TO THE YOUNG WOMEN OF MALOLOS

Europe (February) 1889 When I wrote Noli Me Tangere, I asked myself whether bravery was a common thing in the young women of our people. I brought back to my recollection and reviewed those I had known since my childhood, but there were only few who seem to come up to my ideal. There was, [...]

Message In A Bottle: Dear Birthday Boy

Dear Birthday Boy,   [exact day not revealed for privacy] How are you and your mission impossibles?   Just when I thought we were celebrating the speed and joys of a high-technology correspondence, something happened.   I wonder if you’re back where I said you shouldn’t be, and if you are, I wish you all the best.   [...]