Month: November 2020
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Revelations + Destinations
No more good nights
It was 10 in the evening. The silence was deafening, the darkness blinding, and the fact that I was alone…
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Revelations + Destinations
Chiaroscuro
CHIAROSCURO IS DERIVED FROM THE ITALIAN WORDS for clear or light (chiaro) and for obscure or dark (oscuro). And this…
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Causes + Bosses
Writing and hustling in a pandemic
I recently resigned from my office job to work full-time as an SEO content writer who writes about bathroom renovations…
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Baes + Babies
Losing three men
I was 13 years old when he left me. It was an ordinary Monday. I left for school without much…
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X+Y+Z
The missing vinyl
My mother once shared that Lolo Rudy recorded a famous song back in the day, his own version of a…
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Revelations + Destinations
Do I need protection?
I was six when a boy from my school service suddenly kissed me. I was startled, so I complained to…
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Hooks + Books
Why I walk
Daily walks became a part of my routine in July, a month after I became unemployed. I figured it would…
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Revelations + Destinations
Remembering ants, gods—and Typhoon ‘Yolanda’
I’VE ALWAYS had a particular interest in power and death and the strange correlation that exists between the two.
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X+Y+Z
Reminder for the ‘taga-baba’
I remember the many occasions when I would walk along Burnham Park trying to evade the routes where tourists, wrapped…
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