Note: This essay is dedicated to all “bogan” boys of UP Tacloban…remember Mr. Joshua Restor and Dennis Delgado? …they were the ones who inspired me to write one long sonnet about “maligalig” men like them before when I was a college freshmen but I lost the said piece already. Now, 14 years after, here [...]

“Skimmers surf but surfers may not skim…” –J. Duazo Jr., PSA

Before coming up with an article telling the untold story of my quest to find out what in the world is Skimboarding, I made a promise to publish as well an article about it that will lead people to understand the basics of the sport. [...]

Only this month, December, I met Joanna Camilon, an old college schoolmate. There is really nothing extra special about this meeting, if not for the fact that Jo and I are not really close back in the college days in UP Tacloban.

In fact, our friendship was just more of occasional smiles, “kwentuhan”, nods (when we [...]