Prayer for Papa
MY FAMILY IS SMALL. THERE’S ONLY MY MOM, MY DAD and myself, plus our two household helpers, Yaya Rosa and Jocelyn. But even though ours is small compared to other families, it’s still a happy one.
Quarantined, no fridge
“Ma’am, naa na ko sa gawas.” (Ma’am, I’m outside.) My phone beeped. My eyes widened. My heart started…
Pajama syndrome
Everywhere on social media, one sees posts, videos, quotes saying how the current pandemic has opened their eyes…
Here for a reason
AFTER SPENDING sleepless nights by overdosing in caffeine and Stresstabs, after countless mornings struggling to get up from bed to go to a 7:30-a.m. class, after all the awkward years I’ve spent dealing with my insecurities, after all the money spent on photocopied pages of books whose authors I can’t even remember,
Classroom nostalgia
It seemed like a normal day. But what constitutes normal now is no longer the normal we were…
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.
Defending murderers
“Why do you think,” my criminal procedure professor once asked our class, “that even Mayor Sanchez must be…
Alexa vs a curious, creative life
Having an Alexa, Cortana, or Siri in our lives today has benefits. The technology does give people a…
Labeling
LABELS, LABELS, LABELS. LIFE IS FULL OF LABELS.