Poetry Wednesdays: Pablo Neruda, “Sonnet IX”

May 23, 2012May 23, 2012 Fil13 Comments

The following is something like my official summer poem. It evokes to me those images of sea waves and lovers, in a background of the sunset or of moonlight reflected on water. But unlike in the typical summer romance, the lovers in this poem seem to have already had their life behind them. For are… Continue reading Poetry Wednesdays: Pablo Neruda, “Sonnet IX”

Travel Tales: Hello again, Boracay!

April 28, 2012March 16, 2014 Fil6 Comments

This is the first of a three-part series on my Region VI/Boracay-Guimaras-Iloilo trip. Part 2 can be found here (Leg 2: Guimaras). Part 3 can be found here (Leg 3: Iloilo City). Our year-end planning (sort of) was to be held for three days in sunny Boracay — that means free round trip tickets, lodging,… Continue reading Travel Tales: Hello again, Boracay!