I AM now presently residing in Barcelona (thanks to my retirement benefits that sustain Nena and I in this cosmopolitan...

THE city government has now eyed its sights on the illegal structures and buildings constructed without building permits. In fact,...

LAST week, I wrote about our early memories of fiestas and that it is a tradition of Spanish origin. I...

LAST Tuesday was the start of the “Festa Major de Gracia” here in Barcelona, Spain. This week-long celebration, which starts...

WE read in some articles in psychology journals that the main problem of people today is not really about money...

A MAJOR topic of concern raised during our stint as a member of the Asia-Pacific Alliance of YMCAs and eventually...

A MAJOR concern of the elderlies like me is our health issues; because, as the joke goes, our “spare parts,...

IN a few days, Nena and I will be flying back to Barcelona, thus ending our two months' fellowship with...

IT was when I was in elementary school that I got curious about Christmas. I wanted to know what Christmas...

INSTEAD of celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary by having a party with family and friends, my sister Josie and Kayong...