Memoirs and songs.
I grew up in an island just a tad smaller than Guam. During the monsoon season, when I had already learned how to swim, I would run with my friends to the sea, rode the approaching swell, and swam under the foamy water. Our heads […]
The journey had begun long before I joined the Jesuit Prenovitiate at the Arvisu House. The Jesuit Promotions Team in the Philippines invited young men to attend the Vocation Workshop in December 2001 at the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Novaliches. The workshop was an introduction […]
Memoir
The sun was rising behind the thin outlines of Mt. Guiting-Guiting. The panorama of the mountain stood tall above the stillness of sea and clouds. In the villages below, roofs made of galvanized sheets and thatches of nipa started to appear. The soft breeze swayed […]
Memoir
Giant palm-shaped islands sprawled out into the Persian Gulf, north of Dubai. They stretched like fourteen fingers toward the sea which was why they were called The Palm. A sand bar made a halo around the fronds which shielded the houses and buildings from the […]
Memoir
