Month: October 2020
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Revelations + Destinations
Paranoia in the neighborhood
“Love your neighbor as you love yourself,” God commands. Apparently, it is harder to do so during a pandemic. My…
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X+Y+Z
Great pretender
It was Friday night, and I found myself walking fast toward a class for which I was already 15 minutes…
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Revelations + Destinations
14 days of rethinking
My Friday had already been planned out the night before. I had developed the habit of listing down to-do lists…
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X+Y+Z
‘Diskarte’
I thought that was what we were supposed to do, until I saw it in action. Now I hate it.…
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Causes + Bosses
The promised land is within our grasp
SOME PEOPLE think young Moros do not care about what’s happening around them. They assume that young Moros are so…
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Baes + Babies
ASL?
“ASL?” I hit the send button in my conversation with a stranger. Three letters: age, sex, location—whether you’re looking for…
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Causes + Bosses
White amid red
Nowadays, going through the feeds of various social media platforms feels like being in a battlefield. Skim through snapshot after…
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Revelations + Destinations
With pancakes, I learn to forgive myself
I shuffle through the flour and sugar in the kitchen cabinet, trying to remember the pancake recipe of my grandmother.…
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Causes + Bosses
Maruya
Once again, I saw the sight of Tita Jona and the basket of maruya, which she has been selling for…
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