ZEN Bitchin'

Dispatches from a foreign country

Category: wala lang

The morning after

Nothing historically significant happened on my birthday.
On the day I was born, the number 1 song in the Billboard American Pop Chart was ‘The Morning After’ by Maureen Mc Govern, the theme song from the movie ‘The Poseidon Adventure’, a disaster movie which starred a slew of big Hollywood stars such as Gene Hackman and [...]

More than words can say

Your love is king

I write like
Stephen King
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

A fun link I got from Jessica Zafra’s blog. No surprise here. The first grown-up book I read was a Stephen King novel that reinforced my childhood fear of clowns (including mascots) and had me wary of bathroom and sink drains for [...]

Irresistible

I was able to for five years.
Living alone, I knew I wouldn’t be able to manage it. I was always traveling, and I didn’t want to unnecessarily burden my friends in taking care of someone.
I mean, it was too much responsibility. Much like owning a car, or buying a piece of real estate.
But now, near [...]

Name game

For months I’d been blogging ‘under the radar’, so to speak. Meaning I was only writing, and not reading the blogs that I used to follow religiously. I lost contact (and perhaps, links as well) with people I came to know through blogging. Three weeks ago I resumed reading these other blogs and I spent [...]

You got me

I do not wish to write about the holidays again and yet here I am doing so. The past holiday season did not leave me with feelings of joy that I usually felt before. In fact, if anything, I felt absolutely mirthless over-all. Sure, I had bursts of exhilaration and cheer (which can be mistaken [...]