Gervais comes from Reading (pronounced “redding”) which is just a few miles from where I grew up. I imagine he went to a junior school not unlike mine. I can almost see his teacher, handing out papers and giving advice. I had two teachers like that and they both influenced my writing in big ways. …
Ron Regis is an award-winning writer, newspaper columnist, humorist, and intellectual. He’s a rare talent, able to explain complex ideas in interesting, meaningful, and very funny ways – both verbally and on paper. He loves writing and it shows. You can catch his monthly column Hanginaround in the Philippine Star; he also blogs at Super Secret Laws and Filipino Poker …
How to find out whether you’re fit or not? Easy: go run in one direction for 20 seconds. Done? OK, how do you feel? If, like me, you experience shortness of breath, shooting pains in your shins, and generally feel like dying at the mere thought of running for 20 seconds then you, like me, …
My love affair with books began when I was a little boy sprawled on the living room floor. I was lying on the carpet, peering at a strange world of chair legs, fingernail clippings, and dead hair when I noticed something alien propping up the sofa. It was a book. A small beaten paperback, valiantly …
I am not what you would call an athletic person. I rarely play sports. The most involved I get with anything that requires me to stretch and exercise my muscles would be running, which I only do when it rains, I’m late for work, or if I’ve eaten too much curry and the men’s room …
