How Deep Is Your Love

Last Monday, my two teenage daughters were doing the laundry and as part of their ritual, they turned on the music app in their smartphones. The music they listen to are mostly K-pop, but after a while, there was a sudden silence. Then after about a minute, "How Deep Is Your Love" came out playing … Continue reading How Deep Is Your Love →

Dust in the Wind

I was seriously sick for weeks and the thought that my life may soon come to an abrupt end crossed in and out of my weary mind. The words of the song Dust in the Wind rang repeatedly in my ears as I try to close my eyes to get the needed rest. I close … Continue reading Dust in the Wind →

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

When a heart gets broken, the immediate question that we usually ask is, how do we repair it? For many of us, we often find ourselves yearning for the time when we were still young, the days when life was simpler and our dreams were promising even as they were naive. I can think of … Continue reading How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? →

What’s Forever For

An unknown writer once said, "Love is forever between two hearts that share it". In some ways, that may be true, but with the changing of times and as our connections expand, love tends to become less of a priority in our lives. Expectedly, we begin to find ourselves engrossed in other things. I've been … Continue reading What’s Forever For →

I Was Only Joking

This is the story of a man who found out early in life that he's confused and unsure of what he wanted to do. As a kid in school, he regularly breaks the rules, but found to his surprise that he was not alone. Ever since I was a kid at schoolI messed around with … Continue reading I Was Only Joking →

She

Last Monday, the world celebrated International Women's Day. In songs and in rhymes, women have been appreciated, praised, and honored. This song is just one of them. They say a woman armed with a most beautiful face can never be forgotten. Yet, the same countenance can also be her undoing. With it, she can bring … Continue reading She →

Still

It's natural for people to come and go in our lives, but sometimes, someone comes along that we strongly feel is the one we've been waiting for. So we go out of our way to try and get to know her better, spend time with her, go out on friendly dates. In the process, we … Continue reading Still →

Even Now

They say that we all have that one great love, the one that we can never really forget. Even as we have learned to move on and have managed to find a new love, every now and then, we still remember that one unfogettable someone with great fondness and longing. Even now, when there's someone … Continue reading Even Now →

The Boxer

Boxers are often an unheralded breed. They take in a lot of blows in their lives even as many hardly come out as successful. Their stories are quite familiar although they are not always told in their entirety. Suffice to say that practically every prizefighter comes from a poor family. I am just a poor … Continue reading The Boxer →

I’ll Always Love You

One listener referred to this as the ultimate break-up song. When you get to listen to it and begin to understand its message, you can''t help but agree. It's easy to say that it's over and that we have moved on. Still, each day, just before we look out the window, there's a secret wish … Continue reading I’ll Always Love You →