13 things I learned from my FATHER (that his grandsons should know)
My Tatay here is not posing as The Thinker; He is just admiring the karsts of El Nido, Palawan. Top things I learned from my FATHER* (that his grandsons should know) I bet that one epic lesson in life that every child has learned to live by as he grows up is "Follow what I say but do not follow what I do," referring altogether to the parent's advices and parent's misdeeds. But this one lesson is not the sum of everything there is, of course, because there are gems along the path considering one cannot live by the words of our parents only but also by what they do without their knowing that they are giving their best. Actually, to sketch my father's personality, I will be talking about his equal love for the spirits (his damnation), for the education (his redemption) and for his kitchen (his charm). So what can be learned from a father who is the center of this love triangle? A lot. As one family friend unsolicitedly whispered to me, “Eversince your ...