About That Handlebar Mustache
“The clerk helping me was a chubby fellow with a handlebar mustache. Ihave no patience for contemporary handlebar mustaches. They anger me.They look indulgent and
An Atypical Penpal Story (Rappler)
It was a social experiment my progressive Montessori school in Manila wanted to perform on its upper middle-class students and the children of the nearby slums. The objective of the exercise was to let privileged private school children put a face to the poverty that was just outside their window. I’m not sure what the goal was for the other side.
A good marriage
“A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
What is a memory?
“A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.” – Edward de Bono
How to write a love letter
To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have
The relief of knowing you are going to die
“…that in some ways it would be a relief to know you were going todie soon because you could stop agonizing about saving money orgrowing