By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo AFTER a very long day of errands, my sister Emma and I had inihaw na tuna panga (grilled tuna jaw) at Davao Tuna Grill. Here was a simple dish served with soup, pickled cucumber and tomatoes, and a dipping sauce made from the mixture of…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WHEN I was editing a poetry book sometime in 2015, I came across an entry written by a young man whose work was in no way, written by him. The poems were too mature for his young age, his experience did not bear what he…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo DID you know that frankincense and myrrh both come from the sap of trees? In my whole Catholic life, and that is quite a long period of time before I turned into what I am today, my teachers in religion did not teach me what…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo YESTERDAY, I was supposed to report to Intramuros to finish editing a manuscript. It was a normal day, everything was on schedule, and my sister and I left the house early, at 7:00 a.m. to avoid the traffic. We took the first zipper lane, which…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WE share secrets depending on the level of trust and comfort with persons, and the sensitivity of the information being shared. Some secrets we share with our partners, some we share with friends, some with total strangers. However, there are also secrets we ourselves are…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo SEPTEMBER is associated with the number seven. I remember September with the blooming of three shades of blue purple flowers: aster, forget-me-not and morning glory. I remember an IVLP General Assembly where Prof. Jose David Lapuz stood up to chastise the credibility of a report,…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo OVER time, we forget, no matter if we say, we will never forget. In the same manner, we remember, even if we choose to forget. As we transition from one stage to the next, we often forget more than we are able to remember. We…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I had a lengthy conversation with Atty. Gonzalo Duque, chairperson of the Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission (PHCC) who just came out of the hospital. In fact, he said he signed the PHCC Accomplishment Report (2011-Present), immediately after he arrived home from a five-day confinement….
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo “DID I hear you right?” A question I repeated to a fellow Commissioner who gave me an update on what transpired during the meeting of the Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission (PHCC) with newly-elected Governor Ramon “Mormon” V. Guico III. PHCC Commissioner Arabela Arcinue was…
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