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Celebrating birthdays is a constant evolution. When I was a kid, I remember it as a day when I would get gifts, of course, with the expectation of toys. As I grew older, clothes were what excited me, because I didn’t usually buy my own clothes. Even later, alcohol...

Last weekend, we sent off our first kid. Steph was our “practice baby” since back in college. I didn’t know it then, but looking back, she was. If we wanted to stay late with her, I needed to bring her home or turn her over to her dad at McDonald’s Quezon Avenue. When...

For the past year and change, Vino attended British International School in Ho Chi Minh City. What started out as a scary huge shool where he knew no one became a home with friends he doesn’t want to let go of. Our life in Vietnam has been a whirldwind of emotions,...

It’s been almost a week since the most epic weekend of my life, and I feel like I needed every single day of this past week to recover from it. No regrets here though. Last week, I celebrated my 38th birthday, #TERty8 as I called it. There were at least three plans on...

“Uyy, kayo na no?” It was a constant greeting from Josef every time he saw Che and me around campus together 18 years ago. Ever since he learned that I liked Che, he would make it a point to tease us as his way of getting us together. One day, he asked again, and we...

The Inevitable Finiteness of Life: My Personal Reflections And Challenges In Our First Months In Vietnam   Last month, I celebrated my 37th birthday, which puts me closer to the end of a human’s average lifespan than the beginning of it.  And I am terrified more...