halata bang ayoko magsulat? “stuff happened last saturday.” my cousin georgia and i went ’round the soup kitchens and found zilch. a social worker at paco church, edward, told me that folks saw dad — or someone who looked like dad — along roxas blvd. one of the homeless men i spoke with says my […]

“May kumausap sakin na elderly lady. Nanay Belen. Niyaya nya ako kumain. Nagpasalamat ako at sinabi ko sige po. Sabi nya ganito ang buhay namin. Sabi ko buti po may namimigay ng pagkain. Nagkwento sya na pag Sabado iba daw ang pagkain. At sa Kalinga may pakain muna tapos ligo. Kung wala daw damit binibigyan. […]

so para maiba, kolokoy-ness. rhum, rheumy eyes, and rheumatism. four years ago, 2014, taken at a december family reunion. pre-disappearance. the last december pre-mother-strokes. we met a cousin here who would be my mom’s doctor. little did we all know, right? this was probably the last photo we took na kumpleto yung unang sanga. it sucks […]

been skipping days. went back to work. running kinda late. it seems i can’t hack it much these days. so i don’t have a lot of energy, and i’ve got a lot of work yet to do, but just wanted to give the 411: so there was a sighting. my sister pursued it for two […]

The bulletin on Dad’s disappearance has been printed several times. We didn’t go for the broadsheets; we targeted the handy compact prints — yung madaling mabili at maabot sa bangketa ng madla. Sa tulong ng tawag at pakiusap, nailabas sila. Arriba     Abante Tonite     Pilipino Star Ngayon As a result of the […]

yday, i fell asleep with a minor migraine, and the laptop on. as usual. came home, bought mother a few items from mercury drug as requested by sugar our mom’s daytime caregiver (i forgot to buy ibuprofen for myself though, we’ve run out pala), ate dinner, washed the grime off, turned on the laptop, fed […]

i went back to work today. also today: my family got our second “accident” call, and first morgue prospect. (not dad.) however, that has been eclipsed with today’s good news: * a phone call to our contact in PNP Pasig yielded the assurance that they have expanded their search beyond the two barangays we originally […]