Mother knows best?
We were already in the car and on our way to Greenhills when the dreaded message came on the beeper. A close friend said she had called Amanda's house, and her mom answered the phone.
‘Utang na loob’
Due to the current surge, the start of our limited face-to-face classes has been postponed once more. This…
In a glass house
How beautiful it is to live in freedom: the freedom to choose, freedom to be who you want to be, freedom to get what you want, and freedom from everything that makes your life miserable.
Not for the gram
For the past two years, I’ve been yearning for a great escape from this pandemic. I’ve been wanting…
Living in a zigzag
Every morning, as soon as I wake up, I take a pill. At night, right before going to…
The flu
I don't pretend to know everything about global recession and failing economies. I don't know exactly why something happening in Thailand, hundreds of miles away, should mean that I have to pay more for my Planters Cheese Curls.
Waiting on a miracle
My first memory of my mom leaving to work abroad was when I was around five years old.…
List before you leap
It’s so much easier to think of getting hitched as just another item to check off on my to-do’s, because actually committing to someone for the rest of my life is absolutely daunting.
Grief
On a daily basis, I find myself sifting through a handful of varying emotions and thoughts. As these…