Photographs from: Rodney Ponferrada's Multiply site and http://maesperon.phanfare.com/album/542672

Venue: Malacañang Park

Mae Esperon and Ruslan Jabrayilov exchanged vows under a warm, setting sun.
Fairytales do happen.
Or maybe, this is how it works if you let God write your love story.
Congratulations, Mae and

Solidum-Godoy nuptials.
Photos from: myrtleandj.multiply.com
Venue: Intramuros

Most of the time, it pays to be punctual. Sometimes, it doesn't.
This was the first Christian wedding I've ever been to.
Myrtle was such a beautiful bride, I really felt so proud of her.
Grace under

...As seen by a Filipino novelist, a Filipino economics professor, and a multilateral development bank. 

“Why We Are Poor,” by F. Sionil Jose, Filipino novelist, 1980 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Literature and Journalism, 2001 National Artist for Literature, 2004 Pablo Neruda Centennial Award. In Why We Are Poor: Essays by F. Sionil Jose, Manila, 2005.

“Why does Poverty persist in the Philippines? Facts, Fancies and Policies,” by Arsenio M. Balisacan, Ph. D., Professor of Economics, School of Economics, University of the Philippines.  In Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century, R. Severino and L. Salazar, editors, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2007. 

Poverty in the Philippines: Income, Assets, and Access by Karin Schelzig, Asian Development Bank, Manila 2005.

Source: email from my Mama.

is an oft-taken for granted bodily function.

sometimes, there are secrets that need to be whispered, not just in Angkor Wat temple holes, but in the darkest recesses of the human