Black Widow

Ang pagtanda ay makasaysayan sa ating panahon sa dahilang pinakamarami ang bilang ng matatanda sa buong kasaysayan ng tao sa mundo. Ang tinatawag na "baby boomers," ang mga ipinanganak pagkakatapos ng World War II, ay silang matatanda na ngayon (edad 65 hanggang 72, humugit-kumulang); at pinakamarami ang kanilang bilang kung ihahambing sa matatanda ng ibang panahon. Makatuwirang gawing paksa ang pagtanda at ang kasanib na mga usapin katulad ng psychology ng matatanda, ang kanilang mga pangangailangan, ang mga pagbabago sa kanilang pangangatawan at kaisipan. ang pakikitungo nila sa lipunan, at ang pakikitungo ng lipunan sa kanila. Ang paksang ito ay nagdudulot ng isang libo't isang nakatatalino, nakalilibang, at nakauunawa na paglalakbay sa naiibang mundo. Alzheimer, sa ating kultura ang tawag ay pagka-ulian, ay isang mahalagang paksa sa pagtanda na sa maikling kuwentong Black Widow ay inilalarawan. Ang ating nakikita sa galaw at salita ng matatanda, ang mga ito ba ay batay sa katotohanan o mula sa kamalayang ligaw, lito? Ibang kuwento sa libro: Housewife for Rent, Limotagad, Je de Mots, Engrande ang Kasal ng Mrs. Niya.
About the Author: Graduated from the University of the Philippines (U.P.) with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (BSBA), Major in Marketing; and a Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA); Percival Campoamor Cruz was a feature writer in the U.P. student newspapers, The Philippine Collegian and The Guilder. He won the top prize in the National One-Act Playwriting Contest, 1963 Andres Bonifacio Centennial, sponsored by the City of Manila for "Kalupitan ng Nakararami" ("Tyranny of the Majority"), the prelude to Andres Bonifacio's assassination. He was vice president of an advertising agency, Delta Motor Corp. (Toyota) - Reach, Inc. He made newspaper, radio-TV ads for Toyota, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Philippine National Bank, Frigidaire, Hooven Aluminum, Zest-O, Mariwasa Tiles, Sharp, Pacific Memorial Plan, Sinclair Paints, and other products and institutions. He later set up his own ad agency, Ibex International, Inc. Producer, chief writer of about 200 telenovelas aired over Channels 2, 4, 7, 13 in the Philippines, under the following TV show titles - "Sa Paghawi ng Tabing" ("Curtain Call") hosted by Jaime de la Rosa; "Quiapo" hosted by Eddie Rodriguez; "Hiyas" ("Gems") hosted by Rio Locsin; "Tabak at Sampaguita," a TV special about Jose Rizal's life in Dapitan, produced in collaboration with Alberto Florentino. He was a columnist of the Manila Bulletin ("Business Travel") under the editorship of Cornelio de Guzman. Publisher of "The Human in Man" and "Taxation in the Philippines." Author of "May Bagwis ang Pag-ibig At Iba Pang Kuwento," "The Maiden of Ilog-Pasig and Other Short Stories," and "Sariling Parnassus" - collections of short stories and poems published by Jobo Elizes, Kaibigan Books, respectively, and distributed by Amazon. Currently he lives in Los Angeles, California and contributes stories to the Asian Journal, the leading Filipino newspaper in the U.S.