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When December comes
In the 2019 Netflix movie “Someone Great,” up and coming music journalist Jenny Young (played by Gina Rodriguez) is dumped…
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The 13th-month divide
We were riding a tricycle on our way to the nearest mall to treat ourselves after a long day of…
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Standing at the crossroads
The street lights draw sharp lines across my glasses, blurring my sight and clouding my vision. For a while I…
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Not by AI
Disclaimer: this piece is not written using AI (artificial intelligence). I can write this content. I know that I am…
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Too big for a small city
Metro Manila is full of everything. From one end to the other, stars shine and then they burn—it is a…
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To the tender rebels of our time
In this country, apathy is rewarded. The less you complain, the more “mature” you are. The quieter you stay, the…
3 weeks ago
Purpose, eggs, and table salt
The evening descended over our narrow, silent kitchen. It was past midnight when I thought of fancying myself with calamansi-flavored…
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Staying alive in Mindanao
It’s easy to call-out corruption when you’re only naming the big politicians and national agencies. Everyone else is doing the…
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Sandbags are not enough
The night the river rose, the emergency room became a waiting room for the country’s failures. Children arrived shivering, their…
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Quiet wounds from a taboo choice
At 19, my sister was supposed to be discovering life, not mourning the one she never got to bring into…
