For the longest time, I felt like a part of me had been missing. Whenever I come home to my hometown, I'm appalled by how much the place has changed. Even our house is completely unrecognizable. The trees that I grew up climbing, the grass covering our backyard, they are gone. Long gone. What's there now are pavements. Concrete floors with nothing but dust. Yes, dust is what's left of my early years. Last month my friends and I decided to spend a weekend at Casa San Pablo for a brainstorming. "Great," I thought, "finally, a place to think that's so different from the concrete box we work in." So we packed our bags, drove to San Pablo City, Laguna and checked in to Casa San Pablo. We … [Read more...]