WITNESS

by Arnold De Villa
August 1, 2012
I have a homework assignment. I need to do a research on sterile body cavities, empty body parts that are clean. Besides the cavity in my brain, empty but not necessarily clean, I truly do not know where to begin. This reminds me of the time when I had to write about the quasi-existential reality of nothingness. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
July 16, 2012

I have a homework assignment. I need to do a research on sterile body cavities, empty body parts that are clean. Besides the cavity in my brain, empty but not necessarily clean, I truly do not know where to begin. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
July 1, 2012
Reasoning is an exclusive property of humanity. Angels do not reason. And God does not need it. When we make excuses, we either justify our behavior, rationalize our thoughts or provide an alibi for whatever we are doing. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
June 16, 2012
Running on a treadmill is boring. There is no fresh air, no scenery to enjoy, and no other runners who share the pain of being fit. Yet when our bellies run wild and the scales reveal some added gravity, we swallow sweat with hopes of extending an earthly tenure. And so while I burned calories and consumed some distance without moving from my point of origin,, I opened the I-pod and went directly to Pandora. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
June 1, 2012
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is the great unknown. Today is all we truly have, the now that goes and flows from later to a while ago, the dripping constant of seconds that leaves faster than it comes. We remember, we recall, we reminisce. And we ponder, we reflect while we submerge ourselves into the bitter sweet moments of glorious nostalgia packed in victory and defeat. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
May 16, 2012
According to Floyd Whaley, writer of “The Sydney Morning Herald (May 16, 2012)”, Chief Justice of the Philippines, Renato Corona allegedly maintains 82 U.S. dollar-denominated accounts in five different banks with a total of $US28.7 million. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
May 1, 2012
Way back before many of us were born, pharmaceutical agents were one-man corporations located wherever their horses took them. They offered panaceas that cured everything from colds to cough and from baldness to infertility. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
April 16, 2012
“Oh mygosh!” Preppy fingers click a phone in an intermittent salvo of text messages. The perky teenager, wide eyed and restless remarks on the victory of his football team. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
April 1, 2012
A long, long time tomorrow, when voyeurism will replace all forms of entertainment, when actors will no longer be needed, and when death becomes as trivial as a one night stand, the right to live will be reduced to an existential privilege while the art of survival will be the only necessary skill. As an adlib, romance will be added as a functional spice. Continue reading →

by Arnold De Villa
March 16, 2012
Almost four years ago, the promise of hope took a new shape. It was the essential political platform of a candidate who offered change as the backbone of a future office. Back then, Senator Obama was the catalyst of almost everything that has never been and not yet done. Continue reading →