As a word, Mardy can mean awkward, uncooperative, bad tempered and whiney in English. But in French, Mardy means Tuesday–ergo, Fat Tuesday, which means a really happy party’s happening.
If I were to describe Mardy Pantaleon, I’d say he epitomizes Fat Tuesday more than the old English meanings for his name.
Mardy is one person who truly [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 30, 2009
Farewell, Mardy
January 23, 2009
Worries
This day is quite glum for me–and many know that’s rare for me. For some reason, I may be a worrywart–stressin’ over one thing or another–but I manage to smile through most of those.
Today, however, it’s hard for me to turn that frown into a smile.
Because I’m worried. Worried about what will happen to my [...]
January 23, 2009
Grief
For the first time in my life, someone close to me has died–my lolo, Dr. Federico Azarcon Eugenio (Jan 23, 1923-Jan 21, 2009). He was almost 85 years old.
Because I was the eldest grandchild, I was somehow close to my lolo. He was close to me and my sisters because of the closeness between him [...]
January 16, 2009
Frustrations and Giving Up
Today seemed to me like an endless cycle of bumping into dead-end walls, disheartening challenges and headaches.
I knew this was coming–after all, wasn’t it my choice to leave a second home, a somehow thriving career and people dear to me six months ago? Wasn’t it my choice to have myself thrown off the deep end [...]
January 10, 2009
New Year, New Challenges, New Things to do
I’ve been negligent again!
This blog has not been updated for the longest time–call it selfish time, but for weeks, it was work, family time, me time and all that. It was quite liberating to actually have long vacations, no on-call things and basically not be too worried about what the world would be like when [...]
