Category: Personal
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It’s Christmas, after all
The late December breeze hisses incessantly, making the branches of the chico tree from the neighbor’s backyard dance to its rhythm. The afternoon is filled with screaming kids and loud motorbikes passing by. Simmering pans knock on the door of twilight, and the evening is not without the merry music of drinking uncles. Every corner […]
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Just Another Day
The morning song calls the sleepless as the scarlet skyline sets the sleepy town ablaze.
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Overthinking Does Nothing
I could not stop thinking about the form I was to submit the other day. Maybe the certificate I attached to it was wrong. Perhaps I’d have to apply for a new certificate that will take about two weeks to receive, so I can attach it to the forms and start the application process.
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About December and How I Suddenly Became A Singer
Every Festive Season, we hire musicians, either a solo singer or acoustic duo, to create a festive vibe, making the evenings more alive.
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Khloe’s Keepers
I have this high school classmate who posted about her daughter’s condition on social media. Her daughter’s name is Khloe, and she was diagnosed with leukemia.
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Distant Dialogues
I am so honored to be invited by my online friend Mars of Marsymallows to be a guest on one of her Podcast Episodes where we spoke about one of my favorite things to do, free diving. This was my first ever podcast guesting (haha sikat lungs?), and to be honest, I didn’t know what to expect. […]
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Life Lately
I haven’t been ‘that’ active here lately because I was home, finally. I wasn’t very productive at anything, but hey, I was on holiday. I just binged watch series and ate and slept all I wanted. I was able to go to the mall three times before Manila declared ECQ again. However, in my hometown, […]
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Of Happy Times
You wake up with the yellow curtains fluttering a few inches above your face. Yellow isn’t your favorite color, but you don’t change it as it makes the room bright, even on the cloudiest day. Also, it has calla lily prints all over, a type of flower you know nothing about. Sweat powders your neck […]
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Salon Day
The speaker spat out gibberish 90s music. It was as if a DJ was scratching a turntable, like the songs were broken syllables followed by a period. Eight inches tall, the speaker stood beside the shelf that contained the hairdressing tools adjacent to my chair. One of the hairdressers sat comfortably on the couch watching […]
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Quarantine and Chill
Coming back home requires ten-day hotel quarantine + a four-day home quarantine. I knew it was a ‘working quarantine,’ and I had books anyway, but I also subscribed to Netflix (finally) because I know I’d have a lot of free time.
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Bringer of the Rain
It became my habit to look at the slither of light coming from the window whenever I open my eyes in the morning. As if my kind of day depended on how bright that light is. My alarm rang at eight-fifteen in the morning that day, and I saw the bright sunny light seeping through […]
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Highly Caffeinated Days
I know I am lying to myself every time I say I need coffee. Every time I say I need it to keep me awake or to help me think. In reality, although I cannot be sure of that scientifically, it does little because I can fall asleep even after a cup. But since it […]
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