Month: March 2024
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Causes + Bosses
Priests and me
This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on March 31, 2001. To be a priest-that was my childhood…
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X+Y+Z
The last ‘suffer’
A common picture hung in every Catholic home is of Jesus Christ having his last supper with his disciples before…
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Baes + Babies
I might die alone
“I’m 27 years old. I’ve no money and no prospects. I’m already a burden to my parents. And I’m frightened.”…
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Revelations + Destinations
For when you make a mistake
It’s my job to make my parents their “breakfast” at midnight. It is the middle of the pandemic, and my…
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Revelations + Destinations
To speak in my language again
I was proud of speaking three languages, especially the native language my tongue is familiar with. I am comfortable in…
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Causes + Bosses
When my yearning commutes with me
My day usually opens with strangers invading my personal space. Some passengers’ elbows bump into mine as the wheel of…
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Revelations + Destinations
Wallowing
In a few months, I will embody the stereotype of a social failure: past my mid-twenties, jobless, with no immediate…
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X+Y+Z
My Dad’s old typewriter
My Dad treasures a lot of things. Through the years, he has collected items that remind him of significant events…
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Revelations + Destinations
The aesthetic of sadness
Looking through my stash of clutter, I stumbled upon my 12-year-old self’s diary. Written amid the mask-clad, sanitizer-soaked reality of…
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