Terminal
I was soaking wet one early afternoon as I stood waiting for a jeepney going back to Los…
Footsteps
I find it difficult to claim that I wanted, much less intended, to follow in my father’s footsteps.…
Dirty finger
I started off as a bullshitter, one of those totally annoying showoffs in school who think they are smarter than the teacher.
The shoes don’t fit
I hate looking at my feet. The toes are short and pudgy, the width has a masculine look to it, and the bunions are really unsightly when I go barefoot.
‘Oo’
Bakla ka ba? It’s the same question from before, the same question yet again. I’ve grown too familiar with…
Disconnected
Loading. Processing. No results found. I refreshed the account page over and over again. No user information available. I put…
After the purge
I wasn’t the first to declutter at home, not the first to even suggest it. It was my…
Nerd
I am not a nerd. No two ways about it. I have no idea what on earth Schrodinger's equation is (until I looked it up) and neither is proving mathematical theorems a la Will Hunting my No. 1 preoccupation. The truth is, I never even wanted to touch a piece of chalk-but that's another story.
Did the future turn out the way you expected?
I remember that when I was 17 and about to enter college, I was an awkward kid who was nevertheless fairly optimistic of the future.