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I was going to write a “another year, another post” post on my birthday. I’ll still write that one, because I’m now jealous of Scott Young, who is a decade younger than me and is so much more sorted in his head and his life, that it make me jealous. However, I got a surprise gift in my mailbox that almost tore me up. (Yes, the video above) I met Mother Teresa once, when I was little and all she said to me, as she blessed me was...

September 2, 2018 · Mario Jason Braganza

On Li’l Zeimona!

Sad li’l Zei Li’l goonda Zei Li’l kooky Zei Li’l blah Zei Li’l “Look at me, I’m a scooty model!” Zei Happy li’l Zei Really happy li’l Zei Really, really “I’m so happy I could dance, because it’s my birthday” li’l Zei To my li’l muse, It’s funny how you’ve walked into my life and made a place there… like you’ve always belonged! I pray you always be happy, and that you always have your sense of innocence and gay abandon....

September 1, 2018 · Mario Jason Braganza

On 36 Trips Around the Sun

This year, I realized… Memento Mori! I’m not superhuman. I’m lucky, nay blessed to be alive. Some people change… some don’t. I have to learn to live with that. Being debt free is an awesomely freeing feeling. Meditation and prayer help. I was a fool to have given up on reading and music. “Bird on a Wire” is the soundtrack to my life. That whenever I’m down, all I need to get rid of sad, depressive thoughts is to look up....

September 1, 2018 · Mario Jason Braganza

The Mystic

The man is a mystic, a loner. I think he is content all by himself. He likes sitting by himself, lost in his thoughts. He used to love long walks at night gazing at the stars, when he was young and able to. He loves listening to Jim Reeves or Patsy Cline crooning as he relaxes after a hard day at work. His is a man of faith, of prayer....

September 1, 2018 · Mario Jason Braganza

Happy Birthday Vinay!

You have given me so much over the years and taught me so much, I cannot begin to say Thank You, enough :) Thank you for believing in me, for pushing me, for all your pep talks, for all you’ve done for me and for being such an awesome guy :) I could go on and on about us, but this is one little moment I’ll never forget. In the middle of one of your pep talks to a couple of us, you pointed to me and started with, “Main isko mera chota bhai maanta hoon…”...

September 1, 2018 · Mario Jason Braganza

Happy Birthday Mits!

There’s something to be said, when you miss a friend, daily even after donkey’s ears of being apart. Thank you! for picking me up, when I was down and out for making me laugh for all your advice; on everything ever for being best friend and stern mentor at the same time for being so awesome for just being you For teaching me “No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth....

September 1, 2018 · Mario Jason Braganza

Dad, 75 Years, In Memoriam

Dad was what Brett McKay calls, both a good man and good at being a man. I could write reams about my father, but I wouldn’t know where to start. He gave me life and then has been my sustenance ever since. He’s the source of everything that’s good in me. His deep baritone, echoed in our fledgling church as we sung hymns every Saturday. When I close my eyes and remember my early years, it’s his voice that sings me rhymes and lullabies....

September 22, 2017 · Mario Jason Braganza