He had lent her his jacket earlier that evening.  She’d felt cold and he lent her his jacket.

It had been what? More than 25 years since they last saw each other?  And it was good . . . → Read More: Fiction: The Jacket]]> http://choenriquez.com/2010/08/01/fiction-the-jacket/feed/ 0 http://choenriquez.com/2010/07/22/fiction-the-garden/ http://choenriquez.com/2010/07/22/fiction-the-garden/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:13:53 +0000 cho http://choenriquez.com/?p=560

He stood at the same place where he was eight years ago.

It was probably even the same month.   Perhaps fate made sure it was even the same day.  And as it had been back then, . . . → Read More: Fiction: The Garden]]> http://choenriquez.com/2010/07/22/fiction-the-garden/feed/ 0 http://choenriquez.com/2010/06/28/sometimes-it-does-make-sense/ http://choenriquez.com/2010/06/28/sometimes-it-does-make-sense/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:00:02 +0000 cho http://choenriquez.com/?p=546

Most of the time the world just happens.  And at times life is shitty and random and  it just doesn’t make any sense.  No sense at all.  But sometimes everything fits and once again you wonder . . . → Read More: Sometimes It Does Make Sense]]> http://choenriquez.com/2010/06/28/sometimes-it-does-make-sense/feed/ 0 http://choenriquez.com/2010/06/03/laklakin-mo/ http://choenriquez.com/2010/06/03/laklakin-mo/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:34:43 +0000 cho http://choenriquez.com/?p=539

There is just something primal in singing the following lyrics at the top of your voice with a raised fist:

Laklakin mo hanggang gusto mo

Wala namang pumipigil sa ‘yo.

Dikdikin mo sige. Tapakan mo.

I’m all right.  I know it is so because:

I sleep longer hours

I can sleep on your side of the bed

And I can sleep on your pillow

And I sometimes wear your slippers

2009 started off with a lot of love.  Friends and acquaintances gave us hope by giving us the financial support needed for Luth’s medication.  And it was such a massive outpouring of love and support that . . . → Read More: Last post for 2009]]> http://choenriquez.com/2009/12/31/last-post-for-2009/feed/ 0 http://choenriquez.com/2009/05/03/manila-ocean-park/ http://choenriquez.com/2009/05/03/manila-ocean-park/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 12:01:09 +0000 cho http://choenriquez.com/?p=363

If you’re more or less of my age, you still probably remember the Zonta Aquariums in Intramuros.   It was one of the more memorable stops on school field trips.  But unfortunately it disappeared sometime in the . . . → Read More: Manila Ocean Park]]> http://choenriquez.com/2009/05/03/manila-ocean-park/feed/ 0 http://choenriquez.com/2009/04/18/april-17-2009/ http://choenriquez.com/2009/04/18/april-17-2009/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:52:54 +0000 cho http://choenriquez.com/?p=358 Luth and Onack celebrated their birthday last April 17, 2009!

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And of course the event would not have been succesful if not for the people who attended and those who could not make it but who supported the event nonetheless.

Despite the Christmas rush to go to malls and parties, friends from happier days came and