Ina ng Sison By Emmanuelle She: I am not ready for this moment. Me: I believe you are. She: I have not prepared for this moment. Me:  I believe you had. She: What shall I tell them? Me: What is in you heart. She: How shall I talk to them?…

What if it went like this? By Emmanuelle SHE must have to write this. She must have to have the rest. Two weeks to the day, almost all in the village, except the very dumb and the very dead, were aware that something was amiss. Even the neighbors sharing the…

To have gone and done all that . . . By Emmanuelle THEIR first two meetings showed how far and distant Em had held off the world at bay. Since those fateful days, never; forever hence on, not. Em’s government office is spacious and sunny, enclosed in four walls of…

Even . . . . By Emmanuelle IF A lot of him changes into a lot of her, there will not only be a lot less men. There would be a lot more women sashaying around. And if that were not compounding a situation already confounding, this writer humbly stands…

Zilch between the ears By Emmanuelle This writer begs your pardon. It had been so long, weeks too long, more than a month even that this space had idled. It had lain uninhabited. Up to now, anggad natan, inggana tattan. No one breathes here. No letter stirs the vacant air….

A fairy tale quite hairy! By Emmanuelle THE word fairy is a more modern English adaptation of the Middle English term fairie meaning fairyland or the enchanted beings, which reside within. In turn, fairies was maybe a variation of the old French word faerie which traced its root way farther…

Just like coming home! (Part 2) By Emmanuelle At 6:30 to eight in the morning of the second exam day, Dr. Celerina Papa-Malinit was the only parent still patiently standing by the UE gate, hoping that her silent presence would be a pleading to melt the guard’s heart, soft enough…

Just like coming home! By Emmanuelle THIS is a true story. And I bet no truer more tender love story can otherwise be found. Just in case, though, tell me one just like this, and you’ll read it next. Their paths first crossed when they were just eight of age….

Once a daughter, twice a doctor! By Emmanuelle At  6:30 to eight in the morning of the second exam day, Dr. Celerina Papa-Malinit was the only parent still patiently standing by the UE gate, hoping that her silent presence would be a pleading to melt the guard’s heart, soft enough…

Once a daughter, twice a doctor! By Emmanuelle THE results were out near midnight of Wednesday, exactly three working days from the last day of the August 8-9, 15-16 2009 Physician (Complete, Finals and Finals with Prelims) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila,…