Footlose Old-timer
If you are looking for a place to unwind over the weekend, or get away from it all for a week or so, then Dumaguete City is your cup of tea. Dumaguete, like a charming woman, is captivating from the inside out. It’s difficult to put a finger on why it is so alluring. It cannot…
I spend most weekends alone, pining for those days when the children were young and my wife was still alive. We always spent it together. That was many years ago. With her gone and both my children married, weekends torment me with melancholia.
Ten years ago, I turned 60. A day before I did, I mused, “Tomorrow I will be 60 years old. What would life be like?” Two days later, I found the answer, “It’s the same.” Life was still the same at 60 as it was at 59. The only earth-shattering event that came upon me was the…
“Why do you drink alone?’ My date asked me this question over a few beers at City Times Square a month ago. Before I go into it, here’s a quick rundown of the place. City Times Square is a two-story building 15 minutes drive from my home. It is my favorite Saturday-evening hangout because it…
Retirement these days is drastically different from a few years ago when it simply means to stop working, laze around the house entire day while living off a retirement pension. Now, everybody wants to retire in style. They want to get the most out of it, i.e., spend their days the way they want to,…
What makes you happy? I mean really happy even the passage of time cannot diminish the forming of a smile of joyful contentment on your old and wrinkled face each time you think about it? Call me corny or overly melodramatic, but mine was the superb weekend with my children where we immersed ourselves in…