Why Make Things Difficult? It is examination time again. My daughter and I are faced with scheduled exams before we shall welcome summer. While Faizah's classmates are buried into tutorial sessions, she was busy skipping ropes at home with cousins and friends. I have my own long exams, research proposals, and requirements to meet, but I do not want to deprive my daughter of the time when I can assist her in her studies. So, I called her up to get ready for a review. It is a blessing that one of her classmate's mother was very generous to share with Faizah the practice test questions that she had prepared for her son to review on. Faizah quickly answered the test and handed it back to me for correction. When I picked the Language Practice Test papers, Faizah rushed and said "Hmmm...mama, I am sorry if did not tell the truth in the question that asked "When was the last time you ate fried chicken?". "Well, let me see..." I told he
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I Don’t Have A Family! I was studying for my exam in Bioethics when my daughter heard me say out loud the primary principles of Bioethics in the Filipino culture – goodness, beneficence, and family. She interrupted me with her “but Ma, you don’t have a family anymore!” I was stunned for a moment. Does she understand what she meant with family? My rational mind raced and I made a quick review of the things that I might have done that made her think I don’t have a family. Is she angry with me? I was afraid. “Oh my dear, I have you. You are my family!” I reached out to her and tried to bring her to my arms. She wriggled out from me and looked away. “But Ma, a family is composed of a father, mother and children. Before, I have a Papa and Mama. Now, I do not have a Papa anymore. So I no longer have a family!” Oh! She must have meant she has an incomplete family. Not sure if my words will be enough for her, I allowed a few seconds of silence as I h
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All That I Love All that I love, only put me in despair What used to be an adventure Just bruised my heart, put me to tears Made me cranky , lead me out of here! All that I love, I put in a bin Have to tie them, have to contain Lead me out of here, please, no hell For in all that I love, nothing's well. All that I love, party and dancercise Now are gone, bring me no lies The laughter and neon lights The lights, the flicker , slowly dies. All that I love, now are dead Quiet as the monastery , so still The sexton 's my witness, always will As I lay all that I love, to their peaceful bed.