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Where are my two lines?
I did it again. I promised myself I wouldn’t take an ovulation test. But I couldn’t stop myself. I’m more…
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Fog
Trigger warning: Mention of suicidal ideations. If you were to ask me what my greatest failure in life is, it…
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Custodian of my family’s dreams
I was five years old when my grandmother first told me to become a lawyer. At that age, the word…
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Causes + Bosses
Letter to my future self
Dear Future Me, I hope when you read this, the country feels lighter. That mornings no longer start with doom-scrolling…
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Baes + Babies
Falling star
This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on April 11, 2006. As a child, I’ve always thought that…
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Living the dream
This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 24, 2008. My sister Lala and my closest friends…
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Causes + Bosses
Hope and change
This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 15, 2008. Growing up in Manila, I was cynical…
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Revelations + Destinations
Eating with two spoons
There is a sense of survivor’s guilt I feel for having made it out of there alive, appearing almost unscathed.…
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Causes + Bosses
Pocket-sized hope
About two years ago, I received one of the greatest gifts any student could present to their parents: to graduate…
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