My lighting design firm, Toespin, was awarded the lighting design contract for the first ever IKEA store in the Philippines, which recently opened to the public. Occupying 65,000sqm in area, it is regarded as the biggest in the world. Four years in the making, it prides me to be a part of a team of …
Our hearts do not beat at the same time and at the same rhythm. Many people say we look the same, our voices sound the same, we say the same corny daddy jokes. But that’s probably just about it. Fred and I are fraternal twins born many, many, many leap years ago. I don’t …
I love basketball. I am a big Celtics fan. When Andre was in Grade 4, I enrolled him in Milo basketball clinic where I saw in him, some fine dribbling skills and passing moves. While watching, I found myself daydreaming that one day, I will be sitting side-by-side with Jack Nicholson at the Staples or …
Some people adjust pretty well to situations. Some, like me, not as well. I visited my office early this week to pick up a delivery. For the past two years, I’ve only been there three or four times because there was no reason for me to go. My team and I have been working from …
One. I am one happy person. Two. There were two of us when I was born. With my twin brother, I felt I was never alone. Thirty-one. Written in reverse, this is my birth day. Sixty-two. Today, I turn this old. Yay, happy me! Today I celebrate by publishing online my latest baby: coffeecupreflections.com. This is …
This thought has not crossed my mind before until it did. By logical deduction, my dear mother didn’t finish school primarily because they were poor. Also, World War II and the Japanese got in the way. Her asthma, too. But there was another reason. Recently, I got the chance to ask the last man standing …