Month: September 2021
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Hooks + Books
Doubts and fears
Flashback to summer. I am 16. I'm at a fork in the road of my life, and I am terrified.
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Causes + Bosses
Breathing giant
The engine revved to life, sputtering twice or thrice. I tried to sit comfortably on the dewy, wooden planks because…
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Revelations + Destinations
City of floods
I spent my childhood days in a small barangay. If there was bad weather, we’d often choose to leave our…
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Revelations + Destinations
University, diversity
My innocence and my sense of adventure were the reasons I chose to study in a university located in Marawi…
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Hooks + Books
Unleashing the lion
Korean dramas were starting to be all the rage, capturing the hearts of juvenile viewers with every utterance of “saranghae”…
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Baes + Babies
My place
Today, I will attend an execution: my own. I will watch it with both eyes open and I will not…
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Causes + Bosses
Breaking free
“Change is the only thing that is constant in this world,” my therapist once told me. I had a hard…
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Hooks + Books
Planting patience
I was not born with a green thumb, to begin with. I was born with a touch that could kill a…
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X+Y+Z
Father is a priest
My Dad isn't an ordinary dad. He is special in a way because he is a married priest. Some people…
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