Lessons from a YELLOW ‘SISI’ and HER ‘OYINBO’
I was at the library the other day, and I sat in the children’s section. (After all, are we not all children of God?) A beautiful fair-skinned lady walked in, and behind her was a little ‘white’ boy of about three years. I’m not insecure, so I can openly admire people without shame or prejudice. […]
IS YOUR BOWL TOO SMALL?
Have you ever felt like you were made for more, but you do not know how to go about it, or felt like you need to shrink or reduce your standards or preferences in certain spaces? This is not about pride, pickiness or inability to adapt or cooperate with people. There are people who cannot […]
Ah, Catalina! Life lessons from a telenovela.
I have not watched any telenovela with this title, but thanks to the years of Telemundo and Spanish series on local television stations in the past (thank God for deliverance), I have watched enough series with a character named Catalina. For those who don’t know, ‘tele-novelas’ refer to the Mexican or Spanish series that were […]
How do you like your eggs?
In the movie “Runaway Bride”, a journalist was intrigued by the story of a woman who had been a bride three times but never made it to the altar. He meets with her when she is preparing for her next wedding and follows her around for his story. While they are having breakfast at a […]