October to February: There and back again.

I was remiss in my duties to this blog. In lieu of months of missed deadlines and poor excuses, here is a series of articles --- blurbs, more like it --- highlighting my mis-adventures from... "October to February, and back again."

"If a May-December Affair exists, why not a March-October?"

My beautiful wife, Joyce, and I exchanged matrimonial vows last March 25, 2006, in Maribago Bluewaters. It was a Born Again Christian rite, attended by most of our closest friends and family. Little did we know then that when her papa called and asked us to visit his family in Basilan so I could pay my respects to his side of the family, we’d be replaying it again, the Islamic way.

It was ceremonial, of course, but its significance was heartfelt. My wife would always tell me that, “A man not only marries his wife, but her entire family, as well.” I am happy --- and thoroughly relieved --- to have Joyce’s papa’s blessings on our marriage. The alternative would be, shall we say --- a very, very, very delicate situation we would all love to avoid.

Penumbra: Next, “Halloween, Bloody Halloween”

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