Ole!

It was Mexican food night at our humble abode yesterday. The original plan was to go out to our usual haunt and take full advantage of their bottomless margaritas, but while Maika and I were lazy-Saturday-afternoon-lounging, we realised we needed to do some sort of physical activity that demanded more than lifting a glass off a table and back. We also wanted to watch Mexican movies, but decided that watching Diego Luna and Gael Garcia...

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Wondering on the Wandering

On my way home a few months ago, packed on the rush-hour train between a lady reading a Tagalog romance novel and a teenager taking duck-faced selfies with her phone, my irate thoughts became a reflection on the idea that my life was going nowhere. Somewhere between the Magallanes and Guadalupe MRT stations, I was literally jostled and elbowed into the world-come-crushing down on you realisation that I'd meandered through a morass of jobs,...

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Any Direction but One

Found this on a random YouTube search and was so charmed by it. I love it when songs are coherently written, plus the catchy tune complements the words so well (and that accent!).  Also, the lyrics suit me perfectly - a happy coincidence. "The Wrong Direction" Passeng...

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