room.

The joy of cooking

by Paulynn Sicam - June 18, 2019 - 12:00am

It is strange how memories can creep up on you while doing the most ordinary things.

A woman for others

by Paulynn Sicam - June 11, 2019 - 12:00am

Her name is Maria Luisa Chikiamco, Marisa to her family and the outside world, but we, her classmates in St. Scholastica’s College, called her Chiki.

Bringing back GMRC

by Paulynn Sicam - June 4, 2019 - 12:00am

Have you noticed that there have been so many references to GMRC lately?

Volunteering with PPCRV, in the nation’s service

by Paulynn Sicam - May 21, 2019 - 12:00am

Mel Alonzo described it as “assuaging angst,” and angst we had a-plenty.

The Trouble With Netflix

by Paulynn Sicam - April 23, 2019 - 12:00am

These days, with my work in temporary limbo, I plead guilty to binge watching.

Reading Michelle Obama

by Paulynn Sicam - April 9, 2019 - 12:00am

At the height of a bruising presidential campaign, when the opposition used black ops and black props to try and destroy her candidate, Michelle Obama said, “When they go low, we go high.”

Save those seeds

by Paulynn Sicam - April 2, 2019 - 12:00am

You must have read on Facebook, Twitter or Messenger the call to save, wash, dry and sow the seeds of the fruits you eat this summer, and create forests of fruit trees in empty lots and fields around us.

Good morning, Yesterday

by Paulynn Sicam - March 26, 2019 - 12:00am

When I moved from a big three-room walk-up to a much smaller townhouse in May last year, I had to get rid of a lot of stuff. Libraries got many of my books, and Caritas picked up the rest: old clothes and shoes,...

Why Negros is a good place for chilling

by Paulynn Sicam - March 19, 2019 - 12:00am

In Negros, every woman is Inday and every man is Toto.

Food, legacy and memories

by Paulynn Sicam - March 12, 2019 - 12:00am

It was supposed to be a food trip, triggered by an item on Facebook by Milou Locsin von Einsiedel, our classmate from Silay, about a delicious KBL dish she was having in her hometown.

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