Revelations + Destinations
Travel, religion, revelations
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Sea of faith
Every start of the year, an outskirts district from Manila becomes a place where the divine truly resides among a…
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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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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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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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To my virtual friends during the pandemic
Looking back, it is almost unbelievable how our friendship began—not in a bustling coffee shop, on a work platform, in…
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Monday rants and self-loathing
I’m used to being broke, and right now, most ardently, I need to complain about it. It’s always Monday that…
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From the window seat
Among the simple pleasures of my 36-kilometer daily commute to school is sitting by the window while a random song…
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