Month: October 2020
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Revelations + Destinations
Prayer for Papa
MY FAMILY IS SMALL. THERE’S ONLY MY MOM, MY DAD and myself, plus our two household helpers, Yaya Rosa and…
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Revelations + Destinations
Quarantined, no fridge
“Ma’am, naa na ko sa gawas.” (Ma’am, I’m outside.) My phone beeped. My eyes widened. My heart started to pound.…
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X+Y+Z
Pajama syndrome
Everywhere on social media, one sees posts, videos, quotes saying how the current pandemic has opened their eyes to what…
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Revelations + Destinations
Here for a reason
AFTER SPENDING sleepless nights by overdosing in caffeine and Stresstabs, after countless mornings struggling to get up from bed to…
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Hooks + Books
Classroom nostalgia
It seemed like a normal day. But what constitutes normal now is no longer the normal we were used to.…
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Baes + Babies
I thought I had everything figured out
I had thought that Denette (not her real name) was the one I would finally settle down with.
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Causes + Bosses
Defending murderers
“Why do you think,” my criminal procedure professor once asked our class, “that even Mayor Sanchez must be afforded his…
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X+Y+Z
Alexa vs a curious, creative life
Having an Alexa, Cortana, or Siri in our lives today has benefits. The technology does give people a chance to…
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Causes + Bosses